The paddle seems to be very much the preferred implement in USA schools. When did it first come into widespread use? I am particularly interested in early mentions of the school paddle in dated factual or fictional literature, and in official documents.

Have other cultures used the paddle in schools?

Hi <strong>KK</strong>, Thank you for pointing that post out as I hadn’t recalled seeing it. I agree with your point, “<em>Much to be deprecated if you want your slave or student to use their hands for work or writing</em>” is one in favour of paddling (caning, strapping, whatever) on the bottom and not doing so on the hands. That is the <em>one</em> disadvantage I can recognize with punishing the hands in SCP procedure. No doubt this eventually dawned on the slave owners and hence the adoption of other MO’s as you have outlined.

The paddle seems to be very much the preferred implement in USA schools. When did it first come into widespread use? I am particularly interested in early mentions of the school paddle in dated factual or fictional literature, and in official documents.

Have other cultures used the paddle in schools?

Power and the Praise Poem: Southern African Voices in History by LeRoy Vail, Landeg White (1991).

Excerpt:

Charles Speller, an Englishman who worked for the company very briefly in Luabo [Mozambique] in 1923, gave a graphic account of how that power was exercised:

The youthful labour clerk (Portuguese) was resident magistrate and inflicted with the assistance of a band of cut-throat retainers – ” Raposo’s men” – what seemed to me a terrible punishment with an instrument called a “Palmaterio.” This thing was the shape and size of a ping-pong bat but much thicker and was perforated with holes like a colander. The hand of the victim was seized and many blows were struck on the palm; then the other palm and then the buttocks. On one occasion I saw the instrument handed over to a second retained to carry on. The result of this treatment is to leave the victim in agony which must endure for a considerable time and renders him completely collapsed. The action of the instrument is that when a blow is struck the skin is drawn up into the many holes and a certain amount of force appears necessary to pull or twist the thing away from the flesh. ref.21

The palmaterio seems an unlikely precursor for the school paddle.

The paddle seems to be very much the preferred implement in USA schools. When did it first come into widespread use? I am particularly interested in early mentions of the school paddle in dated factual or fictional literature, and in official documents.

Have other cultures used the paddle in schools?

KK

You reproduce various pages of rules concerning how corporal punishment should be administered. All the rules are very well laid out, civilised and well meaning. I take it you show them in your support for paddling.

I have no doubts what so ever the rules were complied with, at the Dozier reformatory where the boys were punished in the “Whitehouse”, but of course the rules were subject to interpretation by the people administering the punishment. That those punishments were excessive to the point of abuse, or were reasonable, depends on ones point of view. Many children died there, or were murdered, and were buried in unmarked graves. The staff were protected by shield laws, and even years later when the abuse has become common knowledge, they still refuse to reveal any information, still sheltering behind the law.

Am I correct in thinking, so long as there are written rules governing its administration, you agree with paddling being used to keep good order in schools etc.

The paddle seems to be very much the preferred implement in USA schools. When did it first come into widespread use? I am particularly interested in early mentions of the school paddle in dated factual or fictional literature, and in official documents.

Have other cultures used the paddle in schools?

Willyeckaslike,

I try to be neutral when doing research and reporting documents that may throw light on the question as to why and how the paddle came to be used in US schools. I do not have a theory I am trying to bolster. I am neutral about the stuff I post. The items are about long ago and involved people in far away places who I did not know or have connection to.

I can not guarantee I am without bias which is one reason why I post here. I am hoping contributions from others will balance out any bias on my part. I just want the facts. What did people think and say and do in the early days, and what was the context.

My gave my views on SCP on 4 July here.

I do not believe the paddle is a good implement for CP because of the possibility of causing serious internal injuries. This has been discussed at length here and in other related “science” threads.

The paddle seems to be very much the preferred implement in USA schools. When did it first come into widespread use? I am particularly interested in early mentions of the school paddle in dated factual or fictional literature, and in official documents.

Have other cultures used the paddle in schools?

College paddle company. University of Syracuse. They were often fractured by use and made of whitewood or poplar and some stained in an attractive color. Stocking up for the fall.

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The paddle seems to be very much the preferred implement in USA schools. When did it first come into widespread use? I am particularly interested in early mentions of the school paddle in dated factual or fictional literature, and in official documents.

Have other cultures used the paddle in schools?

This item found by American Way does not relate directly to SCP but it does illustrate how entrenched the paddle was in American culture at the time the paddle may have started become popular for SCP.

The paddle seems to be very much the preferred implement in USA schools. When did it first come into widespread use? I am particularly interested in early mentions of the school paddle in dated factual or fictional literature, and in official documents.

Have other cultures used the paddle in schools?

Nothing really new here. Here are some recent school historical references to the school paddle.

School demonstration abound much to the amazement of school children on field trips. They are also tours given in the UK. The same surprises afford students now from the handful of youngsters paddle in terms of the total students in the United States of America. In many parts of the country it is assumed to be a relic. Renee’s retirement gift.

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Corporal punishment was not looked kindly upon by some judging by advice given to teachers in olden days.

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