1829.9
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Pupil in Clase Seen to "Scamper like a Boy at Bass-ball"
| Salience | Peripheral |
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| Tags | Newspaper CoverageNewspaper Coverage |
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| City/State/Country: | NY, US |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Bass-ballBass-ball |
| Immediacy of Report | |
| 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 Albany NY. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | David Block (March 2011); Tom Shieber (April 2015) |
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1829.9 Pupil in Clase Seen to "Scamper like a Boy at Bass-ball""
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