New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-06

teachers, finding their vocation odious, re-
signed; but their places were promptly
and satisfactorily filled. The Superintendent
himself was often threatened, but stood firm
80 did his assistants, and most Of the teach
era. Most of the White children who deserted
when they found that "niggcrs' were also to
be taught, have returned, and the aggregate
attendance in 1871 was much greater than 1t
had been in 1870. The statistics of attendance
are not full but we judge that about one
third of all who should be in the schools are
actually in attendance, which is great deal
better than if none were.
AS to Color or Race in the Schools, the Re-
port says:
"As a rule the children have chosen to attend schools
made up principally Of those Of their own race ana their
parents preferred that they should. Yet In many OF the
schools, White and Coored pupils may be seen together;
and where this exists IL is not TOO much to say that the
latter are treated with greater kindness by their fellow
pupils than. under similar circumstances, they would
be in many Northern cities Those children who were
temporarily withdrawn from OF the schools, under
the impression chat harsh and coercve measures woudbe
adopted when the legal authorities assumed CONTROL are
gradually returning to their places and needs only
continuance of the firm yet moderate course thus lar
pursued convince all who are accessible to reason OF
the faacy of the arguments brought against the present
school system"
The Assistant Superintendent for the lid
Congress District of the State, hlr. E. 5. StOd-
dard, reports to Mr.. Conway:
Twenty three Of the teachers In my schools are col
ored and OF the pupils $40 white and 1850 are col
ored. All the pupils in the private schools are White
giving proportion of White and Colored receiving the
benefits Of education Of 3O3 OF the former to 1850 OF tho
latter 1t will appear that larger percentage OF tho
Colored population receiving the advantage OF edr-
cation than OF the Whites. This will demonstrate what
is asserted elsewhere IN this report that greater degree
of appreciation OF educational advantages is manifested
by the Colored people than by the Whites This ofcer
says "That where White children found attending
with Coored they universally the children of intel-
gent parents"
Assistant Superintendent DiOssy reports from
the Hid Congress District:
"Thc subject of mixed schools has in wise embar-
raised my operations There is question about race
or color accommodations provided for all the chill
dren and teachers White and Coored male and female
from all sections Of country are employed whenever
their qualifications will allow. In some cases, the chill
dren of both attend school in common and some
times a Coored teacher has in his school numbers OF
White children. Such Is the confidence which has grown
up among the people school work that large num-
Der private and many UNCONVENTIONAL schoolsrepored
year ago have been merged with our public schools
One of the School Directors in the Parish of
Assumption says:
ain certain localities children Of both cOors attend
schools in common and In such the Improvement is as
tonshng This is TO be accounted for suppose by the
constant emulation between the two races"
j. Sella Martin, Colored man, who is
Assistant Superintendent of the schools III the
WITH Congress District, reports:
"The strongest prejudces have yielded TO the teach
ings of necessity" and also that, Notwithstanding his
.,l1
citizens.
Mr.. T.. Warren Smith, principal of the Blen-
vile School in New Orleans, says:
find by special report of my assistants, that two
thirds of the pupils are White and onethrd Colored IL
is seldom that the usual peace and good order OF the
school are disturbed by any exhibition or prejudice on
account Of color Both classes are equally ready
and DESTROYS TO learn. and certainly by myself and
think also by my assistants is impartial justice meted
out to ALL"
In the report of the School Directors of the
City of NewOrleans, where there are seventy
public schools and four hundred teachers, that
body informs the public that
"The requirements Of the schoolaw have been faith
fully observed by the Board and has come to
their knowledge of the exclusion of pupil because OF
race color or previous condition. Nor has this adher-
ence the law been attended by any OF the unfayorabe
results freely predicted In advance OF the honest ra
OF an impartial system OF education" =" In the IN
stances where under the action of the law the schools
have to extent become mixed Schools no dill
Guilty has been experienced"
The kindly feeling now existing between
the White and the Colored people in Louis
iana and which Mr.. Conway demonstrates as
the fruit of earnest devotion to duty on the
part of public officers, can, it seems to us, ex-
tend all over the South, 80 that we shall in
future hear more of schools and school-teachers
than of secret councils of Ku-Klux and open
butchering of Colored people.
1t must crafty Mr.. Conway to sec the good
results of his firmness and industry. How that
gentleman must have enjoyed the vindicatiOn
of the right of his position which was recently
demonstrated on board of the revenue cutter
Wilderness, where State Senators, Republicans
and Democrats, Blacks and Whites, carpet
baggers and natives, without distinction, were
found seated around the same table, and en-
joying equal rights in the CustOm-house
school, under CustOm-hOuse law, with Mr..
Casey for principal teacher, and Packard and
Carter as assistants