10,360

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pages, plus amendments, State Finance and Taxation 9 1/2

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pages, Suffrage and Elections 5 pages, plus amendments,

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Legislative Branch 8 pages plus amendments, Local Govern-

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ment 5 pages, plus amendments, General Provisions and

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Education, 2 pages. What is your definition of length in

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comparison, sir?

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Lord.

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DELEGATE LORD: Dr. Pullen, I think I can best

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answer you by quoting an eminent authority on the subject

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of education who appeared before the Constitutional Con-

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vention Commission and offered testimony on the subject

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of education, and said, "Now I think when we begin to

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write the Constitution with respect to education, we must

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approach it from a constructive standpoint. This doesn't

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mean a long-winded affair at all. It can be done in a very

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few lines, but what you are doing here when you rewrite the

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Constitution of Maryland, you are rewriting the school

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system of Maryland."

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That authority was Dr. Thomas G. Pullen, Jr.,

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former State Superintendent of Schools .

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Pullen.