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and the one large room of the building is in every way ill adapted to School purposes. It is apparent, upon the slightest inspection, that this school is in nowise well and favorably situated, nor advantageously conducted

The patron of the other School is the American Missionary Association. It is taught by Messrs. Robert & Cicero R. Harris, two young colored men, natives of this State, but now residents of Ohio, where they were educated. Their school is very large. It numbers in its enrollment two hundred and seventy-one, with an average attendance of two hundred and forty. This school would be much larger, had these gentlemen suitable rooms in good school buildings. Scores of children are now anxious to enter this school, and for want of room they are refused admission. The School has two departments, - the Primary, and Intermediate. The first is taught by Mr. Cicero R. Harris, with two assistants, in "Evans Chapel", a building belonging to the Colored People of this city, but in no respect fit for a school. This building is not finished, - the seats are not properly constructed for children, - it is without writing-desks, nor is it practicable to put them up, -