New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-10-05
LUTHERANS HOLD
. CONFERENCE | ] J R E HERE
NEW ULM DISTRICT DELEGATES
DISCUSS VITAL TOPICS
THE PAST WEEK.
NEW THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
AT WAUWATosA, WIS. is
GIVEN APPROVAL.

Tuesday and Wednesday Of last week
the pastors and laymen Of the Lutheran
churches Of the New, Ulm district had a
meeting in this city for the purpose
OF discussing various matters of in
terest to the church in general and to
the congregations comprising this dis
trict in particular. The conference was
well attended and passed off harmoni-
ously. With the exception of Lake
Benton, all of the churches Of the dis
trict were represented. Delegates were
present from New Ulm, Sleepy Eye,
Morgan, Eden and Vesta.
Rev. I'm. F. Albrecht Of Fairfax, presi-
dent of the Minnesota Synod, was also
in attendance. Several of the profess
sors Of DR.. Martin Luther College Of
this city took part in the sessions
also.
Parochial School Question.
The main question that came up for
consideration was that pertaining to
the parochial schools maintained by
most of the churches of the Lutheran
faith and how to conduct them so as
to escape adverse criticism on the part
Of the state which is now being fire.
quently made.
Prot. Robert Albrecht of the DR..
Martin Luther College opened the de-
bate with a well-prepared paper dis
cussing the subject in an exhaustive
manner from three different angles.
First, What must the family and
the congregation do to advance the
parochial school?" second, "What must
the Synod do to help the parochial
schools along?" and third, what must
be the relation between the pastor and
the parochial school teacher to work
together in harmony for the better
ment Of the school?D Prof. Albrecht
was listened to- attentively, because
of the brilliant manner in which he
handled the subject. An animated
discussion followed in which nearly
all of the delegates took part.
New Seminary Favored.
Those present favored the building
of new theological seminary. The
theological seminary at Wauwatosa,
Wis. has become out of date and is
altogether too small to meet the re-
quirements Of the General Synod and it
has been decided to build a new semi
nary at cost Of at least half mil
lion dollars. The conference went on
record favoring the project and will
conduct the subscription campaign in
this district when the time comes to
do so.
The matter of regulating and per-
fecting the financial system Of the
General Synod was discussed at length
and suggestions offered but no resolu-
tons were adopted.
Status Of President General.
Another question that was up for
discussion pertained to the status OF
the president Of the General Synod
It is being urged in some quarters that
he devote his entire time to the duties
Of his Office for the best interests Of
the Synodical body. The consensus
Of opinion Of those present at the CON
ference favored the retention of the
present plan, which is to have the
president also take care Of parish work
Conferences Semi-Annually.
It was decided to hold two district
conferences every year, one in Febru.
airy and the other in September, ttese
to be called by the chairman Of the
conference who is Rev. C. J. Albrech1
Of this city. Rev. w. C. Albrecht d
Sleepy Eye was reelected secretary
Of the conference for the ensuing year
The meetings were held in the audi
forum Of the new school house anc
all were agreed that this proved yer,