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about the commonwealth which people have come together

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for their own interests and their own protection and,

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when one individual is denied it, we are certainly

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doing something inviolate to our constitutional rights.

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MRS. FREEDLANDER: You mentioned, Dr. Pullen,

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the reason we do not have kindergartens and higher educa-

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tion, that it is not spelled out. We in the Committee

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have felt that the conciseness of this provision would

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allow for -- it says free public schools, which is not

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limited. It would not "delimit," so to speak, kinder-

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gartens and higher education.

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The Committee has felt, and I would like you

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to speak on this, if you will, please, that our school

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code is so extensive that it is better to have items

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pertaining to public education in statutes, where they

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could be changed, revised, improved, than in a consti-

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tutional provision which takes a long time to change.

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DR. PULLEN: Well, I'm not so sure. Frankly,

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I think the people would pass a constitutional amendment

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on those things quicker than the legislature. In other

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words, we set up all functions of the government.