We may agree with the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE that his mother was prompted by the highest motives, and yet also feel very strongly that she took an exaggerated view of her rights and raised an unfortunate discussion which, although it leaves no stain on the boy’s character, can hardly fail to render his future career as a schoolboy less happy than it otherwise might have been. The moral of it all is, perhaps, that parents, and especially mothers, should be less squeamish than they seem to be nowadays about the necessary punishments of a public school. We do not live in the days of BUSBY nor even in the days of KEATE, and perhaps it is as well that we do not. For this very reason the birch or cane in the hands of a modern schoolmaster is never an instrument of torture, though if certain fond and foolish mothers were to have their way it would soon cease to be an effective and salutary agency of discipline.
Caning from of the Times11
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No Nonsense from Grandma2
Grandpa said there were wild animals in there you wouldn’t want to meet and that it would be easy...
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Corporal Punishment & Fear4
All those socialist councils cheering as girls are beaten in their district comprehensives for the sake of female advancement....
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The Discipline of Females28
That evening.. and every moment of the weekend that were able to, we spent together. And every time we...
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Just Desserts12
I even find myself wishing that Aunt Jayne would pull my pants down first. I’m wearing shorts. I put...
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Corporal Punishment & Slipper Sizes27
Some PE teachers would use a boy’s own plimsole and other teachers would sometimes ask for boys in the...
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The Headmaster’s Study12
I was now feeling even more apprehensive and not the least bit aroused by the prospect of being beaten...
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How many strokes 7
It may be true to say that: “The more strokes you receive, the worse it becomes.” To some extent,...
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Bring Back the Cane10
By far the biggest source of child abuse comes from children abusing other children, mostly in a violent or...