, 1880-05-13
sepORAL PUNISHMENT
.,,,s Mot Been Abolished In the
a.; Chicago Schools,
,.,Innears to Have Been Unwisely
~ y Used by Two Teachers.
III Tho Rules and tho Superintendent
"'' say OIL tho Subject.


rn, If Some Of tho inspectors Regard
'"s '',y lug the Flogging'
N vail the Principal of the Clark
:. -, a. and Miss Eliza II. Smith. ono of Ills
e :es,shers, we're brought before Justice Mat.
Ha',t ,stn Trcsltay afternoon OIL wnrrnl1t
s'a az, mt by julius Nordol, Of No. 175 Blue
.Ho, .H,Vs, avenue. charging them with assault
.sd . battery In iIl-uslng his little son. Meyer
y" Ss.tsn. who attends The school. Thu de-
;.soaauts said they were ready Tor trial, anu
,ssst ,ss ssramtnation was proceeded with.
u' THE COMPLAINT.
r.o first Witness called was Dr. William
,trsnI,y, I[o lad examined tho Norden
~ mi had found three or four bruises on
~ ~ ruht thigh and II number on tho left, tho
.u,,tle having been cut There were also
.s,,rhes OIL his face. nnd Ills back was sore,
s.a there was considerable swelling. 11o
u.u,d ~, not bo perfectly well again for two
rsfts OF moro. In Rnswer to q question the
nsstor r,< said that lto was OF the opinion that
~ bruises had been raised by blows with
htayy ruler or stick.
s,i that when lo went into tho scliool-l'ousc
s.ths ~, close Of the recess D1onday, one Of tho
.s,e,p,s Miss Smith, had sent Him back for
,rnn1nr upstairs, and Ind plnclled him
.syrrrly On the check when lio had refused
aco Sbp had also struck him with ruler
n, I've Of ten minutes. lie had tried to pull
.w,v from her, but denied having bitten her,
~ .,e alleged. IIo Ind also been punished
.it,rsarl i By Mr.. Vail. 1Ie said llo Ind Mt
snded the school for five years, md had had
considerable trouble with the teachers.
STATEMENTS OF TILE DEFENDANTS.
Mis- Smith thon took the stand. The boy,
I'm sald, had been running upstairs after
nrss and she told Him to go back. 1Io had
.sJl he would not, and she lind objected to
HE lone Of voice he used. She A1tl borrowed
suler from Miss Hayward, another teacher,
th|uklrg to uao Il. II. needed. She tried to
iit hlm on The inslde Of; tn tnc ha1Mls' an, a,ld
'9FMtf Tts Principal, Mr. vail. said that when the
boy had entered tho school he had told Ills
iaiber that lie should punish hinf ii lie WIS
fsobeilent and tho father had agreed t9
I'D the teachers to refer these matters of
SI;obeJIenco 10 him. When Miss Smith told
lin thai lu had bit and, kicked her, lle Ind
uken hi!p into Ills Office tt. punish him. The
loy had cried md asked, to be given his
lad tod him that the harler lie cried the
larler )le slIonttl strike. lie Ind told him llg
had q sore leg, anu on that ACCOUNT he Ind
lit h!ui on the other leg. The hoy wns very
anruly anil troublesome to lin and the teaclh-
Young Norden was then taken into tho fFi-
rate Office OF Justice MAtsOll md cxanltned.
Anunlcr Of tarls-bluo bruises were found OIL
hboIy. ani hi. f.lco and legs were much
..,SiM uaywurt was then examined as to tho
rules, and said she thought thDre. was cir
euarof the Superintendent permitting cor
pral punishment. The defendants were
Questioned on this point, but neither could
sTfss s9 sfs tnn %as y Ss i sao 1e Board ws
s'tsa!iea 10 M te pruceaaings. III. o cast case ' vas
put over until to-day for argument.
There las lung bGcIya tradition, II notifying
s 5c ssfRssls ssRsoos was RhIsns tIng Il to S 8
a Tc!lc oi .bar6arisni Ut which nothing
remained but. Its unsnyory lno,nory.
