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LOCAL The s. 8. ‘‘Paria’’ sailed from New York on Thursday evening; having 2 tons of cargo for Frederiksted. The postmaster advises that there was received in the mail on Saturday last a large 66 pound parcel, tub shaped and wrapped in brown bag-cloth to which it appears an address was pasted and torn off in transit only the words ‘‘Christian- sted St. Croix, V.L" remaining. In event this parcel is not identified and delivered by return of the mail to San Juan, P. R.. same will be disposed of in accordanece with Postal Regulations. The U.S.S. Grebe arrived here yes- terday and remained the pight over. Lt. Com. Zane, Government Secretary, was a passenger by her and attended a meeting of the Municipal Committee vest-rday afternoon the subject of which is understood to be ‘‘planttops.’’ The Grebe brought four bags St Thomas mail. It will be remembered that the mails for the United States by the s. s. Parima close at 400 p. m. today. Eleven lines of rain fell in this town to this morning; 64 at Kingshill, and 6 in Frederiksted. PERSONAL MENTICGN Mr. L. R. Cenrad, the genial young clerk in the bookkeepin~ department, Government Office. was a passenger to Porto Rico by tie Catherine on Sunday last. Wae wish him a good time and im- , proved health as a result of his vacation, CORRECTION. ‘The date of the banauetjof the Liter- ary and Debating Club is the 19th and not the 15th as announced yesterday. ® Department of Education, St. Thomas, V. I, 8 Nov. 1923. My dear Editor:— The Governor’s letter has just been mailed to you regarding AMERI- CAN EDUCATION WEEK, and I shall take the liberty to forward you from time to timge during the pext two weeks material which may be of interest to you. which you are free to use in any manuoer vou see fit. Sincerely, ARTHUR E. LINDBORG, Director of Educatton. The followingis taken from “"The Jour- nal of the National Education Associa- tion’”: ““Preparation for American Education §s® CRULE ANLID Week cannot be made too early. Like ! any great movemenpt reachinz tens of | millions of people it requires time to get | uynder way, Last year the week was widely observed with great pffectiveness. This year the dates are somewhat earli- er and the preliminary plans have b2en made much eariier. Over a bur, red | thousand copies of the basic prozram have already been disgributed. The pro- f gram is genaral in character becau eit | deals with those fundamental things in | education which are essentially univer- | sal. The program can easily be adapted to fit into the plans of different organiza- | tions and communities. 3 “*Plans for proclamations by the Presi- dent of the United States by the gov- i ernors of the various Stal's, and oy the mavyors of cities bave alreaay bzen made more extensively than a year ago. News- | papers, educational journals; and gen- eral magazines are working on plans or | special editions or special articles and | editorials. During this week let every | community evaluate its educational re- | sources and its educational needs. 3t parcnis visit teachers and teachers visit | parents in an effort to solve the common problems of childhood. Let the week be a time of new undarstanding and new vision on the part of the entire Ameri- can people of the part that education has played, is playing, and must play in | the life of our great democracy. ? “Our many-sided life has given us so many ‘‘weeks’’ and science and inven- | tion have combined to give us so many | irterests and activities that there is dan- | ger of losing couch with the fundamantal | things in the iadividual and National life. American Education Week is the | one time in all the year when the entire | Nation is called upon to dedicate itself anew to the great task of universal edu- cation for democracy, to see and know the schools, to considzr in a pablic way the big problems of education, and toe join in appreciation of its achievements. “*Americans have abiding faith in their schools. Kven the poorest families make untold sacrifices to keep their sons and daughters in school and college. The schools themselves have a great opporta- nity te teach all the children the real meaning of education and the opportu- nities and responsibilities of educated men and wom>n. They have a truly re- m Irkable opportunity to teach every boy and girl their responsibility as a citizen to help maintai) 4n educational system whnich will perp:tuate the best in the life and ideals of the Republic. ““The fol owing is the basic program which has been prepared by the Ameri- can Logion, the National Education As- sociation, and the United States Bureau of Education. The general slogans for the week are: : *Children today, citizens tomorrow. A man of knowledge increaseth might. N> illiteracy by 1927. A siek body makes a sick mind.’” - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1923. "For Gobp AND COUNTRY 1. Education in the home. 9. Fdueation in the school. 3. Eduecation in the church. Slogan —A Godly nation cannot fail. Ministers of all denominations are urged to preach a sermon on education, either morning or evening All com- munities are urged to hold mass meet- ings. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1923. AMIRICAN CONSTITUTION 1. Life, Liberty, and justice. 2. Hoy the Constitution guarantees these ' 3. Revolutionists and Radicals a menace to these guarantees. 4. Security and oppor’unity. Slogans —Ballots not bullats Visit the schools today. TUESDAY, NDVEVBER 20, 1923. PATRIOTISM DAY 1. The flag- the emblem of the Na- tit)xl. 2. Help the immigrants and aliens to hecome Americans. 3. Take an active intarest in gov- errmental affairs. 4. Music influence upon a nation. Slogans—Visit the schools today. America first. WEDNESDAY NOVEMS3LER 21, 1928. SCHOOL AND TEACHER DAY 1. The necessity of schools. 92 The teacher as a nation tu'lder. 3. The schooi influence on the com- ing ceneration. 4. Sch ol needs in the community. 5. The school as a productive insti- tution. Slogans—Visit the schools today. Better trained and better paid teachers, more adequate buildings. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1923. ILLITERACY DAY 1. lilit:racy—a menace te our na- ticn. 2 An American’s duty toward the uneducated. 3. Let every citizen teach one illiterate. 4. No immigration until illiteracy ameng native and foreign-born is removed. Slogans —No illiteracy by 1927 —lt can be done. Visit the schoals tocay. (To be concluded ) TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Paris, [Nov. 9th.—Allied Ambassadors in Berlin already have made clear €O, Cnanecellor Stresemann that they are opposed to a military dictatorship in Germany, the ccrrespondent of the Jour-