# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S762
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

64 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

and 70 supply teachers have been sent out, without counting a total
of about 100 who remained out for an additional year, for a grand
total of 368 supplies, or an annual average of over 120. The same
report lists a total of 1,510 teaching personnel of all kinds, including
emergency teachers, who have been supplied to Synod’s school
system by River Forest during the ten-year period 1939—49,

New Buildings and Facilities

The new Library and the new Dormitory for Women, allowed
by the 1944 synodical convention, were begun in 1947 and were
put into use during the school year 1948—49, the Dormitory in
December, and the Library in March. The buildings have added
much to the appearance of our campus and have already rendered
effective service in our program of teacher-training. Through the
generosity of congregations in northern Illinois and in Michigan
and many individual friends, the buildings have been adequately
equipped and furnished without direct cost to Synod. We grate-
fully acknowledge the release of synodical funds for the most
“necessary remodeling and repair of Parts. of our oldest dormitories
and Administration Building, the installation of a complete fire-
alarm system, the construction of the central offices of administra-
tion. and a fireproof vault, and for the allowance for furniture
and equipment of our expanded science and art classrooms and
laboratories, Our requests for needed space and facilities are
presented in separate memorials,

Regional Accreditation Achieved

On March 24 the North Central Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools officially accepted the application of Concordia
Teachers College into the membership of the Association, thus
granting unqualified recognition and putting its stamp of approval
upon the expansion and progress of the past four trienniums.

Though our. college has‘‘for many years enjoyed recognition
by the State Department of Public Instruction and the State
Examining Board for Teachers Certificates, as well as by the
University of Illinois and other graduate schools, operative and