# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S984
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180 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

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Recommendations with re
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in the section on policies and plans. © Senter College are made
: The Fort Wayne Experiment
n accordance with the directive of th i
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your Board authorized the initiation of an experimentation
at © for ‘Wayne campus in September, 1950. This ore
° ve modified admission prerequisites; an adjusted cursi i
gradual elimination of the synodical high school (to be com, sted

Preliminary information availabl
minary e from the fir:
of operation indicates, first of all, that there has been nen diffieulty

ha The administration and the faculty on the Fort Wayne campus
ve given every co-operation in undertaking the necessary pro-
ie a justments and. In conducting a battery of tests (A. C.E.
AY ogic » California Personality, and Religion Placement) so
at comparative studies of students coming through th gul
"Program and the special students are possible. “me

‘SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 181°

feport submitted to the Board for Higher Education, the

tion and faculty have indicated favorable prelim-
ons toward the new students, particularly in the areas
, clarity of aim and purpose, eagerness to qualify for
, respect for the ministerial and teaching professions,

te ten of the library, desire to do satisfactory work, and re-

son: of. counseling.
Since the first graduates of this program entered the St. Louis
Seminary in September, 1952, not even preliminary observations
rformance at this level can be made available to this

On eatin Your Board

Recommends that the experiment be carried forward during
the next triennium under the direction of the Board for Higher
Education and that this Board be authorized to continue to carry
all necessary costs as part of the regular budget for higher ed-
ucation. : . .

The Portland Experiment

The experiment at Portland, authorized by the Milwaukee
Convention, involves the elimination of the freshman and soph-
omore high school years to determine the extent of the recruit-
ment problems involved and the feasibility of providing satisfac-
tory training for pastors in a four-year junior college. Even though
these experimental procedures may well produce difficulties for
the school, the local administration and faculty have cheerfully
given full co-operation to enable Synod to study whatever data
may. become available. :

Your Board authorized the elimination of the high school
freshman year beginning with September, 1951. Since the school
was, at that time, in the process of adding two college years, it was
not possible to appraise immediately the effects of the introduction
of this experimental procedure. In fact, between 1951 and 1952,
the enrollment at the institution rose from 108 to 120. In Septem-
ber, 1952, however, your Board did not proceed with the elimina-
tion of the sophomore year of the high school department because
it concurred in the local administration’s view that elimination of
another year at this time might constitute a serious enrollment
dislocation in such a small school. The 1952 enrollment registered
a decrease from 120 to 109: It will be normal to expect a further
decrease in total enrollment when the sophomore high school year
is eliminated.

In a preliminary report the local administration notes the
following advantages:

1. As the program develops, the school is able to place stronger
emphasis on the junior college program;