# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S121
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 121

Scholarships for Graduates of Lutheran High Schools
(Memorial 128)

Waereas, Synod has adopted a plan for providing scholarships
to graduates of Lutheran high schools; and

WuereEas, This plan is effective for a limited number of synod-
ical schools only; and

Wuereas, Costs to students for secondary and higher education
have risen since the proposal for scholarships to graduates from
Lutheran high schools was put into effect; and

Wuereas, The need to recruit future workers for the church
is still a pressing one; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education be instructed
to provide scholarships annually for graduates of all Lutheran
high schools, these scholarships to be applicable to any of Synod’s
schools and renewable on the recommendation of the president of
the institution at which the student is in attendance, the Board
for Higher Education to draw up the necessary regulations to
implement the plan further; and be it further

Resolved, That the Fiscal Conference be instructed to allocate
the necessary funds for such scholarships. Car. S. MEYER

ACTION

Resolution 5 of Committee 1 was adopted, covering also the
item on “Scholarships” in the report of the Board for Higher Edu-
cation, p. 135 in the book of Reports and Memorials.

Wuereas, There has been evidence of an increasing interest in
the creation of scholarships for students preparing for the preach-
ing and the teaching ministry (e. g., LLL Scholarships, Aid Asso-
ciation for Lutherans Scholarships); and

Wuereas, Such scholarships serve as a distinct aid in recruit-
ment; therefore be it

Resolved, (a) That individuals and organizations in Synod be
encouraged to create additional scholarships for ministerial’ stu-
dents as an aid to recruitment; and be it further

Resolved, (b) That

1. The scholarship program for graduates of community Lu-
theran high schools be continued under the regulations developed
by the Board for Higher Education, with the inclusion of the other
synodical junior colleges in the program; and

2. The scholarship program be extended, under comparable
regulations, to benefit the male graduates of synodical high
schools; and

3. This extended plan become effective for the 1957—58 school
year and thereafter with the necessary budget allowance to be
provided in the annual budget of the Board for Higher Education.