# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S45
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Report of the Committee on Higher Education 45

a more complete record be available for use in placement and
transfer of pastors and teachers. Furthermore, such records and
information would enable responsible persons to advise, lead, and
guide students more wisely in their school careers. The Board’s
part in the program for personnel work might very well include
the keeping of a set of records on available teaching personnel for
the purpose of selecting and calling the best possible men into our
schools as instructors and professors.

5. Grants to Professors Taking Advanced Courses. — After
thoroughly looking into this question your Committee came to the
conclusion that the present regulations are not altogether just.
We therefore submit our findings in the form of a resolution which,
we trust, will be adopted by Synod:

Wuereas, Synod has resolved to raise the standard of our system
of higher education; and

Wuereas, Some professors desire to take university courses in
order that they might become more efficient in their respective
branches of instruction; and

Wuereas, Synod allows newly called professors a year’s study
at a university and pays the tuition besides the professor’s regular
salary; therefore be it

Resolved, That Synod grant the same or similar privileges to
professors already in office at our institutions either during the
scholastic year or at summer-schools; and be it further

Resolved, That such grants be made only upon recommenda-
tion of the Board for Higher Education.

6. Transferring Professors. (See Proceedings 1935, p. 40.) —
Your Committee believes that conditions may arise to make the
transfer of a professor from one institution to another highly desir-
able without going through the formality and consequent delay of
nominating and calling anew. We therefore recommend that
Synod instruct the Board for Higher Education to study this
problem and submit suggestions to Synod at its next convention.

7. Directors of Religious Education. (See Proceedings 1935,
p. 98.) Your Committee begs leave to submit the following report
prepared by Committee C in the matter of Directors of Religious
Education.

(1) Functions. — The phases of work variously required of so-
called directors of religious education are one or more of the fol-
lowing: A) Teacher of a Christian day-school. B) Teacher or
director of education in part-time agencies: 1. Sunday-school,
2. Saturday-school, 3. vacation Bible-school, 4. week-day religious
instruction, 5. catechumen classes, 6. Bible classes, 7. summer-
schools, 8. young people’s societies, 9. adult education groups.