# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S37
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Report of the Committee on Higher Education 37

gained. At the direction and under the supervision of the Com-
mittee on Higher Education thig new curriculum'was introduced
in the junior colleges in the fall of 1936 and is now in almost full
operation. The four-year program at St. Louis is ready for intro-
duction in the fall of 1938.

The findings and recommendations of Committee B were sub-
mitted to Committee A and in mimeographed form were conveyed
to all faculties for study. This manual of 86 pages, containing a
description of all courses, both at the junior colleges and at the
St.Louis Seminary, is available in mimeographed form, bound
loose-leaf, and may be secured from Dr. W. H. Wente, St. John’s
College, Winfield, Kans., for $1.00.

In the opinion of the Committee this new curriculum is so
arranged that all ideals and objectives for preministerial training
are correctly set forth, the proper integration between the junior
colleges and the Seminary is emphasized, and at the same time
accreditation and the conferring of recognized academic degrees
are made possible.

Much time was devoted to such questions as spiritual culture
(innere Hebung), library facilities, comprehensive examinations,
methods of teaching, and similar phases of an efficient curriculum,
and a number of suggestions were submitted to our schools.

The committee sponsored the preparation of a German basic
vocabulary list of about six hundred and fifty terms used chiefly
in religious contexts. This vocabulary will be introduced in our
preministerial schools this fall and is now being supplied to all
teachers and students of German.

A number of our professors are now collaborating on a series
of text-books for courses in religion to be used in our preministerial
schools. This series includes a syllabus for the catechetical course
in the freshman and sophomore years of high school; a Bible
History text for the junior and senior years of the high school;
an introduction to the Bible and doctrines of the Bible for use in
the junior college. Dr. P. E. Kretzmann is chairman of this special
committee on texts in religion.

Springfield. The committee fixed the entrance requirements
for Springfield at two years of high-school training or its equiva-
lent. The curriculum for the academy was revised to permit the
introduction of courses in the humanities and the social studies and
the reorganization of the courses in the natural sciences. The
Greek New Testament course was extended to two years. No es-
sential changes were made in the Seminary curriculum.

_ The Committee on Curriculum for Teachers’ Colleges (Com-
mittee C) was composed of four faculty members, one pastor, one
District superintendent of parochial schools, and one layman. This