New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08

who have knelt before 10 is great
Lord Salisbury was logged while knesE-r
against it less than eighteen times BY n.
Rev. DR.. Hawtrey. on one occasion through a.
error. owing to the headmaster having mistake,
the list OF thirty candidates for Confirmation n
the punishment bin which was sent I'd to IN
every day. He would listen % no protests n
circumstances. but went conscienti1usy througs
the whole lot Gladstone left Et1n without
ever having been flogsed. although on one occa-
sion he was sent up for punishment He ha4
omitted as prepOster from the list q boys Eho
had missed lessons the name oc a friend p
fore commanding him to prepare himself Cor ne
ordeal DR.. Keat who was then headnas;st
was foolish enough to give his reasons. az.
charged him with a breach OF trust Y0uas
Gladstone instantly replied that he VAS nj
guilty Of breach of trust. because the Office I'D
been forced upon him This somehow OF II.
other seemed to appeal To the head Tor he Z.
the young casUist off, but made up for this q,
him. altogether unusual act Of leuiency By SON
time afterward logging no fewer than eighty
boys in a single night. with the object % SUP
pressing a suspected mutiny. having then
brought TO him out Of their beds by twos All
threes 50 thIt they had no opportunity q al
ing counsel together. Another heaIr1aster
Elton. I think it was the late Dr. Goe1sort
on record rs having been good narur-
as 10 attend in the ho-ging room II l05
o'clock Sunday evening at th- end
the term so as TO meet the convenience OF n
boys who wished 20 get away % their homes t1r
the holidays early on Monday morning
The block now used az Elton is = C0mpara-vs-
| ly modern affair But among the relies preserved
in the museum Of the institution IS the old whip
ping block which came into use n I1l3. the ysaf
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| destroyed 1t bears several distinguished namss
| including those Of Wellesley Ni.man and Ions
| dale. and was lost for a number n years. haF-
| ing been recovered somewhere I'm Wales onI
about a decade ago. Another whipping block
was carried of in 1886 by the Marquis q
| Waterford To serve as a trophy 70 the E:a1
Block Club, a club of Etonians Who had al
\ been ffogged three times II is said that ths
| particular block is preserved among the Ter
looms of the Beresfor1s at Currashnore
\ PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
As matter OF personal experienced may msa
/ ton that when I left school had o my record
no less than sixteen dosgtuss inflicted in tas
| space of four years This involved the exPent-
ture Of uinety-six picked birches. At hali
! crown piece. all of which we're c2rsflV
charged as extras in the school bills ssnt "
| twelve strokes on the bare flesh. new srsa
being used for every two blows. received safs-
| ing with one OF the big sixth form boys haa-
| ing me down with his right hand pressed on 10
| back Of my neck. The birches were long 'A' ,
and tough. having been kept in brine FOR - (
| eral months and the punishment they inheiA
when welded by our head rnaster-a giganas
| divine over six feet high and powerful in 7Te
| portiOn-was quite enough TO make one WIZ
| every stroke decorating the skin and lesss
scars which. however rs the Prime MRS.
| justly remarked in the House II Lords ~
neither disgraceful nor COMMUNICATING"
| There are all told about twelve hundr'l
members in both houses Of Parliament. and
may safely be assumed that ~ these at sas.
| one thousand have been educated at scho0S %
| the same class as Elton. Harrow and Rusuh
and that. less fortunate than the Grand u
/ Man, they have undergone hirchiuss ard 01-
| ings. II stands 10 reason. therefore, thai III.
| should be free from any prejudice with res--
to corporal punishment and that a HeA-
such as the So-called Youthful offenders ouA
which provides birchings IN lieu u prs
should meet with their warm approval anu =
enacted by an overwhelming majority. -
| hesitation which they may have entertiH
| concerning the matter must have been SCI =
rest by the report read few weeks ago I" +
Royal Statistical Society in London, by
/ Rosa Barrett copies Of which we've diStF''-'
| among the members of Parliament
WONDERFUL SUCCESS OF FLoGsiISS
The information furnished by Miss 81