# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S61
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

wy of Presidents. the.  reeponatbility of periodically “adjusting
quotas of woman students at.River Forest: and Seward, second '
ng to the needs: of the field. (see Proceedings, 1941,” ‘p. 50).: .
arrangement has worked harmoniously and effectively and ould
be continued, since ‘the District Presidents, constituting ‘as they do
thé: official Board of Assignments’ of Synod, know better: than. any

ther. group what the needs of the. fiéld are in each District from ; * "
year to-year and through their’ Executive Committee on Placement
e in constant touch with the. Placement. Committees of the two: os

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: teachers’ colleges.

_« Between 1938 and. 1941. the woman . stiadents. were » housed in the sp ca
College Infirmary and in private homes. In 1941 a modest: program a
. of remodeling and renovation was authorized on all three floors of ”

. the northwest dormitory. wing. In the fall of 1942 it became neces- ;

: sary to add another. section on the third floor in ‘the. south. wing, |
and in 1943—44 the whole third floor ‘of, that wing, has‘ been .oc=

cupied ‘by women. With the sharply increasing demand ‘for’ teach-

ers in general and for woman teachers in particular, it is obvious vo

‘that more space. is needed immediately. Space for both men and: 3
women ‘has been overcrowded for the past two years, and only
-under the grace of God and by the utmost vigilance in supervision .
have living conditions in, the dormitories remained comparatively
healthful.
Called in to advice us.in our. efforts to gain full accreditation,
- Dr. John Dale Russell of the University‘ of Chicago, an experienced
examiner, thoroughly acquainted with the educational and housing
~ standards of the North Central. Association of Colleges and Sec- :
ondary Schools, wrote in his official report: to.the President. arid
~ Board of .Control. of Coricordia’ Teachers, College, “The need for

new quarters for the library has, been. commented on in a previous’ ; P
. section. The second most. important need is for adequate, facilities . te

for woman students. The-present dormitory facilities, both for. men”
and.’ women, .are. unsatisfactory.. Those for men. could be, mod-"
“ernized without much: outlay. - ‘Those for women could ‘be. best»
: provided by a new and: properly arranged. dormitory building.”
Such: a dormitory needs not ‘only what ‘¢ould be provided. in. ‘the’
"present, quarters, ‘but: adequate: ‘laundry. and. drying facilities,. a less
. barracks-like , arrangement’ of sleeping. ‘and study: rooms, : better
. Provisions: for: social Jife and recreation, and in general a homelike.