# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1905_S55
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11th Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1905. 55

to make to the synod, takes the liberty of recommending to the
Reverend Synod that a committee be appointed to draw up a
petition to the General Synod in which the establishment of such a
Progymnasium is recommended, and at the same time the approval,
encouragement, and support of this work on the part of the
General Synod is requested. ' " The members of the mission
commission."

" 'The report was adopted, and it was decided that the district's
president and its two vice-presidents — that is, Revs. Runkel,
Bernthal, and J. H. Theiß — should submit this petition to the
General Synod.'

"This committee now takes the liberty of submitting the
following to a Reverend Delegate Synod:

"In accordance with this charge, the committee in question has
not only given further thorough consideration to the founding of a
Progymnasium, but has also sent a circular letter to all the
congregations of our district in order to determine whether there is
need and eagerness for such a work on this coast. The result was
that all the congregations not only declared that they would
welcome with joy the founding of a Progymnasium on this coast,
but also expressed their willingness to support it to the best of
their ability. A number of pupils from the various congregations
are also already in prospect for this institution. We therefore hold
that the proper time has now come to open a Progymnasium on
this coast. We accordingly now come before the Reverend General
Synod with the following two questions:

"1. Will the General Synod approve and recommend the
founding of such an institution?

"2. Is the Reverend General Synod prepared to call and pay the
professors needed from time to time, if the congregations of our
district acquire suitable property and undertake the institution's
upkeep otherwise?

"May the Lord himself make his will in this important matter
clearly known to us, and crown with his richest blessing this work,
planned in firm trust in his help and his support!

"With brotherly greeting, wishing God's blessing on your
deliberations, the committee signs itself in all respect: J. H. Theiß,
G. A. Bernthal, Geo. Runkel."

1. Resolved, that the synod approves and recommends the
founding of such an institution on the Pacific coast.