# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S972
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 159

Resolution 39

Py icsEAs, The 1950 Milwaukee Convention resolved that the
; of permitting Concordia College at Austin to become co-
al, “particularly in view of the increased demand for
~ gfjmen: teachers and parish workers,” should be referred to the
ppardi for Higher Education with power to act; and

* il faeneas, The continued insistent demand for more women
; shots now makes it imperative that immediate steps be taken
to'meet the crisis that is threatening our Church; therefore be it
* 'pésolved, That Concordia College of Austin, Tex., be in-
eluded ‘in the two-year provisional certificate program of teacher
ning by accepting the offer that a dormitory to accommodate
80 ‘girls be erected by the Texas District, provided the curriculum
ig not restricted to preparation for kindergarten teaching, but will
extend to all grades of an elementary Lutheran school. The details
of the program shall be worked out in conjunction with the Board
for Higher Education, and the cost of operation is to be included
in the regular budget of the college. It is understood that the
rest of the facilities are already available.

Establishing a College in the Southeast
(Memorial 135)

Wuereas, The cost of establishing a new senior college in the
synodical system of higher education is so great; and

Wuereas, Synod has existing junior colleges which could be
converted at smaller cost; and

Wuereas, The Southeastern area of our Church is so far
removed from existing schools; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League of
the Southeastern District (Carolinas-Georgia) does hereby memo-
rialize The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod, in convention
assembled at Houston, Tex.,

1. To reconsider the plea of establishing a new senior college;

2. To convert one of the existing junior colleges in the Chicago-
Milwaukee area, thereby establishing facilities for the senior col-
lege program; ;

3. To consider the establishment of a junior college in the
Southeastern area of our country. .

THe LuTHERAN WoMEN’s Missionary LEAGUE
SOUTHEASTERN District (CaROLINAS-GEORGIA)

Mrs. James L. Summers, President
Mrs. Frep E. Howzar, Secretary