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VOL. IV. JANUARY, 1903. No. 3.

CENTRAL—MASTEN PARK DEBATE.

Resolved, IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE TO ABOLISH THE REGENTS' EXAMINATIONS IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO.

HE evening' of December 13th was very stormy, but a large T audience met in the chapel of the Central High School to hear the annual debate between representatives of the two high schools. There was unusual interest in the debate, largely due probably to the fact that the subject was of personal inter­ est to so many people. The contestants for Central were Louis Fehr, Miss Charlotte Parsons and John Kennedy; for Masten Park, David Brumberg, William Haller and Irwin R. Beiler. The audience was keenly appreciative of the points made by each side and each speaker was roundly applauded by his fel­ lows. The judges were Hon. Daniel N. Lockwood, G. Barrett Rich and Wallace Thayer, who by a vote of two to one decided the debate was won by the negative, Central. The usual scene of jubilation followed. As the topic of the debate was one connected with school-life, and as many of our readers' were unable to attend we publish in full the arguments of the speakers for the affirmative.

The schools of Buffalo are under the supervision of the University of the State of New York. In theory this university is governed by nineteen regents, who are elected by the legislature for life. These men have absolute power in all educational matters. The best educators are seldom on this board. THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE.

So autocratic is their power that they are responsible to no one and there is no appeal from their decisions. They have a large fund, only the interest of which can be used and for its use they are entirely independent of the legislature. They have the right to incorporate a school into the university or reject it. They can say which schools shall have money given them and which shall not. These nineteen men elect a secretary who becomes the actual head of the university. • He is responsible only to the nineteen regents and need not consider even them, for they meet only once a year, and this meeting is a mere formality. All the powers and privileges granted them are actually transferred to the secretary. The secretary is the Board of Regents.

The examinations of the Regents do not fit the conditions in our High Schools to-day. Forty years ago cities averaged from 40,000 to 50,000 in population. They were uniform in size and wealth. To-day 50 per cent, of the population of this state is in a single city. There has been a vast movement of the farmers to the city. The immigrants now go not to the farms, but to the cities. The cities are not uniform in size nor in wealth. The constitution divides the cities into three classes accord­ ing to population. It recognizes the fact that it must make different laws for the cities of different sizes. Buffalo is the only city of the first class which has regents' examinations. The Regents give us the same examinations which they give cities of the third class and small towns and villages. The constitution of the university says that no person shall be at- the same time an elective regent of this university, and also a principal or any other officer of any institution belonging to the university. Buffalo cannot have any voice in making out its own examinations. Our students are examined as directed by a man who does not represent our schools. If he makes a mistake, our schools having no voice, cannot require him to correct this mistake. Our schools are under the control of the only really imperial institution in the United States. They no longer exercise that precious right of local self-govern­ ment. The New York State Court of Last Resort announced "the THE HASTEN PARK CHRONICLE. right of local self-government lies at the foundation of our insti­ tution and cannot be disturbed or interfered with even in respect to the smallest of the divisions into which the state is divided, without weakening the entire foundation; and hence it is a right not only to be carefully guarded by every department of the government, but every infraction, or invasion of it ought to be promptly met and condemned." "The reason the United States is the greatest country upon the face of the earth," says Fiske, "is because of local self- government." Each state governs itself, each county, town and school district governs itself. In this country the desired end is good government and each locality has the right to reach this end in whatever way is best suited to that place. That is local self-government. We have not that kind of local self- government in the high school examinations in this city. Most of the information for this debate could be acquired only by interviewing our own teachers and the teachers of other cities in this state. With hardly an exception they insisted before they would answer any questions that we neither directly nor indirectly divulge their names nor even the cities wherein they live. And why were they insistent that not even the name of the city be mentioned? If the schools had representation in the regents' office, they might redress their wrongs, they might insist upon justice, but these teachers know that any paper which is marked from 75 to 78 per cent, may be marked 74 per cent, by a regent's examiner. They know that it is but human nature to resent pointed criticism; and that this resentment would be all the greater if the criticisms were true. In the regents' examination in civics for January, 1901, ques­ tion ten asked for "two privileges conferred upon congressmen and to give a reason for each provision." A student answered this question exactly as it was given in Fiske's Civil Government of the United States and Young's Government Class Book. These two books are used in three- fourths of the schools of this state. The Common Council of this city assigned these books to be used in the Buffalo High Schools. The teacher allowed the answer, and as the paper was 75 per cent., he sent it to Albany. The regents' examiner allowed only one-half for answer ten, which brought the paper to 70 per cent, and rejected it. THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE.

The teacher referred the regents to the pages in the textbooks and sent the paper to Albany again. James Russell Parsons is the secretary, sent a letter explaining why the answer was wrong. The secretary wrote: "the boy said receiving a salary is a privilege. Receiving a salary is not a privilege, it is a right." The teacher referred him to the Century and to Webster's Dictionary. These authorities declared that the words "privilege" and "right" were synonymous. So accord­ ing to the secretary's own interpretation, the answer should be allowed.- Unable to get any satisfactory answer by mail, the teacher went to Albany to see about the matter. The secretary was not in but his deputy, C. N. Cobb, who was left in charge, signed the following statement: "I have read page 108 Young's Government Class Book, and page 290 Fiske's Civil Govern­ ment of the United States. The pupil has made a 'natural mistake' in thinking from this that 'compensation' is a 'privilege.' "The two textbooks are wrong in saying'compensation'is a 'privilege,' or they are misleading. We refuse to accept them as binding authority for the answer 'compensation' to the question 'privilege.' 'Compensation' is not a 'privilege' it is a 'right.' • "I have read an extract from the Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia to the following effect: Privilege h. 2.—A right enjoyed by a person beyond the common advantages of other individuals. Right' n. 3.—A privilege whereby one may receive something. "The Century is wrong when it says a 'privilege' is a 'right.' We.deny that the Century is authority for interpreting 'privilege' as a 'right.' "(Signed) C. N. Cobb." An assemblyman from Buffalo referring to this matter said: "I can do nothing." A state senator from Buffalo said: "I can do nothing." A member of the Board of Regents said: 'In my opinion the office has made a mistake, but does not wish to acknowledge it." In this case the examiner clearly made a mistake but the Regents would not correct it. Such mistakes are not unusual. These examiners are often girls who have only a high school education. Three months before they were under the instruction THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE.

