# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1902_S64
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64 Proceedings of the 25th General, or

devote themselves not to the church ministry but to another calling,
whether they conclude their studies with this altogether, or whether
they wish to begin some secular specialized study. Our schools have
always stood open to such students, and rightly so. It is a blessing for
our country and for our Church that many a judge, lawyer, physician,
chemist, etc. has not had to seek his scientific training at a
Christ-less school. It may well be mentioned here that we had the
Tertia when the Progymnasium was handed over to the General Synod. The
abolition of this class made a bad impression in the circles of our
congregations here, especially since means could probably have been
found for it to continue without burdening the Synod with the cost. Nor
would the unity of administration have needed to be disturbed. The
abolition happened under God's permission. Its restoration can, under
God's blessing, remedy the damage done more quickly than we dare hope.

"If concern is now felt regarding our request for the establishment of
a Tertia on account of our small number of pupils, then, apart from the
resulting advantages in discipline and instruction, it should also be
pointed out that over 50 pastors and several teachers in our Synod have
passed through our institution. Among these there are certainly many who
were won for study more easily, or perhaps at all, precisely because
they had an institution in their midst, so that without it the shortage
of preachers in our Synod would be even more keenly felt than it already
is.

"Venerable fathers and brothers, nowhere more than in the East of our
country are faithful Lutherans hindered in their work by pseudo-Lutherans;
nowhere more than here does a refined paganism spread, whose idols are
gold, fleshly lust, and so-called 'science.' For this reason it is
precisely the East that needs strong efforts in the field of Christian
upbringing and education.

"To the Lord, who has entrusted us with the work in His Kingdom, be
thanks for His help thus far. To Him our Concordia is also commended for
the future. Amen." (Report of the Board of Control at Hawthorne, N.Y.)

1. Resolved, that the Tertia taken from the institution at Hawthorne
six years ago be given back to it at once — naturally together with a
fourth teacher.

2. Resolved, that the same privileges which have been granted to the
Synod's other institutions with regard to the library and the
natural-history cabinet be extended to the institution at Hawthorne as
well.