# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S253
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 251

action. The Board considers. also that actions to be taken on
related matters by this Synod might easily create a condition which
would make some other solution both feasible and desirable.

In the meantime your Board has conveyed for the consideration
of the administration of the schools at River Forest and Seward.
a series of suggestions involving mainly technical adjustments on
which immediate action might prove desirable. In addition, your
Board suggests the acceptance of all qualified applicants for col-
lege enrollment at River Forest with the provision that since there
is insufficient room in the dormitories, aid should be given to find
lodging in private homes in the Chicago and suburban areas.
Students who cannot be accommodated in this manner may be en-
couraged to enroll in the Seward institution, the difference in rail-
road fare and room costs to be equalized by synodical subsidy.
We believe also that the entire matter of placement, recruitment,
reclamation, and personnel guidance should be given early atten-
tion and review by all properly constituted officers and boards for
the purpose of achieving effective integration of all sources of
supply and more satisfactory provision for adequate facilities,
particularly for the placement and personnel guidance service.

Your Board realizes that the suggestions made and the adjust-
ments already completed will remain inadequate as long as the
demand for teachers even approximates its present volume. In
recognition of such a state of emergency, your Board makes the

following
RECOMMENDATIONS

1. That the Board for Higher Education be directed to study
the entire teacher-training program and the problems of our
Teachers Colleges in the light of current demands.

2. That the Board for Higher Education be instructed to take
immediate action on the basis of its findings, even if such
action involves suspension of part or all of the High School
Department at the Teachers Colleges.

3. That the Board for Higher Education be directed to authorize
any necessary staff adjustments, including election of addi-
tional college professors, if such action becomes necessary as
a result of the Board’s findings.

4. That the Board for Higher Education be empowered to
recommend to the Board of Directors payment of properly
certified railroad fare and room subsidies which might be-
come chargeable to Synod as a result of the matriculation
at Seward, Nebr., of students who attempt to enroll in the
College Department at River Forest or of River Forest
students who cannot be accommodated in the dormitories
there during the existing emergency.