Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-08

! ChOate, IS popular with the smallDoy'
in-these days, says the London Tx
press Little Jimmy and tiny Tommy
are ready to throw their hats in The
ar aud utter as many cheers as tht
American FeprasE ntpigg Wppid cgrht y
listen to- Mf 0nosld's liahe 6eihe
Iihe text Of their enthusiasm Mr.
choate, dealing-out-prizes the Uni
yersity College school, alsodistribut.
ing the opinion TIN CORPORAL Ptnisbs
ment is all wrongsand thatthe birch
and the cane should be broken into
lmithereens, ard--the srnithereens
throYp into the great elsewhere;
AT this particular school the pu-
pills are never beaten. THE spectacle
of a master working himself up into
a rage, and, stick in hand. chasing a
wretched boy, does not -oeeur in the
of learning, although
the Sight X not obsolete as to tie
whole Of England schools. y q
'~The methodat the University Col
lege school is one Of moral sua-
sion. TIE youth whorefuses toIaarn'
Or who behaves in adisorderly man
ner is sent in awfuistateto the room
of the headmaster Or Of his assistant
and there leciured for his shortcom-
ings They have, orhad, a system Of
an appearing book" This is sent
for and brought in in tie most SOL
emn state. In The presence Of the
whole class the name of the cnlprit.
and an account Of his misdecds are
entered. Later he is arraigned for
grim trial
Many boys would prefer to be
seized and whacked and haveit over,
but it is found, so the schoolsutbor-
flies allege, that moral suasionis more
effective in reforming them. Mr..
Choate comes from country where
in theory the person Of the individ-
ual is regarded as so sacred that the
small boyis not trounced with 4 birch. |
Many people who have had dealings
with the Amepcan small boy attrib- |
ute his bad manners, his freshness"
and his offensiveness, to This very
fact "a arfii. ffES- gN'a51slc
Experts in the matter tell us that
tits mpossible-to -deEelep-a-boy with
put a0eertain allowance of cane. Old
maids and old bachelors believe that
a boy can be governed Outstanding
him in corner or depriying him of his
bread and jam. This statement the
aforesaid experts greet with an in
oredulous gutfaw. 1t is hardly likely
that Mr.. Choate was ever. confronted
with the irritating situation of
small boy making grimace at him
and diving under the table If he !
had been so eonfrontedhe would have !
found it more easy to Fout him out !
II his hiding place with vigorously |
used. broomstick than to extract him
with the honeyed words which he
uses so well in diplomacy. s1
Papas who know what they are talk
ing about say that the moral sua.iop
plan is asaceess with little girls.
These should never beslapped. ..They
are more sensitive and refined by ma
.we than the hobbledehoy young
male, and they respond more readily
to appeals TO their intellect. For the
present it is likely that the British
parent will not dispose Of the penny
cane or Of the lath This implement
used by builders in the construction
Of ceilings is cheaper thar bamboo,
and is a very effective article.
A boy Of 10, tradition says, cam
not be managed by woman al all.
This is because the woman employs
the arguments Of diplomacy, like Mr..
Choate. A man has no difficulty ine
persuading the very small boy to do
as he directs. That is because the
man reaches fora cane. The golden
days Of which Mr.. Choate talks when
the lion will lie down by the lamb,
when small boys will not need cor
poral punishment, and when the rob-
ms will nest again, are very pretty
DAYS indeed hut evnerfS assure ne n, ~,