The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-13
CHILDREN IN SCHOOL WHIPPED.

| William 7. Harris. United State Commis-
| sioner of Education.
The result is the discovery that in
| fiction Of bodily pain By teachers Is stiH
| allowed in twenty-five Of oar great cities
| CT more than ld909o inhabitants.
| Corporal punishment is forbidden By
| law in the boroEghs Of Mamie ttan, Bronx
and Richmond. Greater New York: n
/ the entire state OF New Jersey. IN Chi
| Toledo.
| In Philadelphia there Is no written rule
/ but corporal punishment IS said . have
| been abandoned BY common. consent q
teachers. In ST. Louis thrashing en- De
administered 10 a youngster at school
only by principal, or IN the latter $
presence and with his consent Accord
ing to the school rules. such application
/ OF pain must be avoided as far as pos
sible even under the limitations speci-
fed
Blows upon the hand with a rattan are
/ the only means or corporal punishment
permitted in Boston schools. Even this
is forbidden in high schools and kinder
gartens and upon girls in the grammar
schools Each case must be reported
through the principal to the superintend-
ent.
Except when the superintendent gives
| permission to other teachers, only prin-
cipal can inflict bodily pain in the Buffalo
schools.
Either a strap or a rattan must be used
upon San Francisco school youngsters
when the necessity for corporal punish
ment arises. All schoolgirls are exempt
but boys below the high school are eligi-
BILE in extreme cases OF naughtiness. The
honor OF welding the strap or rattan
is reserved in all cases for principals
or vice-principals.
Blows upon the head and violent snak-
ing of pupils are prohibited in Cincinna-
ii. Blows upon the parts of the anatomy
not specified can be applied upon extreme
provocation, but not on account OF fall
ures in lessons and Rotations.
Lonely conhnements and blows upon the
head are forbidden in the New Orleans
schools. Whenever a milder means OF
corporal punishment is resorted TO it
must not he inflicted in the presence OF
the victims classmates or during the
( lesson in the course of which the offense
/ is committed Il can be applied only
in extreme cases as a last Alternative,
and only by the principal or by his ex-
press authority.
must, according to the rules. be avoided
if possible, and when resorted it can be
! inflicted only with the fun knowledge
and consent of the principal,
In Milwaukee it is forbidden to shock
innocent pupils by the sight of a chastise-
ment of a class-mate, and lonely confine-
ment is prohibited.
Corporal punishment is allowed in the
Z e Hrac J. inc nd y RI
permitted to inhict it. although the rules
state that it must be avoided If possible
! All cases must be reported monthly 10
| the principal. and through the latter and
the supervising principal to the superin-
i tendent.
Condnements in closets and cruel pun
/ ishments of any kind are forbidden by
| the manual Of the Louisville school board.
After having been avoided as far as pos
sible. mild corporal punishment may be
! inflicted after the nature OF the offense
shall have been fully explained to the
victims fellow-pupils
Written consent from parents is essen
I tial before corporal punishment may be
inflicted in the Minneapolis schools. The
principal alone may resort 70 such dis
cipline. under those conditions. only after
all other means Of reform have failed
The parents consent must he obtained
/ also IN Providence. r. L.. and corporal
punishment is forbidden in that city
above the primary grades.
That the teachers anger may have time
to subside. she must allow a session
to intervene after the offense before ia
| flctng punishment upon pupils Of Fan
River. Mass.
Commissioner Harris has sent 70 the
Charleston Exposition q unique series Of
wash drawings depicting the evolution
and history Of corporal punishmentas in
| ficted in the schools Of the world. These
were prepared for the Bureau Of Edu-
cation by NJ Felix AIahony artist aud
cartoonist
The ancient Roman schoolmaster cruel
ly applied to his unruly pupils a whip
whose lash was studded with steel beads.
In China. Persia. and Turkey. the an
Gent bastlnado IS applied even % this
day This instrument Is either a idth.
padle or stick OF bamboo. With It.
continued blows are struck upon the soles
OF the feet until very erten the blood
issues from beneath toensiis.
In Germany there used tn be IN each
city a functionary dubbed the Blue
Man" whose sole duty was % go from
school 70 school and nog bad children
lie wore mask and blue cloak. but none
OF his victims ever fathomed lis personal
ity Needless 10 say. the mere mention
Of his nickname caused all the little Ger
man girls and bOvs Of those COED I'D
days" TO tremble in their boots.
Corporal punishment Is SIN allowed il
all German schools for boys Eve-v faan
and boy OF the Kaiser realm knows well
the meaning Of the rords 'naughT com
ma. five written "0.57 Ia the fatheriand
this dread formula stands for q half uie-
ire The metre Is the standard measure
Of Germany. and the comma instead n
the period is used by her1atician5 u
that country 10 indicate the decimal Inc
"05." therefore. rs haf-taot-e stick
It is the sceptre welded 0y ire master
OF every German school both Tor 6isci-
pline and actual measurement.
IN Germany the school duageol is even
now a stern reality The sgcical pfisoa
Of this category has an ir0u-s- tfd win
dow. q small stove. two wc0den chairs.
two oak tables and q narrow wooden bed
stead The prisoner must supply hts on
bedding. or entering he pays stcut p
cents. on leaving a sinailsr sum. Every
day in prison costs him = cents. Lra and
light l. cents extra. Besides, ~ must
pay his Tailor Tor coffee. Meals MAJ be
ordered from outside Every ,frsaner
must must leave his visiting-card a.
contribution 70 the archives q TIE insti-
tution- The walls u tEese prisons are
flled with incrlptlons scravie9 b. VIC
tins. III the celehrstcr Career az Hesd-
eIbere-sn academic dungeon visitor
lately read these words P Dfsrsaalt
for love. four 64ys
The EnElish schooiruaster ~ TO-DAY
uses almost as unsHaringiT as Re dl1 a
century ago. Recently a futile attempt