# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S434
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434 2 . Report of Board for Higher Education

junior ‘colleges, i in various sections of Synod, subject, howei
\ to the limitations of the following section. "

It is estimated that approximately 70,000- 100, 000 boys and girl
Synod are high school students. It is evident that for some years‘
come only a comparatively small percentage of this vast number cari}
be reached with this suggested program. It is equally evident that
under the long view this is the only program which can promise ev:
an approximation of ultimate success. A program directly organized
‘and supported by Synod itself would be. entirely too costly and cui
bersome for continued and deserved expansion.

ACTION OF SYNOD

Recommendations 1 and 2 were adopted.
Recommendation 3 was adopted in the following form:

“That the boards be instructed to survey the most promising fielda
to assist in organizing the congregations or individuals necessary - fo:
_the support of an institution in a given locality, and to Iend eve
‘possible aid to the establishment and maintenance of Lutheran high:
schools, and wherever feasible also junior colleges in various sections:
of Synod, subject, however, to the limitation that Synod in no wise
contribute from its treasury" for the erection and maintenance °
such high schools and junior colleges.”

III. GENERAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND
THE SYNODICAL SCHOOLS

A. Our Recent Experiments - '

The relation of our present synodical institutions to this program,
thas been the subject of careful study and extensive discussion. In
the delegate conventions of 1938 and 1941 Synod authorized - an’
experiment in general education and co-education at certain synodical-
colleges. These‘ are located ‘in widely spaced geographical areas:
which are not yielding enough ministerial students to engage the
full.ase of the facilities available. It seemed an unnecessary waste.
of space and manpower to have a school operate at less than normal:
capacity. The obvious solution might have been to recruit ministeria
' students in sufficient number to fill the schools. This was represented ;
as impossible in the regions affected, nor was it urged as necessary
because of the so-called “oversupply” of ministerial students at that.
time. - Synod therefore authorized the institutions affected to accep
a limited number of, students for general education, including: co
education, subject to certain regulations and restrictions. “It was
understood that this was te be on an experimental basis. ;