# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S219
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232 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

words “four ranks” in line 5 be deleted and the words “five classig.
cations” be substituted.
The Board for Higher Education recommends further that the

designation “assistants” in Paragraph a be deleted and that the

term Student Assistants be inserted as the title of Paragraph 9

The Board for Higher Education recommends further that no
faculty “rank” be attached to the classification “Student Assistant”

The Board for Higher Education recommends further that the
following insertion be made after the word “seminaries” in the
fifth from the last line of Section 6.51, Paragraph b: “Instructors
may be advanced to the rank of assistant professor by the local
Board of Control, with the consent of the Board for Higher Educa.
tion, without extending a call.”

The Board for Higher Education recommends further that
the words “or assistant professor” be added at the end of Para.
graph b, Section 6.51.

The Board for Higher Education recommends further that
the present Paragraph c of 6.51 be designated as Paragraph d.

The Board for Higher Education recommends further that
the present Paragraph d of 6.51 be designated as Paragraph e.

The Board for Higher Education recommends finally that the
following wording be approved as a new section, to be known as
Paragraph c of Section 6.51:

“6.51 ¢. Assistant Professors

This classification shall be related to the faculty and to the
administration of the institution in a manner identical with the
relationship established for instructors, except in the following
matters:

“1. The tenure of an appointment to an assistant professorship

shall be four years.
“2. Separate salary schedules shall apply to assistant professors.
“3. If there is no intent to renew the appointment, notice of

the fact shall be conveyed to the personnel involved no —

later than one year prior to the date of termination of
the current appointment.

“4, Assistant professors may transfer to other synodical institu-
tions on the basis of appointments made by the Board of
Control of the college or seminary involved.”

Handbook Section 6.52 (New)
When the recommendations on faculty ranking were conveyed
to the Centennial Convention, the Board for Higher Education

indicated that the system commonly used at liberal arts colleges
would not be entirely suitable for our theological seminaries.

Accordingly, at the directive of Synod the ranking provisions ‘

approved by the Centennial Convention were applied only to the
faculties of all preparatory schools and teacher colleges. The

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1947 resolutions also direct the Board “to study the possibilities
of applying similar arrangements to the faculties of the seminaries
and to report its findings and recommendations to the next con-
yention of Synod.”

The Board, herewith, conveys its findings. A study of the
seminary procedures shows that these schools cannot be best

ed by a system which is entirely rigid insofar as it recognizes
only the type of teaching position which involves permanent tenure.
A fundamental requirement for effective operation is some degree
of flexibility in the system of securing instructional services. Such
flexibility is needed because fluctuations in enrollment may require
temporary staff adjustments; particular needs may be better served
by the appointment of special lecturers; in some cases training men
for our faculties requires an opportunity to observe such personnel
in an actual teaching situation prior to assigning full-time or life-
time positions; and, finally, experience shows that from time to
time temporary services are required by the various professional
schools (missions, clinical training, etc.) that are a part of seminary
operation. We think, for example, of the Possibility of bringing in
a series of successful parish ministers to lecture on today’s prob-
lems and techniques in courses in pastoral theology, or of the
Bible workshop recently given for graduate students by Pastor
0. E. Feucht, or of Pastor Wm. H. Hilmer’s course in evangelism,
or of other practical and theoretical contributions which needs and
circumstances may suggest.

The professional seminary also needs a different set of ad-
ministrative officers than the average liberal arts college. We
include, therefore, a listing of the recognized administrative
positions. It should be understood, of course, that the listing is
permissive and that it is not required by the proposed Handbook
section that any or every listed position be filled.

The Board for Higher Education recommends that modified
ranking provisions to apply to the theological seminaries be listed
in the Handbook as Section 6.52. We recommend the following
content for this section:

6.52. Members of Teaching Staff at Seminaries

“At the theological seminaries the teaching staff shall
composed of those administrative officials and teachers Ee

a. Fellows: They shall be appointed by the Boar
upon recommendation of the president of ore masentral
and shall be recruited primarily from the ranks of the

_ Braduate students. The original appointment shall be for
one year and may be renewed by the Board of Control for
a second year. There shall be no additional appointments,