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THE HOME JOURNAL
A Virgin Islands Publication
Published Every Monday,
Wednesday andy Saturday
EARLE B. OTTLEY . ... .. Editor
5 cent a copy, 50 a month,
$5.00 a year $7.00 abroad
Advertising Rates on Request
Wednesday, August 20, 1952
Population Drain
It seems to be of little con
cern to those in authority
that the migration of the
native population to New
Y or k continues without
let-up. Hundreds have de
parted sincethe beginning
of summer, and many
more will be l-aving be
fore winter sets in. Virgin
Islanders who have esta
blished residence in New
York since 1940 number in
the thousands. The dis
turbing thing is that only
a few of them return
home to stay. The majori
ty never even come back
for a vacation. Even those
who do not have the pas
sage money or relatives
with whom to stay solve
that problem by signing
contracts for jobs on the
mainl nd, and by the time
their contracts expire,
they gravitate toward Har
lem where they are ready
to shift for themselves.
We can talk and issue
warnings from now until
eternity, it will not be
p ssible to reduce the
number of natives who
leave annually for the
United States unless we
succeed in making life
here more attractive. To
many islanders, New York
loses its glamour after the
first twenty-four ho urs,
and they are ready to ad
mit their mistakes and re
turn home. But even
though they are disgusted
with living conditions in
New York they consiuer
themselves better off than
in their own homeland
where it is difficult to getl
a job, and when they do
get one, the pay is so pi
tifully inadequate.
- The islands suffer in
every way when natives in
the most productive stages
of life depart every year in
alarmingly large numbers.
Consider how much the is
lands would profit if it
were possible to keep some
of our best men and
women at home, and if we
were able to persuade
others wh o are already
abroad to return to give us
the benefit of their training
and experience. Unfort
unately, only one or two
are coming back, while
,hundreds are calling it
quits. '
.~ We must continue the
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Notice
Parents and guardians are
requested to enroll om school
lists the names of all children
who will be of school age dur
[ing the present year. Children
‘are of school age if they are
5 1-2 years or over on Septem
‘ber 3, 1952,
‘ Children of kindergarten
sage, 4 years or over, but under
5 1-2 yearsof age, on Septg
ember 1, should be taken for
enrollment in the nearest
kindergarten. While kinder
garden attendance is not com
pulsory, it is greatly to the
advantage of the child to have
he benefit of kindergarten
training prior to entering the
first grade of the school
system; and parents andguard
ians are uged to enroll their
children of these ages in kin
dergartens. .
Schools open on Wednresday,
September 3, 1952. Take your
child to the nearest school or
kindergarten. It shoutd be un
derstood, however, that your
child may be transferred to
another school if enrollment in
.he school in your vicinity ex
cceds the capacity of that
sehool.
C. Frederick Dixon,
Superintendent of Education.
The Home Journal
fight to raise the
standard of living in the is
lands, to try to increase the
number of jobs, to provide
a living wage, to improve
the economic climate so
that the islands will be
come a place of opportunity
and hope instead of re
maining a place of
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pessimism and despair. But
before any progress can be
made,local leadership must
come tofeel that the
exodus of natives to the
mainland constitutes a pro
blem. At this moment
many in authority don’t
even think about it,