# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S296
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296 HIGHER EDUCATION

College Committee recommended to the General Fac-
ulty Council that Concordia be approved as an affiliated
junior college. In May 1968 this approval was confirmed
by the General Faculty Council, and Concordia became
the fifth affiliated junior college in Alberta. Course
credits are now transferable to any recognized college
and university in Canada.

Since, according to Alberta educational practice, the
affiliation of a junior college is limited to the first-year
university level, Concordia’s second year of college,
which is not eligible for affiliation, was eliminated from
our program. No serious problem exists, however, with
regard to the transfer of college graduates to the termi-
nal schools of the Synod or to a Canadian university.
Rather Concordia, Edmonton, is now in the position of
rendering greater service to the church and to the cause
of Christian education in Canada.

Plant and Property

No new buildings were added to the Edmonton cam-.

pus during the past biennium, nor were there any major
renovations. There is an urgent need, however, for
major renovations to the men’s dormitory, which is one
of the original campus buildings erected in 1926. A re-
quest has been presented to the Board for Higher Edu-
cation to recommend an appropriation for the comple-
tion of this remodeling. Financial assistance in the
form of a grant has also been requested from the De-
partment of Education to enlarge and equip the chemis-
try laboratory. Other physical requirements in terms
of buildings and equipment have been projected for the
future, based on the assumption that there are a num-
ber of factors now at work which should be conducive
to growth in enrollment and enlarged service through
a broader curriculum.

Services to the Synod

Concordia, Edmonton, has served the church at large
and particularly its western Canadian constituency in
many ways. Regularly its facilities have been used for
pastoral conferences, for conventions and rallies of
auxiliary church organizations, and for District work-
shops and institutes. Since it is the only school of our
church in Canada and since there are no community
Lutheran high schools and only two elementary schools
in all of Canada, Concordia’s contribution to the work
of the church in terms of recruiting Canadian young
people for service in the Kingdom is not insignificant.

Too, Concordia College enjoys the respect of the
community and of the educational and church agencies
of the province. We have made our facilities available
for educational conferences, workshops, and youth con-
ferences.

As we express our gratitude to our Lord and to our
fellow Lutherans throughout North America for His
blessings and for their support in the past, we solicit
continual support and concerned prayers on behalf of
this school of our church situated on the northernmost
fringe and serving a large area of Lutheranism. Cana-

dian Lutheranism has a challenging future in the West,
and Concordia will play a vital role in that future under
God. We pray that we and our church will have the
vision to see and to meet the opportunities that confront
us. Eoarp OF CONTROL

Rotanp A. Frantz, Executive Officer

(6-15)

Concordia College, Milwaukee, Wis.
Type of Institution

Concordia College, Milwaukee, was founded in 1881
and for 84 years served the Synod primarily as an
associated high school and junior college preparing
young men for the pastoral ministry. This is still the
chief purpose of the high school department although
an increasing number of young men enrolled in this
biennium to prepare to be Lutheran teachers. In 1965
the college department became coeducational and now
serves young men preparing for the pastoral ministry,
young men and young women preparing to be teachers,
and young women preparing to be deaconesses and
social workers.

The Lutheran Lay Training Institute, preparing men
and women as lay assistants in the work of the church,
has been located on the campus of Concordia College
since 1961 and has been incorporated into its adminis-
trative structure. The objective of this 2-year training
program is to develop mature Christian men and women
who will be well grounded in the Christian faith, pos-
sess a working knowledge of the Bible in the vernacu-
lar, and will be trained to serve in the areas of teaching,
group work, witnessing, family services, church admin-
istration, and missionary endeavors,

Enrollment
College 1967—68 1968—69
Pastoral 138 111
Men Teacher 34 27
Women Teacher 106 74
Deaconess 14 14
Social Work 3 9
General _ 6 7
Total College 301 242
High School
Pastoral 196 178
Teacher _.. -— 60 70
General 13 14
Total High School —_-_.___.--—s_- 269 262
Lay Training Institute
Men __. 28 18
Women 12 10
Total LLTI 40 28
Grand Total 610 532

The rather decided decrease in the number of min-
isterial students, pastoral and teacher, on the college
level is a matter of great concern to us. We hope the
Denver convention will give serious attention to this
matter, since we believe it relates to the fact that Con-
cordia is a junior college. The enrollment of the Lu-
theran Lay Training Institute has also declined some-