# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1906_S57
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1906. 57

Let us now turn our attention also to the individual mission fields, and first to those in

A. Louisiana.

I. New Orleans. — 1. St. Paul's Station. (Pastor Lankenau.) The most joyful and important event at St. Paul's Station during the past biennium was the celebration of our 25th anniversary on 25 February 1906. The two jubilee services were well attended; at the evening service no fewer than 300 persons were present. On 30 June 1906 the number of souls was 293, the number of communicants 151, the number of voting members 23. Quite a number of members of this congregation have moved out of the city in the last two years.

Ministerial acts: Baptized: 2 adults and 36 children; confirmed: 8 adults and 23 children; married: 29 couples; buried: 36 persons; communed: 551 persons; house visits of the missionary: 1035, of the teachers (men and women): 1322. Services every Sunday morning and evening, also from Reformation Day to Easter on Wednesday evening. Average attendance: Sunday mornings: 35 adults and 51 children; Sunday evenings: 45 adults and 10 children; Wednesday evenings: 32 adults and 7 children. A great number of the women have several small children and therefore cannot attend the services regularly.

The school has enjoyed a fine growth in the two past years. Two male and two female teachers taught 328 pupils in the last school year. Two of our school workers, a teacher and a woman teacher, are graduates of our Luther College. School attendance was considerably more regular than in earlier years; for example, the average attendance in the last quarter, in spite of the extraordinarily hot weather, was 172 pupils. Although we now have four teachers, it was nevertheless not possible to accommodate all the children who applied. Miss Walter, who teaches in the old chapel ("chickencoop" [printed in English]), had to turn away more than 25 children in one month. In my opinion the Synodical Conference [*Synodalkonferenz*] should seriously think of providing us still more schoolroom, since I see no reason why next year the number of applicants should not be still greater than before. In our schoolrooms we have seating for only 300 children. While there was room enough in the upper class, in the lower classes three children often had to sit on one bench.

Funds raised at this station from 1 July 1904 to 30 June 1906 amounted to $1498.65. To the treasurer for the Negro Mission [*Negermiſſion*, the period's term for the mission among African Americans] $750.00 was remitted in this period and to Luther College $90.00; for fire insurance $60.00, for the poor $70.00 and for the interior renovation of the church $80.00 was spent. The present cash balance is about $85.00. Before