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Show Uses Cold Shower Baths on Lazy Boys Chester, Pa. Charging that Herman Hoopes, physical Instructor at the Smedley junior high school, punished his twelve-year-old son by putting him under cold shower baths because the boy did not bring his gym shoes fo class, William Mann of G24 Mcllvuiue street appeared before the directors of the Chester public schools with a complaint against the . teacher. Maun added that his son, Elwood, a seventh-i seventh-i grade pupil, was made ill as a result of the punishment. The children claimed, according to young Mann, that they were forced to put on their clothes over their wet bodies, as they did not bring towels to class and were punished for failure to bring gym shoes after they had been warned by the teacher, they said. Mann stated his son was told by the physical instructor that Dr. Norman C. Cameron, superintendent of schools, had urged the "cold shower" punishment. punish-ment. Doctor Cameron immediately denied having heard of the matter. The school hoard decided to investigate investi-gate the charges promptly. Hoopes stated he felt the punishment was not above the ordinary and was justifieo as some of the children were lazy. |