# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S445
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pease of ‘Board for Higher Education : 445

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My of the supply-demand situation of the past twenty
ented i in the following tables:

Table 3

LOSSES OF ACTIVE MINISTERS
ANNUAL AVERAGES BY FIVE-YEAR PERIODS

Deaths Resignations Re-entered ‘Net Losses
25 56 . ou 70

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Table 4

GAIN IN MINISTERS °
ANNUAL AVERAGES

‘Candidates ;
Entered Net Losses" Net Gain '
129 83 46°

113 60 . 53
101

Table 5

SURPLUS CANDIDATE PRODUCTION
: ANNUAL AVERAGES

Candidates , “Surplus”

‘ Candidates Entered Over’ es
1938-1940 .... . 145 129
1931-1935 . 144 94 80 (67)*
1926-1930 121 113

1921-1925 . 101 6

*Intern year made compulsory for all St. Louis students in 1932, thus
ostponing graduation for ca. 86-100 additional students, an annual
verage for the period of ca. 1, or a total of 67.

Retirements averaged 53 annually for the 1931-1940 period. ' This
ate may also be expected to rise slowly. *
. Allowing ‘for re-entriés, ‘the net losses to. be replaced were about

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