# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S45
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 45

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Concordia College, St. Paul, Minn.

The Board of Control of Concordia College, St. Paul, Minn.,
herewith submits to the Honorable Synod the following report,

covering the past triennium, together with a statement of the needs
“and requirements of our school.

Enrollment
The enrollment for the past three school years was:

1950-1951 19511952 1952—1953
Male Teacher Trainees ___ 36 43 38

Women Teacher Trainees * ___ 22 41 39
Ministerial —_. ——— 172 197 215
General 50 56 50

Total Enrollment __ — 280 337 342
* College women teacher trainees have been enrolled since 1950
“s- The enrollment at this school is made up primarily of minis-
terial and teacher-training students. The percentage of such stu-
ents was: 1950—1951, 82%; 1951—1952, 83%; 1952—1953, 85%.

Staff

At present ten regularly called professors and one professor
emeritus on modified service are serving the institution, together
awith three instructors, two assistants, and four part-time assistants.
* The institution suffered the loss of Martin Graebner, D. D., who
ied November 13, 1950. On July 1, 1951, Prof. Arthur M. Ahl-
‘schwede was elevated to the associate professorship, after a term
two years as instructor. On September 1, 1951, Prof. Fred
fahlers, having attained the age of seventy, entered a modified
ervice status. There are three vacant professorships at this insti-
bn at this time.

‘The following instructors served during. the past triennium:

Jan Pavel, Rev. Robert Koehler, Rev. H. J. Luedke, Mr. Harold
Otte.

Curriculum

e curriculum for ministerial students set by Synod was
in both the high school and the college divisions. Some
datiges in the language requirements have been made in the high
pool department. Formerly four years of Latin, three of German,
wo of Greek were required in the high school. Since the fall
952 this has been changed by reducing the Latin requirement
four to three years, and the Greek requirement from two to
ear. The requirement of four years of English in the high

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