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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of , 1868. [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

☞ 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 of your School? Emerson Institute   
Location (town, county, or district)?  Mobile Ala.
Is it a Day or Night School? Day 
Of what grade? From primary to hammon
When did your present session commence? Oct 1. 68  
When to close? June 30th. 69 
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? It is   
What Society? American Miss Association
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* No   
Name of Board or Com.? 0  
Am't pd. this month? 0 
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* No   
Name of Board or Com.? 0  
Am't pd. this month? 0 
Is your School supported wholly by the Freedmen? No   
Amount paid for this month? 0 
Is your School supported in part by the Freedmen? No  
Amount paid for this month? 0 
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? Yes 
Who owns the School-building? American Miss. Ass'n. 
Is rent paid by the Freedmen's Bureau? No  
How much? 0 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? Nine   
White? Nine 
Colored? None 
Total enrolment for the month?† 514  
Male? 243 
Female? 271 
Number enrolled last report? 489  

{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the present total enrolment.}

Number left school this month? 88 
Number new Scholars this month? 113 
What is the average attendance? 400 
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 0 
Number of White Pupils? 0 
Number always present? 127 
Number always punctual? 235 
Number over 16 years of age? Impossible to tell. Probably 40 
Number in Alphabet? 0 
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 191 in Primar. 81 in 1st Reader. 95 in [[?]] Reader = 267  
Number in advanced readers? 173 
Number in Geography? 224 
Number in Arithmetic? 263 
Number in higher branches? 29 
Number in Writing? 89 
Number in Needle-work? 0 
Number free before the war? unknown 
Have you a Sabbath-School? No 
How many Teachers? 0  
How many Pupils? 0 
Have you an Industrial School? No  
Number of Pupils? 0 
State the kind of work done?  

☞ To the following questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about."
1. Do you know of any Schools for Refugees or Freedmen not reported to the State Superintendent? No  
How many? None
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? 0  
No. of Teachers, 0  
White, 0 
Colored, 0 
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? No  
How many? 0 
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? 0  
No. of Teachers, 0 
White,  
Colored,  
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, less unfavorable than in the past  
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?   
Name of the Society?  
Remarks.  

(Signed)  Henry S. Kelsey
[[strikethrough]] Teacher. [[/strikethrough]] Principal

* Or School Committee, either District, Town, City, County, or State?
† A pupil is not to be REPORTED as enrolled until after five days' attendance.