# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1014
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 239
ye Change Names of Teachers Colleges
Since such a large number of teachers’ colleges and normal
gal Is are dropping the restricting designations from their name
that the movement has become a national trend, and since our
s"" has the additional problem of interpreting the work at
these colleges to selective service boards throughout the country,
the Board for Higher Education -

Recommends that Synod authorize this Board to direct that the
name of Synod’s schools at River Forest, Iil., and at Seward, Nebr.,
be changed to “Concordia College” at an appropriate time; and
the Board

Recommends, further, that Synod authorize the Board of

Directors and the local boards of control to undertake any neces-
sary legal steps to effect this change.

ACTION _
Committee 1 recommended, and ‘Synod resolved:

Resolution 19
Wuereas, The proposal to change the name of our teachers’

colleges at River Forest and Seward by dropping the restricting

designation “teachers’” might cause complications with the ac«

crediting agencies; and
Wuereas, The present name is properly descriptive; there-

fore be it
Resolved, To decline the recommendation of Synod’s Board
for Higher Education.
College in. the Southeast
The Board regrets that it has not found sufficient time to
complete the detailed studies and to make the personal explorations
which it feels are necessary to convey a valid report on Synod’s
directive that the Board survey the need for a synodical college
in the Southeast and the cost of such service. Preliminary studies
are currently in progress, but the pressing demands of the extensive
reorganization program, the heavy construction schedule, and the
complex Senior College developments have pre-empted the Board’s
time and energies to such an extent that this important study
remains uncompleted. The Board for Higher Education
Recommends, therefore, that a final decision in this matter be

deferred until the outcomes of the major educational adjustments
which are currently:in progress become clear, at. which time the

Board expects, also, to complete its studies and to be in a better
dations

position to include this requested survey and recommen

in its report to the 1956 convention. .
This item was taken care of under Memorial 135.