# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1902_S50
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50 Proceedings of the 25th General, or

"The buildings approved by the Synod in the year 1899 have been
completed. $462.40 more was spent on them than the Synod had approved
for the purpose. It came about as follows: soon after the last Synod,
building materials, especially iron, rose by about 25 percent. We
therefore ask the Reverend Synod, for the reason given, to approve this
excess expenditure.

"The teaching staff has carried out its work with its accustomed
faithfulness. Right at the start of the school year 1899 to 1900, Dr.
Dümling resigned. After a longer vacancy, we found a capable replacement
for this professorship in the person of Mr. P. L. Dorn.

"With deep sorrow we must report that Prof. Bischoff was suddenly
paralyzed on his left side on February 1 of this year. After discussing
with the Right Reverend General President the situation arising from this
sudden illness, we appointed Prof. Kruse as a temporary substitute until
the end of June. Thank God, Prof. Bischoff's condition has improved
somewhat. May the Lord grant that he can soon be active at the
institution again.

"There is one more matter to which we would like to draw the Reverend
Synod's attention. Rector Schick, who has now served the Synod at our
institution for over forty-six years, has now reached the age at which it
becomes extremely difficult for him to give the number of hours assigned
to him. Repeatedly, this past year, he has had to skip hours because he
felt too worn out. A limited number of hours he could still quite well
take on. Help must therefore be provided here, if the work at this
institution is to be properly carried on in the future. May the Synod
determine how this can and should be done.

"In these past three years, too, the students have, on the whole, let
themselves be guided and governed by the word of God, and have been
faithful and diligent. In some, admittedly, the flesh showed itself quite
plainly. Some had to be removed from the institution on account of their
offenses. The state of health, considering the sorry condition of the
buildings here, could still be called good. Contagious illnesses have
occurred several times. Two serious operations had to be performed.

"Now we would like to point out one more matter. It concerns our
institution's buildings. These show such defects — as regards flooring,
crossbeams, ventilation, heating, lighting, roof, stairs, drainage, and
also space — that something thorough must finally be done here, if we are
to stand before God and our conscience, and if the Lord's work is to
prosper at this place. But since the repairs needed on these old
buildings, as well as the construction of a new wing to gain the
necessary space, would require a large sum