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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 4 Number of Night-Schools 1 Location, and Name of School Columbia Tenn Freedmen's School When opened June 1865 no vacation since Societies &c., Patrons Old School Presbyterian Church Number of Schools sustained by freedmen 0 Number of Schools sustained in part by freedmen 0 Number of teachers transported by Buerau 0 Number of School buildings owned by freedmen 1 Number of School buildings furnished by Bureau 0 Whole number of teachers Supt & 4 White 0 Colored Whole number of pupils enrolled 89 Male 119 Female 218 + 20 night S. = 238 Number of pupils enrolled last report 221 Number left school this month 22 Number of new scholars this month 18 Average attendance 173 Number of pupils paying tuition 114 - 25 cts each which goes for expenses & Building Number of White pupils 0 Number always present 77 Number always punctual 35 Number over 16 years of age 29 Number in Alphabet 10 Number who spell and read easy lessons 115 Number of advanced readers 92 Number in geography 21 Number in arithmetic 47 Number in higher branches 16 Number in writing 81 Number on needlework 0 Number free before the war 2 Number of Sabbath Schools 1 Number of pupils in Sabbath Schools 97 To these questions give exact or approximate answers. 1. How many of above Schools are graded? 4 How many grades? 2 2. How many Day or Night Schools, within your knowledge, not reported above? 0 Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 0 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? 2 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, $28.45 applied to expenses & Building 8. Whole amount of cost of transportation furnished by the Bureau for the month, 0 9. Grand total of expense per month for support of above schools by all parties Teachers salaries $195 10. Whole number of High or Normal Schools, How many pupils in all? 11. Remarks Mr T J White told me that he reports to you. He is a col'd man & has a school of about 40 scholars in this place. 195 80 275 S.S. Potter Supt This report is incomplete unless each blank is filled by a number, or cypher.