# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S970
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156 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

ACTION
Committee 1 recommended and Synod resolved:

. Resolution 60
Wuereas, It is highly desirable that

the number of ochial
schools in our Canadian Districts be inc Par

Teased; and

Resolved, That we refer the study of this matter to the Board
for Higher Education.

Co-education at Concordia, Austin, Tex.
. (Memorial 132)
In 1950 Synod passed the following resolution:
“WHEREAS, The Centennial Convention of 1947 empowered the
Board of Directors and the Board for Higher Education to expand
Concordia College at Austin into a junior college; and

“WHEREAS, The Texas District now requests Synod to permit

“Resolved, To refer this matter to the Board for Higher Edu-
cation with power to act.”

The Board of Control at Austin, together with the Board for
Parish Education and the All-State Pastors’ and Teachers’ Con-
ference of the Texas District’ (1953), now comes before Synod re-
questing that this resolution be executed. However, the current
request does not involve the introduction of ‘general co-education,
but rather a restricted program.

It is our desire to introduce a program for the specific train-
ing of kindergarten teachers with an incidental emphasis on general

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 157

, “Aki d nursery schools. The downward
on in, the ee eee rentriated to public education. Many con-
nsion 1 the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod have added

tions of to their regular elementary school program. In fact,

Find ev ations without schools have made their first venture

ne ne education by founding a kindergarten. At the present
to fo:

info there are 419 kindergartens in The Lutheran Church ~— Mis-
time

istrict alone 37 congregations main-
souri Synod. re ane Thee ie pair reason to believe that the kin-
tain a kinderea will continue and that closer scrutiny will be given
oer ards in preschool teacher preparation and to standards in
year elves.
the kinder eee in the number of kindergartens presents the
, Te tha problem. These kindergartens must be staffed.. They
Church vvtaffed with trained teachers. Not only must the teachers
mnt be nd: they should be trained specifically for kindergarten
be hing ° Kindergarten teaching demands specialists. It requires
rf is in teacher preparation also because it involves the
er as first contact with the Church’s full-time educational services.
since most kindergarten teachers usually spend half of ther
day in the classroom, we feel that they should be stipe with
the minimum skills necessary for effective parish and secr
ree the present time no institution in Synod is in the Position
to devote special attention to this necessary and special typ
“anne Curriculum
A preliminary curriculum study indicated that the following
courses could be given consideration in the program:
‘Christian Doctrine
Church History |
Psychology
Child Development
Onanivation and Administration of the rear ik
Organization and Administration of the Lutheran Par
Art for the Preschool Child
Music for the Preschool Child
Methods in Religious Education
Teaching the Kindergarten Curriculum
History and/or Philosophy of Education
Children’s Literature
Physical Education
Typing and Shorthand