, 1891-02-04

LID ITluCGSSS OCuOO1, WutCu udo ACaSACO o.
percentage of 81, against 5000 in the town
, schools. AS in 1889, the poorest attendance
has been at Annaly school. The children in
the district of the school suffer more than
those of other districts from "tubbo" and
''yaws," the first named being q disease of
the feet, which makes the children lame, the
second a skin disease said to be contagious.
The teacher at Annaly School reported IN the
month of December that out of 112 pupils %
We're suffering from ''yaws' and ''tubbo",
These two diseases, coupled with the fact that
the great abundance of fruit in the district
teMpts the parents or guardians to send the
children to town with fruit during school
hours, must be regarded as to a great ex-
tent the causes of the bad attendance at
Annaly School,. Similar difficulties, even i'll
q less degree, are met with in the other
schools. That the teachers, however, can
contend, with success, against some OF these
difficulties is shewn by the case of La Prln-
cesse School, which in 1889, had, except
Annaly, the lowest percentage of attendance,
but in 1890 stands even above the town
schools. The teacher attributes his success in
this direction mainly to the regularity with
which be has visited the children at their
homes on the estates.
In the Report for 1889 it was stated that
the Preparatory Glass in Christiansted's Free
SCHOOL udO IlOU OS6n E0-Op0uSO III L0AV yOSAJ
as the pressure in the lower classes of the
school had not yet been so great as to call
for the relief which the Preparatory Class was
meant to afford. The epidemic of measles
which prevailed in the beginning of the year
continued to depress the attendance to such
a degree that it was not necess airy either to
open this class in the early part of 1890. To-
wards the close Of the y ear, however, the low
er classes increased SO greatly in numbers as
to make it evident that it would be neces-
sary to reopen the Preparatory Glass in the
beginning of 1891, which has since been done
The annual examin ations were held III the
Cnrlstiansted Free School on the 22nd and
23rd of May, in the Frederiksted Free
School on the 21st of May, and in the
Country Schools between the 9th of August
and the 10th Of Septic mber. Besides these
public examinations, others were held IN the
Country School in the months of May and
August for fixing the monthly premiums to
be paid to tho teac hers, and in the town
schools in the months of November and De-
cember for testing the progress Of the pupils
during the preceding half year.
The progress of the children as shewn by
hese examinations must, on the whole. be
regarded as satisfactory, both in the town
schools and in the country schools. Arith-
metic, as usual, Showed unsatisfactory results
in most Of the schools. Of the two examina-
lions which are held every year in the Country
SCHOOLS for fixing the premiums to be paidto the
teachers, the first has been usually held in the
month of February, but in 1890, owing to the
prevalence OF the before mentioned epidemic,
it was necessary to postpone it TO the month
Of May. At the examination held in the
month Of August the several country schools
obtained on the average for each bound scholar
on the list the following marks LA Prin-
cesse School, 1916 Friedensfeld School.
I1.76; Peters Rest School, 10.41 Two
Williams School, 1920; East Hill School,
/. 1913; Diamond School, $50; Annaly School,
6.95. AS will be seen, this statement fresults
is in striking accord with the earlier state.
mnent IN this Report in regard to the average
attendance in the several schools, an accord
which shows how important it is to main
tain a good regular attendance.
It will be seen that the total average num-