# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S753
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 55

Wuereas, Committee 1 has become convinced that the pre-
scribed curricula make it imperative to maintain: and, eventually,
to increase the number of members on the teaching staff; there-
fore be it ;

Resolved, That we turn the matter of additional professorships
on the faculty of our Concordia Seminary at St.Louis over to
the Board for Higher Education with power to create the maximum
of two additional professorships at this time.

VI. NEW ORGAN
This request was included in the Schedule of Current Requests
under Section “C” of the Report of the Board for Higher Education,
as adopted upon recommendation of Committee 1.

Concordia Seminary, Springfield, Il.

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL
(Memorial 102)

The Board of Control of Concordia Theological Seminary,
Springfield, Tl., herewith submits its triennial report.
With sincere and humble gratitude we offer our praise and
thanksgiving to God for the manifold blessings which in His grace
He has bestowed upon our Seminary. In the past three years His
guidance, protection, and benediction were evident in all the
work of our school.
The Student Body
As may be seen from the following tabulation, the enrollment
has again greatly increased. The previous peak of enrollment
(294 in 1894) was passed in 1948, when 296 students were matricu-
lated, and again in 1949, when 337 men were enrolled as students at
our Seminary. The increased number of students made necessary
the dividing of classes into two and three sections and has added
very much to the burden of the teaching staff. In spite of the
crowded conditions in the dormitories, our students enjoyed
excellent health during the past triennium.

Enrollment
1947—1948 1948—1949

Missouri Synod Students —..... 222 Missouri Synod Students ...__. 2438
Wisconsin Synod Students ...... 28 Wisconsin Synod Students ..... 32
Finnish Students 0. 11 =Finnish Students 200 15
Slovak Students 00. 4 Slovak Students 200006

265 296
Number of Graduates __... 16 Number of Graduates

Number of Married Students . 44 Number of Married Students. 63
Number of Veterans .__._._. 127 - Number of Veterans _......_... ... 132