# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S985
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182 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

2. There is a higher average level of maturity in
body and a greater opportunity to strengthen the s

ense of vocati,..
3. Some undesirable traditions seem to be eliminated w™

The administration reports also. that it already observes cer
tain disadvantages which are. inherent in the plan: ~

1. There are greater difficulties in the recruitment of students,
because the arrangement cuts into the middle of the standard-tyne
school program;

2. There is a higher per-capita cost of o
ratio to the reduction of the student body;

3. There is less opportunity for training the students in for-
eign languages;

4. There is a reduced program of religious instruction (by
one year).

Since the 1950. directive could not be completely carried out
during the past triennium, the Board for Higher Education

Recommends that during the next triennium the plan be ex.
tended as originally authorized and that it be continued long

peration in direct

enough to permit an intelligent evaluation of ‘its feasibility ang

its outcomes; and your Board

Recommends, further, that the Board for Higher Education be
authorized to adjust budget subsidies and arrangements as may
appear necessary to achieve the satisfactory extension of the ex-
periment if reduced enrollments make it difficult for the school
to provide the educational services which Synod requires.

Accreditation
Your Board is happy to report continuing progress under the
directive of the 1947 convention, which authorized the Board to
assist Synod’s institutions in seeking accreditation with regional

"associations. Since the Milwaukee Convention the following schools

have achieved such status:

1. Concordia Teachers College at Seward, Nebr., has been ac-
credited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Sec-
ondary Schools;

2. The high school department at Portland, Oreg., has been
aceredited by the Northwest Association;

3. The high school department at St. Paul, Minn., has been
accredited by the North Central Association.

In addition, the college department at Austin, Tex., has been ac-
credited by the Texas Association of Colleges and Universities.

Of these four new accreditations, the most critically necessary
was the recognition of the Seward teachers’ college, since its status
in this respect is known to involve important implications for the
future welfare of Synod’s work in teacher training. It is well

the student

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 183:

that State departments of education are requiring, with

known g frequency, that all teacher-training institutions be re-

i if they desire to have certification for their
score Soneas colleges (including the Seward high
prada artment) have now achieved that status.
school de Board desires to recognize the professional dedication
yOu" an personal sacrifices made in this connection as well
and the oeressive devoted, and competent leadership supplied by
as the see residents involved. Major adjustments in administra-
the coe ee in teaching arrangements, in graduate study, in
ie ping teaching fields, and in preparing very extensive reports and
e must be accomplished in every case before accreditation
aye chieved. In addition, the process requires the full financial
oe nation of the Board of Directors and the Fiscal Conference
Oe Board for Higher Education is to lend effective support to
t eeiitation activities. All of these co-operations have been sup-
ied i asure.
pled in ae assumes, therefore, that it is Synod’s desire that
these mutual efforts be continued at all institutions where regina
accreditation is possible without any abridgment of Synoe Ss speci ‘
objectives or necessary controls. It is assumed, further, at yo
desires to continue its previous directives to the Board of Directo 5
and the Fiscal Conference that funds necessary to achieve suc
status be made available.

Ill. Requests from Institutions Under “Handbook”
Section 6.147

In Section 6.147 of the official Handbook, Synod issues the
following directive: . .

“6.147 Budget for Capital Improvements, etc.

“The Board of Control, in the month of January preceding each
triennial convention of Synod, shall submit to the Board for Higher
Education recommendations for major repairs, capital improve-
ments, and expansion of the physical plant and equipment and the
requirements and program for improvement and expansion of its
educational facilities for the succeeding triennium. After due con-
sideration thereof, the Board for Higher Education, after consulta-

tion with the Board of Directors, shall submit the same, with its .

recommendations, to the President of Synod for action at the trien-
nial convention.” ;

In addition to conveying recommendations on the current re-
quests from the institutions, your Board is including an account-

ing of the funds expended for projects approved by the Milwaukee.

Convention and a listing of items which could not be completed

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