# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S490
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LIST OF REPORTS AND OVERTURES

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To Admit Advisory Members to Executive Ses-
sions _
To Request Special Study of Procedure for
Appeals
To Change Synod's Name
To Require Two Thirds Vote on Fellowship
Matters .
To Decline 1971 Overtures 5-41 and 5-42 ____

6. Higher Education

Report of Board for Higher Education
Report of Committees on Colloquies —_
Report of Commission on Lay Higher Education
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.
Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield,
Ill. _ -
Concordia Teachers College, Seward, Nebr. ___
Concordia Teachers College. River Forest, Ill.
Concordia College, St. Paul, Minn.
Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, Ind. __
Concordia Lutheran Junior College, Ann
Arbor, Mich. _—
Concordia Lutheran College, Austin, Tex, __
Concordia College, Bronxville, N.Y.
St. Paul’s College. Cor.cordia, Mo...
Concordia College, Edmonton. Alberta ______
Lutheran College, Irvine, Calif...
Concordia College, Milwaukee, Wis.
Concordia College. Portland, Oreg.
Alabama Lutheran Academy and College,
Selma, Ala. .
St. John’s College, Winfield. Kans.
To Restructure BHE
To Interview Theological Candidates
(Also 6-21B)
To Experiment with New Models for Higher
Education . _
To Review Aims in Higher Education
To Review Synod’s System of Higher Education
To Permit Other Colleges to Provide Senior
College Pretheological Training
To Study Requirements of Special Ministries _
To Abolish Boards of Control for Synodical
Seminaries and to Administer Them Through
an Enlarged Board for Higher Education
To Emphasize Divinity of Call to Presidencies
To Endorse Present Procedures Used in Selec-
tion of Institutional Presidents
To Limit Faculty Committee Function in Elec-
tion of College and Seminary Presidents ____
To Improve Bylaw Re Role of Faculty Com-
mittee in Election of President
To Amend Certain Procedures for Election of
a President of an Educational Institution ___.
(Also 6-32B, C)
To Amend Bylaws of Synod _..-
(Also 6-33B. C. D, E) _ __
To Permit Electors to Elect as President Any
Man Duly Nominated _... —
To Provide for More Direct and Complete
Synodical Control of Election of Presidents of
Synodical Schools a
(Also 6-35B, C)
To Change Role of Faculty Committee in Presi-
dential Election __ __- ee
(Also 6-36B, C. D, E. F. G, H, I. J, K. L)
To Change College President Election Pro-
cedure 2 a
(Also 6-37B, C)
To Limit Term of Office for Presidents at All
Terminal Schools _ ._.. . a .
To Place Synodical College and Seminary
Presidents on Appointment wee
To Protest Election Procedures of Academic
Presidents we eee
To Elect Seminary Presidents at Synodical
Conventions .
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To Elect Presidents of Terminal Schools in
Convention ——___________._ 277
To Place All Professors of Synod on Appoint-
ment 277
To Require Boards of Control to Use “A State-
ment” in Evaluating Doctrinal Positions of
Faculty Members 277
To Require Previous Experience of Faculty
Appointees .. 278
To Require 5 Years Service as Parish Pastors
Before Appointment to Faculty ____ —. 278
To Improve and Revise Synod's Policy on Sab-
batical Leaves 278
To Have Instructors Spend Sabbaticals in an
Active Parish Situation _.___ 278
To Regulate Sabbatical Leave and Leave of
Absence . _ 279
To Emphasize Spanish Language _________———«a279
To Stress Recruitment from Minorities ______ 279
(Also 6-51B)
To Establish Scholarship Fund for Spanish-
Speaking Ministry —  . 279
(Also 6-52B, C, D. E, F, G. H)
To Support Expansion of Milwaukee to a
4-Year College 279
(Also 6-53B)
To Support Ann Arbor Expansion to 4 Years 280
(Also 6-54B)
To Rescind Action Establishing Theological
Chair at Saskatoon 280
To Restudy Cooperative Seminary Training Ar-
rangements with Lutheran Theological Semi-
nary, Saskatoon __ 280
To Provide Bylaws for Receiving Saskatoon
Graduates into Ministry 281
To Adopt Bylaws for Canadian Theological
Program (Saskatoon) _. ___ — 281
To Provide Training for Black Leadership __ 281
To Examine Admission Requirements for Con-
cordia Seminary, St. Louis ___. 282
To Require Doctorate for Heading Graduate
School __ - - 282
To Direct Board for Higher Education to Guide
Its Boards of Control More Effectively Accord-
ing to Bylaws 6.03 and 6.05 282
To Provide Education in Ministries to Women 283
To Grant Portland Use of Proceeds from Prop-
erty Sale 283
To Avoid Conflict of Interest in Granting Hon-
orary Degrees _. 283
To Sell Irvine Property — 284
To Postpone Irvine Project 284
7, Parish Services and Youth
Report of Board of Parish Education 285
Report of Board of Youth Ministry __.__——ss- 298
Report of Commission for Services to the Men-
tally Retarded 302
Report of Council of Administrators on Mil-
waukee Resolution 7-15 (Walther League) __ 302
To Support Inter-Parish Experiments and Ef-
forts . 303
To Encourage Establishment of School Asso-
ciations . 303
To Establish and Support Urban Lutheran
Schools . __ 304
(Also 7-07B)
To Review Educational Materials _____ = ———:304
To Separate First Communion and Confirma-
tion 2. 304
To Issue Course of Study on Each Book of the
Bible _ . 304
To Emphasize High Schools... 304
To Support Nondifferentiation of Salaries _ 305
To Grant Equal Rights to Female Teachers _ 305
To Eliminate Discrimination __ 305
(Also 7-14B)
To Develop Resource Materials for Youth
Leaders 305

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