# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S304
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

304 HIGHER EDUCATION

Lutheran Academy and College indicate that the fee
structure of the institution must of necessity be drasti-
cally revised to take into account increased costs and
the expanding academic program. It appears that within
the next biennium the fees may indeed need to be
doubled to bring them more into line with our sister
institutions. The need for continuing generous support
is, accordingly, obvious.

School Plant

Alabama Lutheran Academy and College is located
on a 15-acre campus in the northeast part of Selma, Ala.,
a city of 35,000. The school facilities include a 68-station
girls’ dormitory dedicated in May 1965. At the present
time male students are housed in two small frame build-
ings, one built in 1948 for dormitory purposes and the
other a renovated house. The food service building, also
dedicated in 1965, is a multipurpose facility which pro-
vides space for a variety of student activities in addition
to its primary function as a dining hall. The classroom
building, which is also of frame construction, includes
a chapel and space for five classes. The library, of sheet-
metal construction, houses approximately 9,000 volumes
and provides a comfortable reading area. Faculty offices
are in a frame building formerly used as girls’ housing.
The school has an outdoor court for tennis and basket-
ball. There is no gymnasium. In addition to the 15-acre
tract the school owns 60 acres which were purchased
some years ago by the constituent synods of the Lu-
theran Synodical Conference and later turned over to
the Missouri Synod.

Boarp oF CONTROL
Paut G, ELBRECHT, Executive Officer

(6-19)

St. John’s College, Winfield, Kans.

With thanksgiving to our gracious God and with
gratefulness to our beloved Synod, the Board of Control
of St. John’s College, Winfield, Kans., respectfully sub-
mits its report to the Denver synodical convention for
the biennium 1967-69.

75th Anniversary

During the 1967—68 school year St. John’s was privi-
leged to observe its diamond anniversary. The entire
school term emphasized the great blessing God had laid
upon this institution of higher education in the prepara-
tion of church workers, both professional and lay, for
service in the Kingdom. The anniversary year theme,
“Equipping Saints for Service,’ became dominant in the
many observances. Highlights of the year included spe-
cial conferences, banquets, seminars, symposiums, and
concerts. Speakers and artists included Dr. Alfred M.
Rehwinkel, Dr. R. R. Caemmerer, Dr. Oswald Hoffmann,
all of St. Louis; Governor Robert Docking of the State
of Kansas; Dr. Fleischer of the University of Minnesota;
Mr. Frank Mueller of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
in Washington, D.C.; and a score of other professional
educators. A special anniversary hymn was written by

Rev. Harold H. Brauer and set to music in two different
arrangements by two of our music professors, Mr. Johns
and Mr. Meyer. The diamond-anniversary year was an
inspiration for both students and faculty and was very
significant in the history of St. John’s College and the
Synod.
Enrollment Summaries

1967—68 1968—69

College
Pretheological 62 70
Teacher Training 102 107
Parish Worker 83 83
Deaconess 11 4
Social Worker 15 22
Other 55 62
Business 23 23
Liberal Arts 32 39
Total 328 348
Academy
Pretheological 41 34
Teacher Training 29 31
Other Church Worker 6 7
General 28 29
Total 104 101
Grand Total 432 449
Percentage of Church Worker Students 79% 7185
Academy 67% 64%
College 83% 82%
Graduates Entering Senior College _.___ 13 28
Graduates Transferring to Synodical
Teachers Colleges 31 38
Women Entering Church Service as
Parish Workers (Terminal Course) ——~ 26 37

Personnel

The Board of Control

The members of the Board of Control are Rev. Arlen
J. Bruns, President of the Kansas District and chairman
of the board; Rev. Norbert R. Wodtke, secretary; Mr.
Walter Helberg; Mr. Walter Wulf; and Mr. Donald Neff.
One position on the board left vacant when Teacher
Lorenz Steyer accepted a call to Illinois to participate
in a special study of youth work remains unfilled. Mr.
Neff was elected to the board in 1967 and succeeds Mr.
Herbert Meyer, who served on the board for 10 years.

The Faculty

Dr. Carl S. Mundinger, who had served St. John’s
College as president for 22 years before his resignation
from that office in 1958 and had retired to become pro-
fessor emeritus in 1966, was called to his heavenly home
on March 4, 1967.

Mr. F. C. Lankenau, professor of English, retired
from the faculty at the end of the 1967—-68 school year
after 40 years of service to St. John’s College and 46
years of service to the church. He died on Oct. 6, 1968.

Mr. G. A. Kuhlmann, professor of English, retired
from the faculty at the end of the 1967—68 school year
after 44 years of service to the church, all at St. John’s
College. He continues to serve as a part-time teacher.

Rev. Everette Meier, associate professor of German,
accepted a call to become pastor at St. Paul Lutheran
Church, Freeman, S. Dak., and terminated his services
at St. John’s College at the end of the 1966—67 school
year.