# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S756
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58 ; SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES
Requests at

As -already stated, we are at present operating with three a
assistant instructors. This is definitely a makeshift and is of help
only as far as the lower classes are concerned. It can hardly be
expected that the teaching of theological subjects be placed into
the hands of assistants. The present large number of students in
the department of theology requires sectionalizing of the classes,
particularly in the courses in Homiletics, Systematic Theology,
and Exegetics. To meet the situation adequately, provision must be
made for two additional theological professors. We ask Synod to

t i f these t .
grant the calling of these two men Boarp or Controu

B. Setcxke, D.D., Secretary

ACTION
Upon recommendation of Committee 1, the following action

was taken: Resolution 37

Wuereas, The number of professors on the faculty of our
Concordia Seminary at Springfield has not kept pace with the
rapidly increasing student body during the past years; and

Wnuereas, All indications point to a continuing large enrollment
‘despite the expected adjustment in the number of students seeking.
entrance under the G.I. Bill of Rights; therefore be it

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

REQUEST FOR ADMINISTRATION-LIBRARY BUILDING.
(Unprinted Memorial 17)

The Springfield Board of Control also presented a special
request of $250,000 for a new Administration-Library building.

ACTION
This request was included in the Schedule of Current Requests
under Section “C” of the Report of the Board for Higher Educa-
tion as adopted upon recommendation of Committee 1.

‘REDUCING ENROLLMENT AGE AT SPRINGFIELD
(Memorials 120—123; Unprinted Memorials 4, 6, 41)

These seven memorials requested that Synod remove the pres-
ent age limitation of 20 years for enrollment at the Springfield
Seminary and allow students to enroll upon graduation from high
school.