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Baltimore and the twenty-three counties of Maryland.

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Under the Declaration of Rights — and I'm

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very happy to see Mrs. Freedlander sitting there and to

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hear that she is Chairman --

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MRS. FREEDLANDER : Not Chairman, a member.

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MR. RAVER: Admittedly, the language of the

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Declaration of Rights is old style, nevertheless it is,

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in my opinion, one of the most beautifully written and

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most interesting documents of its type that I have ever

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read. As a Marylander, I would urge every citizen to

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read and study the entire document with the same care

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with which I would also hope that he reads the Holy Writ.

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A study of both documents will make him a better citizen,

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despite certain apparent inconsistencies in both

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"canonical" works.

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Article 36 of the Declaration. This article

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is, in my opinion, highly important to the field of

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public education and is one of the finest statements of

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its kind. This is, of course, the one dealing with the

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separation of church and state, I suppose you could call

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it, or religious observance. I noticed it wasn't quoted