Prefect has right to cane

                                      

After a school prefect caned a boy in 1928 for not attending a cricket match, the boy’s father threatened to take him to court. What followed was reported in the newspapers across the world and (I think) gives us an interesting glimpse into middle-class manners of the time.

As published in the Chronicle (Adelaide, South Australia), 6 October 1928

Picture credit: CP Services, London reimagined by A.I.

Traditional School Discipline

Traditionalschooldiscipline@gmail.com