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generations. We have therefore endeavored to select not only
competent professional and clerical personnel, but also to
involve to the greatest possible extent the young people
of our State so that they too may be a part of this historic
undertaking and become imbued with a desire to participate
actively in public affairs or even perhaps to make a career
of public service. Do not be surprised, therefore, to dis-
cover among the staff assigned to positions normally not
thought of as professional, persons of professional stature,
capacity, and competence, and do not be surprised to find
that the young men and women who serve as administrative as-
sistants to the committees are similarly trained and skilled.
As a part of this same policy of involving the young
citizen we have, with the support and assistance of the
State Department of Education, recruited approximately 50
young boys and girls, all of whom are honor students in ad-
vanced senior classes in the secondary schools of the State.
They have been nominated by the principals of their schools,
not only for their scholastic excellence, but also for their
interest in the work of the Constitutional Convention and
what it means to the State of Maryland, their desire to |
