# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S982
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284 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

Interim Adjustment .
In order to introduce this proposed change into our existing
system the Board for Higher Education recommends
That Boards of Control involved in “term of office” adjust-
ments be authorized and directed to designate the incumbents
who shall assume six-year terms and those who shall assume -‘
three-year terms on the effective date of the change of Hand-
book Section 2.07. It is understood that the constitutional
amendment which is recommended in a subsequent section“
must be approved by the regular constitutional change pro- ¥
cedure prior to the effective date of the changes proposed for
Sections 2.07 and 6.21. 7

_ Enabling Resolution for Handbook Sections 6.21 and 2.07.

The proposals to achieve overlapping of the terms of office o
Board of Control members cannot be made effective without a con-
stitutional amendment. The Board for Higher Education recom-
mends therefore that Article X, Section B, 2, be amended so that
the revised section will read (italics indicate changes): .

“The term of service of all officers of Synod shall extend.,
from one regular session of Synod until the next or until their
successors have been elected or appointed and have entered

upon their respective offices. In the case of members of boards, 4

‘commissions, or committees of Synod, however, a longer tenure sal

may be specifically authorized by Synod.”

ACTION
_ This matter was taken care of by Resolution 42 of Committee 6
(Constitutional Matters) to change the Constitution, Art. X, B, 2,
to read: “The time of service of all the officers, boards, and com-
missions shall be fixed by the By-Laws of the Constitution of:
Synod.”
Handbook Section 6.27
In its Centennial Convention, Synod directed its educational
institutions to seek accreditation with regional accrediting agencies
and further directed the Board for Higher Education to assist the ..
colleges and seminaries in their efforts. Our experience in carrying
out this directive indicates two areas in which the examiners have.
reduced the score on general control at our institutions because
of conditions which can quite easily be corrected. These two item:
are the following:
“‘l,.The fact that Board members have a term of three years.
2. The fact that as many as a third of the Board members com
from a single occupational group.
’ We quote the following from the report of one of the examiners :
at River Forest: .

“The score on general control was somewhat reduced be
cause of the fact that Board members have a term of thre