Viewing page 124 of 271

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

[Ed. Form, No. 4.]

Sub-Assistant commissioner's (or Agent's) Monthly Report
on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Alabama in charge of Chas. C. Bartlett.
for the Month of August 1868, [in accordance with other contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]

1.  Name of your Sub-District?  Selma, Ala.

2.  Whole number of Refugees or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 5 Day? 3 Night? 0 Sabbath?  2

3. Location of Schools?  Selma and Lexington

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

4. Whole number of Teachers?  4 White?  4 Colored?  0

5.  Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers?  Prof. J. H. Sears. Subt and Teacher - Miss E. C. Howe, Assistant.
N. G. Morris,- Selma, Ala. - N. C. Hunter, Lexington, Ala. - 

6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? .5 Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned?  Condition good. - Capacity Selma, /300/. - Marion / 250/ - Cahaba / 150 - Pleasant Hill  /75/ Lexington / 50/. - Value Marion $2500.- One small building at Selma a $100./- the others are rented. - 

7. Number of your visits to Schools?  0 Day?  0 Night? 0 Sabbath?  0 

8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month?  0 Where? 0

9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? 7,- Athens, Summerfield, Burnsville, Marion Junction, Uniontown, Hamburg, Camden.

10.  Number of pupils (estimated) who will attend such Schools? Athens /150/- Summerfield,/50/ Burnsville /75/.- Marion Junction /50/- - Uniontown /250/ - Hamburg/120/.- Camden /150/

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood?  Nothing can be depended upon.

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government?  Boards of Education have not yet been organized in the Districts.  The Am. Miss. Asso. have heretofor paid small salaries to 4 teachers; nothing is known whether they will do so in future. - Pupils and parents are counselled to support competent teachers.to the utmost of their ability.

13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your district? 7 

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged carry on schools therein? No. 

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? Support of Teachers

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? In large places among the better class of citizens, it may be considered favorable. The lower class in general are opposed to the education of freedmen.

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your district? yes In what way could they be carried on? By teachers of Day school

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refuges (or Poor Whites)? appropriate money for salaries of teachers

19 How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? one year at the least.

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.

[[??]] Bartlett
Sub-Asst. Com, Bureau R., F., & A.L.

 

Transcription Notes:
---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-05 11:50:27 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-05 21:16:48