# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S206
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204 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

We, the undersigned, do present this overture and petition to
the Honorable Missouri Synod, to wit:

1, That Synod be asked, and it is hereby asked, to take imme-
diate steps toward abolishing the high school years from all of our
synodical colleges; and

2. That Synod initiate the expansion of our Concordias into

full four-year colleges. Martin P.Smmon A.J. BuetTman

Kart F. BREEHNE

Abolish High School Departments at Our Colleges
(Memorial 143)

Wuereas, It is apparent that the spiritual life of our colleges
is not of the high quality we should all wish it to be; and

Wuereas, This lack exerts a continual and detrimental influ-
ence upon the future spiritual leaders of our Church; and

Waereas, High school training can now everywhere be had
without boarding out, which was not true in the days when our
system originated; and

Wuergas, It appears to us a monstrous and vicious procedure,
and pedagogically indefensible, to take growing children out of
their Christian homes for training in boarding schools; now,
therefore,

We, the undersigned, do present this overture and petition
to the Honorable Missouri Synod, to wit:

1. That Synod be asked, and it is hereby asked, to take im-
mediate steps toward abolishing the high school years form all
of our synodical colleges; and

2. That Synod initiate the expansion of our Concordias into
full four-year colleges. R. G. TROEGER

Four-Year Course at Bronxville
(Unprinted Memorial 14)

Wuereas, In the Eastern section of our country there is no
full college course of our Synod in existence, and since this em-
braces a large territory of our Synod and includes many of its
members; and

Wuereas, There is a great need within our Church for an
educated laity and ministry, and since at the present time it is
possible for our members to attend Concordia Collegiate Institute
at Bronxville, N. Y., for only two years, and then it is necessary
for them to further their education at other institutions; be it

Resolved, That we memorialize Synod to consider the estab-