# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S914
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 69.

» end of this summer, subject to the approval of the Board for
er Education and the Board of Directors. We feel that this
iid be a great encouragement to our men students.

‘s. Infirmary Needs
‘6 the whole second floor of the south wing of our Commissary
Building was originally set aside for an infirmary with a 24-bed
oe capacity. This was in the middle twenties, when the uncrowded
“4 qormitory capacity was about 320. Some years ago we found it
“necessary to use part of this space for emergency housing of staff.
| > Jt has become increasingly difficult to operate successfully since
: the new dormitory was added in the fall of 1948. With a total
‘ enrollment this coming fall of about 650 students, it will be out
of the question to provide adequate health service with facilities
which are even now altogether inadequate.

We seriously considered the possibility of asking Synod for

. g new and modern infirmary building, but we felt that the cost
would be prohibitive at this time.. We therefore propose to provide
other means of housing for staff families in order to devote the four
rooms and two baths thus released to hospital purposes.

Request: Since the repairs and remodeling of the building
for this purpose cannot be exactly determined at this time because
it must be done on the basis of “time and materials,” and since
it will not be a significant amount in any case, we request that
Synod authorize the Board of Directors, upon the recommendation
of the Board for Higher Education, to make the necessary. funds
available through our regular annual application for subsidy.

6. Additional Dormitory Building for Men

We realize that our college is only a part of Synod’s wide-
‘spread system of ministerial and teacher training. However, as
one of the two professional teachers’ colleges, we are painfully
aware of the fact that the field needs for graduate teachers, par-
ticularly for women graduates, are not being met.

On December 19 and 20, 1952, a Conference on Teacher Train- .
.ing, authorized by the Board for Higher Education, was held on
our campus, with representation from the Board for Higher Edu-
cation, each of the two teachers’ colleges, and the synodical junior
colleges at Fort Wayne, St. Paul, and Winfield. We appreciate the
fact that the Board for Higher Education feels the same concern
that we do about the need for teachers and is willing to work with
us and Seward and try to co-ordinate and unify everyone's efforts
n the direction of meeting the need. We had hoped that it would
, be possible for the junior colleges to assume a substantial share
@£ the responsibility for pre-teacher training of women in the