The following accounts, drawn from recollections of former pupils across Britain, illustrate the strict disciplinary atmosphere that prevailed in...
The following accounts, drawn from former pupils’ recollections of schools across England and Wales, illustrate the strict disciplinary atmosphere...
Accounts from former pupils at a number of British schools recall the widespread use of corporal punishment during the...
In schools across Britain during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, corporal punishment remained a firmly established part of school...
In many British schools during the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, corporal punishment formed an accepted part of school...
I was greatly shocked the first time I received corporal punishment at grammar school, for I had not expected...
Accounts of corporal punishment in schools during the post-war decades frequently illustrated the extent to which discipline was regarded...
I have endeavoured to imagine myself, at the age of fourteen, in the circumstances you describe so vividly. I...
The three-day period during which examination results were returned must have been an exceedingly anxious time for the boys...
The use of the slipper as a form of school punishment has often been described as comparatively mild, scarcely...
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...