, 1908-04-29

From the account which we give this
morning of the meeting at Friedensfeld on
Monday, it will be seen that the scheme
for establishing a higher class school here
is fairly launched. The Company has been
formed and the Directors chosen. For the
latter the work ard the responsibility will
be heavy. Let us wish for them the rewards
that come with success.
The present writer, having heard q good
deal said in connection with this subject,
feels it desirable to make a few remarks on
the tone that has frequently been adopted
in recent speeches and conversations with re-
gard to existing means of instruction. They
may be poor enough but when we hear
that they are disgraceful, q reproach to ue,
so inferior to what we find in other
islands, and so on ; is that not q little hard on
those who have hitherto been teaching here2
When we see that our young men, If they
have been diligent in school here, can go to
America and take posts as book-keepers and
the like, surely there must have been some
thing practical in the instruction they
received here. Of course a more liberal in
struction would be better, and if such can
be secured by the present scheme, why we
shall all be rejoiced to see it carried out.
The Meeting of the Shareholders of the
Company est. Croix Hojere Skole", which
had been called by previous notice in the
AviS q Bulletin, was held in Friedensfeld
School House at 3 p. IN. yesterday.
There were is Shareholders present.
Mr.. Larsen, as Chairman Of The Commits tee,
opened the Meetings and after o few prefa-
ratory remarks on the present stage OF the
scheme, requested Mr.. f. Lunney to take
the chair.
Mr.. Lunney, having taken the chair and
made a few remarks on the enterprise, re-
quested Mr.. Grigg, as Secretary, to explain
matters further.
Mr.. Grigg then gave q resume of what
had been done by the Committee. The
prospectus and appeal had been circulated,
and out Of the 400 shares proposed, 241 had
been taken, namely ia shares IN Christian
Rted, by A shareholders, and 81 shares in
Frederiksted by 33 shareholders. It was
hoped that the rest of the shares would be
taken up in Denmark, where u serious effort
should now be made to place them. 1t had
not been thought proper to make an appeal
in the Mother Country until it could be
shown that people here were in earnest.
The Committee had considered that it was
now time to commence work on the scheme,
and for this purpose it was necessary to elect
o Board Of Directors, who would draw up
detailed rules to be submitted to the share
holders in another General Meeting. The
election of the Board would therefore be the
principal work of the present meeting. It
was meant that the School, though receiving
Government aid, should be an independent
institution, that is to say the Board would
have power to regulate the affairs of the
school, for example, to employ teachers, and,
if these were found inefficient, to discharge
then and engage others. While the Board
would be one body acting together and ap-
pointing it's own officers, it was thought best
that in current matters of business some
should act chiefly for Christiansted, others
for Frederiksted, hence it had been suggest
ed that s should be elected for Christiansted
and S for Frederiksted each section could
elect it's own Chairman for current business,
but it would be understood that the Chair
man of the Board would be chief.
The Rev. N. N. Westergaard thought that
the first business before the meeting should
he the establishment of the Company he
would therefore move that the Company
est. Croix Hojere Skole" be now founded.
This was seconded and voted unanimously,
and the Company was declared to be found
ed.
On proceeding to the election of a Board
of Directors, there was a good deal of pre-
liminary discussion, first as to whether the