# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S142
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 139

CHART H
COMPARISON OF THREE FORECASTS OF MINISTERIAL
GRADUATES REQUIRED- 1950-1980

Chart H was prepared by the process of simply drawing a line
between two points, one at 1950 and the other at 1980. This line
begins, in 1950, at a number of ministerial graduates lower than
either of the first two forecasts indicate, but at the approximate
number of graduates actually expected in 1950. The line ends, in
1980, at a number of ministerial graduates somewhat lower than

A numerical comparison of the three forecasts is provided by
the following table.
Table 4
Estimated Number of Ministerial Graduates Needed at Five-Year
Intervals, from 1950 to 1980

Second Third
Forecast Forecast
184 125
207 148
233 175
262 208
294 246
331 292

371 350