# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1967_S127 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) HIGHER EDUCATION {27 Resolved, That the possibility of establishing an ear- lier deadline date be referred to the Council of Presi- dents; and be it further Resolved, That all District student aid committees adopt a uniform procedure for notifying the students and their respective synodical schools of the aid that has been awarded; and be it finally Resolved, That the Synod’s Board for Higher Educa- tion be instructed to prepare and make available to all District student aid committees forms of certification so that a uniform method of notification may be imple- mented. Action: Adopted. To Close High School at Austin RESOLUTION 6-10 Report 6-01 II, B, la (CW, p. 150) Resolved, That the high school department at Austin be closed according to the proposal of the Board of Con- trol at Austin. Action: Adopted. To Raise Faculty Salaries RESOLUTION 6-11 Overtures 6-44, 6-45 (CW, p. 215) Wuereas, Faculty salaries have fallen significantly below the level received by many parish pastors and District officials; and ~ Wuereas, The synodical college and seminary faculty members receive much lower salaries than those at many other church-related and private colleges and seminaries; and Wuereas, The low salary scale has greatly increased the difficulty of bringing men to the campus who have had parish experience; and Wuereas, The national average annual income for all college-level teachers has doubled since 1950 and the Synod has not kept pace; and Wuereas, Concern for this matter is the responsibil- ity of not only the Board for Higher Education but also every parish and pastor; therefore be it - Resolved, That constituent congregations and Dis- tricts be reminded of their stewardship privilege and re- sponsibility in this matter; and be it further - Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education an- nually review faculty salary schedules and grant at least a cost-of-living raise; and be it finally - Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education and the Board of Directors give salary improvement high priority in considering Board for Higher Education hudgetary requirements. Action: Adopted as amended. '. (Amended by insertion of “and grant at. least ¢ a cost-of- living raise” in second. Resolved.) To Reaffirm Instructions re Junior College - in California RESOLUTION 6-12 Report 6-01, II, B, 1, b, 3 (CW, p. 150) Overtures 6-26, 6-60 to 6-65 (CW, pp. 209, 219—222), 6-72 U (URO, p. 54) Wuereas, The Synod (already in 1962 at the Cleve- land convention) specifically instructed the Board of Di- rectors to determine the final site of a junior college in southern California and again reaffirmed this decision in 1965 at the Detroit convention; and Wuereas, After thorough study by the Board for Higher Education and by the Board of Directors of the Synod, the site selected and purchased for the junior college was Irvine, Calif.; and Wuereas, The Board for Higher Education and the Board of Directors of the Synod have intensively studied the entire situation of higher education for the West Coast since 1953; and Wuereas, The selected architect’s proposals and com- plete working drawings for the Irvine, Calif., campus have been secured by the Board of Directors after ex~ tended study, and at considerable cost, under the au- thority given to the Board of Directors by synodical res- olution; and Whereas, A board of control for the Irvine school has been created and is functioning; and WHEREAS, Statistics from California indicate that the greatest growth potential, as well as the greatest con-. centration of Lutheranism, is in the southern California area; and Wuereas, Even if the present buildings were repaired or replaced and additional perimeter land near the Oak- land campus were purchased, it still would not produce a completely desirable campus; and Wuereas, A piecemeal construction of a replacement campus for the California Concordia College at Oakland on the Lake Chabot property could conceivably exceed the cost of a completely new junior college campus at Irvine, Calif.; therefore be it Resolved, That the Synod reaffirm | its instructions to the Board of Directors to proceed to build a junior col- lege in southern California on. the. Irvine site as speedily. as the Lord of the church opens the hearts of His people to provide the necessary funds; and be it further Resolved, That California Concordia College continue in its present concerned service te:the Synod at Oakland until such time as the new campus at Irvine, Calif., is opened. Action: 7 1. In session 13 division of the question was called -for. The Chair granted the request. 2.In session 15 the convention decided to consider in place of the entire Resolution (except for the second Re- solved) the following substitute motion and eventually adopted it by a vote of 348 to 281: ~ Resolved, That the matter of a new junior college at