1829.9

Pupil in Class Seen to "Scamper like a Boy at Bass-ball"

Salience	Peripheral
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
Holiday
Notables
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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