# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S78
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78 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES
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No Limiting of Enrollment at Colleges
and Seminaries

Wuereas, The Lord of the Church in the past decade has
opened, and still is opening, an abundance of new fields for mis-
sionary work to our Synod over which we rejoice and of which
we desire to make the utmost use; and

Wuereas, The Lord of the Church has unlimited resources at*#
His command to bless the efforts of trained workers in His serv-
ice; and

Wuereas, We should encourage as many of our youth as pos-~
sible to enter God’s full-time service; and

Wuereas, The thought of limiting enrollment of students at™
Synod’s institutions for pastor-teacher training by way of estab-
lishing a quota for such institutions is occasionally expressed among
us; and

Wuereas, Synod has not previously expressed its policy with: q
regard to such limitation by quota; therefore be it 5

Resolved, That Synod declare as its conviction that it does
not wish to limit the blessing of God by quota limitation of enroll
ment at its colleges and seminaries; and be it further

Resolved, That Synod direct the various Boards entrusted with:
the facilitation of its pastor-teacher training program and_ the.
faculties of its colleges and seminaries to encourage as many of.

our youth as desire training for full-time service in the Lord’

kingdom. PasToRAL CONFERENCE OF THE Worven Circutt

OF THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS District
Frank C. FettBaum, Secretary

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Senior College Program for Ministerial Students

The conference of professors and instructors of Synod’s col=¥
leges and seminaries, assembled at Fort Wayne, Ind., August 17—2054
1952, resolved to address a memorial to the 42d convention o
Synod regarding the Senior College program for ministe
students.

The recommendations of the conference to Synod are:

1. To reconsider the solution of the Senior College matter ar
rived at in the January, 1952, meeting of the committee authorizedj
by the 1950 convention to determine the location.