# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S186
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184 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

the basis of a two-year teacher training program plus Practj
teaching. The State of Kansas issues certificates on this basis and
has approved St. John’s College for such a program. The School:
has more than 30 years’ experience in this work.

In the event that it should become desirable to reduce the a
volume of teacher candidates, it is suggested that the Winfielg
college be returned to a pre-teacher training status and that the .
graduates be required to complete (at Seward or River Forest)
the work indicated under the recommendations for Oakland, for
St. Paul, and for -Bronxville. We recommend that Synod’s Board
for Higher Education be authorized to undertake such adjustments
if conditions warrant the action. :

All placement policies, of course, for the terminal program
at Winfield, Kans., would conform to the existing or revised Teg-
ulations which Synod has for the placement of teacher candidates,

St. John’s at Winfield would then be the only other ‘synodica]
institution (besides River Forest and Seward) which would offer
a terminal program in teacher training.

8. Milwaukee, Wis.

9. Concordia, Mo.
‘With regard to the institutions at Milwaukee, Wis., and at
Concordia, Mo., the Board for Higher Education recommends that .
no adjustments be undertaken at this time, but that they continue
their six-year program and curriculum substantially as they are’
now being conducted. The experimentation on the various cam-
puses may indicate that the institutions should make later adjust-_
ments, but for the present it is felt that they should be continued :
without change. :
At these institutions, and at all others, the high school depart-
ments will continue their present emphasis on recruitment and
training. of prospective teacher candidates. :

10. Edmonton, Alberta a
This is Synod’s only Canadian school. Its development resi
quires full recognition of the fact that it represents special objec

but firm pressure to reduce the costs

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 185
d for Higher Education have approved the’ expansion plans.
The Board for Higher Education recommends that the local funds
gathered for construction be supplemented by Synod so that the
indicated construction may be undertaken according to plan. An
additional recommendation relating to the possible need to con-
sider placing seminary facilities at this location is detailed in the
section entitled “Recommended for Further Study and Future
Action.”
Recommended for Further Study and Future Action

1. Valparaiso University

The Board for Higher Education recommends that Synod ex-
plore the possibility of making Satisfactory arrangements to secure
any additional women teacher candidates required through agree-
ments with Valparaiso University. This would involve establish-
ment of fixed criteria for qualified teachers, participation in the
selection and appointment of teaching personnel, and fixed place
ment policies. ° ;

2. “Teaching Order”

The Board for Higher Education recommends that considera-
tion be given to the possibility of encouraging the establishment
of a teaching order similar to the Lutheran Deaconess move: t
within the Church. men

not only from the world, but also from our
groups and from the individual members,

Under these circumstances there is indicated a very gradual

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tives and that it should not automatically be assumed to require
identical arrangements as these are applied to other colleges. A
present this school operates a. five-year program and is fully ac
credited to the Provincial University located in Edmonton. Ale
staff members have the required permanent teaching. certificates‘=
By the grace of God the school is extremely well located in
center of one of Canada’s most active expansions. Enrollment
. at overcapacity, an energetic and well-planned campaign for ex“?
pansion funds is in progress at this writing, and Synod and the