# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S544
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i Report of Board for Higher Education. 545

“XII. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

The. unusual heavy class schedules carried by the students of our
eges and the compulsory evening study periods limit their leisure

iy n the baseball field, the basketball court, or in similar com-
fetitive group athletics. The skills acquired in these games do not:
Ty over to adult life, and a wider range of physical recreation
yed by two or three participants, such .as tennis, handball, and
ould: provide lasting skills for recreation in later life.

cupations, such as organized groups for literary appreciation and
on, debating, forensics, science, nature study, orchestra, choral

student appeal.

ll extracurricular activities should be promoted, organized, and
ducted under supervision of faculty sponsors or, in the case of
tts or music organizations, by a qualified assistant to the faculty,

Recommendations

is recommended: , .
That the faculties study the extracurricular activities at
their schools with a view toward stimulating or providing a
larger and more varied program adapted to the age level of
the students and guided by faculty sponsors.

ACTION OF SYNOD

“The, recommendation concerning “XIII. Extracurricular Activities”
adopted. ;

to a bare minimum. The free time at their disposal is usually —

schools also need a greater variety of intellectual leisure-time |

g, and many other worth-while activities of cultural value that