# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S88
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

86 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

its boards to make a study of this matter by competent heating
engineers.

15. Lighting. —A similar study should be made by lighting
experts of dormitory lighting. Recent advances and inventions in
lighting raise the serious questions as to whether the lighting
provided in our older dormitories is not unnecessarily and perma-
nently harmful to the eyes of our students.

16. Representation at Synod. — The present regulation for the
representation at synodical conventions calls for attendance on the
part of the president of each institution and of one member of
the faculty of all institutions except the St. Louis Seminary, of
whose faculty members as many as are considered necessary are
to attend. It is our conviction that the interests of Synod will
be better served if all four of Synod’s professional schools have
a larger representation than the president and one faculty member.
We therefore respectfully petition Synod to authorize a larger ©
representation from the faculties of the seminary in Springfield
and the teachers’ colleges.

17. Change in High School. —- Memorials from both Nebraska
Districts relative to our high school are before the convention.
We wish to signify our concurrence in the request that Synod
instruct its Board for Higher Education to study the possibility
of joint operation of a high school in Seward by Synod and the
two Districts.

18. Preparation of High School Teachers.— The college is
receiving increasing numbers of requests for teachers for Lutheran
high schools. This matter should receive study and action. Synod
should make provisions for the preparation of an adequate supply
of teachers for positions in Lutheran high schools. In our judgment
the teachers’ colleges are the logical training institutions for this
purpose. They do, in fact, furnish a considerable portion of the
teaching personnel now, but greater numbers and more adequate
provisions for training are needed. We request that Synod au-
thorize its Board for Higher Education and the teachers’ colleges
to adapt the training program to these needs.

19. Testing Bureau. — For some years the Seward Survey Test,
developed by our Dr. T. G. Stelzer, has been growing in popularity
and widespread use. Now eight synodical Districts are par-
ticipating. As more and more Districts and the schools in them
make use of this and other tests of intelligence, achievement, per-
sonality, and aptitude, it becomes apparent that there is a felt
need for this kind of service throughout Synod.

We feel that the time is ripe for Synod to develop this program
into a testing bureau which will serve its elementary, secondary,