;s,as ;App3.snt'y tle P5nslpn oonq ad 1.-THE the
thetubjceI to say nothing Of tho rules Or tho
Practice. From tho testimony as 1t appears
abaye IT. would seen, that nob0uy OH tho
stand had my. leilnlt ilen rs to whether
ihs,s ths,s Tas se rc OF the sabjest Of nqt Of
poss sa ssstns S Ms soo st oa Tho atte4
Il possible, 2. reporter, yesterday called tip9n
general gentlemen whose positions on the
itstl poata Of Education suggested that they
ought to know atl about 1t.
PRESIDENT llorNE,
tae atst gentleman called OIL, very promptly
them vas Considerable aiicking" done IN
We Chicago public schools, but II received a
% sualen auietts IT. coMseque,ce of the row
S1s Se oysr TIE 1vl nooittlo Ms9 on tas the West V;
fissss'eusly iss' y flogsed by g teaoi|ar ot
zen recognized while he had bcen lii the
I RIoard, which was since 1874. The rules. Of
sSea 19q 5 5S0pte9 H. that ye9r saa %ehnE 9aE
,n9ds me suspension Of refractory pupils: The Inst
ifbHae|ea H. {e the 9ltl ones when they provided
bytas Principal for 4 terin nc" net exceeding ono
aeash %olsh. M,d, under the a!lviee of tho Super
naEalient for u longer time, while for re-
peIi.s9 Ma!sa Violations the yiolator may 10 eX-
IIarn. IT, facts in this y case, President
vssInse Vvosne regarded the punishment. Of
iifhotfaen ih3faen y wholly unjustlhhbie, nn1 added
nas ma! ue alleged oifensa shonld.liaFe BEEN re-
h,rEHftu ~ ulu u1t!ptIll!GIttENI, lllSlGl4u OK LuG
t,;snepal ,;as and bis teachcr taklng thu law into
lelf own hands,
~, INSPECTOR BTosg,. ,.,'.,, !. -,
ksa,., kEao. as ,above stated, wis present Mt tho
nsaL nnsaa!ng, looked upon tho conduct OF TrfMti.
ets,asta ~ aa eaclscr ns deserving uf consure. Tho
sh0%itsg h.ats Provided lu said, that School Nonrtls
sus% susta regulate tho discipline OF schoUls BY
Nv ausI ~ saos ~ they thought proper: Further
~ n, " ae !'le sclonl law, the stntuto provided
su.,eln Az! sstlaln methods OF tltsciplmo,-sNoh ~
SoSn'ptxhnslnn nv thln mud Dxpulslun,--but was Silent
itnsue.e su.e subject OF corporal puniHllMent.
slsusss luss certain construction OF tie first
iherss ihSs1 ~, ot tllo statute le. understood that
hy uh1as hMas possibly power to punish e. child
afMGalpp!nE It. But thorp wins no rule Ot
vi PSsasa ~ y. .anthofIzlng corporal punishment,
desjianSss djaS ss,es.ttalnly l3oked unon that mode Ut
iln,aa " WIN pupllsWltlt Ereat tlisfnvor. some
Tai,s sEEo, ~ lle understood It, Superintendent
0n;ilnaspa naa sent out clrelllur to the teachers
IN .ha tle proper methods Of punishment,
tS,. ~ s,f ,efo!lrse Of which liz sai,l, substantially,
ean,e.a ~. Hie other forms Ut punishment tla,l
Tbr+ Tbr!a! ~ punishment should hU trtod tirst.
i,e sosSned aaed Tho Inspector, seemed to author
tIInno Tpotat punishment, but 1t was tho only
dterstI,we ~ K'Iew OF TINT did authorize It, either
co,,, INSPECTOR RIcI1rEn0
eyst sse 10 excuse for Wills conduct what
W. W., ~ ha understood tho clse, N0rleIa
sa1tSa.a alst taken In hNlia by Miss Smith and