# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1902_S138
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138 Proceedings of the 25th General, or

3. Resolved, that the General President see to it that, besides the
reports of the oversight boards, all the reports of the standing
commissions established by the Synod are likewise available in print
at the opening of the Synod, so that the delegates can familiarize
themselves with their content before they come up for discussion.

4. Resolved, that the General President acts in the sense of the
Synod when, as often as it seems advisable to him, he calls upon the
Vice-President for the western part of the Synod to serve in the
eastern part, and the Vice-President for the eastern part to serve in
the western part of the Synod.

5. Concerning the appointment of a commission (see p. 47,
Resolution 3).

6. (See p. 111f., Resolutions 1 and 3.)

7. (See p. 123, Resolutions 2, 4 [and 7].)

8. (See p. 136, Resolution 8.)

9. Concerning the regulations, etc. (see p. 137, in connection
with §1, 1899 report, p. 138).

Miscellaneous Resolutions.

1. Resolved, that the General President have a heartwarming appeal
published in the "Lutheraner," one that opens willing and generous
hands, addressed to the Synod's congregations, so that the grants
made by the Synod, amounting to more than $100,000.00 for the
expansion of the educational institutions, etc., flow without
difficulty into the District treasurers' coffers before long.

2. Resolved, that the Synod's opening sermon, delivered by the
General Vice-President, Mr. C. C. Schmidt, as well as the General
President's synodical address, be published in the "Lutheraner."

3. Resolved, that the motion to establish an eighth professorship
for the full gymnasiums be tabled.

4. Resolved, that the Synod recommend to the individual Districts
that in future they elect two Vice-Presidents each, for the sake of
greater assurance that every District has a president from one
election to the next.

5. Resolved, that as regards the representation of the educational
institutions, matters remain as before. However, the institution in
whose location the General Synod meets shall be permitted to suspend
instruction during the Synod's sessions, so that all professors of
that institution can take part in the Synod's proceedings.

6. Resolved, that the motion to reduce the number of delegates to
the General Synod by establishing a different mode of election be
tabled.

7. Resolved — on the occasion of a petition from a member of Trinity
Congregation at Milwaukee, Wis., to the effect that the Synod