# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S983
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 285

years. The fact that there is no overlapping of the terms of
Board members gave the institution a score of zero on this
point. The fact that as many as a third of the Board members
come from a single occupational group still further lowered
the score under the heading of general control. .. .”

This condition could be quite readily corrected and the insti-
© tution would bé well served if the following Handbook adjustments,
& indicated below and in 6.21 and 2.07, were authorized.

4 The Board for Higher Education recommends that Handbook
f. Section 6.27 be adjusted to read as follows:
“6.27 Personnel of Boards for Teachers’ Colleges

“The Boards of Control of teachers’ colleges shall consist of
the President of the synodical District in which the institution
is located, one pastor who is a voting member of Synod, two
teachers who hold membership in a congregation of Synod, and
no less than three Jaymen who hold membership in a congre-
gation of Synod and who reside within reasonable proximity
to the institution. Not more than two of the lay members of
the Board shall be engaged in the same profession or business.
The president of the college shali attend the meetings of the
Board of Control in an advisory capacity.”
a The proposed (above) wording for 6.27 introduces the fol-
# _ lowing changes into the present arrangement:
1. The addition of one teacher to the membership of the Board

of Control.

2. The provision that not more than two of the lay members
shall be engaged in the same profession or business.

ACTION
Upon recommendation of Committee 1, Synod resolved:

Resolution 4

i Wuereas, Synod has directed the educational agencies to seek
accreditation with regional accrediting agencies; and

* Wuereas, It has been discovered that the carrying out of this
* directive has been made unnecessarily difficult because of condi-
tions which can quite easily be corrected; therefore be it

&. Resolved, That Section 6.27 of the synodical Handbook of
.. Section IV (Higher Education) be adjusted to read as follows:

“6.27 Personnel of Boards for Teachers’ Colleges
“The Boards of Control of teachers’ colleges shall consist
of the President of the synodical District in which the insti-
tution is located, one pastor who is a voting member of Synod,
’ two teachers who hold membership in a voting congregation of
Synod, and no fewer than three laymen who are members
in a voting congregation of Synod and who reside within
reasonable proximity of the institution. No more than two of .
the lay members of the Board shall be engaged in the same