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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1935, Page 62

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62 Proceedings of Thirty-Sixth Regular Convention,

St. Paul’s College, Concordia, Mo.
(Memorial 108.)

During the last triennium St. Paul’s College in Concordia, Mo.,
was privileged to celebrate its golden jubilee. For fifty years Al-
mighty God, the supreme Ruler of His Church here upon earth, has
seen fit to use St. Paul’s College as a preparatory school for such as
prepared themselves for the office of the ministry, has signally blessed
this institution, and has kept His protecting hand over it.

In connection with this jubilee two special festivals were ar-
ranged by the local Board of Control. In June of 1934 an Alumni
Home-coming Celebration and in September the annual college fes-
tival drew immense audiences, reaching the five-thousand mark. All
these fellow-Christians came to offer up special praise and thanks-
giving to the Lord for the many blessings He had bestowed upon His
Church through St. Paul’s College and presented fervent prayers at
His throne on high that He would privilege this institution to serve
fr . Him also in the future, for many years to come, if it is His will.

Additional reasons for rejoicing and thanksgiving are these:
Three members of our Faculty have been with us for more than
twenty-five years, namely, Prof. A. Schoede forty-eight and Professors
H. Lobeck and Wm. Schaller each twenty-eight; and our director has
this year rounded out ten years in his office, during which time he
has proved that he is very well gifted for this position, especially for
St. Paul’s College. We acknowledge with gratitude to the Lord that
He has given us in him an especial gift, which we should appreciate
and for which we indeed are thankful to the Lord. One of our Faculty
members, Prof. Walther Roehrs, received the title of Ph. D. from the
University of Chicago. During his leave of absence Mr. W. Barth, a
son of the former Director Barth of Milwaukee, Wis., taught his
subjects.

Our local Board of Control has added to its personnel a new
member in the person of Pastor O. E. Heilman, formerly of Hastings,
Nebr., who took charge of the Concordia congregation in November of
1933 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Pastor Fr. Brust,
who, having given Synod valuable service for many years, is now
afflicted with physical infirmity. We consider Pastor Heilman a val-
uable and wide-awake addition to our local Board of Control.

The members of St. Paul’s College Board of Control have ever
proved themselves ready and willing to perform the tasks confronting
them and have in all faithfulness and harmony worked for the in-
terest and welfare of the institution and of Synod, whose servants
they are. Let us at this time also mention that we have in Mr.H
Mueller, teacher of the Concordia Christian day-school, a very able