NOTICE.
.
SHOOTING
and ?shing
on
my
properties,
Longford,
Castle Nu-
gent,
and La Prevally,
are
forbid-
en,
and
all
trespassers
will be
dealt with by Law.
SVEND JORGENSEN.
ON
MEMORIAL DAY,
Monday
30th
instant,
this office will be
closed
at
12
o’clock
noon.
'the
mails
for
St.
Thomas,
Porto
Rico
and
the
United
States
will be closed
and
dispatched
at
11 a.
m.
B. R. LARSEN,
Postmaster.
LOCAL.
All passengers
sailing
for
the
States
ex
S.
S.
Guiana
must
call
for their
tick-
ets
not
later
than
Saturday
28th.
1921.
4 oclock P.
M.
Christignsted,
May 26,
1921.
Editor '‘St. Croix Avis.”’
Dear Sir:
I have
read
the
advertisement
of
‘‘Pontifical
High
Mass’’;
Enquirer’s
query; and
the
rector’s
reply
referring
to a standard
English
dictionary
as
the
source
from
which
Enquirer
could
find
the key to the answer
of
his
enquiry,——
and for curiosity
1
have
consulted
Web-
ster’s unabridged
dictionary of the
Eng-
lish language,
and
find
‘‘pontifical’”’ de-
fined as follows :
_
“"Belonging to a high priest;
as
ponti-
fical authority,
hence
belonging
to
the
pope, popish’’.
Since,
therefore,
pontifi-
cal
and
popish
are
synonymous
terms,
as
Webster
tells
me,
my understanding
of the
advertisement,
is
that
a
popish
high mass
would be held.
Yours very truly
AN AMUSED ONLOOKER.
Department
of Education,
St. Croix, May 24,
1921.
CIRCULAR
LETTER
TO ALL PRIN-
CIPALS,
No.
20.
1.
This
office appreciates
the
work
done by
some
of the
teachers
but is not
satisfied
with
the
work
of
all.
Irre-
spective
of
how
hard
and
how
much
some
may
work
toward
a
goal
the
in-
difference and
lack of
attention
on
the
part
of a few
will spoil
the
efforts
of
those who are
trying
hard.
‘l'he above
is said with reference
to
the per cent
of
attendance
which
shculd
be brought
up
to
not less
than
90%.
The
attendance
for
the
week
ending
May
20th.
is
as
follows:
29
CROIL
A
B
NI
Frederiksted
Junior High 5ch001..94.55
%
Christiansted
-
=
e
e
Frederiksted
Communal
5ch001..85.89
**
|
La Princesse
School
.......-....85.43
"
Christiansted
Communal
5ch001..82.44
**
|
Friedensfeld
5ch001............74.
61
"
Palei
Hoat Selionl.
...
..+ .32
'
Disgtond
Sonoal.
....
...
... 0888
'
|
oT
G
R
R
2,
The
Director
knows
there
is
an
|
epidemic of measles,
which will
materi-
ally
lower the
per
cent
of attendance;
|
however,
this should
be overcome
by the
end
of
next
week.
Attention
of
all
principals
is called
to the
remarks
made
|
by the Assistant
Director with reference
to
children
‘who
are
on
the
rolls
and
whose
cases
have been
recommended
for
|
investigation
and
report.
In
the
ma-
jority of
cases
the
prineipals
have
not
|
yet reported
in toto.
§
3.
Witn reference
to par.
3
of Circu-
|
lar Letter No.
19 the
schools
of
the
is-
|
land
of
St.
Croix
will be divided into
|
three
classes:
Class
1-the
two
Junior
|
High Schools;
Class 2-the
two
Commun-
!
al
Schools;
Class
38-all
the
Country
|
Schools.
A suitable reward
will be giv-
|
en
in
each
class
to
the
school
having
|
the
best
attendance
for
the
remainder
l
of the year.
o
4.
It is requested
that
the
principals
I
call the teachers
together
in their respec-
tive buildings
and
discuss
this
circular
|
letter with
them.
Even
though
the pa-
|
rents
be
negligent
the
burden
of
se-
|
curing
a good attendance
rests
upon
the
|
action
and
the
spirit
each
individual
teacher
takes.
Many
- superintendents
judge the
teacher’s
efficiency by the
re-
port of
attendance
of her
pupils
in
the
back of
her
register.
Ifupon
investi-
gation it proves
that
a
child
has
been
working it is
the teacher
duty to
report
that fact
to this
office.
