# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S234
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232 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

extremely difficult, if not impossible, to accredit the Junior College
at Fort Wayne if a situation were created in which the overwhelming
majority of students enrolling in the Junior College were graduates
of an unaccredited high school. It would seem to your Board that
it would be ill-advised either to duplicate the costs involved or to
place in jeopardy the possibility of the future accreditation of
the synodical Junior College and High School.

Summary

Your Board’s study indicates that the mutual benefits resulting
from Synod’s decision in 1935 have justified the hopes inherent in
those resolutions. Synodical facilities available at that time have
served constructive spiritual purposes in making a vital contribution
toward the establishment of a large Lutheran High School. The
original transfer of the Lutheran High School to the campus of
Concordia College has provided the basic conditions for its success.
Stability and a Christian philosophy of education were assured
from the outset. In the early years a substantial quantity of in-
struction was given by the synodical faculty. An organized. cur-
riculum, physical facilities, an extra-curricular program were
immediately available. The cost of plant space and maintenance
was comparatively low.

The College also benefited in many ways. The increased en-
rollment has given Concordia prestige. The attention of Fort
Wayne Lutheranism has been focused on the College. Unquestion-
ably, many gifts have been contributed as a result. Many improve-
ments in plant and structure have taken place in consequence of
the presence of the high school. The music program, dramatics,
athletics, and library service have been enhanced by reason of
the increased enrollment. The attendance at College functions is
larger. State accreditation has been made possible for the minis-
terial high school.

Aiter observation of twelve years of operation and development,
however, all groups in close touch with the situation agree that
disadvantages for both would result from continued fusion of
the fully developed Lutheran High School and Concordia and that,
therefore, attempts to make additional adjustments should not be
further delayed.

Three plans have had earnest study:

1. Complete integration of high school and pre-theological
academy.

2, Separation of both by means of complete removal of the
high school from the campus.

3. Separation in housing, teaching staff, administrative organi-