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creating their state universities, six states and now more

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have given constitutional autonomy to the institution for

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the purpose of protecting it from the freeze of public

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or political interference and having to accept staff
appointments on the basis of political patronage. And

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yet in other states, autonomy has been given to the

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universities by legislative act as it has been at this

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point in Maryland. The courts have been eloquent in sup-

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porting such devices and I quote the case of State versus

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Chase in which the court speaks on this:

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"It was put to the management of the greatest

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state educational institution, it put them beyond the

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dangers of vacillation policy, ill-informed or careless

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meddling and partisan ambition that would be possible in

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the case of management, by either legislative or executive

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chosen at frequent intervals for functions and because of

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qualities and activities vastly different from those which

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qualify for an institution of higher education."

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DELEGATE CLARK (presiding): Delegate Wheatley,

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you have five minutes.

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DELEGATE WHEATLEY: Now, I would like to point