# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S111
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES . 107

ight terminate the call of its pastor at the age of 70 and be

equal al in citing Syod’s example as a precedent.
inst Members of at least one synodical board have passed the

limit set for Synod’s professors, although that very board re-
age has dealings with Synod’s professors. This is right and
ana the light of Scripture. But why apply a man-made ruling
ay to professors?

From what has been said above it follows that no man in pos-

ion of a permanent divine call can have his call terminated and
hee ed on a temporary, year-to-year basis to please our Lord
nt Savior merely because he has attained a certain age.

Therefore it is our urgent request that Synod, in convention
assembled, reconsider its regulation regarding the retirement of
professors and re-study the whole matter in the light of Scripture.

Tue Facutry or Concorpra CoLiecr
Fort, Wayne, Ind.
Ernest C. LewereEnz, Secretary

ne] Repeal Ranking of Professors

The 1947 convention of our Synod adopted certain resolutions
for the ranking of teachers at our Synod’s institutions of higher
learning, setting up four ranks in the teaching staff: assistant, in-
structor, associate professor, and professor. The faculty of Con-
cordia College of St. Paul, Minn., hereby respectfully petitions
Synod at its 1950 convention to rescind and repeal all its 1947
resolutions pertaining to the distinction between professor and
associate professor in our junior colleges and high schools. We’
submit the following reasons for our petition,

I. The proposal of the Board for Higher Education which re-
sulted in the adoption of the rules pertaining to the ranking of the
teaching staff makes the following admission:

“Practically all church and secular institutions of. higher
learning apply the principle of ranking to their teaching staffs.
The policy does not extend generally to the high school level,
nor do junior college faculties usually distinguish four ranks
as do the universities and senior colleges.” (Proceedings of the
Fortieth Regular Convention of the Ev. Lutheran Synod of
Missouri, Ohio and Other States, p. 213.)

I. The American Association of Teachers Colleges made a
Survey of this entire matter in 1946 and found that out of 111 col-
leges Teporting, fully 32 do not rank their teaching staff (Bosley,
Howard Elmer, Ph. D., The Administration of Faculty Personnel in
State Teachers Colleges, p.21). We submit that 32 out of 111 con-