Scotch saw itself as training leaders. The disappearance of prefects’ power to impose caning was part of a wider shift in perceptions of leadership, away from leadership imposed by fear and punishment, and towards a leadership of persuasion and example, leadership modes that Scotch boys might eventually exercise out in industry or commerce or the professions, where caning is often not employed.”
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