# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S742
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

44 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

of the field. By this method it is hoped to co-ordinate the training
program with the actual instruction of the classroom to an ever-
increasing degree. As the individual student proceeds through
the Seminary, :a careful record is kept of his progress, and constant
attention is given to his needs as a total personality. In con-
nection with this program as well as the entire field-work program
a word of sincere appreciation is in order for the splendid co-
operation and help extended by pastors, teachers, and congregations
of Synod. Without their understanding and sympathy an effective
program could not be continued and improved.

; The Field-Work Program
The operation of the Field~-Work Department, as a part of
the dean’s office, is under the direction of the director of field work.
The functions of the director are to counsel with the students as
regards their development, to. provide each student with oppor-
tunities, under guidance and supervision, to participate in various
activities; such as general parish work, youth work, institutional
work, etc. At the end of each phase of field work the student has
a conference with the director, at which time his whole develop-
mental profile is reviewed. The Seminary requires for graduation
that each student complete four semesters of approved field work
while in residence and two summers of field work before he is
assigned to his year of supply work by the dean of men.
The resident field-work program is correlated with classroom
work and requires for graduation the following types of work:
Two semesters of general parish work or mission work, under
supervision -
Two semesters of institutional work under the guidance of
institutional chaplains ,
Two summers of field work of not less than eight weeks each,
under the guidance of the supervising pastor

During the past triennium the field-work program has taken its
place as an indispensable part of the Seminary training and has
proved its worth beyond any doubt. Increasingly students are
commenting on the value of the work, stating that it gives their
theological training direction, that it clarifies objectives, that it
brings to them the realization that they are ambassadors of Christ,
and that it gives them an increased zeal and love to work in the
Kingdom effectively. and efficiently. Many comments. have come
from pastors encouraging the Seminary to strengthen the field-work
program and deploring the fact that they did not have. field-work
opportunities while they were at the Seminary. .

During the past triennium the summer field-work program has

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