# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S145
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

Four-Year Teacher-Training Programs
at Synodical Schools

RESOLUTION 39, COMMITTEE 1

Memorial 128, page 183, Reports and Memorials
Memorial 134, page 187, Reports and Memorials
Memorial 135, page 187, Reports and Memorials
Memorial 136, page 188, Reports and Memorials
Memorial 137, pages 188—189, Reports and Memorials
Memorial 139, page 190, Reports and Memorials
Memorial 140, page 191, Reports and Memorials
Memorial 141, page 191, Reports and Memorials
Memorial 142, pages 192—193, Reports and Memorials
Unprinted Memorial 167, page 27, Today’s Business
Unprinted Memorial 171, page 33, Today’s Business
Resolved, That the development of four-year teacher-training
programs at Bronxville, Saint Paul, Winfield, and other areas be

referred to the Board for Higher Education for further study and
consultation with the Boards of Control; and be it further

Resolved, That, if this study indicates that action is desirable
before the next convention of the Synod, the Board for Higher
Education is authorized, after consultation with the Board of
Directors, the College of Presidents, and the Boards of Control,
to institute four-year teacher-training programs where this is
advisable.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Housing for Appointive Faculty Personnel
RESOLUTION 40, COMMITTEE 1

Memorial 158, pages 213—-214, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, The Synod now provides housing as a part of com-
pensation to instructional personnel in the ranks of associate
professor and full professor, which ranks carry tenure of office; and

Wuereas, The Synod does not at present obligate itself in the
same manner to instructional personnel in the ranks of instructor
or assistant professor; and

Wuereas, In the pressing need for expanding the instructional
staffs of our colleges and seminaries, it has become increasingly
difficult to engage mature men from the parish ministry, especially
in the ranks of instructor or assistant professor, because of the