# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1914_S26
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26 Proceedings of the 29th General or

Böcler's residence has been carried out, and a new kitchen range has
also been purchased for the seminary for $243.83; $300.00 had been
authorized for it.

There is, however, one charge which the board of control regrets it
has not been able to discharge. The new service building resolved
upon by the last Synod has not been built, because the building fund
lacked the necessary money. We must urgently ask the Reverend Synod
to include this building again in its appropriations this time,
though we must also mention that the sum of $12,000 authorized three
years ago will hardly suffice to erect the building. About $16,000
should be set aside for it. The building is still needed, and grows
more necessary all the time, as the Reverend General Board of
Control can attest.

We hereby commend our practical preachers' seminary to the further
grace and care of God, and also to the continued love and care of
our Synod.

Resolution.

Resolved, to raise the appropriation of $12,000 resolved upon
three years ago for the building of a service building to $15,000.

Special Matter.

The electoral board of this seminary had asked the Synod to appoint
a commission whose task should be to look into and investigate
certain "internal matters of the seminary and, with God's gracious
help, to settle them."

Resolved (on motion of Committee 1): Since particular
circumstances are present, a special commission in Springfield shall
act in this matter in place of the seminary's electoral board, since
this manner satisfies all parties concerned.

This commission shall consist of five men, of whom four are members
of the ministerium and one is from the lay membership.

This commission shall be elected by ballot.

Should one of the elected members of the commission be unable to
serve, the one with the next-highest number of votes shall take his
place.

The commission thus elected and instructed consists of the following
men: Pastors H. Speckhard (339 votes), J. Wefel (305), B. Sievers
(215), F. Brust (207), Mr. Wilhelm Schulze, Chicago (294); alternates:
Pastors W. Hagen (185), J. Hilgendorf (139), E. F. Melcher (113);
Mr. J. Nüchterlein, Michigan (114).

Teachers' Seminary, River Forest, Ill.

The worthy board of control of this educational institution sent the
Synod the following detailed communications:

As the board of control of the Teachers' Seminary at Addison, Ill.,
respectively River Forest, Ill., prepares to address the Reverend Synod