# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S923
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 79

: The Faculty
x No changes in the permanent membership of the faculty were
wade the last three years. Several people have been engaged in
he ranks of the instructors and the assistant professors. All have
.worked together harmoniously and have devoted considerable time
‘> evaluating the new curricular program in the light of the needs
the Church and the requirements of higher educational agencies.

The New Program

Synod resolved to set up an experimental program on the Fort
Wayne campus whereby the synodical high school would gradually
be discontinued and recruitment would be concentrated on the
college level. This has been carried out, and the high school de-

ent will be discontinued completely by June, 1954.

The results under the new program in the ministerial depart-
ment have been quite satisfactory. We have been able to secure
a good number of high school graduates each year, and they have
impressed us as being quite mature and sure of their aim and
purpose in studying for the ministry. We have found a high degree
of consecration among these students under the new plan. There
seems to be a greater awareness on the part of the new students
of the high goal of the ministry and a more serious attitude in
general. ;

It is not to be assumed that all students enrolling under this
new program will be able to do satisfactory work. There will be
some losses, but the losses will not be as great as those experienced
when students are already enrolled in the Freshman high: school
year. The mean-quality-point average of those enrolled under the
new program will equal, if not exceed, that of the students who
have come up under the traditional program. While it may be
somewhat dangerous to generalize on the basis of several years’
experience, nevertheless it seems to be true that the new students
are emotionally and socially more mature than those who have
come up through the traditional program. While we are not ready
| to say that this type of program should be set up at all of our
schools, and while it is perhaps too early to judge whether an.
adequate number of students can be recruited to satisfy the needs
of the entire Church with this type of program, nevertheless we
feel very strongly that the Church can obtain a good number of
consecrated young men for the ministry if they are not penalized
by the loss of additional time by reason of the fact that they have
graduated from a public or a Lutheran high school.

The Senior College
In the interest of good stewardship it is felt that one or more of
Synod’s existing colleges should be utilized for the Senior College