# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S60
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

. " Seminaries and Calls oe

a * Squipping the libraries ‘$0 ‘that a , ‘desirable minimum, standard may
rot be reached, ” ‘The first time Professor Hausmann} Survey. Director)
an of’ the, Board, officially ' visited River Forest, ,he immediately . felt it
meds necessary ‘that we plan for a new library building. /
‘By granting, a building for library, the shortage of. classrooms
would be somewhat relieved, since some of: the, rooms vacated by
‘the: library could be used for that purpose. ,

, «In view of these facts,. we respectfully petition Synod to grant
our: Concordia “Teachers College, River Forest, a: new library

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a g _ THE Boanp OF. Controt, Concorpra ‘TEACHERS CottecE

. V RIVER Forest, Tun. «
a E. T: LAMS, Chairman... P. L. KLUENDER, Secretary -

Tue Facu.ty, Concorpia TEACHERS Conese
River Forest, IL. ,
Artuur W. Kuincx, President
» Ewin J. Wreracur, Secretary

_ ACTION

ne The request for a new library at River Forest, to cost ap-
Pr proximately $100,000.00, was granted.

ann A Dormitory for Women’ at.River Forest
no - "+ (Memorial 120) ne
Though “poth of the Concordia Teachers Colleges have been
training women for service as Christian day school teachers, Seward .
for the past generation and’ River, Forest. since 1938, the needs of the
field for teachers of this’ type have never been adequately met.
i While there has not been a sharp: increase: in the over-all
a : number of woman teachers in our Synod, and while’ there have
bode . -been times when more woman teachers were employed than at
poad oe - present; there ‘has. been a: more arid’ more insistent demand for
adequately trained women. Congregations want women who are
_ thoroughly grounded in Bible history and Christian doctrine. Some.
of them need women who are able’ to assist in the musical program
i of the congregation in school and church. All desire: women who .
wil.) ‘are trained to, meet.the educational: standards ‘of the States and,
" communities in which ‘they are called upon to “teach. ’
“Recognizing ‘these trends, Synod’ in 1933, ‘permitted the in- |
troduction of ‘co-education. at ‘Concordia Teachers College, ,River-
. Forest, for teacher training only. In ‘harmony ‘with Synod’s man-
date, the college has admitted:no women who’ are preparing for.
any other profession than that. of service in our Christian ‘day

schools. The: rigid quota of woman students established 1 in -1938-

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