# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S131
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RESOLUTIONS 131

legal authorities, for the consideration of the next con-
vention and for inclusion in the official Handbook of the
Synod.

Action: Adopted (16).

To Restudy Assignment Procedures
(Bylaw 6.163)
RESOLUTION 6-38

Overture 6-43 (CW, pp. 315—322)

Wnuereas, The number and variety of church work-
ers available for assignment makes the procedure autho-
rized in Handbook Section 6.163 increasingly cumber-
some; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod request the Council of
(District) Presidents to restudy this section and to
propose any appropriate revisions which their finclings
may indicate to the next convention for inclusion in
the synodical Handbook.

Action: Adopted (16).

To Authorize Development of 4-Year
Programs
RESOLUTION 6-39

Overtures 6-79 to 6-84 (CW, pp. 333—335); 6-93U (URO,
p. 64)

Wuereas, The reports of the Board for Higher Hdu-
cation and the college presidents indicate a strong tirend
toward 4-year programs; and

Wuereas, The Synod has had a number of requiests
for permission to develop specific institutions into 4-:year
colleges; and

Wuereas, Some of these requests display merit and
promise of strong local support, as demonstrated by the
overtures listed above; and

Wuereas, The question of the creation, expansion,
or relocation of a synodical institution requires expert
and professional study; therefore be it

Resolved, That we commend our schools for their
institutional studies in attempts to meet criteria of the
Board for Higher Education for expansion of junior
colleges; and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod endorse the development
of carefully defined 4-year programs in principle; and
be it finally

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education, with
the approval of the Board of Directors of the Synod, the
Council of Presidents, and the local Board of Control,
be authorized to grant approval and to permit develop-
ment of such carefully prepared 4-year programs as
serve the purposes of the church and are economically
defensible.

Action: Adopted (16).

To Develop Higher Education on West Coast
RESOLUTION 6-40

Overtures 6-23 to 6-42 (CW, pp. 306—315); 6-96U,
6-100U (URO, pp. 65, 70)

Wuereas, The New York convention resolved that
“the Board for Higher Education make a final restudy
of the entire matter of higher education on the West
Coast” (Resolution 6-12, pp. 127—128); and

Wuereas, In its restudy the Board for Higher Educa-
tion has concluded that “the needs for the West Coast
-.. seem to point to a need for some type of consolida-
tion for greater effectiveness and efficiency” (CW,
p. 253); and

Wuereas, All of the educational issues which revolve
around the number, location, format, and character of
synodical institutions on the West Coast remain ex-
tremely difficult and complex and, in spite of careful
joint study by the Board for Higher Education, the
West Coast synodical Districts, and professional con-
sultants, no single plan commends itself at this time
by its obvious validity and advantage in view of the
factors of change; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education be
directed to continue in its efforts to resolve and provide
for the needs of higher education on the West Coast as
those needs relate to the overall structure and philoso-
phy of synodical higher education; and be it further

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education pre-
sent its findings and recommendations to the synodical
Board of Directors and to the Council of Presidents no
later than Dec. 1, 1970, so that a definitive recommen-~
dation for the resolution of this problem can be pre-
sented to the next synodical convention; and be it finally

Resolved, That both the Irvine property in Orange
County and the Lake Chabot property in the Bay area
be retained pending final disposition of this question.

Action: Adopted (16).

To Retain Current Procedure for Setting
Lower Level Enrollment Procedure
for Teachers Colleges
RESOLUTION 6-41
Overture 6-88 (CW, p.336)

Wuereas, The setting of lower level enrollment
quotas by the Synod in convention was established by
the New York convention in 1967; and

Whereas, The Board for Higher Education reports
that the system is working satisfactorily; therefore be it

Resolved, That we respectfully decline this overture.

Action: In place of Res. 6-41 the convention adopted

(16) the following substitute resolution proposed from
the floor:

WuereaS, The setting of enrollment quotas is prop-