# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S183
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 183

person best qualified for the position to be filled,” since
plication of the statement might conceivably bring some
> general welfare of other important areas of church
dingly, the Board for Higher Education

ted from” in line 6, the words “the list of candidates as
sroposed by the President or as amended by him after
ent with the electors, as the case may be”; and the
Higher Education
nmends, further, that the words “among the candidates”
and 7 be deleted; and the Board for Higher Education
mends, finally, that.the following sentence be added after
f.the current statement: “All elections are to be con-
ith due regard for the welfare of other institutions or of
ricies of Synod.”
revised Section 6.117 will then read: “The election shall
the day designated in the notice published in the official
of Synod or as soon thereafter as feasible; and after
ation of the recommendations and statements of quali-
submitted on behalf of all nominees or objections to any,
all be elected from the list of candidates as originally
1 by the President or as amended by him after mutual
with the electors, as the case may be, that person best
for the position to be filled, or the Board of Control shall
ed to issue a new call for candidates. All elections shall
ected with due regard for the welfare of other institutions
: agencies of Synod.”

Handbook Section 6.129 ;
ew Section 6.129 should be added on advancing instructors
tant professors and on transferring associate professors

ors from one institution to another if Synod adopts the
dations of the Board made in another section of this

Handbook Section 6.145 ¢ _

xperience of your Board with the administration of
c of this provision shows that the estimate of 25 per cent
rve to cover contingencies in this area is unnecessarily
“apparent, also, that very wide fluctuations in the require-
this area occur from year to year.

e the experience of an entire century clearly indicates the
of accumulating some funds to meet larger emergency
without exceeding the budget for the year, your Board
also, that the provisions incorporated in the additional
hs d and e will contribute to Synod’s welfare. Accordingly,

ends that Section 6.117 be clarified by adding, after the.