# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S70
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

70 Action Regarding Individual Institutions

struction went on without any serious disturbance. We thank God
fox all this and pray that He may guard and keep ‘our boys and
fill them with zeal to prepare diligently for the high calling of the

holy ministry.
¥ : y Local Support

The steady decline in enrolment and an appreciable rise in the
cost of living have forced us in these last years to raise the cost of
hoard and fees to $135 per annum. But even this increase would
have been insufficient to make ends meet if we had not had the
loyal support of our many good friends in the District, which
literally has been a life-saver. The good farmers in the State have
supplied us with generous donations of foodstuffs, a number of
city congregations have sent us collections, and, above all, our
auxiliary organization, the Ladies’ Aid and the Men’s Club, have
continued their noble work of supporting the commissary and
athletic departments. To all of these groups and individuals we say,
Thank you, and God bless you!

Requests

1. Sabbatical Year. — Synod has wisely provided an oppor-
tunity for newly called professors to pursue graduate studies for
one year at the expense of Synod. (Cf. 1935 Proceedings, p. 40.)
The Board of Control and the faculty of Concordia College, Mil-
waukee, petition the Hon. Synod to make arrangements whereby
professors who have not enjoyed this privilege also be given the
opportunity to pursue graduate studies during a one-year leave of
absence with pay, Synod to defray the expenses of tuition and of
engaging a substitute to assume the duties of a professor on such
leave of absence. Such an arrangement will result in great benefit
to our professors, colleges, students, and the Church.

It might be added, although we consider it almost self-evident,
that permission for any professor to pursue such graduate studies
must be obtained from the Board of Control and that the question
of granting or denying such permission must be left to the judg-
ment of the Board.

2. Restoration of Subsidies. — As an emergency measure in the
worst years of the depression the Board of Directors of Synod
decided to withhold from the preparatory schools certain subsidies
which it had formerly been granting. These subsidies covered
expenses for janitor service and supplies, office supplies, telephone
service, gas, light, and water.

‘These extra burdens have weighed heavily on the colleges and
are in part responsible for the financial distress of many of them.
Some schools have helped themselves by other means: expanding
the opportunities for non-ministerial students and charging tuition