# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S903
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 205

Growth of Various Types of High Schools

Public four-year high schools are gradually being replaced
by three-year senior high schools, according to a recent nation-

. .. wide survey by the United States Office of Education.. This fact

has important implications for Synod’s work on the high school
level. As we observe this trend, we must consider the advisability
of having synodical schools offer three years or even two years
of training on the high school level.

The number of regular four-year high schools decreased by
1,093 from 1938 to 1946. The three-year senior high schools, which
are a part of school systems with junior high school facilities, in-

creased by 37.5% according to the survey: . EXHIBIT 7
1938 1946
Type Number Per Cent Number Per Cent
of Total of Total .
' Junior High Schools
"(Grades 7, 8, 9) 2,372 9.4 2,656 11.0
a Senior High Schools
(Grades 10, 11, 12) 959 3.8 1,319 5.5
Junior-Senior High Schools 6,203 a5 6,362 26.2
(Grades 7 through 12) 87.7 — 42.7
Regular High Schools
(Grades 9 through 12) 15,740 62.3 13,844 57.3
TOTAL 25,274 100.0 24,181 100.0

4, Bronxville, N.Y.

The Board for Higher Education also recommends that per-
mission be conveyed to conduct an East Coast experiment in the
four-year junior college type of school at Bronxville. Actual ini-
tiation of the program would be subject to the request of the local
institution and the consent of the Board for Higher Education.

While the Austin and Portland proposals offer an opportunity
to study the effects of expanding an academy into a four-year
junior college, the Bronxville proposal would give an opportunity
to study the effects of contraction of the six-year program and the
effectiveness of a four-year combination in an area where general
education is a dominant feature at the junior college level.

5. St. Paul, Minn.

The Board for Higher Education recommends the establish-
ment of a two-year pre-teacher training program as part of the

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