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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. [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] (Answers placed here.) Name and location of your School? Normal School Of what grade? Talladega Ala When did your present session commence? Oct 24 When to close? Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.? Yes What Society? Am. Miss. Association Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board? No Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen? The A.M.A. charge $1 per month tuition 15 per 3 mos for primary Have you had Bureau transportation? yes Who owns the School building? Am. Miss Association Is rent paid by Freedman's Bureau? No How much? What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 2 White Colored several assist more or less What number of pupils enrolled during the month? 88 + 65 153/62 71 88 Male Female What number of pupils enrolled last report? 64 {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? X This being the first whole month these are left blank What number of new scholars this month? X This being the first whole month these are left blank What is the average attendance? 102 60 What number of pupils pay tuition? 40 We intend to collect from all, but have collected only [[strikethrough]] done so [[/strikethrough]] from about 40 What number of white pupils? 0 0 What number always present? [[strikethrough]] 60 [[/strikethrough]] 112 [[strikethrough]] 60 [[/strikethrough]] What number always punctual? 0 What number over sixteen years of age? 19 [[strikethrough]] 5 [[/strikethrough]] What number in Alphabet? 35 What number spell and read easy lessons? 72 44 What number of advanced readers? 28 9 What number in Geography? 4 0 What number in Arithmetic? 59 40 What number in higher branches? 2 0 What number in writing? 59 45 What number in needlework? 0 0 What number free before the war? 2 2 Have you a Sabbath School? 2 Yes What number of Teachers in Sabbath School? 16 15 What number of pupils in Sabbath School? 160 80 Have you an Industrial School? no no State kind of work done? [[note across answers]] Most of these answers are only approximate & necessarily so this month. [[/note]] To the following questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about." [[note across answers]] Cannot answer intelligently this month [[/note]] 1. How many Day or Night Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 2. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? White, Colored, 3. Give name and Post Office address of the Teachers, 4. How many Sabbath Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? 5. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? White, Colored, 6. Whole amount of tuition paid by colored pupils during the month? 7. Whole expense for your School by Public School Board for the month? 8. Whole expense for your School by the Freedmen's Bureau for the month? 9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools. The mass of whites tolerate them unwillingly The more intelligent begin to feel them a necessity & treat the teachers kindly 10. Remarks. * A pupil is not to be reported as enrolled until after five days' attendance. (Signed) Henry E. Brown, Supt. [[strikethrough]] Teacher [[/strikethrough]] of Freedmen's School at Talladega, Ala.