THE USE OF CANE.
(To the Editor.) Sir, I was astonished to hear lately that cane-punishment is still administered to boys who make mistakes in their lessons. I thought this business had been abolished, and it certainly needs to be at once. One can understand a teacher inflicting punishment of the kind for impudence or any kind of wilful insubordination, but surely cruelty is not to the benefit of a child that 'merely is dull or slow. I understand that the culprit had to stay in and rectify blunders in spite of the above punishment, which, in my opinion, is adding insult to injury. Perhaps this kind of vengeance is not universal, but its existence should in no case be tolerated, as this is an age of enlightenment and mercy, to say nothing of common sense. —-I am, etc.. LEAD KINDLY LIGHT.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 53, 4 March 1926, Page 12
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142THE USE OF CANE. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 53, 4 March 1926, Page 12
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