# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S453
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

‘Report of Board for Higher Education _. 453-0 °
ng difference in the size of the constituencies of our: various
jtions and that this situation must be taken into account in any
or to discover which institutions may no longer be needed
nod’s program. -_ . ‘
ddition to all these considerations, it should be pointed out
finder the present arrangement. of Synod’s educational system '
mains definite room for improvement in educational effective- »
here are numerous weak areas at all our preparatory schools.
uthetan Church is to remain in step with the swift pace of
‘in American life, in American education, and ‘within the
f church activity itself, stronger ‘schools are an immediate

‘ Furthermore, we cannot postpone much longer the accredi-~
‘of our institutions with State and regional agencies. No small
both academic and financial, will be required to succeed‘in this ~
ion. ; a
a ‘later. section of this report presents reasons for retaining the

sresenit basic form of our educational system, namely, that our pre-..
logical training be limited as heretofore to the junior college -
It should be noted, however, that this proposal assumes that
preparatory colleges will be brought to the utmost peak of -
ucational excellence. This will inevitably. entail further expendi- -
Stures. Synod will probably not pe able to carry the financial burden
¢ developing fourteen strong colleges and seminaries to the highest .
emic efficiency. Nor would it be economically sound to do so
a better plan can be developed.
All these considerations, therefore, point to.the necessity of con-
lidating schools and reducing the extent of our educational system
the point where.it serves Synod most effectively and ecgnomically.
Through no fault of their own, .certain schools have, as separate
titutions, become so weak that they no- longer adequately serve
od’s needs. Their service in the past has been. an outstanding
tribution to the work and development of Synod. Their academic
‘affs are also today on a high level. Through the years, however, the ©
ant and equipment at two of them have become partially obsolete.
d would require costly replacement in the. near future. The
ices of all three may be fully provided by other: means. . Tt,
efore, appears reasonable to recommend in some detail, as we
now propose to do, that the human resources at these three institutions
ee be amalgamated with other institutions, that the obsolescent physical

ants of two be vacated, and that the physical plant of the third be
converted to other purposes. The institutions to which these con-
sidérations would apply are: — . ,
Concordia College, Portland, Oreg.
St. Paul’s College, Concordia, Mo. -
: Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, Ill. .
‘Note: As a result of the open hearing held an November 10, 1943, :
the above recommendations have been modified somewhat, as appears
iin the details on these three institutions on the pages that follow.

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