# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S638
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the quotas of woman students at River Forest and Seward, accor
ing to the needs of the field (see Proceedings, 1941, p.50). This
arrangement has worked harmoniously and effectively and sho
be continued, since the District Presidents, constituting as they
the official Board of Assignments of Synod, know better than a
other group what the needs of the field are in each District fr

women has been overcrowded for the past two years, and only.
under the grace of God and by the utmost vigilance in supervision
have living conditions in the dormitories remained comparatively:
healthful. : ;

Called in to advice us in our efforts to gain full accreditation,
Dr. John Dale Russell of the University of Chicago, an experienced:
examiner, thoroughly acquainted with the educational and housing’
standards of the North Central Association. of Colleges and Sec
ondary ‘Schools, wrote in his official report to the President an
Board of Control of Concordia Teachers College, “The need ‘for
new quarters for the library has been commented on in a previous :
section. The second most important need is for adequate facilities :
for woman students, The present dormitory facilities, both for men:
and women, are unsatisfactory. Those for men could be mod a
ernized without much outlay. Those for women could be best.

provisions for social life and recreation, and in general a homelike
atmosphere as an aid in the proper development of the finer
sensibilities and attitudes of future primary teachers.

In view of the above facts, we respectfully petition Synod to

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