# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S997
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206 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

tion is urged to estimate th

ses e annual demand for te.
use the facilities as necessary, guarding, however. ‘achers and to
supply of teachers. » against an over.

i. These proposals are to be i

interpreted i
synodically established relationship between th ham he
and the junior colleges. , ® Neache

y with the
TS’ colleges

tt D. Possibilities for Carrying ing Out the Proposed Program

dinent the above pian is adopted, it will require action in
pinectio a ong them will be the determination of a reason
paanee in e number of two-, three-, and four-year adeee
the actnities ave ible and those to be provided, the reeruiten
ane ce cetion ‘ students, the certification of graduates ott
ordination of e program, the constant study of suppl; and a
, arious other concomitant factors. 7 and de-

1. In regard to the total number, the
arrangement which will enable the college egutcme ‘e fur “0
n and 460 women graduates annually. This is i nit
compromise, predicated upon the assumption that aiid ‘
now provide for a greater number, that it will take onsidennet
time to achieve even the moderately increased goal nd ah
er means will be found to make up the differential 7 And that

2.
the 2. In wre case ot ‘he men, the goa! should be attainable within
. e ratio of three- and f
3 ; ‘our-year
graduates should be raised at a rate made possible by the placement
of tw year women graduates and students in sufficient nt
erminate the emergency. nt number to

3. To this end, certain preparatory schools s
hall be desi
and aided foi furnish enough women with a two-year or wei
year plus s4 er training for positions which cannot be filled by
careful supervision andl sows fant e enough to admit of what
ever adjustments are indicated fon nose yas adiait of what
4. : . ; °
of trons amporiant (ifterence between the old and the new plan
petteral conch "para ion is that the student is offered courses in
a erhonen cone gy and a survey of elementary education in the
sophomore ye . ene it further enables the student to observe and
Say acbocls pa classroom activities in co-operating Lutheran
Gay ecto a ong the colleges already participating in the co-
ordinated te her training program, the Board has caused arrange-
ment e made at Fort Wayne and St. Paul to proceed according
ne revised curricular schedule outlined above.
. At the other junior colleges no special ses
to teacher-training students. Those in high school attend wes

» with the
, rolled #9 sce as well as space to male teacher-training students in

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 207
is the case with the few now en-

-nisterial students, as
To enable these junior colleges to

the college department.

it is recommended that Synod authorize
which will enable students without

ch difficulty to continue their studies at River Forest or Seward
shen they transfer to the junior class. Necessary adjustments are
vorked out co-operatively between the teachers’ colleges and.

work
to mreparatory schools.
6. How a program of this kind may be expanded and operated
a rapidly increased production of teachers under wise economy
f much concern to the Board. There are so

for Synod has been ©
rs interlocking with the entire program of ministerial

many facto

training that one problem cannot be isolated without disturbing

the solution offered for the others. With the total picture in mind

as it is now discernible, two tables have been prepared to illustrate

the possible channels which might be used to accelerate the iw
nm the

of teachers into Lutheran classrooms. The tables appear 0:

next two pages.

a coilege department,
wht curricular adjustments

for

E. Analysis of Tables One and Two

1. Table One shows how the present and authorized plant
capacity of all institutions can be adapted to both ministerial and
teacher training. No new dormitories are contemplated except
those which may be allotted by Synod in accordance with overtures
presented by the colleges themselves. Since Oakland has already
been designated by Synod as one of the participating colleges, the
requested dormitory has been included in the table to show how it
would contribute toward the teacher-training program. .

2. It is assumed that classroom space will be adequate after

previously authorized construction is completed. The added num-

ber of teacher-training students will in most cases take the place
of ministerial students.

3. Additions in staff will be required at some institutions, but
these need not all be made at once. The program can be expanded
only to the degree and at the rate of successful recruitment.

4, Detailed class enrollments are given in Table Two and to
some extent in Table One to enable readers of this report to judge
the basis on which calculations are made. They make no claim
to scientific accuracy because of unpredictable human factors,
such as the enrollment of students at various high school and
college class levels. In general, the freshman college enrollment
was based on an expectancy of the equal number of graduates from

which in turn was calculated on an

the senior high school class,
equal enrollment in all high school classes except freshman. This

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