The cane was abolished, and the fearsome four-wanded rod.
All the same, they were still spanked and slippered on the bare bottom regularly, and the school was still fairly spartan for the 1960s.
I don’t think that I would have liked to go there.
I didn’t like the idea of boarding and being away from my parents and at the mercy of a lot of strange adults who could pull down my pants at will.
The food sounded crummy too, and then having to shower and toilet in front of other boys.
I liked my comforts, such as they were, and my privacy,