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Presentation to Sir James J. Robertson As you are aware, the Rector of the Grammar School, Sir James J. Robertson, reaches retiral age in 1959 and will be retiring from the School at the end of the current Session.

The unique seniccs rendered by Sir James to the School during his 17 years tenure of office as Rector arc well known, not only to Fonner Pupils, but to the whole educational world. The F.P. Club propose to recognise these services by organising a Subscription List to which all Former Pupils may subscribe witl). a view to making a presentation to Sir James. The presentation will take the form of a Portrait in oils which it is intended should be handed over to the Local Authority for hanging in the School Hall; a replica of that Portrait will be given to Sir James; the balance of the Subscription Fund will be handed over to Sir James in a form which is acceptable to him.

The past 17 years have been stormy ones in the history of the School, and both the School and the Club will always remember with deep gratitude the ::.tcadfast advice given and the abiding loyalty afforded by Sir James in maintaining and upholding the great traditions of the School. The F.P. Club arc confident that this opportunity to show grateful appreciation to Sir James will be met with a prompt and generous response.

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Aberdee n Grammar School Magazine 75thyear No. 183 (New Series 6j thyear No . 174)

Vol. LXJI

DECEMBER

No. 1

19j 8

The Magazine is published under the auspices of The Former Pupil s' Club twice during the year, in December and June .

The Magazine Committee Rector of the School

Sir James J. Robertson, M.A., B.D., P.E. I.S.

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O.B.B., F.R.S.E. ,

General Editor

Campbell Connon, M.A. , LL .B. , 58 Dee Street, Aberdeen.

Editor of Obituary,

I an G . Shinnie, 7 Burns Road , Aberdeen.

Notes, Marriages

Editor of the Section

School Alexander Tait, M. A.

Chairman of the F.P .

Club Exe cutive

J. S. G. Munro, B.L ., J . P. Secretary of the F.P. Club J. Scott MacLacWan, M.A ., LL.B.,

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P rinted for The Form er Pupils' Oub at The University Press Aberdeen

CONTENTS ILLUSTRA TIO~S Our late Janitor, ~fr. James Ritchie.

Mr. L. E. Tyson School Rugby 1st XY School Hockey 1st XI School Staff in 1947

Photograph

General SectionThe " Primary " .Matter . .

Proposed Extension of Rubislaw Field "The Janny" (the late Mr. J. Ritchie) "Hyslopiana" . . . .

The Amenities Fund Salzburg Festival 195 8 .

Further Recollections of Yesteryear P. J. Diack " The Drove Roads and Bridle Paths around Braemar " The ~Iarket Inn - Poem by Frank l lcndry . ~Ir. L. E. Tyson's Impending Retiral Back to School-Poem by Angus McW'illiam

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Schoo l SectionSchool Office-Bearers .

School and Random Notes Lower School . .

The Chinese Chestnuts .

School Holiday Arrangements . . . . .

Caimgorm Ilill Walks. Garth 1958. Literary and Debating Society Edinburgh Festival, 1958. Dramatic Society .

Aberdeen Schools Scientific Society. Pilm Society. Scripture Union Arts Club . . .

School Orchestra. School Choir Combined Cadet l'orce. . . .

Escape from Thought - Poem by II. J.C. Hill A Prospect of Oldham The Broken Story Scout Notes Staff Changes .

Photograph ic Society House Notes . .

School Sporting ActivitiesRugby.

Hockey Badminton. Swimming .

Former Pupils' Club SectionClub Office-Bearers The Annual Dinner London Centre Glasgow Centre Edinburgh Centre .

F.P.s' Addresses Wanted Sports Sections Rugby .

Cricket Tennis. Hockey Notes about Old Boys University Notes Marriages New Members Obituary

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The " Primary ,, Matter As reported in the last issue of the Magazinethe Aberdeen Education Committee had (at the time of our going to Press) submitte d to the Scottish Education Departme nt a statement of their reasons for the proposed abolition of the Primar y Department of the School and that of the High School for Girls.

A reply was thereafter received from the Scottish Education D epartment and submitted to the September meeting of the local Education Committee. The reply stated" It appears to the Secretary of State that the arguments for and against the proposal rest largely on educational considerations which are, to some extent , matters of individual opinion, and that opinion on them within the Committee as elsewhere is very evenly balanced. The Secretary of State considers it most desirable in the educational int erests of any area, that there should be some assurance of stabilit y in its educational arrangements. For that reason, and without going further into the merits of the proposal, the Secretary of State is inclined to the view that the most appropriate course would be for the scheme of educational provision to remain in its present terms until such time as it is clear that a change would command such a degree of acceptance as would afford reasonable assurance of its permanence. lie accordingly suggests that the Committee might consider leaving in abeyance for the Lime being the proposal to modify the scheme on the lines proposed."

The Education Committee acquiesced in the suggestion of the Secretary of State and reversed their previous decision to abolish the Primary Departments.

It is satisfying to know that the representations made by the Club and by various other interested parties were of sufficient merit and weight to justify this decision.

J. S. M.

Proposed Extension of Rubislaw Field As accommodation at Rubislaw is now severely taxed on account of the large number of pupils at the School, the Education Committee of the Town Council arc considering a proposal for the extension of Rubi slaw. This proposal is that there be acquired the rectangle of ground extending to approx . 6 acres on the Queen's Road side of " the Field " and bounded by Anderson Drive, Queen's Road, and Bayvicw Road South. This proposal is to be considered by the Finance Committee in early course. [It would then face the new Domestic School of Science which is to be built on the West side of Anderson Drive just South of Queen's Road.] A further suggestion that the Education Committee should also acquire the small area of ground next " the Field " at the top of Cromwell Road as a site for three all-weather tennis courts was deferred in the meantime.

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"The Janny" All Pormer pupils of the Post-war generation will have heard with sorrow of the death of our Head Janitor, Mr James Ritchie. On Thursday, 20 :November, he was talking to one of the staff outside his Box in the corridor when he collapsed and died imm ediately.

There was no warning; he had made no complaint, and was apparently in his usual health. Mr. Ritchie had been with us twelve years.

In 1946, at the end of the war, he succeeded Mr. Theodore Clark, after having experience at Skene Street School and Torry J. S. School. \Y/e are fortunate in that we have always been well served by our janitors. They are the School's "back-room boys" on whom everything depends. Their work is mainly unseen and always taken for granted, but it is they who make it possible for the life and work of the School to carry on. And the head janitor who is in charge of a large and rambling group of buildings like ours, bears no slight responsibility. He is at everyone's beck and call, continually applied to or sent for, and is often expected to be in half a dozen places at once.

In the execution of his multifarious duties Mr. Ritchie was always pleasant, good-humoured and efficient. No one ever saw him annoyed . Without his friendly, cheerful personality the corridor will never be the same again. His funeral on Monday, 24 November, was attended by the Rector and Staff, the Prefects and the Class Captains. The whole School expressed its sympathy with Mrs. Ritchie by sending a wreath in the School colours.

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"Hyslopiana" It has not proved possible to ha\·e the article (promised in the last issue) on the late Archie Hyslop's work completed in time for this issue. But it will be included in the next issue.

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The Amenities Fund Grants continue to be made from the Amenities Fund to the School, and recent grants made provision foe the supply of Crockery and Cutlery for the use of School and Clubs; Linen Tablecloths for the Pavilion at Rubislaw; Film Strips for the Lower School: Books foe Kindergarten Department; and Curtains and Pelmets for the Rubislaw Pavilion. Further disbursements will be made shortly.

As reported in an earlier issue of the Aiagaz_ine the Trustees make disbursements from the funds on the recommendation of a Committee representative of the Staff, Parents and Club . Suggestions are, in the first instance, made to the Rector by the various Heads of Departments and considered by this Joint Committee.

J. S. M.

Salzburg Fes tival, 1958 I saw Beethoven's " Fidelio " for the first time at the Salzburg Festival this year and have only one regret : I cannot now conceive it in any setting other than the Fclsenreitschule.

The felsenrcitschule is an open-air theatre hewn out of rock· The performance of" Fidelio" was given in the evening and a movable wooden roof had been drawn between the audience and the stars.

But at either side of the roof we could see the dark blue sky and the tangled tops of the little trees and ferns which climbed the walls.

Thus there was no need for stage " props "; to the prisoner in the opera the theatre itself might have been a vast dungeon and the twin ribbons of sky as distant as their prospects of freedom .

There were few of the amenities of the concert hall. The audience took their seats in near-gloom and when the overture began all lights were extinguished, except those in the orchestra pit, which was occupied by the Vienna Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan.

No curtain went up . Instead, a thin beam from each wing played on Marcellina (Sena J urinac) as she ran down a flight of steps to sing the wonderful opening aria. Behind her threatened the silent prison.

There was magic in the darkness. The audience, as still as any I have experienced, submitted willingly to it. There must have been many among them like m} self to whom this was a first " Fidelio "; many, too, like myself who, during" Leonora o. ; ", looke d to those trees and ferns from which, our ears told us, came the two famous trumpet calls, although we saw no trumpeter. And there was not a soul in the Pclsenreitschule who was not exalted when the final fortissimo of the overture signalled the lighting up of the who le stage, now crowded with people-the :Minister (1'-icola Zaccaria), his troops and the prisoners he ha s pardoned, the broken Pizarro (Paul Schoftler), and the embracing Leonora (Christel Goltz) and Florestan (Giuseppe Zampieri).

The dawn of freedom has never come up more quickly or more joyou~ly, not like thunder but like a celestial flare.

GORD0:--1 ALLAN* (1939-} 1).

Further Recollections of Yesteryear [Patrick J. Diack 's "thoughts" , occasioned by our ha,·ing re-produced the 1923 School Staff Photo, were published in the lase issue. We have received these further reminiscences from him and arc happy to publish them, too.)

As the Editor has asked for further school reminiscences I, at the risk of boring readers, return to the theme, probably having reached that age when the actiYitics of one's youth refresh, in retrospect, the declining fires of life II The following anecdotes are not all my own experience, but they arc authentic and occurred whilst I was at school.

Before \Vorld \'far I, German was taught by Mr. Morrison better known as "Quo zz er " . An excellent teacher having very high standards, he suffered from an irascible temper of extreme ferocity and was a disciplinary martinet. He stood no nonsense, and there wa.1 none, in his class. He conducted his pupils through the intricacies of the Germa n language in a room at the top of the stairs above (what was then) the Rector's room: this was divided from the next classroom by a glass partition. At that time one of the young Masters was one John King, known as " King John ". Just before the war he had a class in the room adjoining" Quozzer's "and on one occasion, he being late in arriving, his pupils whiled away the time by passing a "rugby " ball around in the shape of a heavy wicker wastepaper basket. The noise was not slight and as can be imagined increased with the passage of time, whilst Quozzer's ire rose highe r and higher . . . until the climax was reached in a terrific crash-through the glass partition hurtled the wastepaper basket . The diligent German scholars were electrified, but not more so than their preceptor who shot towards the large hole, stuck his head through, and proceeded to castigate the horror-stricken occupants of the neighbouring room.

He then withdrew, rushed round by the door to pull a large, heavy slate blackboard on whee ls in front of the gaping hole. Silence reigned and " Quozzer" applied himself with considerable vigour to inculcate German . Present ly a harassed and breathless young man, "King John ", arrived. As soon as he began teaching he required to use the blackboard and noticed that it was out of place, so proceeded to push it back to its usual position. " Quozzer ", not realising that his neighbour was now in charge, saw the open hole once more, concluded that the erring occupants of the next room had removed the blackboard and again stuck his head through the hole and fairly roared at all and sundry. "King John" was young and nervous; the sudden eruption reacted harshly on his nervous system, and he stammered unintelligibly. " Quozzer "was non-plussed and withdrew his head whilst" Kirg John" proceeded to rectify matters by pulling the blackboard back. Unfortunately he was now in such a state of nerves that he pulled too vigorously, the blackboard swayed and then crashed to the floor, the slate smashing to pieces. The German enthusiasts affirmed that "Quozzer's" leap in the air was something wort h witnessing I W'hilst Quozzer's class knew no relaxation, was a hive of industry and produced results, those who studied under " Doddy" Hay had a much more relaxed time, the peaceful quiet of his class being 6

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relieved in the summer only by the intrusion of an occasional bee.

So somnulent had one of his Latin classes become one particular day, that it was decided to liven things up. This Latin class took place in a small room next lo the old Rector's room; which had a window facing the nearby pla} ground. It was decided to introduce a little Yitality into the rather sleepy afternoon by the use of a series of alarm clocks: one was locked in the cupboard an<l the key extracted; another was placed behind a grating in the skirting board, a third under a floorboard and the fourth on the outside window ledge. One of the conspirators was deputed to ask permission to leave the room and to utilise that opportunity to rewind the fourth clock after it had run down, thus making a fifth distraction. Jn due course the alarms rang successively, each giving a more peculiar noise than the last, unfamiliar noises nor easily traced and apparently not having their origin in the room but yet so near: " Dodd y" was quickly aroused, and looked round suspiciously, but sought in vain the cause of the curious phenomena. Shortly after the termination of the fourth manifestation, he who was deputed to rewind the only accessible clock departed, carried out his task and was just turning on his heel to return when, to his shocked surprise, round the corner in a whirl of gowns came a tall erect figure, none other than "the Ree", Dr. Morland Simpson. The clock operator was thunderstruck, but the Rector hailed him unconcernedly and asked after his father, whom the Rector knew quite well. The unfortunate youth felt no gratification at this mark of interest, for the clock was just above the Rector's head and due to sound within a few moments. The distracted boy's acute anxiety scarcely bears description; but fortunately for him he escaped before nemesis overtook him.

A memorable incident of the twenties of my own e:..-periencemay bear repeating.

In those days the heating system frequently produced noises rather as if someone were tapping the pipes with a hammer. In our classroom , which was immediately at the head of the stairs leading up from the old Rector's room, these noises were aided by those who happened to occupy scars next the "all along which the pipes ran.

On this particular da} the heating system was at its loudest. " Picker ,. had just arrived and had not yet convened the proceedings, but he could not help being aware of the noise and his suspicions were aroused that some at least of it was boy-made. Occupying the bottom place in the class, where he had a desk all to himself next the pipes, sat Ginger -- . Ginger was no fool and his mental equipment was quite capable of enabling him to hold a place at least halfway up the class, but, somehow, he had gravitated to the bottom and had discovered that, with "Picker", it was possible to lead a peaceful and easy life in that position; so Ginger became a model of docility , disturbed no one-and did exactly nothing. On this particular day he was busy (being engaged in copying out the homework which he should have done the preYious evening, from some more industrious classmate's book). His head was at desk level, his hand was very busy because he had but a few minutes in which to complete his copying

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before the work had to be handed in. He was absorbed in his task.

Picker peered through his glasses which were of the magnification of a microscope, and perceived Ginger, head down and obviously engrossed in something. There was the culprit. Picker had no doubt at all. Rising, incensed to a high degree, he strode over to Ginger's desk and, taking a handful of Ginger's glowing red hair, pulled it with great vigour. Ginger shot to his feet as if electrified, the pull on his hair had hurt, he had a fiery temper, and his emotions were a mixture of alarm and rage. " Picker" accused him of clanking the pipes and, with the realisation that the truth was not suspected, relief rapidly swept ou t alarm and a rising tide of righteous indignation added fuel to Ginger's ire at having his hair pulled. He thrust his face forward and went into the attack. " Aft clank the pipes I I never touched them. \"\bat right have you to pull my hair anyway; I won't have it", came forth in such loud and emphatic, almost menacing tones, that " Picker" stepped back, faltered, then apologised, for there was no mistaking Ginger's sincerity. The latter sat down but could not finish his homework, even if it were only copying. However that was passed over by a somewhat chastened master.

Lastly an episode in the manual room comes to mind. These two weekly hours of Manual Jnstruction were the most relaxing of the week and the work was carried out with a certain degree of noisy nonchalance. On this occasion a good deal of hilarity and boisterous spirits were in evidence which culminated in one misguided youth throwing a piece of wood at a friend on the far side of the workshop.

At that moment the instructor happened to be walking towards the individual at whom the piece of wood was aimed and stopped it in its flight with his head. Small though the piece of wood was, it had a devastating effect, for the instructor's very fine head of hair no longer adorned his head-but lay on the floor; and the stupified class gazed hor ror-struck at his head which resembled that of Humpty-dumpty, a veritab le Yul Brunner!

Yes, indeed the Aberdeen Grammar School knew its lighter moments.

PATRICK J. DIACK * (1912-23). " The Drove Road s and Bridle Path s Around Braemar " t This is the title of a new book (due to be published sometime in December) by James Gray Kyd*t1891-98) who as a Senior member of the Cairngorm Club has spent a lifetime in the Cairngorms and amongst the glens and tracks of upper Deeside. According to the publishers' footnote (which an F.P. was good enough to send us) the purpose of this book is " to describe the old drove roads which radiate from Braemar and the many wonderful walks which arc to be found amid the surrounding hills and gleni, ". When we enquired about the book at an Aberdeen bookshop we learned that there had already been a brisk demand for it, but that it had not yet come in. It should be most attractive--cspecially since it costs only 1s. 6d. I t Published by Oliver & Boyd Ltd., Edinburgh.

The Market Inn [This poem gh·cs a vigorous and lively picture of an institution which is fast fading-" The Market Inn." It is reproduced here (by courtesy of the author Mr. frank Hendry. 13 Park Lane, Huntly) in the belief that such a Doric poem will be read with j,trCat inter~t and enjoyment by many F.P.s, especially those who still cherish "the mither tongue ".-Ed. ]

The Market Inn wis crooded, 'twis the Market efternee n, Rain wis poorin' doon an' blatterin' up against the winda peen, An' Jcems ahin the bar wis gie'n's blessin's on the sbo'er; It wis jist the day tae change a poun' an' spen' a social oor.

An' aye the lads cam' stoorin' in an' Jeems wis hauden gaun (Attentive aye exccp' fin someane baad 'im stan' his han'), Till tongues an' thrapplcs swaekcned wi' the couthy barley bree; llka ane bcgood tae kcter on the things that he cwid dee.

First ava th e Lairdic's foreman efter teemin' twa-three nips, Begood tac !at them see the wye tac track a pair o' clips, He led them an' he backit them, he reeled them roon an' roon, He'd them thcated, ay, an' cairted, gin the seventh nip wis doon.

The second lad fac Dubbie's, he wis deckin' horses' tails, An' la yin' aff 'boot facin's, cotton rines an' martin-gales, He hid lifted a' the prizes at the matches far an' wide: 'Twis the horse an' harness Dubbie's hid chat temptit 'im tac bide.

Newton's loon hid feed tac Netherton tac ea' the second pair, Noo a Bass or twa hid gar't 'im grow a twa-thrce inch an' mair; Wi' thooms stuck i' the wcskit an' a \Xfoodbine in his moo, He wis tellin' a' ane foo tac haud the dooblc moulder ploo.

Bit the speech wis interuppit b' a maist ooncarthly roar, Hillie's grieve wis <loon on's knees an' biggin' rucks ahin the door, An' sac 'twi s easy seein' fat wis causin' the mis-chief, The loon hid trampit's fingers as he raxed ower for a sheaf.

An' Milton's man wis cuttin' hey, o' scythers he's the king, He wis layin' ower the clover wi' a lusty rakin' swing, An' or onyane cwid stop 'im or dachle his career, J1e scythed a pucklc tum'lcrs fe the table tac the fleer.

Sync Iloggic's man begood aboot the days, fin he wis young, He cairret seeks o' barley, sync he started cairtin' dung, He squar't an' trampit middens, teemed an' scrappit oot the foul; Fegs it's peetiful' tac think that men like ;on maun turn au!'.

Twa shepherd lads war eident Jambin' yowes an' clippin' hoggs, fae rnachs they gacd tae fit-rot, syne fac that tae trainin' dogs, An' Dona!' promised Charlie he wid carve a fancy stick An' gie't intae the bargain for a fulp aff Charlie's bick.

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Abtrdttn Gramn1ar School Magazine Ye cwid hear the fermers newsm': they war in the farrest inc; 'Twis " Foo's the tractor decin, 1-.Iains?" " ;\eh, man, she's d<.:cin' fine, Bit, man, I widna hac '<.:r gin it wisna jist fair force, A'm scunncrt wi' the losses that A'n: hid amon' the horse."

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The ingaun trnant o' the knowcs d<.:clared gin he hid kcnt The awfu' soss the toon wis in he ne'er wid gi'cn the n:nt, Uc grudged the vailuation an' he cw1dna fee a man.

Bit haith the lad hid aye as muckle's loot 'im stan' his han'.

An' Backie' s he wis girnin ' 'boot the price o' calvin' kyc, Strypie's mourned owcr the price o' stirks an' waug<.:s rcc, forbyc, He declared they'd a' be runtit wi' the losses 'mon the lambs; Bit they'd aye the droothy shilJin' left tac pcy for Jecm's drams.

The orra man fae Claw-the-\\a's, an' the grieve o' \\arl's Inc, Pat aff their kwitcs tac hae a fecht 'boot \\ 'asti<.:'s servant qumc; Jccm s yowled tac fess the scaffic in, a earl wack an' stoot; JIc'd sattle a' the argiments or heave the billies oot. \Xii' thrashin' mull s an' binders, man, there wis a fcarfu' din, Fan the door wis thrown open an' the bobbies st<.:ppit in, For Law ordains that bars maun close tho' thrapplcs m:i.y be dry, An' Jecm s' oor hid come, an' maybe twa-thrce mcenitcs by.

Sae the cowtes war lowsed, the mull pit aff, stilled wis the binder's soun' The drecls gacd flat, the middens fdl, the rucks war blown doon An' Jccm s wis left tac lock his door an' stan' 'imsd' a gill.

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Speed and Directi o n "Herb Elliott can run a mile in 3 minutes 14· 5 seconds. Others, also ha,·e broken world records recentk Indeed the modern rrund seems to be obsessed with the idea of golng faster and faster. Everywhere the accent is on speed. 17,is generation is in a hurry and needs the reminder that it is not only speed but direction that is important. . . . It does not follow that mo\·cment, even the most rapid movement, automatically constitutes progress. The science of living hinges upon betng able to turn mere movement into progress. \X'hcre 1s your life headmg ? It is worth a few moments seriou5 reflection-or arc you in too much of a hurry?"

11,c Rev. Richard S. B1~hop, 1\rh ·0:1.th. ttuotcd in The Scot.r111m1 10 Stptcmb<.:r 1958.

Mr. L. E. T yson' s Impending Retiral In the coming spring the best-known figure at Rubi slaw Field during the past eighteen years, the evergreen and invariably cheerfu I Yo, kshircma n, Mr. L. E. Tyson, will be leaving Aberdeen for pastures new. " Eric " Ty son, as he is known to sport smen all over Scotland, has been our excellent groundsman, and a good deal more than that, c.ver since, at the suggestion of Mr. Duncan Macgregor, the Schoo I gamcsmaster at the time, he was in 194 0 lured away from his post as professional with Aberdeenshire C.C., to keep Rubi slaw in prime condition for generations of Grammar School boys and, of course, Former Pupils roo.

The present state of the ground, and especially the splendid cricket "square," pro\es just hm.v wonderfully well this tremendous enthusiast for sport has done:: his job. H e has neYer measured his work in terms of hours, and man) who read this must often ha\'e seen him tending his beloved turf in the gloaming of a summer's e\-cning. Seldom did he "call it a day " until long after the light had failed, and it is hard ro realise that when summer comes again we will no lon ger see him walking bareheaded with measured stride around the "middle" or proudly seated on his motor mower, working ungrudged oYertime because, as a master craftsman he was content with nothing short of perfection.

Space does not permit of paying adequate tribute to his wonderful skill as a cricketer; sufficient to mention that, when long past his prime, he still gave many sparkling bowling displays for F.Ps.; and that he always did his utmost to raise the standard of the Cricket S,ction's play, and indeed that of all clubs in the North-E:ist with which he came in contact. His sportsmanship and geniality have endeared him to all and the big turnout of his host of friends and admirers at his benefit match on a cold August day was ample proof of his (thoroughly well-deserved) popularity. In March "Eric" goes back to Brechin for a second spell of serv ice with the local cricket club there, and he carries with him the very best wishes of all Grammarians for continued good health and contentment.

To his successor, Mr. Norman Brook from Cleckheaton, another Yorkshireman, a hearty welcome is offered.

A.J.M . E. Astron om ical !

Undertaken by the 'ationa l Geographical Society (U.S .A.) and the California Institute of Technology (which operates the Mount Palomar Observatory) a new " sky atlas " is now being completed, the result of seven years' work.

One special piece of optical equipment, the "Big Schmidt" telescope, has made it possible to photograph the heavens to a hitherto unprecedented depth in space- Goo million " light years" (one "light year " being roughly six million million miles I) This special telescope, named after its designer Dr. Bernard Schmidt, ha s a wide-aperture 11

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lens measuring 48 inches across, and a reflecting mirror of 72-inches.

It is therefore really a superb camera penetrating ten times deeper into the heavens and covering a space volume a thousand times greater than any ever touched in previous attempts to chart the skies photographically. It is estimated that the new" sky atlas" will keep astronomers all over the world busy studying the results for at least 50 years.

