# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S814
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

812 PARISH EDUCATION

Resolution 3

Wuereas, Statistics for 1945 show that only 27.8 per cent of our
children of school age are in our parochial schools; and

Whereas, The ideal of 100 per.cent is not attainable in every
instance; and ° ;
Wuereas, Concern for our children and concern for the future

of the Church demands evident growth in our system of parochial
schools each year; be it

Resolved,

1. That we rejoice in, and thank the Lord for, the growing
interest in the parochial school and the increased determination
to provide this agency for our children;

2. That, as an attainable objective for the next twenty-five
years, Synod adopt the goal of having 50 per cent of our school-
age children in our schools.

Resolution 4
Wuereas, An expanding system of parochial schools will ob-
viously require a greater number of teachers; and
Wuereas, The present serious emergency has been met by
measures that are far from satisfactory; be it

Resolved,

1. That we encourage the teachers’ colleges to continue to
give special attention to enrolling more male students;

2. That all Districts and all congregations within each Dis-
trict be urged to assist in providing an adequate and geographi-
cally well-distributed supply of male students for our teachers’ col-
leges;

3. That a committee with representation from the Board for
Parish Education, the Board for Higher Education, the teachers’
colleges, and the Superintendents’ Conference be appointed by
the Praesidium, the purpose of this committee to be

a. To study trends in school enrollments;

b. To propose adequate facilities for the proper training of
our future teachers;

c. To propose plans for the judicious recruiting of students
for our teachers’ colleges.
Resolution 5

Wuereas, The question of religious education in State-sup-
ported schools is a live issue in many communities; and

Wuenreas, This problem has many ramifications; and