LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1962, Page 80

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80 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 1

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education
study the feasibility of providing for preministerial
training and teacher education on the senior college
level in the western area of this country; and be it
further

Resolved, That the Synod take no action at this time
on establishing a synodical school in the Denver-
Boulder area; and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod instruct the Board for
Higher Education to formulate specific plans for estab-
lishing a theological seminary in the San Francisco Bay
area; and be it finally

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education
make specific recommendations on each point in these
resolutions to the next synodical convention.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Establishing a Junior College
in the Southeast
RESOLUTION 1-24

Memorials 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, pp. 81—83, Reports
and Memorials

Unprinted Memorials 128 A, 128 B, 128 C, 128 D, 130 A,
132 A, pp. 38—41, Today’s Business

Wuereas, Studies show that in the southeastern sec-
tion of the United States there is a rapid increase in
population and in synodical membership; and

WuHereas, Studies have shown that under the bless-
ing of God there will be a continuing need for addi-
tional professional workers in the church; and

Waereas, Existing synodical schools are geographi-
cally located where they are not readily accessible to
many of the prospective students from the Southeast;
therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board of Directors be encouraged
to purchase a site in the southeastern section of the
United States of America on the recommendation of
the Board for Higher Education; and be it further

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education be
directed to formulate specific plans for establishing a
junior college in the southeastern section of our
country; and be it finally

Resolved, That these plans be presented to the next
convention of the Synod for action.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Development of Curriculum
RESOLUTION 1-25
Report 123, I, F, pp. 49—52, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, A systemwide approach to an articulated
and well-integrated curriculum for the Synod’s system
of schools is mandatory; and

Wuereas, The development of the curriculum is an
ongoing process in which the faculty of the school, the

local board of control, and the Board for Higher Edu-
cation must be engaged; and

Wuereas, The basic principles for the curriculum
of the St. Louis seminary, the Fort Wayne senior col-
lege, and the junior college and high school depart-
ments of the preparatory schools have been expressed
in detail in the report of the Board for Higher Educa-
tion; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod express its agreement
with these principles; and be it further

Resolved, That the faculties, boards of control, and
the Board for Higher Education continue the study
and improvement of the entire curriculum for an edu-
cationally integrated and fully developed program.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Recognition and Pursuit of Accreditation
RESOLUTION 1-26

Reports 103, 104, 105, 107, 111, 123, I, E., pp. 10, 13, 16,
17, 21, 30, 31, 48, 49, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne,
the graduate program of Concordia Teachers College,
River Forest, the high school department of Concordia
College, Milwaukee, and the junior college department
of St. John’s College, Winfield, have been accredited
with the North Central Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools during the past triennium; and

Wuereas, Concordia Teachers College, Seward, was
fully accredited with the National Council for the Ac-
creditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) in 1961;
therefore be it

Resolved, That these schools and the Board for
Higher Education be commended for achieving this
status recognition; and be it further

Resolved, That all other schools and departments
in the synodical system of schools be encouraged to
secure regional and special accreditation where this is
lacking, but without jeopardizing the functions or
character of any unit which the Synod has determined
within its system of schools.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Endorsement of Basic Assumptions
for Educational Planning
RESOLUTION 1-27
Report 123, II, A, pp. 52,53, Reports and Memorials
Wuereas, The Board for Higher Education has pre-
sented thirty propositions stating explicitly the basic

assumptions for the planning of the synodical system
of training church workers; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod endorse these assumptions
without making them absolutely binding propositions in
every instance. .

Action: This resolution was adopted.