# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S164 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 164 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES Recommends, further, that in all cases involving appointr (instead of calls), such credits or refunds equal to the total paid for two years of training shall be made, upon request, completion of a minimum of two consecutive years in the of the Church; that the tuition paid for the third year of be refunded after the third year (not necessarily consecutiv service; and that identical provision be made for refund o fourth year of tuition paid; with the provision, however, th: tuition refunds shall be made subsequent to a period of ten after the graduate has entered the profession for the first a presumably permanent appointment; and with the further vision that a full refund of all tuitions paid shall be made to appointees immediately upon completion of the first two period of service; and the Board Recommends, further, that all tuition funds collected b colleges be forwarded to the Treasurer of Synod for impoundg and the Board ; Recommends, further, that complete records of tuitio lected and remitted be furnished to the Board for Higher tion as a part of the annual reports which the Board receiv colleges and seminaries, so that refunds may be authorized Board on the basis of these records; and the Board Recommends, further, that this arrangement supersedi existing special arrangement with individual institutions wii gard to tuition payments; and this Board Recommends, further, that the new plan become effecti ‘all students at the colleges and seminaries beginning in Se ber, 1954; and the Board Recommends, further, that all tuition fees collected fro dents be impounded by Synod’s Treasurer and that all such which are not subject to request for return in cash or credits be reserved for assignment by the Board for Higher! cation in establishing or supplementing Student Loan i Synod’s colleges and seminaries; in financing scholars selected students who are able and willing to qualify then for teaching appointments in Synod’s colleges and seminal] assistants or instructors in specialized fields; and in financi services and projects for which funds are. not included. regular budget for higher education; and the Board Recommends, finally, that all funds in the tuition resé administered by the Board for Higher Education in acco with the policies (6.146a) now applicable to funds included regular budget for higher education.