# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S442
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

442 Report of Board for Higher Education

junior colleges in their immediate territory. While it is true t
they may convey to. Synod the power and the duty to carry out party}
-of their common obligation, it is our conviction that both the con
gtegations and Synod as such would benefit most by the plan of 9
’ sponsorship as outlined in the earlier part of this report. Synod woul
Place all its agencies of service ‘at their disposal to promote the un
dertaking, but it would not directly assume the cost of maintaining?

the institutions necessary to carry out an effective program of general;
higher, education. ‘ Se

ACTION OF SYNOD
Recommendation 1 was adopted.

Recommendation 2. was adopted in the following form: “That
Synod continue. to lend the use of its buildings for a limited program
of general education at the following institutions (i.e., in box) subject
to the regulations following in parts 3, 4, 5, 6 of these recom:
mendations.”

’

Recommendation 3 was adopted, except that in the last line t
words “high school” were inserted between “where” and “girls,” so-as
to read, “where High School girls’ dormitories are already established.”

4 was stricken.
5 became paragraph 7.
6 now becomes Paragraph 4..

7 becomes paragraph 5.

8 becomes paragraph 6 and is to read as follows: “That the:
operating costs of general education and co-education . be borne.
locally by student fees, supporting organizations, and so forth, and!
that Synod in no wise contribute from its treasury.” The rest. of .
the paragraph was stricken. Instead of the words at the bottom ‘o
page 24 “if the above plan is adopted,” the paragraphs (A) (B
and (C) are to be introduced by the words “for adequate contro
of this policy we recommend,” etc.

(N.B—In all cases the term “ministerial”

is to be substituted ‘
for “pre-theological.”) .

‘7 (formerly 5) to read as is, except strike the last sentence.