Evening star., 1895-06-12
EDUCATION OF LUTHERANS
The General Synod at Hagerstown Listens
to Reports.
Condition of the Insiitutions-Recom-
mendations of the Committee
Reception to Delegates.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
HAGERSTOWN, June Ii, 1895.
The reports of Secretary H. C. Haithcox
and Of Treasurer L. G. Kammerer of the
board Of education were read this after
noon by Secretary Haithcox of Polo. Ill.
The former showed the condition of vaH-
Gus educational institutions under the care
of the board Gettysburg College and Wit
tenburg College, prominent institutions are
self-supporting and not under the care of
the board.
Midland College, Atchison, Kan, shows
net assets, $S1, AL; thirteen professors and
instructors, six students in theological de-
partment, forty-seven in collegiate, fifty
six in academic. Seventy-eght per cent of
this number profess religion and 161s per
cent have the ministry in view.
Carthage College, Carthage, ILL.,, shows
net assets s43, ,591; six professors, four tu-
tors. forty students in college, 116 in
academy. Seventy per cent profess religion,
twelve students preparing for the ministry.
HaTtwick Seminary. New York state.
sixty-four students, eleven candidates for
ministry. Sixty-four per cent of total at
tendance are Christians and 100 per cent of
the boarding students profess Christianity.
There are no statistics from the German
Theological Seminary, Chicago. Western
Theological Seminary, Omaha, not yet
opened. Several young men are taking
the theological course at Midland.
The following recommendations were Of
fered: That 10 cents per communing mem
Der be the apportionment for the board for
the biennum; that pastors be urged to
secure the offerings from Sunday schools
and their people on the second Sunday in
September; that action of board Of educa-
ton in temporarily locating work of West
ern Theological Seminary at Midland Col
lege be approved and they be authorized to
continue the work there until it seems best
to the judgment of the board to locate
elsewhere; that they be authorized to elect
professor of systematic theology ard the
general synod take steps for his support;
that the support of the Western Theological
Seminary be commended.
The treasurers report showed receipts
for the biennium, sl5,2sS; disbursements,
Sl5,6O6; balance on hand, 1893.
The report OF the committee on nomna-
ton of board of foreign missions was
adopted, and the new board constituted as
here ,ofore named.
mated and elected, with NJ. Rhodes, d. D.,
of st. Louis Mo-, chairman.
In the evening the anniversary of the
board of publication took place, after which
a reception was rendered the delegates by
the ladies of the churches of the city.
Lutheran Church" Rev. H. L. Baugher,
D. D., Gettysburg, Pa; "The General
Synod" Rev. J. G. Morris, D. D., Balti-
more. Nd; .'Old st. Johns" Rev. S. w.
Hosts, Hon. Amos Mlllen. Hillsboro', Ill;
'Our Guests Rev. E. H. Delk, Hagers-
town, Md; Our Educational Institutions"
Rev. S. A. Ort, d. D., Springfield, Ohio;
Die Deutschen Elm General Synode," Rev.
VIM. Schuelzke, Mr.. Fred Schwartz; Our
Young People" Rev. F. D. Altman. Kansas
City, Mo-, and Mr.. Cornelius Eckhardt,
Washington, d. c.