# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1006
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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come for Synod, is Poor i
! indivi i
and with the general constituency, as well as a sence af aranvalved
and Sienatistaction on the part of the institution, ration
ince this probleg has reached s ignifi
the Board for Higher Education ven si want Proportions,
Recommends that tuition b
e collected from all
enroll at our colleges and seminaries; and the Board vie
Recommends, further, that
; the accumulati iti
ot and at the option of the graduate rete
credited as advance Payment of i mi
pension premiums,
of a ‘call and installation in office; and the Board ater a
(insteed of va further, spat in all mes involving appointments
, cre or refunds equal to the total tuiti
paid for two years of training shall be made, upon request, after

cceptance

223

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

t.a full refund of all tuitions paid shall be made to male ~
ag immediately upon completion of the first two-year
if service; and the Board
Recommends, further, that all tuition funds collected by our
be forwarded to the Treasurer of Synod for impounding;
the Board _

BR scommends, further, that complete records of tuitions col-
4-4 and remitted be furnished to the Board for Higher Educa-
of the annual reports which the Board receives from
so that refunds may be authorized by that

tion 8s @ Pa inaries.
and semini .
cat on the basis of. these records; and the Board

Recommends, further, that this arrangement supersede any
existing special arrangement with individual institutions with re-
gard to tuition payments; and this Board

“Recommends, further, that the new plan become effective for
all students at the colleges and seminaries beginning in Septem-
ber, 1954; and the Board .

- Recommends, further, that all tuition fees collected from stu-
dents be impounded by Synod’s Treasurer and that all such funds
which are not subject to request for return in cash or pension
credits be reserved for assignment by the Board for Higher Edu-
cation in establishing or supplementing Student Loan Funds at
Synod’s colleges and seminaries; in financing scholarships for
selected students who are able and willing to qualify themselves
for teaching appointments in Synod’s colleges and seminaries as
assistants or instructors in specialized fields; and in financing other
services and projects for which funds are not included in the
regular budget for higher education; and the Board

Recommends, finally, that all funds in the tuition reserve be
administered by the Board for Higher Education in accordance
with the policies (6.146a) now applicable to funds included in the
regular budget for higher education.

. ACTION .

The following recommendations of Committee 1 were adopted
by Synod:

Resolution 6
INCREASE IN TUITION FOR NONPROFESSIONAL STUDENTS

Wuereas, The cost of maintaining our system of higher educa-
tion is constantly increasing in accordance with the prevailing
general increase in the price index noted during the past years
in our economy; and

Wuereas, No adjustment in tuition for nonprofessional stu-
dents (students who are not. preparing themselves for service in
the Church) has been made for fifteen years; therefore be it