“Brother Camillus, a personable and well-meaning teacher, experienced considerable difficulty in maintaining discipline within the large junior secondary classes....
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 a discussion of historical school disciplinary records, attention was drawn to an earlier observation that, in addition to...
Interest in historical records concerning corporal punishment in schools has grown considerably in recent years. In earlier decades many...
Debate has long persisted regarding whether state schools in England were legally obliged to maintain records of corporal punishment....
To understand how corporal punishment has been regulated in different places and at different periods, it is first necessary...
It is difficult to believe that every instance of corporal punishment was formally entered into an official record, at...
The following correspondence raises an interesting question concerning the purpose and use of punishment record books in schools. From...
The correspondent assures readers that he has never personally experienced corporal punishment while wearing a skirt, let alone one...
John Smith, aged 60, was told by a court that he had placed his wife, Kim, across his knee...
He was a contemporary of, though a few years junior to, Ken Clarke at Nottingham High School, having arrived...
In a measure that has provoked considerable public discussion, the French Parliament is expected to approve legislation on Tuesday...
In a discussion on juvenile vandalism, several members of Newark Town Council called for the restoration of corporal punishment...
The phenomenal commercial success of Fifty Shades of Grey and its sequels must surely provide considerable satisfaction to its...