# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S128
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

128 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 1

to have the office of the dean of students, Concordia Seminary,
St. Louis, conform to present practices regarding administrative
positions held by renewable appointments.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Synodical Tuitions and Scholarships
RESOLUTION 10, COMMITTEE 1
Memorial 120, Section F, pages 169—170, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, In the last six years the problem of effective and
satisfactory collection of synodical tuitions has been greatly com-
plicated by the rapid increase in the number of students who attend
two or three synodical institutions in the course of their training
for the pastoral office or for the teaching profession; be it

Resolved:

a) That synodical tuition for one year be assessed and col-
lected from every student at the time of first enrollment in a synod-
ical high school, college, or seminary;

b) That successful completion of a year of training and main-
tenance of professional training status acts as a credit on the
completed year and as prepayment on the year following through
the length of the student’s stay in the synodical system of training;

c) That a successful student can thus, with a one-time pay-
ment, come to the end of his training and be ready for entrance
into the church’s service with a credit;

d) That at this point, and at the option of the graduate, the
payment may be refunded in full or be credited as advance pay-
ment of pension premiums after acceptance of a call and installation
in office;

e) That in the case of any student who discontinues before
graduation, the synodical tuition collected and on deposit with the
Treasurer of the Synod is not refundable;

f) That in the case of nontheological and non-teacher-training
students who may continue in a synodical school for several years,
the payment of the synodical tuition continues to be an annual
charge;

g) That this practice is to become effective with each student
as he enters a synodical school, effective with September 1960;

h) That all interest and other income derived from the funds
so deposited is to be used for the same purposes as the fund itself.

Action: After several clarifying phrases had been added and
several words deleted, the resolution as printed above was adopted.