# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S242
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240 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

tion and assurance that they are acceptable to the associa-
tion involved.

2. That the Board for Higher Education be directed to assist
these schools wherever possible.

3. That the Board for Higher Education be authorized to
recommend to the Board of Directors the appropriation of
any funds required to achieve regional accreditation.

ACTION

Upon recommendation of Committee 1 Synod resolved:

1. That all teacher colleges and junior colleges (except Ed-
monton) be directed to apply for regional accreditation as soon
as they have achieved conditions which would give reasonable
indication and assurance that they are acceptable to the association
involved;

2. That the Board for Higher Education be directed to assist
these schools wherever possible;

3. That the Board for Higher Education be authorized to
recommend to the Board of Directors the appropriations of any
funds required to achieve regional accreditation.

X. General Education

The last convention of the Synod instructed the Board for
Higher Education to establish standards and limitations for general
education and co-education at the Preparatory Schools (Synodical
Proceedings, 1944, page 442). Your Board has given extensive
study to this problem which has such far-reaching implications for
the future of our ministerial and teacher training. Extensive com-
ment on the subject and several conclusions are included in the
Board’s report on the Senior College question and need not be
repeated in detail at this point,

One of the major factors in the Board’s conclusion that a
Senior College would be of great benefit to the Church is the fact
that general education has developed to such a degree at a majority
of our Preparatory Colleges that there no longer exists an oppor-
tunity to place exclusive focus on the professional aspects of the
educational projects of the Church. It is recognized that at the
high school level there is a great similarity in the background in-
formation and general education required by both ministerial
students and general education students. A great deal of this
basic teaching can be effectively offered in schools which are
training both ministerial and general education students. At the
same time it should be pointed out that Synod’s system of min-