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Weir House students initiating new residents

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TypePhotographCreatorDonald LaingDate1963-64CollectionDonald Laing PhotographsDescriptionBlack and white photograph of a Weir House initiation ceremony for newly arrived residents. New resident in his underwear having white powder dumped on his head by an older student. Photographer Donald Laing says, "Very much English Public School in nature, with the newbies being subjected to various indignities and humiliations. Such bizarre behaviour could only originate in the British class system, along with bondage and discipline. Brian Senior is doing the humiliation."SubjectWeir HouseStudent life

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