# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S214
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

212 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

inal appointment shall be for one year and may be renewed by the
Board of Control for a second year. Extensions of the appoint-
ment beyond two years shall require the consent of the Board for
Higher Education.

“2. Instructors. They shall be appointed by the Board of Con-
trol upon recommendation by the President of the institution.
Such appointment shall be for two-year terms and may be renewed
in the manner prescribed for the original appointment. If re-
appointment is not contemplated, Boards of Control shall so notify
instructors six months prior to expiration of the current appoint-
ment and upon their request file the name of such instructors with
the Board for Higher Education for listing on the Board’s roster
of available instructors. Upon completion of satisfactory teach-
ing experience as well as adjustment of deficiencies in any requisite
academic, professional, or ministerial or parish school work, in-
structors shall be subject to calls to associate professorships or
professorships in any of Synod’s Preparatory Colleges, Teachers
Colleges, or Theological Seminaries. Business managers, assistant
librarians, physical education directors, athletic coaches, or other
permanent staff personnel not requiring theological training or
ministerial experience may hold the rank of instructor.

“3, Associate Professors. They shall be nominated, elected,
and called in accordance with the synodical regulations governing
the nomination and the election and the eligibility of professors.
The position of associate professor shall involve life tenure, ter-
minable under conditions identical with those governing the tenure
of professors. Associate professors shall be related to the ad-
ministration of the institution in a manner identical with the
relationship established for professors, except in matters of salary.
Associate professors may be advanced to the rank of professor
by the local Board of Control with the consent of the Board for
Higher Education without extending a new call.

“4, Professors, They shall be nominated, elected, and called
primarily from the ranks of associate professors in accordance with
the synodical regulations governing the nomination, election, and
calling of professors. This position involves life tenure and in-
creased salary.

B. “The faculty of each educational institution of Synod shall
be composed of the President of the institution, the professors,
associate professors, and all those administrative officials who are
called by the electors in accordance with the regulations herein-
before prescribed. Instructors shall hold advisory membership in
the faculty. ‘

C. “Salary scales to fit these needs shall be proposed by the