Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1950, Page 102

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102 Proceedings of the Forty-First Convention,

If this results in failure to correct or improve the situation, the President
shall report the matter to the College Board for consideration and action.

7. He may in his discretion request a member of the faculty to assume
temporarily one or the other of his functions or the functions of some
other member of the faculty and, with the consent of the College Board,
may transfer functions permanently to a member of the faculty, who
shall assume the same unless excused for valid reasons, and who shall
be responsible therefor to the President.

8. He shall be the head of the Department of Religion and, if possible,
give the principal courses in the same. In particular he shall be the head
of the Department of Theology and pay special attention to the training
of ministerial students.

9. He shall in general act as the spiritual and pastoral adviser of the
students and watch over their educational progress and phsyical condi-
tion, except in such matters as have been referred to the office of the
Dean of the College.

10. In case of the temporary incapacity of the President or a vacancy
in the office of the President, the College Board shall designate some
member of the faculty as the acting President.

IlI. The Dean of the College

The Dean of the College shall be a called professor and a member
of the faculty. He shall participate in the curriculum of the institution.
His classroom lectures shall be so arranged as to permit him to serve
as Registrar, in which capacity he is to perform the following functions:

1. He shall keep a register of all students, their names and addresses,
as well as those of their parents and guardians. In October and March
of each school year he shall report to the College Board on the student
enrollment, giving the number of students registered in each department
(High School, Junior College, and Seminary); the number of Lutheran
and non-Lutheran students; the number of theological students; and
a summary of the States of origin of all students.

2. He shall receive the applications of students for admissions, for
withdrawals, and for temporary absence from classes.

3. He shall prepare the cumulative record of each student as re-
quired by the State Department of Education. For that purpose he shall
request the students to furnish all pertinent information and the pro-
fessors and the instructors to furnish him the subject grades of the
students in their classes towards the close of each semester. At the end
of each semester the Dean shall send a report to the parents or guardians
of each student.

4, He shall issue the certificates and diplomas in consultation with
the faculty, reporting to the College Board the number of graduates from
each department at the close of semesters.

5. He shall issue transcripts for a student’s work at this institution
for a stipulated fee, but only to such as have paid all fees and charges
while in attendance at this institution.

The Dean shall have charge of the devotional assemblies of the
students at stated periods, either conducting them himself or arranging
to have professors or other competent persons conduct them.

He shall deliver lectures before the. student body at convenient
intervals of such a nature as to foster the spiritual and cultural welfare
of the students, as well as arrange for such lectures by other competent
persons,

He shall exercise supervision over all student activities, other than
athletics, and report on such activities to the President and to the
College Board.

The Dean shall exercise sympathetic supervision over the personal