he Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 13 May 1911, p.10 . Eton’s Innovation. The Birch Abolished. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Click to enlarge LONDON, April 7. In England, possibly throughout the Empire, Eton has come to be regarded as the school of schools. No institution has given more statesmen, military men, and bishops to the country. […]
Caning at Eton16 June 1910
Daily Mail, London, 16 June 1910, p.6 . To the Editor of The Daily Mail Click to enlarge Sir, — May I take exception to an article in The Daily Mail on “Caning at Eton.” It seems to me a great pity that the public should be given a false impression of the existing state of affairs at […]
Caning at Eton
Daily Mail, London, 11 June 1910, p.3 . Excessive punishment by older boys. Click to enlarge In his presidential address to the Child Study Conference at Tunbridge Wells last night, Sir James Crichton-Browne, M.D., discussed disadvantages of the public schools, and in advocating regular examination by a public medical official, described the result of his […]
Caning in Public Schools
The Times, London, 8 February 1910 [Editorial opinion] . A case of no little interest to schoolmasters and parents was decided by the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE at Bedford last week. It appears that a lady residing at Bedford sent four sons to the Grammar School. On the ground that her children were delicate, especially the […]
An Eton Mystery
The Marlborough Express, New Zealand, 26 November 1907, p.6 . Etonians all over the world will learn with surprise that the famous block on which many of them have been swished has been stolen, seriously or in joke from the headmaster’s room. No trace of it has been found. It dates back to 1770, and […]
Use of the School Cane.
Daily Mail, London, 4 November 1907, p.6 A Principal Exonerated. The adjourned summons against Mr. William Gannon, M.A., principal of the Woolwich Polytechnic, charging him with having excessively caned two of his pupils was dismissed at Woolwich Police Court. Giving evidence, Mr. Gannon said this was only the second case during the three and a […]
Schoolboy’s cigarette
Daily Mail, London, 24 April 1908, p.3 Headmaster’s offer of caning or dismissal. Under a covering letter headed “Insubordination, not Cigarette,” Mr. E.N. Marshall, headmaster of Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Walsall, sends a statement to the “Daily Mail” concerning the recent incident at the school when a boy was offered the alternatives of being caned […]