The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
FLOGGING ENGLISH BOYS.
They Have No Sense of Personal In
jury When Thrashed.

London Aug 1O-Public opinion has at
various times expressed itself against the
corporal punishment of boys as degrading
and brutalizing. but the use of the birch
rod has at all times been considered an
important factor in the imparting of
knowledge in all the great public
schools of England.
The system of fogging, like tagging.
still exists though in lesser degree than
in former years.
In the time of Queen Elizabeth and dur
ing her residence at Windsor Castle, sew
eral boys ran away from the school 10 es-
cape iogging, and the subject was dis
cussed at the royal table in the presence
of the great Queen. by Lord Rurleigh, Sir
Richard Sackville and the celebrated
Roger Ascham, whose famous treatise on
discipline. "The Schoolmaster." was the
result of the discussion.
Sir Richard Sackvile at the same time
declared that IAN over jealous master had
fear of beating"
This severe discipline is not displeasing
to English parents who look upon a sto-
zeal demeanor as a very important part
of their sons education.
After a famouns rebellion at Elton some
years ago, Englands greatest school (by
reason of the number of llustrious men
she had sent forth, when the boys had
wreaked their vengeance on the whipping
block. and fed from the school in a body,
their parents, members of some of the
greatest families, insisted on some of the
leaders returning TO receive the inevitable
fogging before the inevitable expulsion.
English boys will stand fogging, and
have no notion of injured personal honor
on that score, no matter what modern
theorists may hold, and many of them
would prefer a thrashng TO the laborious
task so frequently imposed on them.
Eton sent forth more of the subsequent
~ "illustrious" under the twenty-four
years OF the iron rule of DR. Keate
known as the "hogging master" than she
did al any other period of her existence.
This head master of Elton could not be
described as a Rugby boy once desig-
mated the greatest of modern schoolmas-
ters The lad wrote 10 his father: Il
shall be home next week. ] did not do it,
know who did. OF course l can't peach,
but if Dr. Arnold knew it l shouldn't
have to go. He's a beast, but he's
lust beast " The letter was sent to DR..
Arnold and there was no expulsion; which
is the most terrible event in the life Of
a public school boy as all the UNIVERSE
ties, the army. the navy, the church are
all closed 10 a guilty pupil who has been
expelled from school Thus the folies Of
a boy are more heavily visited thon the
sins Of a man. DR.. Keate gave no quar-
ter and was not over particular about
identity. consequently a boy occasion
ally suffered unjustly. The expediency
with which Keate did execution was a
matter of some pride amongst the schol-
ars On one memorable occasion, when
eighty of them absented themselves from
roll call without permission, In order to
attend one of their boat suppers he fog
ged the whole batch OF them promptly.
vigorously and effectively between mid
night and / y. m.
Kinglake, who was one of Keates pu-
pills described him as "a great scholar
an eloquent poet, q capital teacher and
he humorously adds. "one whom you could
not hold lightly-for he had the pluck II
ten battaions and had logged half the
minis ters, secretaries. bishops and gen.
erals of the country" If the success Of
a school may be judged by the number Of
aristocratic scholars, IL may be of inter
est 10 note that this dispenser of woe"
numbered amongst his pupils sixteen
dukes, fifteen marquises, more than fifty
earls, two prime ministers, with viscounts.
barons. and baronets by the dozen, aud
logged pretty much the whole lot.