# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1923_S12
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Promoted if higher institutions of learning and general culture =
erected within our Synod. - Hence it was resolved —

a) That wherever possible, parish-schools extend their oo
that congregations cooperate to achieve this Boal if it is im

for individual congregations; _that the course be divided into gra;
I—3, 4-6, 7~9 (Junior High School). - Where this: is imposgih

congregations should provide a well-regulated Bible class for
young people attending high schools, ;

b) Since general conditions and school conditiong differ in :
various Districts, the entire question of higher education wag referred
to the Districts with the recommendation to provide for Coeducationaps
high schools and, if possible, for colleges, as far ag Circumstances
permit, Each District ‘was also called upon to provide for such of4

Beginning, Duration, and Close of Scholastic Year.
Synod endorsed the following resolutions of the Professors?
Conference: —
The scholastic year of all synodical institutions is to begin in:
September and to close in June. os
Details as well ag short vacations and free days are to be decided
by the individual faculties and boards. Each institution must teach
a definite number of really full school-days, Opening and closing :
-days of a semester and of the school-year, on which no lessons are :
given, are not counted ag school-days. Nor shall more than five days
be counted a week,
._ The minimum number of days shall be as follows: St. Louis, 165
Springfield, 175; normal schools and colleges, 180. ,

Diminishing the Number of Institutions, —
The Pittsburgh District Pastoral Conference memorialized Synod

to Conover, N. C., since the Cost per student was highest at that * 4
institution. The entire .question was referred to the Board of &
Directors for investigation and report at the next convention.

Tuition for students at our colleges who do not intend to enter.
the service of the -Church wag fixed at $100, payable in quarterly -
instalments, _ ’

Gymnasiums, ak

A memorial called Synod’s attention to the fact that gymnasiums 7

are a necessary adjunct to our institutions, Synod. was petitioned