# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S232
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

280 . SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

President and the Registrar of Concordia College, a Business
Manager, a Principal, a Dean of Girls, and a clerk to perform the
routine in the Registrar’s office.

Conceivably, this group of individuals could provide effective |
administration for a group of 500 students in a standard type of
school if the functions were normally delegated to the individual
members. Under existing circumstances of joint operation, how-
ever, the division and responsibility was inevitably conceived in a
fashion which could lead to considerable confusion and misunder-
standing. As long as the basic concept of integration of the two
schools conditions the practical administrational assignments, it
appears to be impossible to separate the functions of the President
and the Principal, as well as those of the two Boards, in such a
fashion that clear unit control would be established throughout the
organization. Under such a philosophy of operation, serious over-
lapping of responsibility among members of the administrational
staff appears inevitable.

Synod’s Program

On Synod’s part, the lusty growth of the high school centered
attention upon the potential effect of an integrated, dual-objective
school on the ministerial training division, since under such cir-
cumstances Synod’s original and primary objective could apply
only to a minority group in the enrollment. It was feared that
the large size of the student body on one campus and particularly
the numerical imbalance involved would create a situation which
would overburden the President and the synodical staff and which
would make it unlikely that the pre-theological students would
receive that amount of personal guidance and attention which
has been found to be so desirable for adequate character develop-
ment and conditioning of attitudes of the ministerial students.

In brief, the lack of adequate space and facilities for the ex-
panding high school, the extreme difficulty of effecting an efficient
organization, and the potential deficiencies in the training of pre-
theological students have presented problems which make modi-
fications of the original arrangement desirable.

The Current Situation

The administration serving Synod and the Fort Wayne High
School Association have both been alert to the existence of these
serious problems and have already effected many of the numerous
adjustments indicated. The High School Association has also stood
ready to give financial support for movements designed to correct
inadequacies as these were jointly proposed from time to time.

Your Board is glad to report that all the natural science courses
are now taught in rooms equipped for the purpose. Courses in