# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S40
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40 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

a good number of high school. graduates each year, and they have 4
impressed us as being quite mature and sure of their aim and 4
purpose in studying for the ministry. We have found a high degree. §
of consecration among these students under the new plan. There 4
seems to be a greater awareness on the part of the new students q

of the high goal of the ministry and a more serious attitude in ¥
general. 4
It is not to be assumed that all students enrolling under this a
new program will be able to do satisfactory work. There will be ¥

some losses, but the losses will not be as great as those experienced 4

when students are already enrolled in the Freshman high school.

year. The mean-quality-point average of those enrolled under the 4

new program will equal, if not exceed, that of the students who.¥

have come up under the traditional program. While it may beg

somewhat dangerous to generalize on the basis of several years’ #

experience, nevertheless it seems to be true that the new students 4

are emotionally and socially more mature than those who have 4

come up through the traditional program. While we are not ready:3

| oo to say that this type of program should be set up at all of our4
| oe schools, and while it is perhaps too early to judge whether an4
adequate number of students can be recruited to satisfy the needs 3
of the entire Church with this type of program, nevertheless we §
feel very strongly that the Church can obtain a good number of
; consecrated young men for the ministry if they are not penalized’
i" by the loss of additional time by reason of the fact that they haveg
graduated from a public or a Lutheran high school. g

The Senior College

In the interest of good stewardship it is felt that one or more of
Synod’s existing colleges should be utilized for the Senior Colle
program. Fort Wayne has many things to offer which would mak
it ideal as a training center for Synod’s professional people. It:ig
a city of many Lutheran churches with active and progressi
parish programs; with only one exception, all maintain pari
schools. They have active Sunday schools with large teachi
staffs. They have high standards of church music. All the otheg
educational and auxiliary agencies of the Church are also rep E:
sented in this locality, such as the Lutheran Women’s Missiona Yi
League, the Walther League, the deaconess program, the Luthe:
Laymen’s League, and a very complete institutional program.
city likewise ranks high in cultural and civic offerings.

Since, no doubt, in the not-too-distant future, additional senidg
colleges will be necessary, it seems only reasonable that one é
located as far east as practical from the exact center of Luther