# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S907
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- the needs of the field, and of educational policy in the broadest

62 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES =

the call as associate professor and will be installed, God _—
the opening service, September, 1953. These men have had in .
average experience of about eighteen years in congregational be
in the office of pastor or teacher. - Work
_ The two vacancies in the called faculty, brought about by
resignation of Prof, Edwin Wibracht, M. A., and the death y the
Herman Keinath, are in the process of being filled at this wei Dr. .
and we hope that the men who have been called may a
be installed in the opening service in September, 1953, Ts te
meantime, six neighboring pastors, in addition to their regular
work, faithfully serve our school on a part-time basis in the fields
Doctrine, Bible, Church History, History, and Speech. ot
During the triennium five instructors have been advanced to
the new rank of assistant professor, as authorized by Synod in
with the specified four-year tenure. The remaining teaching load
has been absorbed by full-time or part-time instructors.
Because of the high cost of living, limited tenure, the difficulty
of securing suitable housing, and especially the comparatively

modest salaries offered for these non-called positions and even for —

the called ranks, it continues to be very difficult to get adequately
trained and experienced pastors and teachers from the congre-
gations to teach on the college level.

Since the last convention two members of the faculty received
their Doctor of Philosophy degrees: Associate Professor John
Choitz and Aésistant Professor Arvin Hahn. A number of others,
while doing full-time teaching, are faithfully pursuing graduate
training and are nearing the doctoral level.

~The faculty has worked faithfully and effectively in the class-
room and in its extracurricular duties. A continuous study of
the curriculum of the college, departmental and course objectives,

sense, has occupied one hour of each regular meeting. Many faculty
members have been able to attend learned society meetings in
their teaching and administrative fields, and quite a number have —
served as essayists, panel members, discussants, or recorders on -
the programs of national or State conventions. They have also
continued to serve regularly at teachers’ and pastors’ conferences
and on-a number of synodical committees, and have contributed
to synodical and secular educational periodicals. Several faculty.
men have published books during the triennium. The Board here ~
with wishes to commend the administrators and faculty meinbers
for their alertness to the needs of the school, their interest in the
welfare of Synod, and their constant restudy of our program in the
light of the ever-increasing requirements of the Church and the:
changing policies in American education. *