# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S152
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152 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

The rate of increase in numbers of teachers furnished by
Synod in the past five years is so strong that Synod would be
furnishing one thousand teachers in 1965 if the rate could continue
unimpeded. But there is currently a limit to the number of teachers
Synod can provide. The restriction is imposed by a lack of training
facilities.

River Forest and Seward are operating at full dormitory
capacity. At the other colleges, teacher-training enrollment oc-
cupies 25 per cent of dormitory space. A total enrollment of 1,800
must be considered maximum teacher-training enrollment under
present conditions.

With this limitation in view the number of teachers which
Synod can be expected to supply in the next decade is estimated
in the following table:

Table 15— Estimated Number of Teacher Assignments
to Be Supplied by Synod from 1956 to 1965

Year Graduates Undergrads. Totals
1956 ; 260 198 458
1957 287 204 491
1958 301 224 525
1959 301 224 525
1960 301 224 525
1961 301 224 525
1962 301 224 525
1963 301 224 525
1964 301 224 525
1965 301 224 525
Totals: 2,955 2,194 5,149

Teachers Secured by Congregations

Synod’s present capacity to supply only an estimated total of
5,149 teachers (47% of need) in the next ten years leaves an
estimated total of 5,723 (53% of need) to be supplied from other
sources by the congregations, in the following numbers:

Table 16— Estimated Number of Teachers to Be Secured
by Congregations from Other Sources

Number

Year of Teachers
1956 440
1957 445
1958 450
1959 490
1960 533
1961 577
1962 623
1963 671
1964 721
1965 . 773

Total: 5,723

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