# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S178
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178 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

called and dedicated to the service of the church. There are others pa:
who after many years in a secular profession or vocation find them-

Table 3— Elementary School Training se
The following tables reflect the elementary school training of the ev
1956 theological diploma and B.S. in Ed. graduates of the four terminal mi:
} schools. th
H g a. he 24 g AL he ee fr
| S23 8 g3 aes $ ga ‘
mi gee FE ce nn et to
i | Bae z gs a Ba z £3
i River 0 36 293 Seward 0 20. 317 mi
if Forest 1—2 3 24 1—2 5 7.9 th:
; i 34 6 49 3-4 2 3.2 It
| 5—6 4 3.2 5—6 2 3.2
7-8 74 60.2 7—8 34 54.0 nu
Saint 0 67 429 Springfield 0 2100 47.7 m
i Louis m2 i 741 1-2 6 136 en
| 34 15 96 3-4 3 68 re
\ 5—6 10 6.4 5—6 3 6.8
: 7-38 53 34.0 7—8 11 25.0
Total 0 144 373 pa
Group 120 (5s*OB'S of
; 34 2% 67 is
if 5-6 19 49 at
7 7-8 172 446
| Related to this factor is the necessary realization that the ist
crucial choice to pursue a college preparatory course instead of off
some terminal program in the secondary schooling years is best of
a, made in the seventh and eighth grades. ing
i It is no easier to measure the degree of socio-economic strati- eq
ii fication in a student body than it is in a community or in a con- wi
gregation. As best it can, the effort must be made, for a church He
B body with a message for all sorts and conditions of men must be im
{ intent upon recruiting its ministry from all levels of the society fes
4 in which it is active. ble
i Divine restriction of incumbents of the pastoral office in the be
if church to qualified males has not been in general dispute in the as
: Lutheran Church. Since its founding, our Synod likewise has th
placed great stress upon the office of the male teacher in the col
: church. In contrast, it is in the last two decades only that Synod in
as such has formally trained women as teachers for the schools sik
: of the congregations. The changing status of women as trained
i workers in our Synod is indicated by the possibility of saying me
; that in no other church body in Protestantism today is there as of
f much opportunity for qualified women to render competent pro- tez
a fessional service. yo
if Are there particularly crucial years in the determination of eal
i vocational choice? There are some who from early childhood, mz
with unusual singleness of purpose, have known themselves to be | sel
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