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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1935, Page 206

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206° Proceedings of Thirty-Sixth Regular Convention,

Report of Committee L5:—. .

Your Committee has given this petition careful consideration.
While it is true. that the great distance which lies between Idaho and
the coastal cities makes the attendance at the convention for the Idaho
contingency difficult and costly, yet in view of the fact that the new
District would be but a small one, consisting of only twelve pastors
and twelve congregations, with 2,000 souls ; and in view of the further
fact that the pastors of Idaho are all comparatively younger men;
and in view of the additional fact that this new District would be
in need of some subsidy, your Committee recommends that this peti-
tion be declined and that the petitioners be requested to give the

matter further consideration.

Action of Synod.
This report was adopted.

President and Vice-Presidents of Synod to be
Nominated and Elected in the Same Manner -
as the Other Officers.
(Memorial 408.) ,
Wuereas, Synod made provisions more than ten years ago ac-
cording to which the candidates for standing committees, boards of

Synod, and for the various synodical offices are nominated by a special
Committee on Nominations 3 and

Wuereas, The candidates for the offices of President and Vice-
Presidents are elected by Synod itself at a primary election; and

Wuereas, The work of the Synod’s President is of such tremen-
dous importance for the welfare of Synod that the best possible candi-
dates should be placed in nomination; and

Wuenreas, Suitable candidates for the important offices of Presi-

‘dent and Vice-Presidents are not always known to the delegates at-

tending our synodical convention; and

Wuereas, The present method of nominating and electing the
President and the Vice-Presidents of Synod gives little oppor-
tunity for an intelligent survey of the whole field of suitable can-
didates; and

Wuereas, This same method of electing men to important offices
in the Church has long been discarded by perhaps the majority of
congregations as a method that is antiquated and may result in the
nomination and election of men little suited for their particular
office; and :