# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S120
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6.115 Electors

Ata meeting of the Board of Control held toelecta
president, there shall be present and voting as elec-
tors: the members of the Board of Control as a group
with one vote (the District President not voting with
the board): the President of the synodical District or
his official representative with a distinct vote; the
President of the Synod or his official representative
with one vote: and the chairman of the Board for
Higher Education or his official representative with
one vote.

6.117 Election

The election shall be held on the day designated in
the notice published in the official periodical of the
Synod or as soon thereafter as feasible. The electors
shall give due consideration to the recommendations
and statements of qualifications and objections sub-
mitted on behalf of all nominees. A majority of the
electors, with the members of the Board of Control
voting as individuals, may add to the list supplied by
the faculty committee (6.113), after consultation with
the faculty committee. If the electors are unable to
complete the election, they may postpone the election
and request the Board of Control to issue a new call
for nominations.

6.121 Formal Call

The Board of Control of the institution shall
extend the formal call promptly after the election.

6.119 Publication of Election

The name of the person elected shall be published
in the next issue of an official periodical of the Synod.

6.123 Procedure if Call Is Declined

Whenever a call is declined, the chairman shall
promptly call another meeting of the electors, at
which meeting the call may be reissued or another
person be elected from among the remaining candi-
dates or the Board of Control be requested to issue a
new call for candidates.

6.91 Authority and Duties

The president of each of the Synod’s institutions
shall be the spiritual, academic, and administrative
head thereof and shall be the executive officer of the
Board of Control. The Synod, its boards, and its
members shall first of all hold him responsible in all
matters pertaining to the institution. In the exercise
of his office he shall be charged with duties and
vested with authority as follows:

a. Heshallrepresent the institution in its relations
to the Synod and its officers and boards.

b. He shall supervise. direct, and administer the
affairs of the institution in all its departments pur-
suant to the rules and regulations of the Synod and its
boards and agencies, and the policies of the Board of
Control,

c. He shall make pertinent recommendations to
the Board of Control and bring to its attention
matters which require its consideration or decision.

d. He shall be the academic head of the faculty
and preside at its meetings. With the exception of the
standing hearings committee or of another standing
committee to which the functions of such a committee
have been assigned, he shall be an ex-officio member
of the standing committees of the faculty and of its
instructional divisions or departments.

e. He shall periodically visit the classes of pro-
fessors and instructors, observe their efficiency and
the execution of the prescribed curriculum, and in
general secure conformity in teaching efficiency and
subject matter to the standards and policies pre-

f. At a meeting of the Board of Regents held to
elect a president, there shall be present and voting as
electors: the members of the Board of Regents as a
group with one vote (the District President not voting
with the board); the President of the synodical District
or his official representative with a distinct vote: the
President of the Synod or his official representative
with one vote; and the chairman of the Board for
Professional Education or his official representative
with one vote.

g. The election shall be held on the day designated
in the notice published in the official periodical of the
Synod or as soon thereafter as feasible. The electors
shall give due consideration to the recommendations
and statements of qualifications and objections sub-
mitted on behalf of all nominees. A majority of the
electors, with the members of the Board of Regents
now voting as individuals, may add names to any
preferred list supplied by the faculty committee after
consultation with the faculty committee. If the
electors are unable to complete the election, they may
postpone the election and request the Board of
Regents to issue a new call for nominations.

h. The Board of Regents shall extend the formal
call promptly after the election and submit its action
to an official periodical of the Synod for publication.

i. Whenever a call is declined, the chairman shall
promptly call another meeting of the electors, at
which meeting the call may be reissued or another
person be elected from among the remaining candi-
dates, or the Board of Regents may be requested to
issue a new call for candidates.

6.15 Functions

The president of the institution shall be the execu-
tive officer of the Board of Regents and as such serve
as the spiritual, academic, and administrative head
thereof. He shall—

a. represent the institution in its relations to the
Synod and its officers and boards;

b. supervise, direct, and administer the affairs of
the institution and all its departments, pursuant to
the rules and regulations of the Synod and its boards
and agencies, and the policies of the Board of Regents:

c. bring to the attention of the Board of Regents
matters which require consideration or decision and
make pertinent recommendations;

d. be the academic head of the faculty, preside at
its meetings, and be an ex-officio member of all
standing committees of the faculty and its depart-
ments with the exception of the standing hearings
committee or of another standing committee to which
the functions of such a committee have been assigned:

e. periodically visit or cause to be visited the
classes of professors and instructors, and in general
secure conformity in teaching efficiency and subject
matter to the standards and policies prescribed by the
Board of Regents and by the Synod through the