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[Ed. Form, No. 3.] TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT For the Month of May, 1870. ☞ 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? Beulah Location (town, county, or district)? Hanover Is it a Day or Night School? Day Of what grade? Primary When did your present session commence? Jan, 1st 70 When to close? August first 1870 Is your School supported by an Educational Society? No What Society? None Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* No Name of Board or Com.? None Am't p'd this month? 0 Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* No Name of Board or Com.? None Am't p'd this month? 0 Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? No Amount paid this month? None Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? Yes Amount paid this month? Seven dollars Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No Who owns the School-building? Sam Harris Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? Yes How much per month? Ten dollars What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? one White? None Colored? One Total enrolment for the month?† 44 Male? 20 Female? 24 Number enrolled last report? 46 {Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.} Number left School this month? 2 Number new Scholars this month? None What is the average attendance? 32 {Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.} Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 21 How many hours have you taught per day? 6 Number of White Pupils? None How many days have you taught this month? 21 Number always present? 25 {Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching. Rained on the 27th. Lost one day. Wm P. Brown} Number always punctual? 20 Number over 16 years of age? 5 Number in Alphabet? None Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 34 Number in advanced Readers? Ten Number in Geography? Five Number in Arithmetic? Ten Number in higher branches? Five Number in Writing? 12 Number in needle-work? None Number free before the war? None Have you a Sabbath School? Yes How many Teachers? Two How many Pupils? 40 Have you an Industrial School? No How many Teachers? None How many Pupils? None State the kind of work done? None ☞ 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? None No. of Teachers, None White, None Colored, None 3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? No How many? None 4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? None No. of Teachers, None White, None Colored, None 5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Education the only means of improvement 6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? None Name of the Society? None about here Remarks: None (Signed.) William P. Brown 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.