# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S893
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

194 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

teachers required, the welfare of our parochial schools demand#
that a considerably increased supply of such teachers be mada
available to our constituency. ws

The studies made by the Board reveal that the facilitie:
River Forest and Seward alone are inadequate to supply prese
and future needs, nor could they be expanded sufficiently witho
too great a cost to Synod. In a later part of this section the Bos
therefore proposes that certain adjustments be made at some
the preparatory schools for the addition of a pre-teacher train’
ing program or to provide a terminal course for women teache:
The use of our preparatory colleges for this purpose is especially:44q

1. River Forest, Ill. -

If the programs of the preparatory institutions are successful,
there will be an appreciable increase in the number of college:
juniors who will enroll in River Forest. For this reason it is recom-.
mended that the River Forest institution be equipped to enroll.
600 students. ve

The Board feels that a specified optimum size is necessary to
properly plan the development of any college. In the case of River
Forest a total of 600 students is considered to be sufficient for
economical operation and at the same time not too large to achieve
the objectives which the Church has established.

To accommodate the additional enrollment, it would be neces-
sary to provide additional staff and considerably enlarged training’
school facilities. These are required because there will be a larger
concentration of students at the junior level where the teacher
training program is offered. As already indicated, there would
also be a need for at least one additional women’s dormitory,
A music building to accommodate a student body of 600 is already
planned. Most of the cost has been included in the “Building for “
Tomorrow” collection. The library, completed in 1949, is adequate «:
for a student body of the size mentioned. Other plant facilities 4
can apparently be adapted to the larger enrollment. a

In addition to the plant and staff adjustments indicated, the 4
Board recommends strongly that River Forest increase and intensify
its present emphasis on the recruitment of male students... The.
present policy of accepting all male students who meet the entrance :
requirements ought to be continued, even if such procedure ;