# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S61
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES , 61

November, 1950, Prof. F. W. J. Sylwester was honored at a
‘service upon the completion of 45 years as a member of
g's faculty. In November, 1951, the thirtieth anniversary
of, E. H. Brandt’s service on our faculty was observed in
In December, 1951, the golden jubilee of Karl Lorenz’s
on was commemorated in a divine service. At the opening
of. the 1950—51 school year, Pres. Thomas Coates was
upon the attainment of the degree of Doctor of Theology.
iS Because of the expansion of our faculty, and in view of the
demands of our college program, we -request permission
e.an additional associate professorship (without, however,
fig ‘the size of the faculty).

Board of Control

@ change has occurred on our Board of Control during this

. Chairman Arthur H. Raasch resigned from the Board
he moved away from Portland. Mr. Richard Brandon was
to fill this vacancy, and Mr. George W. Udy was elevated
chairmanship of the Board.

Junior College Program

r e junior college program was inaugurated at Portland in the
“1950. The first college graduating class completed their
here in June, 1952. Of the eighteen members of this class
two continued their studies either at Concordia Seminary,
or at Concordia Teachers College, Seward.

ated by the Board for Higher Education to serve as a “pilot”
j1-in its experiment with the four-year junior college program.
the Freshman high school year has been dropped, restrict-
chool to a five-year program. While this arrangement has
értain problems, its over-all effect has been to afford greater
: nm upon the specific objectives of this school in the
ion of pastors and teachers. It has, moreover, increased the
‘Maturity in the student body.

Student Body

enrollment for the past three years has been, respectively,
), 110. The elimination of the Freshman high school year
de the problem of recruitment somewhat more difficult, but
been offset by the advantages noted above. It is most en-
Ahat 80 per cent of our enrollment has been preministerial

eacher during this triennium. Portland’s student body is