# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S193
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

PARISH EDUCATION | 193

: ed promotional work on the part of Synod’s Board for
‘Education in behalf of schools.
everything else, however, we need a strong Christian
implicit trust in the Lord and, therefore, more earnest
this worthy cause.
grateful that the Board of Directors of Synod has
‘the need for more schools and is concerned about
thing to meet the need. After careful consideration of
blem the Board of Directors, in February, 1953, allocated
‘our Board from the “Conquest for Christ” collection
special promotion of Lutheran elementary schools. The
this special promotion will require further development,
ability of funds makes possible more attention to
m than our Board has thus far been able to give it.
are extremely happy about the expansion of existing
d the many new schools that have been opened, we feel
‘at effort must be made to extend the schools to many
regations.
ae The Teacher Situation
cher training has been considerably increased. River Forest
s itself wholly to the college years and has a record
Seward, which still has also the high school depart-
-has a record enrollment of teacher-training students.
year terminal course for women has been approved for the
y at Winfield; two-year teacher-training courses have
luced at Fort Wayne, Oakland, and St. Paul. Men grad-
increased from 30 in 1947 to 99 in 1952 and to 116 in
men graduates have increased from 18 in 1947 to 55 in
to 75 in 1953.
underproduction of graduate teachers prior to this time
expansion of the school system have been so great that
1e present school year, with its 3,449 teachers, only 1,518
‘graduates and 173 are women graduates, a total of 1,691
eachers active in the schools — leaving 1,758 others, such
ar students of the teachers’ and preparatory colleges,
or, graduates of other Lutheran institutions (St. Louis,
Reld, Valparaiso, Mankato, etc.), non-graduate regular
eachers, teaching pastors (small number), and emergency
“and men teachers. The annual turnover and mortality
e teachers is tremendous. Only the regular male teachers
er number of steady women teachers make for a high
wf permanence. Outside them our teachers are quite
nts: The annual supply of graduates and students, though
siderable now, is not enough to replace the annual losses
es -unsupplied both many existing positions and all new