Luther College (Louisiana)
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Luther College was a
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It was established by the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America in 1903 as part of the conference's missionary work among African Americans in the Southern United States following the American Civil War. The school was founded the same year as Immanuel Lutheran College in Concord, North Carolina, and both schools had the same three departments: a secondary school, a normal school, and a seminary
.
In 1910, the school closed its seminary, having graduated only one student in that department. In 1925, the conference closed the college, citing the lack of its seminary and the high estimated cost required for new school buildings. Funds for the college were diverted to the Alabama Lutheran College in Selma, Alabama, which had been established in 1922.
History
Following the
high school, a normal school, and a seminary.[4] In 1904, the school had 25 students,[7] with two students in the seminary.[8][9] Additionally, St. Paul's operated a parochial school that had an enrollment of over 200 students.[10][11]
A 1908
co-ed institution that offered preparatory and college classes.[12] That year, the school had 14 male and 9 female students, ranging in age from 13 to 24 years old, being taught by three white male teachers, with six students studying for the Christian ministry.[13] In September 1908, Lankenau departed from New Orleans, with his duties as both president of Luther College and minister of St. Paul's being taken up by Frederick Wenger.[14] By 1910, the school's property was valued at $6,000 and it had annual expenses of $2,500, which were primarily covered by the conference, with additional funding secured by tuition.[13] That same year, the seminary closed, having graduated only one student, Clavin Peter Thompson, during its existence.[4][3]
In February 1914, the school was visited by members of the
industrial education for its male students.[15] Additionally, they recommended that several Lutheran parochial schools in the city should divert their income to the college "to make it a first-class secondary school".[15]
In 1922, the conference opened the
mission field of focus for the Lutherans.[16] Several years later, in 1925, the conference closed Luther College,[2] with the funds that had been going towards that school redirected to the Alabama institute.[16][4] A 1927 book published by the conference cited two main reasons for the closure of Luther College: the lack of the seminary and the estimated $18,500 that would have been required for the construction of new buildings for the school.[3]
Notes
References
- ^ a b Armentrout 2005, p. 473.
- ^ a b c d Mitchell 2004, p. 147.
- ^ a b c d e f g Drewes 1927, p. 90.
- ^ a b c d e f Murphy, Melton & Ward 2011, p. 463.
- ^ Bischoff, R. A., ed. (February 1904). "Items from New Orleans". The Lutheran Pioneer. XXVI (2). St. Louis: Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America: 15.
- ^ Kossmann, J. (December 1904). Bischoff, R. A. (ed.). "A Day of Rejoicing at New Orleans". The Lutheran Pioneer. XXVI (12). St. Louis: Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America: 93–94.
- ^ Bischoff, R. A., ed. (December 1904). "Notes and Items". The Lutheran Pioneer. XXVI (12). St. Louis: Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America: 95.
- ^ Bischoff, R. A., ed. (February 1904). "News from Bethlehem Station, New Orleans, La". The Lutheran Pioneer. XXVI (2). St. Louis: Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America: 15.
- ^ Bischoff, R. A., ed. (June 1904). "News from Our New Orleans Field". The Lutheran Pioneer. XXVI (6). St. Louis: Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America: 47–48.
- ^ Bischoff, R. A., ed. (June 1904). "The Second Annual Conference of Our New Orleans Churches". The Lutheran Pioneer. XXVI (6). St. Louis: Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America: 47.
- ^ Bischoff, R. A., ed. (November 1904). "Notes and Items". The Lutheran Pioneer. XXVI (11). St. Louis: Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America: 87–88.
- ^ Myers 1908, p. 22.
- ^ a b Hartshorn & Penniman 1910, p. 364.
- ^ Drewes 1927, p. 29.
- ^ a b c d e f g h United States Office of Education 1917, p. 313.
- ^ a b Murphy, Melton & Ward 2011, p. 205.
Sources
- Armentrout, Donald S. (2005). "Lutheran Church". In Hill, Samuel S.; Lippy, Charles H.; Wilson, Charles Reagan (eds.). Encyclopedia of Religion in the South (2nd ed.). Macon, Georgia: ISBN 978-0-86554-758-2.
- Drewes, Christopher F. (1927). Half a Century of Lutheranism Among Our Colored People: A Jubilee Book. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House.
- OCLC 5343815.
- Mitchell, Henry H. (2004). Black Church Beginnings: The Long-Hidden Realities of the First Years. Grand Rapids, Michigan: ISBN 978-0-8028-2785-2.
- Murphy, Larry G.; ISBN 978-1-135-51338-2.
- Myers, Harry J., ed. (1908). American College and Private School Directory. Vol. II. Educational Aid Society.
- Negro Education: A Study of the Private and Higher Schools for Colored People in the United States. Vol. II. )
Further reading
- Bischoff, R. A., ed. (October 1904). "Notes and Items". The Lutheran Pioneer. XXVI (10). St. Louis: Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America: 79–80.