# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S131
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 131

Three Years of Record Student Enrollments
RESOLUTION 16, COMMITTEE 1

Memorial 120, Section B, pages 106—111, Reports and Memorials

Resolved, That in gratitude to Almighty God the Synod express
its appreciation to the congregations, pastors, and teachers who in
each of the past three years have helped the colleges and sem-
inaries to enroll record-breaking numbers of students, even as we
also gratefully acknowledge the fact that the greater proportion
of our enrolled students are determined in their mind and heart
to prepare for lifelong service to God in His church; and be it
further

Resolved, That in recognition of the continuing need for ever
greater numbers of competent and consecrated students, partic-
ularly those congregations which have not yet been able to send
students from their midst, be urged to intensify their recruitment
efforts.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Student Recruitment and Congregational
Stewardship of Talented Persons

RESOLUTION 17, COMMITTEE 1

Memorial 120, Section B, page 103, paragraph 3,
Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, Congregational recruitment for church vocations is
often influenced by the quality of stewardship of talented persons
in the congregation; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod urge its members, especially its pas-
tors and teachers, to a proper emphasis on the Lutheran doctrine
of Christian vocation in everyday life and the practice of the
stewardship of talented persons, with special reference to the
early identification of those persons and their spiritual guidance.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Curriculum of Colleges and Seminaries
RESOLUTION 18, COMMITTEE 1

Memorial 147, page 196, Unprinted Memorials 172 and 174

Wuereas, The curricular changes caused by the introduction
of the Senior College in the educational system have gone into
effect only recently; therefore be it