# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S960
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136 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

the Senior College referred to in paragraph 1 hereof for the
approximate figure of $4,200,000, exclusive of faculty housing.
and, finally, ae ,

14. That the Board of Directors be and hereby is authorizeg
to empower the Board of Control of Concordia College, Inc., of
Fort Wayne, Ind., to convey title to the Lutheran Association for
Secondary Schools of Fort Wayne, Ind., to that portion of the
present campus located in the southeast corner thereof, consist;
of 4.86 acres, more or less, for $1.00 and other good and valuable
consideration whenever the sale of the remainder is consummated
and title transferred.

Increased Teacher Training
(Memorial 121)

Teachers for our elementary schools are now being trained at
River Forest and Seward, where._a three- and four-year college
course is offered for men and women, Seward also having a high
school department; at Winfield, where a two-year terminal course
for women teachers has been approved by Synod, with men stu-
dents to continue their training at the teachers’ colleges; and at
Fort Wayne, Oakland, and St.Paul, where prospective teachers,
men and women, receive a two-year preparatory course for en-
trance at River Forest or Seward. Other preparatory colleges also
have prospective teacher students, some only men, some only
women, some both — students who have in mind to enter River
Forest or Seward.

Table I

Teacher-Training Students at Our Institutions
High School Department College Department Total

Men * Women Men ‘Women
Austin 31 7 38
Bronxville __— 7 14 21
Concordia 15 15
Edmonton —_— 5 10 15
Milwaukee _.. 11 1 12
Portland, 23 9 32
Totals ___... 92 10 17 14 133
Fort Wayne __. 1 9 41 51
Oakland mw 18 32 ll 9 70
St.Paul Ss 15 . 23 35 73
Winfield __. 9 28 19 123 179
Totals __ 43 60 62 208 373
River Forest _ 327 231 558
Seward _.. 60 55 129 116 360
Totals __.._ 60 55 456 347 918

Report of Board for Higher Education, Fall of 1952

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 187

Summary
High School Teacher-Training Students: Men - Women Total.
@ Institutions without teacher-training course 92 10 102
Institutions with a teacher-training course _ 43 60 103
Seward ———____________.____ 60 55 115

Totals ————_______.____.... 195 125 320
College Teacher-Training Students: Men Women Total

Institutions without teacher-training course 17 )»=«114 31
Institutions with a teacher-training course _ 62 208 270

’ colleges: River Forest === 327 231 558
Teachers Seward __«29'—s«d6Ss5
Totals . 535 569 1,104

With the foregoing enrollments in the fall of 1952, the institu-
tions placed the following number of graduates and students in
service in 1953: ;

Table II
Graduates and Students in 1953
“Graduates Two-Year Training Total
Men Women Men Women

River Forest _. 74 52 35 35 196
Seward 36 20 10 24 90
Fort Wayne —— 10 10
St. Paul — 16 16
Winfield — 50 50
Totals —.... 110 72 45 135 362

In December, 1952, representatives of the colleges for teacher
training and the Board for Higher Education met in River Forest
to determine the teacher demand in the near future. On the basis
of data on hand, they set a tentative goal of 125 men graduates and
375 women teachers a year —a total of 500 persons.

The Excessive Teacher Demand
At the time of the River Forest meeting, no one knew precisely
what the annual demand for teachers was or what it might be
during the immediate future. At the assignment meeting in the
spring of 1952, a total of 528 calls and applications for teachers was

received. It is a mistake to regard this the annual needs or -

nearly so. Since only 339 persons were available, 189 positions re-
mained unsupplied. While the School Office expected that this
figure, 189, would mount to 250 by summer or fall, it did not have
the facts then, either, and completely underestimated the demand.
THE REMAINING DEMAND WAS 494, or almost 500. This fact
was established by the Teachers’ Bureau of your Board for Parish
Education through a name-for-name comparison of the 1951—52
teachers with those of 1952—53. This was possible only because the
new statistical blanks require the listing and classification of the
teachers and because the returns were practically 100 per cent