| Show punishment IN SCHOOLS the NEWS has baa received a cation purporting to give particulars of a recent case of punishing a pupil JIM IQ X a public school in one of the towns of southern bouthern idaho in cache valley the abe letter in ia not published for the reason tuat it makes charges of such a serious nature that we doom deem it injudicious to give publicity to an OIL ex parte pane statement of that character without careful in 10 as to what the offending teacher may have to say in his own behalf I 1 IQ general however the correspondent states elates that an eleven year old boy bad had bad bisback bis baak beaten almost with a stick and a ruler to io the hands of an all irate school master the members mem ben of tho the class who witnessed the castigation all ail the time crying aloud and begging tile the teacher to be merciful while he be was wa wielding the rod it is said further that the teacher subsequently colee leo aured the other gutber pupils for their tion of sympathy for the boy aou and in formed them that they must not allow their feelings to interfere with the discipline of the school ss while walle not assuming the accuracy or inaccuracy of our correspondents correspondent se ver slon sion of the altair the suggests that there are no school officials qualified to bold the positions position in ID the super euper vision of either public or private ac schools noole who will retain a teacher whose conception of uty auty or viol violence ened of temper would permit much a display of brutality toward a pupil the whipping post and its companion methods if punishment however they may be applied to criminals under legislative direction are no part of the appliances permissible in the enforce mout ment of school chow discipline it if the oase case bese be as stated it is une which should be brought to we the immediate attention or of the school trustees in the district where it occurred that action just to all parties may be takeo taken the tendency of modern progress reft and enlightenment is in to a more hu mane and consistent method ban abail forio formerly prevailed in school systems the schoolroom and teacher are intended as factors io in the education and stivan advancement cement of the youth toward the highest civilization attainable and away from all barbarism and injustice hence buce school improvement has baa been directed to eliminating the barbarous application of corporeal punishment so BO often resorted to in former days daya and to restraining the power of a teacher to be cruel and unjust toward an offend lag ing pupil in doing highly commendable rule has baa been established that all punishments by the schoolteacher should be within closely defined limits limit and it if this thia is insufficient to effect the desired purpose then the law interposes to continue reformatory work there to la no disputing the fact that with some children and under some circumstances physical castigation is ie both necessary and beneficial but an irritated school teacher is not the one to go administer its it however judiciously it might be done in some oases cases the danger attending a rule permitting anything of that nature is too great to be offset by any possible ible benefits that may accrue hence the more moderate and procedure of a well conducted J school system whatever necessities may arise in school for punishment it is a fairly safe proposition that more injury is inflicted by peevish ish or violent teachers than by those inclined in the opposite direction the prevailing ideas of school government should be love and an ambition to a advance d in the line of the good and the true not fear of the rod there is 19 plenty of room for the latter outside 0 ol 01 the schoolroom teachers may lead or I 1 inspire pupils to learn but rarely can they drive them to anything else but an position in life |
