# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S89
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 89

Participation in the Expansion of the
Training School at Seward, Nebr.

The Board of Control of Concordia Teachers College, Seward,
, herewith petitions The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
¢onsider the following recommendation:

‘Waereas, St. John’s Lutheran School of Seward, Nebr., has
ed.as the practice school for students of Concordia Teachers
ge since 1906; and

‘WHEREAS, The present school facilities, constructed in 1929
ugh the united efforts and with the joint support of St. John’s
regation and Synod, are no longer adequate to serve their
Wofold purpose; and

Wuereas, Overcrowded conditions limit the efficiency of opera-

in.the educational program both of the college and of the
ation; and

fneREAS, The State Department of Public Instruction has re-
tedly criticized St. John’s Lutheran School as a teacher-training
tion because of its high pupil-teacher ratio; and
Wuereas, The enrollment of Concordia Teachers College has
eased to a point where the student teaching load in the practice
is excessive and the demand for increased production of
Chers' for Synod indicates that the number of students must
tinue to grow; and
HEREAS, St. John’s Congregation has a growing number of
of- school age available for instruction in an expanded
and
WEREAS, Better facilities are needed in the school for the
vation classes of Concordia Teachers College; and
f FHEREAS, Provisions should be made in the practice school for
Observation and participation in a program of directed
tion and extracurricular activities for the pupils in our parish
and the necessary facilities are not at present available;

HEREAS, Action on the expansion of St. John’s Lutheran School

-and, although working plans are not completed at pres-
expansion must be undertaken within the near future

re the next convention of Synod; therefore

ition and respectfully recommend that The Lutheran
Missouri Synod authorize and direct its Board for Higher

and its Board of Directors through the local Board of