# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S141
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HIGHER EDUCATION 141

ganizations are urged to provide various forms of finan-
cial assistance to church work students who need it.

Proposition Twenty. As the number of students in
the system grows, increasing attention needs to be given
to early identification and training of additional instruc-
tional staff members.

Proposition Twenty-one. In order to insure system-
wide planning and coordination, the development and
implementation of educational programs and curricular
modifications shall be undertaken by the synodical fac-
ulties with the approval and coordination of the Board
for Higher Education.

Proposition Twenty-two. The Board for Higher Edu-
cation is to continue to study the necessary development
of the Synod’s system of professional education in the
light of the growth of the Synod and the opportunities
confronting it and report its findings to the Synod.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Express Commendation on the Centennial
of the Journal “Lutheran Education”

RESOLUTION 6-09

Report 6-09 (CW, pp. 215—219)

Wuereas, The professional journal Lutheran Educa-
tion has completed its centennial volume and is the
oldest educational journal in continuous publication in
America; therefore be it

Resolved, That we highly commend all those con-
nected with its publication with the prayer that Lu-
theran Education may continue to serve the cause of
Christian education; and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod encourage all its members
to support the goals of the Lutheran Education Asso-
ciation.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Express Commendation to Congregations

of the Northern Dlinois District, Alumni and

Student Body of Concordia Teachers College,
River Forest, Il., for Thankofferings

RESOLUTION 6-10

Report 6-09 (CW, pp. 215—219)

Wuereas, The Northern Illinois District of The Lu-
theran Church — Missouri Synod has given $550,000.00
for a chapel-auditorium to be constructed on the River
Forest campus and to be known as The Memorial Chapel
of Our Lord; and

Wuereas, The alumni of Concordia Teachers College,
River Forest, have taken vigorous action in gathering
nearly $75,000.00 as a gift to the Synod, to be admin-
istered by the Board of Directors to encourage experi-
mentation in missions through education, particularly
in foreign fields; and

Wuereas, The student body of Concordia Teachers

College, River Forest, has presented a Centennial
Thankoffering to the Synod for the construction of cen-
tennial chapels in New Guinea and Africa; therefore
be it

Resolved, That the Synod commend the congrega-
tions of the Northern Illinois District and the alumni
and the student body of Concordia Teachers College,
River Forest, for these expressions of gratitude and
support.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Enlarge Boards of Control of Concordia
Ann Arbor, Mich., and St. Paul, Minn.

RESOLUTION 6-11

Overtures 6-54, 6-64 (CW, pp. 263, 268)

Resolved, That Overtures 6-54 and 6-64 be referred
to the Board for Higher Education for appropriate ac-
tion according to present Handbook provisions.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Develop Companion Volume
as Curriculum Item for the Training
of Teachers

RESOLUTION 6-12

Report 6-01 E (CW, p. 190)
Overture 6-35 (CW, p. 256)

Resolved, That the Synod commend the Board for
Higher Education and the faculties of the individual
colleges and seminaries for seeking to develop a system-
wide unity of purpose and close coordination in the
development of a well-integrated curriculum; and be it
further

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education de-
velop a companion volume to Able Ministers of the New
Testament as a curriculum item for the training of
teachers in our synodical system.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Commend for Progress in Accreditation
RESOLUTION 6-13

Report 6-01 (CW, p. 192)

Wuereas, During this triennium Concordia College,
Portland, Oreg., was accredited by the Northwest Asso-
ciation for Secondary and Higher Schools; the high
school at California Concordia College, Oakland, Calif.,
by the Accrediting Commission for Secondary Schools
of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges;
Concordia College, Milwaukee, Wis., by the North Cen-
tral Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools;
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., by the American
Association of Theological Schools; Concordia Seminary,
Springfield, Ill., associate membership in the American
Association of Theological Schools; and Concordia
Teachers College, River Forest, Ill, received accredita-