LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1932, Page 98

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122 Proceedings of Thirty-Fifth Regular Convention
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: 2. That Synod voice its hearty appreciation of the effici
in which the General Church Extension Board has carried
entrusted to it;

3.. That Synod approve the adopted policy of the General Qh
Extension Board whereby no loans are made to congregations for i
e

ent Manner
on the work

a. The moneys invested in this Building and Loan Fund shall be
rovt ina und entirely separate from the General Church Extension
Treasury, but are to be administered b
y the members
Church Extension Board. Of the Genera
b. Money shall be borrowed at a low rate of interest from members
of Synod and loaned to congregations at the current rate of interest
ce. The necessary regulations to govern this phase of activity on

Bernthal secretary-treasurer.
The Church’s work among the students attending non-synodical

While the Student Welfare Committee met as often as the work
demanded, only one conference of university pastors was held. An
annual conference had been resolved upon to be called during the
second week in Ni ovember; but due to the shortage of funds in Synod’s

treasury the conference was twice called off after consultation with
the Ven. President of Synod.

Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1932. 123

At the conference of university pastors which met at Chicago
November 12, 1929, pastoral work among students in its various phases

~ was discussed, and much helpful information was exchanged. A dis-

cussion on the status of the Student Welfare Committee led to the
drafting of the following resolution: —

Resolved, That all phases of Student Welfare Work should be
united in the hands of the Student Welfare Committee and be under
its sole guidance and control, except as otherwise provided by Synod.

Considerable time was devoted to the discussion of the publica-
tion of the Lutheran Student. No action was taken in the matter by
the conference. At a later meeting of the Student Welfare Committee,
however, this project was given extensive consideration. Your Com-
mittee was not inclined to sponsor the publication of a Synod-wide
student periodical, for these reasons: 1. The cost of publishing and
mailing such a publication would exceed $2,500 and thus go far be-
yond the annual appropriation given to Student Welfare Work by the
General Body. 2. The Student Welfare Committee believed that a
student periodical such as was contemplated would be read by com-
paratively few of our Lutheran students, as experience has shown,
and that therefore the publication would be practically ineffective.

The District mission boards were urged to assume the respon-
sibility for the spiritual care of students attending institutions of
higher learning within their respective Districts, particularly where
there is no regularly organized congregation to take charge of the
work,

The Student Welfare Committee feels that the Student Welfare
Work has not progressed as far as might have been expected, due
largely to the fact that the pastors engaged in student work are
scattered all over the country and the expenses of traveling to and
from university pastors’ conferences are so great that it is out of the
question to have the pastors pay their own transportation. Such items
ought to find place on the synodical budget.

The annual census taken under authorization of the Student Wel-
fare Committee did not reveal the total number of Lutheran students.
enrolled at universities and other secondary schools. The returns on
the questionnaire sent to all pastors of Synod were very unsatisfactory,
due perhaps to a misunderstanding of the purpose of the question-
naire. The figures of the census of 1931 follow: —

Total “out-of-town” students .:...................2.... 672
Total Valparaiso students .©.........0 00.0... cece cee eee 157
Total “local” students .........0.. 0.0 c ccc cece ececeee 1,153
Total of all students reported..................0000.005 1,982
Number of pastors to whom cards were mailed......... 2,650

Number of pastors returning student list............... 1,172