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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT For the Month of December, 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? Lincoln School, Marion Ala Of what grades? Primary and Intermediate When did your present session commence? Now 13, 67 When to close? Soon, if hard times continue Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.? In part What Society? A M Association Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board? It is not [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen? In part Have you had Bureau transportation? For one teacher Who owns the School building? Freedmen Is rent paid by Freedman's Bureau? No How much? 0 What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? Two White Two Colored 0 What number of pupils enrolled during the month?* 0 Male 0 Female 0 What number of pupils enrolled last report? 113 {Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the whole number now enrolled.} What number left School this month? 1 What number of new scholars this month? 0 What is the average attendance? 91 What number of pupils pay tuition? 112 What number of white pupils? 0 What number always present? 40 What number always punctual? 40 What number over sixteen years of age? 15 What number in Alphabet? 4 What number spell and read easy lessons? 63 What number of [[strikethrough]] advanced readers? [[/strikethrough]] Intermediate readers 45 What number in Geography? 1 Lessons & Int to Manual 45 What number in Arithmetic? Primary & Elements of written 56 What number in [[strikethrough]] higher branches? [[/strikethrough]] 1st Lessons in Grammar 19 What number in writing? 45 What number in needlework? 0 What number free before the war? 0 Have you a Sabbath School? Yes What number of Teachers in Sabbath School? 2 What number of pupils in Sabbath School? Average Attendance 80 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? 0 Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 0 2. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? 0 White, 0 Colored, 0 3. Give name and Post Office address of the Teachers, 0 4. How many Sabbath Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? 1 5. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? 6 White, 6 Colored, 0 6. Whole amount of tuition paid by colored pupils during the month? $20.75/100 7. Whole expense for your School by Public School Board for the month? 0 Received from A.M.A. $40- 8. Whole expense for your School by the Freedmen's Bureau for the month? 0 9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Bitter 10. Remarks. * A pupil is not to be reported as enrolled until after five days' attendance. (Signed) T. C. Steward. Teacher of Freedmen's School at Marion Ala