# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S85
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES. AND COLLEGES 85

serves the church by offering an extensive range of courses for
general students preparing for college entrance after graduation
from the High School or for transfer to a four-year college follow-
ing graduation from our Junior College. The cost of this general
program is borne locally. All graduates of our Junior College are
awarded an Associate in Arts Degree (A.A.) or an Associate in
Applied Sciences Degree (A. A.S.). The Junior College is coedu-
cational and has been designated as an official school of Synod to
give the first two years in the synodical teacher-training program.
The High School accepts male students only.

Enrollment
1953—1954 Teacher-

Pretheol. Training General Male Female Total
High School —...- 70 — 112 182
Junior College _. 44 21 59 55 69 124
306

1954—1955
High School 0. 62 9 122 193
Junior College 46 25 53 67 60 127
Deaconess 3 320

1955—1956
High School — 67 9 122 198
Junior College __. _ 47 19 72 72 66 138
336

The enrollment of 336 for the present school year is the highest
in our history.

Board of Control Staff and Personnel

At the Houston Convention, Mr. Fred Schurmann and Prof.
Louis Rabe were elected for a three-year term; Mr. Charles
Nehring and Pastor Louis Wagner for a six-year term. Rev. Her-
man J. Rippe, District President, is ex officio a member of our
Board and serves as its chairman. Rev. Prof. Albert E. Meyer,
president of our school, serves as executive officer of our Board.
In addition to the regular monthly meetings, numerous special
meetings were held as the need demanded. Mr. James Kemp, who
had served as member of our Board for many years, was called
to his eternal home in April of 1955.

Faculty

For the year 1955—1956 the faculty of our High School con-
sisted of 11 full-time and four part-time teachers; the faculty of
our Junior College of 10 full-time and six part-time teachers.
Approximately one half of our High School and College staff
are salaried by Synod.