# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S142
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

142 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 1

Wuereas, At each c

growth of the congrega- ie of

tions and missions in North America in baptized and communicant Fe an

members; and Bs iD
WHereas, The Prospect of a continuation of this rate of growth a ;

inaries in the years that may lie f- cal
ahead; and

the
Wuereas, This convention in Resolution 22 of Committee 1 is
being asked to approve many building projects and the Possibility
of judicious site acquisition on the edges of our present campuses af bu
in order to expand their area and their capacity of production to i f the
a higher and yet desirable level and to maximize the use to which an a Hig
each plant is put; and

Wuereas, The many projects completed in recent years, now
under way, and to be authorized by this and succeeding conven-
tions for each of the Synod’s colleges and Seminaries in North
America will not Provide the needed capacity; and

Wuereas, The Board for Higher Education affirms that the

junior college level continues to be the institutional level which 3 Me
can and should be most decentralized; therefore be it

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Resolved: Me:

a) That this convention authorize the Board for Higher Edu- a Me
cation to establish a junior college in the next triennium, the a Un;
location to be in the Greater Detroit area; “

b) That final site determination be made by the Board of a pro;
Directors upon recommendation of the Board for Higher Edu- oe on
cation; S tion

c) That the initial Capacity be planned for not fewer than
350 students, with a Program of preparing students for the senior fied
college level of training at Concordia Senior College and the acec
Synodical teachers colleges curr

d) That the organization, administration, curriculum, and
faculty should be comparable to present synodical coeducational
junior colleges offering this level of education for the preaching Mo
and teaching ministries;

Synod be authorized to appoint
ol when the services of a board Men
this board to consist of the
one teacher, and three laymen appe
€ second synodical convention after the school

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