# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S201
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 201

Recommended: 6.163 d

The terminal institutions of Synod: may be authorized by the
Board for Higher Education to conduct schools for graduate studies
or correspondence schools under the direction of the respective
Boards of Control and faculty for regular and special students and
for the in-service training of pastors and teachers.

ACTION
Concerning proposed revisions in the Handbook, Committee 1
recommended and Synod adopted the following changes:

Resolution 10

Wuereas, Nine years’ experience with the provisions of the
present Handbook indicate the need for revision of the current
regulations in area of higher education; therefore be it

Resolved, (a) That paragraph 6.51 (Members of Teaching Staff)
be changed to read:

The teaching staff of each educational institution of Synod shall
be composed of all those administrative officers and teachers who
are called by the electors or who are appointed by the Board of
Control. These classifications are provided:

a. Graduate Assistants: Upon recommendation of the president
of the institution, the Board of Control shall appoint an approved
number of graduate assistants recruited primarily from the ranks
of current recent graduates of the seminaries and teachers colleges.
The original appointment shall be for one year and may be renewed
for a second year. Such personnel may also be classified as fellows
and may at the same time be enrolled as resident students in the
school for graduate studies.

b. Instructors: Upon recommendation of the president of the
institution, the Board of Control shall appoint an approved number
of instructors. Such appointment shall be for two-year terms and
may be renewed in the manner prescribed for the original appoint-
ment. There shall be no restriction on the number of appointments
which may be offered to an instructor; however, if reappointment
is not contemplated, Boards of Control shall so notify instructors
six months prior to expiration of the current appointment and upon
their request file the name of such instructors with the Board for
Higher Education for listing on the Board’s roster of available in-
structors. Upon completion of satisfactory teaching experience as
well as adjustment of any requisite academic, professional, min-
isterial, or parish school work, instructors shall be eligible for
reappointment as assistant professors or for calls to associate pro-
fessorships in any synodical institution, if the qualifications of such