# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1914_S50
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50 Proceedings of the twenty-fifth convention

Kramer then took up the work again in the spring of 1912. His report on the station reads as follows: "Our school in Carrollton (teacher: Eleanore King) has done well from the very beginning and has kept up well to the close of the present report, so that one can only rejoice over it. Unfortunately this cannot be said of the rest of the mission work there. I have made almost no headway with the mission. Why is that? I can only state what seem to me the causes of our failure. First, Carrollton is almost overcrowded with sectarian churches. The churchless element, on the whole, wants to know nothing at all about church. Then we hold school and services in an all-purpose hall that serves every purpose and has a very bad reputation, and it seems almost impossible to persuade people to attend a service in this hall. Finally it also seems to me as if the people are prejudiced against a white missionary, and it is therefore hard to find access to them. If we are to get ahead in Carrollton at all, I can give only one counsel: we must buy a lot in Carrollton and build a chapel as soon as ever possible. So long as we hold services in the hall, we shall never be able to gain a foothold among the people." — The school, which last winter once had 101 pupils on the roll, closed in June with 75. The prospects for this autumn are again very good. 16 children come to the Sunday school.

Redeemer. This new station was opened on November 25, 1912, by the professors of Luther College, Wilde and Meibohm, in a rented dwelling house. It is in the northern part of the city, on Dupré Street, about two miles from St. Paul's. Prof. Meibohm preaches here every Sunday evening. In the last quarter the services were attended on average by 14 persons. Among the visitors are also some members of the St. Paul congregation who live nearer to Redeemer. Director Wilde is in charge of the Sunday school, which has 22 children on the roll. In the weekday school Miss Sophie Raymond teaches. In April she had 62 children on the roll, in May 60. Prof. Meibohm writes in his report: "With regard to the prospects of the Redeemer station I venture to say nothing definite. It is very hard to win people for church attendance, because they are either staunchly or at least nominally Catholic or even entirely churchless, or because they are accustomed to going somewhat farther, to the 'lively' services of the sectarian churches. In regard to the Sunday school similar difficulties exist. The school enjoys a good reputation and even a rush of pupils, and the prospects are, humanly speaking, quite good." Since the city demands that "sanitary toilets" be installed before school begins, and we cannot in the long run remain in the rented