The orderly march to Brighton was eventually replaced by journeys to the North Brighton Drill Hall at a time...
“Brother Camillus, a personable and well-meaning teacher, experienced considerable difficulty in maintaining discipline within the large junior secondary classes....
The recollections of former pupils suggest that McCristal administered discipline with firmness, though not with caprice. One former boarder...
Having examined the so-called “Six Great Schools”, it is appropriate now to consider the institutions later admitted to their...
He justified the severity of the punishment by recalling the advice given to him by Irving upon the latter’s...
Although, as he assured his pupils, he wished to govern through trust and kindness when he began his work...
The final evening of dancing in 1948 took place on 5 November. The Finlaysons arranged a combined class for...
Discipline at Melbourne Grammar School has long occupied a central place in the institution’s history, though accounts from former...
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...