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"Tennessee Report of Schools (State Superintendent) State of Tennessee March 1869 Retained Copy Forwarded April 28th, 1869 Received" [Table of the State Superintendents Monthly School Report. It tabulates the number of day schools, number of night schools, the name and location of the school, when the present session opened and closed, the societies and patrons, number of schools sustained by Freedmen, number of schools sustained in part by Freedmen, number of teachers transported by the Bureau, number of school buildings owned by Freedmen, number of school buildings furnished by the bureau, number of white and colored teachers, number of pupils enrolled by gender, number of pupils enrolled last report, number that left this month, number of new scholars this month, average attendance, number of pupils paying tuition, number of white pupils, number of always present, number always punctual, number over 16 years of age, number in alphabet, number that spell and read easy lessons, number in advanced reading, number in geography, number in arithmetic, number in higher branches, number in writing, number in needle-work, number that were free before the war, number of Sabbath schools, number of teachers in Sabbath schools, and number of pupils in Sabbath school.] [There are two entries of schools in Murfreesboro. The first is listed as a day school, that started session in January 1869, that has the American Friends Universalist Committee (?) as its patron, was sustained in part by Freedmen, two white teachers, no colored teachers, 40 male pupils, 40 female pupils, 93 pupils enrolled on the last report, 17 students left this month, 4 new scholars this month, an average attendance of 71, no students paying tuition, no white students, 60 students always present, 60 always punctual, 17 over the age of 16, 0 in alphabet, 26 in spell and read easy lessons, 54 in advanced reading, 32 in geography, 65 in arithmetic, 12 in higher branches, 65 in writing, 43 in needlepoint, none that were free before the war, and no Sabbath school. The second is listed as a day school, that started session in January 1869, that has the Freedmen’s Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church as its patron, with one sustained in part by Freedmen, 3 teachers transported by the Bureau, one building owned by Freedmen, 3 white teachers, no colored teachers, 146 male pupils, 153 female pupils, 271 pupils enrolled on the last report, 43 students left this month, 71 new scholars this month, average attendance of 180, no students paying tuition, no white students, 100 students always present, 100 always punctual, 50 over the age of 16, 53 in alphabet, 68 in spell and read easy lessons, 178 in advanced reading, 100 in geography, 153 in arithmetic, 38 in higher branches, 210 in writing, none in needlepoint, none that were free before the war, 1 Sabbath school, 10 teachers at the Sabbath school, and 170 pupils at the Sabbath school. Report signed by James Thompson] |
