# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S970
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

graduate 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,

beyond the second year, for fellows. Personnel in this 3

classification shall be placed under the direct supervision
of an individual professor and shall at the same time be a
enrolled as resident students in the graduate school. Per- |

' sonnel in this classification shall not participate in faculty a

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meetings, nor shall such personnel hold any administrative
office in the institution.

Instructors: They shall be appointed by the Board of Con-
trol. Such appointment shall be for two-year terms and
may be renewed in the manner prescribed for the original
appointment. Whenever an appointment to an instructor-
ship is contemplated, the President of the institution shall
make the recommendation to the Board of Control; how-
ever, at a time sufficiently prior to final notification of
appointment, the names and qualifications of persons pro= 3
posed for appointment to seminary instructorships shall be -
submitted to the entire membership of the electoral board,
as constituted in Handbook Section 6.101, so that there will
be an opportunity for such members to express any pos-
sible dissent. There shall be no restriction on the number.
of reappointments which may be offered to an instructor;
however, if reappointment is not contemplated, the Board
of Control shall so notify the instructor six months prior
to the expiration of the current appointment. Instructors
shall be held to attend regular faculty meetings as advisory
members upon the call of the President. They shall not
be entitled to vote. .

. Special Lécturers: They shall be appointed for specified

series of lectures or as assistants in specified courses by
the Board of Control upon recommendation of the President.
The original appointment shall not exceed one semester in
tenure and may be renewed only once. Extension of tenure
beyond a total of two semesters shall require the prior
consent of the Board for Higher Education. Special lecturers
shall be ranked as visiting instructors and shall not, accord-
ingly, participate in faculty meetings or in any administra-
tive activity.

Professors: They shall be nominated, elected, and called

in accordance with the synodical regulations governing “4

nomination, election, and calling of professors as prescribed a
in Section E of the Handbook, under. the title ‘Elections. 4

. At the theological seminaries the following administrative

positions may be created and filled by the local Board of
Control with the prior consent of the Board for Higher
Education: academic dean, dean of men, dean of the
graduate school, dean of the school of missions, dean of
correspondence school, registrar {if he functions as admis-
sions officer), librarian, and placement officer. Appoint-
ments to these executive positions are to be made or
terminated by the Board of Control upon recommendation
of the President of the institution. Under ordinary circum-