# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1914_S72
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72 Proceedings of the 29th General or

[continued from the previous page] ...institutions, not our seminary, should be approached for assistance. The Faculty asks the Reverend Synod for its opinion on this matter.

On behalf of the Faculty of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, most respectfully yours,

St. Louis, Mo., February 23, 1914.          L. Fürbringer.

Resolved, that the Synod fully concurs with the opinion of the St. Louis Faculty in this matter.

The Establishment of a *Privatdozent* [university lecturer without a professorial chair] Position

at a German university, or the founding of a confessionally sound private institute to represent true Lutheran doctrine of Scripture and confession before students of positive theology, seemed to the Synod impracticable at this time.

Instruction in Spanish.

The proposal that instruction in the Spanish language (perhaps by means of phonographic apparatus) be given at our seminaries to those students inclined to go to Brazil was referred to the Faculties at St. Louis and Springfield for consideration.

Uniform Vacations.

Two petitions concerning uniform Christmas and Easter vacations at our institutions were referred to the Professors' Conference.

Missions.*)

1. Inner Mission.
(Proclamation of the Word among fellow believers.)
A. At Home.

a. General Inner Mission in North America.
Report of the Commission for General Inner Mission in North America, April 1911 to April 1914.

In the past three years as well, the Commission has tried to fulfill the task assigned to it by the Reverend Synod, and has [the gifts presented by individual Christians, and those from individual—

*) Note by the Secretary. For lack of space, the commission reports had to be shortened. What is missing may be found in the Synodalblätter [synodical periodicals], which reach a far larger readership than the Synodal-Bericht does.