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We are dealing first of all with existing

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language. The existing Constitution contains 139 words

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that can be directly attributed to the subject of educa-

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tion. The Majority has indicated that they have" been im-

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pressed and pleased by the progress of education and want

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this progress to continue in the future, and yet this

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radical departure from the existing constitutional frame-

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work has not been explained at all. Indeed, Section 5,

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which the questions from the Floor have indicated is

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rather inscrutable, is almost as long and the single sec-

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tion is almost as long as the entire language in the

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existing Constitution on the subject of education.

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We feel, we of the Minority feel that we are

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continuing in the tradition of the existing Constitution

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in the language that is more adaptable to present day

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needs .

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Before getting into the specific language of the

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Minority Report and the objections to the Majority, I

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would like to read a quote which I think sums up to a great

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degree the position of the Minority, and this quote was

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written by a group of educators from the State Department