A vast amount of new information about the unfrerse has been found, and when the " sky atlas " is completed it will be equivalent in size to about twenty very fat volumes comprising in all 1,758 photomaps. The overall cost of one edition of this new atlas will be over £700 ( $2,000)-and already more than one hundred copies of the whole work have been ordered 1111 -Extracted from an article in Unit•trsitas, a German Review of the Arts and Sciences published quarterly (in its English edition) by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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[The following poe m was squeezed out of the School Section by its bei ng discovere d, when the Magazine was being set up, that the page to which it was allotted was a few lines too long. I t is, however, a neat little poem for a junior pupil , and we are bringing it forward into the General Section .-Ed.] Back to School

Gone the days of sun and laughter, Gone the days of happy playing, Fishing, boating, swimming, climbing, Gone the sound of horses neighing.

Back to schoo l we go, reluctant, Back we go with sighs and groaning; Latin, ~laths and French, and English, Thus we start the work with moaning.

Cheer up boys I 'rw1ll soon be over, Soon away from school we'll go.

Christmas comes with fun and laughter, And we'll play amidst the snow.

ANGUS McW1LLIAM (Middlr J.S.).

School Section School Office-Bearers, I95 8-59 P refects BRIAN W. F1NN18 (Stnio r Prtfttt)

J. 1-.lAcFAllLANI! (Deputy Senior Prefect)

DUNCAN HECTOR M. AIRD

GORDON G. MASSIE

ALASTAIR

N. DUCAT ALASTAIR W. DUNCAN MELDRUM B. EDWARDS

U)LIN T. PR.ESHAW

WILLIAM STEVENSON

UN l\1. REID

lAN STEWART

CHARLES D. RlcE

PETER A.

GEORGE P. GRAHAM

ALAN

J. SANGSTER

MICHAEL

THOMAS

I. SoPPITT

wALKJlR

J. T. WATT

DENNIS HAY

RODERT C. SCACE

GAVIN B. WILSON

MICHAEL G. Kl.NG

LEONARD D. SCORGIE

M1c1-IA£L

DONALD S. MACICENZII!

ALASTAIR

Byron

Woon

!A."1 M. YEATS

House Captains Keith

Dun

Goe.DON G . MASSIE BRIAN

J.C. SMITH

Melvin

w. FlNNlE WILLIAM STEVENSON ALASTAIR w. DUNCAN Rugby

Captain

GllORGE P. GRAHAM

Viet-Caplait1

THOMAS N. DUCAT

Via-Captain

DAVID K. PARKINSON

Vice-Caplain

GORDON

Hoc key

wALl(ER

Captai n

P ETER A.

Capt ain

WILLIAM STEVENSON

Swimming R. SPATE

Literary and Debating Society Pruidml

LEONARD D. ScoRGIB

Vice-Pr1Jitknl

Secretary ALAsTA.IR

.ALEXANDER

N. MAJN

J. C. SMITH

Dramatic Society

J. C. HILL

Pruidenl

HARRY

Vice-Presidtnl

BRrAN W. FrNN IE

Secretary IAN M. YEATS Trea.111rer ALEXANDER

N ..MAIN

Film Society Pruidmt

BRIAN W. F11."Nm

Stt:rtlary DUNCAN

J. :'ll'ACPARLANE

Treasurer JOHN B. ME-"IZIBS

C.S.M.

ALASTAIR

Cade t Force W. /0. MICHAEL J. T. WATT

J. c. SMITH

Scripture Unfon A. STEWART

Stcrllary CLEMENT

Edito rs of Schoo l Sectio n HARRY

J. C. HILL

IAN M. YEATS Sports WILLIAM STEVENSON

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School and Random Notes PROLOGt;F: Enter three men, instantly recognisable as Editors, one short, one long and one even longer. They go upstage behind the bookshelves, where they create a v1s1on of a :\lurrye-Conceited Comedye of Ye Life of Schola Grammatica Aberdonens1s, which they now present.

Alas I \Voc is me and is me wocl The new hyper-sensitive heating has been installed in less than twelve months. Another stigma of the changing times is the staircase treads; no longer can we stop, ponder (if such a civilised occupation were possible in the usual between-period football crowd) and reflect how many famous feet have tripped daintily up to Room 18; so daintily in fact that the original steps were delightfully, yet a\\ k\\·ardly, undulating. Yes, me is wocl

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The Rector has been appointed as a member of a delegation which is advising on education at the Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone. This 1s further e,·idcncc of how highly he 1s esteemed as an authority on education in the Colonies. His responsibilities in his absence from School have been assumed by :'.\fr. Lynch.

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This year's warders and constables arc headed by Chief Detective Inspector Finnie, assisted by Deputy Chief Detective Inspector i\lacFarlane. Among the ranks are 11. M. Aird, T. N. Ducat, A. W. Duncan, .\I. D. bdwards, G. P. Graham, D. Ilay, M. G. King, D. S. MacKenzie, G. G. Massie, C. T. Preshaw, I. \I. Reid, C. D. Rice, A. J. Sangster, R. C. Scace, L. D. Scorgie, A. J.C. Smith, A. I. Suppttt, \\. Stevenson, 1. Stewan, P. A. Walker, \l. J. T. Watt, G. B. \X'ilson, \1. Wood, and I. \[. YeatS. Long live the Law!

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Ten months- unusual in the recent annals of the school have elapsed without But this phenomenal record has been broken by the a single staff departure. appointment of :\lr. Ja.mes \V, Barron as a lccrurer in hlucational I landwork at the Trainin~ College. J\I r. Barron proved himsdf equally competent in dealing with prospecti\'e Lca\'ing Certificate candidates and with those of us who were not of a practical disposition. 1'.or were his activities confined to his own Department, for he took n prominent part in the Cadet Force, and has most willingly assisted with the construction of Dramatic Society sets.

No more, alas, will \la.thematics be taught on the ceiling of Room 30; for :\Ir. Eric .\lomson has been appointed to a Lectureship in .\lathematics at the Uni,·ersity. The Prefecrure has lose a kindly and tolerant neighbour, Byron an enthusiastic House master, and the School an oucstanding master devoted to the school of his adoption .

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\X'e extend a warm welcome to ;\{r, J. :\I. \\-cir, who is proceeding peacefully with his Russian classes. Despite his rice-paper-thin exercise books, which gi\'e an authentic atmosphere, all his pupils arc determined to spend their Christmas parole in Outer .\longolia.

The arrival on the scene of these Russian scholars has caused chaos and consternation amon~ the Classics staff. Floating English and Mathematics masters had already barnshed these erudite classicists to the inner reaches of what is in official parlance the Deputy Rector's Room, but what Mr. Brown -ahas FI.-Lt. R. Brown-p refers to term the" black hole of Calcutta", But these new arrivals have dri\'en them e,en from this last ha\'en of refuge into the bay of the Library, where they arc ar the mercy of chartering schoolboys, munching masters, and workmen's hammers.

* * Another notable addition to the School curriculum is the fastidious srudy of the Gymnastic stopwatch. This admonishing instrument is used as a final judgment on lace-comers to \lr. Stevenson's P.E. classes. \X'e feel, howc,·er, that if this slim athlete's punishment for such offenders were banishment from the P.E . period, he would lose his class.

Five gentlemen of the gentle craft of teaching have recently been awarded additional degrees. They arc .\lr. Norman King, \ lr. James l\Jichic, Mr. Robert Miller, \lr. Harley Turnbull and \fr. John Wilson. To them all we offer our sincere congratuhmons.

Scholarly students who were wont to find peace and tranquility by sitting at the jaundiced desks of the School's famous Library now find themselves facing the music. With the insrnlbcion in Room b of a gigantic Leak(ing?) amplifier, the soul-uplifting strains of " Nymphs and Shepherds " reach the open windows of that book-line d retreat with ten times lltgher fidelity than ever before.

• * Oh dear ! Such overwhelming courtesy is uncommon. \Ve speak of course of Sei'lor Lujs Pico, the Spanish assistant, who astonishes pupils and masters alike with his knee-length bows (and jackets) and his continenta.Uy dramatic gesticulatio ns.

From good manners to good looks : .\1. Cabanis, who has revealing discussions with Mr. Davidson on the correct Frm,b verb endings, is the picture of the welldressed teacher. He complies, at any rate, with the persistent standard in this school.

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An incident of inspired bravery has been brought to our notice. Acting on informati on received by the Howff Clean-Up-Britain Crusade I I.Q. concerning a suspected smoke ring, an intrep id band of twelve cusw<lians of the law, armed with super-chromed Prefect bad~cs, cor<loncd off the suspectc<l area. Under the brilliant tactical leadership of Cot. l ·innic, the position was taken without any losses on either side. le has since been learned that an informal Prefects' Lunch-time Poetry Circle has been inauguaratcd with solo renderings of T. S. Eliot. We are pleased to learn that these young men have now turned to poetry 10 fill that enforced void in their Ii ves. "\X'e :ire the hollow men.

Our heads arc lilied with straw."

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A few of the School's actors cook a night off one Monday to sec "The Broken Jug", and as a result of extreme boldness, are now in possession of Sir D onald Wolfit's signature. Their meth od of approach was well-planned, if unorthodox (Union Terrace in pou ring rain at 10.30 p.m .). Receiving a toothless refusal from the stage-door guardian, they flew round to the front in time to catch the actor and his wife outside the Lugano Cafe. Once he had assured himself that this was not an armed attack, but four innocents with loaded fountain pens, he asked, "And where are;-ou from?"

"Aberdeen Grammar School Dramat ic Society", said they. " Oh ", said he.

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At the end of August a few culture-seekers tripped intellectually, concealing large economy-size tubes of Alka Seltzer, out of Chinese Restaurants and into Greek ones. The occasion? The annual visit to the Edinburgh Festival (described more fully elsewhere). lt was not necessary for Mozart's opera to raise them to the hei~hts; they were there already, sweltering in the ten and sixpcnnies. Oh, culture 1s such fun I

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Please take note that certain broken-legged, bent-double, worn-ou t characters, limping along the comdors are merely members of the .\liddle School healthy Hill-Walking Club. "' "' A singularly psychic pedant of VI, noted for his free German translations, came out with the original observat ion that " Community centre " is an admirable synonym for" tending geese and hens".

A well-meaning member of .\I. Macaulay's class on French Life wrote the following interescing piece of narrative in an amatory essay: "Nous sommc allcs aux places ensemble."

The misguided mlcbanl meant to say: " W'c went places together."

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Abmken Gra1nmar School Afagaz/ne " Excuse me, could you show me the office, please?"

This question is being asked by strangers e\"ery week. Boys who know the answer are to be seen conducting business men, painters, mothers, fathers, and even secretaries cowards the door marked I:.J:-.:Ql.iIRlES. We suggest that a clear and noticeable sign indicating the whereabouts of this hive of information be placed at every doorway of the School. Then visitors would not turn away on seeing the janitor's box thinking that they had come to Cadbury's Garden Factory.

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It has always been the pleasant duty of the School editors to keep their readers well informed of the staff's various modes of transport. \\ e arc particularly gratified that two masters have shunned the flashy vehicle,; of the crowd and have invested tn horseless carriages of reputable vintage. \Ve feel sure that it is shyness on the part of one of them that his vehicle is not seen as much as it might be. The prefecture can assure him of discreet assistance when his vehicle stalls at the main gate; after all not all engines can sustain a sudden gradient of 1 in 6o.

The Science clique is still in operation. Every day these enthusiastic Science masters are to be seen engrossed in animated conversation in any nook or cranny, or idly walking arm-in-arm, tetc-a-t~te along the bye-ways off Rose Street. Arc they plotting the destruction of the world, or are they merely seeking out supplies of carbon disulphide with which to fumigate the innermost recesses of the school?

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111e vision fades and the Comedye comes to an end. Three men, now barely recognisable as editors, emerge from their hide-out. They are armed with reams of foolscap on which are recorded for posterity the c,·cnts of the past term.

To those of you who wished a brilliant and explosive finish we apologise; but in the words of the famous modem poet to whom we have already referred: " This is the way the world ends, This is the way the world ends, This is the way the world ends, Not with a bang but a whimper."

EPILOGUE:

Lower School It seems to me on looking back that this seems to ha,·e been a singularly uneventful term in the life of the Lower School with none hut the usual succession of milestones marking the way-Autumn J loliday, .Mid-Tem1, 11-plus Test and 9-plus Test and Christmas (as one young man informed me today to my dismay), but three weeks and two days away.

Our roll this session stands at 312, and 64 boys from our two Primary VJ [ classes sat the Transfer examination.

My henchmen, the Monito rs, arc carrying out their appo inted tasks as to the duty horn . They arc: i\hchacl I'. Gray, Oa\'id A. Hay and David K. Yule of Primary 7A, Gcor!?e P. M. Crawford, Donald A. Lamont and Richard C. Shirriffs of Primary\ JIB, Alistair G. Gracie and George A . .\l itchcll of Primacy \ JA, and Alan G. Herbert and Alexander .\lcNay of Primary \'IB. The llead ,\1oniror is Richard C. Shirriffs.

A promising Lower Sch1x,l Rugby X\' has done well this term by dcfca11ng a ;\linors reserve side on two occasions- a hopefu l augury for the approaching game with Gordon's College. Soccer continues co be played with as great enthusiasm as ever by Primary III to Primary VI classes, and the Indian summer of the last two months bas given all boys ample opportunity for prnctice.

The Lower School Choir inspired by \lr. Hawksworth and the String Group under the baton of .\1r. \X'ilson ha,·c been ha\'ing wcckh- practices to ,·cry good effect judging by the fine performance they ga,·e at a Lower School Assembly two weeks ago. \\' e look forward to hearing both strings and voices at Christmas time when the Choir is to sing" Rejoice and Be .\lercy '' a Christmas Carol Sequence arranged by Cedric Thorpe Davie. ]. D. M.

T he Chinese Chestnuts I sat down by the roaring .fire and began to thread my dark brown conkers. It was a boring task to sit there, pushing and pulling the strong string through round tunnels. My concentration wandered; my eyes roved round the room and finally settled on a certain small Chinese carving which sat on the mantelpiece . It was composed of a haughty lady seated in the shade of a parasol on a rickshaw which was led by a snub -featured coolie.

As I watched, the ornament seemed to come to life. The lady folded her striped parasol and alighted daintily from the rickshaw . " \X'bat are you doing?" she inquired proudly. " Threading conkers," I stammered, astonished at this apparent miracle. " Conkers?" she asked.

"Well, I suppose you call them chestnuts," I answered.

"You don't mean to tell me that these tiny brown things are chestnuts?"

I was slightly hurt at this remark; my chestnuts might not be the best eyer, but they were a good collection. I voiced my mind. " Hmph I" she snorted, "Where I come from these so-called chestnuts would not earn a second glance," and then somewhat sarcastically," except for their extraordinary smallness. The chestnuts in China are so heavy that they bow down the trees so that they touch the ground and the small boys can climb up and chop through the thick stem with axes. Gracious me I The prickles themselves are so large and sharp that they arc made into harpoons . When the shell opens the nut is threaded with an iron chain which is held in place by rivets, instead of the miserable pieces of string you use." " Could you get me some of those conkers ?" I asked, gazing discontentedly at my own samples. There was no answer. 1 looked up and saw the lady once more immutable and voiceless, back in her rickshaw.

With a sigh I picked up my string and continued my work. Oh, how 1 longed for those wonderful Chinese conkers.

ROBIN COOK (Middle I.S.).

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School Holiday Arrangements 1958-59 Christmas and New Year Vaca tion Eas ter Vaca tion Spring H oliday Sessio n ends

\X'edncsday, 24 December 1958 to Friday, 2 January 1959 inclusive.

Friday, 27 March 1959 to Tuesday 7 April 1959 inclusive.

Monday, 20 April 1959.

Tuesday, 30 June 1959.

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Aberdeen Grat11111ar School Magazine Cairngorm Hill Walks 1958

Three hil l-walks were successfully attempted this year. The first, Ln the form of an expcd1t1on to Lochnagar, was exclusively for the benefit of the second and third year boys. The two highest peaks on Lochnagar, Cac Cam ~far and Cac Cam Beal,? were climbed; despite the low cloud <cveral photo~raphs were taken.

The second hill-walk took place in the Devil's Elbow area. Several peaks to the east of the " Elbow" were climbed, the highest being Glas \laol (3,ioz ft.).

The third and last of the three hill-walks rook place in Glen Clova. Despite the rather unsettled weather, the company climbed two mountams, Dncsh and \layar.

All three excursions were highly succosful. To the master.; conccmcdMessrs. Jlawksworth, Grant, Stephen, Watt and \'\'ill we extend our thanks for their help and organisat10n.

STt, ,\RT J..\ I ITCHLI.L, [Jppu IV. GORI)()'/ l'ITERSO:-., Uppu IV. JAN ~L Ruu, Uppu i I.

Garth 1958

(Botany and Geography O uting) Towards the cod of last tcnn forty senior boys of the Botany and Geography departments spent a week at Garth Youth Ho.,,tcl putting into practice what they had previously been taught. .\l ost of the work was carried out on two mountains , Sch1challion and Ucn l..awers. Both of thc,;c mountains provided ample facilities, in the case of the Botany party for the srudy of llora in thetr natural setting and, in the case of the Geography department, for the study of the terrain. Jn both cases, a considerab le amount of photography was done to supplement the paper work.

The overall result was a very enjoyable combination of work and pleasure. This was added to by the arri\ al of the " lli~hcrs" rL"llults and the "joys" of cooking one's own meals. Our thanks to ,\lr. ilanks and .\lr. \lc:\av for lc..din.; the parer, IAs \1. Rnu, Uppu VJ.

Literary and Debating Society At the Annual General Meeting, last June, the followmg oflic1als were elected ',rt-Pruidtnl, AJex N. Mam; for session 19j8-j9: J>rtndtnl, Leonard D. Scorgie; Sur1lary , Alastair J.C. Smith. \\ c arc glad to announce that the membe rsh ip this }'car has atuincd a record number of approximately two hundred.

The first mcctmg of the Society was held on I z September and took the form of a Hat 1'.ight. The best spcakmg came from \fcssrs. Y<..-ats, Peterson, Doyle, \lain and Hill, the last-mentioned delivering an excellent speech on "This Years' Debater Officials". At t he close of the meeting \ 1r. Tait was elected H onorary President and an appreciation of his ~rviccs given.

The Society next met on 26 September, for a debate on the mouon , " That Professionalism is Detrimental co the True Interests of Sport". Messrs. Smith and Peterson, for the Affirmative, recorded a victory, by 46 votes to 3!, over Messrs.

Stewart and Spiers, after some excellent speaking both from the principal speakers and Jn the Open Debate.

The following week the Society were the guests of Albyn School to debate the mouon, " That the life of the American youth 1s preferable to that of the Brmsh ".

Mr. Vaughan and Miss Edwards Aflirmauvc- narrowly defeated \ .liss Balfour and \fr. Yeats, the re ult being l3 votes to p. Messrs Scorgie and Smith spoke interci;t nglv from the floor.

On 10 October the Annual sc~sion <•f" One ~linutc Pkasc" took place, when two teams of Prefects defeated two tc.1ms of Non-Prefects by 24 points to 8 points, the highest individual scorer being Mr. Yeats (Prefects) .

The next mcetin!?, on 17 October, was in the form of a talk by .\fr , J. F. Walker, M.A., entitled " The Quehtion," which dealt with Torture through the ages.

Mr. \lain proposed the vote of thanks, at the close of what was probably the most enjoyable meeting so far.

Once again our thanks arc due to Mr. Tait for keeping a" father ly" eye on the Society each week.

At.ASTAIR J. C. SMITH, Surtlary.

S,hool Sution Edinburgh Fe stival, 1958 (in less serious mood!)

Once again the Grammar School produced a crop of culture addicts who made the annual sojourn to hlmburgh in order to enjoy the delights of the lntcrnational Festival. There were this year nme of us led by the intrepid .\lr . Turnbull.

Our potted course in culture began with a ,isit to the opera where one of :Mozart's lesser known works was performed. Everyone was in raprures, and even Mr. T. confessed to "quite liking it" . I lowcver, Sarurday was our field day. I n the morning the Aock scattered, but all, I think, forgathered at the Royal Scottish Academy to see the Moltzau Collection of modem painting. \X'e enjoyed the more orthodox works , but were slight!)' taken aback by the super-modems. Lunch time saw us scattered again- some to their steak and kidne)' pudding, others to savour the fare of the Orient, in Chambers Street! The " Elder Statesman" was our next pan of call, and like the Press we gave the play a mixed reception and, on the whole, were a bit disappointed, expecting something much more weighty.

Then came the high light of the whole trip-the Old Vic production of" Twelfth Nii!ht ". It 1s difficult, even impossible, to tell of the delight the comedy gave us.

All of us knew the play almost by heart; and this, as you will agree, adds a hundredfold to the enjoyme nt. But even so, if someone who had never heard of" Twelfth Night" had seen this production he could not have failed to leave the thea tre thrilled and delighted.

Saturday was also our late night sitting, when after the Shakespeare we made our way to the tattoo. Those of a military cast of mind arc still blinded by the precision, and the polish- man dieu I Sunday again saw us on our separate ways, depending on how our religious fervours prompted us. Then in the e,ening we met in the Usher llall t o hear Haydn's "Crea tion", T he camp was sharply divided over this performance, and while some had to be carried of! in a trance others drowned their surfeit of good music in a large plate of spaghetti after it was all over . i\londay was our last day and we were gi,·en the morning free to roam the stately squares of" Auld Reekie". T here was a plan afoo t to visit Sir Compton Mackenzie and convince him that " Grammarians Galore" would be a best seller. \Y/e were prevailed upon after a cup of Espresso not to attempt so hazardous a mission.

The afternoon was taken up by a , isic to the Cameo Cinema where we were vas tly entertained by a very officious usherette with a brace of faded carnations in her buttonhole, and a gentleman who objected very loquaciously about the nature of the programme. Then all too suddenly we had to make our farewells to that very beautiful city and prepare ourseh cs for porridge and working clothes on the morrow.

Jorn, B. Mi:.,z1ES (VJ).

Dramatic Soci ety At a meeting held at the end of last term the following officials were elected: Prtsid,111,Harry J.C. llill; Vice-Prtsidml, Brian\'<'. Finnie; Jurtlary, l an 1\£. Yeats; T reomrtr, Alexande r N. l\lain.

Rehearsals are now proceeding, under the able direction of Messrs. K ing, McGee and Michie, for the presentation in March of The Shoemaker's H oliday by Thomas Dekker . This play wah its wide range of characters, its vivid represe ntation of both upper and lowe r class Elizabethan life and its abundant hu mour is an admirable choice for our purpose.

The Dramatic Society is not failing in the duty of encouraging an interest in the srudy of drama. There is ample evidence of this in the large numbers of members who have attended recent productions in fl.M. Theatre and in the enthusiasm wi th which the newly formed Dramati c Soci ety Discu ssion Group bas been hailed. l\lention must also be made of the departure of \ !r. James Barro n, who bas been n charge of the constructional side of many Dramatic Society productions; we m ust also thank the various members of Staff who take an inte rest in the activities of the society.

I AN M. YEATS , Surt lory.

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Aberdeen Grammar School Magazine Aberdeen Schools Scientific Society

The " Grammar " membership of this Society (open only to Upper School) nwnbers about fifty, and the School colours are always prominent at the largelyattended monthly meetings in the University.

The opening meeting on 3 Occober was addressed by Dr. Jones of the Natural Philosophy Department on the subject of " Crystal Growth "-a fascinating lecture. A very attractive programme for this session bas been drawn up.

Alastair I. Soppitt was elected as fifth year representative on the Schools' committee. We arc again indebted to Mr. Banks for his interest and help.

CLE.MENT A. STEWART, S,bool R,pr,stnlalivt.

Film Society The following officials were elected at the beginning of this session: President, B. W . Finnie; Treasur", J.B. Menzies, .Juretary, D. J. Macfarlane. The committee is again formed by representatives from ~t1d<lle and Upper School classes.

For this, the society's seventh session, a varied programme has been chosen which should add much to the members' enjoyment and appreciation of good film.

The first showing on 7 November is Jacques Tati's ".M. Hulot's Holiday" which proved so popular when presented some three years ago. " Oliver Twist" and " Dam Busters "will also be shown; and two programmes of shorts, one all Indian the other all Disney, complete a list of films which should appeal to all ages.

One of the most valuable aspects of the society is the discussion after each meeting and we hope these will be as lively and well attended as in previous years.

Again we nre greatly indebted to the Staff of the School who suppoll the society &o well and in p:irticular to the Art Staff and Mr Ba.-uer who de,ote so much time and labour to the society.

D. J. \[ACPARLANE, Surelary.

Scripture Union The Scripture Union meets every Tuesday , general ly in Room 6. The membership is in the region of fifty; attendances, however, have been only moderate.

The meetings t.'lke different forms-sc>me weeks we ha\e Bible Study, in junior wd senior groups: other weeks we go to the Projection Room for filmstrips, and each month there is a visiting speaker.

Mr. G. Gray, M.A., of Aberdeen Academy gave us a very interesting talk in September and Re,. J. Birkbeck is the October speaker.

Any who are interested in the study of the Bible will be warmly welcomed; and may I add that the meetings are always finished by 4.4 5 p.m.

