# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S62
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

62 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

Vineyard. For the services which these servants of the Lord hay
rendered our Concordia we are sincerely grateful. — All our regul;
professors have secured the Bachelor of Education degree. at 4
University of Alberta and are now accredited with the Departmen
of Education as full-fledged high school teachers.

Student Body

Since 1940 there has been a steady growth, as | the following
enrollment figures will indicate: 28, 41, 50, 63, 68, 76, 85, 96, 113, 123

Ministerial
and Teacher
Total Boys Girls . Training General i
1947—1948 _- 96 © 71 25 43 53
1948—1949 -- 84 29 54 59
1949-1950 90 33 60 63

- Annually we have a number of students who register for tha
general high school course; after they have been here severaj
years, they change their mind and take up the work in preparatiog
for the ministry or the teaching profession. In our present studenj
body we have 13 who madé this transfer. During the last ten year
we have also enrolled a limited and carefully selected numbef

about five a year. Of these, thirteen became members of o :
Church, including two who were baptized while here. — The healt
and: general conduct of the students has been very satisfactory}
Only in a few cases was severe disciplinary action necessa
A number of years ago a twenty-minute morning devotion wag
introduced for the entire college family; in which every “teachey
takes his turn in delivering carefully prepared and timely addresseg
We believe that this daily application of. the Law and Gospel fronf
the lips of every instructor has, by the grace of God, brought ver}
noticeable blessings ‘to our school.

Board and- Tuition

The college charges $210 a year for board. Non-resident stu4
dents pay $40 for. an annual service fee. The co-eds, who livé
in private homes but take their meals in the college dining room
pay $180 a school year. All students who are not preparing. fom
servicé in our Synod as pastors or teachers are required ‘to pal
tuition — $2.00 ‘per credit, approximately $75 a year. During thf
school year. 1948—49 tuition feés in the amount. of: $3,680 wery
collected and remitted in full. to the Treasurer of Synod. sing
1941 every student’s account has been paid in full, and Edmontod
has had no debt of any kind in the student ledger during the las
nine years. 4