LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1967, Page 141

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Resolved, That the present policy regarding the ac-
ceptance of students for general education be continued
and that the amount of fees be set by the board of con-
trol of the respective school.

Action: Adopted.

To Refer for Study Administrative Procedure
for Modified Service
RESOLUTION 6-47

Overture 6-43 (CW, p. 215)

Wuenreas, The subject matter covered in this overture
relates to administrative procedures difficult for a com-
mittee to study and for a convention to resolve; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That Overture 6-43 be referred to the
Board for Higher Education for study and be reported to
the 1969 convention of the Synod.

Action: Adopted.

To Adopt Report on Colloquies for the
Teaching Ministry
RESOLUTION 6-48
Report 6-04 U (URO, p. 54)

Resolved, To adopt the report of the committee list-
ing the persons admitted to the teaching office; and be it
further

Resolved, That the Synod encourage other qualified
persons to avail themselves of this opportunity to enter
this ministry of the church.

Action: Adopted.

To Continue Present Regulations
for Church Service Experience
RESOLUTION 6-49

Overtures 6-37 (CW, p. 213), 6-76 U (URO, p. 56)

Wuereas, We recognize the desirability of securing
instructors, especially in the practical department, who
have had more years of experience in the active minis-
try; and

Wuereas, It is difficult for young men to secure ad-
vanced degrees after years in the ministry and with
greater financial responsibility for a growing family; and

Wuereas, The officials of our synodical colleges and
seminaries are doing their best to comply with the pres-
ent Handbook regulations; therefore be it

Resolved, That Overtures 6-37 and 6-76 U be de-
clined. ,

Action: Adopted.

To Approve Portland Campus Expansion
RESOLUTION 6-50
Overtures 6-66 and 6-67 (CW, p.222), 6-71U (URO,
p. 54)
Wuereas, The Board of Control of Concordia College,
Portland, Oreg., has after several years of extensive

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studies reached the firm conviction that further expan-
sion of the 10.4-acre campus is impossible at its present
location because of the exorbitant cost of land and se-
vere zoning restrictions; and

Wuereas, The Board of Control, assisted by profes-
sional educational consultants, has developed a geo-
graphically and economically feasible plan of campus
expansion by gradual relocation during a transitional
period; and

Wuereas, A very desirable site of up to 100 acres has
been located within short commuting distance from the
present campus, where Concordia has already purchased
36 acres and has secured or is able to secure options on
as much as 65 acres of adjoining properties toward
which $125,000 is available in its Expansion Fund; and

Wuereas, The regional accrediting association on
Nov. 30, 1966, in extending accreditation for a 5-year pe-
riod, insisted that “every attention should be given to
bringing about .. . complete separation of the functions
of the college and of the high school at once” and urges
that “the administration . . . vigorously pursue solutions
to the problem . . . [of] the present overcrowding of a
minuscule campus”; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board of Directors be empowered
to purchase necessary land for educational expansion at
Concordia College, Portland, upon recommendation of
the Board for Higher Education, at an approximate ex-
penditure of $550,000, of which amount $200,000 is to be
supplied by Lutherans of the Northwest District of the
Synod; and be it further

Resolved, That the Board for Higher Education and
the Board of Directors be empowered to act as soon as a
specific proposal of gradual relocation of Concordia
College is submitted to them by the Board of Control of
Concordia College, Portland, before December 1967.

Action: Adopted.

To Withhold Expansion of Program
RESOLUTION 6-51
Report 6-01, II B, 1, b, 5 (CW, p. 150)
Overtures 6-51 to 6-57 (CW, pp. 217—218)

Wuereas, There is an understandable desire to ex-
pand both Bronxville and Ann Arbor junior colleges
into senior colleges; and

Wuereas, The matter of expansion has been under
constant study by the Board for Higher Education and
the colleges, and on the basis of the long-range planning
study the Board for Higher Education has recommended
that no 2-year college be expanded into a 4-year college
in the next biennium (CW, p. 150); and

Wuereas, Currently capital and operating funds are
not available for such expansion; and

Wuereas, The expansion of either school appears to
be premature at this time in terms of faculty and facili-
ties; therefore be it . wos .