# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S499
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I E'S YEE AL EEL ET KANT ARI RE EEE

Report of. Board for Higher Education 499

RECOMMENDATIONS a
2. Office of the President _

therefore recommend the following list of primary and ‘second-
ities of the president: oo

Primary Duties of the President

Spiritual leadership of faculty and students—principal teacher
f religion and in charge of chapel program.

; Leadership i in academic matters and also executive for putting
‘ policies and regulations of boards and faculty into effect.
Curriculum supervision. :

instructional supervision.

“Representative of institution with boards, constituency, educa-
tional groups and agencies, aid public.

‘Vocational guidance of the pretheological group.
Student discipline, including general supervision of campus and
dormitory life. (Not dormitory inspection and other Toutines. )
‘As duties not related to the foregoing and of relatively minor

importance, though. traditionally associated with the president’s office,
we list the following:

Secondary Duties of the President
‘All phases of business management of the school such as
1. Student accounts;
2.. Purchases;
3.. Plant operation and maintenance;

Various routines pursuant to a fixed Policy, such as
4, Student admissions; ‘
5. Student records, including semester reports and transcripts.
Miscellaneous matters, such as
6. Publicity and promotion, catalog;
'. 7. . Meal services; .
*.8. Health services;
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- Dormitory inspection, off-campus privileges, supervision of stu-
dent organizations, social calendar, class absences.

3. Faculty Participation in Administration

One method of giving relief would be through the appointment of
an assistant president. Apart from the uniqueness in academic circles
“ of such an arrangement, it does not appear to be sound. It is likely . -
to fail considerably more often than it will succeed. A horizontal
elimination of those duties unrelated to the major ones conforms te
' the American pattern in education-and holds promise of relieving the
president without disturbing the underlying philosophy of organizing
our schools.
It is not considered desirable that every faculty member share in
, the duties of the president. It would create new problems of super-

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