Thanks to the guidance of Mr. Miller, we have got off to a good start this session Cu.Mr.NT A. STEWART, Secretary.

Arts Club The Arts Club resumed its mcetin~ on friday evenings with a good membership. \lost interest has been centred 111 the Crnft Room, in Pottery, Printing, Woodcarving and Model-making. A group of senior bm·s are engaged in a project to make a merry -go-round of Art. Thanks arc due co Peter Stewart, who showed a collection of coloured slides taken on a tour of \ "cnicc, Italy and the Ri\'iera . .\fr . .Mark \htchcll of Powis Secondary School, :iidcd by his son Stuart, also gave a vi\,id talk, illustrated with his own coloured slides taken on the family visit to Venice, Pisa, Ravcnna, Paris and the Brussels Exhibition.

At our last meeting, Douglas Robinson shmwd two of his father's films made in Africa, one in colour, and with sound effects, on the opcnin~ of 1'airobi Airport, the other on an a~ccnt of Mt. Kmya, an expedition undertaken as part of the International Gen-physical Year programme.

These talks were i.:i,cn to the combined Arts' Club and Photographic Society.

Jn all, a varied and profitable term's activity.

IVAN WISELY, Stcrelary.

S,hool Sutio11

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School Orche stra The School Orchestra continues to meet on Mondays at four o'clock under the direction of .Mr.\\ ilson. Brian Dargie is the kadcr of the thirty-mcmbcrcd orchestra. \X"e arc stronger m the strings this year but rather weaker in the brass. Works

by Boyce (Symphony in lJ) Purcell and Taylor arc under study, while it is hoped to study Brahms Spring-Symphony later this term. \\, 1th the School Choir we arc going to produce the first part of the Messiah. Our thanks arc due to J\Ir. w· ilson for the work he puts in with the orchestra. \\'.

STLVL'ISON,

Surtlar.J.

Choir This year our membership is slightly reduced, but the Choir has gained in quality whatever it may have lost in quantity. In particular, the trebles arc outsrnndingly good, while the tenor and bass Sections arc ably augmented by members of the :\!asters' Choir.

We are practisin!i several choruses from H andel's" ~Iessiah ", which we hope to petform, along with the School Orchestra, at the end of term. \'<:'e arc ever indebted to J\Ir. \furray, who, by coaxing us or bullying us, as the occasion demands, makes the Choir the richer for ha\'iag him as its conductor.

LEONARD ScoRcrn.

Combined Cadet Force W'tth the beginning of the new session the Contingent numbers reached 127 and we have commenced the new Training Syllabus, the aim of which is that the C.C.F . within a School is t0 develop a boy's character so as co enable him the better to take his place as a leader in the Services or m civil life; co enable the boy the better to play his part in the defence of his country, by helping to develop his powers of leadership, initiam e and self reliance; to build up a nucleus of potential officers available in umc of war; to assist and encourage a boy to become an officer in the regular or peace time Reserve Forces; and to give boys a background knowledge of the fighting scn ices.

Squadron Leader \\''att has taken over command of the Contingent again, with Flight Lieutenant Brown as deputy Commander.

Army and Basic Sections Last year's training session was brought, as usual, to a climax with the Certificate " A " exams and the Annual Inspection. In the former a very high standard was achieved with a 100 per cent pass in the Part I and only one candidate failing in the Part II. These results reflect great credit on the conscientiousness of the Cadet N.C.O.s.

The Annual Inspection was conducted by Group Captain Cresswell, o.s.o., o.u.i.:., 0.1.c., commanding R.A.F. Station Kinloss, who was greatly impressed by the hii?h standard of the Contingent. The training display laid on included a Gliding Demonstration at Rubislaw and a Radio Link-up between the playing field and the School.

Annual Camp was held in the first week of July, at Cultybraggan near Comrie, Perthsh ire. W'c were extremely fortunate with the weather and a large and varied programme of outdoor training was achieved, including a day on the range and a map reading exercise. During chc week 2 , Lt. Galloway, C, Sgt. Finnie, Sgr. Donald, Cpl. Clark and Cadet Camphcll gained a Signals Classification, after a few days course. The cadets enjoyed the camp and arc looking forward to next year's camp.

The start of the new term saw several major changes: yet a~ain the Cert. " A " syllabus has been reviS(·d and although Part I remains more or less the same, Part II has been abolished, to be replaced by the Army Proficiency Certificate giving the cadets more opportunities of section leading. Training for this Section is proceeding very well under the guidance of C./ Sgt . ..\Jacfarlane and Sgt. Stewart.

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The N.C.O. Cadre is also on a new foot ng and gives opp< rtunitics to the Junior N.C.0.s to ~in experience m Drilling a Squad, and \lcthods <,f Instructing.

Signals mstrucnon is undcrC. / Sgt . Finnie and supervised by 2/ Lt. Galloway. C.S. \ 1.

Smith has char).(e of the Basic Section training and this year, for the first time there arc IV Year and II Year Basic 5<1uads. Here to,, the training 1s proceeding satisfactorily and we arc lucky to ha,c C.S.\I. Leslie of the Gnhcrsicy Training Corps and C. Srt. Kynoch of the 4 7 Gordon ll il!hlandcrs to guide.: the cadet N.C.O. Instructors. Part of the Basic Secuun have already been engaged in a Shooting Cour;c at \\ oolmanhill Barracks and the results arc very promising, with 1 \farksman, 9 First CJ.i.,s, 9 Second Class Bad_gcs won.

The Contingent would like to e,press ltS very sincere thanks to the Officers for devoting so much of their time to running the Contingent.

A. J. C. S,11rn, C.J.,\f.

C.C.F. Libr ary been formed undertheehargeof\lr. has Cadets Alibraryforthc use of Books may be borrowed in the 1 lut on I riday at 4 p.m.

R. \kLcod.

Pipes and Drums The piping and drumming classes ha,·e made a promising start under the capable instruction of Mr. J. G. \lunro and \lr. E. \fcRobb.

From last year's band only live have returned to School, but thenumbersattcndmg classes are very encouraging. With conscientious and sustained pr.1cticc I am sure members of the band will be a credit m themselves and co the School during their public appearances in the summer tenn. Depending upon the protic1ency attained by the band, it is hoped that Retreat will be played at the Annual Sports in June.

Last, but nut least, 1 must thank \1r. ~kLcod for his keen interest in the band and for so efficiently managing the business affairs. llLCTOR AIRD, Drwn ,\la;or,

R.A.F . Section The Section now is 2i strong and still under the capable chari,:e of Fig. Off. Paterson. Senior ~.C.O. posts ha\"c been filled b} \\ .0. \\ au, Flt. Sgt. Stevenson, f'lt.,'Sgt. Sangster, Sgt. Hardie, Sgt. l•lder, Sgt. \'(ood.

Camp this year was at R.A.r. Benson and mcluded a visit to the British Grand Prix at Sih·erstonc and a conducted tour of London Airport. All cadets flew m Chipmunks. A visit to the Range was very successful when \'v.O. \\att, Flt. Sgt. San1,,>stcr,Sw. J ldcr, and Cpl. \lichie gained the R.A.F. \larksman's Badge, 8 cadets gained First Class Badi,:c,, l cadets gamed Second Class Bad~o.

Six cadets attended a Naval Aviation Cour;c at R.N.A.S. Lee on Solcnt; all gained the Cert. T Badge.

Sgt. Lyon and Sgt. Elder attended an eight day Air Experience Course with Edinb urgh University Air Squadron. flt. Sgt. Forbe,, Flt. S1-->t. SanJ.--Stcr, Sgt. Flder, S)!t. \\'ood, S •t. Hardie, Cpl. Vaughan, and Cadets Johnston, Scone, Denton and Youn1,; attended a similar Course with Aberdeen Cnl\·crs1ty Air Squadron.

Congratulations go to\\', 0. \\~att, r!t. Sgt. Fumival and Flt. S1·t. Stevenson on gaining their ( 1vilian Pilots "A" l.,ccncc 1>n completm • their solo flying in Chipmunk aircraft. \\.. 0. \\att attended a Stdr Camp Course at R.A.F . Ternh1II. Nine cadets gamed the Ad\'anccd Proficiency Certific.Ltc; S11:c. hider passed with Credit. rive cadets ~cd the Proficiency Certificate; Cpl. Brockie passed w'th Cn:dit.

Gliding was severely curtailed by weather conditions but the Section looks forward to week-end flylng with Aberdeen Univcrsitv Air SquadJ:on.

Hearty congratulations go to \\. 0. Rae and f'lt . S!(t, llomc who arc now Officers in the R.A.F. \X'. 0. Rae is training as a :-:avil(ator, f'lt. Sgt. llome as a Pilot, Two more cic-<:adct arc now scn mg as Officers in the R. >..I ~I. J. T. \\ att, n arrant Ofjiur.

School Section Escape from Thought

Purpl e roofs arc darkening And sounds grow less; \X'ork, windows, wallowing In a mud of parentheses.

Behold the blossoming mountain! \~'hy? Behold in book, Yet never to sight.

0 I Lifeless labou r!

Light goes on and Silence sets off once more The motion of thought.

Silence pour s through everything.

Odd, how children, cars or anything Make so much noise in going on; Only the motion of thought ls silent, and it goes farther Than the fastest car, Says more than the noisiest child And is not heard.

They say that thoughts arc things.

If they arc, they are the only thing s That make no sound , But -- " but" Conjunction to join, To bring back from blossoming mountain Of rich imaginati on To blossoming mountain of book .

How different.

Yet both have something .

On, on, on, in never-ending stream, Material knowledge goes into the mind As imp ortant. \'\'ho can stop it?

No-one. It's there, and on le comes, through mouth, Radio, television, theatre, in It streams. 0 I \v'hy, Why is there no stopping the flow?

Because, were thought to cease, Life wou ld follow.

Stop thinking I Work on.

Don't think!

Ju st work.

Don' t think!

STOP THI KING! Eyes blur. The only escape Is sleep.

Only, then to dream.

H.J. C. Ilru

Aberdeen Grammar School MagazJnt A Prospe ct of Oldham There is, sprawled on the south western slopes of the long Pennine Chain, a large, grim, damp, slovenly county borough of Lancashire, called Oldham. This dark, depressing town is the ancient sear of King Cotton who has reigned supreme since the early days of the Industrial Revolution.

In Oldham there are some hundred and twenty six thousand souls, many of whom spend their Jiycs in the mills spinning Lancashire's endless thread of cotton. There arc some who have worked in the mills since childhood, who have ·watched the industry develop and who have seen it in its heyday when Oldham was a breeding ground for millionaires. These old peop le, mainly women, can still be seen in the streets with shaw ls wrapped round their thin shoulders and their iron clogs clattering on the pavements. Their gnarled hands grasp well worn shopping bags and their bright, beady eyes in wizened faces peer around in search of the bare necessities of life.

But these hardy little people are dying out, and with them go many customs associated with them. Once, slut tripe eaten raw with a squirt of vinegar and washed down with a glass of sarsaparilla, made a healthy afternoon snack at Oldham marke t, but now, tripe, though still sold, is rapidly disappearing in favour of more modern menus .

The sound of hundreds of clogs on the cobbles is heard no more at half-past five on a foggy evening when the dark satanic mills disgorge their slaves. This quaint sound has long since faded out, though some clogs and cobbles still remain.

The many rrulls with their attendant chimneys and the countless rows of back to back houses, provide a grim, unequalled beauty which proudly symbolises the life of the people.

But Oldham is a changing town and, just as the old speaks of the tumult of the Industria l Revo lution, so the new characterises the busy peace of Progress and Pro5perity. Hand in hand they journey together through Time, while a multitude of tall brick chimneys belch forth black smoke into a heavy, leaden sky.

NIGEL MATI'HE\\'S (V) .

The Broken Story * By now the engine was beginning to feel the steepness of the hill. Ever since the departure from Bcrgesfuss the merry clattering of the whee ls on the railway had been slowing up; and now, with that wonderful panommic view of .\ustrian countryside spreadm)? out below us, we were almost half way tn the summit of the pass. A remarkable railway, that, twisting like a metal eel bc:tween the summits of the great mountains; and then right at the top of the pass it runs a th ird vf the way round the Gebergensce before plunging back down to the plain on the far side.

I was looking forward to the journey, and so, it appeared was my companion, the universtty student. l lc was sming opposite me, his eyes sparkling, and the odd scar on his forehead slightly red, the colour it alv,ays went when he was ,:xcited.

I had often wondered abour that scar; one couldn't help noticing ir. \X'e were passing through a pme forest now. It called back vividlv into my mind the first time l had gone through the pass. 1 was only eight ar the rime-young to be travelling alone, but I sat on the edge of the scat, looking \'Cry good, [ * Restriction of space in the School Section required that this story be set in smaller typc.-E<!.]

Srhool S,rtion and stared out of the window. Then l remember the old gentleman who was stttmg next me putting down his newspapers, and in his soft voice, beginning to tell me a story. It w.lS about things which, he said, had acrually happened very close tu the top of the p,ISS. .. There \\ as once ", he said, " a l::lurgcmcistcr who had a summer house on the edge of the Gcbcrgensec. He used to go there with bis wife and child and one man-servant whcnc,·er he had a holiday, for he liked to get awar from the flurry, and the velvet and the silk and the bra_~ buttons of Sociery. Once, when he was up at this holiday house, he saw a hor.;c hcing ridden hard up the track from the town.

The hor~c, as one could sec when it got nearer, was dead tired, and as for the man, he was hardlr able tu stand. \\ di, 1t transptrcd th.lt this \\~ bad news for the Burgcmeistcr, fur hi. face went whm: like an apparttion, and he stayed m the house just long enouiih to pull bis boots and his cloak on, before he was on horseback and smoking down the dusty track to the town. As for the messenger, he gulped down a glass of brandy, rubbed his horse dry, and then he set otf agatn, telling the Burgcmcister's poor wife that her husband would possibly be back in two or three da,s. "\\ell", said the old man, and I remember watching him as he pulled out a htl! wo, ..kn pipe w11h humishcd s1hcr omamenc, on it, " that wa~ that." And the next <la}, whether II was due to the excttemcnt or not, the wife fell 111, and had to go to bed. But she told the servant to take good care of the liu lc child. It comes back to me clearly now. I can sec the old man with his pipe, and as he said these last words a saddened tone crt:pt into his, 01cc. .. Bue the sen;u1t h..d chore· to do, which didn't mter< t the little boy, so when the scnant st.1.rtcd to brush down chc stairs, he saw his chance and slipped out at the side door. The servant was busy, and brush,d fi\"e more skps before looking up, but the last thing the child had said was to do with his mother, so the serrnnt 1hought he had gone to sec her. lle did sc,·cn steps more, and then he decided to make sure that the I.id was not troubling his mistress. The d<x>r of her room was open, so he peeped in. The lady was asleep; tl~ ,bild 11<1• ""' th:rt."

As I sac there in the con .panmcm, with m,· friend the uni\"ct'5irystudent opposite me, the count I) side sliding p,lStoursidc and w1th this scene sliding past in my memory, the picturl· of that othcr railway compartmenc, with myself at the aQc of eight and the old stor)-tcllcr lxcame \"Cry '"i'"id. Little wreaths of smoke were curlm~ up from his pipt:, but he had ceased spcakinp., and the rhythm t•f the beating whcds underneath us was the only sound. 'I hen the old man had continued his talc: "\X"hat could the servant do? He told himself not to panic, but already 1he cold sweat running down his fac,· m:~rly blinded hun. IIe ran down the scairs, and tripped on the brush he had left near the bottom. Ile got up and lx:gan to call through chc house; buc in himself he knew the child was not there, he knew that when the child kfr h im he would ha\"e gone into the garden, pcrhap, further.

He search,·d the J;:mlcn: nothing. Only the birds warhlini.: in the trees, the rustling of the mild wind m the fallen leaves, the glinting of the sun on the dewdrops of the lawn. A beautiful aurumn moming what more could a child want who knows he can walk and run? The scn ant walked round the house once. 1le walked round twice. lie went h.ick m,i<le and looked in the child's bedroom. l le came ., cain and began to run. \\ ho knows' 1 he boy could ha\"C got to the cliffs of the Cdx:rgensee, or he might have drowned in the 1.ikc itself, or strayed on to the r:11lway, or fallen and twisted his ankk, or an) thing. The servant rnn faster. l le h,1d panicked thoroughly, hopckssly. . . . Evcncuall)', tired out, he found himsdf muttering as he wandered on the top of the cliffs ,1h0\c the Gcbcrgcnscc: ' Oh why did I lose sight of him. \\ hat \\·ill his father say? I can't tdl his mother. I wish th:s had nc,·cr happened, I wish l were dead'. \'f1th th-sc word he realised that he was .1ctuall) si.u,d,ng lookin~ o,·er the edge of the cliff. If he took another step? . . . I le wondered, In his gloomy state of mind he felt su,c that the child had been kilkd. Jie stood there w ith his blood thundering in his head. 'Jben he I, ,okcd round to ~c it all once more, and. . . . " 1bc, 1~1on of 1h.1t compamnem was sull clear as I thought o, er what happcn<e<l next. The last words c,f the old gentleman had been rudely, loudly dc.tfcnc<l by the screamin~ of the train's brakes. He had looked up, and then cri<ed, "Achl My station I" had seized his case and rushed out. The last I had seen of him was a running figure on a station platfonn.

Aberdeen Gra,11,11ar Sfhool Magazine So these were the thoughts that were going through my mind a, I sat there, looking across at my friend the un1,·ers1rystudent. J le too, seemed sunk in thought, his bright, deep-set eyes fixed on the walls of the cu111ng through which we were passin~. Uncxpcctl·dly he turned tu me, anc.l said, " \\ c shall come to the Ge bergcnsce soon ".

The wore.ls '\\'ere hardly out of hi, mouth when the walls of the cuttini,: dropped away behtnd us anc.l the full bri2dth c.f chat gorgeous, gltttering stretch of water lay shimmering before us, with its reedy banks k-ad1ng up to the swa)t~ nodding ptnes that fringed it, and, gleaming at the for side, its white, high cl11!s. For a moment l was so c1>1npletclyimpressed with the sudden hcauty of this spot, that I forgot that my companion had gi\'cn away that he had been on that railw'll) before.

But be clarified the position himself. He \I.lb leanin!i back now, a happf smile on his long brown face and that scar blushing, more oh, 1ous than ever.

"I used 10 liYc here when I was a little boy", he said. " Jn facr, it was here that I gor rhis scar. .My father was once the llurgcmeister of the town just below tn the valley", said m)· friend. " He had a holiday house \'cry near here." I looked up quickly, experiencing those odd feelings one gets when one 1s extremely excited.

"Once he was called a\l.'ll)'suddenly when we \lo ere up here, and nw mother was ill.

I was left in the care of a man-scn ant, or so they cell me, fur I V1ras too young to remember, from whom I slipped awav and toddled off to cnjov the fre,h air. I must have gone some distance when they found me, for I was ch.istng myself round a rock near the top c,f these cliffs. It u·as the old man-<cn-ant who found me.

He was, or s,<~ he <ays, takm a la.<t lo k round bef: re he plunged m er the cliff, when ....

"When he saw you running round che rock'' I interrupted. " 1 lc rnn towards you, and )'OU came to him, but you tripped, fell headlon!l' and cut your head on a stone. Am I right?" The student looked at me. "How d,d you know?" he asked.

"1 knew the whole st0ry till the time when the scn·ant stood at the top of the cliff. I gut$ cd the re t."

"You knew the whole story ... did you say?"

And as I explained the train turned awar and began the long run down from the Gcbergcn cc.

A. \Vru Ill ('C'pptr IV)

Scouts 1st Troop The Group ha.< seen many chan,·cs since the last rcpon in June.

M. Berrau has left us and has gone back home to Hereford. The Group wish him all success in has future career, and extend many thanks for all good work done by him.

Ian\\ olkoff who is meantime running the Cubs has passed his medical for the Forces, so wall be lc,l\ ing us soon. Again we extend many thanks for all he has done. The Group hopes that he will take as keen and active pare in Scouting when he returns from the Forces.

R. Falconer 1s takmg O\'cr the Cubs from Ian and the Group wish h:m e"ery success.

The Scouts and Cubs arc in a he:ilthl' stare. Scouts arc 47 stron~ and Cubs 40. \X'c hnc had quite a number of awarJs. I 1,·c Scout cords ha,·c been ·nincd br G. Glcntworth, ls:. Gorrord, D. Paul,(,. '\;icol and D. \l1llar.

R. Smith and C. Sutherland arc now Queen Scouts , which bnngs the total Queen Scouts to three. \\ e would !,kc to offer those OO}S our he:artic,t conqratulaci<m .

The Scouts held their Summer Camp at (,lcnt,10ar from 28 June onwards.

It was perfect weather and the best fortnight of the summer.

Several of the boys spend local hol,days at Clinteny. The Parents Committee arc senously thanking of addang cxtcn,1ons to the existing hut in the near future.

A. \'\. 8u111., G.S ..\l.

Sd,oo/ Sulio11

9th Troop The most important event for the !'.inth this last year has been our Caf~ at which ove r £ 6oo was raisc<l. The boys arc very grateful for all the hard work done on their behalf an<l woul<l like e\'erybo<ly who hclpc<l to accept their thanks.

A very successful camp was hcl<l at Foyers, lnvemcss-sh1re during the first fortnight of July. The weather was wonderful, only one morning of rain the last.

At the end of the first week we lost Dave Gibson who had to return 10 Aberdeen to timsh his Ph.D. thesis. \X'e must congratulate Dave on bccomm" Doc. Gibson .

David h.is been connL-ctc<lwith the :-.inth for on and off SC\Ln years and mall that time he has gh en of his best for the Troop, often at great cost m all ways co himself Thanks a lot David.

After camp the following promoti ons were made: I. Stephen to A.S.\l.; J. \\ cbster to P.L.; 1. Glendinmn)l to sccon<l Eagles. \\ e arc \cry gla<l to ha\'e Doug. Harper an<l Sandy Chalmers hack as A.S.\l's.

Once a!,tam we have a Queen's Scout m the Troop -Alan Wilson-well done Alan. M. Bibby an<l J\1. Cooper have gamed their Scout Cord.

At the moment the Troop strenisth is 40 so we have room for two or three new recruits. Anybody interested in joining us will be made welcome on Fri<lays 7.1 5 at Gran\'illc Lane.

Th e Cu bs arc still un<ler that tower of stn:ngth O..car and his \·cry able assistant \1iss D1ack. The Pack stan<ls at 23 just now and could cake a few more new members \\ ednesday's, 6.30.

CoLL', c. D . .\IAC1'.I !'-.Zll·., A ..L\1.

Late Kote:This year was the s ot b Annive rsary of the T roop . Owing to the Cafc, nothing was done to mark this anni,ersary. Howe,cr it is hoped that a dinn er will be arranged early in 1959, and any former members of the Troop interested in attending such a dinner arc invited to send their names to C. C. B. \lackenzic, l 3 Ilonnymuir Place, Aber<leen.

17th Troop Summer Cam~what glorious memories we have of this year's camp at Kingussie.

Ten days glorious sunshine with rain onlr on the day we left, hikes into the hills, bathing m the nver Tromie and the record attendance of 41 out of the 47 members of the troop.

September week-end camp which was hcl<l ,u Kings wells will also be remembered for its line weather. This camp like the Easter Camp was attended by zo boys.

The following promotion s have been ma<le. P L Richard K1tSon to A.S.M. P.L. Alan Burke to T.L. Sccon<l David l\larshall to P.L. Owls. S.:con<l John Fraser co P.L. \\ oo<lpigcons. Scout Neil \lcKenzie co Second Curlews. Scout Donald Ross to Second Peewits and Scout Cohn \X'hyte to Second \X.'oodp1geons.

It is with rcj?ret that we lose Edward Strachan who is now attending the dcncal collcf?e in Dundee, but we hope to sec him on his numerous v1s1ts home and we wish him the very best of luck in his studies.

It doesn't seem like three years since we started preparing for ouc last cafc but here we arc again at the beginning of another year of preparation. Alrc-adv the ;\lusic Hall has been booked for t-;ovcmbcr 1959 and the parents' commmcc have begun their strenuous task of organising. \\ c hope that many ex-members of the troop will offer their services. ]011-.i K. BLAIR, S.M.

Aberdeen Grammar School Magazine

Changes in the School Staff J\Iutability, we sometimes think, is the one quality in things that is permanent.

This session we have bidden goodbye to .\lr . James Barron, anJ shall, lx:forc its enJ, do the same to .\fr. Eric .\lorrison; while we wdcome .\lr. \\'eir who brings not only a new face to the School but a new subject to the Curriculum. Both .\lr. Barron and :\fr. Morrisun leave the School to take up posts m Advanced Education, ,'\lr. Barron going to Aberdeen Trainin11:Centre as Lecturer in technical subjects, .\lr . .\lorrison to Aberdeen University as Lecturer in the Department of .\lathcma tics. '-' e congratulate them on their advancement. Both ha\C done much for their subjects and for the Sch()ol; and it is perhaps a wry consolation to recognis e that the very qualities that made them line teachers and colleagues made their departure the more ine\•itable. \\ e wish them well in their new posts and have the comfort of knowing that they still remain in Aberdeen, and will be able to keep in touch with the School and its ongoin1,>s.

