# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S818
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 121

Ministerial
and Teacher
, Total Boys Girls Training General
1947—1948 ow 6... ss ( 71 25 43 53
1948—1949 U0. s18 84 29 54 59
1949—1950 .._ —— 123 90 33 60 63

Annually we have a number of students who register for the
general high school course; after they have been here several
years, they change their mind and take up the work in preparation
for the ministry or the teaching profession. In our present student
body we have 13 who made this transfer. During the last ten years
we have also enrolled a limited and carefully selected number
of students who were not members of our Church, an average of
about five a year. Of these, thirteen became members of our
Church, including two who were baptized while here. — The health
and general conduct of the students has been very satisfactory.
Only in a few cases was severe disciplinary action necessary.
A number of years ago a twenty-minute morning devotion was
introduced for the entire college family, in which every teacher
takes his turn in delivering carefully prepared and timely addresses.
We believe that this daily application of the Law and Gospel. from
the lips of every instructor has, by the grace of God, brought very
noticeable blessings to our school.

Board and Tuition

The college charges $210 a year for board. Non-resident stu-
dents pay $40 for an annual service fee. The co-eds, who live
in private homes but take their meals in the college dining room,
pay $180 a school year. All students who are not preparing for
service in our Synod as pastors or teachers are required to pay
tuition —- $2.00 per credit, approximately. $75 a year. During the
school year 1948—49 tuition fees in the amount of $3,680 were
collected and remitted in full to the Treasurer of Synod. Since
1941 every student’s account has been paid in full, and Edmonton
has had no debt of any kind in the student ledger during the last
nine years.

Support of the Districts

The support of the two Districts in Western Canada during
the past three years has again been praiseworthy. Ever since
1933 members of the Concordia College Guild gather at the college
in the fall and in the spring to supply our larder with victuals.
Under the guidance of the Guild, funds are being raised to replace
worn-out furniture in the dormitory, and during the last few
years approximately $1,000 was contributed annually by women
in practically all parishes of the Canadian West; and even in
Eastern Canada a number of societies took part in this worth-