# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S62
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

; aéhiogphere as an aid: in the! Dp oper: development. of the finer,
ensibilities and’ attitudes’ of futur : on
OT ‘view of the-above facts, we spectfully ‘petition: ‘Synod: to Lo
‘grant Concordia Teachers s Pollege a Rew and “apeto-date dormitory .
. for women.., :

THe BoarD OF ‘Contaon, ‘ConcORDIA Taiceens Conse
. 2) RIVER Forest, Int, ae ;
E, T. Lams, Chairman: P.L. Kudenpen, Secretary’

THe Facutry, Concorpia TEACHERS CoutecE’
RIVER, Forest, Int.

‘Adrauik W. Kurncx, President
- Epwi J. Wreracut, ‘Secretary ”

,

The request for a Women’s Dormitory at River | Forest was
granted.

An Additional Full-Time Professorship at River’ Forest

, (Memorial 122)

oe For the past five years the total enrollment at ‘Concordia
po, Teachers. College, River Forest, has stood between 364 and the
doo: present figure, 430. This, has been due partly to the fact that
; ".. . Concordia has become a full four-year :.teachers’ - college. The
growing shortage of Christian day schpol teachers in the field; which
has: necessitated an ever stronger recruitment of students in an
effort to meet Synod’s need, has also contributed strongly to the
high enrollment.
i. - The growing enrcilment has made it necessary to use all avail-
Hoe able teaching help to the best advantage. Powerless to call full
My professors, the Board of ‘Control, with the approval. of Synod’s

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* : Board for Higher Education and Board of Directors, has annually
he, ae engaged a number of qualified full-time assistants and one or’ two. °
4 ‘es part-time instructors and thus has been able’to carry on the work

pe OF? teacher’ training. ' The permanently’ called - faculty. has been
pe augmented, by. only’ two'men; One was allowed: tthe ‘synodical
foo ‘convention in 1988, and the other in 1941: Thus’ ‘a whole. Senior
“| moat College Department, offering’ the Bachelor of Science ‘Degree. with
“To ca major in Elementary Education, ‘has been provided by: the ad-.
ne ‘dition of only. two permanently called professors. nee
ne While-the temporarily engaged assistant professors: have: done
‘very fine work,’ experience’ has shown ‘kat it is not’ in, the. best.

offi this way: : Assistant professors have- comparatively. insecure
a ‘tenure’ of ' office; and’ the’ more highly qualified sand: valuable: they :
"are, the. more likely they * ‘are :to be. called elsewhere. Nor-can.
“Synod expect the solid planning for the. future. Bood of the sthool:

; - interests | of the school ‘to have so mueh. of the teaching taken‘care ,..-’