# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1914_S65
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14th Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1914. 65

amount of $25.00 monthly, and also to pay in arrears the rent unpaid
since June 1911, amounting to $900.00.

Until the last Delegate Synod, Prof. Jonas received $65.00 salary per
month and, in addition, $25.00 for rent. The Reverend Synod then
revised the salaries of all professors and fixed Prof. Jonas's salary
at $1100.00 per year. We were glad of this salary increase, since it
was exactly what we had requested in our petition at the time. Our
understanding that Prof. Jonas would continue to receive $25.00 for
rent in addition to the salary of $1100.00 was indeed shared by the
Reverend General Presidium, the college of district presidents, and
the General Board of Control, but the treasurer held a different view
and therefore did not consider himself authorized to pay out the full
sum.

3. Thirdly, we would like to submit to the Reverend Synod, for serious
consideration, the question whether it would not be advantageous in
every respect for it, instead of spending $50.00 monthly on rent, to
build two professors' residences on the institution's new property
here. We take the liberty of urgently recommending this to the
Reverend Synod and of proposing that it grant $7000.00 for the above
purpose.

Resolution.

Resolved, to grant the sum of $900 from the synodical treasury for
back rent owed on Prof. Jonas's residence.

(On hiring an assistant, see p. 67.)

Pro-gymnasium at Portland, Oreg.

Concerning this institution, belonging to the Oregon and Washington
District, the following report lay before the Synod:

With a thankful heart the board of control can report to the Reverend
Synod on the state of the district institution at Portland, Oreg.; for
the Lord has held his blessing and protecting hand over it during the
past three years. Next to God, we thank a Reverend Synod for the great
help given us in maintaining our Concordia by its taking over the
salaries of our professors. May the Lord richly repay the Reverend
Synod for this love!

Our two professors have attended to their office and calling with all
faithfulness and conscientiousness. The pupils were, as a rule,
diligent, led a Christian life, and let themselves be corrected with
God's Word in every transgression that occurred. Health was very good
throughout the whole triennium. Enrollment has steadily increased, as
the following figures show. In 1911 the student body numbered 15, with
3 new admissions; in 1912, 9 were newly admitted, and the total number

[Signature at the foot of the page: "5" — a printer's sheet signature, not a folio.]