of a competent high school teacher, but now they know more than this same teacher. They go over papers examined by him, and if in their opinion he has not properly marked a student's work, they, who do not know this student, correct the teacher and say the student must, or must not take the subject over again. .>?£ ••:: The Regents give the same examination to over 700 schools. They cannot provide for the equipment of each individual school. The high schools of Buffalo are equipped as well as the high schools of any city in the United States. They have a labora­ tory in chemistry superior to the laboratories of many colleges. They have a special teacher for drawing, the latest text-books, large libraries, and large 'assembly rooms where students can hear instructive lectures. There are also the large city libraries, the art schools and the historical societies. Students attending school here have all these up-to-date advantages. In a small village they may have a building of two rooms, only two teachers, and absolutely no equipment, still the regents give Buffalo students the very same examinations which the students of these village schools try. This plan is just as absurd as if Cornell and Canisius had to try the same examinations. At Cornell they have two build­ ings for laboratory purposes in chemistry. They have a lecture room for physics, a 40,000 volume library, a fifty-foot water fall, a canal, and a turbine for illustration in hydraulics. At Canisius the whole college has but one building for all its work, has no laboratories or other means of teaching practical work. How ridiculous it would be to judge the work in hydraulics from Cornell by one and-the same examination! All the colleges of this state are under the Regents' control. Cornell receives all the good which is derived from being under its supervision, but does not try regents' examinations because of the great diversity in equipment. The work done in Buffalo high schools is as different from the small village schools, as the work at Cornell is different from the work at Canisius. Without regents' examinations the teachers could do better work. They are judged by the results of these examinations, so THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE. there is the tendency to aim not for an intellectual growth, but for preparation for the examination. If a method of teaching is not put in the syllabus, if labora­ tory or field work is omitted, there is the tendency to slight these topics. Pupils must be drilled in a parrot-like manner on facts likely to be asked in an examination. This is what an able and experienced high school teacher of another city says, "if you could see the soul-killing work of a regents' teacher—of a regents' drudge I should say—and compare it with the work of a teacher who is free to work for the real ultimate growth of her pupils—of a teacher who looks not three months ahead at a list of pass marks, but ten years ahead at a group of men and women, you would certainly feel that the regents' examinations should be abolished." After a hard term's work in a subject, a thorough review for an examination is legitimate and beneficial. A study of a week for an examination without any class work whatsoever, is called cramming. Students need Regents' counts for a diploma and by cramming certain subjects receive the necessary counts. Law and medical students who have a class average of 15 per cent, by cramming a few days pass Regents' examinations with honors in such subjects as algebra and geometry. If a pupil does poor work in class and the teacher prohibits him from trying the examination because he is ineligible, he can go to a nearby town, pass the examination and receive a regents' pass card. With the .Regents, the pass card is every­ thing; the class work nothing. If Buffalo made out its own examinations, students could be prevented from trying examinations unless they did good work in class, and no one could take any subject outside of class. Many seniors have three, three-hour examinations in the same half day. These subjects are in their course and must be taken in the same term. Only six hours are given them. They have time to do but two, so the twenty weeks' work in the third subject is lost, so far as regents' credit is concerned. Many times the students must have these three subjects for a diploma and failing in one examination they are prevented from being graduated. While conflict monitor for a half day last June, I counted more than fifty conflict students. There are ten half days to an THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE. 7 examination week, so in one school alone there are, on an average, 500 conflicts twice a year. Conflicts could be entirely avoided if we did not have regents' examinations. The regents must give 130 examinations in one week. The city would give perhaps thirty examinations and could prolong the time to two weeks if necessary. Regents' examinations cause unnecessary nervous strain. The Regents' office is far away outside of the city and unknown to the students, so they look upon it with fear and trembling. It is human nature to fear the unknown and mysterious. Men fear lodge initiations because what is going to happen is unknown to them. A city examination would not be so full of awe, so the pupils would not fear it as they do the regents' examinations. A student, may do honest and faithful work day after day, week after week. He may be the brightest boy in the class, still if he has a headache or an attack of indigestion on the examina­ tion day, he will fail. His lazy neighbor who has crammed for a few days, but who has not a headache, can pass, and in Albany he is given more credit than the faithful student. The regents cannot be otherwise. They can mark a pupil only on what work reaches them. At present there can be no natural growth and development of what God wished the child to be, but a strenuous effort to grind him through the mill and produce a uniform product of what the Regents intend him to be. DAVID BRUMBERG, '03.

The standard of the Regents on the whole is below that of the Buf­ falo schools. This is shown by the fact that nearly every teacher says that she would make examinations more difficult. A teacher of draw­ ing asserts that papers are marked 75 per cent, in other schools which she would not look at. In one school elementary drawing is taught twice a week, with no home work, with no equipment by a teacher who has had special training in the subject. In the Buffalo High Schools the same subject is taught five times a week, with a large amount of home work, with modern equip­ ment by specially trained teachers. The pupils in both schools THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE.

try regents' examinations and receive the same credit in spite of the difference between the work they have done. In the Buffalo high schools we prepare the students for regents' examinations in drawing by developing the innate ability and skill of the pupils to the fullest possible extent by a wide, varied and practical course; not with the aim of passing the regents' examination but of developing true artistic feeling and taste. In many places outside of Buffalo the students are drilled.and drilled on the few forms and diagrams contained in the syllabus of the regents. In Buffalo, drawing teachers command large salaries. They teach this one subject and this one subject is their life study. Outside of the city, at times a teacher of languages or science takes a class in drawing merely as a subordinate, unimportant subject and knowing nothing about the study is forced to confine herself to the few conventional forms and ideas contained in the regents' syllabus. A well known physics teacher complains that many pupils pass regents' examinations in physics and chemistry after a little preliminary, forced drill, who have no knowledge of the studies, and whom he cannot recommend for any college. The most eminent scientists, the best and most experienced teachers with almost one voice tell us that laboratory work is a most essential part of the sciences. The difference between laboratory study and text-book study of a science is the difference between the languid gentleman in an easy chair read­ ing how something might be done and the earnest student in the laboratory, dressed in working clothes and apron, mixing his chemicals, watching the changes, doing the thing. Our students do the same kind of work that is required of them in after life in some great industrial plant. Long ago the progressive teachers of "Old Central" brought high schools up to date with fully equipped laboratories. Some years afterwards the regents in a modest way began to follow us. They now attempt to allow a little credit for laboratory work in physics and chemistry by means of note­ books which President Arthur T. Hadley, of Yale, has shown to be no test of the work that should be done. From the standpoint of the school, with very meagre, if any, scientific equipment the regents' requirements in laboratory are THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE.

fair, from the standpoint of the Buffalo High School, with laboratory facilities superior to many colleges, they are ridicu­ lously inadequate. If our opponents doubt this statement we refer them to the professor of chemistry in the Buffalo Central High School. Shortly after Masten Park High School was opened a class in psychology was successfully organized. One hundred per cent, was eligible, 100 per cent, passed, and 50 per cent, was perfect. The regents a year or two later decided that psycho­ logy was too far advanced for high school students and refused to give an examination at the end of the January term. After the principal petitioned and begged and almost prayed for an examination, the regents, reluctantly, though condescendingly, allowed the test in the ensuing March. Three months had elapsed since the class had been disbanded, but the examination was passed creditably by every student. For the benefit of the ill-equipped school, however, the regents require no laboratory work in psychology thereby depriving Buffalo high school students of a most interesting and instructive part of the study. For a long time the University of Chicago refused to accept regents' certificates of Masten Park graduates in lieu of entrance examinations. Prof. Locke, of the university, however, visited the school and inspected every department. He was especially impressed by the splendid scientific equipment at Masten Park. • The university still rejects regents' credentials, but gladly accept Masten Park certificates. In the catalogue of Columbia University is the significant sentence that the university will accept no regents' credentials of any kind for the required laboratory work in the natural sciences. Registrar Hay, of Cornell, says that German as taught by Buffalo high schools under the regents is a mere patchwork. Massachusetts is the birthplace of home-rule and local self- government. These famous principles have been applied as much to her school system as to any other of her institutions and her school system is one of the finest in the United States. A prominent educator asserts, however, that our high schools .in .Buffalo compare favorably with those of Massachusetts, because we strike out for ourselves and do the best work we are capable of in face of the low standard of the regents. THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE.

