# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S286
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PARISH EDUCATION 285

209 two-year students), 263 fewer than were lost. But we needed
also 250 teachers for the net gain in classrooms, in North America
alone, making a total demand for 940 new teachers in North
America. Synod furnished 45 per cent, and the congregations had
to secure 55 per cent, or 513 teachers, elsewhere. The following
table shows the situation for the last six years.

Annual Teacher Demand and Supply
North America Only

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1950 _.-—_ 518 184 702 235 33 467 67
1951 ___--_—_ 570 137 707 289 41 418 59
1952 _--__ 634 199 833 339 40 494 60
1953 ___-_ 630 201 831 344 41 487 59
1954... 654 223 877 412 47 465 53
1955 690 250 940 427 45 513 55

* The calendar year in which replacements had to be made in fall, in which
additional classrooms were opened in fall, and in which Synod furnished its

supply.
** Not only graduates, but students as well.
Recruitment of Teachers

The School Office of the Board for Parish Education has con-
sistently emphasized the recruitment of students, especially men
students, for our teachers colleges and our other teacher-training
institutions. It has likewise emphasized the recruitment of teachers,
to aid congregations in supplying some 500 teachers annually
outside of synodical graduates and students.

In the latter effort, the Board for Parish Education was invited
in 1955 to join the Student Service Commission for the recruitment
of teachers among our young men and women at secular colleges
and universities. It was resolved to make this a joint endeavor
of student pastors and District Superintendents and Boards of
Education. A recruitment folder was published by Synod’s Board,
and communications to student pastors and District Boards mailed
by this Board and the Student Service Commission.

The Urgency of More Schools

J. True, the school system shows a delightful growth, but in
1954 only 32.2 per cent of our children of school age were attending
our parish schools, while Synod is aiming for the very reasonable
goal of a 50-per-cent enrollment by 1972.

2. There is an apparent potential of over 1,000 congregations
numerically large enough to be opening a school; among them are
many of our larger congregations.

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