DEPARTUR ES . ..

Mr. James Barron came to the Grammar School as assistant to Mr. James Davie in February 1947. \'\'hen , two years later, Mr. Davie had to give up work i\Jr. Barron assumed the responsibility of the department, and was appointed to the post of Principal Technical Master after Mr. Davie's death in 1951. Over the years he spen t in the Schoo l we came to know .\lr. Barron as a fair, gentle and courteous man. lie was considerate and helpfu l towards his assistant ma.~ters, rcla.x<.-d and cheerful in the Sta!f-room, generous in his appraisal of pupils ; he looked for the good in peop le and found it. lt was natural to him that he should help m Schoo l acth,itics outwith the curriculum. So in 1947 he became attached to the Cadet Force as a Second Lieutenant under the command of :\lajor Annand. I t was he who staned t he R.A.F. Section of the Corps, from which he retired only two years ago in the rank of flight Lieutenant. llimsclf a fine swimmer he helped in coachi ng bo)'S in tha t accomplishment. All these services we re given quietly and unob trusi vcl y.

The qualities that he displayed in School wilJ serve him well in the Training College; and if teachers in tr.1ining take an example from his manners as well as from his technical expenisc, the schools to which they eventually go will gain thereby.

Mr. E ric M orri son will take up his duties in Aberdeen Uoi,ersityat the beginning of the year. The duties and the place will not be unfamiliar to him, for he is a graduate of the l.im\-ersay and after completing his dc11:rce studies there, acted for a year as Assistant Lecturer in the Natural Philosor,hy Department. In apr,oin ting him to the post the Un ivcn,ity acknowledges his hig h mathematical abilities, and shows at the same time a sensible and timely realisation that the ability to teach-to expound, to explain and to hold the intercst-<loes well in a lecturer to accompany such abilities. For ,:\[r. .\lorrison has been a tirst-rate teacher, patient and understanding with pupils, dedicated ro and always enthusiastic for his subject. At a t ime when the scarcity of ,\ lathematics teachers of even mediocre ability is one of the tragedies in Education, the Grammar School has been fortunate in its Mathematics staff; and ::',[r. ::',forrison was one of its adornments. Hue, of cour.;c, he was more than that. Ilis interests 'll'Crc not confo1cd to the classroom; he was involved in many School activities. J le wok a full share of Rugby refercc111/!, but perhaps his special interest was the Cricket 1st XI, whose games he umrired for several years. As a member of the Sports Committee since 19i3, as House l\lasccr of Bvron for the past se\·cn years, and as one who tra\·ellcd regularly with teams, he will be a great loss to the Sports Dcpartmmt. The Literary and Debating Society also know him as one of the m::isccrs who were interested in what they were doing, and beard him only some weeks past as one of the panel in "A ,\latter of Opinion". \'Cc may now perhaps think of him as a permanent bridgehead between School and University; but u·e still remember him as he was with us.

Sd100I Stttion

29 and ARRIVALS .

Ru ss ian com es to the Grammar curri culum This session the Lclucation Commtttcc of the Town has addcd Russian as a subject to the curriculum of the three Senior Sccondar>•Schools under its con trol Mr. John M . Weir, M.A., whose work it is to organise and teach the subject in the Academy, the High School and the Grammar, is an Honours graduate in French English of Aberdeen university. After graduation Mr. \X cir spent a year in France as "Luteur" in the English Department of the Uni,crsity of Rcnnes, two years in ational Service with the Royal Navy, and a year in industry with one of the largest soap manufacturing combines in the country. But, preferring the advance ment of sound learning to the glorification of detergents, he returned to Aberde en Training Centre in 19n, and on the completion of his cour,,;e was appointed to teach Russian in the City Schools. :\fr. Weir's period of National Service was devoted mainly to the learning of Russian, in which language he qualified as ~n Interpreter; and ir was a happy coincidence that the Education Committee should wish to introduce the subject into the curriculum at the time when i\fr . Weir's services were available. \\·e shall watch this new venture with great in terest, and we wish Mr. Weir success and happiness.

The Photographic

Society

The Society has made a successful start to the new session. \Ve are specially pleased to see some of the younger boys taking an interest in the Society's wo rk.

As before, the Society meets in rhe School art room on a rriday evening at 6.30 p.m.

This >·car we have done indoor portraiture with flood lamps, de,•cloping and printing 111 the darkroom, and we have also been shown a number of colour transparencies. Some of the boys have been making books so as to better display their photographs, thus combining with photography the art of book-binding.

This year again the Society intends making several expeditions to places of photographic interest; and in spite of the shortening days two ex/x:ditions have already been made, one to the River Don and che other, with the hil -walking club, to Glen (]ova. ln both cases excellent work was done in monochrome and colour.

DurinJ! the win ter outdoor photography will be part ly replaced by indoor photography, althoui:th we do hope to get a little snow which will provide us with an opportunity for taking g00Cl photographs.

J should like to take th is opportunity of thanking Mr. Wi ll who gives up so much of his time in the Society s interests.

IAN w·. LocAN, Pruidmt.

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"It is much too easily assumed in some quarters that if you look after physical health and prO\·ide the factual informa tion necessary for life in a technical society, Goodness and Beauty will somehow look afte r themselves.

"It does not work out that far, for, in a sense, every fresh generation is a new invasion of the barbarians which has to be taught what is good and what is beautiful. This is not the kind of knowledge that comes to human beings by instinct."

Principal Sir Thomas Taylor at Autumn G raduation at Aberdeen Unive rsity.

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Aberdeen Grammar School Magazine

House Notes Byron The following officials have been elected for this session: Harm Captarn, Gordon G. Massie; vm-Captarn, Peter A. \valkcr; Rugby Captarn, Gordon G. ~lassie; Vue-Captam, Edward J. Slater; llode.1.1 Captam, Peter A. \\ialker; VfreCaptain, Alexander W. Hampt on; 5JJinrmingCaptain,Gordon R. Spate; Vite-Captarn, John :'llurray; Junior R,'?.byCaptam, R. Craig; i'ire-Captain, G. Murray.

In the inter-House rugby matches to be played soon, our prospcctS arc not so good as they have been in the past, since the team will inclu<lcseveral inexperienced players. However, the team should not be underestimated. The !louse hockey Xl 1s, as usual, strong m defence but the forwards are an untried combination. \v1th the majority of last year's sound team available we shou ld do more than hold ou r own. The House's prospects in the Annual Swimming Gala are promising and we shall certainly try co finish up with as good a record as last year. \\.e are sorry indeed to lose the services of .\lr. Mornson who has over the past years shown an unfailing interest in all the house activities. At the same time we welcome .Mr. Baxter as our new Jlouse Master and wish him every success.

GORDO~ G. MAssu:, Horm Captain.

Dun This year's officials, elected earlier this term, are: Hor/JtCaptain, Brian\\:'. Finnie; Vi<e-Captam, T. Nicholas Ducat; R,,gby Captam, Nicholas Ducat; i ·,r,-Coptam, Michael W'ood; llochy Captain, Joseph Leiper; i ·,ce-Captam, James L yon; S~immrng Captain, John L. Sinclair; Vict-Captam, Alastair Robertson. w·e hope this year to repeat last year's success m the rugb)· tournament and Captain Ducat has a good selection of cc.mpetent players from which w pick his team. 1 lowcvcr , our prospects in the hockey field arc not so hright and enthusiasm will have to make up for experience in the Hockey XL Looking ahead to the Swimming Gala we hope to retain lase year's change of fortune, which was largely due to younger members who are still with us to reinforce the seni, r swimmers, of whom there 1s an unfortunate shortage. ,\lay John Sinclair be able co direct the best of these to securmg a good place in February.

BRIAN I'INNIE.

Keith These elections were made at beginning of term: Captam, \\ 11liam Stevenson; V1r1-Capta111, W. Alan Wilson; RJ,gllj, Captain, W. Alan \X 1lson; Viet-Captain, Georµe P. Graham; Ho,hy Captam, Gavin B.\\ ,Ison; i ·,,t-Captam, Stanley \I. Leslie; S»imming Captain, William Stevenson; i ·ictCapta111,Cohn T. Prcshaw.

Our rugby hopes arc very high this year since we can field a team composed entirely from first and seconds . \\e have nine 1st XV players. Hockey pwspects arc also bright with plenty of attack and a fairly reliable defence. Swimrnin~ which in the past two years has onl)' been distinguished by its consistency of performance is much healthier this year, and it is hopc<l that hy the time of the Gala Relays we may have taught a few boys in the Senior School how to swim.

Our thanks arc due to ~(r. Wilson and .\[r. Stephen in their respective duties as House and V1cc-IJousc masters. \\. STL\'L'sSOs<, Captain.

Melvin At the house meetings held earlier this term the following officials were elected· Hmm Captarn, Alastair\\. Duncan; Vict-Coptam, Duncan I. \lacfarlanc; Rugl1r Captain, Alistair \\. Duncan; T'ict-Coptai11, lain Slcssor; llnchr Capta111, David Parkinson; Viet-Captain, f·.rncst Lorimer; Su.imn1111gCap/0111, .\lcldrum Edwards; Vict-Captain, Alastair W. Duncan.

As yet there have been no inter-House matches. The rugby team has been better in former years but I expect there will be some surprises.

The hocke)' team this year has a reasonable chance of winning the championship.

Once again the swimming is fair, and alchou~h the Upper School is slightly weaker lam sure the Lower and :\11<ldlc Schools will make good this deficiency.

ALASTAIR \\'. D uNCAN, l loust Captain.

School Section

School Sporting Activities Rugby rst. XV games p layed 27 September. , •. Dun<lce I hgh School, at Rubislaw.

Team: i\l. Kini, ii.I. Wood, K Ducat, A \\'1lson, C. Prcshaw, H. Aird, E. Slater, C. Flynn, A. Burke, B. Denholm, A. Duncan, R. Forbes, G. Graham, \'II. Stevenson, I. Stewart.

School failc<l to combine well m this game. In panicular the pack , although beaner than that of Dun<lcc, failed to push well and the backs seldom received the ball from a set scrum.

1::.arly in the first half G. \\ ilson broke through to score a fine try which be com'crted. A cry by N. Ducat, converted by 11. Aird, followed.

Dundee were always a menace to the School defence and in the second half, due to poor covcrmg, Dundee scored a fine goal. Howe, ·er School held out for the remaining minutes.

Result: School, 10 points; Dundee High School, 5 points.

4 October . v. Glasgow Academy, at New Annicsland.

Team: M. Kmi, M. Wood, N. Ducat, A. \\tlson, C. Preshaw, H . Aird, E. Slater, B. Denholm, C. Hynn, .\I. Henderson, A. Duncan, R. Forbes, G. Graham, W. Stevenson, I. Stewart.

Flynn took over as hooker and Henderson moved in to prop.

Overnight rain produced an extremely heavy pitch, and heavy rain during the game made handling difficult. The School pack, although against lighter opposition, failed to take the initiative and seldom won the ball in either set or loose. Ar, early penalty gave Glasgow the lead, which was increased by a try from the Academy righ t winge r who took advan tage of faulty positioning by Schoo l backs.

Late in the first half School failed to make up the leeway by missing an easy penalty near the posts .

In the second half the forwacds made some fine attacks, but these were brought to nothing by getting offside when in the Academv" 25 ". l n the closing minutes a fine try by an Academy centre after good work by his inside partner clinched the game.

Result: Glasgow Academy, 9 points; School, nil.

11 October.

11. Gordonstoun, at Gordonstoun.

Team: M. King, ;\L Wood, N. Ducat, A. Wilson, C. Preshaw, I I. Aird, E. Slater, C. Flynn, A. Burke, M. I lendcrson, R. Forbes, \L Brown, G. Graham, \X'. Stevenson, I. Stewart.

Brown replaced Dunc.'Ul in the second row.

School elected to play uphill with the wind. Straight from the kick off Schoo l weot into the attack, and continued pressure brought a try by \X ilson near the post.

This was foUowcd by a t ry by Ducat also near the pos ts. Both kicks were missed.

The School pack was giving a stout display in the loose and in particular ;\1. Brown's line out work gave the backs an excellent service.

School continued to play a good, handling game in the second half and some strong running by the backs resulrcd in tries, both unconverted, by .\[. \'food and A. \Xil~on. L·uer Burke was quick to couch down for an opporrunist try when the ball rebounded from the Gordonstoun full back.

Towards the end of the g.imc School seemed to ease off and the handling showc<l great deterioration. A late rally by Gordonstnun brought them a goal .

Result: Gordonstoun 5 points; School, 15 points.

18 October. 11. Dollar Academy, at Dollar.

Team: M. King, :\I.\'\ ood, N. Ducat, A. Wilson, C. Prcshaw , II. Aird, E. Slater, C. Flynn, A. l3urke, R. Scace, R. Forbes, i\l. Brown, G. Graham, \VI. Stevenson, J. Stewart.

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Henderson was injured and Scace took over in the front row.

School were on the defensive from the kick off, but soon settled to a steady game. The scrum won a fair share of the ball, both in loose and tight, and the rather greasy ball was handled well by the backs. rollowmg some good work by the School backs Preshaw ran on to score. Wilson unfonunatcly had the kick disallowed. Good defensive play and strong cackling by both sides p revented further score in the Ii rsc half.

The School forwards seemed to tire in the early part of the second half, but good back row covering kept t he opposition out. The score however was evened by an easy penalty co Dollar.

Play swung from end to end, and while in the Grammar" 25" D ollar added to their score with another well taken penalty. Immediately School rallied and from the kick off a strong attack developed which ended in Wood going over for a try at che comer. This was not converted.

1bcre was no further score.

Result: Dollar Academy, 6 points; School, 6 points.

GEORGB P. GRAHAM, Captain.

Hockey Notes School's 1st XI opened the season with six wins in a row, two of these against senior opposition. The Team is splendidly led by Peter Walker and it has kni tted quickl>· into a well-balanced side. The defence is verv sound and much of the Team's solidit) is due to a well-drilled half back line, and to the excellent wing play of Leslie and Draper. w ·e arc delighted 10 record the selection of Hay and Draper in the Senior North District Trial. l think Drap er will be the .first fo u nh yea r boy ever selected for this match.

Rtg11/ar Tea111: \'\'ilson, \X'alker, Lorime r, Ross, Parkinson, H ampton, Draper, Ilay, Robertson, Leiper and Leslie.

The 2nd XI arc a wo rkmanlike side with a real stalwart Captain in Jimmy Lyon.

They have an excellent defence but the forwards are rather weak at goal. Annand is a ,cry promising newcomer to the side.

Regular Ttam: Smith, Lron, fettcs, Annand, Ewen, Stewart, W'ood, May, C'lmpbell, Sim, Robertson.

'J here is, this year, for the first time, a full 3rd XI fixture list. The emergence of this Team rcllecc.s great credit on-the North District Fixtures Committee, who do everything lhcv can to encourage school hocker. lt has made possible the " blooding " of many young players who would, otherwise, be quite inexperienced when their tum came for promotion to the hurly-burly of League hockey. :\lany of the players in this XI have a grL'at deal to learn and muse practise reverse Sllek work and stoppmg whenever they get the chance.

Regular Team: Christie, Phillips, Sinclair, Scott, Lamb, Thomson, '\.lcAra, Robenson, Logan, Spate and J\lackland. lo cla~s IV there is admirable keenness which augurs well for the future but there is a serious shortage of really good forwards. We are very indebted to Dr. Innes who is giving of his time and energy to improve the play of the fourth year and 3rd XI. AL this early stage it can be said that plenty of keenness and enthusiasm are being displayed. horn just over sixty third rear boys taking hockey, a first eleven has been chosen, which has won both games played at the time of writing - versus Cordonstoun at J\!annolield, 5-1 and Ruthrieston at llarlaw, 5-1.

Our thanks arc due lo \[essrs. Grant and Kinir, and lo 1iisscs Muir and Robb of Dunfermline College for the help which they so ably give and to Mr. Tyson and his stalT for the care of the pitches and the supply of balls.

Aga(n, ~ re arc indebted to many members of staff for giving of their time and energy 10 the furtherance of hockey in the School. Messrs. Grant, l lenderson, I luntcr, J\lacaulay, \\. illiams and Turnbull have all lost considerable ~-eight already this season with their exertions on our behalf and to student Mr. Wallis, who has helped us with our 3rd XI, our thanks arc given. Then, of course, our faithful prcparer of hockey halls, \lr. Park, has ungrudgingly performed his thankless task for more years than he himself cares to remember.

R . .MCNAY.

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Aberdeen Grammar School 1.fagazme

Matchu 20 Septembe r: ,,. Harris Academy at Dundee: Score 9-0; Scorers, Hay 6, Leiper 2, Leslie 1.

This van,c was as one sided as the score suggests and was no contest for a strong School side. Hay's double hm-uick with four goals from short comus was the outstanding feature.

27 Sc ptcmbcr: ,•. University at Links: Score -4; Scorers, J lay 3, Leiper, Kitson.

T his was a trsmcndous tussle and a ,·ars,t) side, wh:ch was only slight!} under strcnrth, had to admit dd'cat . School took an earl) two goal lead and were 2-1 in the lead at half nrnc. Afte r the interval stern Varsity pressure evened the score and soon the) went mto the lead at 4-3. Huv,enr, a stirring timsh by School saw L:iper equalise and then Ila) score to giH School a hard earned but wdl desencd , 1ctory. Hay and \\ alker were outst...u1d10g111 a good all round School team.

1 t October. i·. l\11 ,rgan Academy at Dundee. Scor~ 8-o, Scorers, Hay 4, Leiper 2, \\ alkcr 1, Leslie 1.

Aga10 a Dundee si<k proved to be no match for School. The ddencc were not tested and Ha), Leiper and Leslie were best 10 the forward line.

18 October. t . Aberdeen at L inks: Score 2-1; Scorer, J lay 2.

This was a splend id victory over a Senior side that participates in the "A" L eague. ln an even first half School scored first but Aberdeen equalised before half time. School had much the better of the exchanges in the second half but it -.as late on lx:fore a fine goal from I fay clinched another well dcscn-ed victory.

25 Occolx:r. 1•. Acad<m) EP 's. "A" at Links: Score 7-1; Scorers, Robertson 4, L cipt:r 1, Leslie t , llay 1.

The School were flattered b) the extent of their , ,ctory mTr a ,ruffy Academy F.P.'s side. In the first half there was a lack of punch in the forward line and a 2-0 kad at half ume -.·as more than Sch, ,ol dcse n ed. Larlv 10 the second half the Academy scored their only goal and School went throu~h a ,et) aru'1ous ume lx:fore they scored a lucky third goal. From then on School were well on top and S<•mc opportunist goals hclpt:d co atone for the general pnformance of the team.

This was a disappoinung display cspcc1all) on the left side of the Team.

1 !Sovcmlxr. t '. Gordon's Collt-ge: Scorer 2-1; Score, Rolx:rtson 2.

Sch<><1l were surpnscd by a fit, hard hming and enthusiastic College side. !Scar half time a lucky goal from Robertson wa~ sufficient to gnc School a t-o inten·al kad. l.ad) in the second half School took c, ntrul of the game with strong half back pla) and Robertson scored a ,·cry tine second goal. The latter should ha,-e had a third before College scored a splendid opportunist goal. This spurred College to greater efforts and it was a relieved School side that heard the final whistle. This was a splendid match and a credit to both sides. ln the School side\\ alker and Hay were the oumanding players with Robertson showing promise that he will succct:d in filling Stua1t Robertson's lx,ots.

S !Sm ember. 1·. 11.\f.S. Fulmar at L inks: Score 2-2.

This was School's easily hardest game of the season. The avy boys were fit and fast and almost played Schoo l mto rhe ground. In an excellent first half School dcsen sd their 2-1 in ten al lead from rwo opportunist goals scored by Leslie. Jn this half School out played " Fulmar" with superb hockey. fn the second half the supcr10r weight and fitness of the Navy tt:am told its talc and it was only a heroic defence thar saved the day.

Badm inton At a meeting held at the beginninr 0f term R. Kirson was elected Captain.

As Kits,,n has since left, P. \\ alker ha< assumed rcsponsihil ity. A surprisingly large rtsponse which was unantt<'tpated at lx:g10ning of term has made 1t necessary to divide the club into two pl.1ying sections .

Challenge marches will be arranged with othu schools, but our team w ill not be so strong as 10 prt:\lous years.

P. \X',H .KFR, Captain.

Swimming These clecuons were made at bevinning of tcm1: Captam, \\. SteHns, ,n , 1 iu-Captam, G. Spate, The membcr.;hip remains about the same while the mcrcast:d number ofbovs tak in,-? advantage c,f the ~wimm1ng classes is \·ery promising. A number o f boys arc 1ak10g the more advanced LfeSaving Awards but it would Ix: good to sec more boys cnterini? for the more elementary Awards. Our thanks arc due to \lr. Allardyce for his excellent LifeSaving tuition and to ;\I r. Stevenson for his running of the club. \'1;'1LLIAM STEVu,;so:-:, Captain.

Former Pupils' Club Section (Club Founded

Septemb er I 893)

II

Club Office-Bearers,

1958-59

Honorary President I Sir JAM BS J. R OBBRTSON , O.D.I!.,

M,A,, B.D.,

LL,D.,

P.R.S.B.,

P.B. l.S.

(Recto r since 1 9 42)

Honorary V ice-Presidents : HBNR1'

JACKSOS

DOUGLAS

8UTCHART

PATFRSOS

(189<r99),

COCJIRAN

0.S.O., O.B.B.,

T.D., B.L. , LL.D.,

Sir PATRICK AsHLBT CooPBR

(1896-1901),

C 11ARLBS DAVIDSON

•1.A.

(1882-86),

B.A., LL.B.

JAMES CATTO OUPPUS (1897-1904),

O.B.1!. , M.C.,

M,A,, LL,B,

Colonel

(1892-97),

o.s.o. , M,B.,

ARCHER

Sir W ' rLSON

lavINB-FORTESCUI!

JAMESON

ALEXANDER l\kKENZII!

D.L.

(1906-15).

(1892-1902),

G.B.B.,

K.C.B.,

M.D.,

cn.e.

LL.0.,

sc.o.,

P.R.C.P .

JonNSTON (1898-1903).

]AMl!S GRAY KYD (1891-98) , C.B.E, , P,P.A,,

P.R.S.l!.

J OHN ADAM L! LLIB ( 1893 -1 903) , M . A., LL. B., Q.C, ER I C

ll. R. LINKLATER

Sir ARTHUR

LoTIIIAN

( 19 1 3-1 6), C.B.B.,

M.A.,

LL.D.,

T,D.

and 1 898-1904) , K.C,I.B. , C.S.I.,

( 1 892-9 4

The Righ t Hon. Lord t.iBsTON

LL. U .

( 1901-02).

GeoRGI! GoRDON ;:-.;1coL (1894-1903) .

Sir W1LL1AM WILLIAM

ALBXANDl!R WILLIAM

PETERS (1900-06),

DOUGLAS

Sn.IPSON

c.~1.G.,

(1901-13),

it.A. 0.0.1!.,

GLORGE NrcoL SMITH (1880-88),

CLARK SOUTER

Sir \'v'ILLIAM

(1893-98),

P.S.A.(SCOT.),

Sir ]OIIN MACKAY THOYSO:-:,

C.B.,

Sir LANDSBOROUGII

(1899-1908),

c.r.ll.,

M . A., P.R.S.£.

M.A.,

LL.D.

(Rector,

C.D., O.B.E.,

1920 - 2.1.)

M.A.,

0.SC.,

P.R.S.I!,

President 1 JOHN LENNOX RTDDl!LL

Vice-President

(1907-16)

of Club and Chairman of Exe cutive 1

]AMF,$ SCOTT GRAY ~fuNRO

Secretary

and

jOIIN Scorr MACLACHLAN

(1922 - 28), B.L., J.P • .,.--

Treasurer : (1922 - 32), M,A., LL.B.,

u o Union Street , Aberdeen.

Genera l C.utPBl!LL

P,S.A.

D.S.O.

M . D. , o.o.

ROBLRT TF..N,OANT (1904-10),

THOMSOS

M.A., D.LITT.,

Edit or of Magaz ine 1

CoNNON (1926-38),

M.A., LL,B.,

58 Dee Street, Aber deen.

35

Aberdeen Gram111ar School Magazine Secretaries of Centres :

L

Bengal and Assam-DR. WrLLIAM GFORGB l\u.cMILLAN (1916-22), 1 Raja Santosh Road, Aliporc, Calcutta.

Central Afri ca-GEORGE MITCHELL GROAT (1927-40), P .O . Box, 394, Salisbury, S. Rhodesia. .,,.,.

I

Edinburgh - ALLAN CAMCRON FRAZFR (1925-30), M.A., w.s. , 10 Atholl Crescen t, Edinbu rgh 3. •

,

Glasgow - J OHN GoRDON i\f1c11111 BIRSS (1926-38), M,C., M.A., A.C.W.A., 99 Essex Drive, Scotstoun, Glasgow, W,4, .,_

•

London- N'INIAN MACKI!! (1927-37), M.A., 9 Old Burlington Street, London , W .1. / Malaya -FORBES KEITH ScLLAR (1933-45), B.L., 7 Klyne Street, Singapore . -Yorkshir e-ARTHUR J AMCS ADAMS (1919-30), 485 Bradford Road, Thombury , Bradford. .-Sec re1aries of Secti ons : Boarding

House- GORDON INNES GRAHAM (1936-47), 5 Westfi eld Terrace , Aberdeen. v

Cricket -Al.ExANDER MuNRO DAVIDSON (1937-45), n.L., 18 Golden Squar e, Aberdeen.

