# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S996
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298 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

which is not immediately within the province of Committee
therefore be it :

Resolved, That this matter be submitted for consideration to 4
the Committee on Finances, Committee 11, with the notation that.d a
Memorials 808 and 809 refer to related matters.

Committee 11 then reported as follows:

Resolution 21

Your Committee has studied this matter referred to it by
resolution of this convention and finds that the plan to set up
a fund from budget receipts for building purposes has much merit:
therefore, your Committee makes the following recommendation:

Wuereas, A large collection for our educational building is
contemplated during the present triennium; therefore be it
Resolved, That we do not consider this recommendation ° a
present; and be it furthermore

Resolved, That the Board of Directors be instructed to study:
this plan with regard to its feasibility and with regard to th
ultimate goal toward establishing a unified budget which woul
reduce the needs for special drives and make a report to the
next convention of Synod.

This recommendation was adopted.

Tuition _
It has been traditional for Synod to charge no tuition to stu
dents who are preparing for the ministry or the teaching profession, ,
During the early days of Synod’s educational activities, the:
general body was able to pay all of the costs of operating the insti
tutions except the cost of board. Accordingly, the only fee which a
was paid by the student was a fixed charge for board. Students also a
purchased their own books and personal supplies, of course. Pe
Within the last two decades the educational system has ha
to expand to such an extent that it is no longer possible for Synod
to bear all the costs of operation at a given institution. The cos
of engineering services, the cost of janitorial services, the cost o:
most utilities (except fuel), much of the cost of administratio
(office expense, secretaries, bookkeepers), and much of the co
of upkeep of grounds, drainage, landscaping, pavement of drives
and many other extensive operating expenses of the institutior
have to be born locally out of funds collected from the studen’
themselves or from supporting agencies in the vicinity of th
college.

The sums collected for these purposes are necessarily mount