# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S54
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ng n men’ and the voluntary
enligthiont of others,. some of, yhom’ hope’ to” ‘return: after ‘the war™
‘+. to- finish’ their training for service in the oe wi the Lord ‘has con- |

xe School Gotege °, . Total
199 165 864
. ‘School year 1942-43 QL 178 .. 879
_ School year 1943—44 "+ 243 . 186; / 429

i The enrollment: of 429 stidents is the largest i in the history ; of
oe Concordia Teachers College, a

‘The number of woman students in High ‘School and College
: reached a total of 1104, 115, and. 150. in the three successive years. .

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| Schodl year 194142

7 Summer School and. Extension Courses
eS The vitally important in-service: training. of our Christian day’
_/ “school teachers again received due attention during the triennium.
Each summer a special session of six: weeks” gave. opportunity. for
oe teachers in-service to do advanced.. work in fields of their choice
os) or to complete the ° requirements for their Baekelor of. Science
a degrees. An average of 125 to 150 ‘teachers availed themselves of
"this service for'the full six weeks in each of the three'years. Addi-.
"* tional courses were. arranged for 20. seminary students ‘from
- Sti Louis, who. received special training to. Prepare | them. for
: emergency teaching in the field.
, Besides the Summer Session, ‘Saturday extension: courses were
regularly conducted throughout the year on oiir own. campus as
".well'as at. Milwaukee, Sheboygan, St. Louis, and Southern Illinois.
The enrollment in.these courses ranged ‘from 80 to 100: teachers per
_ yedr. ‘Thus the total number of active teachérs’ from. the: field in
our Summer School and Extension’ Department has each: ‘year far —
; exceeded the number of' students in ‘residence ‘at the’ college. .
“Yn ‘addition to orie week‘of Sunimer Institutes: for pastors, Con- |
Cordia Teachers College has: ‘admitted pastors: to somé:.of our ad-=
- vanced Suminer School courses: Sj ecial courses have’ ‘also been
arranged for pastors in Summer Ses and in ‘the: “Extension De- -
oy partment throughout. the year.as a bi ch of the. Graduate School --
‘ of Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis. ‘The highest enroll- ’
“ment in’ the Pastors Extension ‘was reached this: school year,: ‘with
~’ 32 pastors registered:
“All Stimmer School’ ‘and. Extension. service Yor’ both. pastors and Pe
: : teachers is | performed by the - institute without’ cost to ‘Synod.