# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1032
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884 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

Therefore it is our urgent request that Synod, in convention
assembled, reconsider its regulation regarding the retirement of aa
professors and re-study the whole matter in the light of Scripture,

THe Facurry or Concorpra Cotte
Fort, Wayne, Ind. a
Ernest C. Lewerenz, Secretary 4

ACTION
Upon recommendation of Committee 1, Synod resolved:

; Resolution 46
Wuereas, The assertion that Synod’s resolution of 1944 regard-
ing the retirement of professors at the age of seventy violates the
doctrine of the call appears untenable to your Committee; and

Wuereas, The Board for Higher Education has called attention
to the necessity of applying the rules which govern this matter
with deep regard for the older men now serving in our institutions;
therefore be it

Resolved, That Synod decline to reverse its position as stated
in Section 6.79 of the synodical Handbook. Y

Norge.— See action on Section 6.79 of the Handbook under Sec-
tion “F” of the Report of the Board for Higher Education. ;

Repeal Ranking of Professors
(Memorial 146)

The 1947 convention of our Synod adopted certain resolutions:
for the ranking of teachers at our Synod’s institutions of higher
learning, setting up four ranks in the teaching staff: assistant, in--
structor, associate professor, and professor. The faculty of Con- _ r
cordia College of St.Paul, Minn., hereby respectfully petitions
Synod at its 1950 convention to rescind and repeal all its 1947
resolutions pertaining to the distinction between professor and
associate professor in our junior colleges and high schools. We
submit the following reasons for our petition.

I. The proposal of the Board for Higher Education which re-
sulted in the adoption of the rules pertaining to the ranking of the
teaching staff makes the following admission:

“Practically all church and secular institutions of higher 4
learning apply the principle of ranking to their teaching staffs. .g
The policy does not extend generally to the high school level;
nor do junior college faculties usually distinguish four ranks
as do the universities and senior colleges.” (Proceedings of the
Fortieth Regular Convention of the Ev. Lutheran Synod of
Missouri, Ohio and Other States, p. 213.) ny
II, The American Association of Teachers Colleges made a

survey of this entire matter in 1946 and found that out of 111 col-