# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S908
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 638

The Student Body

With our dormitories filled to crowded capacity, the enrollment
been as follows on October 15 of each year:

Enrollment : Men Women Total
1950—1951 319 240 559
1951-1952 —________. 337 . 220 557
1952-1953 330 230 560
j f 100 und te: in the field
In s¢one each year. “Though technically they are student, owe nels os

i them in the above tota .

Some students were graduated each quarter; others took emer-.
y teaching positions; a few discontinued. New applicants took
places to make up approximately the same totals. a
During the triennium we have Continued our eed of
imitting only men and women who have sole: ly de eir
tion of devoting their professional lives to the service of the
bh. Only those are permitted to remain on the campus whose
itude, interest, character, and academic record give good evi-
: that they are on the way toward achieving this goal. Those
‘who do not measure up to the standards are, with all possible kind-
‘Bess and consideration for their welfare, guided into other fields
f$-<of endeavor. This is at best a time-consuming, difficult. task and
f ften a thankless one, but we feel that in fairness to the students
4 ves, to Synod, and to the many prospective students who
would like to enter our teaching profession, we cannot avoid it.
. We are happy to report that we are still receiving rather large
numbers of students with advanced standing from other colleges
and universities. Because of the flexibility of our curriculum and.
- the willingness of our administrative officers and other faculty
Members to help these students find themselves,.we continue to
_ have gratifying results in this method of stepping up the number
“. of graduates. In the regular school year as well as in the summer |
- sessions and correspondence courses we: are doing all we can to
make a successful conversion program possible for these secularly
_ trained Lutheran young people, who, somewhat later than the
* average, make up their minds to become professional servants of
the Church. Our regular students also deserve special commenda-
tion for their eagerness to help and befriend these newcomers in
their classes and dormitories. ae
* In spite of the crowding, the educational record of our students
hes continued on a high level. While less than half of our fresh-
men come from our Lutheran high schools each year, their number
is increasing, and the quality is good. Though we have been able
fo enroll all of the qualified male graduates of these schools who
‘plied, We regret that some of the girl graduates had to be directed
here for their junior college training, and some of them have