In short, as a former professor of the University of Buffalo, and now in the scientific -department of the Central High School said: "The greatest detriment to the Buffalo schools is the regents' examinations."

Regents' examinations are no longer fitted for our schools because they do not treat the subjects in a modern, progressive way. A teacher of first year English says that the course in her subject is too technical and impractical. So much time has to be spent in meeting the technical requirements of the regents that she has no opportunity to train the pupils sufficiently in English composition and spelling, or to teach them to stand and speak correctly in recitation. As Freshmen these students learn about factitive predicate, cognate objective, infinitive subject objective, etc., etc., but they have little opportunity to put their knowledge into practical use. As Seniors their literature teachers complain that many of them seem never to have learned the very foundations of English grammar, composition and spelling. The regents prescribe rhetoric and second year English for Sophomores. In Buffalo we are beginning to teach these sub­ jects to Freshmen. Our students pass regents' examinations easily enough, but there are some things better and more practi­ cal for first or even second year pupils to read than the didactic essays of Ruskin—interesting reading for deep thinkers, but somewhat beyond the comprehension of the average school boy.- English reading is an ill-balanced subject. The regents prescribe it for a year's work and in Buffalo we find that it is too short for a whole year's work and too long for half a year. So in this very Central High School there are two classes —one takes English reading a whole year; the other, half a year. The students in both take the same regents' examination and receive equal credit for the work they have done. English reading is a necessary subject for graduation in the Buffalo high, schools. The regents' examination in the study is on the last afternoon of examination week. Our students knowing that they must pass this subject before graduation , spend the whole week in fear and trembling, waiting for the fateful Friday to come. The day arrives, the examination passes, the strain is removed, the tired faculties rebel, and many THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE. II a student's commencement is spoiled because his nerves have given way as the result of the regents' examination in English reading. The teacher goes away Friday afternoon with hundreds of papers which must be corrected before Monday morning, so as to know to whom diplomas may be given. Saturday and Sunday she spends over these examination papers. At last her report is handed in and she is ill for weeks after as a result of the regents' examination in English reading. Why do not the regents' change the day of this examination to the first part of the week, so as to remove the nervous strain from our students and teachers? Merely because, as a regents' instructor kindly explained to a Masten Park teacher, "the law and medi­ cal student have come to expect this examination on this day and we cannot disappoint them." The regents accept mistaken grammar, punctuation and spelling from students on all examination papers, save in English. They have even been known to make similar mistakes on their own English question slips. Yet the great cause for failures in college entrance examinations is the inability of the students to express themselves in good English. The regents rejected the paper of a Buffalo German student. The examiners could not read the manuscript because it was written in real German characters and letters. First year German is theoretical. For instance, the regents every once in a while ask for the passive of such verbs as, "to eat," or "to die"—"I was eaten," or "you were died," etc., etc. In the beginning of his study of German the student has to learn a mass of forms and idioms which he cannot under­ stand, and which he either forgets before he has occasion to use, or which he never has to use at all. In the second year German, fourteen books are prescribed, out of which it is possible to read eight or nine. This series consists of a delightful jumble ranging anywhere from fairy tales by Grimm to classics by Goethe or Schiller. This is one instance where the regents standard is high. With a similar high standard they would probably prescribe Hamlet and Paradise Lost for a student with a vocabulary of about 300 English words, who had just finished the perusal of Mother Goose. In third year German, the regents prescribe a thousand THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE.

pages of reading matter and students can cover 300. The course consists of sips therefore from authors of all periods with widely different vocabularies. When examination time comes the students must trust to luck to find selections he has read. Not only must he translate work he has never seen before, but he must not expect to know its context; he must expect to translate verbs as indicatives or subjunctives or indicatives without knowing what comes before or after, he must possess a vocabulary covering centuries of time, and he must possess after a few weeks of necessarily hurried preparation a reading knowledge as thorough and- as practical as that of a German born and bred. The City of Buffalo has a large German population. Hence a working, conversational knowledge of German is invaluable to many of our students in business and after-life. The regents cannot meet this need peculiar to Buffalo because they cannot give us the oral test which is necessary. So if a Buffalo Ger­ man teacher wastes any time in teaching the pupil conversation, in giving him something practical to benefit him in after-life, the unfortunate students runs the risk of failing in the regents' examination. In physical geography the regents once in a while ask a 40 per cent, question on what they in their own syllabus treat as a relatively important point. For instance, they lately asked three questions on revolving storms on the same examination paper. The syllabus advised teachers only to familiarize the students with weather maps, and a 20 per cent, question on the examination asked the student to draw one. On a question relating to the shape of the continent, a student gave a reason­ able answer which his teacher accepted as correct. Although the boy employed the exact words of the text-book used in Buffalo, the regents rejected the answer and consequently the paper because he did not introduce one more word which had no effect on the general meaning of the answer. In the same subject of physical geography, a first year study, the regents asked for the formation of Eskers, which a professor in the scientific department of the Central High School characterized as an obscure point in geology, a fourth year study. The regents' also asked for the formation of Kamse, which could not be found in any one of fifteen different physiography text- THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE. J3 books. This kind of questions do the regents substitute for thorough, practical field-work. Prior to 1896 regents' work in English was rudimentary. A much heralded, radical man, named Davidson, carne into the de­ partment at Albany. No intimation escaped him of his purpose to make examinations more difficult; no notice was given by letter or bulletin or syllabus; nothing was known until the examina­ tion came like a cloud-burst, simply stupendous; regents' exam­ inations at a single bound became as far advanced as college examinations in English. Ninety per cent, of the pupils failed and after much persuasion on the part of high schools all over the state the regents condescendingly reduced the passing mark to 60, thereby acknowledging their error. This experience has been duplicated time and again in every department. The affirmative desires progress. The affirmative is the progressive side of the debate. But the affirmative desires a true, ever- moving progress, not the spasmodic jerk of a jumping-jack. Regents' examinations cannot be made to fit Buffalo schools; the regents cannot comply with the capabilities of the Central High School without literally swamping scores upon scores of smaller schools throughout the entire state. Regents' examina­ tions are an ordinary test for ordinary capabilities. Honorable judges, we do not complain because this is so, we do not com­ plain because the regents tend to lift up the poorer school to the level of the better, but because they tend to drag down the best to the dead level of mediocrity. WILLIAM HALLER, '03.

