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versity still enjoys the statutory right of
self-management and I should say that we
have here in this State a great university.
I hope that it will become a greater uni-
versity, and with the help of God and the
General Assembly, it will.
(Applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair wants to
express its own personal but very sincere
and deeply felt appreciation to the mem-
bers of the Committee, both minority and
majority and to Delegate Case and others
who shared his view for the spirit which
brought about the adoption of the amend-
ment and ended what otherwise could have
bsen a very protracted and devisive debate
for the Committee of the Whole.
I think it augurs well for the entire
work of the Convention, and I think the
sincere thanks of every delegate is due to
every one of the members of the Committee,
to Delegate Case and to those who felt as he
did about the University of Maryland hav-
ing constitutional autonomy. We appreciate
the efforts they have made to bring about
this result.
Delegate Hopkins.
DELEGATE HOPKINS: Thank you,
Mr. President. I feel that I should rise at
this point on behalf of state colleges be-
cause I have been rather quiet on a subject
that I know a little more about than the
rest of you since I have been rather ex-
posed to it for the last four years.
I wish to thank Mr. Case for the very
fine explanation he has given all of us as
to the problems of managing an institution
of higher learning in Maryland in 1967
and why fiscal management should be in
the hands of the Board of Trustees in order
to make the institution the fine institution
we all want it to be.
The University of Maryland has statu-
tory autonomy and Mr. Case has explained
far better than I could what it is and why
they need it.
I have been interested in seeing that the
state colleges have the same thing. Some
of the state colleges, for example, Morgan
and Towson, are as old as the University
of Maryland with traditions and fine state
programs, but six colleges are new and
they do not have statutory autonomy. They
are hoping to get it from the legislature
since we did not see fit to give it to them.
Under what has just passed, this could
happen as the legislature sees fit. The six
state colleges would also like to be treated
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the same way because they have important
jobs to do at the higher educational level
in this State, and should also be men-
tioned.
Thank you, Mr. Case; thank you, Mr.
President.
(Applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN: I have become so ac-
customed to thinking of Delegate Bard
as one of the educator delegates that I
tend to include him as one of the Com-
mittee. He is not, but he was one of the
delegates who was largely instrumental in
bringing together the opposing views over
this past weekend and perhaps more than
any other single delegate brought about
the meetings from which the happy result
has ensued.
Delegate Bard, I did not want to over-
look those efforts. As you know from what
I said to you, we are very deeply grateful
for it.
(Applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN : Delegate Hanson.
DELEGATE HANSON: Mr. Chairman,
as one who has spent a lifetime or an adult
lifetime in higher education, I also want to
compliment the majority and minority for
the fine work that they have done while
the Convention has been in recess and I
cannot help but compliment Delegate Case
for the excellent defense which he has given
of fiscal autonomy in universities. I can
only hope that when the opportunity again
arises in the Convention assembly to give
a similar kind of fiscal autonomy to the
General Assembly that we will find him on
our side in that fight.
(Laughter.)
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair now rec-
ognizes Delegate Wheatley with respect to
section 9.
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: Mr. Chair-
man, if I might for one brief moment in
response to the comments made regarding
autonomy, I would like to say it was unani-
mously felt by the Committee that impar-
tial observers who testified before the Com-
mittee attested to the fact that the statu-
tory autonomy enjoyed by the University
of Maryland since 1952 has certainly been
handled well. It has been a real advantage
to the school in doing the type of educa-
tional work that should be done for a uni-
versity of the State and I can only amplify
those remarks that he has made because
everyone who will appear, be they members
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