, 1911-09-16

measure OF knowledge, the School Roo,.3
mas the right to let such a child remair =
the School ne or two half years more. avorr
pupil is school bound until he gets q cart
hcate from the teacher.
I The money, paid as fines. has 70 Ia
used -
= for examination prizes to one or two Of
the best scholars IN such school or class
D. for monthly and yearly Prizes of Attan-
dance gwen IN form Of saving-marks-1 Of
q piece. These marks should also be sofa
IN me schools; the children would in this
way, il is to be hoped, be taught to save. ana
me amount thu saved could be pal them
at their confirmation or when they left the
school.
c. to support for a short time poor and sick
parents on the conlitio. th,t III. yLii31IH
regularly attend their school.
.. The School Board appoints for eocb
school among the parents, three Scbool-FI-
oef7, who amo g other tasks have to assist
me teachers to get regular attendance.
.. Inc Flrat-Teacber5 get sIn.tlI premiums
1Aeq according to The attendance,
: Last, not least, TO make the instruction
more PfacfIcal and lively and thus intarast
the scholars in SO high a degree. tbat tbav
themselves will like to attend every scbonf2
day and be p%unctuai.
1t has been proposed by many to keen
school the whole day, but chat would only
increase the expenses and the parents wouIl
not have any use OF the children. The
speaker was no adnirer Of she ink ami pm
paradise, and the Board would not recon-
la4ul this proposal, because it would be b.,
lay too hard u burden on the tax payers and
the parents and MAKE the children uudt Tor
bodily work.
o. the .Il1e1 Hgher .S:4oo's must be
sad, that the aim OF 5he provisions proposed
Is to max these schools Us free rs possible,
give them the best conditions to work well.
but at the same time secure, that the com
manlty gets full comp 5~nsatiou for the
money spent on these schools, AMI that the
money will be OF beneio NOT alon5 to people
who are well off but also to the mid lls-class
AMI to the poog III our Island.
As to the other /rj0ue S:h00ls and
Xohee-L 2shuctio0 the School Bo4rd has
been Of that opinion, that the parents must
have the right to let their children be taught
where aud, to a certain degree, how they
want; the Public is ONLY interested IN that
all children learn at least the same as in the
communal schools, that private teachers
know to do Their work, and that schooIrooms
etc. are satisfactory, and that is the object
OF the rules proposed for private teaching.
The Roman Catholic Schools are Of great
use tor the community and have done a very
good work, and therefore in several WAYS
proposals are made to give them better con
ditions than they now have.
SGll the speaker wished to draw at
tention to II, second part, in which is pro-
posed extraordinary holidays; the intention is
for instance, that if the cotton-crop is ripe
and worknen cannot be had, then the children
should be sent out working, if possible un-
der the controi Of the school.
He hoped that he had succeeded in ex-
planning the main points of the Draft and
asked FOR a favourable consideration and
acceptance Of tue Draft, which of course
M ght have It's faults, but the Board was
Winning TO accept Improvements.
\ recess was now given.
After the recess the discussion on the
Draft was continued.
1st member for Christiansted Town (Stahe-
Dstan) said that the Council appreciates
the great work which had been laid down
il til Draft fpr which the most credit IS
due to the School Director. B 1t all such
work will always meet with some criticism.
GA he whole he ha not much to say against
it. He thought, that the Council would es-
pecially appreciate the idea Of the chiIdren's