C.F. Brommer letter to Professor - June 17, 1919
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[Evangelical Lutheran Synod Nebraska District letterhead] June 18 [1919] My dear Prof: Please accept enclosed donation, as a sign of our appreciation of your good will in services rendered. I have forwarded the result of your research to our lawyers. Our case will come up in The [ms illegible: 1 wd] Court of [ms illegible: 1 wd] next Saturday, where our lawyers will ask for a temporary injunction. As the matter will in any case be taken before the Supreme Court were lawyers do not intend to make a serious effort to have request granted. They think this would be only for
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[experience] the same seeds awakening as ours? One board decided to educate lady teachers, at [ms illegible:
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| Title | C.F. Brommer letter to Professor - June 17, 1919 |
| Creator | Brommer, C.F. |
| Source | Brommer, C.F. Letter to Professor. 18 June 1919. Graebner, Theodore Collection. Concordia Historical Institute, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Letter addressed to professor from C.F. Brommer, the President of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and other States. Brommer discussed the Siman Act, which prohibited the instruction of any foreign language in private, public, or parochial schools in Nebraska. German Synods across the area argued that the Siman Act deprived them of their liberty to practice their first language. |
| Subject LCSH | German language--20th century |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; Siman Act |
| Contributing Institution | Concordia Historical Institute |
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| Date Original | June 18, 1919 |
| Language | English |