I think it’s just a continuation of the degree of seriousness again. At my school in the 40s/50s, as at yours, slipperings were given in public for the slightest things and for serious offences boys were sent to the dreaded ‘Headmaster’s Study’ for the cane. For the most serious offences though, and usually when a boy was to be expelled as well, canings were given in public – at Prayers, on the stage. That was a very rare event and I only winessed two in my six years there. But it was the ultimate deterrent!
Incidentally, even those canings were given with the boy fully dressed.
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