, 1911-10-11

private schools can be granted a yearly sinh
oidy. and that Is a new rule. The reason
why the Committee has proposed so is that
the St. Croix Higher School is getting the
considerable support of about $4,000 per an
mum for each pupil, while the communal
schools give the instruction entirely free.
The Committee therefore found it reusona-
bic to support t e private schools in order
to help such people, who cannot afford to
send their children TO the Higher School,
but on the other hand do not want to send
their children to the public schools. This.
amendment is the most important of all the
amendments proposed by the Committee.
Then the present : So in the Draft is pro
posed struck out and a new : So put in its
place.
Thus amendment will allow the private
schools now in existence, without sending
IN a new application, to continue i'll their
present. school rooms, If the School Board
considers same satisfactory.
In these ways the Committee has tried to
make the circumstances Il little better now
for the private schools.
1t IS a very small grant, that has been
proposed to these schools, namely in all
Frcs 1900 90 yearly to be divided among all
the private schools, but many of these
schools will nevertheless appreciate it very
much.
With these remarks the Speaker sbonld
on beiulf OF the Committee recommend ma
report for favourable consideration.
The uctiag Tlce- bo0et71or should on be-
half Of the Government beg to thank the Coun-
Gil for the way in which this matter had been
received and dealt with. The amendments
now proposed in the Committees report he
considered acceptable and he took it as IL
guarantee for IL good result, that the Com
mittee', report had been unanimously adopt
Ell. He should only in particular mention
the amendment proposing the new s SIS and
the amendment to s SO Originally 1927. The
new s 55, if passed, will give the Treasury
Il yearly permanent expense on the Budget.
We are always apprehensiye o. new perma-
nent expenses, but III this case it Is such u
minor amount, that it won't say very much.
With regard to the amendment to : 63 tori.
giually s 62) he could not see any reason
for not following the report and accept Of
the amendment. 1t does not affect the
School Directors authority, that this amend
ment be adopted, since the Ordinance a. u
whole acknowledged his superiority in school
matters, which is quite sufficient, and Gov
eminent could therefore very we'll agree to
this amendment.
2nd Member for Frederiksted Town
(Gol1en) said, he was very glad for the
Committees report, especially with reference
to the religious teaching, and thanked the
honorable Speaker for the explanation of it.
He should, however, call the attention
to the s 46, where it is prescribed that clio
sets should be apart for each sex, and asked
if 1t could not be too di agreeable and iucon-
venient to very small private schools with
+. j. 5 or 6 pupils. In such small schools the
control vas so easily exercised, that there
could be no necessity for having closets for
each sex.
The Chairman answered the last Speaker,
that he believed it was necessary, and the
4h Crown memrer Rubner-Pe%t ersent found
it absolutely necessary, stating the School
Board was of the same opinion.
lst member for Christiansted's Town
(Sta&eponn) said, that in the Committed
meeting he opposed the clause in 5 SO lori.
ginaIly 62J, now in the Committees report
proposed struck out, because the said clause
if retained, would make the School Director
the immediate Superior of the entire reach
ing staff, consequently also of the teachers
in all private not subsidized schools and Of
teachers engaged for private home instruc-
ton; the majority in the Committee could not
deny. the clause had that meaning. But