A TEACHER'S TROUBLE.

NZ Truth, Issue 263, 9 July 1910, Page 6

A TEACHER'S TROUBLE.

Wood-Carver and the Kids.

Spare the Rod and Spoil tire Child.

Where Severity *y as Justified)

. Spare the. rod and ;spoiithe child, pro; perly interpreted, means that- to' mate a man -of a boy is to soundly- thrash him when he is wilful, otherwise , there will be a lot of trouble m after c - years for sometbsody. Anyhow, .'■ there .'is.-..- not a man m this world who has,'- -made Ms mark that, cannot thank- his-schOojlmaster for - Slaving flogged himat fra^uent "periods: Inuidenta'ily, i t is .- to the 'schoolmaster .that parents look , to flog' they boy of other people; and as ; the -schoolmaster, doesn't do his duty ,i£ he discciutinat-es, so, therefore, if he ; doesn',t. (liscriminate;, , lis becomes unpopular all round. New Zealand, it v strikes ''Truth," Was yet to properly appreciate the school teacher,, because mno • other English-speaking country , under the sun has there heen to date anything liKe the number ot ''.'prose-. cutlonss of ; schoolieasters lor assauMaug; their pupils as .there • have- been iv New, Zealand. .Whether we are ; rearing 'a choice lot df • humbugging, thin-iskinned' 'hype-, crlies or uriot, the) painful; frequency oc these .prosecutions denotes- more luha.ii parental love of. their ofispring. .; it ■ indicates that a chilvi can liaand play meriry Hades aad give the-' school -dominie a devil of a: time, and if ■ the :; dojniinie sets m to knock out the/ skul-laing< spirit <and deceit -and incipient -dishonesty, and trie's to ! make aman of -the boy; which I parents are- unable to do,' he stands m deadly peril of; being convicted' of assault,; and,beiU'g, convicted of ■asso'ult, his occupation, like Othello's,' so far as this country ,-is conQorned, is @one. • Mia^istrateq,happily, always take- a sensible view oi these "matters, ' and ,. : ' on ilhci evidence, 'it occurs: to "Truth" that Mr H}.d<!e]i-,,5;M;,. yesterday, at . the Wellington. •';'■ Ivfegistrat'e's Court, did' the .proper thing .hy dismissing a charge of alleged •-' assault <m one 'Percy Harvey; a boy of 'H ,. "py f&df } win Kowc. an instructor in >Sv o'od-carv-ing, engs^ed by yitie. Wellington ■■"'•■■PJ-duta ? tion Board. .'if: f

Mr "A:' h. Herdman prosecuted,, and Mr M. Myers appeared fer tihe iierend-ant:' .,'■

, It wvuW appear from tlie evidence that things , were anyhow at the -. WOod-cat.ving-class at the South; W-ilJngfcan B'.'hcoi oh' June 15. With a cla.** ..'.'bf •■fcw^Kty 1 - : . ' Howe • happened to leave l the ibo-m .■■where- -/the.. class • was being held, • when' twice ' the.door was assaulted' by lumps oi r -vobd ' that had been hurled abouv by th& %__tis.h'-; en^ryonic'carvjars.' : -''S6-{^'' ; asVp.{>'_'e' ; w&sV concerned;, tho. w<>od-V,_vi&{£.was & Layslifthand his papi-lK disclaimed -any ''. -laib wlwlge of it, .though', yesterday, 'vi&njsKaai,- lia-x--vey and another lad sano-une??. tfey^ •Vi^w 1, who it was, but they wete -i?Ktt praKwi'to'tell. Howe fuU«i' to .^iscovar the' c«> prit, . and fatigue marches did -"'not KKlnc2 the young insurgents to. .'gSse"'«sV''.i«ssA';'-gui.^'-ty one br ones, and when school was dis- -j missed, the imps, m; a.rooi?* ;dipesp<*vlf><3; ;j inapner, wafted ' about and '. cordial] y li^ryt-' | cd' their Wobd-earvmg nieriior., Tfe boy 1 Harvey took a hand m -Ore praKfc ij class day, June 22, Kowe ' had'; we* ■; heen J on the premises ioittc- before; he di^^'^ccd'.l the word "Rot" cs_iik«d on ivis. <!ps£. j .The boys agaid disclaimed, aixy "fc3io*p« '■] ■ledge. Those suspected of doing .^.ch atrick were called on to: write ff^s'ff''' ir.;. chalk oh the black-board, v a«d,. !_;rtira;, : they wrote the word m blue i cray«a on a sheet of foolscap. Harvey's "Smtiag was •} suspicious, and though "he denied bis. | and others denied that he was S„v^.ai?>yn party, Howe convicted the boy w ids".;-,-:.hand-writing, and talcing him into -'-an, ad- J. joining room, gave -him , a sound t__ast vaig | with a light cane. AccordiTfg : to Howe,, j on a previous occasion when :■' Harvey was j Caned, he took six strokes withoti'i <- h . ayire-'j mur, and accordingly, he : became a ytero, | and so to 'rob him of a martyr's ' crwra, ' Harvey, on June 22, was 'taken i int'S . a T corridor aud got it , hot aitd v stri>n§\ K^fusing to take it on the hawis, the e__e; was laid on the legs. It was a severe thrashing, as the boy was taken, to Sergeant: Dart ■ and / then to Dr> ; H. McLean, who found the boy's hands swollen, and three or four weals ' on his thighs. ■:■'-■■'< -r i'y.-y - . ry '" I The Magistrate, after hearing Howe's version, and paying attention to '■'. the school-master's story ' that he olfered a free pardon to the culprit," and an'apology to Harvey if he was not guilty, before giving the boy the thrashing, stated : that none of the boys were manly enough ■to tell the truth. Severity was justified, and he would dismiss the case. .