# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1905_S167
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11th Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1905. 167

2. Resolved, that thanks be given to the teachers of the Detroit congregation for the musical entertainment they provided the members of the Synod.

3. Resolved, that thanks likewise be given to the young men's societies for the many services they rendered the Synod.

School Exhibit at the World's Fair in St. Louis
(in the year 1904).

"At the sessions held by the Reverend Synod in 1902 in Milwaukee, Wis., the following resolution was adopted (see the Proceedings, p. 124):

" '§ 14. Resolved, that our Synod also take part in the upcoming World's Fair at St. Louis in 1904 by exhibiting its parochial-school system, respectively the teaching materials it has produced. It accordingly encourages the parish schools and higher institutions of learning found within its midst to further this cause by submitting work.

" '§ 15. Resolved, that the faculty at Addison be appointed as a central committee charged with seeing to the execution of this exhibit. The expenses arising from it on the spot are to be covered by the Concordia Publishing House.

"This resolution has, as is generally known, been carried out by the committee charged with it, and this committee now submits to the Reverend Synod the following report on the manner of its execution.

"Immediately after the Synod, the central committee set to work and appointed from among its members a committee of three to serve as the actual executive.

"Not without some anxiety in view of its own lack of experience and the difficulties confronting it, but trusting in God that he would not withhold his help in this undertaking, which was meant to serve only his honor and the best interest of our school system, the executive committee set about solving its task.

"To get the ball rolling, it first sent circulars to all pastors and teachers, to all pastoral and teachers' conferences, and to all congregations of the Synod, with the request and call to lend a hand, so that the undertaking might succeed