# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S172
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170 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

involves some adjustment in the present dormitory assignment, 4
and arrangements. This policy may eventually make it possi}
to graduate upwards of 100 male candidates annually with no.
more dormitory space required than what was originally designed |
for male students. The number of women graduates will Vary
according to the amount of space which can be made available
for girl students under this policy.

While it is true that the institution has experienced no dif. ©:
culty in keeping its four college classes at full capacity enrol.
ment owing to the availability of women students, recognition: °
must be given to the fact that some recruitment and public relations *
appropriations have already been made and that the successfyl. «:
operation of the total program, without a high school, requires.
a continuation of this type of investment especially for the recruit..
ment of male students. It will be necessary to develop adequate
relations. between River Forest and the high school departments ©
of the various preparatory institutions and also with the Lutheran
high schools in the Middle West territory if the college classes -
are to be kept supplied with the needed number of men.

Since ‘this institution is now fully accredited with the North ©
Central Association, the Church will need carefully to husband
and extend the values which ean accrue from this preferred status’.

As soon as feasible a graduate school should be developed,
so that the M.A. degree will be available (with majors in such’
specialties as administration, youth and adult education, music, ete).

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For the present it is recommended that this institution remain:.
a full four-year college with four-year high school: attached as:
it is now organized. The institution is operating at capacity. j

If it should become necessary to expand production, then the::
separation of the high school should be undertaken.: .This. would
be a desirable arrangement in any. event if the establishment of
such a high school with joint District and synodital _ support
becomes ‘possible. As soon as an arrangement of this :type can bet
made, the capacity of:the.institution will be considerably increased}
but the full’ use of. this additional capacity could not. be secured
without an extensive recruitment program and without some type oft

corresponding adjustments of other synodical services in the areal

Conclusion

institutions and the recruitment of students from, many sources:
requires the most careful co-ordination, if previously _.existing.
values are not to be lost to the Church. ae