# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S604
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

20 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

of the Board for Higher Education, faculties and Boards of -C
trol of teachers’ colleges be authorized to adapt the curricylt
most effectively to the individual student by developing Vi

curricula which will-meet the needs of the field and of the S

3. Languages. It has become increasingly difficult to make
reasonable language sequence for students entering with on
more units in a foreign language other than German ‘(usu
Latin). Our Board of Control and faculty should be autho:
to inaugurate such courses in Latin as will meet the student’s nee

4. Secretarial Training. In view of the nature of modern tea¢!
ing and of congregational work, it becomes ever more appa
that many of our teachers should learn to type and be reasona
well trained in the use of office equipment. Requests for teache
who have such training are reaching us with increasing frequene
Synod should authorize (a) the college to institute courses in th
transcription skills and. (b) the proper board to secure adequa
furnishings for such training as soon as again available, settir
aside, if necessary, a stipulated amount of money at this convent
Synod is also requested to authorize the sum of $5,000 for the col
version of the basement of our Administration Building into cla
rooms for the teaching of these courses, . :

5. Infirmary. We are seriously handicapped by a lack of Prope
facilities in attempting to carry out an adequate health progr:
With a mixed enrollment the size of ours, we must have a proper
equipped infirmary, all the more since the hospital facilities in thy

, city of Seward are already overtaxed by the needs of the com
munity. We therefore request the Synod to authorize the
penditure of $11,000 for the remodeling of our old service buil
providing for an adequate infirmary on the second floor and vari
other needs on the first floor.

6. Women’s Dormitory. At present we. have dormitory facil
ities for housing 62 women students. This is about half of. th
quota set for us by the College of District Presidents through:
Committee on the Assignment of Calls and averages down to eigh
or nine girls for each class. In view of the commendable gene
trend throughout Synod to replace non-synodically trained wom
teachers with such as have attended our teachers’ colleges, th
number is far too small to meet the demand. We therefore resp
fully petition Synod to authorize the erection of a women’s.
mitory housing 65 to 75 students and costing approxim
$100,000, fully furnished and equipped. Since the women stud
pay room rent (at present the rate is $7 a month for each studen
the cost of the erection of this building will be repaid to §
‘in the course of the years. ;