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we had a great many visitors from other states and the

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thing that amazed them was the continuity of policy here.

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Our people all have held their jobs for many years. I

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was in the system twenty-seven years. Our State Super-

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intendent has been in for twenty or more years. Our

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County Superintendents have a great deal of continuity.

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I think there is no other state that has this, if you

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look up the data, and that is one of the reasons we have

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progressed so well, this continuity of policy, and I

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think the Constitution and the laws, the 1916 laws are

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responsible for that and I hope they will be continued.

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DR. BAUD: I hope you are going to give me a

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chance.

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THE CHAIRLADY: I am going to give you a

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chance, but last, Dr. Bard. I have laid down a policy,

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we're not going to ask anybody questions unless there is

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time, after everyone has spoken. Mr. Crosby? Is he

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here? Well, Dr. Bard, you are in.

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DR. BARD: As a member of the Commission, I

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expected to be last and I am going to speak very briefly

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as President of the Baltimore Junior College, and I thank