# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S498
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

498 Report of Board for Higher Education

general education on the college level and offer numerous curricu
Neither of them could cope with the multifarious. problems of adm;
sion, curriculum, course assignment, and student guidance without th
appointment of such administrative Officers, ,

The dean in neither of these institutions is involved in student dis-
cipline. The president maintains this duty. College deans ¢
tomarily are in charge of student discipline at the smaller Amerita
colleges, but there are good reasons for not adopting this practice
our schools. — i.

Librarians are often’ considered to be members of the administra
tive staff. This office ‘will be discussed under Section VU, dealin
with libraries.

Financial officers, designated either as bursars or treasurers, ar
not commonly employed by these schools as full-time individuals. °
board member is usually designated as school treasurer, but in no
instance is he concerned directly with collection of student fees, ‘At
Austin, Tex., Concordia, Mo., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and Oak.
land, Calif., a faculty member acts as collections officer and main
tains the books of account. At Fort Wayne, Ind., and Winfield, Kan
a faculty member together with the president's secretary supervise
collections, disbursements, and keeps the books. At Portland the
president acts as financial officer. At Milwaukee, Wis., the preside
does so with the aid of a trained secretary in his office. At St. Pa

Minn., a faculty member handles collections, but disbursements and
the -books of account are taken care of off campus by a board

member. In Bronxville, N. Y., a special bursar, not connected wi
the academic staff is employed.

None of the schools employs a separate individual as business
manager. Usually the purchases are under the immediate control

the president. In most schools the day-by-day food supplies ar
purchased by the cook.

not employed. An engineer is responsible for the heating an d;
lighting plant, but the physical maintenance of the buildings, often.

the janitorial servicing, are under the direct supervision of the pres
dent.

‘Since conditions vary so much from school’ to school, uniform "28
organization is not to be expected. It will be clear that any judg:
ment of the adequacy of the internal administration must take. into!
account the particular needs of each school. _ At the smaller school
the. administration is usually effective, and ‘no sweeping changes ar
necessary. However, there are ‘numerous indications that at th
moderately sized and the large schools, particularly at those whic
do not have general education, it is not nearly as efficient as it shouk
be. This is due simply to the fact that Prevailing demands have
outrun ‘the traditional organization. It appears urgent at this time
therefore, to reorganize and, in Particular, to re-define the scope 0!
the president’s duties in the light of these newer conditions. ‘