# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S966
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148 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

Program and the Three-Year Diploma for men
to do so;

b. After a three-year sequence of properly selected: and satis.
factorily completed college courses, to grant a Provisional Teaching
Certificate, especially for women who desire it; : ;

c. Upon their request, and for valid reasons, to recornmend male
‘students who have met the three-year requirements of the Provi-
sional Teaching Certificate for initial placement in temporary
teaching positions, but not to declare them eligible for a Permanent
call until their completion of the regular four-year Bacheloy’s
degree requirements;

d. To terminate the Provisional Certificate as soon as Synod’s
best interests make such action advisable.

when it is desirable

Participation in the Expansion of the
Training School at Seward, Nebr.
(Memorial 125) .

The Board of Control of Concordia Teachers College, Seward,
Nebr., herewith petitions The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
to consider the following recommendation:

Wuereas, St. John’s Lutheran School of Seward, Nebr., has
served as the practice school for students of Concordia Teachers
College since 1906; and

Wuereas, The present school facilities, constructed in 1929
through the united efforts and with the joint support of St. John’s
Congregation and Synod, are no longer adequate to serve their
twofold purpose; and

Wuenreas, Overcrowded conditions limit the efficiency of opera-
tion in the educational program both of the college and of the
congregation; and

Whereas, The State Department of Public Instruction has re-
peatedly criticized St. John’s Lutheran School as a teacher-training
institution because of its high pupil-teacher ratio; and

Wuereas, The enrollment of Concordia Teachers College has
increased to a point where the student teaching load in the practice
school is excessive and the demand for increased production of
teachers for Synod indicates that the number of students must
continue to grow; and

Wuereas, St. John’s Congregation has a growing number of
children of school age available for instruction in an expanded
school; and. : : ;

Wuereas, Better facilities are needed in the school for the
observation classes of Concordia Teachers College; and

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 149

-Waereas, Provisions should be made in the practice school for
student observation and participation in a program of directed
recreation and extracurricular activities for the pupils in our parish
‘schools and the necessary facilities are not at present available;

d

= ‘Wuenreas, Action on the expansion of St. John’s Lutheran School
is urgent and, although working plans are not completed at pres-
ent, such expansion must be undertaken within the near future
and before the next convention of Synod; therefore

We petition and respectfully recommend that The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod authorize and direct its Board for Higher
Education and its Board of Directors through the local Board of
Control to participate with St. John’s Congregation of Seward,
Nebr., in the expansion of St. John’s Lutheran School, the practice
school now serving Synod’s Concordia Teachers College at Seward.

THE Boarp or ContRoL
Atrrep O. Furrsrincer, Executive Officer '

The foregoing memorial was presented to the members of St.
John’s Lutheran Church of Seward, Nebr., and endorsed by them.

Sr. Jonn’s Lutaeran Cuourca
Watrer HeLiwece, Secretary

ACTION

Committee 1 recommended the following resolution, which was

adopted:
Resolution 50

WuerEAs, It is highly desirable that St. John’s School at Seward,
Nebr., which has served as the practice school for students at
Concordia Teachers College, should be expanded; and

Wuereas, An expansion of this school is of mutual interest to
Synod and to St. John’s Lutheran Congregation; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod author-
ize and direct its Board for Higher Education and its Board of
Directors through the local Board of Control to participate with
St.John’s Congregation of Seward, Nebr., in the expansion of
St. John’s Lutheran School, the practice school now serving Synod’s
Concordia Teachers College at Seward.

End Two-Year Teacher Training — Add Fifth Year
(Memorial 126) _ ;
Wuereas, The accrediting of our local schools is ‘dependent

largely upon the formal education given the graduates of our
teachers’ colleges; and