# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S975
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164 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 165

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Be ” WHEREAS, It is highly desirable and helpful to maintain regular
contacts and exchange information between District student aid .
gdministrators; and
WHEREAS, The matter of grants-in-aid to students preparing
‘service in the Church belongs to the area of the synodical
ard for Higher Education; we therefore
'” Recommend that the Board for Higher Education be authorized
establish under its jurisdiction a clearinghouse for information
vd suggestions relative to the District student aid program and
to gather and make available application forms, statistical data,
and other pertinent materials.

Higher Education, has the information necessary to assure
and avoid an oversupply of such trained men; therefore wee
; Endorse the program of granting aid to candidates for
Sional service in the Church to do graduate work in prepa
such specialized work as teaching in our colleges and se: ae for
- and we *s;
Recommend to Synod that the Board for Higher kg

continue the administration of this program; and we further ton
Recommend to Synod that the Fiscal Conference be j

to place into the budget of Synod an amount ad
out this program, . THe Wastes De ‘°
TRICT

T. A. WEINHOLD, President 2
Watrer J. Warneck, Secretary Wueneas, The Districts of the Church exercise complete control
ACTION over raising and. expending funds to provide assistance for future
Committee 1 recommended, and Synod resolved: professional workers in the Church; and
: Wuereas, There is a wide variation in the practical adminis-
Resolution 61 tration of the student aid program among the Districts; and
disp wed wt Ey adapter eomed te in this memorial has been Wuereas, Increased uniformity of practices in administering
(see page 166, R “and M. solu on on Advanced Scholarships student aid would be helpful to District student aid administrators,
P , fveports a emorials) ; therefore be it to the colleges of the Church where supported students are enrolled,
Resolved, That we take no further action on this memorial. and to the more efficient conduct of the work of the church at
large; we therefore
District Student Aid Recommend that the Districts be asked to adopt the recom-
(Memorial 139, Cf. also Report of the Board for Higher Education, mendations of the Conference on Student Aid held at River Forest
page 170 in Reports and Memorials) April 30 and May 1, 1952, in order to achieve greater uniformity
In keeping with a resolution of the 1950 Milwaukee Convention in the policies and practices of the student aid program.
of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, a Conference on Dis-
trict Student Aid was called by the Board for Higher Education : 3
at River Forest, April 30 and May 1, 1952. Invitations to attend Wuereas, Work programs already exist on synodical college
were sent to all District Presidents, District student aid adminis- | campuses; and .
trators, and college presidents. A total of seventeen Districts and Waereas, The District student aid program is specifically
two colleges were represented. a grant-in-aid, not an employment program; and
The principal purpose of the conference was to arrive at an Wueneas, The administration of work requirements for student
agreement on desirable practices for all Districts to follow in the aid by the colleges and Districts concerned is extremely difficult;
administration of student aid. With increased uniformity and we therefore
greater efficiency in the program of student assistance, it was Recommend that Synod rescind its action of 1938 requesting
believed that the funds of the Church set for this purpose would the Districts to require work in repayment for student aid subsidy

be more wisely expended and future professional workers in the
Church would be more capably assisted.

The conference adopted a series of resolutions. Several of
these resolutions were recommendations which are herewith re-
spectfully submitted for action by Synod in its meeting at Houston,
Tex., in June, 1953:

and that Synod endorse the concept of District student aid as
a grant-in-aid program, not a work program.
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Wuereas, Our colleges and seminaries require faculty men
who have had experience in the ministry or teaching profession