# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S182
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180 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

Growth of Various Types of High Schools

Public four-year high schools are gradually being repl, ef
by three-year senior high schools, according to a recent nation 9
wide survey by the United States Office of Education. This
has important implications for Synod’s work on the high
level. As we observe this trend, we must consider the advisabj};
of having synodical schools offer three years or even two Yean 5
of training on the high school level. :

The number of regular four-year high schools decreased by ;
1,093 from 1938 to 1946. The three-year senior high schools, whet
are a part of school systems with junior high school facilities, j,;:7
creased by 37.5% according to the survey:

1938 1946
Type
Number Or Total Number Per Gent

Junior High Schools

(Grades 7, 8, 9) | 2,372 94 2656 110
Senior High Schools ‘

(Grades 10, 11, 12) 959 38 1,319 55
Junior-Senior High Schools 6,203 24.5 6,362 2200

(Grades 7 through 12) —_— 377 — 1
Regular High Schools

(Grades 9 through 12) 15,740 62.3 | 13,844 573

TOTAL 25,274 100.0 24,181 100.0

4, Bronxville, N.Y.
The Board for Higher Education also recommends that per- |
mission be conveyed to conduct an East Coast experiment in the”
four-year junior college type of school at Bronxville. Actual ini-
tiation of the program would be subject to the request of the local.’
institution and the consent of the Board for Higher Education. -
While the Austin and Portland proposals offer an opportunity
to study the effects of expanding an academy into a four-year.,
junior college, the Bronxville proposal would give an opportunity:
to study the effects of contraction of the six-year program and the -
effectiveness of a four-year combination in an area where gen
education is a dominant feature at the junior college level.

5. St. Paul, Minn.

The Board for Higher Education recommends the 5 establish
ment of a two-year pre-teacher training program as part of the.