Show fagging in english school schools of fagging generally generalI 7 even non english re readers aders can form somo some idea from the pages 0 of f tom brown but the extent to which it la is permitted is very different at different public schools sydney smith was unfortunate in chancing upon winchester when it was in a very neglected condition and he cordially hated bated the life of th alie e se school hool even forty years ago a writer r upon the win winchester heater of that day could eay a y with truth that a tag might have been called upon to do anything in the world except to make beds and to black boots he ile was at the beck and call of some twenty senior boys at the head of the school in w whom hoin were vested the general government and punishment of the junior boys this system with modifications prevails in all public schools and though it has in particular cases been found toworu to work badly experience peri ence has upon the whole pronounced in its favor three distinct advantages but there are many others may bo be here noted A little practical acquaintance with humbler duties in which habits of careful carefulness ne s and obedience must be exercised Is no bi bad us comm commencement for a boys life in the small world of school A little experience of the duties and responsibilities of authority is ls no bad preparation for a boys start into the larger world of life and lastly an open system of police on the part of the elder scholars Is an admirable substitute for the vexatious interference of masters in the minor details of morals and behavior I 1 in n this way the senior boys secure the respect of their juniors and enjoy the confidence of their masters harpers lar pers |