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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1969, Page 312

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312 HIGHER EDUCATION

Wuereas, The educational needs of the Synod in the
West are not being met by present facilities; and

Wuereas, The suggestions that the LCA-ALC Lu-
theran college at Thousand Oaks is a viable option for
the Synod is unacceptable for the following reasons:

1. Their location is very poor — it is in an academic
desert;

2. Their program is liberal arts and is not geared to
meet the needs of the Synod’s_ professional
workers;

3. Their present and projected capital indebtedness
is very great; and

Wuereas, The Irvine location is ideal in respect to
academic atmosphere (with the University of Califor-
nia close by), and in respect to travel (air, rail, free-
way), and in respect to population growth; and

Wuereas, If fellowship with The ALC will affect our
educational program, then the Irvine college offers the
ideal location for some cooperative efforts; and

Wuereas, The Synod’s careful training of her pro-
fessional workers in her own colleges and seminaries
designed to meet the needs of the Synod and the world
has produced a powerful church and a productive pro-
fessional staff in all areas; and

Wuereas, Inflation and rising costs of construction
have cost the Synod several million dollars because of
delays; and

Wuereas, The working drawings for the Irvine col-
lege have been ready since June 20, 1967; and

Wuereas, The intent of the New York resolution
proposed by our brothers from Northern California was
to make a “final study”; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod in convention at Denver
direct the Board of Directors of the Synod and the
Board for Higher Education to proceed with all haste
with the construction of the Irvine college; and be it
further

Resolved, That we authorize special long-range
financing for this project in order to stop the spiraling
costs of inflation and construction.

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH
Anaheim, Calif.
Marvin RAMMELSBERG, President

(6-37)

To Reaffirm Decision to Build at Irvine
with Possible Relocation
of an Existing College

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
consummated the purchase of a site consisting of 113
acres at Irvine, Calif., in mid-1964 for the construction
of a junior college; and

Wuereas, Said purchase was made on the recom-
mendation of the Synod's Board for Higher Education
after studying more than 80 available sites in southern
California: and

Wuereas, Working plans have been prepared by the
John Carl Warnecke architectural firm of San Francisco,
plans which the BHE has in its possession; and

Wuereas, Population figures and growth projections,
as reported by the Financial and Population Research
Section, California Department of Finances, overwhelm-
ingly point to southern California, and the Irvine area
in particular, as the logical location for a Lutheran col-
lege; and

Wuereas, As an alternative acquisition, California
Lutheran College at Thousand Oaks, Calif., a liberal arts
school, would be inadequate, is poorly located, and
would be a financial burden to be shared together with
the ALC and the LCA, its present sponsors; and

Wuereas, Not all of the Synod's schools are located
in areas best suited for expansion, educational oppor-
tunity, or population concentration for student recruit-
ment potential: and

Wuereas, The Irvine site would rank with the four
best in the Synod’s entire educational system, located
as it is practically adjacent to the University of Cali-
fornia at Irvine, where the present enrollment is ap-
proximately 7,000 with an anticipated student body of
27,500 by 1985; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod, convened at Denver in 1969, reaffirm the actions
of the Cleveland and Detroit conventions in 1962 and
1965, respectively, which authorized construction of
a college at Irvine, and that such construction be under-
taken as soon as funds become available; and be it
further

Resolved, That the Irvine site be utilized should the
Board for Higher Education deem it advisable to relo-
cate one of the Synod’s existing colleges.

Trinity Ev, LUTHERAN CHURCH
Los Angeles, Calif.

SHau Wa Cuan, President
THomas L. Jongs, Secretary

(6-38)

To Revise Higher Education Plans
for West Coast

Wuereas, The continuing fiscal crisis in The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod, the escalating costs of higher
education, and the necessity for spending substantial
sums in the new areas of Kingdom concern implicit in
the Synod’s endorsement of the Mission Affirmations —
all dictate a careful reassessment of any proposed capi-
tal expenditures in synodical higher education: and

Whereas, California Concordia College through the
elimination of the high school department and with
minimum expansion and improvement expenditures can
effectively continue to serve the two synodical Districts
of California in the recruitment and training of many
more full-time church workers: and

Wuereas. Our membership in the Lutheran Council
in the U.S. A. and our steady progress toward Lutheran