# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1967_S133
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

HIGHER EDUCATION 133

‘Resolved, That the officials of the junior college at
Edmonton continue their efforts to achieve affiliation
with the University of Alberta; that during the initial
5-year affiliation period careful evaluations of the poten-
tial of the school be made by the Board for Higher Edu-
cation and the officials at Edmonton to determine
whether the school should continue to operate.

Action: Adopted.

To Affirm Current Senior College Programs
RESOLUTION 6-30
Report 6-01 Il, B, 1, ¢ (CW, p. 151)

Resolved, That Concordia Senior College continue to
be the only synodical school offering a pretheological
program at the senior college level during the next bien-
nium; and be it further

Resolved, That the planning concerning the proposed
5-year programs in teacher education be continued; that
implementation of any program be subject to prior ap-
proval of the Board for Higher Education; that any pro-
gram initiated be voluntary for the students.

_ Action: Adopted.

To Adopt Statements on Roles of Individual
Schools in System of Ministerial Education
RESOLUTION 6-31

Report 6-01, II, B, 6 (CW, p. 158)
- Resolved, That the Synod adopt the statements con-

cerning the roles of the individual schools in the system
of ministerial education, as follows:

Concordia, Ann Arbor, Mich. — maintain present
pattern of organization and offerings; limit female en-
rollment to capacity of college-owned housing.

Concordia, Austin, Tex. — discontinue high school
department; maintain junior college in present pattern
of organization and offerings.

Concordia, Bronxville, N. Y.— maintain present pat-
tern of organization and offerings in junior college de-
partment; assist Board for Higher Education in deter-
mining whether high school should be continued or
discontinued.

St. Paul’s, Concordia, Mo. — maintain present pattern
of organization and offerings.

Concordia, Edmonton, Alta. — make changes needed
to achieve affiliation with University of Alberta; assist
Board for Higher Education during initial affiliation pe-
riod in evaluating whether school should be continued
or discontinued.

Concordia, Fort Wayne, Ind. — maintain present pat-
tern of organization and offerings.

_ Concordia, Milwaukee, Wis. — maintain present pat-
tern of organization and offerings; participate in study of
future of special ministries, especially as this study re~
lates to Lutheran Lay Training Institute.

California Concordia, Oakland, Calif. — maintain
present pattern of organization and offerings.

Concordia, Portland, Oreg. — maintain present pat-
tern of organization and offerings.

Concordia, River Forest, IU. —maintain present un- -
dergraduate and graduate programs and offerings; initi-
ate voluntary 5th-year undergraduate programs on ap-
proval of Board for Higher Education; continue to limit
freshman and sophomore female enrollment so that total
student population in college housing at junior college
level approximates 450 (exact limitation to be deter-
mined annually by Board for Higher Education in con-
sultation with Board of Control) ; intensify efforts in the
recruitment of young men for the ministries served by
its curriculum, particularly in the college’s immediate
geographical area.

Concordia, St. Louis, Mo. — maintain present pattern
of organization and offerings.

Concordia, St. Paul, Minn. — maintain present pat-
tern of organization and offerings in college department;
continue negotiations with officials of St. Paul commu-
nity high school for phasing out the synodical high
school through a transitional joint venture.

Alabama Lutheran, Selma, Ala. — maintain present
pattern of organization and offerings; continue efforts
toward de facto integration of student population.

Concordia, Seward, Nebr. — maintain present under-
graduate and graduate (summer only) programs and of-
ferings in college department; initiate voluntary
5th-year undergraduate programs on approval of Board
for Higher Education; continue to limit freshman and
sophomore female enrollment so that total student popu-
lation in college housing at junior college level approxi-
mates 450 (exact limitation to be determined annually
by Board for Higher Education in consultation with
Board of Control) ; intensify efforts in the recruitment of
young men for the ministries served by its curriculum,
particularly in the college’s immediate geographical
area.

Concordia, Springfield, Ill, — maintain present pat-
tern of organization and offerings; increase recruitment
efforts among students at public and private colleges
and universities.

St. John’s, Winfield, Kans. — maintain present pattern
of organization and offerings; participate in study of fu-
ture of special ministries, especially as this study relates
to parish worker program, assist Board for Higher Edu-
cation in determining whether high school should be
continued or discontinued.

Action: Adopted as given above.

(The floor committee withdrew from the River Forest and
Seward statements the clause: “assist the Board for Higher
Education in studying the desirability of introducing the
first 2 years of pastoral education.” :

It also stated that in view of the convention’s action
regarding Irvine and Oakland, the Oakland statement could
well take the form given above. Prior to this it had read:
“Discontinue junior college department when college at
Irvine is opened; assist Board for Higher Education in
determining whether high school should be continued or
discontinued.”)