# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S82
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

80 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

of Directors with power to act. In the spring of 1945 approval to
call a man for the position was obtained. Rev. L. C. Wuerffel of
Iowa City, Iowa, was called and is serving in this capacity. The
number of full professors is now back to its 1932 level.

Academic Matters

The synodical curriculum forms the basis for the program of
our college. Substantial improvements in instruction have been
made during the triennium. Visual aids are being used quite
extensively and a course in Visual Aids has been added. The same
is true of the library and Library Science. In a number of other
departments the offerings have been strengthened considerably.
The physical education and health program has been developed.

A good beginning has been made in a guidance program. The
curricular and extracurricular program of the college is being
integrated under the guidance of faculty committees.

The summer session has enjoyed wide acceptance. The col-
lege has been able to render signal service by providing training
opportunities for emergeney teachers and by accelerating the pro-
gram of regular students. Another significant feature of the summer
session is the development of the pastors’ summer school in co-
operation with Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, ,

Training School. —The training school is manned by a very
efficient staff of four. The enrollment has increased to such an
extent that a division of classes must be considered soon. St. John’s
Church has introduced a kindergarten and has expended a con-
siderable sum of money to provide and furnish a suitable room.
The congregation has also added a library. Excellent visual-aid
equipment has been acquired.

These improvements have enhanced the value of. the training
school by furnishing an opportunity for students to observe and
to participate in the use of modern equipment and to extend their
practice-teaching experience to the kindergarten level. The train-
ing school has been in session for six weeks every summer for the
benefit of the seminary students and beginning teachers.

The professional relation and co-operation between the training
school staff and the college are excellent.

Accreditation. — Concordia Teachers College is fully accredited
to the Nebraska State Department of Public Instruction (and
through it to most other States) for certification purposes. A sig-
nificant forward step was completed in spring of this year when
full accreditation with the University of Nebraska as a four-year
degree-granting college was achieved,

During the past three years further progress has been made