# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S799
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

100 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

The peak enrollment. of 1947—1948 included a large num .
of veterans, many of whom were not Lutheran and not prex
ministerial students.. The State University requested all Junios.#
Colleges to-joint-register such students as met entrance requi
ments and character requirements and who might eventually:
transfer to the senior division of the State University, provided 3
such Junior Colleges had additional room, not occupied by thei 4
regular students. About 25 such veterans were enrolled during .
the school year 1947—1948. The enrollment for 1948—1949 includes ;
a small number of adult special students in an evening class fr
the Lutheran community in which the College is located. The per
centage of ministerial and pre-teaching students increased during
the triennium from a low of 55 per cent in 1947 to a high of
77 per cent in 1949—1950. . ‘

Besides the eleven regularly called professors the following “4
additions in the instructional staff were employed during the 4
triennium:
1947—1948: one instructor and one graduate assistant and one d

missionary. ‘4
1948—1949: one instructor and one graduate assistant and one

missionary.

1949—1950: two instructors and one graduate assistant.

Curriculum

The curriculum for pre-ministerial students set by Synod.
was taught in both the High School and the College divisions. In
a number of areas, particularly in the languages, the minimum set a
by Synod is exceeded by a number of units per year. In addition 4
to the synodically prescribed curriculum, commercial courses are “
offered to all high school students. This requirement became -%
mandatory when the school became accredited. The local com- -*
munity contributes most of the instructional costs of the com- 4
mercial courses. An Officers Reserve Corps Unit has been or: <4
ganized for the three upper grades, and students may join this unit “4
with the consent.of their parents. About 65 students have availed
themselves of this training.

Accreditation a

Pursuant to a general directive of the Centennial Synod and ‘4
with the concurrence of the Board for Higher Education, the a
Board of Control supported the faculty and the administration in
their desire to seek accreditation with the North Central Associa- '4
tion of Colleges and Secondary Schools, The High School is now :
a member of the North Central Association. To meet the standards -