Golf-GEORGE A.x.mcA.'-IDERCRAIGWALKER ( 1917-23), 164 Market Street, Aberde en.

H ockey-W1LLLU1 GA'l"I' (1945-48), 82 Powis Place, Aberdeen.

Rugby -DoUGI.AS HARRY CuAnlAN (1936-48), 10 Crimon Place, Aberdeen.

..--

Tenni s-KENNET H BREBNERWILLIAMS (1938-46), 137 Desswood Place, Aberd een ~ Execu ti ve Committ ee: The \'ice-President of the Club, Chairman.

GEORGE EDWARD CoLLF.DGE BARTO!',! (1923-26), M.A. , Vi"-Chairman.

The Secretary and Treasurer, and General Ec.litor of Magazine, ,x oj/iriiJ. The Rector of the School, tx oj/in'o. ..-W'rLLIAhl L EWIS CONNON (1930-40), B.L. v-BRrAN KERRl.NGT0!',1 LROOKSIIA:<KS (1934-46), M.A., LL.ll, - WILLIAM GATT (1945-48). ....- DR. GILBERT FREWL"l IlAMJLT0!',1(192130), B.Sc., M.B., CH.B. ...., GoRDON HARVH HENDLRSON(1921-34), M,A,, LL,B. ,, ALISTAIR ::-.r....coo~TLL ::-.frL'-E(1924-31).

JOHN l.\,foRTIMER(1923-27).

JOHN McPHERSON MUTCH (1932-45). '--" C,A. At.AN JAMES PETERS (1920-30), C,A. V K.EN'NETH JAMIESON Pl!TllRS (1929•41), M.A. J.~Mrs RErn (1924-34) .

IAN GRAY Sm:-.--:-..=(1918-28) ......IAN L1,,w1s SMITH (1918-30).

ALAN CRmIBJEROBERTSONWA'l"I'(192537), M.A., LL.B,

Stttiatt Rtprutttlatii'IJ Boarding HouJe - ALFRED JOHN MELDRUM EDWARDS (1908-21), M.A., B.COM, Cri<ket- \X'nLJAM Ewe."! (1932-44). ..Golf- GEORGE Fow.\RD Cou.EDGE BARTON (1923-26), M.A. / IJn,½-RoBFRT Lns CROMAR (1944-49), RJ,go/-" JoHN MAXWU.L :-.Cu.NE (1934-46), M.A • ., Ttttni.r-Ka,,"NETH BREBNER \'ftLLIAMS (1938-46), v ..jd;oo/ Staff-An.x.A~D1R BRUCE T.o., M.A., 11.~c.

H on . Audit ors: Mess rs. Bowt.R and s~11T11, c.A.

Fom,rr Pupilr' Club

37

The Annu al Dinner The Club Dinner was agam held tlus >·car in the Calcdonian Hotel, it being attended by 170 I...P.s. and ~ucsts. (\\ e were very pleased to have one table of six young r.P. s. who just left School last year; very pleased too, co ha,·e, fo r the first time at an Aberdeen dinner, a rcprcsentati,c from each of the P.P. Centres in the U.K.-London, Yorkshire, Edinburgh and Glasgow.) J. Lennox Riddell, the Oub President, presided. " TITE SCHOOL A!'\:D THE CLt:D-',

Mr. John ,:\1. Bannerman, o.n.E., M.A., n.sc., Rector of Aberdeen l,;nivcrsity, who was guest of honour, proposed the principal toast . I ~irst he had a gentle tilt at the claimed antiquity of the Grammar and the" Not Proven" verdict which historians have g;ven conccming our claim to have been established "prio r t o ns6 "; especially when viewed alon1,>side the more-substantial antiquity claim of his own school-Glasgow lliµh (a schoo l, according to him, "famed for its clean rugby"). But what, he asked (quoting Sir Thomas Taylor), "What is a century or two among friends" I Thereafter he had some comment on the abolition of fee-paying here, gh ing it as his opinion 1hat there is a definite educationa l value in fee-paying itself, as an incentive to the pupil, especially when he knows that his paren ts have made a sacrifice to give him education, but a spur that is absent when "the state or local authority makes a 100 pet cent impersonal c,intribution ". Ile did not propose to bring Politics into his address . . . but could not resist a comment upon the liberal hcrita~e of the people in these pans. Of our Recto r he had much to say by way of appreciation, hailing him as " one of the great cducationists of his day", and as "an cducationist whose erudition a nd quality are seldom met with in one generation".

To :.\lr. Bannerman "Rugby" and our P.P. Club were synonomous, and he had some inte resting remarks about why our players <lo not figure more frequently in the .national side; and some interesting comments, too, on the passing of the slow, heavy player from the games of today.

THE RrCTOR's

\'ALEOICTORY

SPCTCH

R eplying { o r the School the Rector e,cprcssed his great satisfaction that the presidential chair ,..as occupied by :.\lr. Lennox Riddell, who as ,-ice-prcsi<k-ntof the Club had welcomed him on his installation and in the years that followed had given him most loyal and valuable support. Sir James went on to speak of links between Mr. John M. Bannerman and himself, the ~trongcst, of course, being that they had both been pupils of Glasgow High School - a school which he suspected of being "more proud of John Bannerman's thirty-seven caps than of her cwo Prime Ministers I" Loss becomes Gain IIe then singled out for report how surprisingly the affair of the Grammar School Benefit had ended. The Secretary of State, instead of taking away our £1so a year to prm ide two additional bursaries, as Aberdeen Endowment Trust had recommended, had recognised a Grammar School claim on another £300 of Trust income, and had decided co use half of it to pro, i<le the bursaries, while the remainder was to be added to the existing£ r so of Benefit. So seemingly inevitable Joss was turned to gain, a.nu the School finished up with £300 a year, a11d the Amemtu:s 1:-'und as well.

Su James next reviewed the changes in the size and make-up of the Schoo l which had taken place since he became Rector in 19.p, and soug-ht to assess their effects. flt is hoped to reproduce the Rector's survey, and his \'iews upon the effects in the next issue-Ed.) 'J'hc Rector counted it vastly to the credit of the Grammar School that it had always valued and welcomed the ordinary boy, rcmindin~, us that " hir every academic flier God makes, He chooses to make twenty dcc<.:nt, ordinal')' l><l\'S ".

Althou~h this was the last F. I'. Dinner he would attend as lkctor, he h:1d thought it ri)?ht to be YCI')' sparing of sencunenc "After all", he said, "\\ hat is one lx.-ak more or less to a school that has assimilated and survived some four dm.cn of them?" ln any case, he would be somewhere on the touch-line, keepin g a watchful, if affectionate, eye on them all.

Aberdeen Grammar School Magazine IIAIL A1'D FAREWELL

R eplying for the Club, J. Lennox Ridddl, recalled that he had taken the Chair at the first meeting of welcome to the Rectur in r942. I le and he Rector were the only ones present this evening who had been at chat meeting, and he felt that he was now presiding at his " Goodbre" meeting, smce this would be the last annual dinner which the Rector would be artending as Rector. I le voiced the Club's gratitude at ha,•ing had a man of Sir James' calibre at the helm over a period of difficult years for the School, and he was satisfied that the Rector had been responsible for tempering down many of the changes forced upon us. (As so many other F.P.s have done) Mr. Riddell man·ellcd at the Rector's oratory on the same basic theme time and time again. Trad itionally, the President ended with some reminiscences of two well-loved masters " C. D. " and " Pau.y ". " TJIE Gt:J.S1'$"

This toast was proposed by l larold \X att with a refreshingly nimble wit for one whose usual demeanour arpcars chat of the serious roung company directo r with a lot on his plate. Our ski] , humour and good sense had obvious ly been much to the fore when we chose ~lr. Banm:rman as our principal guest; as regards the Rector, accustomed as we were to his consistent excellence, it came as no surprise 10 us to get such a fine valcdictorr performance from him. Comparing Sir James and :\lr. Collier, he remarked that \1r. Collier's not having been asked to speak th is year had nothing to do w ith" his putting up a Black". Of" Johnny ,\lac." of Gordonians, he observed chat he is spcndmg his retiral " 10vest1ga1ing the Pasts" of u,ooo l:nivcrsity grads (a reference to his brin~mg the Roll of Grnduates down to date).

Replying for the Guests Councillor hank :\fagcc, speakini,: as a member of the Education Committee, paid t ribute to Sir J. J. R.'s "intellectual ascendency and incredible orntory ", as well as 10 his distinction in all educational fields. I le paid tribute, too, to the excellence of the evening afforded the ~uests (remarking by wav o f comparison upon his hann~ once attended a dinner of a certain other F.P. Club where rhe guests were regaled for an hour with a history of Britbh rule in lnd ,a!)

THE CHAIRMAN

TI1c e,·cning was well rounded off by J. . G. :\lunro who felt that he had been giwn" an ahominal press "in last December's issue <.f the .H,a:i:. I le cook exception to che references to his " restrained use of buffoncry "; we therefore make no further comment upon attributes concerning his manner and deportment on such occasions . . . and content oursel,es on this occ:ismn with stating briefly that his coast, mcorporating a cle,cr duologue with the assembled company, was one of the bc,t cabaret cums we hne had at an r:.P. dinner for some time. \\ e su!,!gest that he be appointed semi-permanent proposer of the toast of" The Chairman "-at least, until his tum to hold that high office comes round!

At the end of the procecdin1,?sthe company readily acknowledged the excellence of all the arrangements made for th is r.P. dinner by R. L. Cromar-thc 4th so meticulously organised by him.

The following members of the Club were present at the Dinner, the list being arranged in order of seniority hascd on date of entry to the School: 1,:!;fl:o ~9 C.. ol Smith.

1913-zz J. II. Henderson.

191.~ 22 H. T. Fr,1'5('r. t>i90•9') H. l. Butrhan.

1 Q'.',•Qfl R.

J. An<'lrrson.

1~97 98 J, \\. Crul< !«hank.

1013-25 II. S. \hlne.

1q13-22 I I Srott.

1q14•21 :\fltrhrll C. Rr-,-.., t<)14•Pi

Gro. PnrlN . <•. Angu$ \1it1 btll.

190j--o8 C. R. 1 ra c-r, 1qoS-21 \, J. ,r. ldward<.

1<)08•1• I. J. C,allo"ay.

1Qo2•1i

19oq-1f, I. G. l<1lgc,ur.

Jq10-22

\l1 xr. Cra\'.

1q10 •17 1.oui-; H. H ,lrfl(: r. t<)IO•.U \\' G. 1 how.

1911-18 R, J. Maitlond.

1q13-.:.;1 I. Brylf': I s.lemoot.

1913,,a

M . G. Gibb.

H. l

k-mC•llt.

IQJi•l9 C, 1), \\. Stroud.

191 ~-22 l. B. Carl'wri::::ht,

J>. f yfe.

1915-27 R. I ~l!ho,.

CM.

,-=3 \\. \\ . P<>rtr-r.

I?l

•.!Q

\

;\100I Smith.

1q18•2 Ian G. Shiruu 1918-30 I L Smith.

191 '•J• I . \\ '. \I \\'a1t.

1q1S-24

\\'111. R. \\ i e)v .

19Hv;u, ~onnan S. Cl.lrk.

1 9:0-.30

\.

l Pctn,.

1921 •3 1 \.. H . Hcnd<"r.iOrt. 1921-2-4

191 ,-19 ?\'. \\ 1llum'°n.

1916-27 A. M, Cnrnpbell.

l . H. )l. Stott ,

1q22-2S IQ.ZJ•J:z

1916°28 !\lanric<>(ramL,.

J, S. :\latl.tthl.in.

19,.1•.11 A. )), F. H ay.

Jq 1

HJ16 °2:

l>. lln1111~l..

Jt,rt,-23 \\'. (;, llllt Cheon.

1q17-30 r. 1 . Stott.

1918-JO J. R . Carr).

u123-H 19.:3-27

1. S, (;, \1uuro.

I. I<. S. lnnc•.

J. \Jortimf'r.

J, Coop,r, 19,4-:8 \\'m. L. l'orbcs. .\,

Former P,ipils' Club 19:1-28 Geo. G. \lassie.

1921•H Ja<. R,id.

1925 -H .\. C. K. \\'Jtt. 1926-J~ C'ampl.M.'11 Connon.

1920•38 It. M. IC l\'att.

1927-39 l:. 1Ju1bl.1y 1929- 11 K. W, Hunter.

1929-41 K. J. Pote ....

L. D. l>avi,ls,,n.

19.3 7 T. 1. i\lurrhoo. \I. A, A. Innes.

1935--10 la<. D. Chalmer...

1937-43 J::. )I. Philip.

1937-43 E. I'. \\"at ,n.

1937-50 h. 0. Watt.

D. )l. \1d ..ellan.

193,-40 K. D. William, I 94 1•50 A. Cronur.

1944-49 ll. L. tromar.

1914-5,1 D. D. (,all,,way.

Wm. G.1tt.

1944-19 D.S. <.;,..ilt".

1941•58 D. G. HJ rper.

19H·5R I. C. A. )hrhie.

1944-50 J, C. \hlne .

1945-50 k. A. lleattie.

*

39 1949-58 H. G. \lilchell.

1950-51 J. R. 11',ght.

1952-5.~ H. 0. Camoron.

195,-5S P. X. Love.

Jl oH . MemlJtr.

Sir Jas. J. Robertson.

Staff a11.J ex-staffAlc:<r. nruce.

192&-3S w. II'. Dickie.

J. C. Hunter.

*

London Centre The Jubil ee Din ner of the C..cntrewas held on Thursday, 4 December at Brown's Hotel. The President of the Centre (.\lr. G. T. Simpson) was in the Chair . The principal guest was \lr. J. 1\1. Hanncrman, who proposed the t, ,ast of the evening "The Schoo l and the Club" \Vith vigour and Celtic charm, both of which were enhanced by his kilt and hts brightly-coloured shirt. The Rector replied for the School and bade us his official farewell, looking back on his seventeen years as Rector in appraisal of the changes that bad happened during that t :me and in modest satisfaction at his own achieYemcnt which he described as merclv preserving, throughout the difficulties and changes of the times, oJ 111111-haJpossibleot the character of the School as he had found it; and looking forward to the future he expressed his conndence in the staff and in the strenl!th of the Traditions and Character of the School to meet the challenge presented by new policies and amtudcs. The Presiden t of the Club, \[r. J. Lennox Riddell replied for the Club in a speech full of humour and also of sincere expression of that loyalty to the School and the Club which, as the Rector remarked, have so eminently qualified him for the otfice of President.

The numbers attending th is Jubilee Dmner was the highest since the clinner held in 1948 when the centre was first revived after the war.

The following members of the Club were present, the list being arranged in order of semori ty based on the date of entry to the School: 1884-88 Robert lnkster.

1895-19os J. M. Ea,ton.

1!:hJ9-190"1 Sir L. Tb0Ub<1:i.

1903•09 S,jr D.i.,:i<l l:.d,\-·,ud,.

190s-14 Henry<~. Ldward~.

1905-17 Johu 1-.rruhe.

1905-01:J Ian G. Im\<',.

I90 't•I4 l"rano·, G. heUy. 19oh-1K D.S. ~teY.art. •

1907-14 Ian Cumnuog.

1907-17 Ur. Rf'fhc:r. lrorn ide.

1912 19 J. \\', Brn1.i..-.

1912 24 A. G. lime.lit•, 1913-19 T. Roherhon.

19q-:4 C. A. 1;. Sa\Jdg,-.

19q•2~ William \I. l)av.i<hon..

1914 16 J. \I. Sk1gh.

19q-22 C. t,. Walker.

191s--~8 George \V. Bu,,·cr-.

191,-16 I. Don Kobcrtsoa.

1q1h-21

(; _ E. (romb1c.

191b--1t)

\\. Graham.

190~- 2 1 (iilbt-rt J. Anrlrrc.tm, 190X-z 1 Sir Ja111H Crombir.

19Jo-io (.-. T. S1111pson.

1910-26 \\"i.lliam E. I". Sirnpso,.

1917-26 Alex Chalml~r;.

191 I•l9 A . ..\, Oantd.

1919-23 John II, L. l11Ue,.

191H-2-4 .\., D. S ..\11c..lt!t.?)(Jn.

19,0-zs W. P. Smith.

1920-z7 Or. James L. S. Thom,on.

1911•2~ (",eo,i:e J .. \ndenon.

1921 -,i H. 0. )Wier.

19u-3s A. H. K. SIJter.

19.?2-lh D. Shrnn,Ul.

1927-31 D. J. Caldct .

19:7-37 :-.. \lack1e.

1~!0• J~ \\". T. H . Hav. 19,9-41 P. C.. \t. '1acPbee 1939-s: Peter S. :\oble.

19.p-44 1\ lexan.der K.

R1>lx-rtson.

1913-53 Da,;i<l :-... \ngu:,

Cocktail Party Followini upon the success of last year's cocktail party it is proposed to have another early in 19~9 in conjunccion (it is hoped) with the F.P.s of" The High", St. Margarcrs and" Gordons ". This will be held in the E.S.U. (English Speaking U mon). \I cm bers w 11 be later ad viscd by the Centre Secretary as to the final arrangements.

Aberdeen Grammar School Magazine

Glasgow Centre The Annual Gener.al Meeting of the Centre was held in the Gros,cnor Restaurant on 21 October 1958. Office-hearers fo r 1958-59 were elected as follows: Prt1idt11I,B. D. D.Emslie; Viu-Pruidml, Jan A. Anderson; Com111illtt,\\'.'. 0. Fiddcs, \X'. G. Gow, C.. F. Thomson, and A. L. Speirs; H9n, Stcrtlary 011d Trt<JJ11rtr J. G.:',[. Birss.

Jn conjunction with the Glasgow Section of the Aberdeen High School F.P. Club and the Glasgow and \\:'est of Scotland Branch of the Gordonian Association a Social Lvening was held m Burlington House on 11 November 1958 . The programme included dancing, games, and a cabaret, and a company of ninll} -the largest attendance so far at a Joint function-spent a most enjoyable evening.

The Annual Dinner took place in the Grosvenor Restaurant on 21 r--ovemhcr 1958. B. D. D. Emslie, President of the Centre was in the chair, and chirr,,·-six members and guests were present. The principal guest was Sir 1leccor I lcthcnngton, Principal and \ice-Chancel lor of Glasgow University, and other official guests included Sir James Robertson, Rector, and 1lr. J. Lennox Riddell, President of the Club. ,c THE SC.HOOL A!'\;0 THE CLLD ,,

Proposing the toast of " T he School and the Club '' Sir I lcctor f letherington said he was very pleased to be given an opportunity of expressing his respect and regard for the School and for its distini,iished headmaster. He rcfcrn:d to the importance of the Club, which e,idcneed the greatness of both School and Club m its distinguished list of J lonorary Vice-Presidents. The Oub, he felt, was founded on two articles of belief, namely that the School was gn.-at, and that it had seen irs best days. 1bcsc two articles, he said, might seem contradictory but they wne in fact mutually corroborative since every generation thought that the School had been at its best in its own day. An example of the good that such a club could <lo was the recent participation of the Club in the defence of the School.

S,r Hector spoke of the great repute c,f the School, an<l said that some of his knowledge of it had come from the connection with the School of his brother-in-law, the late Archie I Iyslop. The fortunes of the School, he said, had lain pre-eminently in the hands of Sir James Robertson for many years, and a school, more than any other institution, responded to the lead of its head and hore his stamp. The Grammar School had been fortunate in having as its head one of the great ~ottish headmasters of our time, whose influence had been felt far bcvon<l Scotland.

There were thre e kinds of g ood h ead m aste r, said Sir I lcctor; firstly there was the man who made his effect by his stnkmg personality; secondly there was the man who made his effect by the consistent application of a philosophical doctrmc; and thirdly there was the man who ruled by a combination of both these attributes.

Sir Jarn1:s, he said, was one of the few men in the third category. Sir I lcctor then said that it was not bis fault that Sir James had not finished his teaching career m Glasr,ow, as some years ago Glasgow had tried co ixrsuade S,r James to return there as a Professor, but it was Abcr<leen's good fortune that he ha<l <lcw,tc<l these later years to the Grammar School. Sir James had reached the end of the prcs,·nt phase of his life with a lot of life left in him and he wishc<l him abundant health and happiness in the future TIii , Rf:CTOl\ 'S REPLY

Intro<lucin11:Sir James Robertson the Chainnan thanked him for the regularity with which he had attended Glasgow Centre dinners, and thanked him in particular for his presence on this occa.sion wh{n he had arrived back in this country from Sierra Leone only on the day prcv ious to the dinner.

In rcplyinJ? to the main toast on behalf <,f the School Sir James thanked Sir Hector for the generous things he had said about himself an<l the Sch<•ol, and s,1iJ that he in turn rejoiced in the rare good fortune of Glasgow in having its Uni\'en.,ty g-uidc<l by oi:,c of the great Scotsmen of the clay, and one who rc:maincd so incrc<lihly young 10 spmt.

Sir James referred to the sudden death of the School Janitor, ;\fr. Ritchie, an<l paid tribute to the simple dignity v. ith which he had performc<l his duties so excellently.

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4:r

Sir James said that since he had come to the School there had been no major addition to the buildings, but that much renovation had bt:en done and that overa ll there had been an impressi,·e improvement in the facilities, he going on co consider this in some detail.

In conclusion Sir James recalled that when he came to the School in 1942 he had said that a good school and its club should be one not cwo, and should work in close co-operation and harmony. IIe still believed this and said that the Club' s best gifr tu the Schoo l was its own vitality and its anachment to the School. .Mr. Lennox Riddell replied on bt:half of the Club, and the toast of " Our Guests" was proposed by a former president of the Centre, Mr. James Stirrat, che reply bt:ing by :\lr. J. R. Hendry. The Reverend G. N. Pennie proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

The following members of the Club were present, the list being arranged in order of seniority based on date of entry to the School: D. ~1. Semple (1901-o6); \V. 0 . FiJdcs (1904-15); A. D. Spark (1905-10); J. Lennox Riddell (1907-16); A. A. R. Smith (1909-16); J. Stirrnt (19n-21); K. R. T. Matthew (1912-24); C. F. Thomson (19u-14); A. W. Carle ( 1914-20); C. J. Lamb (1915-22); E. U. M. \'iiatt (1918-31); A. Christie (1919-29); I. I . Stratton (1921-23); J. S. J\lacLachlan (1922-32); G. N. Pennie (1923-26); J. G. J\I. Birss (1926-38); B. D. D. Emslie (192cr35); T. J. \Iorrison (1934-47); G. WI. Blyth (1939-51).

Edinburgh Centre The Annual Dinner is to take place in the Roxbur gh H otel on 6 Februa .ry 1959, the evening pre, ious to the \\clsh ruggcr international. Any members from outsi de Edinburgh who would like to attend have only to get in touch with Allan Frazer beforehand.

* * F.P.s' Addres ses Wanted Magazines sent to the addresses of Members as und ernoted have been returned. \X/ould any member having information as to the present address or whereabouts please advise the Secretary.

J'\'ame

.,,....Ander son, Nigel Eckford (1935-43) ,._. Allan, George Dou glas (1919-30) Band, Robert William Ingram ( 1924-26) .., Bowm an, Charle~ OP"ih-ieWill (1910-15) v Brown, Jack Leslie Keith (1921-25)

" Chrys tal, George Prascr (1927-38) Cowie, Alastair \L (1915- ) ..- Crui ckshank, Graham (1944-54) .,, Dobson , James Samud (b. 10/7/1920) ..- Duguid, \larshall Keith (1919-29) "'Dickson, Alastair O~ton (1919-28) '- Edmund, Alexander Angus Cameron (b. 12,11/1925) • Gait er, Stanier hJ,, ·lcr (1915-16) v Gallow ay, \fajor Gencr.J Jl. \X'. ( 1902-?) .,. Goodbrand, George Willi,un (189~-99) v Gorton, Alexander Findlay (1940-48)

}.,a.rt h101m oddrtJJ

Silguri P.O., Darjeeling D istrict, India.

576 llol bum Street, Aberdeen . c/o J\lalavan P.stabli~hment Officer, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya . .\fanac;cr, Ri,·erside Hostel, Canberra, J\.C:l'., Australia . c/o Guthrie & Co. Ltd., Kuala Lump ur, Ma laya.

66 Great King Street, Edinburgh, 3.

"Auldgirth," 410 Holcombe Road, Grecnmount, Bury, Lanes .

2 \lorn ingsidc Road, Aberdeen .

3ij llartriggc Road, Jedburgh , RoxburRhshire .

42 Lanark Road, Avondale, Salisbury, Southern Rhod es ia.

The Standard Bank of South Africa Nyasaland, Led., Blantyre, British Central Africa.

