Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-09-25

dnn0 al Tepoft OF the ecROoiS Tor Freedmen for
the SIX months ending June 30, 1867, made to
General Howard BY J. W. ,AIvord, General
Superintendent. has just been issued from the
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen. ana Ahsn
doned Lands. 1t contains tabuIar state.
ment giving the following interesting statistics
OF the schools: t1E~At q - - ej-'- = -
Day schools, 1.4l6; night schools. 4aa: to,a,
1,s39. Schools sustained by freedmen. sSs
schools sustained in part by freedmen, 5nl.
teacners transported by Bureau during last six
monins, 97a; school buildings owned by freed
men, 39l; school buildings furnished BY Blu
reau, i2s; teachers, white, 1885; do, colored,
6ss;; total, 2,Cs7; total 2,0e7. Pupils enrolled in
Gay and night schools, male, 53,39l; pupils en-
foiled in day and night schools, female, 5s,n5l;
total, HAP Pupils enrolled last report, n DOS
average attendance. SO, 1873; pupils paying tut
ZION. 2s06s; white pupils, 1,34s; always pres
ent, 55,62s: always punctual, 54O22 over six.
Teen years Of age, 2o,o;3; in alphabet, 1878;
spell and read easy lessons, 55,163; advanced
ieaoers, 33,36s; geography, 23,957; arithmetic,
4C,15i: higher branches, 4,661 writing, az, $40;
needlework, 4,ls5; free before the war, COL;
Number of schools graded, All; number Of
grades. I to 4, Number of day or night schools
not reported, 1893: whole number of pupils (esti-
mated) in all such schools, II, 1869; number of
teachers, whit, 100; colored, 211; total, 800
lumber Of Sabbath schools not reported, 342;
whole number OF pupils (estimated) in all sue b
schools, 25,l39; number of teachers, white. 53I;
celored, 1,274; total, 1,sOs. Industrial schools,
35i whole number Of pupils in all, 2,l2i; kind
of work done, sewing, Knitting, straw-braid-
ing, repairing, cutting, and making garments.
Whole amount OF tuition paid BY freedmen
during the last six months, So, 33l.76. Whole
amount OF expenses by the Bureau for the last
six months, for all educational purposes as
reported by the Bureau disbursing officer.
S220, $500 This includes S3S, 907 IS, as re-.
ported by State superjn tendents. Grand total
OF expenses for the last six months for support
OF above boz schools by all parties as reported,
S521 ,665 ~. The whole sum expended, If ali
the societies bad reported fully, would be
m UGH larger. Whole number of high or nor.
NAL schools, 81; number of pupils in all, 1,ss1.
seen that there are oficially reported 1850 any
and night schools; 2,0S7 teachers, and Ill, 4i2
pupile, showing an increase since our last re-
port Of 63s schools, 657 teachers, and 33,444 pu-
By adding industrial schools, and those
"Wlthln the knowledge OF the superintend-
ent, the number will be 2,5O7 schools g 442
teachers, and 1870, 735 pnpils; making a total in.
pupils. -. -. :
Sabbath Schools also show much larger
plumbers during the past six months, the
figures being 1,l26 schools, and sO647 pupils,
and If we add those "not regularly reported. y
the whole number of Sabbath schools will he
l,56S, with 1O5,1O7 pupils; thus giving an in.
pupils.
Total schools Of all kinds as reported; 3, sos;
Pupils. 24e, 342. Total increase for the last Six
mon tbs, Schools. ,5U3; Pupils, 76,63s - :
How Sustalned-Of the above schools ICog
are sustained wholly OF in part by the freed
men, and 39l OF the buildngg In which these
schools are held are owned by themselv yes; 999
OF The teachers in the day and night schools are
colored. and ,3SS W hite-a small proportiona.e
increase OF the former during the six months.
Tuition by Freedmen,-2s.06s coIored pupils
nave paid tuition; the average amount per
month being S14.555, or fraction over ST cents
per scholar Only COLL pupils were free be-
fore the war.
Bureau Expenditure.-This bureau has sur.
