# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S70
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

68 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

have long had a waiting list of college women who expressed their
desire to become parish school teachers, and for the first time in the
fall of 1946 a waiting list of college men, most of whom have now
been enrolled during the Winter and Spring Quarters. In the
enrollment, preference has always been given to eligible men,
especially to former members of the Armed Forces and to gradu-
ates of our Lutheran high schools. At present thirty-four G. I’s
are enrolled, mostly in the Freshman and Sophomore classes of
the College. We are very happy to report that the morale of these
men is high and that their academic work is in general somewhat
above the average. By extra crowding during the past triennium
the over-all enrollment has been kept at about 470, over 40 above
the filled capacity reported in 1944, until that time the highest
enrollment in the history of the school. It is noteworthy that since
the cessation of hostilities, the number of college men has almost
doubled. Enrollment figures for the past triennium are:

High School College
Boys Girls = Total , Men Women Total
1944-45 ww. 147 87 234 194445 _.._. = 97 93 190
(194546 146 88 234 194546 ___. 124 107 231
1946-47 115 76 191 1946-47 _... 165 «113 278

In spite of overcrowded conditions the health of our students
has been remarkably good. The health program is in charge of
a registered nurse, one of our Lutheran deaconesses, who lives in
the Infirmary and devotes her full time to student health.

Special attention is given to the women students, particularly
the younger ones, by a Supervisor of Women, who lives in the
women’s dormitory and devotes her full time to their care and
guidance. She is assisted in this work by the Assistant Librarian,
who also lives in the dormitory.

Extension and Summer School

During the triennium the in-service training of our Christian
day school teachers received continued emphasis. The six weeks’
Summer Session on the campus was given each year. The Saturday
Extension Classes were conducted at River Forest throughout each.
school year. Our Extension Department operated centers for
teachers in service at Milwaukee, Cedar Rapids, St. Louis, She-
boygan, Edwardsville, and Watertown.

Resident enrollment at Summer School was:

1944 304 1945 388 1946 272
The total enrollments in Extension and Correspondence Classes
were: Extension Correspondence
96 32
66 51

97 64