# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S101
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 101

A student Worship Committee concerns itself with room devo-
tions under the supervision of the Dean of Men.

Co-curricular Activities. Students at Concordia in Austin en-
gaged in the usual co-curricular activities. Special emphasis was
given to drama and music.

Miscellaneous

Scholarships. In addition to the grants furnished by the Stu-
dent Aid Committee of the constituent Districts, individuals and
organizations have created a large number of scholarships. Re-
stricted to those students preparing for service in the church, the
scholarships are administered by a faculty committee according
to established criteria,

Special Donations. Through the years, Lutherans in the Texas,
Southern, and Florida-Georgia Districts have supported a loosely
knit organization known as the College Association. The two proj-
ects of the organization are the underwriting of a student-employ-
ment program and campus-beautification projects. During the past

triennium the Association has contributed approximately $11,000
for these purposes.

Support of the Constituency. Lutherans in the South and
Southwest have been most liberal and loyal in their support of
Synod’s school in Austin. Four of the eight buildings on the
campus were erected by individuals or groups of individuals in
the constituency. Too, the Texas District, Particularly, has fur-
nished a disproportionately large number of young men for the
preaching and teaching ministry. °

Plans for the Future

Admission Policies. The members of the faculty plan to con-
tinue to follow the policy adopted two years ago; namely, to admit
only those students who have declared their intention to serve
either in the preaching or the teaching ministry. Moreover, the
limited facilities for male students have forced the faculty to adopt
a rigorous admission policy, which will permit the enrollment of
the better students. A similar policy of selective recruitment and
retention has been adopted for the women teacher-training students.

Curricular Offerings. Since the school in Austin does not enroll
General Education students, the ministerial curriculum has been
and will be that prescribed by Synod’s Curriculum Commission.
The teacher-training curriculum is articulated with the program
at Seward and at River Forest.

Contemplated Development. During the past six years all
building and planning at the school had been done with an
optimum-maximum enrollment of three hundred students in mind.