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[[Stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/Stamp]]

[ED. FORM, Nᴏ. 4.]

SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENT'S) MONTHLY REPORT on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Opelika, in charge of D. B. Smith S, A, C, for the month of December 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? 11  Day? 6  Night? 00 
 Sabbath? 5

3. Location of Schools? Girard Russell Co, Ala, Limekiln Lee. Co, Ala, Opelika Lee. Co, Ala, Auburn Lee Co. Ala, Salem Lee Co. Ala, LaFayett Chambers Co Ala,

4. Whole number of Teachers? 8  White? 8  Colored? 00  No. of Sabbath Teachers not known

5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers?  N.B. Meadows, LaFayett Ala, J.C.D Morris Limekiln Ala, W. L. Cady, Girard Ala, Ella Cargill. Opelika Ala, K.D. Adams Salem Ala, Elisha D. Bowe, Auburn Ala,
 
6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 9  Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned? Three of them are owned by the Freedmen, (condition good. Value and capacity not known) The others are rented, condition, capacity, and value not known

7. Number of your visits to Schools? 3  Day? 3  Night? 00  Sabbath? 1

8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? 1  Where? Opelika Ala,

9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? (Nine) Louina, Roanoke and Rockdale Randolph Co. Ala, Mill Town, Oak Bowery, Mt Hickory and Cusseta Chambers. Co. Ala, Loachapoka Lee Co. Ala, Tuskegee Macon Co. Ala,

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? Louina (65) Roanoke (75) Rockdale (60) Mill Town (70) Oak Bowery (60) Mt Hickory (60) Cusseta (75) Loachapoka (75) Tuskegee (100)

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for schools purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? Can not make anything like an exact estimate

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? Paying rents and furnishing assistance to build school houses

13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in you Sub-District? Thirteen

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein?  The school law of this State provides for this,

15. To what extend would help from without be needed in such cases? =

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? Generally favorable (at this time)

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? yes  In what way could they be carried on? By the Freedmen if they will pay Teachers to teach them, or by the Bureau. if it will furnish houses and Teachers

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? Furnish school houses
 
19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? Until they are furnished with school houses. The school law of this state provides for everything else


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.

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

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