Corpun file 22139

Manawatu Herald, New Zealand, 27 September 1900

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Corporal Punishment in Schools.

The question of corporal punishment in schools has been much discussed lately in Germany and Switzerland, and the Canton Berne has come to a decision in the matter. The "Ethical World" considers the new law a compromise between the flagellants and anti-flagellants. It prescribes the use of the cane for "grave faults," such as "indicated moral perversion"; repeated lying is given as an instance and it is expressly forbidden to punish for want of application. Girls are not to be punished physically at all.