# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S278
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278 PARISH EDUCATION

For an over-all picture of Lutheran high schools, the latest
figures for the school year 1946—47 indicate the following:
Pupils in separate 9th grades See. |
Pupils in Lutheran high schools 2,840
3,071
Although we have no accurate data available, we have an
estimated 120,000 persons of high school age in our Synod. The
3,071 high school Pupils are 2.56% of this number. Clearly, we
are making scant provision for Lutheran general education at the
high school level, Even including the 1,525 students in the high
school departments of our synodical institutions who are receiving
professional training, the total rises a mere 1.27%, Then, too, from
this total of 3.83% might well be subtracted the Wisconsin Synod

schools, Viewed from a Synod-wide basis, we are making inade-
quate provisions for Lutheran Secondary education. Certainly, as
we face the second century, we must resolve to foster Lutheran
secondary education to a far greater extent, This will require
leadership from clergy, teaching profession, and laity alike. It will
require recognition of the importance of the Lutheran high school
in the educational Program of the Church; it will require vision,
planning, co-operation, and liberal financial support,

Lutheran High School in St. Louis opened in September, 1946,
Chicago has under way a two-million dollar campaign for the
erection of three Lutheran high schools, Houston reports the
formation of a Lutheran High School Association with a cam-

tional equipment to offer a full four-year program. In addition to
these reports, other communities are showing interest in the pos-
sibilities of Lutheran high schools, These communities include
the following: Minneapolis and St. Paul, Carver County, Min-
nesota, Brooklyn, Denver, Saginaw, Seward, Omaha, Sheboygan,
and Boston.

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