As for a 5 stroke caning Iwould find this very odd to say the least especialy when you’re so close to the home base so you might just as well go the full distance although I did read that the good Doctor Dominum did give a boy a 5 stroke caning but as he himself said,it was a very rare occassion (I wonder if the boy being caned appreciated the Doctors lack of generosity!!)
Coming down to the absolute minimumn-a 1 stroke caning is,I would immagine,from a headmasters point of view, a caning wasted.In fact it’s not even worth the effort of getting you to bend over desk,raising your jacket clear,pulling out your shirt tails,getting out his cane flexing it,tapping it three times across the middle of your bottom then letting fly.He might just as well make it worth his while-with you in agreement of course-and give you the full six.Mind you,my headmaster did,nt need anyones agreement.You got six whether you liked it or not but since I can’t see any school boy liking it anyway it’s all rather academic!