# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S74
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

72 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

standing with the University of Illinois is now such that graduates
with superior records who have satisfied undergraduate majors may
be admitted to full graduate standing. Since the North Central
Association of Colleges has resumed its practice of examining insti-
tutions for admission to membership, which it had discontinued
during the war, it is hoped that in the near future the remaining
obstacles to accreditation with the regional association can be
removed. While such full accreditation is desirable for the minis-
terial high schools and Junior colleges, it is imperative for the
welfare of Synod’s parish school system that the Teachers Colleges
be accredited, not only by their respective State Departments of
Education, but by the regional accrediting associations as well.

Progress in Building and Remodeling

Unfortunately at this writing the library and dormitory allowed
by the Saginaw convention are not yet under construction. We
sincerely hope that both will be well under way by the time Synod
convenes, Meanwhile the remodeling authorized by Synod in 1944
has made real headway under the guidance of Synod’s Board of
Directors, in spite of a year-round educational program amidst
painfully crowded conditions. Worn-out lavatory and shower
facilities have been completely replaced in eleven out of twelve
dormitory floors. Dangerous corridor floors of the Administration
Building have been patched and covered with asphalt tile.
Fluorescent lights have been installed in all classrooms, and safe
ceilings have replaced the falling lath and plaster of our classrooms
and corridors. Additional work on the walls and ceilings is now
to begin in the old dormitories with funds already appropriated,
and our requests include permission to complete the repairs under
the supervision of the Board of Directors as time and material
permit.

Acknowledgments

The Board of Control] sincerely appreciates the assistance of
the Praesidium, Electoral College, the Board for Higher Education,
and Board of Directors in carrying on its complex program amidst
wartime and postwar difficulties. We gratefully acknowledge the
industry and faithfulness of the whole faculty, and of the curricular,
personnel, and business administrators and their staffs, who under
the leadership of the president have not only carried on the program
of the school, but have steadily improved it under trying conditions.

The congregations and ladies’ societies of Northern Illinois and
Michigan, who have generously contributed to our Commissary
and Student Employment Fund, as well as the Concordia Teachers
College Men’s Club and Women’s Auxiliary, who by their encour-
agement and financial support of our total program have served
well in the Lord’s kingdom, merit our sincere gratitude. And