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

[ED. Form No. 4]
Teacher's Monthly School Report
For the Month of November 1866
☞ A School under the distinct control of one Teacher, or a Teacher with one assistant, is to be reported as one School.
☞ To be forwarded as soon as possible after the 1st of each month.

Number of Day-Schools 1
Number of Night-Schools 0
Location, and Name of School, Selma
When opened Nov. 12, 1866
Societies, &c.. Patrons 
Number of Schools sustained by freedmen 0
Number of Schools sustained in part by freedmen 1
Number of teachers transported by Bureau
Number of School buildings owned by freedmen 1
Number of School buildings furnished by Bureau 
Whole number of teachers     White 2   Colored 0
Whole number of pupils enrolled    Male 50    Female 91             
Number of pupils enrolled last report 0
Number left school this month 0
Number of new scholars this month 141
Average attendance 115
Number of pupils paying tuition 36
Number of White pupils 0
Number always present 102
Number always punctual 95
Number over 16 years of age 25
Number in Alphabet 27
Number who spell and read easy lessons 85
Number of advanced readers 29
Number in geography 72
Number in arithmetic 16
Number in higher branches 0
Number in writing 0
Number on needlework 0
Number free before the war 
Number of Sabbath Schools 1
Number of pupils in Sabbath Schools 107

To these questions give exact, or approximate answers.
1. How many of above Schools are graded?  0  How many grades? 0
2. How many Day or Night Schools, within your knowledge, not reported above? 0  Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools?
3. How many Teachers in the above Day or Night Schools? 2        White, 2    Colored,  0
4. How many Sabbath-Schools, within your knowledge, and not reported above? 0       Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools?  
5. How many Teachers in the above Sabbath-Schools? 6             White, 3     Colored,  3
6. How many Industrial Schools? 0       Whole number of pupils in all?    State the kind of work done,     
7. Whole amount of tuition paid by the Freedmen during the month, $36.50
8. Whole amount of cost of transportation furnished by the Bureau for the month, 
9. Grand total of expense per month for support of above school by all parties, 
10. Whole number of High or Normal Schools, 0   How many pupils in all?  
11. Remarks. 

Carrie E. Smith
Marietta Morrill

☞ This Report is incomplete unless each blank is filled by a number, or cypher.

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