The law and the cane

Daily Mail, London, 13 December 1900 For caning a boy at Garrett-lane Board School, Wandsworth, E. Vincent, an assistant master, was summoned yesterday at the South-Western Police-court. The boy, Richard Butler, said he was thrown over a form and caned. “The master told you to hold out your hand: and you refused, eh? asked the […]

National Union of Teachers

The Times, London, 13 April 1900 The annual report of the Executive Committee of the National Union of Teachers, which will be presented to the conference at York on Monday next states that during the past year steady progress has been made in the matter of education throughout the country, and that in this important […]