London, 9 January 1929, p.7 Schoolroom Sequel Bench & Deserved Punishment. The headmaster and two assistant masters of Newport, Shropshire, Grammar School who took part in the flogging of a pupil for smoking were summoned by the boy’s father, Mr. Ernest J. Wright, at Newport yesterday for assault. The masters were Mr. Walter […]
Caned boy’s summons
Daily Mail, London, 13 August 1928, p.8 In the courts. Prefect’s defence. Father withdraws case. John King Day, aged 15, of Coddington Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire, a prefect at Stamford Grammar School, Lincolnshire, and nephew of the headmaster, the Rev. J.D. Day, was summoned at Stamford on Saturday for assaulting John Henry Davis, aged 10, a […]
A Good Healthy Caning.
Daily Mail, London, 10 September 1927, p.5 Mr. Bingley Was Right. By John Blunt. I sympathize with Mr. Bingley, the Marylebone magistrate, for refusing an application for a summons against a London County Council teacher who had caned a pupil. Nowadays there are a lot of people who seem to think that for a small […]
To Cane Or Not?
The Times, London, 19 March 1921 Headmaster of Rugby’s Views At a meeting held on February 15 the members of the association passed a resolution urging that, in view of the evidence of damage caused by caning on the hand, and the possibility of impairment of function, this form of punishment should be forbidden. Yesterday […]
A School Girl’s Caning
he Times, London, 25 June 1920 Headmaster’s Explanation. The question of the infliction of corporal punishment on a girl pupil, named Brown, by a male teacher, has been discussed by the Canterbury Education Committee. The father of the girl complained that she had been caned by Mr. Randerson, the headmaster of the Wesleyan School. He […]
Caning in Public School
Daily Mail, London, 5 March 1915, p.3 Assault Charge Dismissed. The boy’s account.Great interest was displayed in a case at Lancaster yesterday, when the Rev. J.H. Shackleton Bailey, headmaster of Lancaster School, was charged with assaulting Harold James Atkinson, aged sixteen, son of Dr. Atkinson, of Smethwick, Birmingham, on February 1. The case raised the […]
Equality at Eton
Daily Mail, London, 9 January 1912, p.5 Inquiries at Eton show that Lord Ossulston was there for one term some time ago. Lord Tankerville is reported to have said: “I do not want him (Lord Ossulston) to be a youngster with a title who has been kowtowed to by a sycophantic crowd of pseudo and […]