# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S156
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156 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

girls is assigned for the use of college women, with the except
of the rooms occupied by high school students at Seward. To
ance the capacity columns, the figure 50. must be added to
number given as enrolled college women at Seward. The n
40 for Bronxville represents off-campus housing.

9. Although a studious effort was made to point out ey
available room for the housing of college women, the totals:
not yield the desired graduation of 460 lady teachers, even tho
half of them were designated for a two-year program. The tak
are 50 short of the goal assumed as a minimum essential. If Sy
accepts 460 as a valid goal, further arrangements for its attai
must be made in accordance with Synod’s ability to provide.
the indicated facilities for the 410 will soon become inadequa
steady progression is to be made toward an expansion of the thr
and four-year training program. :

10. Extending the charts to include the proposed Senior
lege and the seminaries affords an overview of the entire proj
sional training program with its expected outcomes in terms o E
and women prepared for service to the Church.

F. Action Necessary to Extend the Teacher-Training Program:
1. The Board recommends adoption of the plan suggested:

der the heading “Proposals for a More Adequate Supply of Wi
Teachers” (p. 150), with the understanding that changes an
justments in minor detail be made wherever desirable or neces:
by joint representation of the colleges and the Board.
2. The Board further recommends that the junior co
participating in the two-year-plus-summer training program
be Fort Wayne, St. Paul, and Oakland. Bronxville shall be
to provide courses for men and women to prepare directly fox
trance in the junior class of the teachers’ colleges. Winfiel
continue operating on a two-year terminal basis until Syno
clares that there is no longer need for it.
3. To enable the existing schools to accommodate more
dents, the first step necessary will be to bring about the adjus'
indicated. With regard to housing, the following may serv
summary, and the Board recommends that the funds detailed
where in this report be appropriated by Synod:
a. Fort Wayne: Conversion of Crull Hall for occupan

120 girls

b. Oakland: a new dormitory for girls (36 instead of 24

c. St. Paul: remodeling of Old Main Dormitory for 90.
conversion of South Dormitory and use of West Do

for 100 girls. .