# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S466
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466 Report of Board for Higher Education

given to these factors on the one hand, and ‘to the conclusions of the’
survey on the other hand, is a question which only Synod can answe
In loyalty to the commission given the Board for Higher Educatio
by Synod, the Board can only stand by its conclusions.
the full realization that many brethren will feel that
should weigh more heavily in the balance. The
must be left to the wisdom and judgment of Synod.

It does so-i
other factors:
yltimate decisio

ACTION OF SYNOD

Regarding St. Paul’s College at Concordia, Mo., Synod adopted:
the recommendation of Committee 1, “that St. Paul’s College, ‘Con,
cordia, Mo., be retained.” :

4 CONCORDIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
Historical Data

August 2, 1946, will mark the centennial of the founding of thé
Springfield Theological Seminary. Located at first in Fort Wayne}
Ind., then in St. Louis, Mo., it was moved to Springfield, Ill, in 1874:

75. For almost a century it has graduated a continuous stream of:
consecrated young men, many hundreds in number, and has ‘thus:
contributed in no small measure to the growth of the Missou: ;
Synod. : :

On account of the urgent need for Pastors in the early years of our,
Synod, the original purpose of this seminary was to train young men:
by means of a much shorter course of studies than that offered’
St. Louis. Its students were recruited from the ranks of late’
adolescents. Though consecrated and of devout spirit, their educa~"
tion was frequently quite scant. Obviously, this condition provide

essentials required for the Lutheran pastorate.

The St. Louis Seminary,
a much earlier age and thr
and college training. Th
Capacity to St. Louis and
in contradistinction to the

on the other hand, recruited its students at::
ough the gymnasia provided a high schoo
us Springfield served in a complementary,:
was designated as the “practical seminary”
“theoretical seminary” at St. Louis.

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| Recent Developments

As the passing years brought an accelerated tempo of life, vastly +
Taised standards of education of our citizenry, and increasing - com
plexity of problems in civil life and in church work, ‘it was inevitab
that. the Springfield Seminary should feel the. impact of these changes;

‘Step by step it adapted its entrance requirements, its curricular
‘Structure, its course offerings and their content to the altered circ
' stances. The changes instituted Prior to 1910 are of minor concern at.