# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S228
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 227

the greater Los Angeles area which might have the further
advantage of being able to draw on graduates of the Lutheran
High School in Los Angeles for at least a nucleus of its student
body. It is not yet apparent whether the offered plant is feasible
and usable for synodical purposes. Further report can be made
at the convention.

The Board for Higher Education recommends to Synod:

1. That the suggested further studies be made as to the pre-
cise nature and levels of professional training which can best
meet Synod’s foreseeable needs on the West Coast.

2. That the Board of Directors be authorized, upon recom-
mendation of the Board for Higher Education, to acquire suitable
campus sites in the Southern California area and, if possible, also
in the San Francisco Bay area, to be held for future development
and use.

An Additional Campus in the Southeast?

For some years past, the Board for Higher Education has
also been giving study and attention to the growth trends of
the general population and of our church in the southeast of the
United States. Two exploratory trips have been made to portions
of the Southeast, and careful analysis has been made of the expan-
sion of our church work and missionary effort in the synodical
Districts active in the area.

This whole region clearly is worthy of most careful nurture
and attention. There is an unpredictable factor which affects the
best type of inclusive planning in the nature of the uncertain
future of the two Synodical Conference institutions in the South-
east Immanuel Lutheran College and Seminary, Greensboro,
N. C., and Alabama Lutheran College and Academy at Selma,
Ala. — if the Synodical Conference dissolves. It is obvious to the
Board for Higher Education that no adequate determination of
Synod’s long-range best interest in ministerial and teacher training
in this area can be made until the future of the Synodical Con-
ference can more clearly be seen.

Meanwhile the Board recommends that Synod authorize the
Board of Directors, upon recommendation of the Board for Higher
Education, to acquire a suitable campus site in the Southeast if
an attractive one is made available.

Site Acquisition Policy

In connection with three areas of Synod’s work your Board
believes that this convention might. well take a long-range view
and permit site acquisition for possible future campuses. The
three areas are the West Coast, the Southeast, and the Detroit-