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|Year=1829 | |Year=1829 | ||
|Year Number=9 | |Year Number=9 | ||
|Headline=Pupil in | |Headline=Pupil in Class Seen to "Scamper like a Boy at Bass-ball" | ||
|Salience=3 | |Salience=3 | ||
|Tags=Newspaper Coverage, | |Tags=Newspaper Coverage, | ||
|Country= | |Country=United States | ||
|State=NY | |State=NY | ||
|Game=Bass-ball | |Game=Bass-ball | ||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |||
|Age of Players=Juvenile | |Age of Players=Juvenile | ||
|Text=<p>Under the heading "School-boy Anecdote," this item tells of a "pupil in one of the common schools in New-York" who responded in an oral spelling quiz with an indistinct answer. The teacher pressed him on his answer: "Did you say 'a' or 'e'?"</p> | |Text=<p>Under the heading "School-boy Anecdote," this item tells of a "pupil in one of the common schools in New-York" who responded in an oral spelling quiz with an indistinct answer. The teacher pressed him on his answer: "Did you say 'a' or 'e'?"</p> | ||
<p>"Why, you take ary[sic] one on 'em!" said the boy, and he scampered [to the front of the classroom] "like a boy at bass-ball, and placed himself at the head of the class."</p> | <p>"Why, you take ary [sic] one on 'em!" said the boy, and he scampered [to the front of the classroom] "like a boy at bass-ball, and placed himself at the head of the class."</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Carried in the <em>New-Hampshire Statesman and Concord Register</em>, [Concord, NH], June 6, 1829, page 4, column 3: Attributed to the <em>Berkshire American </em>(no date given).</p> | |Sources=<p>Carried in the <em>New-Hampshire Statesman and Concord Register</em>, [Concord, NH], June 6, 1829, page 4, column 3: Attributed to the <em>Berkshire American </em>(no date given).</p> | ||
|Comment=<p>One source identifies the <em>Berkshire American</em> as being published in Pittsfield MA 1825-28.</p> | |Comment=<p>One source identifies the <em>Berkshire American</em> as being published in Pittsfield MA 1825-28.</p> | ||
<p>Pittsfield is in westernmost MA and within 10 miles of the New York border. It is about 35 miles SE Albany NY.</p> | <p>Pittsfield is in westernmost MA and within 10 miles of the New York border. It is about 35 miles SE of Albany NY.</p> | ||
|Submitted by=David Block (March 2011); Tom Shieber (April 2015) | |Submitted by=David Block (March 2011); and Tom Shieber (April 2015) | ||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text= | |Has Supplemental Text=Yes | ||
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| Salience | Peripheral |
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| Tags | Newspaper CoverageNewspaper Coverage |
| Location | |
| City/State/Country: | NY, United States |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Bass-ballBass-ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | JuvenileJuvenile |
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| Text | Under the heading "School-boy Anecdote," this item tells of a "pupil in one of the common schools in New-York" who responded in an oral spelling quiz with an indistinct answer. The teacher pressed him on his answer: "Did you say 'a' or 'e'?" "Why, you take ary [sic] one on 'em!" said the boy, and he scampered [to the front of the classroom] "like a boy at bass-ball, and placed himself at the head of the class." |
| Sources | Carried in the New-Hampshire Statesman and Concord Register, [Concord, NH], June 6, 1829, page 4, column 3: Attributed to the Berkshire American (no date given). |
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| Comment | One source identifies the Berkshire American as being published in Pittsfield MA 1825-28. Pittsfield is in westernmost MA and within 10 miles of the New York border. It is about 35 miles SE of Albany NY. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | David Block (March 2011); and Tom Shieber (April 2015) |
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| Has Supplemental Text | Yes |
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