# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S827
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128 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

CO-EDUCATION AT AUSTIN
(Memorial 137)
The Texas District, assembled in convention at Giddings, ery
June 6—10, 1949, submits the following petition to the Board ‘
Directors of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod:

Wuereas, The Centennial Convention in 1947 empowered the — ,

Board of Directors and the Board for Higher Education to expand
Concordia in Austin into a junior college; and

Wuereas, The reason for such expansion, as presented by the
Texas District (pages 132—133, Proceedings of the Centennial Con-
vention) are still valid and cogent; and

” Wuereas, The statistical studies of the Board for Higher Edu-

cation show that “at this time 45 regular men teachers and 280
women teachers are’ required annually to replace losses from the
number of teachers now serving in our parochial schools”; and

Whereas, These same studies indicate that between 1951 and
1955 “an average of 125 men teachers will be required annually
_and, in addition, 350 women teachers annually in the following
25 years, and only a small increase in the demand for men teachers
should be anticipated, while the demand for women teachers will
nearly double”; and

Wuereas, The training of women teachers and parish workers .
in Concordia at Austin would contribute materially to the satis-
faction of this demand; therefore be it

Resolved, That this convention respectfully petition the synod-
ical Board of Directors and Board for Higher Education to take
necessary steps immediately for the creation of the curriculum
for junior college years at Austin; and be it further

Resolved, That we respectfully petition the synodical Board
of Directors and the Board for Higher Education that the junior
college: be made co-educational (see mémorial to the synodical
convention) and that the curriculum include the courses neces-
sary for the training of women teachers and parish workers.

_ The following is the memorial to the synodical convention:

That the Texas District, assembled in convention at Giddings,
Tex., June 6—10, 1949, respectfully petition Synod to grant to the

Board of Control of Lutheran Concordia College at Austin, Tex. ~:

the authority to inaugurate co-education on the junior college level
and that the curriculum include the courses necessary for the
training of women teachers and parish workers. |
Tue Texas Disrricr
Paut C, Exrert, Secretary