LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1962, Page 88

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88 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 1

Capital Fund Inclusions for the Triennium
1963—65 and Estimates for the Triennium
1966—68

RESOLUTION 1-54
Report 123, IV, D, p. 67, Reports and Memorials

Resolved, That the Synod authorize for recommen-
dation to the next three fiscal conferences the following
appropriations for capital investment in educational
plants:

For fiscal year 1963 --—---—--- $3,175,000
For fiscal year 1964 ---.-——---- $3,465,000
For fiscal year 1965 _.------- $3,800,000

and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod receive the report of the
following estimates of annual budget appropriations for
capital investments in educational plants which the
Board for Higher Education now believes it may rec-
ommend to the Synod for approval in 1965:

For fiscal year 1966 —.—--.------- $4,160,000
For fiscal year 1967 —----------~- $4,555,000
For fiscal year 1968 ---------- $4,985,000

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Establish Additional Professorships
RESOLUTION 1-55
Reports 101—123, pp. 1-77, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, The synodical institutions in the United
States and Canada are in need of new professorial chairs
to provide for institutional growth and faculty stability;
therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod establish the following
number of chairs at the indicated schools:

Concordia, St. Louis 2
Concordia, Springfield 2
Concordia, River Forest 14
Concordia, Seward 10
Concordia, Milwaukee
Concordia, Portland
Concordia, Austin
Concordia, Bronxville
Concordia, St. Paul

and be it further

Resolved, That upon request of the respective board
of control the Board for Higher Education, within the
budgetary limitations established, authorize the filling
of the granted chairs.

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Action: This resolution was adopted.

Mandate to Transfer Property
to Concordia Seminary

RESOLUTION 1-56

Report 101, p. 4, Reports and Memorials
Unprinted Memorial 182, p. 48, Today’s Business

Wuereas, The 44th regular convention of the Synod
resolved (Proceedings, 1959, Resolution 45, Committee 1,
p. 149) to transfer title of property at Concordia Semi-
nary to Concordia College of St. Louis (the corporate
name of Concordia Seminary) ; and

Wuereas, The Concordia Seminary Board of Control
has requested the carrying out of this resolution; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the Synod’s Board of Directors be
instructed and hereby is instructed to carry out the
transfer of title in accord with the resolution cited;
and be it further

Resolved, That the unprinted memorial to rescind
said resolution be declined.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Concur in Granting Additional Funds
to Concordia Seminary, St. Louis,
to Cover “Transition Years”

RESOLUTION 1-57
Report 101, p. 4, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, The “transition years” of the revised
requirements for entrance to Concordia Seminary,
St. Louis, have caused financial difficulties for the sem-
inary; therefore be it

Resolved, That this convention concur in the decision
of the Board for Higher Education to grant necessary
additional subsidies to Concordia Seminary, so that the
financial condition of the seminary be sound at the
close of the transition period.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Program at Concordia Teachers College,
River Forest, to Emphasize Primary
Function to Train Teachers

RESOLUTION 1-58
Report 103, pp. 8,9, Reporis and Memorials

Wuerras, Concordia Teachers College, River Forest,
has expressed its desire “to recruit and to participate
in the preparation of pastors at the junior college level”
and also “to be more concerned with and active in the
preparation of future teachers for colleges and semi-
naries of the church”; and

Wuereas, Such an expansion of the functions of
Concordia Teachers College seems to weaken its pri-