# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S980
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172 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES
C. REPORT OF THE BOARD FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION
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e past triennium was a period of unus
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usual activity in Synod’s program for training pastor “ems and tn
In September, 1952, the Board moved its office from Che
St. Louis, the Executive Secre te

cation of the office.

During this triennium your Board was able to

supervised the development of the most extensi
aclght buildings completed with “Building for Tomorrow” zg .
ba chia under construction at this writing from “Coneuat
or ¢ ; and SIX approaching the final phase of ae
tion; plus four presidents’ residences and two modeling

L ; major re eling
projects completed or in Progress) ever undertaken in 2 come

ak year; th i
budget passed the two-million-dollar mark; and the replacemers

value of Synod’s colleges and ; :
lion ‘dollars for the first time in history Properties exceeded 20 mil-

fare and the spread of the kingdom of God on earth.
In this connection, the Board is grateful, also, for the out-
the college and Seminary presidents and

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 178

> particularly in the areas relating to accreditation, student
‘tgccounting. Deep appreciation is expressed, especially, for
gs sncive services freely offered by Mr. Theodore Buenger,
-an of the board of one of Chicago’s largest investment firms,
snidthe: Rev. Wilbert C. Koester, executive secretary, Lutheran
Chiarch Charities Fund, Chicago, in connection with the Board’s
lengthy search for a suitable Senior College site. ;
ee A more extensive and detailed report on some of the programs
ini progress, together with appropriate recommendations, will be
‘wrod in a later section of the Board’s report. At this point Synod
will'tbe glad to learn that the numerous administrative adjustments
ved by the Milwaukee Convention have been placed into full
effect, bringing greater efficiency to the Church and satisfaction to
almost 600 persons now included in the various faculties, opera-
tional staffs, and boards of control. In addition, completion of the
introduction of the new accounting system is expected by the end
of the current year. Financial controls and budgeting have pro-
gressed sufficiently to enable your Board to report, also, that higher
education has completed the triennium without an overdraft, in any
year, of its large and complex synodical subsidy budget.

Since the Milwaukee Convention, 27 elections were conducted
under the new plan, with greater satisfaction reported by the Pres-
ident and other electors. The program of retirement, of faculty
ranking, of sabbatical leaves, and of supporting additional graduate
study for junior faculty members has been carried forward with~-
out interruption. Regional accreditation was secured by three high
school divisions and one college. Libraries were expanded, and
two additional units were placed in charge of trained librarians.
Funds for an expanded use of visual and auditory teaching aids
were supplied. The Advanced Scholarship Fund was established,
but has not yet been put to use; however, the Lutheran high school -
scholarships have already been made available to 60 students at
this early date. The Board sponsored a convocation of all synod-
ical faculties. Considerable music equipment was furnished to
preparatory schools for use in the teacher-training program. Test-
ing and guidance techniques were given a fuller application. Stu-
dent aid policies were reviewed. Salaries were improved and
staffs expanded where necessary.

In 1950 Mr. Martin Strieter of Rock Island, Ill, replaced the
late Dr. Walter Goetsch as a new appointee to the Board. Since
that addition, under God’s gracious protection, the membership
of your Board remained unchanged during the triennium, thus .
giving a desirable continuity to the work, which involved so many
adjustments. Among the college presidencies, however, it pleased
God to remove three presidents (Moeller, Sieck, Rincker) by sud-