Eton College term. Although the School has often been cited as 'Eton of India' by media outlets such as BBC, Channel 4, "The Guardian", "Financial Times", "The Economist", "The Daily Telegraph" and "Forbes", it strongly eschews the label. In September 2014 Eton College helped establish Holyport College, a state-funded free school with boarding facilities. The school is located in Holyport, Berkshire and Eton College acts as the main educational sponsor of the school. Eton Colleges holds historic relations to Canford School in Dorset due to the school's association with John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster whose legitimate heirs included Henry VI.
Eton College took the form of being made to copy, by hand, Latin hexameters. Miscreants were frequently set 100 hexameters by Library members, or, for more serious offences, Georgics (more than 500 hexameters) by their House Masters or the Head Master. The giving of a Georgic is now extremely rare, but still occasionally occurs. Eton used to be renowned for its use of corporal punishment, generally known as "beating". In the 16th century, Friday was set aside as "flogging day". Beating was phased out in the 1980s. The film director Sebastian Doggart claims to have been the last boy caned at Eton,