# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S136
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136 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 1

Executive Secretary, Doctor W. F. Wolbrecht, and his associates,

the members of the boards of control, and the faculties of our col-
leges and seminaries.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Raising Minimal Requirements for Preparation
of Woman Teachers

RESOLUTION 26, COMMITTEE 1

Memorial 120, Section D, pages 131—132, Reports and Memorials
Joint Recommendation of Committees 1 and 4

Wuereas, Education in general and Christian education in par-
ticular are too important and the consequences for the lives of

God’s children are too far-reaching to be entrusted to undertrained
teachers; and

Wuereas, The requests for women teachers demonstrate clearly
that our Lutheran elementary schools are increasingly requiring
women teachers with a baccalaureate degree; and

Wuereas, The minimum educational standard for male teachers
is already a baccalaureate degree from one of the Synod’s teachers
colleges or its equivalent by colloquy; and

Whereas, The educational requirements of the teaching pro-
fession and the certification requirements of the states in which
our Lutheran teachers serve are rising rapidly and already 39 states
require four years of professional preparation for certification;
therefore be it

Resolved:

1. That the Synod continue to educate all male teachers, and

as many as possible of the women teachers for its Lutheran
schools; and

2. That the women students entering the teacher education
program in September 1959 be the last class placed as so-called
“seventy-hour women students” or St. John’s, Winfield, “Gradu-
ates” (1961 placement): and

3. That the women students entering in September 1960 and
1961 be placed by the Synod upon completion of a minimum of
three years of professional training (1963 and 1964 placement); and

4. That the women students entering in September 1962 be
placed by the Synod upon completion of the baccalaureate degree
requirements (1966 placement); and

5. That women now in service without a baccalaureate degree

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