This story is classified within the section concerning reluctance and submission, including humiliation and spanking. If you don't like these types of stories you won't like this one and so you really, really shouldn't read it! Please do avoid this story if such topics are not to your liking or taste. All of the characters in this story are at least eighteen years old (one must be at least 18 to attend Templeton College). I hope you enjoy it!
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Mr. Peters' day began with the usual dull routine. It was sometimes so difficult to get up in the morning, knowing all that would face him throughout the day: so many students in need of guidance and discipline, so little time.
An educator's job never really ends. One class graduates as another one arrives. It did at times seem like an endless stream of young minds, and young bodies, needing his time, his consideration, his expert touch. But, as his mentor, Mr. Henry Desmond from Livingston College always reminded him, it was the life they, as educators, had chosen. They should not complain.
First on Mr. Peters' schedule today was Emily Brown. Emily had not been wearing regulation panties.
At Templeton, all of the girls had to wear white blouses with black ties, plaid skirts that had to reach below the knees, white socks, black shoes (Maryjanes were preferred), and, of course, white panties and brassieres. None of the girls were allowed to wear perfume, or excessive jewelry or substantial make-up. And certainly none of the young ladies could have tattoos! Just the thought of that was simply abhorrent to the Board of Trustees.
The administration felt that the uniform requirement was very helpful in instilling within the young ladies a sense of pride and discipline, as well as avoiding the presence of the licentious and distracting outfits that many college students were wearing these days. Goodness, at some colleges girls will show up wearing a chemise as if it was in fact a blouse! The parents of the Templeton girls appreciated not only the emphasis on proper, respectful dress and behavior, but also the considerable savings. It was remarkable how much money a young lady can spend on clothes.
The white panty regulation though was not well enforced. There were at times spot panty checks in the student center or at other well traveled locations. The Dean of Women would require a passing girl to briefly lift up her skirt (e.g., see "Just a little peek").
If a girl was caught without regulation panties she would be sent before the Student Disciplinary Board. The first offense was met with just a warning. Second offense was met with a grounding for a week (a punishment difficult to enforce for students who lived off campus). The third offense was met with having to write a paper on the importance of wearing regulation panties, and periodically visiting the Dean of Women to have the panties checked.
The President of Templeton, Dr. Chalmers, recognized that the college was probably not fulfilling its responsibility to provide sufficient enforcement of the white panty policy. All of the students at Templeton College were at least 18 years old but they still looked upon the faculty to provide guidance, discipline, and structure. If it became apparent that the college was lax when it came to some rules, others would be treated with comparable negligence and disrespect. It was a slippery slope that really should be avoided.
The college wanted to demonstrate that they were serious about the uniform regulation. President Chalmers informed Mr. Peters to give his own New School approach a trial run.
Mr. Peters would address Emily's panties in the morning, and his entire class in the afternoon.
As soon as Emily entered Mr. Peters' office she felt a heavy wave of anxiety sweep over her. Standing right next to Mr. Peters' desk was an old-fashioned pillory where one is held by one's wrists and neck between two large boards. Once trapped within a girl could not possibly escape and she would be subject to whatever Mr. Peters had in mind for her, which would be rather obvious by the pose in which she would be caught: her bottom sticking out behind her.
"Emily," Mr. Peters greeted the young lady as she timidly approached him, a look of apprehension evident in her eyes. "You know why you've been sent here."
"Yes, sir. I do," she demurely replied. She knew full well why she was there, and she wasn't happy about it. She was in fact rather embarrassed by it. "It's because of...well..." It was difficult for her to say, out loud, particularly to a male professor. She finally softly acknowledged, "My panties, Mr. Peters."
"Yes, precisely, Emily...Your panties." Mr. Peters didn't say anything further for a moment. He wanted that point to sink in.
The silence was awkward. Emily wondered if she was supposed to say something. But, what? What more is there to say? She clasped her hands behind her bottom, her eyes shifting to her feet. She nervously shuffled her left foot.
Mr. Peters finally continued. "I understand, Emily, that this was the fourth time you have been caught wearing non-regulation panties."
Emily's eyes nervously glanced around Mr. Peters' office as she admitted, "Yes sir, it is, or was."
"You've been grounded for a week. You've even written an essay on the importance of wearing regulation panties. Yet, you still don't seem to have learned your lesson."
Emily's eyes again fixed on her toes. "No sir, I guess not," she very quietly acknowledged.
"I'm not sure what can be done at this point to help you, young lady."
The three components of the New School method of pedagogical discipline are pain, embarrassment, and pleasure (see "Disciplining young ladies"), with the least emphasis on pain. Mr. Peters felt that in this instance he would emphasize in particular the component of embarrassment, perhaps excluding pain altogether.
Emily was pleased to hear that Mr. Peters was attempting to come up with a way to help her. She had assumed that she had been sent to him for some form of punishment. She again glanced at the pillory but just as quickly averted her eyes. She so hoped that it would be nothing like that!
"Do you have anything to say, Emily?"
She looked into the professor's eyes and said with as much sincerity as she could muster. "I am really ashamed, Mr. Peters. I'm embarrassed and ashamed." She didn't really feel that terribly ashamed, but she was most definitely embarrassed, at least by the fact that she was talking about her panties with a male professor.
"Are you really, Emily? Is that really true?"
"Oh yes sir, I am. Very much so sir, honestly."
"You know, I'm not so sure. I'm not so sure that you really understand the meaning of the word embarrassment, or shame."
"Oh, I do, sir, I really do. I feel very much ashamed right this moment, sir. Honest I do. I don't think I could feel any more ashamed than I do right now, sir."