73 Bmcmar Place, Aberdeen.

42 Brighton Place, Aberdeen.

D.D.\1.S., Il.Q. \\'cstem Command, Chester .

Viewmount, Banchory.

3rd 0., R ..\£.S. Strathaird, c/o P. & O.S.N. Co., 122 Leadenhall Street, London, E.C-3-

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Aberdetn Gra111mar S,hool Magazine

v Gray, Trevor (b. 10,'7l1916) Hadden, Robert (1886-87) ., Harper, Alexander (b. 19,'3/1920) Home, John Andrew (1939-43) Howitt, John Blain (b. 7/11 1918)

v I nnes,

Maxwell Alexander Allan (b. 1/5 1927) Insch, Herbert Saunders ( 1916-?)

"'

....-Knight, 1Iu1-1h ~larshall ( - ) vf:.ongmore, William Alan John (1945-s 1)

v- Lumsden, James (b. 4 10/1914) 1

Mackie, William Charles George (1945-49) .,..-Marnoch, Edward George (1918Menzies, Or. Graeme ~1itchcll '\lill (1917-20) Milner, Thomas Gordon (1925-37) Macka y, Brian \X'. \\'hrte ( 1913-14 and 1922-23) McKenzie, Geor~c (1927-29) v Mackenzie, Rev. K. W'. (1893-97) ....-McDonald, Eric Douglas (1909-13) McLaren, Andrew Middleton (b. 26/1 I / 1920) .....- Pater son, Hamish B. (1941-50) .,.... Paton, Alistair Ronald Parlane ( 1947-p) /

Philip, Superintendent-Frederick Strathem (1914-24) Rankine, Charles Adam (1918-30)

-

Reith, James Duncan (1947-50) Russell, James K. (1917-28)

Y

v

Russe ll, Thomas .Henderson (1926-37) Salmond, Dr. R. WI. A. (1891-99) Smith, Charles Edward (1923-24)

_., Smith, Hen ry llaitcr (1911-14) <"Stephen, Ernest John (1935-40) ..-Stephen, George (1935-40) • Stobie, Rev. Charles I. G. (b. 7/9/19 16) Tastard, David Leslie Morrison (1949-p) Thom son, JohnAnthony (b. 12/8/1932) v- Wau, Ian \lackenzie (1935-43) ..,-Wish:m, Robert Petrie (1919V

Wishart, Norman Robertson (b. 1831922)

" .Milltimber," Sebastian Road, Shenfield, Essex.

3 The Avenue, Bickley, Kent.

Office of the li.K. H igh Comm1ss1on in New Delhi, 6Albuquerque Road, ew Delhi.

A.P.\I.D., Ch1rom, Nyasaland, British Central Africa.

"Ardbeg," Bay Park, Lame, Co. Antrim, . Ireland.

119 Broomhill Road, Abcr<lccn.

Rannoch, Dudsbury Crescent, Ferndown, \X/imborne, Do set .

37 Gray Street, Aberdccn.r Third \tile Estate, P.O. Dox 'o. 37, Sercmban, Negri Sembilan, Malaya .

Founrainhall House, 130 Blenhcim Place, Aberdeen.

Thricpfield, Udny.

47 Durham Terrace, Portobcllo, Mi<llothian. c/o D irector of ~ledical Services, Lagos, igeria, \\. est Africa. c/o Publi c Works Department, Mz1mba, Nyasaland. c 'o The Moncton Hospital, llloncton , New Brunswick, Canada.

108 Crown Succt, Aberdeen.

43 Rivcrsdale Road, Edinburgh, 12.

"Grcystones," 83 1'orth Street, Keighley.

163 Clifton Road, Aberdeen.

28 Albyn Lane, Aberdeen . c/o Miss Paton, 126 Crane Loan, Edinburgh .

Banga Estate, Neno, P.O. i\fwanza, Nyasaland.

Brmsh East Africa Corporation, Nairobi, Kenya.

35 Dec Street, Aberdeen. c ·o Post Office, \lount frcrc, Cape, South Africa.

P.O. Dox 825, hast London, South Africa.

102 lllarinc Parade, Brighton. "\X'ingfiel<l," Dudsbut') Avenue, Pcmdnwn, Dorset.

424, Moselcl' Road, Birmingham, 12.

Perrymans, Boxtcd, near Colchester.

Apanmem 23, 85 5 \lillw ood Road, Toronto, Canada.

40 Grcenock Road, Paisley.

17 Jamaica Street, Aberdeen.

56 L'nion Gro,·e, Aberdeen.

28 Cedar Place, Aberdeen.

Simpson's Furnishing Co. Ltd., 23 Crown Street, Aberdeen. c/o Cambrian Airways Limited, Cardiff (Rhoose) Airport, or. Barry, Glamorgan.

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43

F.P. Rugby Section The start of the season brought a most welcome inAux of new blood to the Rugby Section, in that we now have on the active list a goodly number of last year's School players from their respeetivc X \''s, a most gratifying fact in view of the general apathy which seemed to be prevalent amongst the majority of schoolboys in pre, ious seasons. All have sho\\m up very well in their first season ofF. P. rugby, and compeut1on for places in all three XV's 1s very keen.

The 1st XV made a good start to chc season recording good wins over Panmu re and Aberdeen \Xandercrs, but had an off day against Hcriots F.P., in a game which, on form, could have been won. The team redeemed itself, however, with an excellent away draw with Stewarts F.P . the reigning Scotush champions, and followed this up with wins over Perthshire Academicals and Selkirk, the last being our first ever away win over this border side.

Though beaten 28-15 by a very powerful Edinburgh Academical side, in a game which was e>.tremely fast and open, the 1st XV played excellent rugby and fought back to score the last two tries of the match. All in all, present form augurs well for the season, despite a recent lapse against Aberdeen Unive rsity.

The 2nd XV have been playing well, though they have had to admit defeat to rnd Gordonians and 1st R.N.A.S., Arbroath, but it must be said in the case of the fonner that nine reserves were fielded due to the North District Trial. Once again a good season is anticipated.

The 3rd XV is unbeaten to date, and this is all the more notable as, due to the calls of the senior X \' 's, there has been considerable variation in the sides fielded every week.

Players chosen for representative games to date have hcen: North ,,. J\lidlands: R. 11. Cradock (capt.), I. R. l\lcDonald, R. R. Comber, E. Sutherland, C. Ritchie, I T. \V. Thomas, M. Walker, D. Grieve, T. G. Smith.

North .\l idlands v. South: R.H. Cradock (cape.), H. W. Thomas, T. G. Smith , D.R. Grieve, R. R. Comber.

North Midlands v. Edinburgh: R. II. Cradock (capt.), II. W. Thomas, T. G. Smith, D . R . Grieve, R . R. Comber.

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6 t', Panmur< (h) Ab'dn. \\'an,b. (a) 11 "· 20 t'. llcriot> r.P. (h) 2:2 tt, Stewarts F. P. (a) l7 l', Perth \ra<. (h) O.:i. .. v. Selkirk (a) [[ v. Allan Glen's (a) rK r. !::<tin. Acas (a) 25 •. Ab'dn Acas. (b) K~v. 1 v. Ab'dn. Univ. (h)

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41-0 69-0 22•6

5-13 o-8 19-0

L

3rd XV Sept. 13 , •. Ab'dn Aca•. (a) ., 27 v. Perth /\<as. 3rd (h) Oct. 11 11. Gordoniau1 3rd (h) t 8 t RS.A.S. Arbroath (b) 25 v. Ab.dn. Acas. 2nd (h) l\~v. 1 v. Ab'dn. Wands. 2nd (a) 8 v. )loray 2nd (a)

6-6 17-6 18-6 12•3 6-6 25-8 32-0

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Aberdeen Grammar School Magaz/ne

F .P. Cricket Section The Officials appointed for the past season ·were as follows: Pruidmt, 1-... J. Peters. Strathmor, XI: Captai11, D. ]. Stc\'CO; Fice-raptai11, J. U. Rennie. Grade Xl: Capta111, Dr. A. H. Innes, Vi.-t-captai11,A.]. K. l\lonro; St.rt/or_;-aud Trtamrrr, A. :,.1. Da, idson; .Hatch .\tertiary,\\. :,.r. Lwcn.

Once again the wt:ather this summer has bct:n rather indifferent with both the Strathmore XI and the Grade XI completing the season in the lower half of the respective league tables. Uowcvcr the cricket at all times ha~ lx.-cn enjoyable and there has been a marked impron:ment in the support for the Section.

Now that the Grade Xl is playing in Grade l it certainly appears to have encouraged younger members to stay with the St:ction and l run sure that if the team could remain in this Grade it will certainly reflect in the standard of play. lL must be admitted that 1n previous years there has bc,;n a considcrahlc gap in the general standard of the two sides.

Althou,l!h the results in the ll·ague tahlcs have not been all that could be desired the Section reprcsentath·e sides have certainly impressed. l·or the first time since joining the Strathmorc Union the Section won the Three Counties Cup after a most exciting game against that formidable side Strathmore who have alw.1ys been among the Cnion leaders. In reaching the final we disposed of the Aberdeen l.,111vcrs1ty Xl and our old adversaries, Gordornans. \~·c arc now the only one of the three sides in Aberdeen playing in the Stmthmore Lnion to ha,·c won both the Union Championship and the Three Counties Cup. The Section also won the Banchory seven-a-side tournament and reached the final of the I lunth- seven-a-sic.letournament.

The Grade side unfortunatcl) lost the Prru & Jwrnal eight-a-side Cup Competition at Duthie Park, losing to Stoncywood in the last over of a very exciting final. Jt would appear from thcSe rl-Sulc that F.P. 's obviously n:l.ish the speed and ncitemcnt of time-limited cricket. . The highlight of the season, howc,·cr, was the Tes t imon ial Match which took place at Rub1slaw on Sunday, 24 August for Mr. L. E. Tyson . ,\lr. Tyson leaves Grammar at the end of this coming .\hrch and will be goin)! to li'"c in rcur<.'nlcnt at Brcchin having joined us as groundsman in 19.p. The Testimonial was held with the kind permission and co-operation of the Rector and authorities concerned and we extend co them our sincere appreciation for what, I am sure, we all consider to have been a most worthv cause. \'\Te were fortunate in ohtaining the services c,f several excellent cricketers for this game includini:, Kanhai, the\\ est Indian Test Professional, now with Abcnleenshirc and we had the fullest support vf all cricket clubs in ,\bcrdcen and also from the general public who, despite rather threatening weather, made up one of the biggest crowds seen at a Cricket match at Rubislaw for many )"l'ars.

On behalf of the St:ction I would cake this opportunity of extending my appreciation to all Former Pupils fur their renerous support to this enterprise and it is sincerely regretted chat it was found impossible to thank them all personally.

Before :--1 r. Tyson t."lkes his kave <•f us it is the intention of the St:ct10n to mark his retiral in some small way and ;t presentation will he mad<: to him on lx:half of his many friends and associates. Such arrangements \\ ill be made by th..: 1:11d of the year and Former Pupils wishing to ha,·c further dt:tails of such arrangcm~nts should contact the Secretary.

I must also record the S1.:ction's appreciation to those who helped through t,ut the season with tc.~~ at the pavilion and in particular to all those ladie~ who so willingly gaye their services to make the teas such an outstanding frarurc of the Testimonial match. \,'e hope that in the coming sc:t.Sonwe will haYc th<.· cncourai:,cmcnt and support of the mcmbas as in tht: past season and we look forward tn a most cnjorahlc season in 1959.

G. \f. 0AvlDS0"1, Ha11. Secrelar)'.

Former Pnpil.s' Clffb

4S

Av erag es Balli,ig

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RP,11

Ilighert 1,or,

Attrage

Strathmor, XI M Carson C. Spence

10 14

122

30 41

15·25 14·43

Grad,X l l. Stuart K. Watt

6 9

31 * 36

34·25 14·28

Stratbmor, XI T. I. \ lorrison J\. M. Davidson Grad,XI D. 1'.css G. P. Marr

202 137 100 • indicates not out .

Ot·err

Bowling Maidt111

l v1111

lfYicktts

Averag,

39· 2 194

10 64

89 351

9 24

9·88 14·63

63 112

14 24

1n 275

14 20

I1 ·2 13"75

F .P. Tennis Section Due to continuing inclement weather during the whole of the summe r, no matches were arranged as numbers appearing at Rubislaw for tennis were so poor , but more people turned up cowards the end of rbc season, which gives some encouragement for next year.

K. B. WILLIAMS, Hon. Suretary.

F.P. Hockey Section At the Annual General Meeting the following officials were appoin ted for Season 1958-59: 1st X I Captain, E. D. \\att; 1st XI Vice C"plai11, A. Cromar; 2nd Xl Captain, J\. E. Philip; 2nd XI Vfr, Captain, D. Ness; Suntary, W. Dick; TrtaJUrtr, ]. F. Donald; AfatthJu rttar.;•, \\. Gatt .

This Sca~on we welcomed several players from School who have already made their mark with the Section, notably J. Drummond and J. Gordon who are not only playing in the 1st XI, but have been im•ited to play in District .Matches.

Eleven members of the Section were chosen to take part in the Local Trial, and the following were selected for the North District versus Highlands l\Iate h: S. C. Banks, J. Drummond, J. A. \Iiddleton, E. D . Watt and J. R. Wigh t.

So far this season, the record of the 2nd XI (Played 7, Won 7) bas ~reatly overshadowed that of the 1st XI (Played 6, Won 4, Drawn r, Lost 1) but the mtclligent combined play of the latter, aimed at producing a better standard of hockey, has been very heartening, and improvements will be forthcoming. Not to be outdone, the 3rd XI can claim 3 victories from 4 matches played-a very promising start.

It is regretted that the add itional training at the School gymnasium on Thursday evcninh'S is so poorly supported, but it is hoped that this is only a temporary lapse which will pass once the correct "spirit" has been found at the Section Smoker on Fridal', 14 ovcmhc r.

The Section is again indebted to W. Gatt, in his fifth season as ,\fat,IJ St,rtlary , for the wholehearted way in which he carries out his work in arranginp: an attractive fixture card, and ensuring that each team arrives promptly at the correct place. \'\'e should like to conp:rntulate the Section's ever-present ever-faithful outside left Ian A. Middl eto n who is entering his eleventh co nsecu tive sea son as a regula r m ember of the 1st XI-a performance which few can emulate. t t Sec next page.

Aberdem Grammar School Afagazi11e In conclusion the Section would like to express its deep gratitude fo r the excellent pitch at Rubislaw, and we should like to wish ,\lr. Trson the very best in his retirement from Rubislaw.

Results JS t XI

:znd XI

~pt. 20 1!. Cordonia.n.~ <ki. ~lxi~i~adrmy F.P.s 18 v. Grove Academy F.P.s.

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25 "· l.iniv~itv .. A••

8 v. Dundee \\"anderers

Sept. 20 e. Ruthri,-.,ton Rambler,; •-3 W ,, 27 v. ~torgan Aradcm)· l'.P.s.

"A" 6-1 W Oct. 18 t•. Grovt- Ac:a<l.tmy l·.P.~ '"A" 4·I \\ ' "

Nov.

L. Sc-boot u A " I "· Gorc.lonians 8 v. Dund.,.. \I andercrs " A "

25

6-t

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2-1

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3rd XI Oct. u v. Cordon's College " B " ,, 18 v. Gordon's College ,.

2 s v. • Training C-Ollege ?\ov. 1 11. • Gordon's College O A 11

8-o W 2-3 L 8-o W 2-0

\V

E. D. \'fATT, Captain.

t \v'ith reference to Ian Middleton' s record (see previous page), we wonder-

? ? ?

Which F.P. holds the record for having played

for the longest period as a regular member of the F.P. 1st Rugby Team 1st Hockey Team 1st Cricket Team

?

Queen 's B irthda y H onours Lis t 19~8 R oben Arthur Sman • (1919-31), \!.ll., CH.n., o.P.11., Colonel R.A.M.C., was made a Commander of the Order ot the British Empire and at the lnvcstitu re on 11 November 19i 8 he was also awarded the Polar .\lcdal for his work as leader o f the Royal Society's Expedition to Antarctica during the Jntcmational Geophysical Year.

Alexander Watson* (1912-3i) became a .\1cmber of the Order of the British Empire, he is at present acting senior executive engineer in the Public \X'orks Department of the Federation of \falaya. ,j,,__ -"James Moma (t928-39), who is at present assistant flight manager, Viscoun t Fleet, 13.E.A., was awarded the Queen's Commendation for ,aluable service in the air.

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~F ran cis William Alexan der" (19:n-42) having successfully passed the necessary examinations has been elected an Associate of the Institute of Costs and \X'orks Accountants. In i\!ay this year he left the firm of A. II. Bex, Ltd., Shopfittcrs , Dublin, of which he was secretary, to take up the position of accoun tant with C. Davidson & Sons, Ltd., Bucks bum, where he is in charge of the cost and financial accounts of the manufacturing company of the Davidson Group . ..\. David Nicol Angu s* (1943-13), \I .A., who graduated at Aberdeen Universi ty last J uly is now a trainee with London Transport and is li\'ing at Muswcll H ill. ti<: Eri c Buthlay " (1928-40) was last month's Scratch \'v'inncr of the North-eas t Alliance golf tourney and received his award from H arry Go rdo n Stephen *~ (1920-30) the Captain of Decside Golf Club.

Co(' Andrew M atthe w Cam pbell * (1943-l3) joined the Calcex Transport & Trading Co. Ltd. , in August this year. I le is at present fifth engineer on their ship S.S. Caltcx-London. ~ram w ell William Haro ld Cook ~ (1936-39), P.T.<".L., A.R.C.M., is to be taking part in the International Festival of Conductors and Composers at Rome irt J\lay 19j9 b~• conducting the Santa Cecilia Orchestra. He is principal teacher of music at Stirling High School and conductor of the Stirling Choral Union and recently JOnducted 1:.lgar's " Dream of Gcrontius " at Stirling.

'--- Charl es Greig Crui ck shank • (192i-32), M.A., D.PIIIL., who has been Trade Commissioner at O ttawa since I9ll has recently taken up a new appo intment as United l{jngdom Senior Trade Commissioner and Economic Adviser to the United Kingdom ll igh Commissioner in New Zealand .

L!\- John Murray Easton"' (189j-l90j), P.R.I.ll.A., was in July 1948 elected a member of the Academic Royalc de Belgique. I )is firm, Easton & Robertson, is engage d on the construction of Britain's first skyscraper, 338 feet high, for Shell's London Headquancrs on the site of the 19i 1 Exhibition on the South Bank. The firm is also busy with work for a number of univcrsicies-OJ1.-ford, Cambridge, London , Durham, Reading, rs:onh Staffordshire, Belfast, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong. Following upon the erection of a prin ting works for the Bank of England they have planned a similar one at Pretoria to supply bank notes for the ~ion of South Africa.

Francois Louis Pierre Fo uin "' (1944-47), ,1.n., cn.D., has been successful in obtaining the Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. lie is at present acting as an assistant to Charles Mitchell l!>i£idell• (1920-31), M.B., CH.B. at Cults, Aberdeenshire. l,..,"\, 47

48

Aberdeen Gram111ar School Magazine

~ir John Frederick Ferguson· (1904--09),c.B.r.., has rcti~d from the post of Chief Constable of Kent. In 1933 Sir John was one of several clistinguisbed soldiers who were invited to join the police. He went to Scotland Yard and fh·e years later became Commandant of the Metropolitan Police Collei?e at l lendon.

In 1940 he was Deputy Assistant Commissioner at Scotland Yard, in 1943 Chief Constable of Sussex, in 194j Assistant Commissioner at Scotland Yard and in 1946 assumed the position from which he has just retired. _,A George William Ferrie s• (1933-47), ~1.A., has 1,.;en a school teacher in Kent during the last five years and in 19j7 took and external D.A., at London Un iversity with second-class honours in Psychology. He has now i::·vcn up teaching and has started a three year training course with Guest, Keen & Nett.lefolds (.\lidlands) Ltd., Birmingham to become an industrial engineer.

James Martin Gardiner* (1911-23) of the Calcdonian Milling Co. Ltd., last month flew to South Africa along with other memhers of the fish-meal industry from Aberdeen, Hull and Grimsby to meet their opposite numbers in that country and exchange ideas on machinery and processing.

Maur ice Gord on Gillie s· (1923-30), M.A., LL.B., was in Aui?ust 19j8 created a Queen's Counsel to Her :.tajcsty in Scotland. Two months later he was appoin ted Sheriff-Substitute of Lanarkshire in succession to the late Sheriff-Substitute J. Wellwood Johnston . .,,.--- Alexander D ona ld Campbell Grassie• (1940-n), who is at present studvini; Phpics at Queen's College, Cambridge, was elected Exhibitioner of his College in June 19j8. / William Gordon Hender so n (1926-38), M.B . , CH.B., was in August this year appointed a l'ellow of the :\I icroscopical Society. lie is at present senior lecturer in Patho logy at London Lnivcrsity, holds an appointment at the Institute of Ophthalmology in London and is an I Ionorary consultant to the Moorficl<l Eye Hospital . ....- Jame s Willi am H owison+ (1937-50), Pll.D., n.sc., w ho gradua ted PH.o. in 1957 is now with British Hydrocarbon Chemicals, Ltd., at Grangemouth.

Lauren ce L eslie Huss· (1909-tR) about a year ago resigned from his position / with Fife County Council and joined the National Coal B<>ard. Afte r a period of training he has been appointed an Assistant Regional Opencast .\[anagcr (Operations) and is now stationed at Sheffield.

Arthur Roy Handa sydc Kcll as (1926-,2) , M.A., who recently took a refresher course in Persian at the London School of Oriental Studies, ha, been appoin ted Oriental Counsellor at the British l mbassy in Teheran. It will be his second spell of duty there a,, he wa~ on the I mb.lSsy staff at Tehcran from 1945 till 1947. ...,. Jam es Gray K ) d " (1891-98), who rdired from the post of Rc,,isttar-Gcneral for Scotland a year or two ago is now Chainnan of the Scots Ancestry Research Council " helping people c,f Scots blood from all pans of the world to !cam about their great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers" (a.~ one paper put i1). He has also recently published a book about the 13racmar area mentioned elsewhere in this i~.

Eric Robert Russell Linklater ' (1913-16), c .n.r., M.A., LL.D., 1·.o., has just had published a new nm·cl "Position at Noon" . It is reckoned to be the best Linklater since " Private An!-'clO". / Dougla s Yeats Lob ban · (1922-34) who was home on leave <luring the early part of this year frc,m Assam, is now pt:rman<'ntmana!!er of the Jaboka Tea Fstate there. I le first startnl tea phnting as an assistant manager in l ntlz.1 in 1939 but the war interrupted his career and he sen cd for the duration as an oflicer in the Indian Army. Since 194) he has been planting in Bengal and Assam.

V Andrew Francis Lovie· (1950-55) who went to Telephone Ilouse for training on leaving the School, is at present doing l\ational Sen-ice with the Royal Corps of Signals m Singapore .

William M cH ardy (19t6 50) who has hecn professional at :\lurcar Golf Club for the last four years, has tendered hts resignation to the club. '\fter leaving the School he w as assistant to Gordon Durward al Decside, John Campbell at

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Balgownic and Tommy Haliburton at Wentworth. After completing his National Service he took over at Murcar. He is at present undecided whether to carry on with golf or seek other employment. _.M ai tland M ackie" (1926-18), 11.sc.(Agric.), stood as Liberal candidate at the recent by-election in Ea.~t Abcnlcenshire caused by the election to the peerage of Sir Robert 8oothby. In a three-cornered fight he was a good third with ove r 7,000 votes cast in his favour.

1./'W iUiam Keith McTagga rt (1933-45), ,r.n.E., n.sc.(Eng.), is now a SquadronLeader in the R.A.r. and holds a staff appointment at Bomber Command . .......,..--T homas Menzies* (t9os-10), c.11., o.B.E., M.B., CH.B., K.H.P., retired from the R.A.M.C. with the rank of Major General and he now lives in Kirriemuir, of which he is presently Provost. As regards his two F.P . sons: T om Men zies* ( 1931-40), M.B., c.11.11., l'.R.C.s., has been for the past two and a half years Senior Suq~ical Registrar at the I fammersmith Hospital and Postgraduate Medical School of London, while his younger brother Gilb ert D ougl as M enzies• (1933-44) is now an architect with the Public Works Dept. of the Provincial Government of Alberta, and lives in E d monton . He is meantime supervising the building of a large hospital in Calgary.

E rnes t Jam es Stewart Mi ch ie~ (1947-51), 11.sc.(For.), has joined the T'orestry Commission and is at present stationed in Nottinghamshire. l lis younger brother V ian Cha rles Stewa rt Mi chie ~ (1947-56) joined the Iludson's Bay Co. in 1956 and was stationed at Frobisher Bay until last June when he was posted to Fort Chimo in the Province of Q uebec. / Willi am Mitchell* (1919-32) was in September this year appointed a director of Aberdeen I'ootball Club, Ltd. Go rdon Bru ce Nicolso n~ (1938-47), c.A., who was senior prefect in 194647 has now been assumed a partner by C. G . MacDowall, C.A., Dingwall, he having been his senior assistant for the past three years.