THE ARGUMENT IN REBUTTAL.

The arguments to which we have listened have touched our levity, but now for a few solid facts: Regents' examinations make uniformity. Yes, by seeking to bring all to a common level, they knock out the school's individuality inasmuch as the school is not at liberty to set a standard of its own. Since the smaller school must not be neglected, the regents are compelled to gauge their questions by the lack of equipment of the smaller school and give the same questions to the larger school with good equipment. 14 THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE.

Cramming not peculiar to regents. One feature of cramming is, a pupil who has not been in class "at all can cram and try the examination with high hopes of passing.

Only 6 per cent, of regents' students failed at Cornell. There are few students in New York State entering Cornell who do not have regents' certificates. All of these are trained for Cornell, while those from other states without regents are not trained for Cornell.

A student can arrange his course to avoid conflicts. If the student has been sick or out of school his course may have become disarranged and since he must take certain subjects in his junior or senior year, he is driven often into a conflict. Regents' certificates for college entrance. High schools have difficulty in getting colleges to accept regents' certificates unless assured that the school has done more work than the regents require. High schools of our level can secure admission to college by certificate wherever regents' certificates are accepted and in many places where they are not accepted. Law and medical students must have regents' examinations. The question as explained by a teacher of Central High School and representatives of it, when negotiating with a com­ mittee from Masten Park High School as to the meaning of the question said, "Of course, it means in the schools of Buffalo." A member of the board of regents said that the abolition of regents' examinations in Rochester meant only in the schools of Rochester. We care not what is done in the City of Buffalo, but in the schools of Buffalo and since the question applies only to the schools, examinations for law and medical students can be held in Loud's Hall, as they are now. The regents set the standard for the schools of the state. Rather, schools such as Buffalo's set the standard for the regents, for Central High School had laboratory work for years before the regents gave credit for it. The schools of large cities take the initiative, the regents follow. THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE. *5 Experts write out the questions and use great skill and care. Experts! Yes, experts, who, inspecting the schools and traveling around the state, have little time except on railroad trains to write out examination questions. Experts! The kind that causes one of our teachers to declare that mistakes in the questions in her subject are numerous and so regular that she always has to caution her students as they begin the examina­ tion, that they will surely find something they do not under­ stand. Experts! The opinion of the teachers in the city is favorable to regents. My colleagues have shown that many teachers dare not give an unfavorable opinion because the regents' examination is a club held above the teachers' heads. It happens that not through any fault of ours we saw some of the figures of our opponents and they resulted in showing about half and half in favor and against the regents. Reform the regents. We in Buffalo can not reform them because their mistakes are due to their autocracy and to change this form of govern­ ment the state institution must be amended. We in Buffalo can not do this. If reformed, it would not be a board of regents. Now, they do not reform unless they choose to reform them­ selves and in this they are slow as it took three years to get a syllabus which is not yet satisfactory. The regents desire to do what schools want—are anxious for criti­ cism. They have been criticised, but still many evils are not remedied. However strongly inclined, willing, desirous, they may be to do what the schools desire, they can not because of the different conditions in the schools. The desire to do is not the doing." We can not claim that physical injury is due more to regents' than other examinations. According to Dr. Wilcox, of Buffalo, physical injury is the greatest under the regents' examinations because the regents are not in touch with the pupil, know nothing of his real ability and the enormous pressure on the pupil throughout the entire course as a result of them. Another prominent physician says 16 THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE. that a vote would abolish them by at least two-thirds majority and in this country we have institutions for the majority and not the minority. Wonderful influence of regents for good. We admit that they lift up the schools of the villages and towns, but in Buffalo—that is the question. We do not propose to abolish the regents' influence throughout the state, nor their examinations in the smaller towns and villages where they may be doing some good. We would* keep their supervision, money, get the good we can out of them, as do Brooklyn and Rochester, but we do propose to abolish the evil—the regents' examina­ tions in the schools of Buffalo. The regents keep up to modern methods of teaching. Do they mean to say that a system founded in the time of Hamilton, a hundred years ago, when pedagogical principles were never thought of, applies to the present day, when we pro­ fess such an advance in the educational world? Our opponents' remark that no school that had once had regents ever abolished them, is not true. Rochester has abolished regents' examinations from her city schools. Regents' examinations lead, to using two or three books in a subject, they say, but they forget to add that any examination or system rightly followed under live teachers would do the same. The negative has demanded that we must give a plan. We, in our opinion, are not compelled to do so. The Declaration of Independence contained in it only a list of the evils and wrongs of the old form of government. The signers of that document did not and were not compelled to propose a new plan and prove it better than the old because the old had in it so many evils that a new could not be worse. Though, as we have said, we do not need to substitute a system, since the negative has repeatedly asked for it, we can submit a possible plan. No ill can be cured without rooting out the cause. If examination ills or evils are remedied the cause must be removed; that is, examinations abolished. How, then, is the pupil to be promoted? We hold that, by taking his daily or weekly standings in connection with well-directed reviews, occa- THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE. 17 sionally, by the teacher, as a basis, a pupil can be promoted. Why not thus? At present the teacher decides on papers near the danger line and if he can decide on the doubtful or close paper, why can he not decide on the positively good or poor paper and, at' any rate, the teacher knows before the examina­ tion who should be promoted and who should not be? Why should there be examinations? All who try them are measured as it wefe by the same measure. Since all have not equal strength is it any more necessary that all must have equal knowledge? We can not all be judged by an equal standard. Dr. White says, "The examination can not reach the best results of the school and of the fourfold results of teaching—virtue, wisdom, good manners and learning—it only imperfectly tests the last. Motives and incentives under examinations are low. Pupils work for per cents, cram for per cents and often cheat for per cents. No examinations, and they could not do this and instruction would be freer, wider, nobler and better. Dr. Hyde, of Bowdoin, says that in examinations there is too much stress and strain on memory and that memory is not the great thing in education, it is understanding and power. Under examination teachers often ask themselves not what is best for the pupil, but what will count in the examination, and much time is lost preparing for them. As to physical injury the result is evident. No final examinations, no hard pressing for it, none of the enormous pressure during the term, but the pupil feels he is in the hands of one who knows him and can judge him better than any other. Therefore under this system, the teacher's judgment is respected, a pupil promoted by different standards. There would be a better test of all in the pupil, no cramming, no cheating, higher incentives. The question, "What is best for the pupil?" would be paramount, we could set our own standard and bodily health would be better cared for. This is not an ideal but a practical system, because it is in operation. There are no examinations for promotion in Wash­ ington, D.C., St. Paul, Oakland, Cal., and they are practically abolished in Chicago and Philadelphia. The superintendents of all these schools declare that all the bad features of examina­ tions are done away with and that the results under the new are better than under the old. What does it mean to abolish all examinations? It means that the schools are to be for the pupils, not the pupils for the system; that health and vigor are to stand before per cents, mental power and culture before cramming, and, above all, character before rank. IRWIN ROSS BEILER, '03. i8 THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE. The Piaster* Park Chronicle. ESTABLISHED 1699. Published in the months of November, December, February, March, April and June, by the Masten Park High School. Price, five cents a copy, or thirty cents a year.

