# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S158
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158 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

Resolved

1. That Synod enroll in its teacher-training program the
largest possible number of qualified men students;

2. That Synod endorse the selective recruitment of students
and encourage the Districts, congregations, and organizations within
Synod to implement selective recruitment by expanding student
and scholarship aid;

3. That congregations be urged to hold their teachers by im-
proving salary, living, and working conditions, by extending the
length of the contract of women teachers, and by enabling teachers
to secure additional training;

4. That Synod take immediate steps to provide additional train-
ing facilities by

a) the maximum utilization of Synod’s preparatory schools
for pastor and teacher training;

b) the further consideration of eliminating the high school
department at Seward and at other preparatory schools;

c) the expansion of dormitory space at River Forest, Seward,
and preparatory schools;

d) the recognition that our increased need for teachers will
make necessary a third terminal teacher-training institution and
that the Board for Higher Education be instructed to initiate pre-
liminary studies to this end and report to the 1959 convention of
Synod.

5. That Synod set a goal of supplying 60 per cent of teacher
need by 1965, and that the Board for Higher Education be in-
structed to initiate preliminary studies of means whereby this
goal can be reached and report to the next convention of Synod.

For THE SynopicaL Boarp OF DIRECTORS

L. Meyer, Chairman

W. Wo.srecHT

H. A. Mayer

A. L. M1uter

Wo. H. Hititme_r, Secretary

Research and data prepared by
G. MaHLER
ACTION
Committee 1 brought in the following resolutions, which were
adopted:
Resolution 3

Subject: Manpower Committee Report on Synod’s Pastor
and Teacher Need — 1956—1965

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