# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S75
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES - 78

finally,.to our heavenly Father, who has kept His protecting hand
over our faculty and students and who has permitted Concordia
Teachers College to continue in His service, we offer praise and

thanksgiving.
Requests and Memorials

1. We respectfully request permission to complete the repair
and remodeling of the older buildings under the supervision of the
synodical Board of Directors.

2. Other requests are presented in three separate memorials:

a. Additional Professorships at River Forest to Replace Tempo-
rary Instructorships.

b. A New Music Building and Auditorium at River Forest.

c. A New Chapel at Concordia Teachers College, River

Forest, Ill. Tre Boarp oF ConTROL
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A. H. WERFELMANN, Chairman
Pau L. Kivenper, Secretary

ADDITIONAL PROFESSORSHIPS AT RIVER FOREST TO REPLACE
TEMPORARY INSTRUCTORSHIPS
(Memorial 123)

It is well known that the Church is experiencing a critical
teacher shortage. On the basis of careful studies of supply and
demand it appears that this condition will not be remedied for
years to come. We have done everything within our power to
meet Synod’s need for teachers. During the war we accelerated
our program by introducing a full summer quarter for three years
in succession, thus enabling many students to finish their four-
year college course in three calendar years. For the past three
summers we have trained emergency teachers in increasing num-
bers, and for four years we have offered practical educational
training to a large group of seminary students who volunteered
for a year’s work in Synod’s parish schools. Each year we have
been able to send out a very large contingent of our own students
to do supply work. This practice, while it has helped the immediate -
need for teachers, has postponed the graduation of many of our men.
Quite a number of our women have chosen to continue teaching in
the field and have consequently not been graduated. The total
number of teachers, including graduates, students, and emergency
teachers of all kinds placed in the field each year has been 148
in 1944, 208 in 1945, and 208 in 1946.

Year after year the teacher shortage has pressed upon us with |
ever-increasing weight. By using every possible physical facility
we have increased our enrollment to the utmost capacity of the