# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S184
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

150 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

which Synod requested the Board to furnish and which un-
questionably involve far-reaching consequences for the future
welfare and development of our Church. The same importance
attaches to the Senior College problem which is discussed in con-
siderable detail in the Board’s current Report.

Your Board desires to direct special attention also to the
observations made under the title: Resident Student Counselors.
Synod’s action on this proposal may well involve a major advance
in our entire approach to the problem of ministerial training.
Under God’s blessing the operation of the system proposed could
effect profound changes in the spiritual, professional, and cultural
concepts of our graduates.

As another major project, your Board has undertaken a restudy
and restatement of the Objectives of Ministerial Training as ordered
by the Saginaw Convention. The results of its study have been
incorporated in the Board’s report on the Senior College. It appears
to the Board that these Objectives of Ministerial Training consti-
tute the ultimately determining factor in any evaluation of proposals
to establish a Senior College or any other modifications of Synod’s
system of ministerial training. In the opinion of your Board, the
Objectives deserve separate publication and consideration.

While it is certainly not required that there be complete agree-
ment with the Board’s conclusions relative to the many practical
recommendations conveyed to Synod, ways must be found to
agree on basic Objectives. The future development of our edu-
cational system depends on a clear concept of the objectives to be
reached, and under God the: correctness of these concepts as well
as the thoroughness and vigor of their implementation will be
major human factors which condition the doctrinal attitudes and
the practical effectiveness of our future pastors and teachers.

No separate report is given on the File of Personal and Aca-
demic Data on potential faculty personnel. Your Board is happy
to state that the file is established and in use. In addition to
complete information relevant to present faculty members, more
than 125 sets of data are already available. There has been splendid
co-operation by the brethren involved and by those to whom it
was necessary to send reference inquiries. The information is being
made available to persons authorized to call or appoint teaching
personnel at synodical institutions in accordance with the directive
of the Synod of 1941.

We regret that it has not yet been possible to work out satis-
factory detail on the matter of Sabbatical Leaves and of subsidies
to encourage greater Attendance at Professional Meetings. Your
Board is confident that further consultation with the Board of