Should
a
child
be
living
under
unusual
conditions,
should
a
child
be
mentally
deiicient,
should
a child
be
a
habitual
truant,
or
for any other
reason
be
irregularin
i‘s
attendance
the
matter
should be
report-
ed each
week
in
detail
until
some
ac-
tion is taken for improvement by
higher
authorities.
The
burden
of
presenting
these
facts
rests
upon
the
individual
teacher
and
should
any
teacher
fail
or
be
grossly
negligent
in
her
duties
he
or she
may
be tried
by Section 23,
Chap-
terr
XXXV, Title
II of
the
Compiled
|
Code of
General
and
Special
Laws
for
’
the Virgin Islands,
which
provides
for
|
3 fine not to
exceed
SIOO.OO
or
imprison.
;
ment
not
to exceed
six months
or both,
I
ARTHUR E. LINDBORG.
Asst.
Director of Education.
"
TELEGRAMS.
|
ST. CROIX STATION. |
Ithaca,
New York, May 22nd.—Prince-
|
ton
won the Triangular
race
on
Cayuga
{
Lake
on
Saturday,
defeated
Cornell by
|
two
and
on 2 half
lengths,
and
Yale
!
by
six,
Cormell
tock
the
lead
at
the
start,
but
was
unable
to
hold
it
af-
ter the quarter
mile.
Kells
Bow in
the
Cornell
boat,
caughkt
a
bad7
ecrab
at
the
mile
and
the
boat
lost
several
lengths,
but
was
soon
recovered
and
forged
ahead,
regaining
two
lengths.
The
bowman
caught
another
crab
at
the mile and
three
quarters,
losing
his
oar,
and
stopped
the boat.
The
official
time was
Princeton
10.33,
Cornell
10.-
47 and
Yale 11.03 Cornell
took the Fresh-
man
race
by
five lengths
from
Yale
with Princeton
third.
London,
May
23rd.—The
Germans
on
Saturday
drove
the Polish
insurgents
in
Silesia
back
towards Cross
Strehlitz
for
a distance
of five miles,
says
a despatch
to
the Times
from Oppeln.
The
Times
correspondent
declares
there
is
every
sign that the Germans
have the
resources
of
the
reguiar
army
at
their
disposal.
He
adds
that
the
Germans
have
been
concentrating
forces
and
making
prepar
ations
for the past
tortnight, and that in
dications pointed to a determined
effort on
their part
to recover
possession
of Upper
Silesia
from the Poles.
The
movement
is regarded
by the
Times
correspondent
as
far
more
serious
than
mere
rveaction
of
the
German
population
against
the
insurgent.
He
asserts
the
Inter-Allied
Commission
was
unable t 3 prevent
the
outbreak
of fighting and
is
now just
as
powerless
to intervene.
The
Polish
in-
surgent
according
to the
despatech
have
been
steadily :consolidating
their
posses-
sion and extending their
control
over the
industrial
districts of Silesia.
They
are
reported
toc
have
succeeded
in
starting
work
again
in
mines,
foundaries,
and
factories,
and
now squeezing
the
Allied
authorities
out
of
the
town
they
stiil
occupy
in order
to complete
their hold on
the
Railway
between
Kattowitz
and
Gliewitz.
Every
sort of
pressure
is
be-
ing employed
to
compel
the
surrender
of
these
two important
towns.
No food
is being allowed
to enter them,
says
the
papers
correspondent,
but
as
this
has
not proved
effective, the water
and elec-
tric
supplies
of Kattowitz
were cut
yes-
terday.
Berlin, May 23rd.—Over trippled Tele--
graph
and Telephone
wires
come
reports
from Oppelnthat
the Germans
and Poles
are
engaged
in heavy artillery and
ma-
chine-gun-fire all a ong
the
Oder,
espe-
cially
in the
vicinity of Krattitz.
Both
sides
are entrenching
«nd
the people
in
several
of the
towns
are panic
stricken.
Lordon,
May
23rd.—Mr.
J.
R.
Lons-
dale,
a
member
of
Parliament.
mid
Armagh died today.
Alexandria, May 23rd.- [t wes official-
ly announeed
this
afternoon that the
to-
tal
of twenty
three
persons
had
been
killed and
a hundred
and thirty wouuded
in todays rioting.
The Officiai Commun-
ique says,
‘‘The
trouble started
between
low class Greeks and
natives
in Anastas-
is Street from an unknown cause.
Thein-