# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1884_S44
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44   Proceedings of the 19th General [Synod], or

Prof. Brauer has to give, in sum, 6 singing, 6 violin, and 12 organ hours, while Prof. Homann has to give 26 piano hours and 1 hour of music theory. With the exception of 2 drawing hours, which Prof. Homann also took on, all the remaining instruction in the 5 classes has to be given by the 4 professors Selle, Häntzschel, Brohm, and Krauß. Had we the class-teacher system, either a further teacher would long since have become necessary, or a division into only 4 classes. The subject-teacher system did make it possible to form 5 classes; but the five-way division is carried through only in the instruction of English and (with a reduction in the number of hours) of world history. — In German, arithmetic, and natural science, the two seminarian classes are combined, so that there are 4 divisions here. In catechism, Biblical history, and geography the pupils are instructed in only three divisions, since in each case the two seminarian classes and the upper preparatory classes are lumped together. — Furthermore, in pedagogy, symbolics, and church history the seminary classes are combined, and in penmanship and drawing various preparatory classes are combined. — In this way we worked together until the end of the past school year and endeavored, by this means, to attain the goal set for the institution. It went along after a fashion, not without individual teachers, besides their numerous teaching hours, being burdened with more corrections than is fair.

"From now on, however, we can no longer manage in this way. For two reasons. First, through the rich increase of pupils that God has granted us this year, and which we hope will not be merely a wholly passing phenomenon, we have obtained such large classes that they can no longer remain combined in some subjects without great harm and detriment to the instruction resulting from it. — Second, we have formed Division B, which receives its own additional lessons in English. This year Prof. Brohm has taken over this Division B. Of his previous hours he gave up 2 to Prof. Häntzschel (natural science) and 2 to the Director (Biblical history).

"Since, now, because of the large number admitted this year, the piano classes had to be increased, so that the number of piano teaching hours rose from 22 to 26, Prof. Homann had to give up one German class to the Director, so that the latter now gives 23 hours instead of the previous 17. But since he must at the same time carry on the considerable necessary correspondence and the oversight of the seminary, a reduction in his teaching hours would be entirely advisable.

"If one considers, then, that as things presently stand there is no thought of assigning further hours again to the other professors; if one further considers that, already from the next school year on, 6 new hours