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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
Teacher's Monthly School Report
For the Month of April, 1868

☞ To contain one entire calendar month, and to be forwarded as soon as possible after the close of the month. 
☞ A school under the distinct control of one Teacher, or a Teacher with one Assistant, is to be reported as one School. 

[Answers placed here.]
Name of your School? Stover Normal 
Location (town, county, or district)? Harper's Ferry
Is it a Day or Night School?  
Of what grade? -
When did your present session commence? April 14th 
When to close? June 26th
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? - 
What Society? Stover College Corporation 
Is your School supported wholly  by local School Board?* No 
Name of Board or Com.? - 
Am't pd. this month? -
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* No 
Name of Board or Com.? - 
Am't pd. this month? -
Is your School supported wholly by the Freedmen? No 
Amount paid for this month? -
Is your School supported in part by the Freedmen? No 
Amount paid for this month? - 
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No
Who owns the School-building? U.S. Government 
Is rent paid by the Freedmen's Bureau? No 
How much? -
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? Three 
White? Three 
Colored? 00
Total enrolment for the month?✝ Twenty-five 
Male? Twelve 
Female? Thirteen

Number enrolled last report? Thirty seven
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the present total enrolment.}
Number left school this month? Fourteen
Number new Scholars this month? Two

What is the average attendance? Twenty-three
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? None
Number of White Pupils? One
Number always present? Fourteen
Number always punctual? Eleven
Number over 16 years of age? Seven
Number in Alphabet? None
Number who spell, and ready easy lessons? Eleven
Number in advanced readers? Fourteen
Number in Geography? Twenty-five
Number in Arithmetic? Twenty-five
Number in higher branches? Nine
Number in Writing? Eighteen
Number in Needle-work? -
Number free before the war? Five
Have you a Sabbath-School? We have 
How many Teachers? Five 
How many Pupils? Sixty
Have you an Industrial School? We have not 
Number of Pupils? none
State what kind of work done?

☞ To the following questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about."
1. Do you know of any Schools for Refugees or Freedmen not reported to the State Superintendent? I do not How many?
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? No. of Teachers, White, Colored, 
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? How many?
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? No. of Teachers, White, Colored,
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Vile
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? None 
Name of the Society? General [[?]] 
Remarks. 
Affairs are gloomy more [[?]]  every week, in this half of the country

(Signed) N. C. Brackett
Principal [[strikethrough]] Teacher. [[/strikethrough]]

* Or School Committee, either District, Town, City, County, or State?
✝ A pupil is not to be REPORTED as enrolled until after five days' attendance.

Transcription Notes:
Too many guesses for proper review. STOVER is from the wrapper (the original transcriber wrote STORER, but checked against the wrapper_), as is BRACKETT