At our School we believe that our mission includes the teaching of correct personal behaviour. By setting down rigid rules for personal conduct we will discourage any propensity to Sin and Lust.
The Dormitory Rules are intentionally strict and will be ruthlessly enforced by the Housemistress.
Girls will make their way to the Dormitory in an orderly fashion at the appropriate time. They will undress to liberty bodices and knicker linings in a modest fashion and make every effort to avoid looking at any other girl in a state of disrobement. They will proceed to the washroom and attend to their ablutions in a modest manner.
Those who need to use the toilets will do so. No doors are provided for the toilets. Pupils who have a need for the toilet during the night will "hold" themselves until the morning. Girls who fail to do this will be punished by the Housemistress and fitted with plastic knickers by Matron.
After their ablutions, the girls will undress completely and change into their regulation pyjamas. They will put away all their clothing in a tidy manner, except their knicker linings. Then they will stand by their beds and hold out their knicker linings. The Housemistress will walk the length of the Dormitory, inspecting every pair. Where necessary, she will instruct a pupil to wear a clean pair on the next day.
The pupils will now make their way quietly to the Main Hall for the Evening Assembly. After this they return to the Dormitory.
If the Housemistress or the Matron or the School Nurse decides that an Intimate Inspection is necessary, the girls will remove their pyjama trousers and fold them neatly on the bed. They are then required to turn and face the ends of their beds, and keeping their legs straight, bend over the bottom rail and press their faces onto their pyjama trousers, their hands clasped firmly behind their necks with their elbows out. They then wait in that position until they are given the individual command, "Open!".
The girls are allowed to brush each other's hair and socialise in their pyjamas for fifteen minutes before they must get into bed for "Lights Out".
The School provides a Regulation position for sleeping, and all our girls must adhere to this for the sake of good Morals. The girl must sleep on her back with her legs firmly together and the sheets and blankets up to her armpits. Her hands must be resting across her chest in the "Sign of the Cross" as taught by Sister Winifred. It is an inviolable School Rule that a girl's hands must be visible at all times so that the Staff may see what they are up to.
No girl may leave her bed during the night. All too soon she will be awakened by the Bell for her early morning run.
Conclusion
We at the Church Trust firmly believe that the Hardacre method, combined with healthy exercise, domestic service training, and strict rules about personal conduct, will produce capable, demure, chaste, and modest young ladies who will be a credit to their parents and husbands in the years to come. With this holistic approach to the education of mind, body, and spirit, we will turn back the tide of moral decay in this great nation of ours.
