# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S26
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

26 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

at the present hour for all students who can be accommodated in 4
the crowded Chapel, but with the overflow participating through
a public address system in other rooms. This arrangement leaves
much to be desired and should be corrected as soon as possible. &
We share with the Board for Higher Education and with many of :
our other institutions a deep feeling of regret that daily services 4
for our future professional workers cannot be held in churchly }
chapels where the atmosphere would be more conducive to worship.

Special Educational Services

Concordia Teachers College continues to render important edu- 4
cational services not only to our undergraduate students, but to .4
hundreds of our teachers and some of our pastors in the field by #
the extensive Summer School, Extension, and Correspondence 4
program carried on by our staff and offering the same credit as
the regular courses. These services are financed by student fees F
without direct synodical subsidy beyond the use of the buildings 4
and equipment for the in-service training of men and women 4
teachers in the field, emergency training of new teachers, and 3
acceleration of the graduation of regular students. Workshop 3
courses in Visual Aids, Arts and Crafts, Adult Education, Secon-
dary Education, Kindergarten, Physical Education and Recreation, |
and Parish Music have been offered during the triennium.

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Resident Enroliment in Summer Sessions Enrollment in Correspondence Courses 4

a _ 481 1950 . 3484
1951 ___ 444 1951 __. _ 486 ¥
1952 OT 1952 nee _ 404

It is interesting to note that though our crowded capacity in
the regular school year has never permitted us to enroll beyond s
560 students, we have, by the grace of God, actually been able to’
give accredited educational services to about 1,000 differe
teachers and future teachers on the campus each year, beside
the hundreds of others enrolled in correspondence courses.

In addition, the Summer School has repeatedly been host
the synodical Educational Conference and the Lutheran Educatio
Association, as well:as to other groups interested in Christia
education at all levels, or in synodical endeavors of any kind. Bo
the English District and the Northern Illinois District of Syno
have continued to be welcome visitors to our campus for theif
regular conventions. We have also been happy to be able to se
conferences of pastors and teachers quite frequently. We grate
fully acknowledge the cheerfulness with which these groups we:
willing to share our crowded facilities with the hundreds of summ
school students on the campus.