# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1007
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such students after July 1, 1954.” ent be made effective fo, an

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Resolution 7

WHEREAS, The ackn,
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outweighed by other factors that have not the proposal May he
pated; therefore be it ; yet been fully antici.

Y our B ears of exper ience with S ‘od
cur -
whic: rovide that all teache and a

muinistrators in the colleges and Seminaries must be retired
or

placed on modified Service at
they reach the age of 70. at the close of the school year in which

service, which engages them ;
in the teaching of any reg
It has been found that the pro
the highest value to the Church and
this plan the college retains the be
these Workers have accumulated: 9
energies usually available at this ag
tive labor in the field most famili.
commensurate with their capacities,
parades oerage age level of several of Synod’s faculties is
y high. Accordingly, a substantially increased rate of re-

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tirements (15 to 18 in the next triennium) must be anticipated f
‘or

th .
° early future. Since these brethren have been made subject to

gram of modified Service is of
to the men involved. Through
mefit of the experience which
n the other hand, the reduced
e in life are applied to produc-

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 225

cy, our Church has the moral obligation to retire them
ances of dignity and with adequate provision for
ce, in cases where modified service can be provided; how-
advancing age levels of the faculties would indicate that
44 be expected that some of the men placed under com-
*'-etirement in the immediate future cannot be fitted into
program, especially since the number promises to become
“The Board for Higher Education, therefore,
Recommends that Synod authorize the Board to supplement
r pension provisions may apply by the addition of payments
49 $100 per month in all cases where compulsory retirements
aig:made effective under circumstances which do not permit the
pérformance of modified service at a college or seminary; and the
Board
"” Recommends, further, that it be authorized to approve items for
such purposes in the budgets requested by any institutions in-

volved.
ACTION

Committee 1 recommended, and Synod resolved:

Resolution 8
Wuereas, The regulations of Synod provide that teachers and
administrators in colleges and seminaries must be retired at the
age of 70 or enter upon modified service; and
Wuereas, The expectation is that within the next few years
a larger number of teachers and administrators in our colleges

. and seminaries will become available for modified service than

can be accommodated in this manner and that, therefore, com-
pulsory retirement may. go into effect in a few instances; and

Wuereas, The Church has a moral obligation to treat these
brethren with dignity and consideration; and

Wuereas, The Church should also express proper concern for
the widows of the teachers and administrators at our colleges and
seminaries; therefore be it

Resolved, That we accept the recommendation of our Board
for Higher Education that “Synod authorize the Board to supple-.
ment whatever pension provisions may apply by the addition of
payments up to $100 per month in all cases where compulsory
retirements are made effective under circumstances which do not
permit the performance of modified service at a college or sem-
inary; and the Beard .

“Recommends, further, that it be authorized to approve items