# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S964
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

266 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

also that the first sentence in the present Section f repeats
the directive given in Section b of this same section. oe

And, the Board for Higher Education recommends finally:

That the deleted Paragraph f be replaced by a new Para-
graph f with the following wording:

“The Board of Control shall discharge its responsibility
through its executive officer, cf. 6.31.”

so that the revised sections of 6.39 will read:

“6.39 General Functions and Duties

“a, The Board of Control shall carry out the educational pro-
gram and the curriculum approved by the Board for Higher..
Education for the respective institution; and in order to
make certain that the work of the institution is carried on
effectively and in the spirit of, and in accordance with, the
theological and academic standards of Synod, it shall require
regular reports from the President of the institution, or
make personal visits, or both.

“b, The Board of Control shall be responsible for the condition
of the physical property of its respective institution’ and
shall operate, manage, control, and supervise the property,
grounds, buildings, and equipment, and maintain the same
in good repair and efficiency.

c. No change.

“d. The Board of Control shall be responsible for the efficient .
business administration of its respective institution, in ac-
cordance with such methods of accounting as may be pre-
scribed by the Board for Higher Education.

e. No change.

“f, The Board of Control shall discharge its responsibility ,

through its executive officer, cf. 6.31.”

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ACTION
Upon recommendation of Committee 1, Synod resolved:

Resolution 11

Wuereas, The accreditation of some of our synodical institue
tions is made unnecessarily difficult because Section 6.39 as now y
written creates an impression which is contrary to the principle | :
of unit control, which is considered to be in accord with “the bes’
American practice”; ‘therefore be it

Resolved, That Paragraph 6.39 be made to read as follows:

“a, The Board of Control shall carry out the educational pro-
gram and the curriculum approved by the Board for Higher
Education for the respective institution; and in order to |
make certain that the work of the institution is carried on
effectively and in the spirit of, and in accordance with, the
theological and academic standards of Synod, it shall require
regular reports from the Président of the institution, or
make personal visits, or both. '