# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S205
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 205

or correspondence schools under the direction of the respective
Boards of Control and faculties for regular and special students and
for the in-service training of pastors and teachers.

Resolution 23

Be it

Resolved, That paragraph 6.54 (Approval of Staff Appoint-
ments) be changed to read:

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.

Initial appointments of instructors or assistant professors at the
theological seminaries are subject to the prior consent of their
electoral boards.

Be it

Resolved, That Handbook paragraph 6.52 (Administrative Offi-
cers) be changed to read:

Resolution 32

Upon recommendation of the president of the institution, the
Board of Control may create, assign functions to, modify, or abolish
administrative positions. Such offices are to be those made neces-
sary by the functions assigned to the institution and appropriate
to its size and internal organization. Appointments to these offices
are to be for renewable terms. Ordinarily administrative officers
are also to carry a partial teaching load.

The Board of Control shall make administrative appointments
upon recommendation of the president of the institution. The Board
for Higher Education shall periodically review the internal admin-
istrative organization of Synod’s institutions.

Progress Report on Concordia Senior College — Section IV

The 1953 synodical convention instructed the Board of Direc-
tors to construct, equip, and furnish a two-year Senior College
near Fort Wayne, Ind., in accordance with the program approved
by the convention of 1950 and to carry out Synod’s directives for
the establishment of this school through the Board for Higher
Education.

The Board for Higher Education immediately began to carry
out the comprehensive resolution and arrangements adopted by
Synod. In the intervening years, repeated reports have been made
to the entire church body on significant problems and important
steps taken by the responsible groups. In 1954 and 1955 each one