ABSTRACT
Many English schools in the past have imposed arbitrary regulations on their pupils, forgetting that whereas most reasonable human beings will accept reasonable rules, it is not unusual for heels to be dug in when the rules are unreasonable ones. Formal and elaborate uniforms on the English pattern are therefore very rare, though occasionally one finds girls in Spain wearing something of the kind. Some of the rules seem to be there only so that the school can disclaim responsibility for any child who is conveyed home with his pen-holder irremovably wedged in his ear, or after being jostled, pelted with stones, spat upon and barricaded in the toilets. The rules explain that the Emergency Council is a disciplinary body composed, according to circumstances, of the school principal, two teachers from the division of the pupil involved and two responsible pupils from the same division, or their deputies.
