# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S789
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PROPOSED SYNODICAL HANDBOOK

Board of Directors and the Board for Higher Edu-
cation so far as that is possible, in accordance with the
accepted academic practice of sabbatical leaves. The
necessary allowance shall be granted to make possible
professional growth in the manner indicated. This
allowance shall be fixed by the administration in con-
junction with the Board of Directors.

Proc., 1938, 48

445, Retirement of Faculty Members

A. When a professor has reached the age of 65, the
possible reduction of his teaching load shall auto-
matically come up for consideration. Whatever ad-
justments may be desirable or necessary shall be made
by the Board of Control in consultation with the Board
for Higher Education.

B. All financial problems in connection with such
partial retirement shall be referred for final action to
the Board of Directors after due consultation with the
Board for Higher Education and the Board of Control.

Proc., 1941, 105f.

447, Faculty Organization

The permanent members of the teaching and
administrative staff of each institution shall be organ-
ized as a faculty of that institution. Each faculty shall
meet at regular intervals or as often as is necessary.
These meetings shall be conducted in accordance with
accepted rules of parliamentary procedure. A perma-
nent record shall be kept of all meetings held. The
president or principal of the institution shall be the
presiding officer,

(Present practice)

.449. Faculty Functions and Powers

The faculty as a body shall constitute the academic
senate of an institution.

A. It shall put into effect the curriculum prescribed
by Synod and shall to that end arrange the necessary
teaching schedule and make an equitable division of
the teaching load.

B. It shall fix the requirements for student admis-
sion, within the limits prescribed by Synod for that
specific institution.

C. It shall grant or withhold academic credits,
determine promotion, graduation, or failure of stu-
dents; shall issue certificates and diplomas; and shall
grant such degrees as lawfully may be conferred by
the respective institution.

D. It shall supervise and direct all academic and:
extracurricular activities of the student body. While
student activities shall be of, by, and for the students,
reasonable direction and supervision shall be exer-
cised by the administration and the faculty, to the
end that the activities are carried on within the edu-
cational scope and the spirit of the respective institu-
tion, and that these activities tend toward the educa~
tional and social growth of the students participating.