# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S228
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250 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

“Upon recommendation of the Board for Higher Education» Bs

If these words are not added, Paragraph 1 will contradict the :
recommendation made to this convention on Faculty Housing :

The Board for. Higher Education recommends further that the
entire Paragraph m be deleted.

If this is not done, Paragraph m will contradict the budgetary
control over maintenance and repair which is recommended jy
another section of this report.

The Board for Higher Education recommends finally that the
remaining paragraphs, following the deleted Paragraph m, be
designed as Paragraphs m, n, 0, p, q, and r, in the order in which
they now appear in the Handbook.

Handbook Section 6.35

In order to bring the provisions of the Handbook into con.
formity with the recommendations made to this convention, the
Board for Higher Education recommends: ;

That Section 6.35 b be adjusted by deleting the following words
at the beginning of line 6 in Section 6.35 b: “the Board of Directors
of Synod in conjunction with.”

‘ Courses in Administration

- During the ‘past triennium a great many advances and changes
have been made in the procedures involved in the administration
of our colleges and seminaries. Many of these adjustments are
reflected in the changes which appear in the revised Handbook.
This trend has been accelerated by Synod’s directive that all
the colleges are to seek regional accreditation at the earliest pos-
sible time and are to undertake adequate preparation prior to
making application for such status. One of the. cardinal principles
involved in seeking accreditation is the establishment of the pres-
ident’s office as the administrative center of the college.
It should be noted also that during the decade beginning in
1940, 71% of the presidencies of our various colleges and sem-
inaries will have received new incumbents. These men have had
no. opportunity. to prepare themselves for such ‘a specialty in our
own synodical schools and have usually been hard pressed to find
the necessary time to begin studies in colleges during their parish
ministry or after the assumption of their new duties. At the same
time, if we are to have a reasonable hope of achieving the accred-
itation of our colleges and seminaries and of securing the full bene-
fits of improved administrational techniques, it will be necessary:
for-us to supply some opportunity for a direct study of the basic
principles of administration and of practical applications of such

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 251

jings for the men who must administer our colleges and sem-
The Board for Higher Education believes that it would be in
the interest of our Church to supply an opportunity for all pres-
idents of colleges and seminaries to study this high specialty under
the best available men in the field. In the Chicago area, Synod
could, if it desired to do so, use its existing facilities at River
Forest as a base of operations for this purpose. In the same area
there would be available nationally recognized men in the field
of college administration as well as a supply of important admin-
istrators of the North Central Association of Colleges and Sec-
ondary Schools. In addition, the most extensive libraries in the .
field are also available in the Chicago area.
Under these circumstances, the Board for Higher Education
recommends
That authorization be granted to arrange, during one of
the summers of the next triennium, for special courses in ad-
ministration, with major emphasis on college administration,

and for special lectures on the North Central Association’s
administrative criteria.

We recommend further

That the presidents of Synod’s 14 colleges and seminaries
be encouraged and urged to participate in such courses if and
when they are made available.

We recommend finally

That an appropriation of no less than $4,500 b d
available to the Board for Higher Education * order to. de.
fray a part of the costs involved.

. Summer Schools

According to the regulations which appear in Handbook Sec-
tion 6.161 d, only the “seminary at St. Louis and the teachers’ col-
leges are authorized to conduct summer schools.” These summer

schools are to be conducted “under the direction of the respecti
ctive

Board of Control and faculty.” — au
At River Forest a summer school has been conducted annually
since 1932. Seward has served Synod continuously in this way
since 1936. With their programs the teachers’ colleges have been
able to reach many hundreds of students for emergency training,
and they have also, at the same time, carried forward extensive
Programs of in-service training for pastors and teachers in such
summer schools. In some cases, members of the faculties at the

theological seminaries have been utilized for these purposes. —
Although they are not officially authorized to do so, some of
the preparatory institutions have also set up summer schools in