# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S915
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70 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

freshman and sophomore years, using existing facilities at
institutions for that purpose. Upon completion of their two-

preparation, these young women would be able to finish our year
ical minimum requirement of the three-year diploma in one y ~
or of the four-year diploma and Bachelor’s degree in two y far,
This is what Synod envisioned in accepting the recommendation
of the Board for Higher Education in 1950. as

While it seems likely that the two teachers’ colleges
able to meet Synod’s needs for male graduates within the next
few years, the prospects of meeting the needs for women graduates
(III year and IV year) in the immediate future are not very bright,
The conference felt that something should be done. Our recom.
mendation to the Board for Higher Education and to Synod is in
harmony with theirs.

Request: If the junior colleges prove to be unable with present
facilities to supply a significantly larger number of finished sopho-
more women to enter the third year at the teachers’ colleges in
order to insure the graduation of enough women to satisfy Synod’,
needs, we respectfully request that further dormitory space be
provided at Concordia Teachers College, River Forest, for the
housing of an additional 100—110 students. Such a dormitory unit
would cost a minimum of $350,000.

(Note: This new unit would be planned for men students, so that
they, too, could in their senior year at least hope to live in modern
quarters. The old dormitories would continue to be allocated to men or
women in proportion to the numbers of each needing to be enrolled. We
urge. this action and propose to continue our crowding at this time of
Synod’s need for teachers. If this severe shortage should level off, we
could finally, we hope, remove the overcrowding that has now plagued
our students for over ten years.)

The faculty of Concordia Teachers College joins the Board in
presenting these requests. Two additional matters of synodical
educational policy are proposed in the form of separate memorials:

A. Memorial Concerning the Three-Year Diploma at River
Forest.

B. Memorial Concerning Graduate Work at Concordia Teach-
ers College.

Tue Boarp or Controt or CONCORDIA TEACHERS COLLEGE
Erwin L. Paut, Secretary
ArtHuR Kuinck, Executive Officer

Will be

: ACTION
As to the requests in this report, see the “Tabulation of Re-
quests from Colleges and Seminaries” at the end of this section
‘as approved and recommended by Committee 1 and unanimously
adopted by the Convention. (Cf. Minutes of June 25, Session 15.)