# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S98
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94 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

Resolved, That we request The Lutheran Church — Missg
Synod to expand Concordia College in St. Paul, Minn., to a sen
college. N Tue Minnesota District

or THE LUTHERAN CHURCH — Missour! Syi
Arnotp E. WENGER, Secretary

In convention assembled in August, 1949, at St. Paul, Minn, 24

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Co-Education at Austin
The Texas District, assembled in convention at Giddings, T
June 6—10, 1949, submits the following petition to the Board @&
Directors of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod: q
Wuerras, The Centennial Convention in 1947 empowered thé
Board of Directors and the Board for Higher Education to expang
Concordia in Austin into a junior college; and ;
Wuereas, The reason for such expansion, as presented by thg
Texas District (pages 132—133, Proceedings of the Centennial Co a
vention) are still valid and cogent; and , :
Wuereas, The statistical studies of the Board for Higher Edw
cation show that “at this time 45 regular men teachers and 2%
women teachers are required annually to replace losses from thg
number of teachers now serving in our parochial schools”; ani
WHEREAS, These same studies indicate that between 1951 anf
1955 “an average of 125 men teachers will be required annual
and, in addition, 350 women teachers annually in the follo inl
25 years, and only a small increase in the demand for men teacheg
should be anticipated, while the demand for women teachers Vv
nearly double”; and
Wuergas, The training of women teachers and parish work@

in Concordia at Austin would contribute materially to the sati
faction of this demand; therefore be it 4
Resolved, That this convention respectfully petition the syno

ical Board of Directors and Board for Higher Education to &
necessary steps immediately for the creation of the curriculu
for junior college years ‘at Austin; and be it further
Resolved, That we respectfully petition the synodical Boa

of Directors and the Board for Higher Education that the juni
college be made co-educational (see memorial to the synodi
convention) and that the curriculum include the courses net
sary for the training of women teachers and parish workers.

The following is the memorial to the synodical conventi
That the Texas District, assembled in convention at Giddin

exg

.