Re: School stories

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] 
says...
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> Janet <[email protected]> posted:
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> > In article <[email protected]>, 
> > [email protected] says...
> > > 
> > > On 2 Apr 2026 19:33:18 GMT, rbowman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 
> > > >On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:33:56 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Both Kipling and Lewis wrote about Edwardian English public schools.
> > > >> 
> > > >> Lewis also mentioned schools in his fiction, most notably in "The Silver
> > > >> Chair", where he describes authoritarianism in what was ostensibly a
> > > >> libertarian school.
> > > >
> > > >Kipling wrote about the hazing of the younger students by the older ones. 
> > > >In 'Surprised by Joy' Lewis strongly hints there was a sexual element.
> > > 
> > > Lewis doesn't merely hint. He says quite clearly that there was sexual
> > > exploitation at the school he attended. There were not merely
> > > adolescent crushes, but there was systemic exploitation as well. 
> > 
> > 
> >    I'd be surprised if Kilpling used the term hazing,  or was referring 
> > to that American activity.  He was probably talking about  the  
> > different British custom fagging 
> > 
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagging 
> > 
> I agree. The British term for hazing was ragging. It didn't happen at Oxford
> in my time (1961?1967), not at Wadham, anyway; at least, I never heard that
> it did. My sister never reported anything of that sort at St. Andrews. However,
> it did occur in some other universities. =

We had Rag Week, nothing to do with   US  hazing.

 Kipling was writing abour English Public schools; not universities.

 Janet