# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S995
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 297

b. The Board for Higher Education be directed to assist these
schools in the use of their campuses for such purposes by
helping to secure personnel, by assisting in the preparation
of an adequate program where possible, by co-ordinating
the programs of the various institutions, and by assisting
these schools financially where that becomes necessary.

c. An appropriation of $5,000 be placed at the disposal of the
Board for Higher Education for this purpose annually during
the next triennium, .

Budget Allocations for Building

“i Synod now has in its system of colleges and seminaries no less
% than 110 buildings exclusive of 140 faculty residences. These build-
ings range in age from one to one hundred years.

It is perfectly obvious that such an extensive system of build-
ings devoted to the cause of higher education will continue to re-
quire replacement and expansion. In its Centennial Convention,
;; Synod had before it requests which totaled more than five million
F dollars for construction on the various campuses. In addition, the
ocal areas were undertaking during the past five years an addi-
. ‘tional construction of approximately two million dollars. At the
. ‘time of the Centennial Convention, when it was faced with urgent
.. requests for such a large sum of money, Synod found itself without
:. any available funds for the requested replacement of obsolete facil-
, ities or the construction of new ones.

E Because this situation has always obtained when requests for
E building funds were made, Synod has followed the practice of
A raising a special collection whenever additional construction or
;, replacement was.required in its educational system.

3 Since it is known now that additional expenditures will con-
E. tinue to be made for such purposes, the Board for Higher Edu-
F cation recommends recognition of this fact and recommends
That Synod authorize an annual allocation in the amount

of $250,000 from its regular budget to be placed in a college
and seminary building fund.

The Board for Higher Education recommends further

That disbursement from these accumulated funds be made
only triennially after approval of specific projects by the Synod,
upon recommendation of the Board for Higher Education, as

‘ provided in Section 6.143 of the present Handbook.

ACTION
Committee 1 brought in the following resolution:

Resolution 28

a Wuereas, The suggestions of our Board for Higher Education
; to allocate annually an amount of $250,000 from Synod’s budget
& as a “college and seminary building fund” touches upon an area