- James Og ilvy Rae• (1912-11) has now returned to this country from Victoria, B.C., and has settled down at Lochrutton near Dumfries. v William McCull och Rae (1946-58), a former warrant officer in the School Cadet Force, was this summer chosen for a trip to Gibraltar as a reward for proficiency. Whilst at the Schoo l be gained a flying scholarship and last year passed his pilot's "A" licence test. ln September he joined the R.A.F. as a navigator on a tweke year temporary commission engagement. I le hopes to stay on in the service after the completion of this twelve year period.

VEdw ard Birni e R eid* (1902-13), 0.11.F., T.D., C.A., at a meeting last month of the Aberdeen Centre of the Motor and Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund was presented with a water-colour of Lochnagar in recognition of the twenty-nine years he had secretary of the Aberdeen Centre of the I'und.

William Ferris R eid • (192) -31), B.sc.(Agric.), who famlS at Fordhouse of Dun, Montrose has been selected to judge the Aberdeen-Angus Section of the Easter Cattle Show at Sydn ey, Australia next year. Ile is also intending to visit New Zealand an<l other parts of the Commonwealth to inspect cattle which he has sold to these parts and hnd out how they are thriving i_!) their new environment.

Other I .P.s farming in the good earth of Angus and..ttfe 11.lcarns arc John Grant (1910-21) of West Ballochy, Alexander Simp son Milni: _.(1921-14), of Carcary an<l Picforth,e and his brother Ro hen Shaw M cD onald · Milne (192 1-24) of Dykclands, who has recently added to his estate the lands of i\Conboddo. [We are grateful to Dr. A. A. Cormack (" Corbeau ", to most of usl) for submitting the above information, he finishes his letter with a heartfelt post-script: " These farmers cannot now have their sons educated in the Aberdeen Grammar School''. ] v- Lesse l Joh n Charles R enn ie• (1946-53) havin~ graduated 11.v.M.s.,M.R.c.v.s., from che Royal (Dick) School of \"eterinary Studies at E.dinburgh l.Jniversity in July, is now in general practice at Brampton, Cumberland.

-Eric Rogers· (1940-43) returned from \\'est Africa in July t9j8 having resigned his position of ~enior assistant en1,?ineer with the Nigerian Ports Authority. In August he went to Jamaica to visit his cider brother J ames William Roger s*

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(1940-43) who is chief engineer of the Reynolds Jamaica ~fines, Co., mining bauxite on the island. While there he met on several occasions Eric Kennedy Cruickshank * (1920-31), M.D., \i.R.C.P., Dean of \fcdicine of the Lniversity of the\\ est Indies.

Eric's younr,cr brother Ian Grant R oge rs '(i941-46) is a senior assistant architect with a firm in Glasgow and was in charge of the design of a new nurses' home at Bellshill which was opened in 0ctoba this yL-ar.

John Lyon Shaw~ (1907-20) has now been appointed Headquarters Chaplain to the Royal Association in aid of the Deaf and Dumb, and has taken up residence at the Chaplain's House, Norfolk Square, London. This is a newly-created office and Father Lyon Shaw will be concerned with the spiritual and pastoral care of the 20,000 deaf and dumb in the Greater London area.

Douglas Simp son "" (1901-13), o.B.E., \I.A., D,LJTT., F.S.A. (Scot.), l'.S.A. At the annual general meeting of the City of Aberdeen County Scout Counci l held last month, Dr. Simpson was presented with the Silver Acom for distinguished scrvice to Scouting.

V Willi am E,•an Fraser Simp son · (1916-26), B.sc.(Eng.) has rt.-cently mo,cd from Birmingham, where he had resided for twenty-rwo years, to London in order to take up an appointment with his lirm at their new head office. He 1s Senior Project I.nginccr with the Abrasives Division of the .\{innesota 11ining and '.\lanufacruring Co., Ltd .

Francis Taylor Smith· (1938-5 1) who was ordained in September 1957, has been workmg in Govan for the last eighteen months as Senior Assistant \1inistcr at Govan Old Parish Church. Jle has now secured a charge of his own- Aberlour Parish Church-to which he was inducted by the Presbytery of hlgin on I 5 October 1958. / William Bethune Stott· (1903-14), M.n., CH.B., will be retiring early next year from the position of :\1.0.11. to the 11id-Sussex County Districts, a post which he has held since 19~4. For many years he has been adviser to the Rural District Councils Associaaon on all public health matters. I le is sull keen on sport and for the last ten years has been Chairman of the directors of I la) wards Heath Golf Club, perhaps a kss strenuous occupation than his former lawn tennis acuv1ucs wluch mcludcd captaincy of the hhnburgh University Club in 1911, a half-blue at Cambridge in 1922, Doubles Champion of Scotland in 1925 with D. Craig and playing for Scotland agamst England in 1926. ..,, Charles James Strachan' (1917-21), the general manager of the Anglo-Ceylon & General Estates, Ltd., Colombo was home on leave during the late summer. l..infortunatdy he had to return to Ceylon before the annual d inner in October.

As Oub Consul for Ceylon he 1s always anx10us to meet F.P.s going there-informal gct-togcthcrs of l·.P.s in Ceylon arc held from time to time.

Edward Bower Strachan· (1947-58) has been awarded a scholarship by the General Dental Council of £200. The award 1s made to boys on the strength of their school records and success in public examinations . llc is now studying at Queen 's College, Dundee, having won an open bunsary to St. Andrews wnivemty last spring . .,. James Sinclair Taggar t• (1931-42), M.A., is now in \X'ellington, New Zealand where he has ta.ken up an appointment with Lever Bros. (1'.Z.), Ltd. Frank Salmond Taylor· (1923-28), the scc1ctary of the Institute of Bankers in Scotland, had one of the bigRcSt jobs of his career last September when he had to orgaruse the clc, enth lntemauonal Banking Summer School at St. Andrews.

Altogether 280 delegates from furry-six countries attended for a two-week session. / Jame s M an n Taylor• (1948-H) has joined Kodak, Ltd., at !farrow where he will be engaged on research work. v' Sir John William Taylor' (1906-11), C.\I.G,, M.B.E., \I.A., 1.R.C.s., was the chief guest at a ceremony in the :\lexican Embass) in London on 22 July 1958 when he was invested by the :\fcxican Ambassador with one of his country's highest decorations-the Order of the Aztec l:.aglc, First Class, given only to foreigners.

I ts ribbon is yellow and irs gold star bL-ars the traditional ca_gle simng on a cacrus, wnh a snake in its mouth. Sir John was our Ambassador ro .Mexico for several

Notes abo11t Old Bqys years after the last war when Senor Campos Ortiz , the i\fexican Amhassador, was No. 3 at the .\fexican Foreign Office, but it is for his wor k as Directo r-General at Canning J louse that he has received this honour. /4Jso present amongst the distinguished guests was another F.P., Sir Jame s Ian Cormack Crombie • (1908-21), K.C.B., K.B.1 .. , C.M.G., Chainnan, Board of Customs and Excise, whom we omitted to mention in ou r last issue as another of the F.P.s featured in the Pru.r & ]01m1al series entitled " The Road to the Top" .

V Edward Robert Tennant ._ ( r9.t, -46) early this year, having just taken a PH.D. at St. Andrews University, took a post as an \1.0. in Borneo on a Colonial Development project there. This particular job was only a seven month one, and he hoped that after it he might get another such job in a different pan of the world . .......--Alexander Cooper Thomson _. (1930-41), A.,1. 1. (MECH. l!.), has been with the Pilkington Group of Companies for a number of years and has been stationed at many places both north and south of the Border. He is now at their headquarters m Lancashire and is living at Rainford . .,...J"an Stewart Thomson "' (1903-09), }f.A., M.D., retired in \ larch 1958 from his post as Chest Physician at the Westminste r Chest Clinic. He was depu ty to .,-Andr ew James Shinnie (1897-03), o .es., M.D., D.P.H., ~ledical Officer of Health for \\escminster, from 1915 till 1948 when he was transferred to the South-West \ktropohtan Regional I Iospital Board as Chest Physician . After retiring, he and his wife went to Southern Rhodesia for three months to visit their eldest son and on return settled at Saltburn by the Sea, Yorks.

'--'°'R onald Tulloch• (1913-34) returned to this country last August from Malta where he had been employed by a commerc1al firm as sales manager, a job which entailed much travelling rn North Africa. In October he jo1ned the Yorkshire Insurance Co., and is attached to their Aberdeen office.

Geo rge Alexand er Williams o n* (1904-11), B.L., O.L., who recently retired from the post of Commandant of the Scottish area of the Royal Observer Corps, has been appointed assistant to the Commandant for the United Kingdom a special appointment for Scotland . .....-cfi'arles Alb ert Wil son (1878-79) whose death was announced in our last issue made bequests amounting to over £7,000 in his will which was published I.L~ t July. \f.1ny local charities will benefit and co the East Church of St. icholas, of which he was an cider, he left £1,600 for the provision of staine d glass windows.

Scottie MacLachlan' s assistants (past and pre sent) Arthur Farquharson Tou gh "' (1946-49), M.A., LL.11., has recently completed his r-.ational Service with the Royal Air Force, in which he was commissioned in the r.ducation Branch. He is now a legal assistant with .\lcssrs. G. I I. Bower & G~, Advocates in Aberdt.-en.

Ian Slessor Smith * (1945-53), n.~c., who until recently was an apprentice wi th G. H. Bower & Gibb, Advocat<:S in Aberdeen, is now in Edinburgh completing his studies for a degree in Law. I-le is apprenticed to Messrs. Hagart & Bum\lurdoch, \\, .S. ,._./ Da vid lvor Morgan • (19.18-54) graduated M.A. at Aberdeen University in July t958 and is now apprenticed to i\lcssrs. G. 11. Dower & Gibb, Advocates in ./ , Aberdeen. _David Keith Sellar • (1933-4)), 11.L., Club Consul in Malaya, who is a partner with Messrs. \1. Ismail & Co., Advocates and Solicitors, Kuala Lumpur, is to attend the Congress of the International Commission of Jurists in Delhi in January 19l9 .as a delegate from Malaya. He will thereafter be in this country until the end of March, before returning to .\[alaya.

University Notes At Graduation Ceremonies in the University of Aberdeen, degrees were conferred on the following F.P.s : AUTUl\ 1:t-; GRADU.\TJOJ:\., 30th OCTOBER, 19p Higher Degree DOCTOR OF P HILOSOPHY (PH. D )

/iames WiJliam H owison "' (1937-50) n.sc., Thesis: "Studies on the variab le Lime : Silica Ratio of Synthetic Tobermorite Minerals."

SUMME R GRA D UATI ON, 3rd and 4th J ULY, 195 8 D EGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS

(:M.A.)

(1) \X'ith First Oass Honours

- Allan Buchanan Gardner (1942-50), in Classics.

--James Grant Kellas * (1940-54), in 1listory-Po litics.

Douglas Simps on Wood (1942.-54), in Philosophy-Po litics.

(2) With Second Class Honours

/ Ian William Derek Buxt on" (1947-54), in Classics.

----Graeme Macle an Bruce * (1947-54), in Eng lish.

Andr ew Bain Chri sti e (1948-54), in Economic Science. i--John Kermack Miln e Lothian (1949-54), in Economic Science. .....-Andrew Robertson • (1941-54), in Latin-French. ""David Ivor Morgan ~ (1948-54), in Latin-English . v John Robert Young Mutch (1942-54), in 1Iusic .

Nichola s Tindal Phillip son ( 1946-54), in History- Politics.

Jerem y Ni col Sands (1942-46), in History-Politics . .,...John Pacitti * (1947-54), i 11 Latin-Italian .

(3) With Third Class 1 lonours

David Nico l Angu s" (194;-5 3), in Latin-English.

(4) Ordinary Degree

Rae Coll edge Barton* (1943-55). ...-Ronald Scott Brown · (1946-55).

'- Robert Fairwe ather Gill an* (1941-55). .,.. Ian Mitchell Scott Park · (1942.-,15).

DLG!iliE OF BACHELOR OF LAWS (LL.B.)

\\. tth Commendation

Gordon Strachan Cow ie· (r937-40, 1941-51).

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D EGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

(n.sc.)

(1) \X 1th Second Class Honours

James Mann Taylor-+- (1948-,14), in Chemistry.

(2) Ordinary Degree

John T eren ce Bray* (r948-54).

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF Scir:..1';1'CE IN AGRICULTURE

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OF SCIENCE TN FORESTRY

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Maitland Mackie (1946-54).

David Alexand er Black (1951-55).

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Univtrsity Nolt.r D EGREE OF BACHELOR

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IN ENGINEERING

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ENG .)

Ordinary Degree

Grays ton Sadl er* (1940-53).

D ECREES OP BACHELOR OF l\.JP.OICINE ANO BACHELOR

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(M.n. ch.n.)

(1) With Honours

vnonald Gavin Jamie son (1944-52).

(2) Ordinary D egree

,.......-Alistair William Scott Brown (1946-5 z). ~obin Wattie Glashan * (1938-51). _David Rollo Grieve * (1939-52).

DIPLO\rA IN P unuc IlEALTn (D.P.rr.) .......-nuncanMorison McLellan * 1,u. ch.n. (1938-45).

Medals and Prizes ....,....~raeme Findlay Bryce * (1942-56) and Jon Armistice McCleverty (1942-5 1)-shared the Coutts Prize in Chemistry. vGordon Strachan Cowi e* (1937-40, 194r-51)-Socicty of Advocates Prize s in Conveyancing, in Evidence, Pleading and Procedure, and in Publ ic International Law. -- Allan Buchanan Gardner (1942-50)- Jenkyns Prize in Classical Phil ology. Seafield Gold Medal in Larin, Simpson Priz e in Greek, Robb ie Gold Medal in Greek.

V-Uonald Gavin Jamieson (1944-52)-MacQuibban P rize in Surgery. t-- James Grant Kcllas * (1940-54)-Porbes Gold Medal in History; Gladstone Memorial Prize.

Frank Murdoch McPherson (1947-56)-John N. Milne Prize in Economic History . ..,.- Ian Slessor Smith * (1945-53)-Society of Advocates Priz es in Juri sprudence and in Scots Law; \X'hyte Prize in Accountancy for Law Students.

V James Lind say Wilkie * (1946-52)-Ilcnry Prize in Divinity; Primro se Prize in Church Hist ory; Stuart P rize in Hebrew. *

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.,- Allan Buchanan Gardner and Douglas Simpson Wood shared with one another, the Lyon Prize for the most distinguished graduate in Arts.

- Allan Buchanan Gardner, M.A., has been awarded a \X:'arncr Exhibition in Classics at llalliol College, Oxford.

--- Jeremy Nicol Sands, ~LA. , has won a scho larship to Stanford University, California.

S.R.C. At the Election on 7 ovcmber 1958 the following F.P.s. became members of the Students' Representative Council . \/Douglas Rob ert Kynoch * (1948-56) . ....-David lvor MacPherson Sutherland * (1951-55).

'-- John Robert Young Mu tch, M.A. (1942-54).

- Graham MacLean Bruce, M .A.,* (1947-54).

Editor of Gaudie for the Winter Term --Stuart Auldjo Middleton (1944-57).

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Marriages ~llison (1937-46).-At Queen's Cwss Church, Aberdeen, on 11 October 1958, Jorn, ERN'FSTGRAY ALLISON,younger son of Dr. and \lr,;. Emc,;t Allison, Aberdeen, to Ailsa Ross, twin daughter of .l\lr. and Mrs. Geo. J\lurdoch, 72 \forninglicld Road, Aberdeen . .,_- Anderson (193S-41),-At King's Colleize Chapel, Aberdeen, on 9 July 1958, DAVID .A1'DER~ON,* elder son of \lrs. \1. J. Anderson, Celeste, \lilltimbcr, and of che lace ;\1 r. David Anderson of Bieldside and South Africa, co Jane \1 '(,ce, only daughter of Mr. and l\lrs. Edward Barron, 18 Balmoral Place, Aberdeen . .,..----Booker (1928-41).-At the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, on 8 October 1958, RonFRT K1LG01:R Boo1-a.R, LL.n., cider son of \lr. Booker and the late \1rs.

Booker, 268 Queen's Road, Aberdeen, to I lazel Flizabctb, younger dau~•hcer of .Mr. and ;\I rs. Jack 1'.athan, 8 Rochalie Dm·e, Singapore. . .,..Cay (1935-46).- Ac Peebles Old Parish Church, on 10 September 1958, DAVID '-1tcinERT BLLLAMY CAi, LL,B., son of l\fr. and \lrs. R. \1. Cay, Sunnyside ] louse, Hazlchead, Aberdeen, to Elizalx:tb Loma, cider daughter uf Lt. Col. and .\1 rs.

J. Jamieson, Priorsford House, Peebles. ,..-.Clark (1935-47).-A t Craigiebuckler Church, Aberdeen, on 20 June 1958, WILLIAM LINTON CLARK,* younger son of the late Mr. W. P. Clark and of Mrs. C. Clark, 89 Queen's Road, Aberdeen, to Gillian, cider daughter of the late Cape.

R. H. P. Thomas, R.<".s., and ;\lrs. \1. Thomas, 78 Back Hilton Road, Aberdeen. t.-----connon (1932-44).· -At King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, on 27 September 195 8, I RANK C. Co,,;i-.oi-.,"LL.B., youngest son of the lace \I r. and \I rs. \\ m. Connon, Aberdeen, to Sylvia, only daughter of ;\1r. and ;\frs. Sam Troup, 8 Bccchgrove Avenue, Aberdeen . ...,... Cruickshank (i914-36) .-At the Parish Church, Portsoy, on 2 August 19i8, Ileen OGILVlE CAMPBFI.L CRLICKSHANK,third son of the lace \fr. J. Cruickshank, Malaya, and of ;\lrs. A. Cruickshank, 21 \\ oodstock Road, Aberdeen, to Helen, pau gh ter of the late Mr. and .Mrs. Wm. Wylie, Port Glasgow. t--f>eans (1937-41),· -At St. Mary's Church, Barton-on-Humber, on 18 Au!!'ust 1958, ERrc \\1111AM DLA..,s,' eldest son of J\lr. and \lrs. W. F. Deans, 13 Ol<lmcl<lrum Road, Bucksburn, to Nancy .\largaretta, only <laughter of the lace l\lr.

H. Pinchbeck and of \lrs. Pinchbeck, 20 Caishor Road, Barcon-on-llumbcr, Lines.

Don ald (1942-44).-At St. Mary's Church, Kennington, on 6 Septembe r 1958.

ALA:-. J:.wTN Do,,;ALD,• \I.A., second son of the late .\lr. R. T. Donald and of Mrs. L. Donald, 32 Albert Terrace, Aberdeen, to Janee Hila!') Therese, younger daughter of Sir Hilary and Lady Blood, Ashford, Kent . ..---Oumo (1939-47).· At 1-.mg's College Chapel, Aberdeen, on 24 July 1958, GEoRGc F1uSER Ouru.;o, younge r son of the late l\ lr. G. F . Dumo, and of J\lrs.

F. Dumo, Jacks1on, Rothicnorman, to Llizabeth ;\largaret, younger daughter uf Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Urquhart, Grccnwhins, Cults. / Fra ser (1937-45).-At St. John's Church, Cupar, on i 5 August 1958, GM11.n1 C.•MPJlnt rRASLR,onlv son of ;\lr. and .\I rs. f'. Fraser, Roval Bank I louse, Arbroath, tu Rae Suttie, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J\l'Callum , Howling Green Road, Cupar . .....-Grieve (1944-50). At King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, on 26 July 1958, Eow1,,; GRJLVE.,• only son of \lr. and l\frs. F. Grieve, 70 I lilton Terrace, Aberdeen, to Joan Mary, <laughter of Mr. and l\frs. A. M. Campbell, •H Great Southcm Road, Aberdeen . _,- Graham (1939-p).-At Kin~'s College Chapel, Af-.t:rdeen, on 11 July 1958 Tno,JAs CAR,nCHAI.L GR.utAM, cider son of the RcY. Professor and ;\I~. John ;\f. Graham, 3 The Chanory, Old Aberdeen, to Jean Jamieson, younpcst <laughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Cran, Mains of Lcsmoir, Rhynie . ../ Graham ( 1945-46),· At the Kirk of the Grcyfriars, F<linburgh, on 16 August 1958, DAVID EDWARD GRAHAM, only son of \lr. and \lr,. L. Graham, Ed111hur1,:h (late of Torphins), to Catherine, younger <laughter of the late \lr. and .\lrs. R. Duncan, Edinburgh.

H arrow (1942-52).- At St. Nicholas (lJnion Grove) Church, Abenken, on 3 October 1958, RAYMo,,;u SMITM l[ARPFR ]! ARROW, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. \\.

II arrow, Prmhurst, \lilltimbcr, to Gladys, youngest <laughter of \lr. and \I rs.

A. D. Carle, 18 Gaimsheil Avenue, Aberdeen.

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/ H ay (1940-i i).-At Perth on 26 Jul 19i S, JAMl!S LESLTE II,w, son of .\fr. and Mrs. A. Leslie llay, 47 Rubislaw Den louth, Aberdeen, to Camona, daughter of i\lr. and \ lrs. m . .\lcPhcrsoo, Borve, Skeabost Bridge, Skye . ........-f'lenderson (1943-44). At Holborn \X"est Church, Aberdeen, on 18 October 19j8, lArs llr.~DERSo:--.,"son of the late \ir. and \lrs. J. Jl enderson , Jnr., 38 Thomson Street, Aberdeen, to Elsie Heimrich, daughter of the late \lr. J. C. Ingram and of Mrs. C. JI. Ingram, TO Pitstruan Place, Aberdeen. c--H ogg (1948-p). -At lligh Church, J lilton, Aberdeen, on 6 September 19j8, !A1~ J\I •RR HOGG, son of the late /l!r. J. Hogg and of .\[rs. E. Hogg, 9 Leslie Road, Aberdeen, to Lorna Allison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Mutch, 11 Great \vcstem ~• Aberdeen.

Keith (1923-24).- At London on 10 July 19j8, Ro»P.RT fARQUIIARSO~ KmTn , to Jean Abernethy Coult (lee Fisher).

--"Leip er (1938-48).-At Beechgrove Church , Aberdeen, on 4 October 19i8, Jo11N Ro11LRTSON \'rooo Lz,rri:R, son of Dr. John Leiper and the lace .\1rs. Leiper, 78, Queen's Road, Aberdeen, to Sally \1argaret, younger daughter of \lr. and \ 1.rs.

Mitchell C. Ross, 36 Rubislaw Den South, Aberdeen.

L-- L evie (1948-i4). -At St. Nicholas Church, \\orth, on 19 July 19j8, L•l'RENCP. F.1.DLRLFv11.; youngest son of the late Professor\'</. E. Levie and i\!rs. C. S. Levie, 63 Hamilton Place, Aberdeen, to Sonia Ena Victoria, eldest daughter of .Mr. J. V. Barnard-Popplewell and \frs. Ena Ferguson, South \ loulton, Devon . .,,-Lind s ay (1924-31).- At Kingston-On-Thames, on 4 November 19j8, FRANCIS DorsAI.D L1,DsAY, son of Dr. Robert Lindsay, late of Aberdeen, w \largaret, daughter of the late J\Ir. and \frs. Charles Gordon, Kincardine O'Neil.

V Lumsden-B eding feld (1940-47).- At St. Andrew's Church, Penang, on 27 September 19i8, ROGER \X"tLLIA\I LuMsDEN-BEDI?SGrFID,only son of \fr. and Mrs. A. Lumsdcn-Bcdingfeld, 71 Forest Road, Aberdeen, to Aileen May, youngest daughter of \[r. and :\lrs. A. Pirie, 21 Hilton Drive, Aberdeen . .---M aePhee (1930-.p).-At London on 31 \1ay 19j8, Pnrn GFORGt M1TC.11ELL J\fAcPnrr,• son of the late .\fr . Geo. i\facPhee and of Mrs . .\lacPhee, 49, Queen's Road, Ahcrdecn, to I klcn Miriam Arnold, daughter of Mr. and J\lrs. Arnold Ashton, Toronto, Canada . ....-Ma thi eso n (1926-38). At Robertson United Church, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on 12 September 1958, Dwro ..\lATHIESO"i,• ,1 .B., CH.D., son of :\fr. and Mrs. \ lathieson, 79 Osborne Place, Aberdeen, to Joan, only daughter of ;\fr. and Mrs. Hall, Oxford.

- M enzies (1928-29). -At the Presbyterian Church, Canberra, Au~tralia, on 29 September t9j8, W Al.TER N1.11., \!Ei-;zrFS, 7/ 20 Northbourne Hats, Canberra , to Sheil Rachel Olley, 7 Burns Road, Aberdeen. v Miln e (1936-49). At \lannoficld Church, Aberdeen, on 12 July 1958, AN0RPW MAITI.A'1D \In ,1., young.,st son of the lace .\lr. John .\1ilne and of \lrs. i\[. Milne , 44 Ashley Gardens, Aberdeen, to Lorna Beattie, only daughter of \fr. and .\frs.

