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department» v /ith the possible exception of the regulations
about bhe use of Arab dress, to which I attach no vast signifi
cance, the reforms instituted were all urgently required and
were a necessary preliminary to any advance, Cn page 3 Me.-
Vallance refers to the propaganda work that has been done in
the press, aad. I might mention here my general impression, based
on an all-round improvement in the public attitude towards the
department, that the public in Bahrain is well satisfied with
uhe efforts that are being made* Cn page 4 and in the post
script Mr. Vallance mentions the question of health measures
taken or to be taken in the schools. While I fear that Dr.
Snow, who has only just arrived in Bahrain, may find some
difficulty in carrying out his self-imposed programme of visits
to the schools, nevertheless I look forward to a vast improve
ment in the care of the health of the school children since
Dr. Snow has already impressed everyone in Bahrain by his
energy and obvious determination. The arrangement made with
the American Mission Hospital for the training of boys from the
Government Schools in hospital work is admirable; while the
results of the experiment at Hedd, Budeyah and Rafa'a are of
profound interest and provide valuable data for the extension
of activities elsewhere. So far as the two other existing
village schools, Sitra and Suq al Khamis, are concerned (cf.
page 9 of the report) my own view is that no further time
should be wasted in searching for trained Shia 1 teachers and
that Sunnis should be appointed immediately. Shia 1 susceptibi
lities in these groups of villages will be sufficiently met by
the retention of Shia* religious teachers in their schools.
I have expressed these views both to the Mviser and to the
Director of Education and they are in agreement with me.
4. I come now to the inter-related problems of improving
the two large schools in Manama and Muharraq, the creation of
a single Final Stage School and the opening of a teachers 1
Training /-