# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1129
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558 CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

We therefore respectfully request Synod, in its convention of
1950, to authorize this change of name.

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ArtHuR H. Raascu, Chairman
Cart F. Nrrz, Secretary

ACTION
Upon recommendation of Committee 6, Synod resolved:

Resolution 38

Wuereas, Pursuant to an enabling resolution passed at the
1947 synodical convention, the Board for Higher Education in con-
junction with the synodical Board of Directors has authorized the
introduction of a junior college program at our Portland Con-
cordia; and

Wuereas, The Board of Control of Concordia Academy, in
a meeting on May 12, 1950, resolved to change the name of this
institution from Concordia Academy to Concordia College; be it
therefore

Resolved, That Synod ratify this change of name.

Protesting a Candidacy for a Professorship
(Handbook, Section 6115. Unprinted Memorial 64)

ACTION
Concerning this matter, Committee 6 brought in the following
resolution, which was adopted by Synod:

Resolution 39

Wuereas, This memorial calls your Committee’s: attention to
certain dissatisfactions in connection with a candidacy for a pro-
fessorship which have been voiced in our midst; and

Wuereas, Your Committee is of the opinion, after giving this
matter thorough consideration, that a sentence should be added
to Section 6.115; be it therefore

Resolved, That By-Laws, Section 6.115, be made to read as
follows: “Additional recommendations and statements of qualifica-
. tions of any nominees, or objections to any nominee with reasons
therefor, must be filed with the secretary of the Board of Control
before the time fixed for the election. In the event that the charge
of false doctrine or offensive life is registered, the Board of Elec-
tors shall be held to investigate and reach a decision on such

CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS 559

: Jrregularity Regarding the Calling of Candidates
by the St. Louis Board of Electors
(Unprinted Memorial 66)

Wuereas, Section 6.117 of the Handbook says regarding the
election of professors: “The election shall be held on the day
designated in the notice published in the official publications of
Synod; and after due consideration of the recommendations and
statements of qualifications submitted on behalf of any candidate,
or objections to any candidate, there shall be elected from among
the candidates that person best qualified for the position to be
filled, or the Board of Control shall be requested to issue a new
call for candidates”; and

WueEreas, The directive of Synod, that the Board of Control
shall be requested to issue a new call for candidates when the
Board of Electors does not elect from the nominated candidates,
was observed in a meeting of the St.Louis Board of Electors on
February 9, 1949 (cf. Lutheran Witness, February 22, 1949,
p. 63); and

Wuereas, A call for candidates by the St. Louis Board of Con-
trol for the professorship of Systematic Theology, particularly
Symbolics and Dogmatics, was published in the Lutheran Witness,
April 5, 1949, p.114; and

Wuereas, A list of candidates nominated by congregations was
published in the Lutheran Witness, May 31, 1949, p. 187, and the
day of election was set for June 18, 1949; and

Wuereas, Objection was raised against the candidacy of an
individual nominated for that professorship; and

Wuereas, The Boasd of Electors could not agree to call a candi-
date from among those nominated for that professorship; and

Wuereas, The Board of Electors therefore did not carry
through its published intention of calling a professor, as authorized
by Synod, and thus nullified the efforts of congregations which
nominated candidates and at the same time discouraged them from
exercising the rights and duties which Synod urges them to exer-
cise; and

Wuereas, The Board of Electors, in place of the procedure
which it had properly and officially inaugurated, “suggested to the
Board of Control with the consent of the Board for Higher Edu-
cation to engage an instructor to take care of the present emer-
gency” (cf. Lutheran Witness, July 12, 1949, p. 235); and

Wuereas, Upon recommendation of the president of the

charge before proceeding with the election,” St. Louis Seminary, that individual against whose election objec-
e election. ,

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