# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S52
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52 Proceedings of the 28th General or

"Further: the delegates traveling from here to the General Synod should
be asked to inspect conditions at Addison in person beforehand."
F. P. Merbitz. —

There was also before the Synod the following memorial from
fellow Lutherans in and near Chicago:

We note with great joy the interest with which, in every part of the
Synod, eyes are turning toward Addison, and how the conviction is
making its way into every heart that something truly special must
finally be done, through honest, modern new buildings, for this our
oldest teachers' seminary! No one acquainted with the situation at
Addison can close himself off from this conviction.

We should, however, like to go one step further. We believe the time
has come for the seminary to be separated from the preparatory school
and relocated to a larger city. There are a great many reasons for this.
We should like to lay them before the Reverend Synod and ask that it
give us the opportunity to do so. But so that the Reverend Synod may
know at once that relocating part of the institution — should Chicago or
a suburb bordering Chicago be chosen for it — would entail no expense
to it for land, we hereby report that a large number of Christians here
are prepared to offer the Reverend Synod, as a gift, a large, excellently
situated tract of land. We add to this offer that both the large Chicago
Pastoral Conference and the still far larger Chicago Teachers'
Conference — both bodies having been informed of the above — most
heartily approve the plan and are very glad that the signatures needed to
make the proposal possible were given so willingly. —

Resolved:

A. Concerning Prof. Homann:

1. That we no longer require him, who is seriously ill with a nervous
disorder, to continue bearing the burden of his demanding office, but
release him from the office in which he has served the Synod faithfully
for so many years;

2. That we express to him the Synod's heartfelt thanks for his many
years of faithful work in the Synod's service;

3. That the General Synod's relief commission get in touch with Prof.
Homann at once, so that he not lack adequate provision.

B. Concerning the house steward, Mr. Stahmer, that he be granted
a supplement of $100.00 annually.

C. Concerning relocating the seminary and the new building.

Out of days of discussion of the above-named memorials, the
following resolutions finally emerged in order:

1. That we relocate the entire institution from Addison to Chicago
(vote by written ballot; adopted by a narrow majority);