In some schools it is the custom to postpone cases of discipline till the close of the day, and then, just before the boys are dismissed at night, all the difficulties are settled.

Thus, day after day, the impression which is last made upon their minds is received from a season of suffering, and terror, and tears.
Now such a practice may be attended with many advantages, but it seems to be, on the whole, unwise.

Awing the pupils, by showing them the painful consequences of doing wrong, should be very seldom resorted to.
It is far better to allure them by showing them the pleasures of doing right.

Doing right is pleasant to every body, and no persons are so easily convinced of this, or, rather, so easily led to see it, as children.

Now the true policy is to let them experience the pleasure of doing their duty, and they will easily be allured to it.
In many cases, where a fault has been publicly committed, it seems, at first view, to be necessary that it should be publicly punished; but the end will, in most cases, be answered if it is _noticed_ publicly, so that the pupils may know that it received attention, and then the ultimate disposal of the case may be made a private affair between the teacher and the individual concerned.