# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S43
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 43

Chaplains Attending the Seminary
iss Under the GI Bill of Rights chaplains may attend school for
wax four years, receiving an annual grant up to $1,300 (including $500
¢ tuition).
. Fourteen chaplains attended Concordia Seminary; and more
‘would attend if adequate housing on the Seminary campus were
vailable. .
After consultation with the Army and Navy Commission and
with the Board of Directors of Synod thirteen Homettes were
erected on our campus to serve the chaplains and their families.
“These Homettes were built on the section of the campus west of
KFUO Radio Station near Big Bend Boulevard; and the settlement
». is known as Seminary Terrace West. In later years these Homettes
may be used to serve Graduate School students and missionaries
on furloughs with their families. Before these Homettes were built,
the chaplains were allowed to live in Faculty Residence No. 8, the
home that had been vacated by Dr. Paul E. Kretzmann, in order
to fulfill their desire for the atmosphere of the Seminary campus,
proximity to the Seminary library, and opportunity to mingle with
faculty and students. The Army and Navy Commission paid the
initial cost of furnishing Faculty Residence No. 8 for the housing
of the chaplains, and granted an allowance for repairs after this
program had been completed.

Clinical Training Program ,

The need for competent instruction in the field of institutional
work and clinical training has been sorely felt at our Seminary.
In March, 1946, our Board reached an agreement with the City
Mission Society of St.Louis that the executive secretary of that
organization, the Rev. E. J. Mahnke, be granted a leave of absence
from his work in City Missions for fifteen months of training. The
Board of Directors of Synod made the sum of $3,000 available
to us for the purpose of salary, car allowance, and tuition for
Rev. Mahnke’s training as instructor in this department at the
Seminary. Upon completion of his training he will organize the
work of specialized training of students in institutional work, and
personally supervise the work of each student in this work, Under
the supervision of the faculty he will work out and put into effect
a program of clinical training similar to that offered by the Council
of Clinical Training, Inc., of New York City. His rank will be
that of instructor at our Seminary; and he will serve the St. Louis
City Mission Society part-time while directing the Clinical Train-
ing program at our Seminary.