# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S994
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 201

a ‘Resolution 24
§rICY REGARDING RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS AS
SOUISITE FOR ADMISSION TO THE ST. LOUIS SEMINARY
gas, It now appears that a Senior College will open in
that this college will automatically give Synod the assur-
¢-the overwhelming majority of ministerial students will
o less than three years in Synod’s preparatory system
applying for admission to the theological seminary in
1is; and
““" Waereas, This circumstance adequately reflects the view of
Committee No.1 that it is a desirable principle to establish mini-
mumsresidence requirements in Synod’s schools as a prerequisite
for admission to the ministry and the Synod; and

Wuereas, The Church would benefit if the Board for Higher
Education were given the opportunity to review and modify its
recommendation in this area so that it will recognize the changed
circumstances created by the early establishment of the Senior
College as now contemplated; therefore be it

Resolved, That we refer the recommendations under this sec-
tion to the Board for Higher Education with the request for
a re-study in the light of the changed ‘conditions that will prevail
if a Senior College is established within the next triennium, and
with the further request that a report be submitted to the 1956
convention.

The Teacher-Training Program
A. Review of the Past Triennium

It is well known that Lutheran as well as public elementary
schools have suffered from an acute teacher shortage during the
past few years. Today the shortage has reached the proportions
of a crisis. ‘The unprecedented number of births has brought, and
will continue to bring, unprecedented numbers of pupils into the
classrooms of the nation, including those of Lutheran schools. The
Board anticipated this development when it presented comprehen-
sive studies and projections in its report to the 1950 convention
(Proceedings, pp. 167—215). The Board likewise endeavored to
make some provision for supplying the expected demand in its
various recommendations on teacher training. Among the goals
which the Board with the approval of Synod had set to be reached
by 1953 were the following:

1. To take the necessary steps to enable River Forest ‘and
Seward annually to graduate 125 men for the teaching profession.
This goal has been so closely approached that 109 men were avail-
able in 1952, and 116 in the spring of 1953. With sustained emphasis

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