# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S782
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PROPOSED SYNODICAL HANDBOOK

407. Boards of Control of Schools for Higher Education |

Synod shall elect a Board of Control for each of
its schools for higher education in order to provide an °
effective local administrative organization, to facilitate
the achievement of the purposes for which the respec-
tive institution is being maintained, and to safeguard
the financial, academic, and religious interests of Synod
in such institutions, :

409. Term of Membership on Boards of Control

The term of membership on a Board of Control
shall be six years. No person, except the ex officio
members, shall hold membership in the same Board of
Control for more than two consecutive terms.

411, Restrictions to Membership on Boards of Control

No member of a Board of Control, the president
of the institution excepted, shall be on the salaried
staff of an institution of Synod, nor shall a member
of a Board of Control enter into gainful business
contracts or relations with the institution which he
represents.

413. Personnel of Boards of Control

A. The personnel of the Boards of Control of all high
schools (academies), junior colleges, teachers’ colleges,
and seminaries — Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Con-
cordia Seminary, Springfield, Ill, Concordia Teachers
College, River Forest, Ill., Concordia Teachers College,
Seward, Nebr., excepted — shall be constituted as fol-
lows: 1) The President of the synodical District in
which the respective institution is located; 2) a pastor
who is a voting member of Synod; 3) three laymen
who shall be representative of the constituency which
the institution serves and who shall represent as far

as possible a diversity of occupations and professions

found in the respective constituency; 4) the president
of the institution, who shall be a member without
a vote.

B. The Board of Control shall fill any vacancy oc-
curring in its membership, the appointment to extend
for the unexpired term. .

415. Boards of Control of Seminaries
and Teachers’ Colleges

A. The personnel of the Boards of Control of the
seminaries and teachers’ colleges shall be constituted
as follows: 1) The President of the District in which
the school is located. 2) Three pastors who are voting
members of Synod. 3) Five laymen. 4) The president
of the school, who shall be a member without a vote.

B. Four members of the Boards of Control, two
pastors and two laymen, shall be chosen from the
vicinity, while the other members shall be chosen from
Synod at large and shall, as far as possible, represent
a diversity of vocations or professions.

C. The Boards of Control shall fill any vacancies
occurring in their membership, the appointments to
extend for the unexpired terms.

S. H. 67ff.; 152.5; (partly new)