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elevate these laws into constitutional provisions. To the

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contrary, the numerous and also conflicting theories of

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education which have been and are presently being advanced

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throughout the State and the country dictate to us in this

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Convention that the doors should be left open for new

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thinking and fresh solutions to continuing problems, and

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the problems of tomorrow may well require governmental

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action unthought of today, action that may be foreclosed

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by the establishment of the educational authority advocated

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by the majority.

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I would point out to you that the model State

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Constitution, in just five lines, deals with the subject

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of education which it recognizes as having preeminent

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importance. The Constitutional Convention Commission's

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draft was stated in two sections, and contained none of

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the detailed administrative .structure we find in the

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Majority's recommendation.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Your time has expired, Delegate

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Singer.

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DELEGATE SINGER: I ask you to defeat this

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structured establishment of the educational status quo.