WHEN PSYCHOLOGY FAILED
BACK TO PHYSICAL FORCE Mr A. F. Humble (Lincoln) at the conference of the National Association of Head Teachers at Southport, confessed that because of “the evil influence of the little bully who would affect 98 per cent, of the better children” he used the ,cane, although he “loathed it.” Those who advocated the abolition of corporal. punishment let their enthusiasm run away with them and did not understand the conditions in the ordinary school, he said. “I have tried psychology and I have tried every method my imagination, can suggest to deal with some children, but in the long run I had to go back to physical force.” The conference unanimously passed a resolution that the head teacher of a school larger than grade one should not be in charge of a class.
Mr J. Currie (Farnworth, Lancashire) said that some head masters who had to take classes had all kinds of forms to fill in, visitors to see, officials and parents to interview, and could not devote the proper time to a class. He complained of the “indignities” which were now being put on head masters.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 59, 28 July 1947, Page 8
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