Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-02-04
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CONDITION OF TEE SCHOOLS OUTSIDE or wrLnxo.
TON rw8Nrr-xoHr IN OPERATION uNDW A
UNIFORM srsrEM-THn PHoohEss WHICH nAs
Bees MADs, &c.
Thsrs are In this State, outside OF Whining
ton, twenty. eight schools wherein between HOO
and 1900 oolorsd children arc taught the rudi-
mentary branches Of On snglish education.
From the State these schools do mot recsive
dollar for their support, and yet they are we'll
conducted under Q most admirable discipline and
uniform system such o. u not possessed by
the public schools wherein the white children
are educated. All Of them are under the man.
agement Of colored teachers, some Of whom are
accomplished and well educated; In 1t least
two instances are these teachers able to converse
huently in languages other than our own, and
one IL fine German scholar.
For tho most part the colored schools are
maintained with . revenue which 10 raised
among the colored people themselves, who are
ton for the Moral Improvement and Education
Of the Colored People. The Association gives to
each school about six dollars per month to help
pay the teachers salaries, and also extends as
this way it has expended in the cause probably
600, 900 during the seven years Of it's existence.
Further help Ii extended in the purchase Of
books, tho Association purchasing. st Wholesale
prices and dispensing to the schools ct the cost
price. With this help, and the money raised
among the colored people the MOST Of the
schools in the State are kept open regularly.
At the present time, however, tho schools At
Now Castle, Newark, aud Christians, whore
there arc good school houses, are closed. The
the colored people themselves. Thus, for In.
stance, at Dover they raise $40 per month, at
Esaford $25, at Odessa $26, ct summit Bridge
$24, ct Mt. Pleasant *2G, while in some places
the amount thus raised il only little in excess
Of the sum Furnished by the Association. The
per month.
Perhaps the best way III which to write tho
condition and progress Of these schools will bt
to give some data from the January reports Of
ton In this city. Thus:
. At Dover, Louisa A. Newton teacher, there arr
enrolled 30 pupils, So Of whom read Aid spell, G.
write, 20 are in arithmetic 10 in geography. il
grammar snd in history.
! The Summit Bridge school has % pupils en-
, rolled with m average daily attendance Of 10
the house being crowded. or these 68 read ali,
spell, 50 write, 80 study arithmetic, 20 geogra
ply, 10 grammar, 6 history. This school 10 il
its 4th year. Il. T. Clark IL teacher,
; At Middletown +. B. Krause's school has z
pupils enrolled, 67 Of whom attend daily, @
read and spell, 10 write 60 are in arithmetic, 4
, in geography, IL in grammar aud In history
Through her own 'exertions Miss Krause ha
built the school building, probably the best il
the State, and she is thoroughly devoted to he
|, work.
Tie Newport school. is conducted by Sophi
Rice. who has 40 enrolled pupils with All sverag
attendance Of SO. or these IS read and spell
+ 20 write, while in arithmetic there are Is, il
geography 8, and grammar
!. At Odessa Mary Il. Fairweather is teacher
o with 40 scholars and An average attendance G
9 y, al Of whom read and write, a study aritl
metic. 10 geography y grammar.
q Clarissa Conover 10 teacher at the Smyrn
school and has an average attendance Of 40 OF
>. OF 40 enrolled pupils. She has 80 reading an
n spelling, 20 writing, % in arithmetic, in 81
ography and In grammar.
At Leas chapel, near Odessa, Maggie Wi
liams is preceptress. She has 40 enrolled pupil
Q all Of whom attend regularly. In reading an
spelling arc 50, in writing so, in arithmetic 10,
J. At Lincoln there ia = new school with So Ell
+ rolled pupils, 80 of whom attend regularly. % Al
o in reading and spelling, % in writing, in aritl
Q metic, in geography. Francis Douglass
o teacher.
/ In st. Jones Neck, near Dover, VIM. T. Hdllan
% has school with 80 enrolled pupils aud All az
a write, 8 study arithmetic, Z geography and
grammar. Nearly all these scholars are adult
Near Taylor's Bridge, at SCOTS Chapel, Ne
II Castle county, Lucy Walker is teaching % p,
Il pills who are regular in attendance, 10 being
r. reading and spelling, l6 in writing, in arithm
i. metic and in geography.
n At kenton Anna Brown has q school with
=. enrolled pupils and an average attendance OF 8
all Of whom read and spell, 81 write, q stut
!. arithmetic, 7 geography, 2 grammar and 2 hi
tory.
And 80 We might go Oh all the way throue
the whole list, showing the proportion Of pup
J. who are pursuing the different studies, whit
Y, will not vary much from those given abov
ID But We find we arc already lengthening our u
10 ticle beyond our limits and will have to tabula
p the remainder, showing enrolled pupils, averat
o attendance and teacher