# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S42
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We ‘agree: with the' Board for ‘Foreign. Missions ‘that mis-
‘iés. on ‘furlough should ‘have an opportunity, to ‘spend at least.
‘avsemester in graduate studies to refresh’ and intensify ‘their the-
ve cal: ‘education; this: méans that living. ‘quarters be’ provided.
. “The presence .of missionaries ‘on the campus . will have a
wholesome’ effect’ on’ the student body. wg
‘d. ‘The anticipated expansion of the: Mission Depaitment | as
outlined in the Book of Overtures, 1938, p.117£., and Proceedings
1938, pp. 149 and 150, will require: more ‘space than is now

a 2. That the Mission Department. be an integral part. of the
Graduate School of Concordia Seminary and be under the-direct
sppervision of the Faculty and Board of Control of the Seminary.-
cB. That the cost of administration, teaching, and ‘maintenance
of. the Mission Department be included ‘in the. budget of the, Sem-
~ inary, with scholarships offered by the various mission boards and
"interested individuals.
‘At ‘the. last-convention at Fort Wayne, Synod resolved to intro-
ue ‘a. retirement plan for our synodical institutions, according. to
! ich 1 men reaching the age of 70 “shall be entitled to honorable
tirement,” and men reaching the age of 65 shall possibly’ have:
1 heir teaching load reduced.. “(See ‘Proceedings, 1941, pp. 105, 106. )~
‘In 1943 Dr. L. Fuerbringer was 79; Dr. Theodore Engelder, 78;
-and: Dr.’ Martin Sommer, 74...‘ °:
Since the retirement plan prescribed that the Board for Higher
« Education and the Board of Directors be consulted, a plenary. ses-
sion was. held with .the. Board for’ Higher ‘Education’ and then
‘a-meeting with the Board of Directors. ; Meetings were also -held
with the Faculty Committee and with Doctors: Fuerbringer,: Engel-
-:der, and. Sommer. After the, Board. .of Control had -discussed the
“retirement plan with the: three: venerable doctors individually and
|; brotherly manner, : these: professors. ‘asked that the retirement
a be carried out in. their. respective: cases.
- However, Synod also stipulated: "Any. continued service after

age of retirement Shall:be ‘determined by’ the local::Board of

the: ‘Board asked the Board of Electors t ratify the: recommendation -
of the ‘Board of Control to: engage the: ‘three venerable doctors to.

Control in consultation with the. Board: of Electors.” “Therefore _