Two years have since passed, and
". Conw'd officially reports a gruti
ug progfrt~ss. More than one thou
st d schloli have been established
are now in full operation; no par
i-h being A !hoot one or more of them.
'I he whites ,who at first declared that
t ir childrdn should never be educa
in coimon with negroes, have in
ny instances reconsidered the mat
ter and come to a wiser conclusion.
Teachers In abundance have been
found, though in some districts no
school hail =eer before been taught.
Some of tie first teachers, finding
their vocation odious, resigned; but
their placet were promptly and satis
factorily filled. The Superintendent
himself wits often threatened, but
stood firm' so did his assistants and
most of to teachers. Most of the
white children who deserted when
they found that "niggers" were also
to be taugi 'ave returned, and the
aggregate attendance in 1871 was
much greater than it had been in 1870.!
The statistics of attendance are not
ill, but we judge that about one-third
all wh' 'should be in the schools are
tually ni attendance, which is con
deralily Better than if none were.
