LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1967, Page 127

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HIGHER EDUCATION {27

Resolved, That the possibility of establishing an ear-
lier deadline date be referred to the Council of Presi-
dents; and be it further

Resolved, That all District student aid committees
adopt a uniform procedure for notifying the students
and their respective synodical schools of the aid that has
been awarded; and be it finally

Resolved, That the Synod’s Board for Higher Educa-
tion be instructed to prepare and make available to all
District student aid committees forms of certification so
that a uniform method of notification may be imple-
mented.

Action: Adopted.

To Close High School at Austin
RESOLUTION 6-10

Report 6-01 II, B, la (CW, p. 150)

Resolved, That the high school department at Austin
be closed according to the proposal of the Board of Con-
trol at Austin.

Action: Adopted.

To Raise Faculty Salaries
RESOLUTION 6-11

Overtures 6-44, 6-45 (CW, p. 215)

Wuereas, Faculty salaries have fallen significantly
below the level received by many parish pastors and
District officials; and

~ Wuereas, The synodical college and seminary faculty
members receive much lower salaries than those at
many other church-related and private colleges and
seminaries; and

Wuereas, The low salary scale has greatly increased
the difficulty of bringing men to the campus who have
had parish experience; and

Wuereas, The national average annual income for all
college-level teachers has doubled since 1950 and the
Synod has not kept pace; and

Wuereas, Concern for this matter is the responsibil-
ity of not only the Board for Higher Education but also
every parish and pastor; therefore be it

- Resolved, That constituent congregations and Dis-
tricts be reminded of their stewardship privilege and re-
sponsibility in this matter; and be it further -

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education an-
nually review faculty salary schedules and grant at least
a cost-of-living raise; and be it finally

- Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education and
the Board of Directors give salary improvement high
priority in considering Board for Higher Education
hudgetary requirements.

Action: Adopted as amended.

'. (Amended by insertion of “and grant at. least ¢ a cost-of-
living raise” in second. Resolved.)

To Reaffirm Instructions re Junior College -
in California
RESOLUTION 6-12
Report 6-01, II, B, 1, b, 3 (CW, p. 150)
Overtures 6-26, 6-60 to 6-65 (CW, pp. 209, 219—222),
6-72 U (URO, p. 54)

Wuereas, The Synod (already in 1962 at the Cleve-
land convention) specifically instructed the Board of Di-
rectors to determine the final site of a junior college in
southern California and again reaffirmed this decision in
1965 at the Detroit convention; and

Wuereas, After thorough study by the Board for
Higher Education and by the Board of Directors of the
Synod, the site selected and purchased for the junior
college was Irvine, Calif.; and

Wuereas, The Board for Higher Education and the
Board of Directors of the Synod have intensively studied
the entire situation of higher education for the West
Coast since 1953; and

Wuereas, The selected architect’s proposals and com-
plete working drawings for the Irvine, Calif., campus
have been secured by the Board of Directors after ex~
tended study, and at considerable cost, under the au-
thority given to the Board of Directors by synodical res-
olution; and

Whereas, A board of control for the Irvine school has
been created and is functioning; and

WHEREAS, Statistics from California indicate that the
greatest growth potential, as well as the greatest con-.
centration of Lutheranism, is in the southern California
area; and

Wuereas, Even if the present buildings were repaired
or replaced and additional perimeter land near the Oak-
land campus were purchased, it still would not produce
a completely desirable campus; and

Wuereas, A piecemeal construction of a replacement
campus for the California Concordia College at Oakland
on the Lake Chabot property could conceivably exceed
the cost of a completely new junior college campus at
Irvine, Calif.; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod reaffirm | its instructions to
the Board of Directors to proceed to build a junior col-
lege in southern California on. the. Irvine site as speedily.
as the Lord of the church opens the hearts of His people
to provide the necessary funds; and be it further

Resolved, That California Concordia College continue
in its present concerned service te:the Synod at Oakland
until such time as the new campus at Irvine, Calif., is
opened.

Action: 7

1. In session 13 division of the question was called -for.
The Chair granted the request.

2.In session 15 the convention decided to consider in
place of the entire Resolution (except for the second Re-

solved) the following substitute motion and eventually
adopted it by a vote of 348 to 281: ~

Resolved, That the matter of a new junior college at