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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT For the Month of July, 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 and location of your School? Bethel Budds Ferry Of what grade? Primary When did your present session commence? June 18th When to close? September 15th Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.? What Society? Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board?* Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen? Freedmen promist to pay teachers' board Have you had Bureau transportation? Yes Who owns the School building? The Bureau furnished lumber Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No How much? What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One White Colored One What number of pupils enrolled during the month?* 106 Thirty five attend night school Male Female What number of pupils enrolled last report? 46 {Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the whole number now enrolled.} What number left School this month? None What number new scholars this month? 60 What is the average attendance? 56 day school What number of pupils pay tuition? None What number of white pupils? None What number always present? 40 day school What number always punctual? 40 day school What number over sixteen years of age? 4 day school What number in Alphabet? 21 What number spell and read easy lessons? 45 What number of advanced readers? None What number in Geography? None What number in Arithmetic? What number in higher branches? What number in writing? What number in needlework? What number free before the war? 14 Have you a Sabbath School? Yes What number of Teachers in Sabbath School? What number of Pupils in Sabbath School? 90 Have you an Industrial School? State kind of work done? ☞ To the following questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about." 1. How many Day or Night Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? None Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 2. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? None White, Colored, 3. Give name and Post Office address of the Teachers, Cephas Davis Duncaster Post Office Charles Co. Md How many of your pupils are members of a Temperance Society 4. How many Sabbath Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? None 5. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? None White, Colored, 6. Whole amount of tuition paid by colored pupils during the month? 7. Whole expense for your School by Public School Board for the month? 8. Whole expense for your School by the Freedmen's Bureau for the month? 9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, 10. Remarks. I have not found many white friends to such schools in Charles Co Md. * A pupil is not to be reported as enrolled until after five days' attendance. (Signed) Cephas Davis Teacher of Freedmen's School near Budds Ferry
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