# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1887_S32
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32 Proceedings of the 20th General or

not only outwardly respectable but are also devout at heart and
sufficiently gifted.

"The resolution of the last delegate synod to set up, for the following
three years, a provisional arrangement — that is, to make such
provision that the most indispensable requirements for making the
institution livable be supplied (Proceedings of the Del. Syn. 1884, p.
39) — has been carried out by your supervisory board. Room was
thereby gained for three lecture halls (two smaller and one larger), as
well as living rooms and dormitories for about 90 students. Were all
the students, including those serving as vicars, present at once, the
quarters would, given the growth that has taken place in student
numbers, indeed not suffice. For those actually present at the
institution, however, the space, though tight, is sufficient.

"The supervisory board has also endeavored to have the well-known
clause removed from the institution's title deed, and has turned the
matter over to its longtime attorney, Advocate E. Schwan, who is also
in contact with the Pennsylvania Synod regarding the debt we still owe
it — but so far, it seems, without success.

"Finally, let it also be brought to the knowledge of a Reverend Synod
that, as successor to the late Mr. Pfau, Mr. F. Jansen has been
appointed steward [Hausverwalter], who together with his wife
attends to his duties with diligence, faithfulness, and the best success,
so that not only have significant savings resulted, but the board fee
for the students could also be lowered.

"Mindful of the great blessing that our practical institution has
already brought to the American Lutheran Church and especially to
our Synod, and mindful of the great shortage of laborers in the Lord's
vineyard, which seems to grow ever greater as our mission fields and
our Synod as a whole expand, we conclude with the request that the
Reverend Synod continue to hold our nursery school [Pflanzſchule]
most earnestly in mind and commend it to faithful care and
intercession." (Report of the supervisory board at Springfield, Ill.,
written on 12 April.)

Resolved, that the Synod joins in the heartfelt thanks that the board
renders to God for the rich blessing that this nursery school of so
many faithful servants of God was permitted to experience in the past
three years.

Regarding the practice of sending out help in the form of such a large
number of students, a lively debate arose, in which it was argued on
the one hand that such assistance must be harmful to the young men's
own training, while on the other hand any real harm was denied.
In the end the Synod agreed on the following statement: "The Synod
cannot help expressing its painful astonishment that about 60 students,
who were, after all, meant for