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participate, and their other qualities of alertness and leader-
ship. They will serve as your pages in the sessions of the
Committee of the Whole and of the Convention and as messen-
gers to the committees. Several will serve continuously
throughout the session, but most of them will serve for
periods of two weeks, after which they will return to their
classes for a period and then serve again for another two-
week period, so that each of these young people will serve as
a page for a period of at least four weeks.
They are not observers; they are workers. During
the period of their service they will be housed in Annapolis
either at St. John's College or in private homes, and
they will work full time each and every day of their service.
Use them, make them feel that they are earning their pay,
performing a service and participating in a public event of
the highest order. They will carry back to their homes,
to their schools, and to their friends and acquaintances an
impression of the work of this Convention which could be
obtained in no other way.
This Convention, by an overwhelming vote at its
organization session on July 11, adopted the principle |