T1lio NJ mo- oh hy,;l
S15 teachers with transportation The total
expenditure for all educational purposes bv
the Bureau, as will be seen by the following
table of payment in the several departmenfs
has been S220.s 33Ol.
Six months expenditures by the bureau for
schools, sylums, construction and rental Of
school buildings, and transportation of teach
ers, from January to June 80, 1S67-Dtstrict
OF Columbia Si4,7s9.91; Maryland, SI3,593 rs:
Virginia. S19.197. II; North Carolina, IS 525 81
south Carolina. S22, ssh ID Georgia, S22 eos 75
Florida, s4:slS25; Alabama, s2s, 6s5.o7; Louis
isna. Sea ,:91 90; Arkansas, Ss077.ss; Kentucky,
S5,il3.22; Tennessee, Sl3,20s.21; Mississippi,
S4,1S7.2s; Missouri, S3,70l.12; Texas, SO 7s957
Grand total, 1927, $500. :
The miscellaneous and home study pre
vIously mentioned. contin ues, and. so far as we
can learn, increases in similar ratio
"A book for each tamily-Some whole States
are now, through your commissioners, earn.
estly sollci ing from us spelling book for
every family" A partial supply only has
been furnished We reiterate the appeal. IF
this whole demand could be met, we pledge
the perusal OF these books under, at least some
rude form OF teaching; and the consequences
would be that, with the 23s ,3i9 pupils already
In schools, one million, at least Of this people,
from an classes: would then be engaged in the
first elements of learning.
Progress in study.-As showing the progress
OF the schools. 1t will be observed that a. S79
pupils are now ia writing, @. ss7 in geography,
4o454 in arithmetic, and 1861 in higher
branches; showing much larger per cent O
the whole number in these studies than in our
last report. while the increase in the higher
branches is nearly tour. fold.
Normal SchoOls.-There are 81 normal
schools, with ,es1 pupils. These institutions
have been nearly doubled in numtor during
the SIX months, and are to be largely increased
opening on the next term. Very general at
tentIon is now called to this class of schools by
the great demand for colored teachers
There are now IS industrial schools giving
labor.
The average daily attendance in all the
above schools has been IS per cent. OF the en-
rolment.
We make the following extracts from that
part OF the report in reference to The Depart.
ment Of Washington:
"a change has AGAIN been made in this de-
partment. Alexapdria (clty and county, and
Fairfax county have been attached to the de.
partment Of Virginia, and West Virginia has
been added to the department. Of Washington
THE superintendent, Rev. John K imball
reports for the month Of February the whole
number OF schools as larger than at any pre-
vious time.'' The new school. house in George
town is finished and filed with scholars 1t
accomm odates about4G pupils, and is the best
house in tue District for colored children,
not very well located, but after trying for
more than year to purchase good site, we
we're forced to build on hat lot or not at all
''There are this month 80 day and night
schools in the District, in charge NAP eachers
ol.whcm 1919 are white, and l3 colored The
number of pupils In these schools is 4,s22, and
the average ate adance is 3,535, or 1873 per
cent.
"In Alexandra (cIty and county, and Fair.
fax county, Virginia, there are 26 schools with
50 teachers-29 white, and colo.ed, and 1,756
pupils. The average Is 1904, or 6s per cent
"The local superintendent remarks: when
we first opened our schools in Alexandria
there was almost universal opposition and
ridicuie. Now the people are thoroughly con.
WINGED of their benefits, and at the late public
examination, which was crowded with the
even delight was expressed at the fine appear.
once OF the pupils, and the great pro gress they
had made"
"sSeven hundred books were drawn from
the Free Library in Washington by soldiers
during the month, and 800 by teachers and
colored pupils
"For March the superintendent reports
somewhat diminished Numbers by the trans
Ter Of Alexandria and Fairfax counties, Vir-
state. But the average attenda nee is remark
able, when we consider the exceedingly bad
weather during nearly the whole month"
"a programme Of parallel studies has been
adopted by the association of teachers, ana ia.
troduced into most OF the schools. This will
make instruction throughout the District more
uniform, and enable as to grade the schools