In celebration of 100 years of service to Buffalo State, The Record will re-print
one former article in each of its 10 issues this semester, chronicling the paper’s
rich history since its establishment in 1913. This week, we feature an article that
appeared in Vol. 1, Issue No. 1, published in May, 1913.
One hundred years ago this week, The Record published its first issue ever
toward the end of the Spring 1913 semester. Back then, The Record was much
different than the present-day publication the campus has come become familiar
with. For its first 15 years, The Record published three times a semester as
a literary magazine, featuring poems and short stories written by staffers with
the occasional news blurb mixed into its 16 pages. When the campus moved
from its location on Normal Street, the current Grover Cleveland High School,
to its current perch on Elmwood Avenue in 1931, The Record adopted a more
journalistic format that mirrors the newspapers of today. The editorial below ran
on the cover of the first issue, distributed to students for 15 cents a copy.
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The year 1913 witnesses an important event in the first appearance of The
Record.
The purpose of The Record is twofold: First – To encourage literary activity
among the students and to maintain high standard of literary excellence; Second
– To furnish the friends of the school with a means of keeping in touch with its
various interests. Normal School students are too busy to do much literary work.
We are especially proud of that which has been done.
As this is the first issue of our paper, the editors have had unusual problems to
solve and difficulties to overcome. We appreciate the support which the school
which the school has given us and feel assured that each succeeding issue of
The Record will outshine the one before it. We look forward to a time near in the
future when The Record will be ranked among the best school chronicles of the
state.