# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1884_S41
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Fourth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1884.   41

seminarians, of whom 13 could be sent out into teaching positions. In this year two pupils died, two were given the urgent advice to leave the institution, one was expelled, and two voluntarily turned to another calling. — The number of pupils in the previous year (1883) was 129, namely 78 preparatory students and 51 seminarians; 23 of them entered the school service. 7 pupils left the institution because of illness and 13 for other reasons. — At present the institution has 161 pupils, namely 110 preparatory students and 51 seminarians, of whom, God willing, 21 will take their examination next June.

"For temporary supply work in the school service there were, away from the institution, in the year 1881, 8 pupils; in the year 1882, 14 pupils; in the year 1883, 11 pupils; and up to today, 10 pupils. — The spirit prevailing among the pupils is a Christian one; yet in recent years frequent incidents, betraying thoughtlessness, defiance, and arrogance, especially in the upper classes, have caused the institution's dear teachers no little worry and grief, and press us all the more urgently to remember this beloved institution diligently in heartfelt prayer to God — that God would ward off the design of the evil enemy, grant the teachers wisdom and grace to curb the outbursts of sinful flesh, and that the faithful God would especially foster and preserve the dear pupils in right fear of God and humility.

"To all the professors we can bear the testimony that, each according to the gifts granted him by God, they attend to their office faithfully and conscientiously. Their work has grown especially in this school year through the great number of pupils whom God the Lord has brought to us, and through the establishment of a Division B, of which more will be said below.

"Until September 24, 1881, the faithful and deserving Pastor emeritus Theodor Brohm also gave some lessons in the seminary; he conducted the practical exercises of the second seminarian class in the catechism and in Biblical history. On the day named, however, the Lord of the Church called him, through a blessed death, out of labor and all misery to the long-desired and prayed-for eternal rest. He had reached the age of 73 years and 12 days. In this venerable old man the institution lost a warm friend and intercessor before God.

"Let it also be mentioned here that Pastor T. J. Große, because of a heavy workload, was compelled around Easter 1883 to give up the instruction in Bible knowledge that he had until then given once a week.

"The Board of Control entrusted the inspection of the teaching hours to its chairman. He was not able, indeed, to fully satisfy the letter of the instruction given by the Synod; yet he attended several hours given by all the teachers during the past triennium. . .

". . . What was entrusted to the Board of Control in the year 1881