# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S980
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282 . SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

ciples involved in Handbook Section 6.91 have yet been
embodied in the practice of . .. cd
“The confusion in the examiner’s mind with respect |
what the regulations of. the Synod actually are grew out.
reading Sections 6.39 of the synodical Handbook along with
statements quoted above. Paragraph b in particular of Sec
tion 6.39 caused most of the confusion, but d, e, and f added
to it...

to the Board,’ the institution would have scored so low on
general control that grave questions might have been raised
to whether its general administrative setup justified accredita-.
tion. The major problem here appears to be one of clarifying
the regulations in the Handbook and bringing the actions of
the local board into full accord with the principles of uni
control, which in at least one section of the Handbook are
clearly stated. Unless this matter is cleared up, an examiner
might consider himself justified in rating the college at the.
3d percentile on general control instead of at the 20th as
this report.”

The above quotations are taken from an examination made by 3
a former high official of the North Central Association at the direc
tion of the Board for Higher Education. In the official examination:
at River Forest the new system of accounting and budgetary control
was highly praised and rated, but the “general control” (admin-
istrative relation to Synod) was rated at only the 38th percentile.
The essence of the problem is to make the necessary adjustments
in the Handbook so that the acceptance of the following three
principles of sound educational administration and control will
be clearly reflected:

1, That the president will clearly be the only executive officer
(unit control) of ‘the Board of Control and that no direct
management or executive operations are undertaken by
such Boards.

2. That the local Board of Control have a single channel of
communication (unit control) also at the synodical level.
This would not obviate, by any means, the possibility of
reference by the Board for Higher Education to any other
Boards, units, or officers designated by Synod, but the essen-
tial point is that all channels from the institution to Synod
will lead directly through a single responsible board and
that all communications and administrative channels from
Synod to the institution will likewise lead through the same
single board to the executive officer of the college.

3. That the local Board of Control have discretionary and
administrative responsibility within the limits of the budget
assigned to the institution.