# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1012
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814 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

Resolution 39 ;
. Wuereas, No provision exists to assist talented foreign students
who desire to enter -Synod’s educational institutions. and who
qualify for aid; and a

Wuereas, Only a very unsatisfactory arrangement exists to
assist the sons and daughters of our foreign missionaries who
desire to enter Synod’s educational institutions and who qualify
for aid; and ©

Wuereas, It is becoming increasingly necessary in view of the
enlarged teaching staffs at our educational institutions and the
expanding curricula to assist qualified persons in the pursuit of
graduate studies which will be of benefit to the Church in its
educational program; therefore be it

Resolved, 1. That Synod supplement the undergraduate Student
Aid Funds of. the Districts by the establishment of a $10,000
scholarship fund to assist qualified foreign students in Synod’s
colleges and seminaries, to assist the sons and daughters of Synod’s
foreign missionaries if they qualify for aid, and to assist qualified
persons in the pursuit of graduate studies which will be of direct
benefit to the Church in its educational program.

2, That such a Synodical Scholarship Fund be accumulated by
inviting each District of Synod to budget and to remit $250, or $500,
as the District may elect, to Synod’s Treasurer during the course
of the District’s next fiscal year and in each subsequent year.

3. That the Board for Higher Education be authorized to admin-
ister such scholarship funds on the basis of criteria which it shall
prepare and which shall become effective only upon approval of
the synodical Praesidium and the District Presidents of Synod.

Re: Reassignment of Budget Item from Board for Higher
Education to Board for Home Missions in North and
South America
Resolution 59

Wuereas, The Board for Higher Education assumes respon-

sibility for the administration of the educational budget in North
America only; and , :

Wuereas, The South American educational institutions are
under the direct supervision of Synod’s Board of Directors and
the Board for Home Missions in North and South America; and

Wuereas, All other educational institutions outside of North
America are administered by the respective Mission Boards; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the funds for our South American educational

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