# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1926_S64
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64 Proceedings of Thirty-Third Regular Convention,

b) To make a careful survey of each and every institution of
Synod, covering a number of years, with the purpose of ascertaining
what percentage of the students enrolled finally graduates and enters
the service of the Church; also to learn in what classes and for what
reasons the losses occur, and why such losses are greater in some

‘institutions than in others;

c) To make recommendations with the purpose of reducing such
losses to a minimum;
ad) To ascertain what it costs Synod to operate its various col-

leges and seminaries per graduate entering the preaching or teach-

ing profession, covering all expenses incidental to the maintenance of
these institutions;

6) To study the curriculum of each institute, its equipment,
library, and other facilities, its discipline and all other phases of its
life, with a view to raising the spiritual, moral, and educational
standards of our colleges and seminaries;

f) To employ an Executive Secretary, who is to devote his entire

. time and energy to this work, and whose salary shall be established .

by this Board in conjunction with the Board of Directors.

5. That the duties of the Executive Secretary shall be: to visit
each college and seminary of Synod for the purpose of gathering
all information desired; to spend enough time in each institution to
enable him to form a correct opinion of its status; to attend classes,
examine equipment, meet with the faculty and the local Board of
Control; to get into touch with the student-body; to make a written
report on his findings at each institution immediately after visiting
it, and to file a copy of such report, together with his recommenda-
tions, with each member of the Board of Supervisors of Colleges and
Seminaries.

6. That the Board at its regular meeting shall analyze these
reports. That this Board shall have the right to hear complaints
concerning our institutions. Should it develop that changes ought
to be made in any of our institutions, either in the teaching staff
or in the management, or otherwise, the Board of Supervisors shall
meet with the local Board of Control and the Electoral College of
the institution for the purpose of presenting its views. If a majority
of the members of the above-named boards present vote in favor of
the recommendations made by the Board of Supervisors of Colleges
and Seminaries, such decisions shall be valid and binding.

In the name of the Southern Indiana Pastoral Conference.
E. H. Eaaers, Chairman of Committee.

Action. —
Resolved, for the time. being to abstain from calling an educa-
tional secretary.