# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S739
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‘PROPOSED SYNODICAL HANDBOOK

their efficiency. Other colleges and universities, like
Valparaiso University, select their boards from a wide
area. The Boards as a whole do not have to meet
every month, perhaps not more than every quarter,
but can delegate much of the routine work to execu-
tive committees.

14. In § 425 we offer a compromise between the idea
of having an entirely separate Board of Electors for
each seminary or college and having only one board

‘. for all institutions. We believe that according to the

proposed arrangement all interested and competent
parties are represented on these boards.

15. We still believe that the Missions in North and
South America should be under the management of
‘one board. (See §§609—613.) We believe that this
would be in the interest of greater uniformity and
efficiency. Synod has already placed the South Amer-
ican Missions on the same basis as North American
Missions, and Committee 2 of the Fort Wayne Conven-
tion had unanimously proposed the creation of one
board for both North and South American Missions.
(Proceedings, 1941, page 221.)

16. We propose that the Secretary of Missions be
the executive secretary of the Church Extension Board,
as is already the case with the Board for Missions in
North America. (See §639,c.) The Secretary of Mis-
sions is in constant contact with the Districts, is con-
versant with their opportunities and problems, and
hence his knowledge and advice should be of equal
value to both the Mission and Church Extension
Boards. Then, also, the correspondence regarding
both subsidies and loans must generally be conducted
with the same District boards or individuals, as a
number of Districts have combined the supervision
of Missions and Church Extension in one board. Effi-
cient administration would therefore seem to demand
that one executive secretary conduct all the corre-
spondence. ‘

17. Wé propose that the new edition of the Hand-
book be made a loose-leaf book, which is to be brought
up to date after each convention of Synod. We advo-
cate that Synod make available a supplementary
service to keep the book current.

18. The Committee most gratefully acknowledges ~

the many constructive suggestions which were received
in reply to our preliminary report and which helped
us materially in getting out our report as it is here-
with presented to Synod.

Respectfully submitted,
THE HanpsooK REvIsION COMMITTEE

M. F. KretzMann, Chairman Geo. EIGEL
Jutrus M. WALKER, Secretary A. W.Huce

Joun H. C. Fritz Tueo. W. EcKHART
A. M. REHWINKEL A.J. FELTEN
F. H. Scumirt Cart. ZOLLMANN

April 20, 1944

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