# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S162
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162 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

gregation or in a parish school, in which case no restriction’
length of prior service in an educational institution shall apply.

The Board for Higher Education ;
Recommends, further, that the same procedures be app!
when a college wishes to call a professor or associate profes
from another school; with the provision, however, that actual
fers may be completed only between June 1 and September 1
the Board for Higher Education
Recommends, further, that whatever actions Synod may t

in this matter become effective on September 1, 1953; and the Bo:
for Higher Education
Recommends, finally, that it be directed to formulate n
adjusted Handbook sections to reflect whatever action Synod ‘my
take in this matter.
Tuition

A. Since the cost of education continues to rise, and
Synod has made no adjustment in its tuition charges to non-p
fessional students in more than 15 years, your Board again ¢
attention to the need for review of this policy and
Recommends that tuition charges for non-professional stud

be fixed at $80 per year for high school students and $120 per
for college students; and your Board
Recommends, further, that this adjustment be made eff

for all such students after July 1, 1954.
B. For the past several years the Board for Higher Educa

has been compiling data on losses of students at the colleges}
this area the Board’s interest centers particularly upon the
ber of losses among students who are classified as theological
teacher-training students.
It is well known that Synod currently follows the polic¢
making no tuition charge to students who classify themsel
trainees for full-time professional service in the Church. P
arrangements require such students to make an annual Decla
of Professional Intent which is signed by the parents, the. hi
pastor, the college president, and the student. Such declaratio
basic to the decision to waive tuition charges. They are used
in the case of male students, as primary evidence in the dl
cation of men for draft purposes.
During the past year a total of approximately 300 stu
who were classified as trainees for full-time professional
in the Church are listed under “Student Losses” in the
reports which the Board receives from the colleges and sen
This figure does not include “losses” at the St. Louis Seminar
The current policy requires the college to assign and to at