Monday 3 August 2009

Sixth Form Assembly

I stumbled across this article from Time Magazine in 1948.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,853573,00.html
Apparently a school invited a cane manufacturer in to give them a talk, and then the pupils proceeded to set on him and "give him a taste of his own medicine with his worst cane, all with the approval of the headmaster. (It was a progressive school).
Of course I'm imagining a slightly different scenario. Cane maker gets invited into Sixth Form assembly to give lecture, half the Upper Sixth proceed to set upon the gentleman, wrestle him to the ground and cane him with his own implement. Head of Sixth Form is distinctly unimpressed, and orders all the culprits to the headmaster, where they receive the six of the best they inflicted on the cane maker from the headmaster, and then from the cane maker himself, all using the thick dragon cane he had showed them during assembly, saying that it was his most severe implement.

3 comments:

Spanky said...

That link leads to an amazing story! I think your version is good too.

Julie said...

Aww, the poor baby went to the hospital because of the horrible, horrible marks. :P Suits him well - I am glad that corporal punishment in schools has been forbidden ages ago here.
As a kinky scenario, your version is yummy, though.

Indy said...

OMG, you're turning into Abel, reading old editions of magazines and newspapers to find good kinky fodder. Don't let that worry you, though. *WEG*

I love the original version of the story-- absolutely hilarious. Along the same lines, if only we could make sanctimonious politicians actually refrain from all forms of sex of which they publicly disapprove, we might have a more tolerant society.