PUNISHMENT TO FIT THE CRIME.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir,- —In the issue of the Otago Witness of December 3 appeared two items which interested me, an honorary worker in boy welfare. The first was where a professional showyard rider was fined for bavin*- used spurs and thereby drawing blood from a horse who was rebellious and reiused to buck at an exhibition. The second paragraph was where a boy who was rebellious was severely thrashed by his school teacher. When action was taken against him by the boy’s father, the teacher was applauded for doing his alleged duty. Is this New Zealand’s method of t:>.> •h ” 7 boys, and her idea of punishment to fit the crime? The writer has been connected with boys since 1912. and during that period has never lifted a hand to any boy, not even in a reformatory, and still lads learn and improve and so make good under the scheme of moral suasion. The day of thrashing boys is ancient history, and if a man is not able to control boys without inflicting bodily punishment, the sooner he gives up the job the better it will be for himself and the future boyhood of New Zealand.—l am, etc., F,n Ami. Sydney, N.S.W., December 12.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3954, 24 December 1929, Page 48
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