The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-06-03
The Absolute Necessity for School
Discipline The Use OF the Rod I'm
ayeidabie in a Good School.

raj punishment in the school room, 1t :
NAV be said that their hearts are un-
doubtedly soft, likewise their brains -.
The rod is essential to good govern =
ment, vital thing in the conduct OF
all schools. Show up the school ?,
whose record is "no pupil punished
here" and the thorough critic Will
quickly put up another record side by NJ
side which which will read ''no adj II
vancement in learning here" |
Not that the writer believes that =;
the only avenue to the intellect is per c.
the cuticle. Oh, no. Blu, he does c,
believe that it is the only thorough c.
fare possessed by a vast number OF /,
children of both sexes a
Descended from ignorant parents, /
Iiuheriting dizziness with many other !
qualifications ~, some pupils require
frequent, frequent castigation to com t
pel them to stick to the line. Add to
natural disinclination to study, or
confinement, mediocrity OF brain ]
and the necessity of correcting the /
former and of overcoming the latter
and understand the value of the switch
as an extra inducer. Sincerely speak
ing, IN many cases the rod will be
found to be kind of talismanic key
to the fountain of knowledge locked
within the bone boxes of the billiards
if not the most desirable "open. SEES
anne" in the world it has the merit OF
succeeding where all else fails.
Parents often try to persuade from
the path of duty to teachers wnom
they should be ever ready to uphold
and assist Johnnie, or Kate, is
brought to the school and the teacher
is requested not to punish the little
cherub, "as we don't whip him at
home" Of course no true teacher
- can see how he can faithfully promise
to grant such an audacious request,
for he knows that discipline is some
thing which sits hard upon irresponsl-
Bile youngsters and punishment may
- be necessary sometime. But that's the
thoughtle ssness, the heedlessness, OF
the carelessness of the parent in max
ing such demand: the peace Of
mind of the instructor is not consld
" cred in the matter, only the welfare(g
:. of the offspring.
- No wise teacher will ever promls
:, anything of the kind, for be know
;, be will be sufficiently handicapped il
many irremediahle ways without add
~ ing to his burden when he needn't
-, 1t is not good policy to please the pa
rent at the expense OF auttorltatlv
=. powers.
49, Apt scholars are nearly always mil
:, chief makers and while 1t Is neV'
found that they need correction Il
>. Rotations yet they mnst be kel
s. within the pale and not be permitte
''0 to convert tue school room into a pa
demoninm. And it is the roa whlt
surely restraints when other argumen
can't.
$ IN Show me the pupil, hoy or girl, wi
ldry never has deserved this punishmer
s. and | will undertake to show you
, at child with whom something is RAJ
cally wrong, physical or otherwi'
'o"g The earth will not long be troubl
on with the paragon, and the next Gems
one surely enumerate one being less tn
eak. before.
oon A great many people harp up
o0' ooh, that was good enough in the
days whipping children to make tn
'ame obey and learn, but we've ontgro
We in all that, we can do without that nj
lcon- Yes, we can"
1t to The answer to such nnreason
that modern theorists is this: 1t is conc
y is ed that we have come through gr
nmps number of changes of many XII
de- during the past two or three gene
is the tics, but can you prove, for it is
tons, conceded until you do, that child
diocy are not the same to-day that t
Of the were 100 years ago9 how have
changed so that they no longer on
time, to suffer corporal punishment IN
pub scboolroomi
The present age is in its tende
iconoclastic. Corporal puuishn
rmers' was III vogue in the school ROOF
grad century ago and so to-day it is DIES
otterv to abolish it, No practice of onr
-. fathers must be INDUCED in, for ]
, e'"',' of them have the standard mo
hongh basis of action, If the sturdy pc
don't of the last century, however, had
high whipped in their time ia the ed
- ons tiona arena throughout the lie
-. and breadth of the narrow min