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VOL. IV. BUFFALO, N. Y., JANUARY, 1903. No. 3.

SCHOOL NOTES. The bazaar which was held at Convention Hall during Thanksgiving week for the benefit of the Teachers' Retirement Fund was in every way a great success. The total receipts above all expenses are slightly over $35,000, a record of which we can well be proud. Among the different booths it is doubtful whether any was more attractive or succeeded better financially than Masten Park's navy booth. For this, thanks are due for the untiring efforts of the corps of teachers who had the matter in charge, for the generous contributions of the students them­ selves, and for the earnest support which was received from our friends of the West High School, who were allied to us in this enterprise. <

On Friday afternoon, December 12, the candy sale for the benefit of the Athletic Association was held in the assembly room. The affair was in every way a gratifying success, the total receipts being in the neighborhood of $100. In each of the four corners of the room was a booth, tastefully decorated and upon which were temptingly displayed candy, ices or lemonade. These booths were in charge of the four girls' frater­ nities who furnished and equipped them at their own expense, THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE. 19 thus making everything that was sold clear profit. Outside in the hall a table was provided for the ping-pong enthusiasts. After a number of selections by our Mandolin Club, dancing was indulged in until the shades of night fell fast, the music being furnished by Messrs. Goff and Becker.

On Friday morning, December 19, the Christmas exercises conducted by the Sophomore class were held in the assembly room. It has been the custom of the school ever since it was started in 1897 to contribute something toward trying to bring a Merry Christmas to those who are less fortunate than our­ selves, the management of the collection of money, food, cloth­ ing and presents being in the hands of the Sophomore class. This year was no exception to the rule and the results were very gratifying. The following program was rendered under the direction of Miss Somerville, including readings and scenes from Mrs. Wiggs, of the Cabbage Patcft.' Part I.—March, College Days (Clark) Masten Park High School Orchestra; Prof Fuhrmann, director. Opening exercises. Hymn 143, school. Introductory remarks before the musical, Principal F. S. Fosdick. (a) The Rogers Brothers in Harvard (Levi), Masten Park High School Orchestra. (b) Miserere—II Trovatore (Verdi), Masten Park High School Mandolin Club. (c) The Charmer (Whitmark), Masten Park High School Orchestra. (d) A Day in the Cotton Field, Smith and Zublin. Piece Characteristic, Masten Park High School Mandolin Club. (e) Why Do I Love Thee? Keiser. Song, flute solo, Masten Park High School Orchestra. HEINTZ BROS.

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Part II.—Reading, introducing the Wiggs family, Antoinette Kohn. Scene I.—Mrs. Wiggs and Jim receive the Christmas basket. Reading, The death of Jim and the practical way in which Lucy Olcott relieves the distress of the family, Antoinette Kohn. Scene II.—Miss Olcott visits the Cabbage Patch, hears the story of the Annexation of Cuba and enjoys Mrs. Wiggs' philosophy. Cast of characters: Mrs. Wiggs, Evelyn Blehdon; Lucy Olcott, Mildred Cummer; Jim, Thomas Smith; Billy, George Haler; Asia, Mary Duffy; Australia, Catherine Durick; Europena, Rebecca Cohen. Closing remarks, Principal F. S. Fosdick. Recessional, Colonial Cavaliers (Rollinson), Masten Park High School Orchestra. Officers of the Sophomore class are: President, Paul H. Bastedo; vice-president, Esther P. Clark; secretary, Anna B. Dorr; treasurer, Richard Knibloe; judges, Alice Sears and Lynn Gerhardt.

Masten Park is always glad to follow up and record the achievements and honors of those who for various reasons have left us and have gone to other schools or of those who are in college. Therefore we are glad to note that Miss Amelia Ganser of the class of 1900, now an upper Senior, corresponding to our Sophomore, has taken the first prize of $35.00 in the finals at the oratorical contest of the University of Chicago. Miss Ganser's speech of five minutes was delivered in competi­ tion with eleven other aspirants for the honor. We also chronicle with pleasure the fact that Mr. Thomas C. Pears, Jr.,

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On behalf of the school we wish to acknowledge the gift of Mr. George Potter in the shape of a beautiful bust of Abraham Lincoln which now adorns a conspicuous place in the front part of the assembly room. The sincere thanks of the school are due Mr. Potter for this timely and generous present, and we only wish there were more people of the same character to help beautify our school.

On Tuesday night, December 23, the annual dance of the Athletic Association in honor of the football team of 1902 was held in the assembly room. Dancing began at 8.30 and was kept up until the wee hours of the morning. The drawing- room was fitted out with cozy corners which were very tastefully decorated. Everybody enjoyed themselves and all agreed that it was one of the most enjoyable affairs that was ever held in Masten Park High School. Immediately after the intermission, during which light refreshments were served, M r. Fosdick called the members of the team around him and in an appropriate speech presented each in turn with a big yellow M as a reward for their faithful work during the season, these letters being pinned on by Dr. Trant, assisted by Dr. Schugens. Captain Smead then stepped forward and on behalf of the team presented Manager Jellinek with a beautiful gold signet ring in recog­ nition of his great work in so successfully managing the team. One of the pleasantest features of the evening was the graceful speech of Coach Simpson, to whom a great part of the success of our team may be justly laid. On the whole, it was one of the best athletic dances we ever had, and was a success both socially and financially.

On Friday evening, January 2, the graduates gathered for their annual reunion. The school doors had been thrown open and the large assembly hall cleared and prettily decorated where the assembled graduates danced. In the library, on the first floor, ping pong tables had been arranged which were in use during the entire evening. The drawing-room was very prettily decorated THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE. in red and with a number of cozy corners. The dancing pro­ gram consisted of 22 numbers and there were present upwards of 200 members of the Alumni Association and friends. The annual election took place which resulted as follows: President, Raymond B. Fosdick; vice-president, Margaret Bingham; recording secretary, Peter O. Nicholson; correspond­ ing secretary, Marion F. Floyd; treasurer, Curtis C. Myers; assistant treasurer, Lawrence Knibloe; directors, Raymond B. Fosdick, Myron M. Ludlow, Jr., Harold J. Whitehead, Marion F. Floyd and Elizabeth McClelland.

