# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S950
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252 ; SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

c. Required to cover the costs of the reorganiza-
tion recommended in the Board’s current pro-
posals (column headed “Reorganization Costs,” ag
Section C), approximately — 270,000 g

d. Required to cover the costs of building ‘the Ee
senior college, approximately —.....- 2,500,000 4

$6,020,000 4
10. According to synodical resolution no educational construc- 4

tion (except faculty housing) may be undertaken unless 4
all funds required are available in cash. ‘g

Because the Board for Higher Education believes that the facts 4
analyzed in its current report demonstrate the imperative necessity 4
for immediate and decisive synodical action in the field of minis- 3
terial and teacher training, and 4

Because the Board for Higher Education is convinced that a
a problem of this magnitude cannot be solved by a program in- s
volving a series of fund-raising efforts to cover the individual %
items involved, therefore the Board for Higher Education recom- %

1. That the major emphasis in the 1950—1953 triennium be

placed on providing the means to secure increased produc-
tion of professional workers and higher standards of minis- .;

__ terial training. Be
2. That the total program of financing and meeting the accumu- 4
lated needs of Synod’s educational institutions, of re-
organizing the system to produce greater volume, and of %
raising the standards by establishing a senior college be 4
undertaken and completed, God willing, in two sections
extending over the next six years. :
a. Fund-raising and reorganization to be completed during q
the 19501953 triennium. a

b. The organization, construction, and staffing of the senior {
college to be completed during the 1953—1956 triennium. 2

3. That preliminaries for the adjustments at Fort Wayne and
at St. Louis be initiated by the Board for Higher Education
as soon as feasible after this convention, so that the first |
phases of the new program may become effective in Sep-
tember, 1951. The remaining sections of reorganization are
to be initiated in the sequence dictated by the practical -.
circumstances involved and at the discretion of the Board “3
for Higher Education. :

4, That as soon as possible after this convention the Board of g

-Directors and the Fiscal Conference arrange to organize