# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S166
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166 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

are contributed by the Districts and that there is, therefor
need for this special arrangement.
Since the Advanced Scholarship Fund constitutes Synod’s |
source for guiding selected pastors and teachers into areas off
vanced preparation for future service on Synod’s faculties,
since it is, also, the only source of support for sons and daugl
of missionaries in foreign lands who wish to study for full-
service in the Church, the Board for Higher Education no
Recommends that Synod authorize the inclusion of such a {
in the amount of $10,000, in the annual budgets assigned
Board for Higher Education; and the Board
Recommends, further, that funds assigned to this p
through the Fiscal Conference be administered in the manner
applying to other budgeted funds assigned to the Board for Hi
Education; and the Board
Recommends, finally, that the purpose of this fund be
ficiently broadened to enable the Board to assign funds, wher
dicated, to members of Synod’s present teaching staffs as well
to men not serving in that capacity.

Lutheran High School Scholarships
In its 1950 convention, Synod authorized the establishme
synodical scholarships which pay $100 annually to students
enroll in Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind., or in one o
teachers’ colleges after graduation from a Lutheran high s
The scholarship grant is available to graduates for as many
as the student has attended a Lutheran high school.
Under present regulations mere graduation from a Luthg
high school does not guarantee admission at a synodical collam
The grants are determined on the basis of recommendationg
data furnished by both the high school and the college ad
tions. Renewals are dependent upon satisfactory work and
duct on the part of the student. Academic or disciplinary prol
automatically terminates the grant. -
Since the scholarship was designed to insure an adedg
supply of students for the Fort Wayne experimental progranig
an adequate supply of male students at River Forest and Se
the Board for Higher Education feels that it will be appro
for this convention to examine Synod’s experience durin;
triennium. ; . “9
At this time the enrollments at Fort Wayne under thy
plan are so high (including students from non-Lutheran
schools) that it has been necessary to place restrictions 9
number of graduates which may be sent to the St. Louis Sem
These restrictions are placed in order to keep the Fort |