# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1004
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218 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES
the ranks of the minis
Pointive ranks,
that Gn the basis of the evidence there is not the sli
ew ranking system is reflecting any j
: : v8 any inclination to

try or teaching Profession to fill

sorships, the Board for Higher Education
Recommends, for all coll

naries, the following procedure: Put not
1. That each colle i

ge and semin

fle, ary pres

with the Board for Higher Education and the President of
o

the theological semj-

mendation of the college president, a
; lle, » apply to the B i
time won for permission to fill the vacancy and will, at “the fn
a ae - cinen ha has chosen for advancement, Together with
to convey wre S recommendation, the president will be held
sched es omp. ete report on this person’s performance at th
and all detail on his experience in church work. °

3. If the Board for Higher Education can see its way clear to

the ap.

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES — 219

= event of a unanimous favorable vote by the electors
-be extended to the instructor or assistant professor by
of: Control.

=the event that unanimous approval is not conveyed by
Selectors, the local administration shall be so notified by the
.4,for Higher Education, and the school shall then have the

»ibeof continuing under the arrangement obtaining prior to its
et | ission to call the candidate or of requesting the

gal ar election procedure.

4! &- Instructors and assistant professors shall be eligible for the
" tieation of this type of call procedure only after a minimum of
four years of service at a given school unless-the person involved
has previously had a minimum of three years of service in a con-
gregation or in a parish school, in which case no restriction on
Jength of prior service in an educational institution shall apply.

The Board for Higher Education

Recommends, further, that the same procedures be applied
when a college wishes to call a professor or associate professor
from another school; with the provision, however, that actual trans-
fers may be completed only between June 1 and September 1; and
the Board for Higher Education

Recommends, further, that whatever actions Synod may take
in this matter become effective on September 1, 1953; and the Board
for Higher. Education

Recommends, finally, that it be directed to formulate new or
adjusted Handbook sections to reflect whatever action Synod may

take in this matter.
ACTION

Concerning this matter, Committee 1 brought in the following
resolutions, which were adopted:

Resolution 4
FILE ON QUALIFIED MEN FOR TEACHING DUTIES
AT OUR INSTITUTIONS

Wuereas, It is of vital importance that those who teach in our
institutions should not only be well qualified academically, but
also should be men of practical experience in the work of the
Church and dedicated to the task of Christ-centered teaching; and

Wuereas, The need for a larger number of such well-qualified
men at our institutions is constantly increasing as our system of
higher education is being expanded; and

Wnereas, Every effort should be made to discover such well-
qualified men in order that this talent which God has given to
the Church may be used as the opportunity presents itself; there-
fore be it