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Though he had heard quite a bit about Finchden Manor− school for maladjusted boys 25 miles southwest of Canterbury−the London Times correspondent was hardly prepared for the frail, abstracted man who runs it. "What is the curriculum?" asked the correspondent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Hopeless Ones | 8/27/1956 | See Source »

...years of such casual administration, G. A. Lyward has rescued scores of disturbed boys for whom teachers, doctors and parents had given up hope. What is his secret? Correspondent Michael Burn decided to find out. He joined the Finchden Manor staff, eventually published a book (Mr. Lyward's Answer; Hamish Hamilton) that last week was the talk of British educational circles. Though Schoolmaster Lyward's secret is too complex to be entirely clear, he emerges from the book as one of the most unusual of living educators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Hopeless Ones | 8/27/1956 | See Source »

Respite for a While. Actually, Finchden Manor is not a school in the ordinary sense. It has no board of governors, no blazers or old-school ties, no school hall and no chapel. There are no fixed terms or holidays, and except for bedtime and meals, which the boys cook and serve themselves, there are no fixed hours. For Correspondent Burn, one clue to Finchden lies in the word "respite"−the belief, says G. A. Lyward, "that some young people needed complete respite from lessons as such, in schools as such, so that they could be shepherded back from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Hopeless Ones | 8/27/1956 | See Source »

...Finchden's 40 boys have an average age of 17, come from every sort of home and background. Some are rich, some poor, quite a few come from what would seem to be normal families. One boy was the victim of an alcoholic schoolmaster who would sometimes tie his hands behind his back, force him to eat until he vomited, and then refuse to allow him to change his soiled clothes. One boy had been to 17 schools by the time he was 16. Others were regularly beaten or mistreated by their parents or foster parents. A good many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Hopeless Ones | 8/27/1956 | See Source »

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