# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1962_S79
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COLLEGES AND SEMINARIES 79

Wuereas, There is a critical need for recruiting an
adequate supply of Negro pastors and teachers; and

Wuereas, The improvement of the educational level
of the recruits for professional work in the church will
enable them to enter other institutions in the Synod;
therefore be it

Resolved, That the institution at Selma, Ala., be con-
tinued as an ungraded high school; and be it further

Resolved, That the Fiscal Conference be instructed to
permit the expenditure of $200,000 over and above avail-
able synodical and extrasynodical funds for new build-
ing construction and/or to bring the existing plant up
to the acceptable standards of health and safety; and
be it finally

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education be
instructed to expedite its studies for the possible estab-
lishment of a synodical school in the South.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Junior College in Southern California
RESOLUTION 1-22

Report 123, III, C, and Memorials 125, 126, pp. 60, 78, 79
Reports and Memorials

Unprinted Memorials 125 A, 125 B, pp.38, 44, Today’s
Business

Wuereas, God has graciously granted our church an
increase in numbers with the demand for more pastors
and teachers; and

Wuereas, The Southern California District contains
a large metropolitan-interurban area with a large con-
centration of churches and a large membership of our
Synod; and

Wuereas, The Board for Higher Education has car-
ried on extensive studies showing the desirability of
establishing a junior college in Southern California;
therefore be it

Resolved, That this convention authorize the Board
for Higher Education to establish a two-year junior
college in Southern California; and be it further

Resolved, That this junior college be opened, if pos-
sible, in September 1965; and be it further

Resolved, That this junior college be coeducational
and have as its function providing preministerial and
teacher education and predeaconess training; and be it
further

Resolved, That its organization, administration, and
curriculum be comparable to the present synodical co-
educational junior colleges; and be it further

Resolved, That final site determination be made by
the Board of Directors upon recommendation of the
Board for Higher Education; and be it further

Resolved, That the initial capacity be planned for
approximately 350 to 400 students; and be it further

Resolved, That the President of the Synod, in consul-
tation with the Vice-Presidents of the Synod, be au-

thorized to appoint a Board of Control for the new
school when the services of a board become desirable
or essential to the operation of the school; this board
is to consist of the District President, two pastors, one
teacher, and three laymen to serve until the second
synodical convention after the school opens; and be it
further

Resolved, That a president of the school be called
before the start of construction and as early in the plan-
ning as may be feasible; and be it further

Resolved, That the necessary staff be obtained as the
needs for the various services are evident; and be it
further

Resolved, That an initial maximum of fourteen per-
manent members of the faculty be allowed; and be it
further

Resolved, That the Board of Control, with the Board
for Higher Education concurring, determine whether to
open the first year with the thirteenth grade only or
with the thirteenth and fourteenth grades; and be it
finally

Resolved, That a total of $6,850,000 be made avail-
able as a project budget for construction, plus the cost
of a suitable site and faculty housing, and that the
Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of the
Board for Higher Education, approve the project budget.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Expansion of the Synod’s Schools
in Western Area

RESOLUTION 1-23

Report 123, III, C, and Memorials 124, 125, 126, 127, pp.
60, 61, 77—81, Reports and Memorials

Unprinted Memorials 124 A, 125 A, 125 B, pp. 38, 39, 44,
Today’s Business

Wuereas, The Synod has determined that the closely
articulated high school-junior college-senior college-
theological seminary route continues to be the preferred
program of distinctly theological education of The Lu-
theran Church — Missouri Synod; and

Wuereas, The establishment of a junior college in
Southern California is only a further step in promoting
this program in the western part of this country; and

Wuereas, The desirability of strengthening the
existing schools of our system on the West Coast and
the prospects for expanding this system in that area
seem evident; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education in
conjunction with the local board of control and faculty
study the question of continuing the functions of Cali-
fornia Concordia College, Oakland; and be it further

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education
study the feasibility of a high school department for
preministerial students in connection with or separate
from the new junior college in Southern California;
and be it further