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[Ed. Form No. 4] Teacher's Monthly School Report For the Month of December 1866. A School under the distinct control of one Teacher, or a teacher with one assistant, is to be reported as one School. To be forwarded as soon as possible after the 1st of each month. Number of Day-Schools 1 Number of Night-Schools Location, or the Name of School Spring Hill Tenn. Freedman school When opened [[crossed out]] September '66 [[/crossed out]] Oct 5th '66 Societies &c., Patrons Soc. F A. Comm [[?]] Number of Schools sustained by freedmen Number of Schools sustained in part by freedmen 1 Number of teacher transported by Bureau Number of School buildings owned by freedmen 1 Number of School buildings furnished by Bureau Whole number of teachers 2 White 2 Colored Whole number of pupils enrolled 67 Male 33 Female 34 Number of pupils enrolled last report 55 Number left school this month Number of new scholars this month 12 Average attendance 42 Number of pupils paying tuition Number of White pupils Number always present 14 Number always punctual 5 Number over 16 years of age 8 Number in Alphabet 6 Number who spell and read easy lessons 44 Number of advanced readers 17 Number in geography 17 Number in arithmetic 35 Number in higher branches Number in writing 9 Number on needlework Number free before the war Number of Sabbath Schools 1 Number of pupils in Sabbath Schools 60 (To these questions give exact or approximate answers.) 1. How many of above Schools are graded? How many grades? 2. How many Day or Night Schools, within your knowledge, not reported above? Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 3. How many Teachers in the above Day or Night Schools? White, Colored, 4. How many Sabbath-Schools, within your knowledge, and not reported above? Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 5. How many teachers in the above Sabbath Schools? White, Colored, 6. How many Industrial Schools? Whole number of pupils in all? State the kind of work done, 7. Whole amount of tuition paid by the Freedmen during the month, $91.50 8. Whole amount of cost of transportation furnished by the Bureau for the month, 9. Grand total of expense per month for support of above schools by all parties 116.18 10. Whole number of High or Normal Schools, How many pupils in all? 11. Remarks The school is small & will be till after Jan 1st. Many children are not clothed yet for winter as farmers gave been slow to sell crops & as wages for the year's work is not paid till Christmas. The colored people need help now as much as they did a year ago. Crops have been short & wages low. Many colored people begin the next year without a dollar - especially those who have large families. I have been endeavoring to adopt the subscription plan - think I will succeed - have #33.00 per month pledged - will get more. Our new school house is praised by all - the colored people are very proud of it, I hope to report 125[[?]] pupils next term. Yours Truly Harry C. Eddy This report is incomplete unless each blank is filled by a number, or cypher.
