# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S505
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

$04 Report of Board for Higher Education

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locations may be grouped as follows: (a) low cost—Seward, Wi
field, Concordia; (b) medium cost—Austin, Fort Wayne, Milwauk
St. Paul; high cost—River Forest, Portland, Bronxville, Oaklang
Moreover, the added responsibilities and living costs imposed up

and sustained demands which their duties impose upon. their tim
and energy. :

RECOMMENDATIONS :

1, We recommend inclusion, as Opportunity presents itself, eithe
by eventual substitution of regular professorships or as addition:
of one or two assistant instructors on the faculties of all pre
Paratory schools. i

2. Adoption of the policy of maintaining an average age of staffs
of 40 to 50 years. .

. the school.

4. a) Generalization of the “five years in the ministry” regula-
tion so as to read “several years in the ministry”.

b) That instructors or professors who are called to the facul.
ties without having. had experience: in the ministry’ be
required, if they are Seminary graduates, to. gain -such:
experience by assistant pastorates, summer field work, ete,:

5. That the teachers -be advised to include courses in professional
education in their university work,

6. That supplementing the income through outside activities
during the academic year, be they of a pastoral nature or-other-:
wise, be kept within reasonable limits. :

7. That class teaching loads be adjusted so as to approximate 25:
“Douglass Hours” as normal, a moderate amount of extracurricij
lar duties being consideted feasible in addition to this load.

8. That the faculties be encouraged to place greater stress in thei
meetings on the discussion of school-problems and. policies ‘an
that application of the policies to specific cases and individual
be delegated, to a greater extent, to the administrative officers

9. That the faculties be advised to study a reorganization of their
standing committees. ;