Prefects’ Canings in spotlight
The thorny issue of whether school
prefects should be allowed to cane younger pupils was sometimes reported by
newspapers in New Zealand.
In 1949, Nelson College was the centre of
attention after a boy refused to be punished for breaking a rule about walking
on the grass. It was reported that prefects ‘carried him into the College’ and
caned him.
We previously saw another case of prefects’ canings in New Zealand, this time at Waitaki Boys’ High School in 1942 (here).
As
published in The
Press (New Zealand),
9 March 1949
As
published in the Northern
Advocate (New Zealand), 9 March
1949.
As
published in Wanganui
Chronicle (New Zealand), 12 March
1949
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I was never a prefect nor beaten by one, but did they really curve their cane round like that? And did they have to buy their own or did the school supply them?
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