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THE CHAIRMAN: Do you desire to
offer Amendment BQ?
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: I was speak-
ing of Delegate Kirkland. He has the
amendment.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Kirkland,
do you desire to offer Amendment BQ?
DELEGATE KIRKLAND : Yes, sir, I do.
THE CHAIRMAN: The pages will dis-
tribute amendment BQ, Boy Queen.
This will be Amendment No. 2. Please
revise line 1 to read, on page 1 of the sec-
tion substituted by Amendment No. 1 in
line 18 after the period add this new sen-
tence. The Clerk will read the Amend-
ment.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 2
to Committee Recommendation GP-6 by
Delegates Wheatley, Blair, Kirkland, Pul-
len, Ritter, K. L. Robie, Sosnowski, and
Vecera.
On page 1 of the section substituted by
Amendment No. 1 in line 18 after the
period add this new sentence:
"The board shall appoint a state super-
intendent of schools who shall be its execu-
tive and professional officer."
THE CHAIRMAN : The amendment hav-
ing been submitted by Delegate Wheatley
and seconded by the other sponsors, the
Chair recognizes Delegate Wheatley to
speak to the amendment.
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: Mr. Chair-
man, the amendment should have been led
by Delegate Kirkland. There was an error.
He wished to speak first on this.
THE CHAIRMAN: Very well. The Chair
recognizes Delegate Kirkland.
DELEGATE KIRKLAND: Mr. Chair-
man, I am not mad at anyone. I admire
Mrs. Key. I did not really mean to upset
her. However, I must say this: even though
I will accept defeat graciously, I have been
defeated in athletic programs before in my
life, so I have learned to take defeat, but
I would like to ask this assembly to sup-
port this amendment, "queen bee," because
I think it is very vital to give educational
leadership that is free from any political
influence. I would hope that this body
would support this amendment, and I am
quite sure that if I can get this in, I can
support what we have just passed.
THE CHAIRMAN: Does any delegate
desire to speak in opposition? Delegate
Lord.
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DELEGATE LORD: Mr. Chairman, fel-
low delegates, I think that this is a simple
attempt to do by the back door that which
was just undone by the front door.
It reintroduces in the same form the last
sentence of section 4, and for the reasons
that I am sure were in everyone's mind
when they voted the last time. I would urge
its defeat.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Mentzer.
DELEGATE MENTZER: I have a ques-
tion for Delegate Kirkland.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Blair, do
you desire to speak in favor of the amend-
ment?
DELEGATE BLAIR: Yes, sir.
THE CHAIRMAN: You may speak.
DELEGATE BLAIR: Mr. Chairman,
ladies and gentlemen, we have had a State
Board of Education, with a state superin-
tendent of schools since 1916, and the du-
ties of the state superintendent are com-
pletely spelled out in Article 77 of the
Code. He has been a very effective and
efficient person in connection with the oper-
ation of the State Board. I think it is very
fundamental to the effective operation that
this board be appointed by the governor
and that the state superintendent be ap-
pointed by the board; it is an integral part
of the whole system of the operation. If
the state board has been at all successful,
I think the instrumentality of its success
has been the functioning, with the expert
personnel of the board and the specific
specialties, of he who is an ancillary part
of that board and an important and in-
tegral part of that board, the state super-
intendent of schools.
I think it is important that this not be
deleted in any way and that the time never
come when the administration of govern-
ment would decide to substitute some other
method of operation, rather than have a
state superintendent. I think we can guar-
antee this feature. If there is any success
that the board has been responsible for, I
think it is the fact that it has the com-
posite structure which it is now composed of.
I think we should perpetuate this thing
from the period of 1916 to the present time.
I think it is an integral and essential part
of the success. I think we should subject it
in its entirety.
THE CHAIRMAN: Does any delegate
desire to speak in opposition to the amend-
ment? Delegate Maurer.
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