# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S741
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 48

s in the Handbook 6.163b had been clarified by Synod. In the
' spring of 1949 Dr. Th. Graebner asked to be excused. from the
editorship of the Lutheran Witness. His request was granted.

- The faculty, together with the President and Vice-Presidents
of Synod, added Prof. A. C. Repp to the editorial committee of the
Lutheran Witness and appointed Prof. John H. C. Fritz to the
managing editorship of Der Lutheraner, excusing Prof. Theo. Hoyer
from this service to enable the latter to resume his normal number
of classes.

On the editorial committee of the Concordia Theological
Monthly Prof. R. R. Caemmerer replaced Prof. Theo. Laetsch upon
the latter’s retirement in 1947. Prof. Wm. Arndt retired as editor
in chief after eleven years of faithful service. At present the
personnel of the committee is: Prof. F. E, Mayer, managing editor;
Profs. Paul M. Bretscher, R. R. Caemmerer, Theo. Hoyer, and
Louis J. Sieck.

The Dean’s Office

In March of 1949 the staff in the dean’s office was increased
by an additional helper. A secretary with the necessary profes-
sional training to assist the dean as recorder to the registrar was
employed. Her duties are primarily focused upon the records
of the students, assisting in developing the guidance program and
operating the I. B. M. machine, which scores the tests of the rapidly
expanding testing program and is available to all instructors to
score and evaluate objective testing tools which they use in their
instruction. The recorder also acts as thesis secretary for all theses
which are developed and completed as partial fulfillment for the
degrees offered at the Seminary. This assistance enables the dean
to center his attention to a greater degree upon the counseling
aspects of his duties.

During the past triennium a testing program has been estab-
lished at the Seminary for all incoming students which is helpful in
dealing especially with the personality, academic aptitude, and

’ - reading problems of the students. The students are made aware

of their strengths and weaknesses and assisted to better adjustments
toward the quality of work required at the Seminary and the type
of training necessary for a modern ministry.

Together with the field-work director, the dean gives particular
attention to the work of the supply students. On-the-job reports
are now required of all workers in the field, together with a com-
prehensive report from the supervising pastors. The outcome and
findings resulting from these reports and interviews are carried
to the faculty, in order that the Seminary program as a whole
may be given thorough consideration in terms of the needs