# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S247
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California Concordia College at East Oakland, Cal.

The above institution is still, so far, the property of the California and Nevada District, which is endeavoring, to the best of its judgment and means, to see to its external needs. But since the Honorable General Synod has undertaken to select and salary the teachers at this, our youngest prophet-school, it is certainly not only right and proper but also necessary and desirable that we, on the occasion of its convention, render a brief report, presenting and laying to heart, for the whole Synod, this institution's welfare and troubles, its achievements and its needs.

With praise and thanks to the God of all gifts and powers, we can first of all testify that the work at our institution has, in the past triennium, made not a spectacular advance but still a quiet and thriving progress. The few, and mostly still small, congregations of our district have earnestly seen to it, through their support, to further the welfare of this their tender foster-child, so that we have suffered no lack whatsoever in bodily and earthly things. In particular, through the institution of two fixed giving-days in the year, not only has rich blessing flowed to our institution, but interest in our work has thereby been awakened and kept alive throughout all our circles, as is evident from the fact that, in cash alone, over $4000.00 has come in from our congregations in the last triennium. In this we may, by God's grace, experience that this blessing also flows back again into our congregations, namely that, precisely as a result of caring for our pro-gymnasium, they gain more understanding and also take a greater part in the overall work of our Synod, whose center is, after all, geographically so distant from them.

Our two dear professors show diligence and faithfulness, zeal and skill in their work, and the Lord's help and blessing is visibly with them, so that they meet, to our full satisfaction, their heavy task of teaching four classes in all the necessary subjects. It is particularly worth noting that the Christian discipline in the institution is excellent and that the relationship between teachers and students is thoroughly cordial. It should also be gratefully mentioned here that teacher H. G. Röcker in Oakland has thus far given singing instruction in our pro-gymnasium without charge.

As for the enrollment of our institution, we ask above all that it be considered that our fellow Christians in our district have, until recently, stood rather distant from our system of higher education and must therefore first be trained for it. It must also be taken into account that our parish schools, from which we must draw our students, have only in recent years gained a firm footing here and, thank God, are only now beginning to spread. If, however, we look at the small number of our still almost entirely

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