One concern I would have with student on student CP is that there were boys in my day who...
I attended Geelong Grammar in the 1950s, and some prefects were allowed to cane there. I was a house...
Some of Australia’s elite schools did allow prefects (or at least some prefects) to cane, but the practice was...
The prefect caned the boy for burning his toast and the whole thing looked like a case of bullying....
I must say I’ve only ever seen the prefect system depicted in old black and white movies from my...
Prefects were almost invariably prominent school sportsmen. Academic achievement might get you priv, but seldom prefect. Thus they tended...
Canings by the prefects were fairly common. It was a bend over, touch your toes process, and up to...
It is probably true to say that most younger boys were far more in awe of prefects and privs...
I was 13 at the time, and happily my offence only merited lines. I’d been late for a lesson,...
My secondary school had a prefect system, and a prefects’ court, which was held weekly on a Wednesday morning,...