The report of the Masten Park branch of the Buffalo Public Library for 1902 is as follows: Magazines, 307; philosophy, 198; religion, 154; sociology, 543; philology, 26; science, 503; useful arts, 219; fine arts, 437; literature, 1,238; history,, 696; travel, 361; biography, 478; fiction, 8,299; total, 1902, 13,459; 1901, 11,869; gain, 1,590. Under the head of fiction are classed the books for required reading in the English courses which largely accounts for that disparity in numbers. The showing clearly proves the need of a library branch at the school.

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MASTEN PARK HIGH SCHOOL MANDOLIN CLUB. The Mandolin Club is meeting with greater success than ever this year. The club has played at the following places since the last issue: Colonial Club, Cential Y. M. C. A., East Buffalo Y. M. C. A. The boys received a hearty welcome at the Colonial Club as shown them by a banquet and dance given them in which some of the girls of the club participated. On Friday, January 16, the Club will give a concert at Parker High School, Clarence, N. Y. The boys look forward to this trip with great pleasure.

GAMMA EPSILON. The sorority has thoroughly enjoyed herself since the last issue of the CHRONICLE. Our older sisters delighted us with tales of college lore, while home at Christmas holidays. But they have returned to their respective alma maters now, and we here have only the memory of a pleasant reunion. Tuesday of vacation week, strains of two-step and waltz were heard at the ' Otowega Club, while many pairs of feet danced about the hall. We are glad to welcome Millie Corder into our midst and are hoping to soon call Beth Rice and Edith Drumm our sisters.

DF.T.TA SIGMA. Delta Sigma was most delightfully entertained by Miss Marianne Lee Smith on Hallowe'en. Almost every girl was 24 THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE.

present and we now no longer dread our future for the fates are known to us. Refreshments appropriate to the season were served. Soon after a very enjoyable' spread was given by Miss Mamie Beach. We were pleased to welcome Miss Ethel Waters and Miss Marie Thornton into our number in November. On New Year's Eve an informal reception and dance was given at the Otowega Club. We ushered in the New Year in a most enjoyable manner. The guests were received by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith, Miss Maude Peters and Miss Jane Post.

EPSILON CHAPTER, SIGMA LAMBDA NU. The Christmas vacation was a time of rejoicing for Epsilon Chapter. The honoraries were all home from college and the little gatherings we had seemed like old times. It gave the college men a good chance to become better acquainted with our freshmen, and the two weeks undoubtedly drew the frater­ nity closer together. The event of the holiday season to us was the banquet Christmas Eve at the Otowega Club. The Christ­ mas spirit possessed us all, and with an overflow of good things for mind and body the evening and part of the night passed only to quickly. Our annual "big" dance, which usually occurs Christmas week has been postponed and will be held at the Colonial Club on April 17. The boys have already begun to look forward to this date although it is a long three months away.

THETA CHAPTER, PHI SIGMA. The past few weeks have been productive of several pleasant affairs for Phi Sigma men. The Chapter gave a stag party at which Mr. Fosdick was present and it is unnecessary to remark that we had a very pleasant evening. During the holidays our alumni brethren returned from col­ lege and several reunions were held at the rooms. On New Year's Eve Theta gave an informal dance. Promptly at the stroke of twelve the fraters joined in the first " Rebecca" of 1903. This paved the way to a series of college yells by the loyal supporters of the various fountains of learning who were present. After an exchange of the season's greeting all round

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TAU ALPHA CHI. After being a recluse for a long time, the Tau Alpha Chi Fraternity has at last appeared before the footlights of frat. circles. Enrolled among its members are fellows of prominence in athletics of both Central and Masten Park. We are comfort­ ably situated in a suite of rooms in the pomes' Building, Pearl and Court Streets. .1, Tuesday evening, January 6, the members and their friends spent a most enjoyable evening at the mid-winter dance, held at the Twentieth Century Club. A goodly number attended and the affair was a grand success. We are especially glad to announce that Prof. Jay E. Stagg, of Masten Park; Mr. Denham, teacher of physics, and Baron von Nettelbach, teacher of German of the Central School, have accepted honorary membership in our fraternity.

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EPSILON CHAPTER, OMICRON PI SIGMA. Epsilon enters the new year with great expectations and a fine record for 1902. The most notable event was our location in quarters of our own. We celebrated both that event and the new year with a spread on the evening of December 31. We had an exceedingly good time, and the table did honor to the chefs. The Hound of the Baskervilles gazed down on the dig­ nified (?) proceedings with a far-away look in his eye, but, as he did not bark, we paid no heed. Our latest addition is T. Carl Beach, of West High, whom we welcomed riotously in the early part of December. We are glad to note the installation of a new chapter, Zeta, and to hear reports of prosperity all down the chapter roll.

AMUN RA. On the night of December 26, Amun Ra held its first dance, the Otowega Club being the scene of the festivity. The ball­ room and reception room were decorated with palms, holly, and festoons of laurel. Amun Ra's friends were present in force and enjoyed an exceedingly good time. Auerbach and Mitchell, the princes, of dance music beat time for the merry crowd. Mr. and Mrs. Carlton E. -Ladd, our honorary members, acted as chaperones. Many pleasant memories were aroused by the presence of our college men, who were here spending their Christmas vacations. Their college experiences have been the subjects for many interesting tales, and their departure leaves behind them a very perceptible feeling of gloorh. We expect to hear great things of Brother Henry Kahler who has made the center position on the varsity basket-ball team at Princeton. He came home with the letters "P. B. B. T." upon his jersey, RELIABLE PIANOS. V OU take no chances in buying a piano at our store. No matter how low the price, yoa will always find the quality back of it, and no matter how high the quality, you will always find the price lower than elsewhere. , Our pianos are the good, reliable kind that there's no guess-work about. Pianos 1 1 from the most noted makers, which inspire a feeling of confidence and security in owning, that lasts a lifetime. Honestly made, trustworthy pianos as low as $175.00. Our guarantee back of every instrument. DENTON, COTTIER & DANIELS, 269-271 Main Street. THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE. 27

but promises when he returns again, that the letter "P" will be the only one remaining. "Chaplain" Newton on his return from Patchuque, Long Island (pronounced Pat-che-hog) brought with him a suit case filled with delicious "blue points." The "Chaplain" prepared us a feast with these delicacies as only one brought up on the shores of the briny deep can. Our pledged member, Hugh Patterson, awaits with fear and trembling the mysteries of Karnac, which are soon to be revealed.

GAMMA SIGMA. The members of Gamma Chapter are taking much delight in receiving letters daily from the poor families whose suffering they helped to alleviate on Christmas. We have made a good start and we should let the good work go on by making this charity work an annual affair. The annual Gamma banquet was held on December 26, at the Niagara Hotel, and it called forth a large attendance of college men who were home on vacation. The affair was a success in every particular, and the way in which things were kept moving was simply wonderful. Among the new members lately taken in are, Clarence Wip- pert, Harry Sharp and Edward Swanz of Masten Park, and Eugene Roberts of Central. Gamma wishes the best of success to Bro. Sharp who has lately left the city to enter the employ of the Union Metallic Cartridge Co., of New York.

