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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1941, Page 56

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56 Seminaries and Colleges. — Individual Institutions

struction and supervision. This would give him more freedom
and time for the performance of his work as head and manager
of the institution.

We recommend that the Board for Higher Education be author-
ized to take this matter up with the local Board and the faculty.

C. Term of Office of All Board Members.

1. Under the present arrangement the terms of all members
of the Board terminate simultaneously every three years.

2. To avoid the eventuality of all elected members being new
and inexperienced as far as the duties to be performed are con-
cerned, we recommend that a number of the members at this
convention be elected for three years and the rest for six years,
and after that only for six years.

The curriculum adopted by Synod in 1938 has been put into
operation. Changing conditions in State and national affairs have
not yet very greatly affected the work of training teachers.
Pressure is being brought to bear on the problem of health edu-
cation. In regard to this the program is not as yet developed up
to the standards of the curriculum. It seems certain that the
present curriculum is sufficiently comprehensive and flexible to
meet all reasonable requirements of the State.

Coeducation

Seward has for many years had coeducation. Because of the
needs of Synod we believe this arrangement should be kept up.
The enrolment of woman students is not sufficient to meet the
needs of the field. Therefore we ask Synod to remove the per-
centage restriction.

Since we have no girls’ dormitory, the girls must find their
living quarters in various homes in the community, which causes
problems of supervision and guidance of woman students. For
this reason the Board asks favorable action on the memorial
“Woman’s Dormitory for Seward.”

National Youth Administration

Concordia Teachers’ College at Seward has for three years
operated an outstanding NYA program. Last year its work
ranked among the best in the State. This work is under the
efficient direction of our custodian, Mr. Rudolph Berning. A by-
product of this activity has been the development of an effective
plan of student work, which lately has been extended to include
such students as receive support from synodical District sources.
The students not only render service for the benefits received,
but they also acquire useful knowledge and develop helpful skills,
which should be of advantage to them in their later life.