There is a silent video (lasting 16:44) on the web showing the festivities at the opening of the new Concordia Seminary (St. Louis) in 1926. It requires iTunes to view it. I have not figured out how to download it:
http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/historic-events/id426814665#
or http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/seminary-dedication-1926-video/id426814665?i=92201368
Or download converted video to MP4 format directly ==>> here <<== (43 MB)
2018-06-15: reference this CSL website that displays this video.
Dr. Pieper appears at the 0:20 and 10:50 marks. Prof. Theodore Graebner is shown at the 12:08 mark unveiling the "Graebner Hall Tablet", presumably in honor of his father Prof. A.L. Graebner. Rev. J.W. Behnken (later President of the LC-MS) is shown at the 13:13 mark giving an address. Walther's (died 1887) carriage is displayed at the 13:57 mark.
This is the only video recording that I know of that shows Dr. Pieper. I believe T. Graebner said somewhere that they wished they could get a voice recording of him but did not.
It appears that this is a major transition time for the LC-MS. The English language had made major inroads into the activities:
- the video has messages in English,
- Tyndale (a non-Lutheran) was honored for his English Bible, and
- A.L. Graebner wrote for the English based Theological Monthly publication.
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