# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S197
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

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are to be for renewable terms of two or three years and are to be
made or terminated by the Board of Control upon recommendation
of the president of the institution, with prior consent of the Board
for Higher Education. Ordinarily administrative officers are also
to carry a partial teaching load.

Present: 6.54 Consent for New Appointments

All new appointments to the teaching staff of a synodical
college are subject to the consent of the Board for Higher Edu-
cation.

Recommended: 6.54 Approval of Staff Appointments

Full-time appointments to the teaching or administrative staff
of a synodical institution are subject to the prior consent of the
Board for Higher Education.

Appointments of part-time or of substitute teachers extending
beyond one school year are subject to the prior consent of the
Board for Higher Education.

Present: 6.59 Meetings

Each faculty shall meet at regular intervals and as often
as may be necessary. The president of the institution shall preside
at such meetings. In his absence, the faculty shall elect a tempo-
rary presiding officer. The faculty shall elect a secretary, who
shall keep a permanent record of the meetings.

Recommended: 6.59 Faculty Meetings and Faculty Organization

Each faculty shall meet at regular intervals and for special
meetings and may arrange for general instructional staf’ meetings.
The president of the institution shall preside at these meetings.
In his absence, the faculty shall elect a temporary presiding officer.
The faculty shall elect a secretary and the necessary standing and
special committees. The standing committees shall study, evaluate,
and report to the faculty on matters of academic and student life
in the institution.

Present: 6.61 Standards for Students

Each faculty, subject to such standards and rules as may be
prescribed by the Board for Higher Education, shall adopt rules
and regulations for the admission and dismissal of students, fix
the standards of scholarship to be maintained by students, deter-
mine their promotion, graduation, or failure, and make all recom-
mendations in the matter of granting certificates, diplomas, and
such academic degrees as may be conferred lawfully by the
institutions.