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[Ed. Form, No. 4.]

[[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]]

Sub-Assistant Commissioner's (or Agent's) Monthly Report on Education of Freedmen, and Refugees in Sub-District, State of  Alabama in charge of R T Smith for the Month of April 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R.,F., & A.L.]

1.  Name of your Sub-District?  Opelika
2.  Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District?  7
Day?  7
Night?  0
Sabbath?  4
3.  Location of Schools?   Bluffton Ala. Flatfield Ala, Girard Ala, Opelika Ala Milltown Ala, Salem Ala, LaFayette Ala,
4.  Whole number of Teachers?  7
White?   7
Colored?   0
5.  Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers?
W. H. Edmundson Bluffton Ala, B E Edmundson West Point, U H Gauslin Girard Ala, L S Dupree Opelika Ala, Amanda Patterson Milltown Ala. J. L. Pickett Salem Ala. M P Meadows LaFayette Ala.
6.  Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District?   10
Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned?
Geo Mulch  Amanda Patterson  R. A. Forsyth  E Trammell val[[?]] unknown
7.  Number of your visits to Schools?   6
Day?   6
Night?   0
Sabbath?   9
8.  Number of educational meetings held by you during the month?
Where?
9.  Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized?  12 Lovina Roanoke, Fredonia, Cissetta, Oakbowery Loachopoka Auburn Tuskeegee Silver run, Crawford, Hartsville Uchee  
10.  Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools?  Lovina 60, Roanoke 50, Fredonia 75, Cussetta 60, Oakbowery 75  Loachapoka 100, Auburn 100, Tuskegee 1--, Silver run 75  Crawford 60  Hartsville 100, Uchee 75
11.  Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood?  Very little
12.  What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government?   There being no provision by the State Govt for Col'd children, the only thing that I can do is to encourage the Freedpeople to use all their exertions to establish & sustain schools
13.  Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District?  6
14.  Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein?   No
15.  To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases?   Very great
16.  What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites?   Adverse
17.  Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? Yes
In what way could they be carried on?
18.  What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)?  A great deal
19.  How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District?   Until a Free school system is established

I hereby certify, on honor, that I have given personal attention to the matters herein named, and that the answers given are, according to my best knowledge and belief, correct.

R. T. Smith
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.

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