# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S125
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 125

immediately adjacent to both bus and suburban railroad
ion and with all utilities available at the site. Several
urches are within easy access for student use. The
‘readily approached from every part of the entire
filwaukee area.
iunication from Synod’s Board of Directors asked this
defer construction of the Senior College until the Houston
shall have had an opportunity to review the situation,
‘allocations made to higher education from an estimated
ution of $12,000,000 to the “Conquest for Christ” offer-
cient to meet the requirements of existing colleges
plus the construction of a complete new plant for
liege.
jendations with regard to the Senior College are made
ion: on policies and plans.

The Fort Wayne Experiment

srdance with the directive of the Milwaukee Convention
d authorized the initiation of an experimental program
Wayne campus in September, 1950. This program

unary information available from the first three years _
1, indicates, first of all, that there has been no difficulty
g the desired number of students; in fact, the increasing
the program (14 new students in 1950; 36 in 1951;
th admission declined to some applicants each year)
‘sary for the Board for Higher Education to limit the
from this special program to a total of 30 annually,
ed'‘that the plan might well produce so many’ grad-
d lose its experimental character by making grad-
- program the largest single contingent at the
ary. It is expected that 28 students from this pro-
in the Seminary in September, 1953.

ministration and the faculty on the Fort Wayne campus
.every co-operation in undertaking the necessary pro-
ments and in conducting a battery of tests (A.C. E.
, California Personality, and Religion Placement) so
rative studies of students coming through the regular
ad the special students are possible.