# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S147
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 147

Table 10— Types and Numbers of Teachers in Synod’s Elementary
Schools, North America, 1955

Number

Types of Teachers of Teachers
Men Teachers
Installed men teachers a 1,745
Men students, teachers colleges _ __.. — 54
Other Lutheran college men __ a _ 41
Other men teachers _ 36

Pastors nanan

Total men teachers 00

Women Teachers

Women graduates 0 306
Women students, teachers colleges = ——-... 295
Other Lutheran college women 392

Regular women teachers _.
Emergency teachers ow

They will be described in the order of their numerical strength.

The largest group consists of “Installed Men Teachers.” These
are teachers who receive their training at River Forest or Seward.
Their services are obtained by the congregations either through
assignment by the College of Presidents or by issuance of a call
to a teacher in the field.

The second largest group is labeled statistically as “Regular
Women Teachers.” Constituting 24 per cent of Synod’s total teacher
force in 1955, these Lutheran career teachers did not receive their
training in Synod’s teachers’ colleges, but elsewhere. Their serv-
ices are obtained by the congregations through negotiation of a
contract.

The third largest group is classified as “Other Lutheran Col-
lege Women.” They received their training in synodical colleges
other than River Forest and Seward and were graduated after two
years of training. They are the graduates of Synod’s accelerated
teacher-training program at Winfield, St.Paul, Fort Wayne, and
elsewhere. They enter Synod’s school system by assignment. There
are also graduates or students of Valparaiso, Bethany, etc.

The fourth largest group consists of “Women Graduates” of
River Forest and Seward. They enter Synod’s school system by
assignment.

The fifth largest group is known statistically as “Women Stu-
dents, Teachers Colleges.” They are River Forest and Seward
undergraduates.

The sixth largest group are the “Emergency Teachers.” They