# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1875_S33
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On the proposal of the committee the following resolutions were adopted regarding the primer (Fibel):

1. that the offered manuscript be accepted with thanks by the Honorable Synodical Conference [*Synodalconferenz*] and be brought to print in a suitable manner.

2. that the costs incurred by the committee appointed by the Synodical Conference for the preparation of the primer, namely travel costs and any other expenses, be reimbursed from the proceeds of the book.

3. that Pastor Lange be entrusted with the control of the printing, the proofreading and the final revision of the primer.

4. that the directorate of the Honorable Synod of Missouri for printing and printed matter be charged with the publication of the primer and the determination of the selling price.

With regard to the reader it was explained that the preparatory work done on it was still small. The main thing for us now is to offer our schools such an English reader whose content is pure of false doctrine and whose language is correct. It was therefore resolved to accept with thanks the offer of Professor Selle. The following further resolutions were adopted:

1. that two commissions be appointed to examine the offered reader, one consisting of theologians, theological, and one consisting of pedagogues, expert.

2. that the theological faculty in St. Louis form the former, the faculty of Watertown College the latter.

3. that the English reader be published by Easter of next year.

4. that, after the offered reader has been approved by both commissions, it be published in the name of the Synodical Conference as approved by it.

5. that the reader, after it has been approved by both committees, be submitted to all the presidents of the individual synods in a manuscript for their opinion before publication.

6. that the publication of the books not be placed in the hands of a businessman, but all benefit and profit be secured to the church.

7. that the individual synods receive each of the English school books at mere cost of production and the profit from resale go into the treasury of the synod concerned, but that a uniform selling price must be observed everywhere.

8. Resolved, that the printing directorate at St. Louis be charged with the publication of the English reader and the fixing of the selling price.

9. Finally resolved, that if the offered reader should be rejected by the expert commission, the committee for church and school books be requested to continue its work.