# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S891
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

“192 | SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

It will apparently be necessary, however, to transfer housing,
and some teaching facilities of these two departments to existing
off-campus quarters or to new construction somewhat removed.
from the physical plant now operating on this campus. Any re-
quired additional plant (built, purchased, or leased) would no
necessarily conform to the high standards of architecture and 4;
construction which characterize the present seminary buildings. ©
This plan assumes that Synod need not necessarily provide dor- “|
mitory housing for graduate students.

In recommending that the Graduate School of Theology and
the School of Missions be separated physically from the under-:
graduate department, the Board believes that a better opportunity
for the full development of the Graduate School and the School -
of Missions will be created; at the same time, the vacated space
in the present complex of buildings will enable the institution to .
accommodate the indicated enrollment without extensive addi- .
tional construction. a

The proposed arrangement would provide for an average an-
nual production of 160 regular (B.D.) graduates during the”
decades 1960—1980.

It should be understood that the change-over to a three-year ’
program could not -be undertaken until the senior college is in:
operation and that this particular adjustment would not be re
quired until sometime during the next triennium. The arrange
ments for. shifting the Graduate School and the School, of Missions
should begin at the earliest possible date.

2. Springfield, Ill.

The Springfield seminary would be scheduled to produce 40 -;
graduates annually by 1965. In order to achieve this, proper and »-4
’ necessary additional facilities should be provided at an early date.
The total enrollment (in five classes) to accommodate this number
of graduations would approximate 250 students. It should be
understood that the maximum-permitted enrollment will be set.
near the figure indicated and that plans for alteration of the .@
physical plant of the institutior’ should definitely be geared to the E
predetermined size. 3

Under this plan the current age restrictions would continue . i
to apply to registrants for the program at Springfield. Apparent,
the current large enrollment (319) at this seminary is a temporary.
condition since approximately one half of the students are ex-G.1.’s

The Teachers’ Colleges

_ Apparently no part of the entire problem is more complex than a
the attempt to establish the demand which the next three decades
will make on our teacher training facilities. In considering this |