LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1975, Page 346

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346 HIGHER EDUCATION

the present student body. and therefore the present re-
sources and facilities would be even more efficiently
utilized:

d. That the proximity of many Lutheran parishes and ele-
mentary and secondary schools affords excellent oppor-
tunities for students to be involved in varied field experi-
ences under careful guidance and close supervision at
minimal cost and with limited travel:

e. That urgent requests from students and parents for a
program which will not require transfer to another insti-
tution after 2 years indicate that expansion to a 4-year
institution will facilitate recruitment of potential students
for all church professions: and

WHEREAS. The Michigan District has formally expressed its
support for an expanded program and its willingness to work
with the college in the pursuit of additional funds beyond the
regular support given through the synodical budget: and

WHEREAS. The concept of expansion is in harmony with the
Board for Higher Education's recognition of the difficulty of
operating the church's junior colleges efficiently and the fact
that a significant number of students prefer to begin at a synodi-
cal 4-year school rather than at one of the junior colleges, per-
haps because the image of junior colleges to them is of lower
quality or because they have been told about alleged difficulties
in transferring: and

WHEREAS. Concordia, Ann Arbor, meets the criteria set forth
by the Board for Higher Education as an aid in determining
which junior colleges may be moved to 4-year status: and

WHEREAS. The presence of two state universities within 10
minutes of travel time offers great potential for cooperative
programs: and

WHEREAS. Michigan students attending Concordia for their
junior and senior years may be able to retain state scholarships
and grants-in-aid which are otherwise lost when students trans-
fer to out-of-state colleges: and

WHEREAS. Concordia will be able to benefit from corporation
and foundation grants which presently exclude 2-year colleges:
and

WHEREAS. A 4-vear operation will provide the blessing of
more mature juniors and seniors as a valuable Christian re-
source in guiding and orienting freshmen and sophomores.
better and more unified planning of academic programs, more
opportunity for innovation in education. and a higher quality
of cocurricular programs: therefore be it

Resolved. That the Board of Control and the faculty of Con-
cordia, Ann Arbor. respectfully request the Synod at its con-
vention in 1975 to authorize and direct. at the earliest date. the
expansion of Concordia Lutheran Junior College. Ann Arbor.
Mich., to a baccalaureate degree-granting institution for all such
programs as are authorized by the Board for Higher Education
and are for ministry in The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod.

Board of Control and Faculty
Concordia. Ann Arbor
Ernest C. Laetz

Marilyn A. Beyer

M. S. Pohl. President

Identical or similar:

6-95B to 6-95J

St. John’s, Ludington. Mich.
Michigan District

St. Paul’s, Ann Arbor, Mich.

St. James, University City, Mo.
Board of Directors, Michigan Dist.
Trinity, Sawyer, Mich.

Fredrick Reimann
Richard Schlecht
Norbert Mueller
Tom Baker
Richard Schlecht
A. W. Pankratz

Trinity, Jackson, Mich. D. Buegler
Trinity, Scarsdale, N.Y. M. Meyer
First, Windsor, Ont. M. R. Krey

6-96A

To Introduce 4-Year Program at Austin

WHEREAS, Concordia Lutheran College. Austin. Tex., has
served The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod for nearly 50

years in the training of pastors and teachers and preparing
young people for Christian service: and

WHEREAS. Concordia College is located in a growing and
dynamic center of Lutheranism and in a region of growing popu-
lation that is committed to the support of the college: and

WHEREAS. The present ability of the school to recruit quali-
fied young people is limited by the necessity of transferring to
another school to complete a baccalaureate degree, but in spite
of this both overall enrollment and professional church worker
enrollment have increased significantly in the last year: there-
fore be it

Resolved. That the Synod instruct the Board for Higher
Education to approve and support the immediate establishment
of a 4-year degree program at Concordia College, Austin, Tex.

Messiah Lutheran Church
Richardson, Tex.
William C. Schmidtke, President

Wayne Helberg. Secretary

Identical or similar:

6-96B to 6-96Y

St. Paul, Wilson. Tex.
Hope. Austin, Tex.
Gethsemane. Houston, Tex.
Trinity, San Angelo. Tex.
St. John, Beaumont. Tex.
Redeemer, Austin, Tex.

Our Redeemer. Wichita Falls. Tex.

Good Shepherd. McAllen, Tex.
St. Michael’s. Winchester. Tex.
Zion, Dallas, Tex.

Pilgrim. Kilgore, Tex.

Trinity. Dallas. Tex.

Christ, Austin, Tex.

St. Matthew, Houston, Tex.
Peace. Hurst. Tex.

Faith. Amarillo. Tex.

St. Luke, Olney. Tex.

St. Paul, Austin, Tex.

St. Paul, Bishop, Tex.
Immanuel, Temple, Tex.
Peace, Texas City, Tex.

St. Mark, Houston, Tex.

Zion, Tomball. Tex.

Trinity, Houston, Tex.

George Ascher
John Ellwanger
Eugene Heckmann
Richard Mazak
Douglas Rathgeber
Louis Pabor
Donald Peymann
Ernesto Garcia
Adolph Brand

C. A. Gaertner
Harold Wageman
Harold Meissner
Roy Bohrer

. F. Droegemueller
Roger Neeb

Eldon Horn
Harold Heckmann
Edwin Schwanke
Raymond Reich
M. V. Kilian
Walter Dube

John Freed
George Ascher
Donald Black

6-96AA

To Introduce 4 Years at Austin

WHEREAS. Concordia Lutheran College. Austin, Tex., already
has a fine reputation and record for providing outstanding Chris-
tian education in the college years for young men and women
aspiring to the church professions or other service careers: and

WHEREAS. The potential for Concordia’s continued service to
youth and to the church at large is extensive because of its
location. excellent facilities. highly competent faculty and staff.
and its provision for special and general education: and

WHEREAS. Congregations and individual members of the
Texas District and of adjacent Districts have made significant
contributions and are committed to continue their generous
support for the operation and capital improvement of Concordia:
and

WHEREAS, Concordia Lutheran College has been blessed
with a 39% increase in overall enrollment and a 50% increase
in professional church work enrollment in 1974—75 alone: and

WHEREAS, Students, parents, pastors, teachers, and friends
of Concordia have consistently indicated their interest in Con-
cordia’s program, have supported the college, and have demon-
strated their desire for continued progress and development of
the campus; and

WHEREAS. The 1976—77 school year marks the beginning of
Concordia’s second half-century of service to the Lord and His
church: and