There was this instance in boarding school i attended where the matron used to cane the boys for talking too loudly in the dormitories. She used to make us lie face down on our beds and then she would come to each of us and administer between 2-3 strokes on the backside…
it would be everybody. it used to be on the pyjamas.
Apart from the matron, did the teachers also cane the boys frequently, and was it done in class or in private?
I know that discipline was more strict and canings were more freely given in boarding schools than in public aka govt. schools.