# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S149
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

- SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 149

Jeadership. It was likewise pointed out that men are
ut of the elementary classrooms by other agencies
ms, such as Lutheran high schools, colleges, and boards
utives in education.
tative figures may be adduced at the time of this
to the meeting of the Board of Assignment, there were
ications for teachers from the congregations of Synod
3. It may be assumed that these applications do
all of the current vacancies, since many congregations
Brocess of calling experienced teachers from the field:
ore apparent that 140 men and 460 women teachers
smpromise number to be set as a goal to be attained
next five years. No doubt Synod desires to retain the
a-three- and four-year college preparation for its
this standard is to be applied to women as well as
require dormitory space and instructional facilities
.200 college students to yield 600 teachers annually,
half of the women would be trained for only three
:The space occupied by the teacher-training students
school department of our various colleges would have
the 2,200 figure.

present there are about 1,100 teacher-training students
jin: the college department of all synodical institutions.
al of 600 three- and four-year graduates, we would
or another 1,100 college students. Such accommodations
exist, neither in dormitory nor other facilities.

oposals for a Long- and Short-Range Program

at that Synod faces a teacher-training problem which
ved by measures of expediency. The long and hard

squire adjustments which involve added facilities and

id recruitment. And the present crisis calls for imme-_

which will bring about some form of alleviation.

ard has already pointed out that one of the avenues
the. greater utilization of our junior colleges for a
rogram of pre-professional training. Once such a pro-
under way, it would relieve the teachers’ colleges of
to which they are now yielding by sending out students

only to have them become vacant again after an-
What congregations want is teachers who stay on

pting to formulate a program which would integrate
vith the long-range program, the Board found the
dy and willing to co-operate to the fullest extent of