# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S793
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PROPOSED SYNODICAL HANDBOOK

of Control; provided, however, that each institution
have a fixed number of full school days.

B. The number of school days for various insti-
tutions shall be: at St. Louis, not fewer than 165; at
Springfield, not fewer than 175; at the teachers’ col-
leges and junior colleges, not fewer than 180, Opening
and closing days of a semester or schoo! year, on which
no classes meet, are not to be counted as school days.
No more than five school days shall be counted in any
one week,

C. Each institution shall, in accordance with these
regulations, fix its calendar before the opening of the
school year, after which no changes shall be made,
except for important reasons.

S. H. 77.8

465. Tuition and Fees

A. All students who attend the institutions of
Synod, but who do not intend later to serve Synod
as pastors or teachers, shall besides their board and
regular fees annually pay a tuition fee of $40 in the
high school department and $80 in the college de-
partment.

B. Transcripts of credits shall be, withheld from stu-
dents or graduates not entering the service of the
Church until they have paid the tuition charges and
all other financial obligations or made satisfactory
arrangements for payment. All doubtful cases are to
be decided by the Board of Control.

S. H. 78. 12, 13

467. Health Service

Every student entering our institutions shall be
required to submit a doctor’s certificate of health in
form and substance as required by the Board for
Higher Education. Furthermore, a!l students shall
submit to such further physical examinations as may
be prescribed from time to time by the Board for
Higher Education.

S. H. 79 :
469. Student Aid

A. Students of Christian character’ and superior
mental endowments who need financial assistance to
prepare themselves for service in the Church may be
granted such aid for one year as may be available
through Districts or conferences, upon application on
the basis of information and recommendations supplied
by the local pastor, teacher, or congregation. In return
for such aid, the student shall be required to render
an equivalent service to the institution at which he is
in attendance.

B. After the first year, such aid shall be continued
only upon the recommendation of the faculty of the
respective institution on the basis of scholastic stand-
ing, application, Christian character, and deportment
of such a student and his willingness to render an
adequate service in return for aid received.

C. All moneys granted for such aid “by Districts,
conferences, or congregations should be sent to the
respective institution.

S. H. 76f. (partly new)