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[Eᴅ. Fᴏʀᴍ, Nᴏ. 4.] SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENT'S) MONTHLY REPORT on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Opelika Ala, in charge of Lieut John Bannister for the month of July 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 Refugees or Freedmen's Schools in the District? Day? Night? Sabbath? 3. Location of Schools? Opelika, Will Town Lay Fayett Girard [[Stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/Stamp]] 4. Whole number of Teachers? 6 White? = Colored? 5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? L.L. Dupree. Opelika M.O. Meadows Lay, Fayett Amanda T Patterson Will Town Julie Jenkins Bluffton Ala. Sarah Jones Girard Henderson Thomas Girard 6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? = Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? 7. Number of your visits to Schools? One Day? = Night? = Sabbath? 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? 10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such schools? 11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for Schools 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? None as yet 13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in you Sub-District? Ten or Fifteen 14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a school Committee pledged to carry on Schools therein? I do not think that I could 15. To what extend would help from without be needed in such cases? almost entirely 16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? Generally opposed to it 17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? yes In what way could they be carried on? I do not know if any 18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? Very little unless it furnishes School Houses and pays Teachers 19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? Until some provision is made by the State for their education 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. John Bannister Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.