# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1905_S53
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11th Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1905. 53

has supplied the synod with a not inconsiderable number of its
pastors. We hope and expect that the addition of the two upper
classes will have the same result, if not an even more favorable
one, than the addition of the Tertia has had.

"But to the Lord of the Church, who has graciously guided us
thus far, be praise and thanks for it. May he continue to help us
in grace according to his goodness." (Report of the Board of
Oversight at Hawthorne, N. Y.)

1. Resolved, that the Progymnasium at Hawthorne, N. Y., be
expanded into a full gymnasium and that professors be called as
soon as it becomes necessary.

2. Resolved, that the salary of Professors H. Stein and R.
Heintze each be raised to $1000.00 plus free housing, and that the
salary of Prof. M. Walker be raised to $900.00 a year.

Resolution concerning music instruction at all our schools except
the two teachers' seminaries.

Resolved, that students at our gymnasiums — and in particular
also at our seminaries at St. Louis and Springfield — be given the
opportunity, through instruction, to acquire such musical skill that
they are able to play the customary chorales in church. Students
should be diligently encouraged in this and advised to make use of
vacation time as far as possible for practicing music as well. — At
the institutions themselves, the instruments needed for this are to
be made freely available to the students, and any costs of
instruction are to be met from the fund for poor students.

College Society at New Orleans, La.

In 1904, since circumstances did not permit making this matter
a district matter right away, a College Society was formed in the
Southern District for the purpose of establishing a gymnasium at
New Orleans, La. — The impulse for this came from parents in
congregations of the Southern District who wanted to have their
sons prepared for the preaching or teaching office but could not
bring themselves to send them, at so young an age, to one of our
gymnasiums located in the North, partly because of the great
distance and partly because of the climate. — The society acquired
in New Orleans a lot of four acres, with buildings on it well suited
to serve as an institution, at the price of