# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S111
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Report of Board for Higher Education 109

at which objections to the conclusions and recommendations may
be presented in person by representatives of Districts, institutions,
and boards.

i) That after this open hearing the Board for Higher Edu-
cation prepare its final conclusions and recommendations for the
synodical convention in 1944.

j) That the Board for Higher Education, after the completion
of the survey, designate one of its members to act as Statistical
Secretary, without compensation, who shall be responsible for
collecting, recording, and keeping the annual accretions to the
survey, recommended in paragraph c) above.

k) That the president of each educational institution be made
responsible for accurately and promptly reporting to the Board
for Higher Education such information as the Board may desire
for its annual additions to the survey data, in the manner requested
by the Board.

1) That the entire problem of tuition and fees referred to your
Board by the 1938 synodical convention be specifically included
in this survey.

m) That no major changes in the functioning of any of Synod’s
educational institutions and no plant additions or other significant
developments be undertaken in any institution (except such
changes as are recommended in other sections of this report)
before the close of the synodical convention in 1944.

Report of Committee 1

Committee 1 recommended adoption of points a) to m) under
“Institutional Survey.”

Action of Synod: This recommendation was adopted, with the
later addition of the following words at the end of point a): “in
cooperation with the representatives of the institutions concerned,”

(This memorial is inserted here since it deals with the Survey.)

Inclusion of Valparaiso University in Proposed Educational Survey
(Memorial 132)

During the past triennium Valparaiso University has observed
with deep and sympathetic interest the development of the
educational facilities of Synod under the guidance of the Board for
‘Higher Education. It is our conviction that during the past five
or six years the work of Synod’s junior colleges, normal schools,
and seminaries has been integrated and developed as never before.
In this process Valparaiso University has been, and is eager to be,
of every possible service. It is for this reason that the University
is especially grateful for the constant courtesy and consideration
given to its problems and progress by the Board for Higher Educa-