# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S239 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 270 PARISH EDUCATION of individuals have subscribed to this publication. The Board also continued to maintain regular contact with the District Boards through the monthly Board for Parish Education Bulletin and the Adult Education Bulletin. The activities of the Board for Parish Education extend ove, a large number of areas. We shall summarize the status in each © area and then present pertinent recommendations. Elementary Schools With deep gratitude to God, your Board can again report that our elementary school system is growing apace, although hampered by a serious teacher shortage. , Recent Statistics United States Canada South America Total Year sehoots STH" gchools Enroll- schools Enroll: Schools Baril. 1945 _. 1,090 73,948 7 108 —* 4,106 —* 18,234 1946 _. 1083 77371 7 107 =—* 4,461 —* — g2'009 1947 . 1093 82023 6 118 105 5618 1,204 87859 1948 . 1120 96383 6 225 105 5879 1,231 92,487 * Number of schools from Brazil not reported. Total Statistics — Present Decade Year Schools Bnrol- Teachers Pastors Women Students * Total 1,259 71,151 1,308 256 363 320 2,247 1,241 71,068 1,331 265 389 263 2,248 1,221 70,647 1343 243 438 243 2,267 . 1,219 173,422 1,373 230 4380 209 2,292 1,093 76,277 1,393 189 602 158 2,342 . 1,097 74,128 1,380 149 688 156 2,373 1,090 77,605 1,385 145 758 226 2514 1,204 87,859 1,383 181 954 228 2,806 1,231 92,487 1,374 165 1,118 307 2,964 Gain or Loss. —28 21,336 66 —91 755 —13 T11 * Students and candidates. Note the inclusion of candidates in the “students” column. In the 30’s this meant inclusion of a large number of theological candidates, with the result that available teacher candidates received no calls, but had to be placed temporarily. In the late 40's the number of candidates was extremely small, and only a few teacher candidates or older teachers served in temporary positions. The number of schools reached a low point in 1946 but has con- siderably increased since. The real increase is shown in the enroll- ment (Col. 2) and total instructors (last col.). A disturbing factor is the small increase in male teachers. Even more noticeable is the - very great increase of women who are not graduates, but emergency teachers. .