# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S231
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

256 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

construction of such housing continues to be justified as
right gift from the Church.

However, it is difficult to justify having Synod carry the total
cost of the maintenance of such quarters without assessing agai
the students who live in them, any charge for costs occasioned
(normal maintenance) by their use of these living q
furnished by Synod. (Students do pay for operation of the build.
ings and for some of the utilities).

We estimate that the following proposal would produce annual
revenue approximating $150,000 and that this sum would be suffi.
cient to cover approximately 50% of normal maintenance and
repair expenditures throughout our system of educational instity.
tions. The Board for Higher Education recommends therefore

‘That a charge of $25.00 per semester be assessed against
every student in residence in a synodical institution.

We recommend further

That the accumulation of such fees be classified in a new
and separate account on the books of the ‘institution and that
such income be used exclusively for maintenance and repair of
college buildings and for replacement of equipment.
We recommend further ‘

That proposals for expenditures from this account be ine
cluded in the annual budgets and processed in accordance with
the provisions of Sections 6.145 and 6.146 of the Handbook.

We recommend further
That the Board for Higher Education be authorized, when
reviewing annual budgets (6.145 and 6.146), to transfer excess
funds from one institution to other institutions, if such excess
funds accumulate at a given institution.
We recommend further

That a fee of $12.50 per semester be charged to all non-
dormitory students.

We recommend further

That these fees be made effective by the institutions on and’
after September 1, 1951.

We recommend further

That, as the hew accounting system shows classifications
of cost, the institutions be held to make the routine operation
of auxiliary enterprises (including dormitory and dining rooms)
a self-financing procedure.
We recommend finally

That the Board for Higher Education be authorized and

. directed to abolish or to adjust any or all of these: fees at a
given institution if their application affects enrollment ad-
versely or if other local circumstances and conditions indicate
that such action is in the best interest of Synod.

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Music Fees
The Board for Higher Education recommends

That all music students who are enrolled in applied music
courses pay a fee of $5.00 per semester for piano and $10.00 per
semester for organ use.

We recommend further

That these funds be reserved in a new and separate syn-
odical account for equipment and maintenance of musical in-
struments at the institutions involved.

We recommend finally

That proposals for expenditures from this account be in-
cluded in the annual budgets and processed in accordance with
the provisions of Sections 6.145 and 6.146 of the Handbook.

Faculty Housing

For many years, Synod has followed the traditional policy of
providing faculty housing on the campuses of our colleges and
seminaries. The conditions which have obtained during the past
ten years make it appear advisable to re-examine this policy.

The following advantages appear to attach to the present
policy:

1. The policy assures some available housing in times of

shortages.

2. The policy makes it easier for faculty personnel to accept
calls since moving involves no real estate problems which
require attention.

3. The policy contributes‘to the convenience of faculty per-
sonnel and results in a considerable saving of travel time
(from and to the campus).

The disadvantages of an inflexible policy are more numerous:

1. The capital investments in faculty housing are considerable.

2. The maintenance and repair costs continue to increase in
direct ratio to age.

3. Synod now owns a fonsiderable number of houses. These
range in age from years to 100 years. Many of
ought to be modernized. ” ¥ of these

4. It is most difficult to anticipate or to meet the varying needs
of successive occupants.

5. The policy of placing faculty
the school and of grouping
close to each other has
on the staff.

6. The policy creates a situation which is a ve
k ; ry frequent ca’
hed jcificulty in connection with the synodical ‘retirement
icy.
There are, naturally, varying local conditions and needs in
4 system of 14 geographically scattered and variously typed insti-

housing in close proximity to
faculty members and families
not always contributed to harmony

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