# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S9
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

‘t6 ‘attend graduate classes. We have also continued to attract
‘tudents from Lutheran synods outside the Synodical Conference
d' from conservative Protestant bodies and foreign countries,
atichas Germany, Australia, and Japan.
Be agent: "year

. . I Semester II Semester Total
¥ 1950-1951 98 61 159
yp, 1951-1952 2 71 51 122

1952-1953 44 109

Needs for Further Development

“4Our greatest need for expansion of our Graduate School is
increase in the faculty of Concordia Seminary so that more men
€76€available to offer courses on the graduate level.

a"? Attractive scholarships should be provided for students of
‘hiiliated churches and missions abroad and for promising young.
tien ‘in our own midst for the training of future scholars.

° "Congregations and mission boards should be encouraged to
provide financial aid to their pastors and workers, making it pos-
pble for them to take refresher courses.
a ‘4. Instructors at our colleges, preparatory schools, and high
gchools should be ‘encouraged and given some financial aid for
graduate study of theology. There are compelling reasons why
fais should be done. .
iata. We must always be mindful that the instructors at our
yeparatory schools are laying the foundation for the theological
‘iéraining of our future clergy. Most of our instructors had a thor-
Re-pugh- theological education in their younger years, and some of
them had occasion to continue their theological studies. But many
have not. These have, of necessity, been so immersed in the
ecular subjects of their respective fields of instruction that they
d little time for the study of theology. Yet it is highly desirable
that all our instructors be and remain good theologians,
tib.:We must not overlook the fact that a profound change has

‘taken ‘place in our colleges during the past few decades. Up to
bout 25 or 30 years ago nearly all our instructors received their
entire education in our own schools, That is no longer the case.
‘oday Practically all of them have done some work in secular
“oleges or universities, and many of them have spent more years
dithese secular schools than they did at our.own colleges. They
i ate'to be commended for their eagerness to improve themselves
‘dor their respective fields of instruction, and our schools have
wiebly benefited from it. However, it must also be admitted that
‘there is danger that in the course of time this may affect the spirit
“pour schools and the character of our theology. This has hap-
Yetied in other church-related colleges, and we must not be so