"RAGGING" IN SCHOOLS.

Shannon News, 7 August 1928, Page 3

"RAGGING" IN SCHOOLS.

BOY MAIMEI* EGBjLIFE. ~ * ■■■'•' *' '„..'■*■■ *'*mUV* i**'*^ . . .■ ••■• ■-• t**"' '. ;.= >•< At Tuesday's meeting ,&fc High School Board; a-let- .. tor was read from-ihe-'^ji^tfla.'? •,aiion, Mr T. B. ; Stroiig r ;;^y^e|jr^ on " temning the *' ragging \I pi ""new- pupils at. boarding schools. ,'S<L.Mi4»HW3%J had recently been- bTOUgnf liie * notice of the Minister of Education alleging that "a boy, during the course if his initiation ,at ( the ."liftndtf injured'that he was" now lying dangerously ill in a hospital, and would be maimed for life I ''r.O '' The. officers/'.. ..co> \:l tinned the letter, ''have on many occasions received complaints of tho rough ■; handling of new'boys,'and of theSe socalled 'initiation' ceremonies," where occasionally 'disgusting, practices are carried, on. and small boys undergo.alltrcafment, which should not be permitted. : The department opinion that 'ragging' ought to■■•Mgut down with a firm hand, so as td*ayoid;the recurrence of cajes such as'ilibse brought - under its notice, and it trusts -'that the boards will take action alccojcdingly." The president, Dr. J. B/Liggins, said he thought that v'ragging fV. was a : harmless custom, provided-it was not overdone.' It was resolved to forward the directors letter to the principal of the. school.

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