# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S746
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

48 ; SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES |

theological graduate school on the level of secular graduate schools
to satisfy their thirst for knowledge, our pastors and theological
students will continue to attend these secular institutions.

Our Seminary ought to aim to exert a greater influence in
the theological world of today: In God’s own providence the dis-
turbed conditions of the world have helped to bring our Synod
and Concordia Seminary to the attention of Lutheranism in the
world. The Lutheran Hour and other factors have also contributed
to make our Seminary known here in America. The time is, there-
fore, most propitious for us to take the initiative in bringing our
influence to bear on Lutheran and Protestant theology. We have
already begun to attract pastors and students from other denomi-
nations. In the last two years we have had graduates from Prince-
ton, Louisville, Dallas, Eden, Columbus, and other seminaries, The
influence that Concordia Seminary can exert through its Graduate
School is beyond calculation,

Enrollment.— The enrollment has grown from year to year,
We are attracting our own graduates, a great number of pastors
in the St. Louis area, some driving as far as 150 miles; and pastors
from other Lutheran Synods and other church bodies (a Greek
Orthodox minister, three Presbyterian ministers, and two students
from Germany and Australia respectively).

Degrees Conferred. — 1946: M.S. T., 5: Th. D., 1; 1947: M.S. T.,
5; 1948: M.S. T., 4; 1949: M.S. T., 13.

Needs for Further Development

A. The faculty of the Seminary should be increased. At present
the courses offered require work equivalent to that of four full-
time men. This work is being carried by faculty members, in
addition to the regular teaching load.

B. Provisions should be made to give faculty members an
opportunity to prepare themselves for work in the Graduate School
by further study. ,

C..Attractive scholarships should be provided to make it
possible for our most promising young men to continue their
studies for the doctorate.

The Missions Department

Enrollment. — The total enrollment for the past triennium was
thirty-three students, twelve of whom were wives of missionaries,
and two of whom were single women entering the teaching service
in foreign fields. Since 1941, 112 students have been enrolled, of
whom thirty-five were women. These figures do not include regular
graduate students of the Seminary who availed themselves of
the opportunity to take some of the missionary courses in con-