# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1902_S45
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Tenth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1902. 45

...money thrown away. The new organ in the new assembly hall, too, is in
such a condition that it cannot be used for practice purposes. To make,
out of these organs, two new organs suited to their purpose — reusing
whatever can still be used from the new organ — will, according to the
estimate of an experienced organ builder, require about $3000.00. Since
our seminary cannot fulfill its purpose without good organs, we confidently
hope for the approval of this sum.

"Finally, we must also inform the Reverend Synod that it has pleased God
to remove a faithful, zealous, and gifted member of the Board of Control,
by a blessed death, from the church militant to the church triumphant. It
is Mr. P. Aug. Reinke, who died on November 18, 1899. The Board sought to
fill the resulting vacancy by the election of P. H. Engelbrecht Sr.

"Now may the Lord our God further prosper here too the work of our hands;
yes, the work of our hands, may he prosper it. Amen." (Report of the
Board of Control at Addison, Ill.)

"There is no doubt that in the last twenty years great advances have been
made in the field of pedagogy, especially in our country. Our federal
government, as well as the state governments, and no less the local
authorities, leave no means and no ways untried in order to raise the
level of our public schools, to make the education of the young as
complete as possible in their view. There is, to be sure, no doubt that in
these endeavors wrong paths are often taken, and that as a result one
often misses the mark by a wide margin; but nevertheless it remains true
that the requirements in school have been considerably raised, that the
teachers at these schools must possess a degree of education that
qualifies them to fill their position as well. These great changes in our
public school system have not failed to have their effect on our parish
schools either. Our parish school of today makes altogether different
demands, not only as regards the degree of education of the children in
the subjects they need for civic life, but also as regards the training of
the teacher. The question now arises: Do our young people who devote
themselves to the teaching office receive, in our seminary, such training
as qualifies them to conduct instruction in our schools to good advantage,
and are they equipped with enough knowledge that they need not shrink back
timidly when they meet people of good education? It is an absolute
necessity that the teacher also possess a good education in secular
knowledge. The more he is given of this, the more freely and firmly he can
conduct himself in his school. He is then able to prove to the
congregation that he — besides Christian upbringing — is also very