# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S895
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

196 . SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

« It is well recognized by the teacher training colleges that tH
entire proposal to utilize existing preparatory institutions and La
theran high schools is so complex and that it needs integration
so many points that the direction of a synodical board is requiré
if the objectives are to be reached. In addition, the developm
of new programs ought to be undertaken by experienced peop
from our. existing teachers’ colleges or from other sources
training. At the very least, such developments should be under;
the general direction of especially. trained personnel. af

Since it is obvious that detail involved in such a program
cannot be specified in every instance in advance, if flexibility-sigi
desired, it would appear that the only feasible course of acti¢
would be for Synod to authorize the Board for Higher Education:
specify the actions which are to be taken and the experimer
which are to be conducted in the development of non-termir
pre-teacher training programs in our junior colleges. A similar
type of direction would be required for successful adjustment
the regular teacher training. institutions. Finally, authorizatie ne
to supply the physical and instructional facilities would have to he:
included in such permissive legislation. Q

Proposed Adjustments at Existing Preparatory Institutions
1. Fort Wayne, Ind.

The Board for Higher Education proposes the establishmen :
of a two-year junior college as a substitute for the present six
year program on this campus. An enrollment of about 150 to
junior college ministerial students would be considered ideal’ for
the present. When fully effective (1956), the arrangement coul

. supply about 50 additional ministerial graduates annually for th
senior college (to make a total of approximately 80). The first
group would graduate from the seminary about 1961 or 1962 if
the senior college is established according to the time schedul
which appears in a later section of this report. all

The present teaching staff at the Fort Wayne junior college ¥
would be reduced as the 44 high school courses now offered ares
progressively eliminated. This process would cover a period
four years and would have to be administered with due regard
for the welfare of the brethren involved. :

Space in one of the existing synodical dormitories would bea
made avaliable for male boarding students attending the Fort’'%
Wayne Lutheran high school. Use of this dormitory would be
restricted to professional students from areas in which Lutheran
high schools are not readily accessible. 4

Appropriate adjustments in the synodical college curriculum “4
are to be made so that the high school graduates, especially those of 4