The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-01-13


al Of the high school at Evanston ton t hli,
pa y. tho whip is a good thing for bad
s'gs He thinks that he can trace the
Oo' = -. OWL TO the lack of corporal pun
panD a,,t in the public schools. He re-
lsl, n1s If as maudlin sentimentality Oh
sa'US ort Of members Of school boards
fhe pahihit whipping in the pubic
~ als and holds that such pronioA-
ScHoG l. in part responsible for the de-
lon a,ont of bandits and hoodlums'
yeiopl statements he recently made IN
Ine' Saross before the cooperative class
al + .,, First Congregational church OF
u Tronston, says the Chicago kecoru-
~ 81 have nothing to retract' salu lro-
po,+wood when told that his re-
lsSS .,,s had caused considerable crit
l-i"I "Of course do not believe in IN
S Eliminate whipping in the PUBIC
> IdTooIs but in forbidding corporal pun
s ,tD.nnt members of school boards are
''l ,Ii-r Of teachers what is asked OF no
"oA .a.1rnont on earth - namely, that
ehou maintain discipline and rule
-.;tbont power. You may try moral
"l,, an a hoodlum five days in the
ssoo, for forty weeks in the year. ana
III stiIl he a hoodlum at the end
Of the year e.. ,,,oro, sua-
sion will tell you that threat 10 eApel
= had boy is all that is necessary out
,,.hot mower is a threat when the
n,. thing he most desires is to be eX-
.aoIiodq Darn you, you dassent touch
mpr is what they tell their teachers.
In -. opinion, based on many years OF
obsorration three things are necessary
- ,,.o uould cure the bandit evil among
-ahooIhovs-frst the establishment OF
f,oo lindergartens; second, the rigid en-
t,rooront Of the truant laws; third, the
restoration, to principals at least OF the
mower Of corporal punishment. AS mat
4ors NOW stand. weak sentimentallty
protects bad boys and leads to crime
professor Boltwood seems to be sup
.,ortod in his moral attitude as to whip
ming unruly pupils by the recent utter
ancos of DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler
president of Columbia university, New
York, who said in part:
81 have never been a principal, Dut
have come into personal contact with
nrincipals. l mean this literally. Ihere
is tradition in school No. l in Pater-
son that they used to have two meet
ings before school every morning. Inc
first was a prayer meeting, and the
second was a moral meeting. The
moral meeting was for the purpose OF
thrasbing those who were not attentive
at the PRAYER meeting The moral meet
ing was much the longer Of the two
II understand that in New York we
are without that admirable exercise
and that the modern child has TO get
on as best he can on persuasion
hope that the large hearted and senti-
mental and soft hearted will give us
chance to get back at the boy in the
only way in which the impression lasts'
offer myself in evidence"
James C. Alling, principal of the ia
cob Bedler school in Chicago, said he
hoped the schools would never return
to the use of the rod because OF the
turn backward. spasm in New YORK,
but at the same time he argues that the
teachers position is not properly up
held by the press. He claims that the
teacher stands in loco PARENTS ana
should have the same right to discipline
by whipping that belongs to the par
ent. why may a parent whip
child?' he asks THE teachers are regu-
lated by so many 'don'ts' both by their
employers and the press that 1t takes
the courage out of many of them. The
best teachers would not use the rod II
you gave it to them, but from the best
to the weakest they desire a stronger
public sympathy for the girls who
stand between a compulsory attend
ance and a challenge not to touch
them"
The teachers themselves are divided
as to the wisdom of permitting whip
ping. Many of them would prefer
law against it, as that would take the
responsibility of decision from their
shoulders. AS matters now stand the
boys know that thrashing is forbidden,
and the wilder ones among the young
Sters consider that they cannot be beat
en-, because, as Professor Boltwood
says, Darn you, you dassent touch
me-"
AS a rule, however, teachers do not
use the whip even where the law per-
mlts it without warrant from the par
eht or guardian of the troublesome boy
ana they prefer TO have this warrant in
writing, so that if any trouble is made
lo[ them they have the documentary
defense to show.
win respect to various transgres-