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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of October, 1867.

☞ To contain one entire calendar month, and to be forwarded as soon as possible after the close of the month.
☞ A School under the distinct control of one Teacher, or a Teacher with one Assistant, is to be reported as one School.

(Answers placed here.)
Name and location of your School? Cahaba Colored School Cahaba Ala
Of what grade? Primary
When did your present session comment? Oct 9th
When to close? 0
Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.? 0 
What Society? 0

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

Is your School wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board? No 0
Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen? Yes
Have you had a Bureau transportation? Yes
Who owns the School building? The Colored People
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No 
Now much? 0
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 0 
White 0 
Colored 0
What number of pupils enrolled during the last month?* 41 
Male   
Female   
What number of pupils enrolled last report? 0
What number left School this month? 8
What number of new scholars this month? 0

{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the whole number now enrolled.}

What is the average attendance? 30
What number of pupils pay tuition? All expected to pay 25 paid.
What number of white pupils? 0
What number always present? 20
What number always punctual? 15
What number over sixteen years of age? 4
What number in Alphabet? 0
What number spell and read easy lessons? 26
What number of advanced readers? 15
What number in Geography? 18
What number in Arithmetic? All have either written or oral
What number in higher branches? 15 in Grammar
What number in writing? 19
What number in needlework? 0
What number free before the war? 1
Have you a Sabbath School? Yes
What number of Teachers in Sabbath School? 8
What number of pupils in Sabbath School? 125
Have you an Industrial School? No 
State kind of work done? 0

☞ To the following questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about."

1. How many Day or Night Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? 1 
Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 12 or 15
2. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? 1 
White, 0 
Colored, 1
3. Give name and Post Office address of the Teachers, Berj. Jackson Cahaba Ala He is a poor [[?]] that can only read a little 
4. How many Sabbath Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? 0
5. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? 0 
White, 0 
Colored, 0
6. Whole amount of tuition paid by colored pupils during the month? $33.00
7. Whole expense for your School by Public School Board for the month? 0
8. Whole expense for your School by the Freedmen's Bureau for the month? 0
9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Some few are in favor some
10. Remarks. say nothing and many openly oppose it

* A pupil is not to be reported as enrolled until after five days' attendance.

(Signed) Aldon Emmons
Teacher of Freedmen's School at Cahaba Ala