# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S66
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

66 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

The High School

The high school at Seward is charged with the responsibility
of providing the college with teacher-training students excep-
tionally well trained in the vital areas of Religion and Music. The
high school also trains preministerial students. To this end we
have been blessed with a competent and able faculty.

Faculty: There are ten persons on the faculty of Concordia
High School. During the last triennium one of these was promoted
to the rank of assistant professor,

“Of the four persons who terminated their service with Con-
cordia High School, one accepted a teaching position at another
synodical school, one accepted a teaching position outside the
synodical system, and two became housewives. One additional
faculty member will leave at the end of the 1955—56 school year
to become a housewife.

Seven of the ten faculty members hold Master’s degrees, and
another expects to receive his Master’s degree during the summer
of 1956. In addition, four faculty members are working toward
degrees beyond the Master’s.

The College Academic Matters

Accreditation: The college has continued as a school in good
standing with the North Central Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools. It has also continued to receive the approval
of the State Department of Education of the State of Nebraska.
Consideration has been given to affiliating with the National
Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. No action has
been taken because of the unsettled relations between that group
and the regional accrediting bodies. However, it must be envisioned
that we ultimately seek accreditation with the NCATE because
of its implications for the certification of our graduates.

Curriculum: The faculty has continued to review and revise
its curriculum in view of the constantly expanding duties of our
teachers in the field. In response to a synodical directive to study
the possibility of training high school teachers for our church, the
college faculty carried out a study jointly with the high school
faculty. It was found that high school teacher training could be
added to the curriculum with a minimum of change and expense.
A report favoring this move was submitted to the Board for Higher
Education in the spring of 1955. A special feature of the faculty
recommendation is that all graduates be held to prepare for the
parish elementary school and that the high school teacher training
be a special field of concentration.

The faculty has also given attention to the rising standards
for elementary teachers and principals. A survey carried out by

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