# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S276
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276 HIGHER EDUCATION

is supportive of that action as long as he remains a
member of the diaconate. Part of the design of the
program calls for an alignment with a synodical col-
lege as a “coordinating” college. Concordia’s role as the
coordinating college is to supply directly or indirectly
the educational experiences that meet either the gen-
eral or the specific needs of the deacons.

Conclusion

Concordia Teachers College of River Forest and
North Riverside is grateful for its place of service to
the Lord and to the church and to the opportunities that
have come to it. May the mercies of God, which have
sustained the college for 105 years, be continued in
generous measure so that the college may respond more
vigorously to the challenging opportunities placed be-
fore our Synod.

Board OF CONTROL
Martin L, KoEHNEKE, Executive Officer

(6-07)

Concordia Teachers College, Seward, Nebr.

In submitting this report we are fully cognizant of
the fact that we are this year observing the 75th anni-
versary of our founding. Through the years the Lord
has bestowed many blessings. Each year we have been
able to offer a supply of workers to enter the full-time
professional ministry of the church. Over the years
there has been steady growth. Expansion has been
especially marked in the last two decades. In the years
ahead we pray that our school may continue to be an
instrument of God for the accomplishment of His
purposes.

Type of Institution

Our school offers 4 years of undergraduate college
education and a graduate program leading to a Master
of Education degree or to a nondegree 5-year diploma.
We also operate a high school laboratory school which
aids the college in the preparation of high school teach-
ers for our community Lutheran high schools. One of
the more recent educational emphases of our time is
that which has become known as the “educational park.”
Educational leaders believe that there is real merit in
conducting the entire educational experience from kin-
dergarten to graduate school on one campus, particu-
larly when one of the functions of the campus is to
prepare teachers. Our program at Seward has the
unique advantage of containing a kindergarten-to-
graduate-school program in the space of one block.
This means that prospective teachers have the oppor-
tunity to observe education in action at all levels while
they themselves are learning to be teachers at one of
these levels. This is a unique situation and a distinct
blessing. It is an arrangement that some communities
have paid millions of dollars to acquire. To keep this
synodical “educational park” intact will put the Synod
on frontiers of educational innovation. It is our purpose
to preserve and build this system in the spirit of the
Synod’s avowed principle of educational excellence.

Enrollment Summaries

Our enrollment increased again, as it has annually
for many years. The growth has taken place chiefly on
the college level.

College Regular Session Enrollment

Full-Time
Year Full-Time Part-Time Equiv. Total
1967—68 120 1398
1968—69 91 1437
College Summer Sessions
Year I Session II Session Total
W967 ee 359 255 614
W968 on. eee 362 247 609
High School Enrollment
Year Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors Total
1967—68 _......... 37 31 49 36 153
1968—69 41 41 33 53 168
Personnel

We are fortunate to have an excellent faculty. Con-
sistently they attempt to improve themselves so as to
make themselves better teachers and better servants of
the church. The following completed their doctoral pro-
gram in the past 2 years:

School Degree

U. of lowa Ph, D. — Physical Ed.
Wayne State U. Ph. D.— History

U. of Nebraska Ed. D. — Fducation
Erwin Kolb Concordia Sem. Th. D, — Theology
Velma Schmidt U. of Nebraska Ed. D.— Education

The Synod is to be commended for providing a sab-
batical and special leave program for instructors at its
synodical institutions. These leaves become increasingly
important as the person moves toward the terminal
point in his doctoral program. In recent years most
graduate schools have begun to require a full year of
residency for the doctor’s degree. To accomplish this,
many of our instructors must take a special leave.
Sometimes the leave coincides with their sabbatical.
The one suggestion that is occasionally made is that the
Synod’s 10-year sabbatical interval be changed to a
7-year interval to coincide with the common practice
in higher education in America today. In the past bien-
nium the following professors took half-year or full-
year leaves:

Name

P. Stanley Brassie
Robert Fiala
Vance Hinrichs

Program

Doctoral Studies

Doctoral Studies
Postdoctoral Program
Doctoral Studies

Doctoral Studies

Doctoral Studies

Graduate Work

Doctoral Studies

Overseas Education Project
Postdoctoral Program
Doctoral Studies
Professional Growth Program
Professional Growth Program
Doctoral Studies

Doctoral Studies

Doctoral Studies

Graduate Work
Postdoctoral Program
Doctoral Studies

Doctoral Studies

Doctoral Studies

Doctoral Studies

Name

Gilbert Blomenberg
Theodore Bundenthal
Roland Dede
Ronald Harms
Glenn Kraft
Harold Kupke
Clarence Mertins
Carlos Messerli
Jack Middendorf
Walter Mueller
Robert Pflieger
Paul Rosel
Marilyn Schinnerer
Alvin Schmidt
Velma Schmidt
John Seevers
Ronald Stadsklev
Reuben Stohs
Norbert Streufert
John Suhr

James Wacker
Fred Wendel