# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S816
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 119

and individuals, as well as money for special purposes. It is ap-
parent, and an encouraging fact, that our fellow Lutherans in the
' Far West are increasingly conscious of their opportunity and ob-
, ligation to give financial and material support to California Con-
F cordia.

{ Requests

To further its progress and to enable it to serve our Church
; and its youth still more effectively, California Concordia submits
, two specific requests for which it urges Synod’s favorable con-
' sideration. They are:

; 1. Renovation of Dormitory: The old administration building
F has been used exclusively as a dormitory since the new classroom
building was erected. The sum of $54,879 was allocated to Oakland
- Concordia in the “Building for Tomorrow” collection for the
k renovation of this building, for its complete conversion into dormi-
§ tory space, and the expansion of dining-room facilities. The lack
: of this improvement is a serious handicap, and this project should
. be carried through to completion at the earliest possible date.

2. Teacher-Training in Junior College: We request approval
, of the recommendation of the Board for Higher Education that
4 teacher training for men and women be added to the curriculum of
© the Junior College.

a. In the light of the serious need for teacher recruitment this
. recommendation has received favorable action by the Board for
:. Higher Education and College Presidents in two meetings during
' the past year and by a special meeting on teacher recruitment in
E a December, 1949, meeting;

: b. It has the unanimous support of the California and Nevada
F District (see District overture);

: c. It will aid in the recruitment of young men and women who
- might otherwise be discouraged from going East because of the
added financial burden; .

d. The co-ordination of the curricula has been worked out
fF satisfactorily with Seward. The same working agreement would
apply to River Forest;

e. The plan could be carried out by the addition, for the
. present, of one man to the staff and the provision of a reasonable
E amount of facilities;

f. Since there is an immediate demand for such training, we

request its introduction in the Junior College freshman year in

F the fal .
a the fall of 1950 Boarp or CoNnTROL

April 8, 1950 Epwin Mgsss, Jr., Secretary