Public spanking for high school students
PUBLIC SPANKING
FOR
STUDENTS IN
BONFIRE
RAID
Eleven boys, students at the Palo Alto union high school, face the pain and humiliation of being publicly spanked in a manner similar to that used in the ancient days of the whipping post.
The “kangaroo court,” as the spanking is known at the
local high school, was ordered by overwhelming vote of the student body of the
high school for known violations of a interschool agreement between the San
Jose and Palo Alto high schools in the raiding by the eleven boys, together
with others unknown, of the Reed athletic field in San Jose with the intent of
firing prematurely the bonfire made ready by the San Jose high school students
for the Thursday rally.
The public spanking, or kangaroo court, is to be administered by the members of
the Palo Alto high school football eleven, composed of the huskiest lads in the
school. Parents of the lads involved in the raid on the San Jose school and
athletic field, whose names were made public at an assembly held an Thursday,
have been offered an opportunity to protest against the kangaroo court in
writing if they so desire.
Following is the result of the veto cast at the student body assembly regarding
the disposition of the cases and the punishment to be meted the offenders: For
the kangaroo court, 172; for suspension, 21; for ostracism, 24; for “give them
the glad hand”, 16; for no punishment, 94; for probation, 8; for further
written apology, 15; for involuntary hard labor, 16.
As published in the San
Jose Evening News (United States), 18 November 1921.
The spanking probably didn’t look anything like this
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Picture credit: Woodshed Magazine
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