TEKLA. The meeting held on November 3 was of a social character and was altogether an enjoyable one. We were pleased to have with us, Mrs. Ryerson and Miss Howland, two of our honorary members. The girls responded to roll-call • by quotations, and after the business part of the meeting was concluded, the time was devoted to sewing for the Needlework Guild and chatting over our cups of cocoa. Mrs. Ryerson gave a pleasant little talk about her three cups of tea in Chinatown, San Francisco, which was supplemented by Miss Howland's story of her cup of tea in New York's Chinatown. Owing to our oversight this report did not reach the last edition of the CHRONICLE. On December 1, Tekla Club entertained its former members from the class of '99 down to the grades of last June. The girls 28 THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE.

were received at the door of Room 19, by the officers of the club. The platform was prettily decorated in yellow and white, the club's colors, and was banked with palms and ferns. Mrs. Frank A. Wade gave a very interesting and instructive talk on writing and photography, showing how the latter is a great aid to writers, giving some of her own personal experiences along these lines, and closing by reading, "Christmas Eve Reflections of a Camera." Ice cream and cake was then served and dancing in the assembly room followed. On December 15, the Tekla girls were extremely fortunate in having an opportunity of listening to Mr. Reginald Coxe, Presi­ dent of the Art Students' League, of Buffalo. He told us of several vocations for women with which he has come in contact through his work in art circles, but dwelt particularly on sign painting as a good money-making as well as a pleasant vocation for women of to-day. One statement made by Mr. Coxe ought to encourage and inspire many of us who think we have no genius, no natural talent. Mr. Coxe declared that into every great work, painting, book, poem, musical composition, or what­ ever it may be, has been put just one-tenth genius and nine- tenths hard work.

SIGMA THETA. Sigma Theta wishes to welcome her new member, Doris Palmer, and expects soon to "welcome" others. Not long ago a very enjoyable spread was given by Estelle Low, and another will soon be added to our long- list of good times at the home of Jessie Kemp. Our annual dance at the Colonial Club, Decem­ ber 29, was a great success, and now we look forward to our usual informal ones during the winter.

THE CHESS CLUB. The Chess Club is in a flourishing condition, having now a membership of about thirty. A correspondence match is now in progress with the Brooklyn Boys' High School. Masten Park is playing the white men on boards 2, 4 and 6.

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ELMIRA GAME. Elmira came eighteen strong, with . Manager Miller. The visitors objected to Harwick playing, owing to his former affiliation with Central High School. Intersholastic League rules evidently carried the point, for Harwick was not m his accustomed place, Newton filling the gap fully as well. The teams appeared on the field shortly after 3 o'clock, Masten Park first, followed closely by Elmira. Their appearance was signalized by united cheers from those who patiently waited in the cold for the battle to get under way. The men were clean and tidy when lined up, but five minutes after playing they were covered with mud and eagerly seized for something dry to wipe their hands upon,* so that long before the game was ended Referee Adams and Umpire Bott were smeared from collar to shoes by those who were not particular in regard to some other man's clothes. There were two spectacular plays on Masten Park's side that sent the spectators frenzied with joy. their shouts ripping through the air loud and long. The star performances were runs across the entire field for touchdowns from kickoffs, Love­ joy and Lane being the heroes, the former squirming^ and dodging his way for 97 yards almost through the center of the field, while Maier, Lane, Spencer, Newton, Vandenberg, Lanctot and Graves were busily engaged in opening a passage for him by 3° THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE. bumping over every zealous Elmira player that dared make an attempt to interpose doughty Lovejoy, one of the steadiest players on Masten Park. Billy' was well exhausted when his journey was at an end; so, also, was Elmira. It was a grand performance, for Lovejoy was practically alone before his mates discovered his whereabouts and went to his aid. Lane's run was fully as spectacular as Lovejoy's had been, but Lane;has the strength and legs to carry him out of danger faster than the majority. His long run and touchdown was also made from a kickoff of Reynolds. The ball fell short to Lane, so that by the time he had secured it, Elmira was well down upon him and the wonder is that he succeeded in making any gain at all. Lane's eyes, however, were quick to see an opening and with clever dodging, tiptop interference, strength and speed, he was quickly past Elmira's right side, skimming along the outer line like a frightened deer with one Red and Blue runner after him, who soon gave up the unequal task. Lane finished, eased up and with every opportunity to plant the ball directly between

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MASTEN PARK (27). ELMIRA H. S. (O). Spencer .:• . left end ... . . Banks. Smead (Capt.) (Coulson) . left tackle Cain. Pinck (Fiske) .... left guard YT Caddigan. Hottinger , .; center Powers. Graves (Jerge) . . '•'.' . right guard Gonser. ' Lanctot tight tackle . Reynolds. Vandenberg (Templeton) right end Rhover. Lane ,.jJ»jV. • • quarterback Sullivan (Wright). Newton (Swanz). . . left halfback Birmingham Lovejoy right halfback . . . Out (Capt ) Dixon Maier fullback Braddock. Touchdowns for Masten Park, Newton 2, Maier I, Lovejoy 1, Lane 1 Goals from touchdowns, Lane 2. Goals missed from touchdowns, Lane 3 Referee, the Rev. R. B Adams, Syracuse. Umpire, Dr William Bott, U of B. Timekeepers, Dr. Charles Haase, U of B , for Elmira; Sam Ryan, Jr., Masten Park H S. Linesmen, Dr. Daniel Murphy, U. of B., for Elmira; Harry Weill, Masten Park, 1900. Time of halves, 25 and 20 minutes.

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Howard D. Beach, Photographer, 'Buffalo, N. Y. Established 1857 GALLERY, 456 MAIN STREEI THfi MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE. 37 Ithaca gained a total of 665 yards, while Masten Park made 221. Masten Park held the Ithaca team for downs three times, while Ithaca held Masten Park four. Each side punted twice and the Ithacans had the better of that part of the game. The Buffalo line was outplayed, but Captain Smead's per­ formance at tackle was one of the best ever seen here. Maier also put up a brilliant fight for Buffalo, and his long gains in the first half gave his team hope of a • touchdown. The whole game was more like a 'varsity than like a high school contest. Ithaca won the toss and Masten Park kicked off to the Ithacans' 10-yard line. McAllister ran back 15 yards. From the 25-yard line Captain McAllister executed a series of line- bucking plays which carried the leather to midfield. Smith of Ithaca then made the first of the sensational long runs of the game. He carried the ball to the 15-yard line, but was downed by Lane, who saved the goal. After two more plays the Buffalo lads braced and held for downs on the 10-yard line. Lanctot punted to the Ithaca 50-yard line. Line bucking took the ball to the Masten Parks' 45-yard line and there Smith again electrified the bleachers by hurdling the Masten Park line and running to the 8o-yai>d line. Lane, the sure and ready, was there again to stop him. But Lane's effort was futile. McAllister took the leather over after a couple of plays for a touchdown. Newman missed the goal, making the score: Ithaca, 5; Masten Park, o. Lanctot kicked off to the 20-yard line and O'Brien ran back 15 yards. Hard line bucking and short gains around the ends carried the ball to the 25-yard line, where Masten Park again held for downs. Maier then made a series of brilliant runs to midfield. Ithaca there held and took the leather by short stages to the Masten Park 25-yard line, where the Buffalo boys took it. Captain Smead's excellent work on tackleback formations and strong plunges by backs drove the Ithacans back to the Ithaca 40-yard line, where the Ithaca eleven took the ball.

