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DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT'S MONTHLY SCHOOL-REPORT 

To Bureau R.F. & A.L., for the month of May, 1867, Eastern District, State of Arkansas 

[[image]] A School under the distinct control of one Teacher, or a Teacher with one assistant, is to be reported as one School.

[[image]] To be forwarded as soon as possible after the 1st of each month.

[[35 Columned Table]]
This has reference to the present season.
| No. of Day Schools. | No. of Night Schools. | LOCATION, AND NAME OF SCHOOL. | When opened. | SOCIETIES, &c., PATRONS. | No. Schools sustained by freedmen. | No. Schools sustained in part by freedmen. | No. Teachers transported by Bureau. | No. School buildings owned by freedmen. | No. School buildings furnished by Bureau. | TEACHERS. Whole No. | TEACHERS. White. | TEACHERS. Colored | NO. PUPILS ENROLLED. (BOTH DAY AND NIGHT SCHOOLS.) Male. | NO. PUPILS ENROLLED. (BOTH DAY AND NIGHT SCHOOLS.) Female. | No. pupils enrolled last Report. | No. left School this Month. | No. New Scholars this Month. | Average Attendance. | No. of Pupils paying Tuition. | No. of White Pupils. | No. always Present. | No. always Punctual. | No. over 16 years of Age. | No. in Alphabet. | No. Spell and Read easy Lessons. | No. advanced Readers. | No. geography | No. [[strikethrough]] arithmetic [[/strikethrough]] in higher branches | No. [[strikethrough]] Higher Branches [[/strikethrough]] in writing | No. [[strikethrough]] Writing [[/strikethrough]] in needle work | No. [[strikethrough]] Needle-work [[/strikethrough]] in arithmetic | No. Free before the War. | No. Sabbath Schools. | No. Pupils in Sabbath Schools. |
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[[image]] This Report is incomplete unless each blank is filled by a number, or cypher.
| 1 |   | Orphans Home | Oct 6 1867 | Ind Yearly Meeting friends | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 57 | 137 | 21 | 5 | 98 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 100 | 21 | 50 | 2 | 100 | 27 | 114 | 0 | 1 | 269 |
| 1 |   | Helena Ark | 1867 Apr 7  | Ind Yearly Meeting friends | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 42 | 78 | 26 | 14 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 200 |
| 1 |   | Helena Ark | March 4/67 | Ind Yearly Meeting friends | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 17 1/2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 0 |   |
| 1 |   | Helena Ark | April 1 67 | Colored Baptist Church | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 25 | 63 | 10 | 10 | 56 | 63 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 250 |
TOTALS. 
| 4 | 4 |   |   |   | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 138 | 139/277 | 193 | 66 | 30 | 209 1/2 | 73 | 3 | 85 | 67 | 24 | 24 | 165 | 56 | 85 | 61 | 64 | 45 | 162 | 6 | 3 | 719 |

[[image]] To these questions give exact, or approximate answers.
1. How many of above Schools are graded? one  How many grades? one  
2. How many Day or Night Schools, within your knowledge, not reported above? 0 Whole No. of Pupils (estimated) in all such Schools? 0  No. Teachers in all, 0  White, 0  Colored, 0
3. How many Sabbath-Schools, within your knowledge, not reported above? 0  Whole No. of Pupils (estimated) in all such Schools? 0  No. Teachers in all, 0  White, 0  Colored, 0
4. How many Industrial Schools? 0  Whole No. Pupils in all, 0 
State the kind of work done, 0 
5. Whole amount of Tuition paid by Freedmen during the month, $57 - 
6. Whole amount of expenses for the above Schools by the Bureau for the month, $25.00 
7. Grand total of expenses for support of above schools by all parties, $450.00 
8. Whole No. of High or Normal Schools, 0  How many pupils in all? 0 
9. Remarks. The schools at Helena in care of the Ind Yearly Meeting & the one on the Hubbard plantation have been discontinued

H. Sweeney.
Bvt Major & Agt BR & F.

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-10-29 16:16:53 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-10-30 09:22:47 corrected some of the table format, filled in blanks, transcribed ditto '"' marks, other corrections