# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S80
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76 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

Resolved, That we petition Synod to build up the faciliti,
Springfield Seminary as adequately and rapidly as possible, 1
the entrance requirements to eighteen years, so that more ki
school students may immediately enter that institution and prepaig
themselves for the Gospel ministry.

Immanver Ev. Lora. Concrecationg

Town Rich, Matteson, Ill.

E. Hieser, Pastor

Martin Bruper RayMonp VouLwong

March 26, 1950 Epwin MarqQuarDT

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Enrollment of Students at Springfield after Graduation}
from High School ¥
It is the rule of Synod for a student to be 20 years old before
he can enroll at our Seminary in Springfield, Ill. We, the St. John's
Congregation, Shawano, Wis., R. 3, respectively request Synod
reconsider this ruling and to allow students to enroll after they;
have graduated from high school. F
We consider the present ruling inadvisable because
1. Some gifted young men are evidently lost to us, since th
will establish themselves between the time of their graduation}
from high school and the age of 20. z
2. We implore the Lord for laborers in His vineyard, so sore vy
needed because of our shortage of pastors, but by the present
ruling we are limiting the answer to our prayer. f
Sr. Joun’s LuTHeran CHURCH
Ernest F. Gorrss, Secretary
Shawano, Wis, R. 3 K. H. Hem, Pastor
March 26, 1950

[123]
Changing Entrance Requirements for

Springfield Seminary ;

Wuergeas, Synod in 1947 declined to change the entrance ag

at the Springfield Seminary because the present age limits wa
fixed only three years previous (Proceedings, 1947, p. 65); and
Wuereas, “The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers 4
few,” Matt. 9:37; now therefore be it F

Resolved, That the entrance requirement for matriculati
with respect to age — which now stands at a minimum of twenl