# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1935_S42
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42 Proceedings of Thirty-Sixth Regular Convention,

Committee 1 recommended: —

1. That these brethren be provided for by Synod in keeping with the prin-
ciples of Christian charity;

2. That the Board of Directors be instructed to carry out this resolution.

Action of Synod.
Synod adopted these recommendations.

Portland.

The Committee on Higher Education had recommended that the institu-
tion at Portland be closed. (Cf. Reports and Memorials, p.56f.) Memorials
184 and others brought reasons for not closing the institution.

Committee 1 recommended: —

That the recommendation of the Committee on Higher Education be
declined and the college at Portland be continued.

Action of Synod.
Synod adopted the recommendation of Committee 1.

Concordia Seminary at Springfield.

The Committee on Higher Education had recommended that the Seminary
at Springfield be closed. (Cf. Reports and Memorials, p.57.) Memorials 127,
128, and a number of unprinted overtures pleaded that the seminary be
not closed.

Committee 1 recommended that the Seminary at Springfield be closed and
suggested provisions for the present and prospective students at Springfield as
well as the disposal of the property.

Action of Synod.
The first vote by ballot stood 266 to 265 in favor of closing Springfield.

In a later session the question was reconsidered, and it was resolved, by a vote
of 256 to 288, not to close Springfield.

St. Paul’s College, Concordia, Mo.

The Committee on Higher Education had recommended to close the col-
lege at Concordia. (Cf. Reports and Memorials, pp. 57 ff.) Memorials 130 to
133, besides a number of unprinted overtures brought reasons against the
closing of the institution.

Committee 1 recommended that the recommendation of the Committee on
Higher Education to close St. Paul’s College, Concordia, Mo., be declined and
that the college be continued.

Action of Synod.
The recommendation of Committee 1 was adopted.