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punish. Sull, 1T don’t behieve in corporal punishment it may be uscful, but I assure vou 1t is not often necessary at THarrow. | have heard of some curious fittle stories on this subject. Lord Lawrence admitted that he vas Hogeed once every day except one, when he was Hogeed twice mnoone day. Here are two remarkable examples that the bireh does not Tuin o boy’s love for the master who administers it

“\When Dr. South, as a boy, went to West- minster, Busby said, * 1 see wits i that ugly little boy ; my cane shall bring them out’; and

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accompanicd every stroke on the delinguent’s Lody with such cxpressions as “ Now, be a man!’ “Be brave ! fTm so sorry 7 And he meant it The reason for his taking to birching the boys was an amusing onc. He was humanity itseIf;, and he got another master to do the thrashing. Dut the other master was cven more humane than he, and in his pity for the boy Lad across the form, would hit out so enthusiastically as only to birch the form and not the delin- quent. Henee the head master held the birch afterwards.

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it did. Yt when South was lying on his death-bed he expressed the wish to be buried next to Bushy. They lie beside cach other at Westminster. It s said that Dr. Keate at Iston flogeed every day, and on one occasion kept at it all night. Yet Mr. Gladstone told me that the most enthusiastic reeeption he was cver at owas Keatd’s farewell dinner civen by his old pupils. “A certain well-known

[Harrow uscd to say to a had birched him, ‘I forgive you:

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“When this same head master was ap- pointed,” said Mr. Welldon, “he caused a scrvant, who had been with his predeces- sor, to go through the house and take an inventory. T'he fanlight over the door had a huge hole in it as though a stone had broken it The servant did not include this m his hst.

““You missed this,” said the worthy head,’ pointing to the broken fanlight.

“cOh! that is always left with a hole in 1t sir 17 was the servant’s significant reply.