H. KEITSCH & SON Original Designing Florists Decorating our Specialty 806 MAIN STREET, BlFFAtO, N. V. 3» THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE. The half closed with the ball in Ithaca's possession in mid- field. . The terrific assaults of the Ithaca backs during the early part of the battle had been too much for the lighter Buffalo boys. Bruised and lame, they held to their work like heroes, only to be pushed down the field time and again. By fierce line bucking and mass plays Ithaca made four downs. Masten Park was forced to use a number of substitutes. At the close of the game the Ithaca players were loaded into a float and despite the rain were drawn through the streets of the city by the enthusiastic followers, amid the glare of red lights and the shooting of roman candles. The line-up: ITHACA (27). MASTEN PARK (o). Cobb left end Spencer. H. Newman left tackle Smead (Capt.) W. Newman left guard Pinck (Colson). Van Orman center Hottinger (Fiske). O'Brien right guard Graves (Jerge). Helm right tackle Lanctot. Jackson r. e . Vandenberg (Templeton) (Adams). Putney quarterback Lane. Smith left halfback . . . Newton (Swanz). Clark right halfback .'. . . . Lovejoy. McAllister (Capt.) (Scott) . . fullback Maier. Touchdowns, McAllister, Smith 2, Scott 2. Goals, W. Newman 2 Umpires, Teller, of Hobart; Jones, of Colgate. Linesmen, Grant, of Ithaca; Atwell, of Masten Park. Timekeepers, Sullivan, of Ithaca; Jellinek, of Masten Park.

IM. P. H. S. 1900 vs. IY1. P. Hi S. 1902. The close of the football season of 1902 was celebrated on a slushy, mud-covered field before a shivering crowd of people, looking on and cheering faintly now and then through their

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and seldom failed to do the right thing. Drake was another star and Maddigan at quarter, though he left early in the fight, was in good form. The halves were of twenty minutes' length. At the end o1 the first period the. score was 11 to o, and for the last fifteen minutes in the second, no points were made at all. The first touchdown was made by Drake after a hard and slow push down the field. The goal was kicked by Weill after the first touch­ down. Persons made the second touchdown and Whitney the third. Weill failed to kick both the other goals. The 1902 eleven won the toss-up and chose the north goal. Lanctot kicked off to Schade, who caught it near the center of the field and ran down fifteen yards. In the line-up Drake was handed the ball to go around left end, but was downed after only two yards. Kerr then tried right end and made 5 yards, and Schade could push it only 1 yard through center. This was not advancing very fast, so on the next pass Drake made a very pretty punt for 25 yards and Lanctot caught it, but didn't get more than 10 yards. Then Adams at right end was given the ball and tried to skirt the left wing, but the alumni broke through and downed him after 2 yards. Harwick who took the ball next, failed to gain, and after that a punt was attempted by Lanctot, but it was blocked, and in the scuffle Knibloe fell on it, while one of his own men slid him along in the mud for 15 yards toward the schooboys' goal. Smead executed a very timely tackle on Schade, who had run to within 8 yards of the opposing goal. There were three short gains through center here which brought the ball to the 3-yard line. Whitney was pushed over for the touchdown and Weill kicked the goal. Lanctot kicked off again, to Maddigan, who ran back 20 yards, where he was downed by half a dozen of his muddy foes. Then Person slammed through center for 10 yards more, and Schade made the longest run of the game when he crossed over behind right half and carried the ball 50 yards. Pinck J. W. FRASER 848 MAIN STREET, 2 DOORS ABOVE VIRGINIA All the popular brands of Cigars, Smoking Tobaccos, Plug and Fine Cut, Cigarettes, Pipes, Smokers' Supplies Fine Stationery, Magazines, School Supplies, Inks, Etc Daily and Sunday Papers, Gents' Furnishings, Fire Works 42 THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE. stopped him, however, and saved a certain touchdown. The next three {downs carried the ball 15 yards, and Person was the engine used in all three. His pounding through the line seemed to be his great point. In the next down, Person went 12 yards and was very effectively stopped by Smead. Whitney made a terrific plunge against the line, but could gain only 5 yards in two attempts. On the 10-yard line Person was given the ball and opened center, for first 4 yards and then 6, taking it over the line for the second touchdown. Weill failed to kick the goal. The score was 11 to o. Lanctot kicked off to Person, who caught the ball, but was downed after going only 5 yards. Schade was then given the ball and for 3 downs made great rents through the schoolboys' line, advancing the play 13 yards. Through a fumble, the ball was given to the 1902 side and Lanctot at full was given the opportunity to skirt the ends. He made 15 yards around right end in two passes and then on an offside play the line was moved back 5 yards. Drake came into possession of the ball on the next pass and punted to Lane, who very skilfully dodged and brought the ball in 20 yards. Lanctot punted to Weill, who fumbled, and Adams dashed into the mixup and fell on the ball. Lanctot punted again to Kerr, but he fell on it, not deeming it wise to try- a gain in the mud. Another punt was made by Drake to the 40-yard line of the younger men and Lane fell on the ball. Then Lane tried to punt, but the alumni broke through the line and blocked the kick, while three of them grabbed the ball at once and ran it to the 20-yard line. Lanctot punted again, this time well down the field to the alumni 40- yard line, and Drake fell on the ball. Person, the fullback, was given the word and he opened the line through center for 15 yards, but Adams stopped him. The same man took the ball

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M. P. H. S. 1900 (16). M. P. H. S. 1902 (o). Kerr (Capt.) left end . Templeton. Whitney left tackle Smead (Capt.) Knibloe left guard Pinck (Jerge). Ellis center Fiske (Graves). Sommers right guard Graves (Fiske). Drake (Dieboldt) . . . right tackle Coulson. Lies (Stuckey) right end Adams. Maddigan (Miller) (Dowling) quarterback Lane. Schade left halfback Newton. Weill right halfback Harwick. Person fullback Lanctot. Referee, R. B. Adams, Syracuse. Umpire, J. E. Dramlich, Syracuse. Timekeepers, J. H. Rasey, TJ. of B ; J. F. Fairbairn, TJ. of B. Linesmen, H. R. MacDonald, TJ. of B ; L. F. Simpson, TJ. of B. Touchdowns, Whitney, Drake, Person. Goals kicked, Weill 1. Time of halves, 20 minutes. 44 THE MASTEN PARK CHRONICLE.

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