During the 1960s, the authority exercised by prefects over pupils’ conduct beyond the school grounds, together with the severe...
As early as the 1870s, corporal punishment had its detractors. The Government sought to restrict its use within the...
I encountered boys from many schools during those years; however, among those within my regular acquaintance, only the boys...
Father Christopher Nulty, S.J., who later served as Rector, was remembered as a serious and austere figure. He believed...
The 1980s marked the beginning of a markedly different approach to school discipline. In 1986, Peter Hawkins and Malcolm...
Kostka Hall, Brighton, Victoria, served for many years as the preparatory school to Xavier College. Accounts of school life...
During the 1960s and 1970s, many childhood games reflected the customs and discipline commonly found in family life and...
In retrospect, it is perhaps unsurprising that children of earlier generations often imitated the customs and discipline of the...
The recollections shared by several individuals suggest that childhood disciplinary games, once regarded as harmless amusements, often left a...
In recalling the curious private amusements of an earlier period of adult life, one woman has described a game...
The recollections of childhood games and informal punishments described above reflect a curious aspect of post-war British childhood, when...
During a discussion of historical school disciplinary records, attention was drawn to an earlier observation that, in addition to...