Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-30
CRY CoIoRED FREE scuooIls.

Address of Gen. CarItn TO the CslOred
People Of NashviIIe-He Advises
Registration OF the ChSEdren-IfTen-
nessee viii Educate Them. the Bu-
reau Schools win Close.
BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND
ABANDONED LANDS STATE or TENNESSEE,
AssIsrASr CoMMIssfoNERs OFFICE NASH
vIDLE, jury %, 1S67.-T0 The coiored poo
pie Of Nashville: appeal to you to regis
ter your children of suitable age In the
city schools These schools will be con-
Quoted on the same system as those for
white children. 1t is the duty and the in
terest of the colored people to avail them
selves at once of the facilities provided by
the city for the education Of their children.
Objections that have been urged against
the city schools for eolored children will
apply equally to all schools in the city and
in the State, except the Missionary schools.
If these objections are sound and valid, the
school law passed by the last Legislature
will be of no advantage TO the cOlored peo-
pie, and all colored children for a long
time to come must remain uneducated, ex-
cePt the few who can attend the schools
maintained by Northern benevolent socie-
ties and the United States Government.
The Missionary schools are temporary.
Neither the government nor Northern peo-
pie will maintain schools when the people
OF Tennessee are willing to maintain them
Ii the city schools are compelled to close
for want of pupils, the Missionary schools
may be compelled to close from want Of
funds. If Jon reject the wise and just offer
OF the city government, the responsibility
will rest on you, not on the city authorities
w. p. CARLIN,
Bgt Maj. Gen. and Asst Com.
THE FISK SCHOOL.
In January, 1866, the Fisk School
was established by the American Mis-
sionary Association and the Western
treedmen's Aid Commission, for the
education of the colored children of
Nashville and vicinity, and during the
various sessions thus far, there has been an
average monthly attendance of about eight
hundred. During this time the city an.
thorities had no schools established for
colored children, and the Fisk School was
conducted as one of the great public schools
of Nashville; az such it has been remark
ably successful.
We have learned with pleasure, through
the published reports of the action of the
School Board of the city, that two large
free schools for colored children are to be
opened in September, and that experienced
superintendent have already been APP
pointed. We gladly welcome this action,
and cheerfully modify the organization of
our work to suit the new order of things
The Fisk School will accordingly be
opened in September as an academy and
Normal School.
systematic and thorough course of
study will be established and the organi-
cation and discipline will be modelled after
the best institutions Of similar character
in the North.
Professor John Ogden will continue in
charge as Principal, and will be assisted by
corps of accomplished teachers.
Possessing extensive building, well fur
nIshed school-rooms and beautiful grounds,
and having secured the services of the same
teachers that have made it thus far such a
wonderful success, we confidently expect to
make this institution meet fully the wants
OF all who are seeking higher and better
advantages than public school can give.
The academic department will be so ar
ranged as TO be preparatory for the Normal |
or training school department, and thus
especial attention will be given TO the work |
of preparation for teaching.
We offer the advarta ges Of this school to !
those from all parts of the State as we'll as
those in Nashville who are seeking the adj |
vantages Of a thorough education.
The school year will be divided into three |
terms and the tuition will be three dollars
a term, or one dollar per month, payable I
in advance
Those who wish to enter the school next |
September can give in their names at the |
office in the school buildings.
We expect to furnish the best facilities
for those who attend, and shall limit the
number of Pnpils received, if necessary.
In behalf of the Society,
+. M. CRAvATH, Secretary.