, 1912-02-24

OF THE
COLONIAL COUNCIL
FOR 81. GROIN
(COntGnupd from A0is No. 15.)

here had 20 and in Frederiksted ~ pupils.
The Frederiksted Division was in the first
part of 1911 in a poor condition, so poor,
that the School Board had been compelled
to write to the local Committee of the School,
that it would be proposed to withdraw the
subsidy, If a serious and successful attempt
of improvement was not made. Shortly
after ut the General Meeting Of the School,
the FrederiKsted division was highly praised
by Members of the Board of tho School!
But since that time a great change has taken
place; now the School is stamped by order,
a satisfactory timetable, there is a planet
instruction, the teachers stick to this plan,
and the scholars have got textbooks. This
improvement is due to the interest of the
Chairman, who successfully has carried out
fhe work otherwise generally done by the
Manager; and the Chairman has done that
III n way that deserves admiration.
The Christiansted Division has always at
the annual examinations showed q much
better result than Frederiksted Division. If
it will be SO this year is doubtful. Also his
Division has had it's lacks, and it has been
easy to see, what has been wrong.
1t is to be hoped, that both Divisions from
Their past will learn to do better in the flu
ture. AS the High School has such % large
grant, we really ought to have a very good
school.
The hon. Chairman remarked, it might be
necessary for the Public to take over the
High School. This is not in every res pect
advisable, as the expenses then would be
much higher, when the Public has to pay
the deficit when the parents as now have
to do that, they don't demand SO much of
the School, are more willing to pay their
school-fees.
It was quite another thing if WE could.
add to each of the Town-Schools a "Borger-
skole, the main subjects OF which should be
English, Danish, Arithmetic etc, but not
French and Mathematics That could be done
without great expenses and such q school
could lay Il good foundation for young men.
who afterwards in life wanted to be clerks,
policemen etc. But the "Borgerskole" could
not do the same work as the High School aud
many parents would be compelled to send
their children to schools III other countries.
He recommended the increase of the sa-
laries for the Policemen and the Sicknurses,
though the Budget could not stand much
more increase, the new School Ordinance
will also need money, not much.
1t is The duty of the Public to give the
communal functionaries a sufficient salary.
70 act fairly to them in that respect, it
would be a very useful thing yearly to get
a. list, showing what is the real income of
each official paid by the Public. 1t must
namely be remembered, they are paid from
different departments.
Now there is fixed q special amount to
each building for Hurricane Repairs. 1t
was to be supposed, that if a certain amount
was fixed on the Budget for all the Build
ings together q much smaller amount would
do, as the Building Inspector now to be
on the safe side has to make the amount for
each Building too high, as he has no right
to spend on one Building, what he saves
from another.
There was something he would bring forth
at this occasion. We had taxes on dogs in
the Towns, could we not get taxes on dogs
in the Country? Everyone that went III the
country and in the villages knew what q
plague all the dogs We're; they got nothing
TO eat and it was a pity to see many of them,
and it was a good thing to get rid of them,
which surely would be the case If a tax
was fixed on them.
1st. member for Frederiksted Town (CoW-
ter) wished to say a few words about the
smaller items. now ell the greater aud i'm
portant items had beenspoken of
He would plead Government for more
police, especially in Frederiksted.