# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S41
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 41

A plan for a sabbatical-leave program has been worked out
and will go into operation, D. v., in September of this year. Even
without special leaves twenty-one of our faculty members carried
out programs of advanced studies.

Curriculum

Considerable time has been given to the study and revision
of the curriculum for more effective work and in preparation for
the change coming with the opening of Concordia Senior College
of Fort Wayne, Ind.

Much study was also given to the reorganization of the mission
program in view of the enabling resolution of Synod (Proceedings,
1953, p.55), which has led to the establishment of a Chair of
Missions. In order to make mission training a part of the total
curriculum, the Mission Department was separated from the School
for Graduate Studies and was made a part of the regular Seminary
program. This change allows specialized studies for all students
interested in specific areas of mission work.

Provisions for preparing students for institutional work are
continually being improved. By retaining Pastor Edward Mahnke
as guest lecturer, the Seminary has been able to continue to offer
courses in clinical training which meet national accrediting stand-
ards. All students are now required to take a course in Principles
of Clinical Work. Specialists from local medical schools and
hospitals are invited as guest lecturers of the course, which is
under the direction of Prof. Kenneth Breimeier. Students are
offered the opportunity to receive additional training in Hospital
Orientation in Barnes and Renard Hospitals of St. Louis.

Pritzlaff Memorial Library

Pritzlaff Memorial Library has now shelved more than 57,000
volumes, an increase of approximately 11,000 volumes during the
past three years,

There has been a 35% increase in the student use of the
library’s facilities during the past three years. The increasing
enrollment in the School for Graduate Studies has placed on us
the obligation of providing in much greater numbers the specialized
journals, reference materials, and other tools for graduate research.
The use of our library by an ever-growing number of off-campus
members of our church for conference papers, synodical essays,
research by synodical committees (as, for example, the Com-
mission on Family Life), and the research necessary for publication
(e.g., the new Luther translation) has made greater demands
than ever before both in terms of adding to the book collection
and keeping it in repair. These demands make an increased budget
and library staff obligatory in the near future.