# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1900_S5
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1900. 5

The following were elected officers of the Synodical Conference [*Synodalconferenz*] for two years:
President [*Präses*]: Pastor J. Bading of Milwaukee, Wis.
Vice-President: Pastor P. Brand of Pittsburg, Pa.
Secretary: Director J. Schaller of New Ulm, Minn.
Assistant Secretary: Pastor E. A. Mayer.
Treasurer: Mr. H. Christiansen of Detroit, Mich.

In all, eight sessions were held, four each morning and afternoon. In the morning sessions the paper [*Referat*] presented by Prof. J. Schaller on the necessity of Christian schools for the Christian family, the church and the state was discussed; in the afternoon sessions the business of the Synodical Conference was transacted. President C. Gausewitz served as chaplain at the opening services.

Doctrinal Proceedings.

The Necessity of the Christian Congregational School for the Christian Family, the Church and the State.

(Essayist: Prof. J. Schaller.)

That the foregoing topic was chosen for the proceedings of the Synodical Conference has a twofold reason. First, it is indeed generally known that among all the church bodies of our country none, as do the synods joined in the Synodical Conference, stresses in word and deed that we cannot and may not be content with the state school and the Sunday school, that we want Christian congregational schools for our children and will not let them be taken from us; yet the grounds of this our position are often not recognized, and so our condemnation of the state school and our insistence on congregational schools are misunderstood. A thorough presentation of our standpoint on this matter is therefore by no means superfluous, even if nothing especially new is brought to light by it. Such a testimony will surely also not fail to have a salutary influence on other circles. Second, there are still always to be found among us congregations and individual members of congregations who do not yet recognize the necessity of the congregational school in its full measure. Otherwise there would hardly be so many schools without a teacher of their own. More than is now done, one would the schools [sentence continues on the next page]