# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S173
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 171

It is well recognized by the teacher training colleges that the

ire proposal to utilize existing preparatory institutions and Lu-
—_ high schools is so complex and that it needs integration at
the points that the direction of a synodical board is required
the sbjectives are to be reached. In addition, the development
f new programs ought to be undertaken by experienced people
Pom our existing teachers’ colleges or from other sources of
Losing. At the very least, such developments should be under
the general direction of especially trained personnel. .

Since it is obvious that detail involved in such a program
cannot be specified in every instance in advance, if flexibility is
desired, it would appear that the only feasible course of action
would be for Synod to authorize the Board for Higher Education to
specify the actions which are to be taken and the experiments
which are to be conducted in the development of non-terminal
pre-teacher training programs in our junior colleges. A similar
type of direction would be required for successful adjustment of
the regular teacher training institutions. Finally, authorization
to supply the physical and instructional facilities would have to be
included in such permissive legislation.

Proposed Adjustments at Existing Preparatory Institutions
1. Fort Wayne, Ind.

The Board for Higher Education proposes the establishment
of a two-year junior college as a substitute for the present. six-
year program on this campus. An enrollment of about 150 to 175
junior college ministerial students would be considered ideal for
the present. When fully effective (1956), the arrangement could
supply about 50 additional ministerial graduates annually for the
senior college (to make to total of approximately 80). The first
group would graduate from the seminary about 1961 or 1962 if
the senior college is established according to the time schedule
which appears in a later section of this report.

The present teaching staff at the Fort Wayne junior college
would be reduced as the 44 high school courses now offered are
progressively eliminated. This process would cover a period of
four years and would have to be administered with due regard
for the welfare of the brethren involved.

Space in one of the existing synodical dormitories would be
made avaliable for male boarding students attending the Fort
Wayne Lutheran high school. Use of this dormitory would be
restricted to professional students from areas in which Lutheran
high schools are not readily accessible.

Appropriate adjustments in the synodical college curriculum
are to be made so that the high school graduates, especially those of