The Chronicles Of St. Barnabas

VERY Short Excerpt

Oh, yes, we go in for corporal punishment at St. Barnabas, though in a mild sort of a way. The Headmaster, you see, is English, and an Englishman wouldn’t conceive of trying to educate a boy without occasional recourse to the cane. I daresay they have something, too. The cane is very seldom used at our school, and then only by the Head, Father Sayers; but it’s always there, like an Ultimate Deterrent, and the knowledge that it can be used serves to keep the lads pretty well in line most of the time.