# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S969
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 271

; Accordingly, at the directive of Synod the ranking provisions
F. approved by the Centennial Convention were applied only to the
4 faculties of all preparatory schools and teachers’ colleges. The
# 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-
E vention of Synod.”

3 The Board, herewith, conveys its findings. A study of the
; seminary procedures shows that these schools cannot be best
served 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
d of flexibility in the system of securing instructional services. Such
f 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
F in an actual teaching situation prior to assigning full-time or life-
F time positions; and, finally, experience shows that from time to
e. time temporary services are required by the various professional
4 schools (missions, clinical training, etc.) that are a part of seminary
F 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
r ©. E. Feucht, or of Pastor Wm. H. Hillmer’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 be
composed of those administrative officials and teachers who
are called by the electors or who are appointed by the Board
of Control. Four classifications shall receive official recognition.
“a, Fellows: They shall be appointed by the Board of Control
upon recommendation of the President of the institution
and shall be recruited primarily from the ranks of the.