# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S787
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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PROPOSED SYNODICAL HANDBOOK

c. That a professor for the theological seminaries, as
a rule, have not less than ten years of active expe-
rience in the service of the Church.

d. That a professor have the academic standing
necessary to fill the respective professorship.
S. H. 64 (partly new)

APPOINTMENT OF FACULTIES

431, Securing the Lists of Suitable Candidates
for Professorships

A. A list of candidates shall be secured through
nominations by congregations, conferences, faculties,
Boards of Control, the Board for Higher Education,
and individuals who are members of Synod. Each
group or individual may nominate one or several
candidates. Such nominations must be made within
one month after the call for candidates has been issued
and published in the official organs of Synod. The
names of the candidates nominated shall be sent to
the secretary of the Board of Control of the insti-
tution for which nomination has been made, together
with reasons for the nominations and with reliable
information about the candidates.

B. The names of all candidates thus nominated shall
be published by the secretary of the Board of Control
in the official organs of Synod, ‘

C. Three weeks after such a list of candidates has
been published in the official organs of Synod, the
Board of Electors shall elect one person from the list
of candidates thus received. The name of the person
chosen shall be published in the issues of the official
organs of Synod following the election. The Board of
Control shall issue the official call to the elected
candidate.

S. H. 734f.

433. Tenure of Office of Professors

All instructors and officers of professorial rank in
Synod’s institutions shall have permanent tenure of
office so long as they remain in harmony with the
Word of God and the confessional and moral standards
of Synod and are physically and intellectually able and
emotionally fit to perform successfully and do perform
successfully the duties of their respective offices.

(Conforms to present practice)

435. Salaries of Professors

A. The salaries of all professors, instructors, and
other officers shall be fixed by Synod upon the recom-
mendation of the Board of Directors.

B. The salaries of presidents and professors at South
American institutions shall be fixed and adjusted by
the respective Boards of Control and Synod’s Board of
Directors,

S. H. 68f.

437, Removal of Members of Faculty from Office

A: When it has become evident that an instructor
or administrative officer in one of Synod’s institutions
has become permanently incapacitated for the success-