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4. Private Schools.

Established in Number of
Scholars
on roll.
Sarah M. Douglass, Institute Building, Lombard street above Seventh, 1835 30
Margaretta Forten, 92 Lombard street, 1850 10
Amelia Bogle, 12th street below Spruce, 1841 17
Adam S. Driver, Barclay street above Sixth, 1850 37
Elizabeth Clark, corner Fifth and Gaskill streets, 1850 40
Emeline Higgins, 4 Raspberry street, 1840 30
Ada Hinton, 6 Locust street, 1849 20
Sarah Gordon, 9 Rodman street, 1849 30
Diana Smith, Prosperous Alley, 1836 15
Emeline Curtis, 62 Gaskill street, 1850 12
Sarah Ann Gordon, Bonsall street above Tenth, 1852 20
Ann McCormick, Brown street above Fourth, 1854 30
George W. Johnson, Lombard street above Seventh, 1854 40

Summary of the Day Schools.

  Total. Average
Attendance.
Public Schools, 1031 821
Charity Schools, 748 491
Benevolent and Reformatory Schools, 211
Private Schools, 331
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S. M. Douglass teaches higher branches than are taught in Public Grammar Schools. The Managers of the Institute in whose building her school is kept, have made an arrangement with her by which she will at all times have 25 girls preparing for admission into their school.

M. Forten and A. Hinton teach branches similar to those taught in Grammar Schools, the former being the only one that takes boarding scholars. All the others teach nothing more than the elementary branches. The proprietors of female schools all teach plain sewing, and most of them add ornamental kneedle work, and knitting.

5. Evening Schools.

Raspberry Street Schools commence on the first Monday in October and continue five months. Five sessions are held each week.

Mens' School, John W. Stokes, Principal, and three male assistants. Total 138; average attendance 50.

Womens' School, Mary Roberts, Principal, and four assistants. Total 255; average attendance 63.

Apprentices and Young Men's School at the New Institute commences on the first Monday in November and continues four months. Charles L. Reason, Teacher.

The Raspberry Street Schools were established many years ago, and were formerly conducted by voluntary teachers. They always enjoyed a large share of the public confidence, but since the paid system of