The loyal Georgian., 1867-07-06


last School report to the Assistant
Commissioner, show the past progress,
and present condition, of the work of
education among the colored people Of
Georgia:
Number Of schools , 232
Number Of teachers. 235
Number Of pupils Observation-Disclosures. 13, 263
Number Of schools in October, 1866 48
Number of teachers :" q .. 63
Number of pupils +" - 2,755
These figures show that, in seven
months, there was IN increase Of l84
schools, l72 teachers, and lO,5O8
pupils.
The increase since January has been
96 schools, 90 teachers, and 5,4l6 pu-
pills. The apparent anomaly Of great
er increase of schools than of teachers
is explained by the fact that many
teachers are engaged in both day and
night schools.
In October there were schools in only
twenty (2O) counties. Now there are
schools in ninety three (93) counties.
Number Of schools sustained by Bureau. A
Number Of teachers paid by Bureau. .... so
Number Of pupils in such schools . 1908
Number ofschools sustained by freedmen. 1O4
,la,, e bx,f
Number Of pupils in such schools - sob
In addition to these, there are forty
five (45) schools sustained in part by
freedmen"
Number Of schools sustained by North
cm Societies. observation-disclosures. 81
Number Of teachers paid by Northern So
cletics. ............... ................ -
Number Of pupils in such schools ....... z, 1876
Number Of pupils in alphabet. ....... 2, l16
Number Of pupils reading. .............n, 147
Number Of pupils in arithmetic. ....... 1901
Number of pupils in geography ........ /, 754
Number Of pupils writing. ............. 1910
Number Of Sunday schools .... 1903
Number Of pupils in Sunday schools. 10, 172
OF the teachers employed, l47 are
white and So are colored; Ga of them
are residents of Northern States, and
III are residents of Georgia.
The total monthly expenses Of the
schools was ten thousand five hundred
($1O,5OO) dollars. OF this amount the
colored people paid thirty -five hundred
($3, dollars the Bureau nineteen
hundred and twenty-five ($l ,925) dol
lars, and Northern societies five thou
sand and seventy-flve ($5, O75) dollars.
There are forty-one (4D graded
schools Of three (3) grades each.
The schools, generally, are in good
condition. Some are equal in every
thing to any schools Of the same grades
in the country. Many are, compare
lively, quite inefficient; but they are
as good, perhaps, as can be established
with the means now at hand and are
doing something toward advancing the
standard Of mental attainments among
the colored people; and gradually pre-
pairing the way for a work which shall
not only be efficient and vigorous, but
sufficiently wide in its influences to
reach every child within the limits OF
Georgia.
Public sentiment has undergone a
most wonderful change in regard to
the education Of the colored race, with
in the last five months.
AT the beginning of the current
school year, scarcely any white citizens
could be found who were willing to
"di8grdce" themselves by tedch5ng
miners n but, rs times grew hard
and money and bread scarce, appllca-
tions for employment as teachers be-
came 80 very numerous that | was
obliged to prepare printed letter with
which to answer them. Lawyers, ply
sicians, editors, ministers, and all class
IS Of white people, applied to me Tor
employment; and, while a few, by
their letters, evinced only tolerable
qualifications Of them first-class
"a vast majority were unable to write
dramatically, or spell the most sim
Bic ana common words in our language
correctly. Not few appeared to think
that "any6ody can teach mfggers z.