# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S194
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194 PARISH EDUCATION

positions gained each year. (We gained 199 new teaching Posi
from 1951 to 1952.) :

The calls and applications annually received by the Bods
Assignment are issued early in spring and do not represent:
total demand that exists in spring and that develops by the:

positions the congregations had to find teachers outside our
from the teacher-training institutions; and that meant the em
ment of many so-called emergency teachers.

In our opinion, even the present plans for increased tes
training will not supply the demand. It is obvious, too, the
schools are harmed by unsuitable teachers. District educatie
leaders point it out to us, and they fear that such harm will
the school cause also in the future.

Demand Is Expected to Increase Considerably

A prediction of school enrollment and teacher demand fo
years 1948 to 1955 has so far been fairly closely fulfilled up t
It was based only on our record of child Baptisms, and no ‘of
factor, such as an increase in the number of schools. If predi¢
based on the same record continue to be fulfilled, we shall
far more teachers than are now in prospect.

The Prediction and Its Fulfillment

Enrollment Teachers
Actual Need
Year Predicted Enrollment Predicted N
90,180 92,487 2,881 2.
94,595 94,995 3,106 3,12
98,655 98,136 3,288 3
102,321 101,884 3,410 3
107,655 © 106,609 3,588 3.
115,496 3,849
122,919 4,097
129,872 4,329

If the predictions will not be completely fulfilled, they ¥
least be approximated, and might possibly be exceeded, if
schools are opened. This means that we ought to have |
700 teachers more than are needed to replace the losses ¢
the next triennium, or roughly perhaps 1,800 teachers, 600
or each year almost double the number we supplied in 1952. =

Instructional Material for Schools

The necessity for textbooks, other instructional materials
general curriculum guides requires constant attention if wé
to achieve the objectives of our Lutheran schools. Durit
past triennium the following projects received attention.