# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1929_S142
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142 Proceedings of Thirty-Fourth Regular Convention
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2. Professors, Students, and College Management,

a) Owing to the lack of funds in the Synodical Treasury
Board decided, soon after the last convention, that only such
fessors should be called as were absolutely necessary to carry on
work. Therefore not all the professorships created by the last s the
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b) The question of the professors’ salaries wa
cussed and carefully studied. Owing to financia
Board could not see its way clear to advocate 4 general increase ;
salaries. However, frequent use was made of the privilege to grant
temporary relief in cases of necessity. In a few instances Professorg
were granted permission to take up postgraduate courses,

c) The support of indigent students, for which upward of $75,009
is contributed annually, was given considerable thought. The Board
is convinced that deserving indigent students should be supported
but has been trying to find ways and means of avoiding certain abuses
and inequalities in such support. We feel that parents should do
their very utmost to support their boys themselves, considering that
Synod is already furnishing free tuition, board at very reasonable
rates, and many other advantages rarely offered at higher institutions
of learning. Pastors and conferences should be cautioned to be
careful in their recommendations for support. It has been sug-
gested that opportunities might be found or created at the various
institutions to have indigent students do such work for the college
in their spare time as will give them some income out of which to
help defray their expenses. This matter requires further carefy]
thought. Perhaps a committee could take this matter under advise-
ment during the convention and offer constructive thought to the
Synod for immediate action or for the guidance of the Board of
Directors in the future.

d) A College Administration Bulletin is published from time to
time by the Board of Directors, offering an opportunity for an ex-
change of ideas on college management. This is turning out to be
a very helpful venture. The Bulletin is also being used by the pro-
fessors for the discussion of common pedagogical problems.

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B. Financial Matters.

1) The Budget has been inaugurated from year to year by the
Fiscal Office and prepared in conjunction with the whole Fiscal Con-
ference. An earnest effort was made to carry out the plans of the
last Synod, which practically required a budget of $3,000,000. Since
it proved to be impossible, for the time being, to reach this budget,
the running expenses were grouped together in a so-called “Group A,”
while building items and Synodical Church Extension funds were
put in “Group B.” It was found necessary to hold back temporarily
some of the contributions for “Group B” in order to pay the running