Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1908 — LEGALIZES USE OF ROD [ARTICLE]

LEGALIZES USE OF ROD

Kentucky Ruling Heroic Treatment May Be Employed By Teacher. Frankfort, Ky„ Dec. 22.— Attorney General James Breathitt handed down an opinion to State Superintendent ot Public Instruction Crabbe in which it is held a teacher is given the authority to whip if it is necessary to maintain discipline. A recent opinion of Judge William Carroll, of Newcastle, that tbe teacher had ho right to whip, has partly disorganized tbe common schools and almost made it necessary to close some of them.