LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1932, Page 137

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200 ‘Proceedings of Thirty-Fifth Regular Convention,

Resolution of Committee 17: —

1. Resolved, That the Catalog of Educational Institutions be dis-
continued and that the pertinent information concerning the synodical
institutions be added to the Statistical Year-book.

2. Resolved, That the allowance of the individual institutions for
catalogs and advertising be raised from $50 to an adequate sum, not,
however, exceeding $100 per annum.

Synod adopted these resolutions.

“Statistical Year-Book.’’
(Memorial 512.)

It is hereby respectfully suggested that henceforth the Statistical
Year-book be issued biennially. W. JANSSEN.

Resolution of Committee 17: —

Wuereas, Synod has once before experimented in omitting an
issue of the Statistical Year-book, with rather unfortunate results;

Wuereas, The omission of any one year in the publication will
result in the doubling of the reports of the Presidents, the necrology,
the financial reports, etc.; and

Wuereas, It is likely that private organizations will feel obliged
to gather statistics in the interest of necessary survey information and
that also our Government will call for such information; and

Wuenrzas, The difficulty of gathering information along statistical
lines becomes even greater if it is neglected for some time; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the Statistical Year-book be issued annually in the
customary manner. :

Synod adopted this resolution.

Variant Readings in the ‘‘Agenda”’ and Catechism.
. (Unprinted memorial.)
“ Resolution of Committee 17: —

Wuereas, The number of variant readings in our Agenda and our
Catechism have caused quite a little difficulty, especially in the interest
of uniformity; therefore be it sqeeee

Resolved, That the Committee on the Catechism, together with
the Committee on Hymnology and Liturgy, propose a uniform read-
ing in such instances. These committees are hereby authorized, if
necesasry, to present their findings to the faculty of Concordia Sem-
inary at St. Louis. :

Synod adopted this resolution.

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CR ETAL ARR CN,

Ey. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1932.

VI. FINANCES.

201

Report of the Board of Directors.
(Memorial 601.)

With humble recognition of the guidance and blessing of the
Lord the Board of Directors herewith submits its report on the work
it was permitted to carry on during the last triennium.

In its first meeting the Board organized by electing President
Pfotenhauer chairman, the undersigned secretary, and Mr. E. Seuel
treasurer of the Board. The following plan for the extended opera-
tions of the Board was adopted. For the Committee on Buildings,
to function as heretofore, the Board elected the Rev. Wm. Hagen and
Messrs. H. W. Horst and Wm. Schlueter. For the Committee on
Finances, looking after the affairs of the Fiscal Office, including the
Statistical Office, the Board of Relief, and sundry boards and com-
mittees, the Board chose Dr. Pfotenhauer, Treasurer Seuel, and Mr. A.

’ Wf. Ahlbrand. Since the Board had been augmented by the election

of one pastor and one layman, a new committee, the Committee on
Missions, was appointed, consisting of the Rev. F.C. Streufert and
Messrs. A. H. Ahlbrand and E. Wengert. By turning over much de-
tail work to these committees, the Board was not obliged to meet so
frequently as in the previous triennium, although the volume of
business transacted was greater than before. The Committee on
Missions has made considerable progress in studying the mission
situation in our Synod, with a view to coordinating and unifying

‘ our missionary efforts in the interest of greater efficiency and economy.

In the spring of 1931 the Board delegated the Rev. Streufert to make
an inspection tour of our various missions in this country, and his
voluminous and exact reports are proving very helpful.

A. Matters Turned over to the Board by the Last Synod.

1. Since 1923 we have passed through a period of establishing

“ Synod’s educational institutions, as far as buildings are concerned,
- on a somewhat higher level.

Much is still to be done to bring our

“ institutions up to such a state of repair as not to endanger the
> physical well-being of our students and not to call forth the criticism

of occasional visitors.
2. The Board was authorized “to erect the necessary professora’

: residences, borrowing the money to pay for these and then paying

& arrangement, at a total cost of $197,081.05.

the interest and principal with the moneys ordinarily expended for
rentals whenever this is practical and feasible.” (Proceedings, 1929,
p.177.) Nineteen such residences were built or acquired under this

; 3. The Board was “authorized and instructed to make, or cause
2 to be made, as soon as feasible, an inventory of Synod’s real estate,