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

[Ed. Form, No. 3.]

TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of February , 1869. [[strikethrough]] 8 [[/strikethrough]]

☞ 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 Grammar
When did your present session commence?   Oct 1
When to close?  June 30.
Is your School supported by an Educational Society?  Yes 
What Society? A.M.A.
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?*  Np 
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?  A.M.A.
Is rent paid by the Freedmen's Bureau?  No 
How much?  0 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?  10 
White?  10
Colored?   0
Total enrolment for the month?†  596 
Male?  
Female?  
Number enrolled last report?  514

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

Number left school this month?  44 
Number new Scholars this month?  126
What is the average attendance?  454
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid?  0  
Number of White Pupils?  0
Number always present?  93
Number always punctual?  229
Number over 16 years of age?  Impossible to [[?]].
Number in Alphabet?  } 325
Number who spell, and read easy lessons?  } 325
Number in advanced readers?  271
Number in Geography?  262
Number in Arithmetic?  290
Number in higher branches?  22 in Gram. 5 in Algebra. 1 Latin.
Number in Writing?  131
Number in Needle-work?  0
Number free before the war?  Dont know
Have you a Sabbath-School?  Yes
How many Teachers?   10
How many Pupils?  98
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? 
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?  - 
No. of Teachers,  -
White,  -
Colored,  -
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent?  - 
How many?  -
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?  - 
No. of Teachers,  -
White,  -
Colored, - 
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools,  Unfavorable but becoming better
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?  - 
Name of the Society?  
Remarks.  

(Signed)  Henry L. Kelsey Prin.
Teacher.

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