# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S108
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108 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

for Higher Education, has the information necessary to as
a supply and avoid an oversupply of such trained men; we therefo
Endorse the program of granting aid to candidates for pr
fessional service in the Church to do graduate work in prepa:
for such specialized work as teaching in our colleges and sen
inaries; and we .
Recommend to Synod that the Board for Higher Educati
continue the administration of this program; and we further -
Recommend to Synod that instead of inviting Districts.
contribute to the synodical Scholarship Fund, established by the
synodical convention in 1950, Synod instruct the Fiscal Conferen
to place in the budget of Synod an amount adequate to carry ong

this program.
District REPRESENTATIVES FOR STUDENT
Rev. Lewis Ercxuorr, Chairman
Rev. Cart R. Kretzscumar, Secretary

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Reaffirm Resolution re Senior College
Wuereas, The synodical convention of 1950 authorized tHe
proper procedure for the establishment of a Senior College for pig
seminary training; and
Wuereas, The special committee designated by Synod to decid
upon the nature and place of this institution voted, in January,
to establish the Senior College as a new and separate two-ys
institution in the vicinity of Chicago or Milwaukee; and
Wuenreas, This action, based on the exhaustive studies and wé
considered recommendations of the Board for Higher Educai i
offers the best solution to the problem of developing our mini
training program; and
Wuereas, We are disturbed by the fact that since 1950
ment has arisen within Synod to nullify or drastically alter:
decisions of the 1950 convention and of the special co
relative to the Senior College; therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the faculty of Concordia College, Po
go on record as unanimously supporting the plan to establish
Senior College in accordance with the synodical resolutions of
and the recommendations of. the special committee in Janu
1952: and be it further
Resolved, That we urge Synod, at its convention in Houstai
reaffirm its previous decisions concerning the Senior College ami
implement these decisions without delay; and be it further -