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This remarkable book has already created a storm of interest and controversy in Britain. Written by women, for women, about women, it is a practical how-to book on every aspect of discipline and punishment, corporal and non-corporal, including celebrated sections on the strap, the birch and the cane.
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Authorised for use in Schools, Universities, Colleges and other institutions undertaking the teaching or training of young ladies. Also recommendedfor use in the private household and in places of employment.
Also Published by The Wildfire Club THE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF SCHOOLGIRLS A documentary survey by Miss Margaret Stone THE FEMININE REGIME The acclaimed novel by Miss Regina Snow HAPPY TEARS A igjos disciplinary classic
The Female Disciplinary Manual A Complete Encyclopcedia of the Correction of the Fair Sex
Produced by the Standing Committee on Female Education
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IW IL D F IR E I A Wildfire Club Edition
© The Wildfire Club B.M. Elegance, London, W .C .l. A ll rights reserved. No paragraph of this book may be reproduced without written permission from the publishers. Set in Monotype Bembo at the Imperial Press
First Clothbound Edition Fourth Impression 3,500 copies of this edition in print Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony R ow e Ltd., Chippenham, Wiltshire on 2 1 -lb Felsted Cream W ove : Demy Octavo ( 8 ^ " x 554")
The Female Disciplinary Manual A Complete Encyclopaedia of the Correction of the Fair Sex
Produced by the Standing Committee on Female Education
W IL D F IR E A Wildfire Club Edition
© The Wildfire Club B.M. Elegance, London, W .C .l. A ll rights reserved. No paragraph of this book may be reproduced without written permission from the pubhshers. Set in Monotype Bembo at the Imperial Press
First Clothbound Edition Fourth Impression 3,500 copies of this edition in print Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony R ow e Ltd., Chippenham, Wiltshire on 2 1 -lb Felsted Cream W ove : Demy Octavo (8^/i" x 5V^")
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Introduction................................................. vii Availability, pricing & conditions of display of this book — Objectives & Definitions — Discipline & Educational Theory — The Formation of Character— The New Sensibility — Correct Levels of Discipline.
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1. D etention................................................... 23 Definition — Impromptu detentions & the use o f uncertainty — Formal detentions — Specific types o f detention — Nature of detentions & ancillary tasks — Fixed or indefinite periods — Combinations o f detention types — Detention homework — Flexibility & variations — The underlying psychology of detention — Its elegance as a punishment.
2 . Lines............................................................ 31 The sensibility of lines — Practical merits as aform of punishment — Virtues of the set line — Length of the line — Neatness & uncertain ty whether work will be checked— Correcting lines — The ‘'bare glance'' — Unusual awards — The '‘Magical Thousand'' — Multiples of 1,000 lines.
3. Other Impositions....................................43 Copying — Extra Homework — Special punitive exercises — The needfor taking pains — Learning — Testing learned work.
4. Other Non-Corporal Punishments....... 52 Order Marks — Different systems, associated punishments— Standing apart — Other banishments — Hands on heads — Deprivations.
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