# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S567
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566 Report of Board for Higher Education

of these improved methods Periodic cost analyses be’ made fe
each of the schools. , '

ACTION OF SYNOD

The recommendation concerning “Accounting Methods” w
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E. Grants in Aid and Scholarships
(Indigent Student Funds)

The various Districts of Synod annually appropriate considerable
sums for the support of indigent students preparing for the mini
or for parish school teaching. The total grants by Districts and ¢on:
ferences in 1941-42 for the preparatory college students was $16;255
in 1942-43 for all synodical institutions $37,390, Grants reported:
received from congregations and societies for students at Springfield
and St. Louis were $1,585 additional. :

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A. liberal policy in making awards has been pursued in the past:
the Indigent Student Boards. They have perhaps erred more on
side of’leniency than.on the side of stringency. All will agree tha
no young man who has the ‘necessary qualifications should be

vented from entering the service of the Church on account of lac!
funds for his education.

.On occasion, students have received support although their intellec:
tual ability was not promising or their spiritual qualifications’ out,
standing. Some students have been continued on support after

financial status made support unnetessary. But such cases are becom,
ing more infrequent. ‘

The current labor shortage has so greatly increased the capacity. of
students to support themselves that the total amount of grants should
be expected to decline rapidly. It has not declined very much in the’
past two years. A check on student earnings for the summer of 19:
reveals that many supported students. had substantial incomes. It.i

' therefore, considered to be not inappropriate for boards to mak
inquiry concerning the student’s summer and year earnings. Copies:
of semester reports from school authorities will indicate when scholas-

. tic achievement becomes poor. Decisive action should then prompt}
be forthcoming. :

At least one board does not grant support to new applicants wi
out prior check by the schoot administration of the applicant’s prom

of scholastic success. ‘This procedure is a good one and might.
_ adopted by all boards. ~ :

Scholarships

Scholarships in the sense of honors for excellence in academi
achievement are not common at the schools because of lack of funds
One institution has for many years stimulated scholarship by means.o