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Constitution of Maryland.
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Coming to Article 8 directly, now. There has
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been much discussion here. I hesitate to say much about
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this. I would call your attention to the fact how
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beautifully this section has held up, Section 1, over
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100 years, despite our expanding culture and growing
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technology, both of which are essential to modern day
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society.
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Now, I have italicized practically everything
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in there and in a moment I would like to take it phrase
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by phrase, if I may. May I say here, and I don't know
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whether rebuttal is granted one at this point or not,
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but there has been much discussion here about whether or
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not the university should be granted constitutional
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autonomy.
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Well, may I say that my connection with the
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University of Maryland has been pleasant and, of course,
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as Dr. Kuhn said — now that he is gone, I perhaps should
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not object, but with thirteen years of teaching exper-
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ience, practically all of my direct teaching experience
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was in the field of higher education and, Madam Chairlady
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