# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S780
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

82 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

5. Curriculum Adjustment.— The curricular studies made by
our college faculty have shown certain deficiencies in the present
curriculum: One of the most striking is in the field of languages,
where, on the one hand, German is the only language we offer in
college and, on the other hand, every student must take German.
We. request authorization, subject to the approval of the Board
for Higher Education, to make revisions in our curriculum, par-
ticularly in the area of languages, and specifically to add another
language to our college curriculum. |

6. Requirements for Lutheran Teachers Diploma. — The present
requirements for the Lutheran Teachers Diploma make it possible
for the majority of the students to earn this diploma in three years
of college work. Beyond that we have the bachelor’s degree,
which is awarded at the end of the standard four-year course.
Almost without exception our men earn both, because of their
desire for a thorough preparation and because of the -certification
requirements of the various States. It is our conviction that the
important document for the teacher in our parish schools should
always be the Lutheran Teachers. Diploma, which, as far as the _
Church is concerned, entitles him to hold what we customarily
term a “permanent” call. We therefore request that Synod make
the four-year course its standard for teacher preparation and
authorize the awarding of the Lutheran Teachers Diploma at the
end of this course. We also request authorization to award a three-
year certificate to those men and women who wish, for one reason
or another, to terminate or interrupt their training at the end of
this period. -

7. Unification of Budget.— On the basis of its experience in
past years, this Board of Control strongly recommends that Synod
adopt for all its professional and preparatory schools the policy
of having a unified financial plan to include also such things as
synodical tuition, various dormitory funding arrangements, and
regular repairs throughout the year. All plant operations have
educational implications. We believe that the greatest chance for
efficiency in operation and administration of the synodical insti-
tutions lies in a single over-all budget for each school. This annual
budget is to. be submitted to the Board for Higher Education
according to the present Handbook regulations and, after submis-
sion to the Board of Directors and adoption or revision by the Fiscal
Conference, is to be administered by the local Boards of Control
under the supervision of the Board for Higher Education.

8. District Overture Regarding Concordia High School. —On
another page of this Boox or Memoriats will be found the overture
of the Southern Nebraska District regarding Concordia High
School. We wish to state that we are in hearty accord with the