# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S104
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

#102 Report of Board for Higher Education

at elections as an advisory member of the respective electoral
college,

: Upon instruction of Synod your Board for Higher Education,
in consultation with a committee of the Board of Directors and
others, also gave considerable thought to the question of retirement
‘of professors.

On the basis of this study your Board recommends:

1. That a plan of retirement be introduced in our synodical
institutions gradually over a period of ten years and with deep
regard for the welfare of the older men now in service at our
institutions. During the next ten years the local boards of control
and the Board for Higher Education will necessarily have to con-
sider each case individually. Exceptions to the proposed plan will
undoubtedly decrease as the younger members of our faculties
come to the age of retirement under the protection of the Pen-
sion Plan.

“uieg That with the adoption of this plan by Synod the retirement
age be set at 70,

3. That after the retirement age, professors may be eligible
for periodic reappointments. These reappointments are to be
made by the Board of Control in consultation with, and subject to
the approval of, the Board for Higher Education. In such appoint-
ments due consideration should be given to the possibility of
directing the activities of a professor into fields in which he can
render useful service to the institution and to Synod.

4. When a professor reaches the age of 65, the question of a
possible reduction of his teaching load automatically comes up for
consideration. Such possible reduction of the teaching load at the
age of 65: should be left to the local Board of Control in consultation
with the Board for Higher Education.

5. That until the Pension Plan is in full operation, financial
problems in connection with this plan be considered on the basis of
the needs of the individual. Final action on these matters is re-
served for the Board for Higher Education acting upon recommen-
dations of the local Board of Control.

Concerning incompetent professors we recommend that, as
heretofore, the initiative is to be taken by the local Board of Con-
trol, which should act with courage and in Christian charity.

As to the transfer of a professor from one institution to another
when conditions arise in one or more institutions making such a
transfer desirable (decreased enrolment in one, increased enrol-
ment in another, etc.), we recommend that joint authority be given
to the respective boards to make such change ins keeping with the
principles of Christian love. Each professor at any one of our in-