# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S437
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has been a most disruptive influence, with marked de-

e:Church is either weakened or given up entirely. - Cases-of
nduct, we are happy to say, have not come to our attention.

ue, of course, that there are extenuating circumstances for
cé'in the supervision of co-eds. The right type of person to

of the. women’s dormitories is not. good.

. further development of skills and personnel for handling co-
nm may eventually solve most of these problems. In the
time we suggest that no further extension of co-education to

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Is which do not now have it be undertaken. It seems to us that

ner way, it would be better to limit the pretheological training.
chools to male students.. Occasional association with fine Christian
oung women: can be arranged through, church activities or campus
peocials to which maybe invited. the girls of the neighboring parishes,
ida rather close approximation of a normal social life would thereby
provided for the young men. _
High school co-education with girls on the same campus with col-
ge men should, in our well-considered judgment, be avoided for
more than one reason. Experienced educators almost universally feel
‘that it is socially and normally undesirable.. The mingling of high
school girls with college men creates unusual disciplinary difficulties.
Early teen-age girls present so many problems that they had best be

kept.under daily parental guidance.

3. The Problem of Costs

It is, of course, obvious that the problem of costs requires thorough
study and consideration. It would be Most unwise for Synod to em-
bark upon’ a program which would in any. way curtail other sections
“of its far-flung work: We have, therefore, given particular thought
atid study to the entire problem of costs at our institutions, especially’
_ in connection with the problem of general education. ' ;

As it is now constituted at some of our schools, general education
on the high school level is not very costly. Few additional courses
have been provided. Enrollments are so low that the non-theological
or non-teacher-training students are taken into the existing small
classes. This is very economical so long as the combined number of
both types of students in a class is below thirty. As soon as this
figure is exceeded, a division of the class becomes mandatory. This,
_in turn, entails increases in staff and consequently in expense.

After the school grows—and this should be the aim of all who are
in the field of general. education—more diversified offerings .become
necessary. More Mathematics, Science, French, Spanish, Social
Studies, Typing, Shorthand, Commercial Subjects, Domestic Science,

in scholarship, at times to the point where the resolution.

nditions. The male administrative Staffs have had. no ex-.

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istian education can be provided for our Lutheran girls in any.

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