A. ll,.-Ewan, j 8 Countesswclls Road, Aberdeen. rMow at (1944-io). At King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, on 21 July 19j8, C11,R1.F.S Do~u.o \fowAT,* only son of Mr. and \frs. C. D . .l\lowat, 31 Caimcry Avenue, Aberdeen, to Joan Beatrice, younger daughter of \[rs . •\1. \X"illiamson, ~ubislaw Park Crcsc<:nt, Aberdeen.

N aylor (1933-35 140).-- -At Longsight .\lcthodist Church, Harwood, on 7 August 19j8, RoY SnwART NAYI.OR, son of the late \lr. L.B. Naylor and of Mrs. 1':aylor, Glcnshee, Fd1cll, to Mabel, youngest daughter of .\fr. and \frs. T. Dobbin , ll.JJ1wood,Bolcon, Lanes . ..,,... O gston (193i--19).- At Cellc, Hanover West Germany, on 28 June t9j8, W11.l.I\\l Du"icAN OGST0"1,cider son of Mr. and \lrs. r. J. Ogston, 74 \lorningftcld Road, Aberdeen, to Gertrud Susanna, daughter of the late Simon Moll and of i\l rs.

Ida \loll, Cclle, Hanover.

V P a terson (1932-46). At Stothcrt \lcmorial Church, Lumphanan, on 21 June 19i8, GORDO'> ~lt'RR.\Y P.uERS0'1, eldest son of .\fr. and \lrs. A. Paterson, \'fhiteknowes, Corse, Lumphanan, to Gladys \Villiams, daughter of the late Mr. C. Christie and of .\frs. \X m . .\lichic, roggidcy, Corse, Lumphanan.

Reid (1930-39). At King's Colkgc Chapel, Aberdeen, on 1 August 19j8, ARTHLR GoRD0'1 REID, son of Dr. and .\{rs. A. G. Reid, 83 King's Gate, Aberdeen, to Joan Aiken, daughter of \lr. and l\frs. A. L. Gordon, 18 Devonshire Road, Aberdeen.

Aberdeen Grammar School Afagazin, t./ Robcrt son (1939-51).-At Cults West Parish Church, on 4 October 19j8, STEPHEN ANDREW CORMACK ROBERTSON,* only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. S. Robertson, 96 Hamilton Place, Aberdeen, to Eva .\fal)•, elder daughter of \'\ ing ~mandcr and Mrs. R. J. Stephen, Craigewen, Bicldsidc.

Semple (1927-38).· ·At St. Columba's, Pont Street, London, on 6 August ~· RODLRKK FLRGl'SOS SEMPLE,• M.C., to Oliv ia Simmons.

Shewan (1948-j 1).-At Gilcornston South Church, Aberdeen, on 20 August 19j8, \X ILLJAM CoRoos SHF.WAN, youngest son of .\lr. and \lrs. I. J. Shcwan, 9l Union Cro\'c, Aberdeen, to Hilda, daughter of Mr. and ,\lrs. \\. r. Lancaster, 3~chinycll Gardens, Aberdeen. fu_: ~~venson (1934-38).-At St. ;\fary's Cathedral, Aberdeen, on 14 July 1958, HENRY Jou~ Srrvo.sos, son of the late Mr. G. Stc,·cnson and of.\! rs. Stevenson, i8 Urquhart Road, Aberdeen, to Isobel Stephen, elder daughter of the late :\lr.

J. Black and of l\l rs. Black, l Castle Street, Turriff. ~lace (1944-48).-At .l\lilton Congregational Church, Rochdale, on lj July 1958, ALASTAIR Ji-,;i-,;F.s \'<'Au.ACF, eldest son of !\ir. and l\Irs . A. \Vallacc, \\'est Manse, Strachan, co Jean, cider daughter of the late .\lr. J. Aspinall and of .\1rs.

N. Aspinall, 9 Whatmough Street, Rochdale, Lanes.

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New Members of the Club 15 May 1958- 15 November 1958 LIFE MEMBERS -Donald, William Sainsbury (1938-49), 46 Rubislaw Park Crescent, Aberdeen.

- T homson, David John (1954-58), 11 Argyll Place, Aberdeen.

ORDINARY MEMB ERS - Allan, David Leith (194-1-58), 19 Balmoral Road, Aberdeen. ~Anderson, David Grant (1954-j8), 14 King's Cross A,·enue, Aberdeen.

- Anderson, \\.illi:un Lmdsay (1919-24), ;\forphie, .\lontrose, Angus.

-Auld, .\1ichacl Raeside (1943-i8), 22 Ilammerficld Avenue, AbcrJccn. _Balfour, \'filliam (19io-58}, 52 forest Road, Aberdeen.

-Barry, John (1952-58), 22 Thistle Street , Aberdeen.

-Blair, David James (1944-j8), 4 Sc. Dcvenick's Terrace Cults, Aberdccnshicc.

- Dooth, Malcolm (1950-jj), 27 \\latson Street, Aberdeen -Bothwell, James Alexander (1944-58), 139 Forest AYenue, AberJeen.

Bowie, Norman (1943-B), 14 Raeden Avenue, Aberdeen.

- Browne, David Gibson (t95~-i8), 7 St. Cathcrine's \X,'alk, Oakwood, Leeds, 8.

Buxton, Neil Keith (1948-58), 18 J\lomingside Avenue, Aberdeen.

Cameron, Henry Ogilvy (19p-58), 83 \\'cstbum Road, Aberdeen.

- Campbell, Andrew Matthew Jr. (1942-53), 133 Great Southern Road, Aberdeen. /Clubb, Tan i\lci\laster (1953-i8), 143 King Street, Aberdeen.

- Cook, George Gray (1923-25), 62 Union Street, Aberdeen.

Craig, Graeme (1943-55), 47 Powis Terrace, Aberdeen.

Cramb, Maurice Quentin (1944-58), 28 Louisville Avenue, Aberdeen.

- Dawson, Gordon Shepherd (1947-58), \\'est Craigton, Malcolm Road, Pctcrcultcr, Aberdeenshire.

--De Lcurere, George Harley (1957-j8), 1 East Eighth Street, IIohart, Indiana.

-Dickie, Anhur Coull (19i2-58), 1 Lamond Place, Aberdeen. /J)overty, William Young (1944-j8), 11 Craigie Park, ,\berdecn.

-Drummond, John Parkinson (1947-58), 16 Yicwficld Crescent, Aberdeen.

-Duncan, Alexander (1900-02), Totnes, Saskatchewan, Canada.

-.....-l"alconer,Robert (1944-58), 13 De,·onshire Road, Aberdeen.

---Porbcs, Alexander James (1952-58), 9l Dcansloch Terrace, Aberdeen. _,Fumival, Colin l\I1tchcll (1913-j8), 7 Burnside Gardens, Aberdeen . ...Galloway, David (1944-58), 28 Forest Road, Aberdeen.

-Gordon, Irving Philip (19p-58), 96 Constitution Street, Aberdeen.

-..Geary, George Simpson (19j4-58), j Ross Crescent, Aberdeen. ""'Gray, Laurence (1956-58), 54 Ilammerficld Avenue, Aberdeen.

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Greig, David Smith (1943-49), 135 Western Road, Aberdeen.

- Greil,(, George Alexander, (1949-55), 237 North Anderson Drive, Aberdeen.

-ilalliday , Jan Drysdale (1952-58), 22 :\lorningsidc Road, Aberdeen.

-Harper, Douglas R. (1946-58) 112 Seafidd Road, .\berdecn.

'-·Henderson, Steven Leslie (1932-38), 66 Forcsc Road, Aberdeen.

- I loughton , Thomas (1952-58), 40 l."nmn Terrace, Aberdeen. _ Jl oward, Stanley A. (1948-58), 7 Woodend Place, Aberdeen.

- H utcheon, \lichael ll:uth,11 (1947-58), 2 Queen's Road, Aberdeen. llutcheon, \\ illiam Rencson (1953-58), 2, Windsor Place, Aberdeen.

Ironside, Lel>lie (1947-58), 11 King•~ Cross Avenue, Aberdeen.

Kelly, John Benzie (1948-58), 4 Gavinshicl Avenue, Aberdeen.

Kicson, Richard Frederick (1947-58), 81 l'orcst Avenue, Aberdeen .

Law rence, George Strachan (1953-58), The Birches, Garlogie, Skene, Aberdeen shire.

-.. Love, Phil ip ~ocl (1952-58), 4p North Anderson Drive, Aberdeen.

Matjoribanks, Andrew (1952-58), 66 Blcnheim Place, Aberdeen.

- Masson, George Fraser (1952-58), 4 llopetown Court, Bucksburn, Aberdeenshire. ~larhcson, Alasdair B. (1952-58), 81 Hamilton Place, Aberdeen. l\h clue, John Charles Alexander (1944-58), uo Queen's Road, Aberdeen. i\lillcr, Peter Edmond (1952-58), 20 Hilton Drive, Aberdeen. ,.- ,\lilne, Alan D. (1950-58), 38 Albyn Place, Aberdeen.

- i\li lner, George Murray (1944-58), 19 Hilton Drive, Aberdeen.

- Mitchell, Ilamish Gordon (1949-58), "Balrownie", ~cwtrmhill, Stonchaven, Kincardineshire. ,:-. 1orren, Ronald Scorgie (1944-58), 29 Ashgrove Road West, Aberdeen.

- .McDougall, Gordon Ogilvie (1946-58), 22 Belgrave Terrace, Aberdeen. _ McGhee, George L., M.A.,• The Grammar School, Aber<lccn.

- i\lclntosh, Colin Stephen (1952-58) 58 Union Grove, Aberdeen.

- McLcllan, Dr. Duncan i\lorison (t938-45), Raigmore Hospital, Inverness.

-Nicol, Andrew Dick (1949-p), 3 .\lbcrt Place, Aberdeen.

- Ogµ-, Thomas \X"inchcster (1952-58), 89 Grampian Road, Abcr<lcen. ,-- Phillipson, John Tobin (1946-58), 38 Be!Yidcre Street, Aberdeen.

Porter, Alan Sydney 1 lurrny, (1950-57), "\\'indcnnere ", \hlltimber, Aberdeenshire. ~- Porter, Erik Alexander Ste\'en (195 1-58), "\'Vmdcrmere ", \lilltimber, Aberdeenshire. r- Rae, 'X'illiam McCulloch (1946-58), 23 Ilamm crlicld Avenue, Aberdeen.

Robertson, Andrew (1941-54), 39 Angusfield Avenue, Aberdeen.

Robertson, Ronald 11cDonald (195 2-5 5), 70 \\"estra)' Road, Summerfield, Aberdeen.

Robertson, Stuart Forrest (1947-58), \ lontgomery Road, Aberdeen.

Shaw, Alexander Martin (1952-58), Whitehall Road, Aberdeen.

Shirrcffs, Peter (19p-58), 84 Fau lds Gate Kincorth, Aberdeen.

- Siher, James l\lacDonald (1952-58), 12 Pitmedden Road, Aberdeen.

- Somerville, Da\'id Henry 1':orman (1946-58), 15 Hclvidere Street, Aberdeen.

Stephen, Allan F. (1949-58), 61 Hilton Road, Aberdeen. ,..._ Stewart , Donald Robert (1945-58), q \X'oodburn Avenue, Aberdeen.

Stewart, Hector McLennan (1957-58), "The Chalet", 4 Anderson Drive, Aberdeen.

- Stewart, l\lagnus (1952-58), 146 Scalield Road, Aberdeen.

Strachan, Ldward Hower (1947-58), 68 Blenheim Place, Aberdeen.

-. Taylor, David Aitchison (1955-58), 12 Harcourt Road, Aberdeen.

- Thomson, J.dward Riddell, M.A.,• 11 Argyll Place, Aberdccn.

Thomson, Nichol (1952-58), 14 Hollybank l'fa cc, Aberdeen.

-Watt, \X'ill,arn George,• 2 l lu1chcon Gardens, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen.

-. Weir, John Donald l\kCrone,* 15 Donbank Terrace, Aber<lcen. .-. Whyte, Robert Oark, (194s-58), 25 Osborne Place, Aberdeen.

-\X'ill, James, o.A. (Aberd.), • 17 Anderson Avenue, Aberdeen.

-Williamson, Alexander .Maxwell (1942-5 5), 16 Anderson Drive, Aberdeen.

--\'Qilliamson, Elliot Allen (1943-5 5), 16 Anderson Drive, Aberdeen.

- \'filson, John L., B.A., r .R.A.M., A.R.r.M., • 1 Springfidd Place,Abcrdecn -\'X'ilson, Robert, M.A.,• 37 Bmesidc Terrace, Aberdeen.

- \X'inpenny, Alexander Rae (1952-58), 28 \fontgomery Crescent, lla)·ton, Aberdeen.

- Yule, Alexander (1952-58), 222 Victor ia Road, Aberdeen.

- Yule, William (1945-58), 12 W'hirehall Terrace, Aberdeen.

Aberdeen Grammar S,hool Magazine STAFF MEMBERS * Banks, James, 34 Springfield Road, Aberdeen. ,.- Baxter, Archibald G., M.A., j8 Springfield Road, Aberdeen.

Brown, Robert, M.A., H9 Great \\cMcm Road, Aberdeen.

- Cook, Peter, n.sc., 27 Viewiield Gardens, Aberdeen.

- Galloway, Jan, C. R., M.A., 10 Orchard Street, .\berdcen.

Grnnt, Lewis 1':cish, M.A., 3 D cvanha Garc.kns, Aberdeen.

--- Henderson, Kenneth D., M.A., 81 Blcnheim Place, Aberdeen. ':-- Henson, Ronald, 22 J....mgshillRoad, Aberdeen. ,-- King, Korman\\'., '\I.~ •• " Harlequin", Abbotshall Road, Cults, Aberdeenshire.

Lawson, Henry F. M.A., 4l Powis Terrace, Aberdeen. r- .Michie, Jam es A. D., M.A., l!D.n., 37 \\'ats on Street, Aberdeen.

Morrison, James D ., \I.A., i\liddleton Steadinit, Pitfodcls, Aberdeenshire.

Murray Da, 1d, L.R.A.,1., 44 Iklgra,e Terrace, Aberdeen.

-:::. McOcan, Sydney D,,uitlas H., B.A., 34 Albert Terrace, Aberdeen. ,- Mc1"ay, Robert, B.\c. , zia Polmuir Road, Aberdeen.

Stevenson, Andrew Lockhart , L.L.B. , 18 Edgehill Terrace, Aberdeen.

• We arc happy to record the lar~e increase in "Staff members" of our Club, members of the School Staff being eligible for membership whether or not they arc F.P.s. Staff members now number over twenty and now h.-ive their own representative on the Club becutive (appointe d by the Staff themselves, of course) the reprcscotat ive being mcanume Mr. Alexander Bruce. It is largely clue to Mr. Bruce's efforts, we understand, that the increase above shown is attributable.

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Obituary / Gavin Leith Allardyce· (1894-1900), .t.1.c., ,1.A., w.s., who was senior partner in the firm of J. C. & :\. Steuart, w.~., r..dinbur •b died in an Eclinburi:th nursing home on 22 June 19j8 at the aqe of SC\!Cnty-two. J le graduated at Aberdeen in 19oj and was admitted a Writer to the Siitnet in Eclinbur~h in 1909 when he aim became a partner in the firm of Hon: & AJJardyce, w.s. During the First World \\ar he enlisted as a private 10 the l Ion. Artillery Coy., in 191 land was commissioned into the Gordon l li~hlandcrs in 1916. H e <cITcd with the B.E.F. for nearly two years and was awarded the l\l.C. for conspicuous willantry in July 1918. lie was taken prisoner in October 1918 when he was wounded but was repatriated two months later.

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D ouglas Knox Cameron· (1932-3j), L.D.S., R.C.s. (l·dm.), died very sudden!\! in Edmburp;h on 14 October 19j8, A popular lad at School, he was another of those to whom the Uoarding House (now, alas, no more) seemed to impart that little something" extra "which non-Iloardmit-Housc h<l}S <lid not so readily acquire.

He was a School Pttf.,ct, and I lead Boarding House Prefect. On lca"Vini;? Sebo<•! he commenced his dental training. In 1939 he joined the Camcron1ans, hut in 1940 he was released being in a reserved occupa tion for the purpose of completing his t!"llining. In 19.n he was commissioned into the Armr Dental Corps, in which he seITcd 10 India. J Jc had been in practivc in I'.dinbur11h,and had just accepted an app<>intmcnt with Ldinburgh l ·.ducatioo Authority before his death. He was a keen member of the J'.dinburgh Section. Jlc is survived by his widow and three children.

William And rew Cameron (1882-87), one r,f Aberdeen's best-known solicitor;, \,," unul last year a partner 111 the legal firm of Esskmont & Cameron, died suddenly whilst on a fisbinp; holiday at l',.cwburith on 19 July 1958 at the age of eight)', Durin g the First \\ orl<l \\ ar as a lieutenant in the T.l . Reserve he was appointe d assistant recru tine; officer at Aberdeen from 1916 till 191~ when he was tran<forrcd to the .M1m~try of ?-..ationaJ Service as as~1stant controller of registration and

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subseq uently Recorder for North-cast Scotland. During this period he was Italian Consular Agent at Aberdeen and was responsible for the mobilization of Italian rescr\'tStS in the north of Scotland and for forwarding to Italy many hundreds of refugees arriving at Aberdeen from invaded countries in Europe. For this work he was made a Cavaliere of the Order of the Crown of Italy. IIis hob bies were fishing and music, and he was the oldest officebearer of the West Church of St. Ancµew . .,......,J ames Foote Irv ine Go rdon (1911-2s) who died at his home at Pitfodels on 29 June 19s8, was recognised as one of the leading fashion experts in Aberdeen .

On leaving the School he joined his father and mother in the family business " Nicoll" of Union Street, origina lly a millinery business which had been founde d by his mother . Along with his father he developed the coat and dress side of the business most successfully due to his good taste in clothes and his business acumen.

Latterly he and his wife were in partnership t ogether. A keen amateur photographer, he had his own studio at his home.

Alexand e r All an Inn es (1909-13) died at the home of his brother, Robert '-E d ward Inne s (1903-06) at Chapelton, Udny in October 19s8. On leaving the School he was for a time with Jas. Abernethy & Co., Ltd., engineers, Aberdeen but after a fewJears joined his brother farming at Fordoun and Glenesk. During the First Worl War he served in France with a mobile unit of the British Red Cross and on demobilization in 1919 he returned to farming in Glencsk and Argyllshire, specialising in sheep. Later he owned a hairdressing business in Aberdeen, but at the start of the Second World War he joined the London Scottish and was ultimately seconded to the London Theatre Unit whose function was to provide entertainment for the troops in this country. After \E Day the Unit moved to France and Germany to entertain the army of occupation. I le had been ill for some months prior to his death at the age of sixty-one. __......... Alexander M cKenzie Johnston* (1 898-1903), one of our Club's most ardent supporters died suddenly at h is home in Areerdeen on Octobe r 19s8 at the age of seventy. Meer spending a year in Canada on leaving the School he returned to this country and entered the business of Smith & Johnston, Ltd., W'holesale Produce Merchants in Aberdeen and was managing director of thisfirm until he retired recently. During the First World War he served for the duration of hostilities firstly as a lieutenant in the Gordon High landers and finally as the commander of a Corps Signa l Coy. Jn 191s he received woun ds from which he never fully recovered but they did not prevent him playing squash and golf at which games he was no mean performer. In his earlier days he had played rugger for F.P.s and was always a keen follower of the fortunes of our teams. For SC\'e ral years he was President of the W'holesale Grocers of Scotland Association, a tribute to his popularity with his fellow traders. \X'hcn the Iloarchng House Company was formed in 1928 he became one of its directors and ultimately was elected Chairman. An enthusiastic F.P. he took a lively interest in our Magazine and the Notes r..ditor was many times grateful for his help and advice in the compilation of notes on F.P.s of his generati on.

J ames M cAllan• (1903-08), M.A., B.Sc.,M.R.c.v.s., died at Belfast on 8 September t9s8 at the age of sixty-eight. Jle graduated M.A. , at Aberdeen in 19n and his subsequent studies at the Royal (D ick) Veterinary Co llege and the University of Edinburgh were interrupted by war service. \'(:hen war broke out he enlisted as a trooper in the Scottish Horse and served for lwo years becoming Farricrquartcrmasccr-sergcant. I le was gazetted 20d Lieutenan t in the 4th Batralion Gordon High landers in August 1916 and in the same ye:ar was instruc ted by the War Office to return to college and comp lete his veterinary studies. This he did caking the degree of D.sc., at Edinburgh and qualifying M.R.c.v.s. l n 1918 he was gazetted a lieutenan t in the R.A.V.C., and was specially selected for service in 1'orth Russia where he was awarded the Order of St. Stanislaus. Mter demobi lization he became a veterinary inspector with the ~[inistry of Agriculture and in 1921 was appointed Vcterinary Inspector for the City of Aberdeen, a position which he held until he went to Belfast in 1927 to become Chief Veterinary Officer to the Northern Ireland Government. Jn 19S4 became a directo r of Ulster Meats, Ltd., an organisation for marketing and exporting. In his younger days he was recognised as one of the leading ruggcr players m the north-cast and had played for the School and later for the University.

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..,..--James Stew art M eConnac hie (1897-1900), M.C., M.D., CH.B. , who had been in practice in Frascrburgh for many years, died there at Thomas Walker I lospital on 31 July 1958. During the 1914-18 \X'ar he served with the R.A ..\J.C. both in this coun try and in !'ranee and was a prisoner-of-war for SC\'cral months in 1918.

In September 1917 he was awarded the \!.C. for great courage in cncuating the wounded from a divisi onal collecting p<>St under his charge which was under heavy 6.re from the enemy.

J ohn R obe rt Mackay~ (1926-37), M.A., LJ.. n., Advocate, died at Aberdeen on 14 Novembe r 19)8, aged thirty -seven, only a frw days after being flown home seriously ill from Singapore by R.A.r-. Comet. After graduating M.A. at Aberdeen he volunteered for flying seITice with the R.A.F. and was a pilot in Bomber Command up till the end of the war. He then returned to Aberdeen Uni\'ersity and whilst apprenticc.:dto .\kssrs. J".dmonds & Ledingham, Advocates in Aberdeen, studied for his LL.B. degree which he took in 1948. He thereafter went to Edinburgh and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1950. Abou t two years ago he joined the Colonial Legal Service and took an appointment as a magistrate in !Sorth Borneo. Ile is survived by his wife and a daughter.

Clem ent M arshall • (191i-27), M.A., LL.B., a well-known Aberdeen advocate died suddenly at Oldmcldrum whilst on holiday on 6 August 1958; he had been in poo r health for some time. Ile became apprenticed to Edmonds & Ledingham afte r leaving the School and graduated M .A. in 1930 and LL.D. in 1931 when he won the Edmond prize for that year. He served as an assistant with .\lcssrs. Fdmonds & Ledingham until the outbreak of war in 1939 when he joined the R.A., in which regiment he was commissioned; but he was invalided out in 1940. Returning to his old firm he became a partner in 1944 but he retired prematurely in June 1958 on account of i II health. IIe was forty-nine years old.

G. F. C. writes: " I knew Clem since he was six years okl. Even in his Grammar days he showed early on the qualities of mind which were later to make him such an outstanding law student. His legal brain was quite cxcepuonal and he arrived at the right decision almost by intuition. As a friend, he had unseUish charm, tremendous zest and enthusiasm, and an astonishingly wide range of interests." _.,Dou glas Porter* (1897-1902), ,r.u., cn.n., TJ.F.n., died at Godalminj!, Surrey, on l November 195 8. He qualified at Aberdeen in 1908 and gained his D.P.H. the following year. I mm 191) till 1919 he scr\'Cd with rhe R.A . .\I.C. at home and in France, Belgium and Germany. On returning to this country he was appointed Assistant .\1cdical Officer, Tuberculosis Service, \lctropolitan As> Iurns Board.

Ian Forbe s Sh eriffs• (1943-49) died sutldcnly on 16 October 19)8 at the City Hospital, Aberdeen, a dctim of poliomyelitis at the ai,: of twenty seven. On leaving the School he went to the Rowett Research Institute at Bud.sbum as a laboratory assistant remaining there until 1953 when he joined the Consolidated Pneuma tic Tool Co. Ltd., at their works at Tullos, Aberdeen as an assistant chemist. \X-hilstat the School he was a member of the 17th Troop of Boy Scouts and a keen phi latelist. l.. Thoma s Swan Smith (1882-84) has died at Seaforth, Ontario, Canada, at the age of ninety. On Jca,ing the School he entered the Auchcnblae Branch of the North of Scotland Dank as an apprentice but on completion of his training he went to Canada and set up in businc!IS as an e.xporter of ho<SL-s. lie had been in poor health for the last year or so. _.

Willi am L egge Steph en• (1902-04), M.D . , CH.B., o.P.11., died with tragic suddenness on 2.2 l',;ovcmber 1958. lie was ad<lrcssmg a meeting of Scouters in a restaurant in Aberdeen and thanking them for t ,c gift of a silver tray which he had just received in recognitio n of his forty-three Fars service to Scouttnl! when he took a heart attack and died almost immediately. Ilis medical career was almost ent irely spent in general practice at l'\1cthlick whence he rclirc<l to Cults i11 1951.

He had had a distinguished career in the Scouting world and was County C,0mmissioncr for Aberdeenshire from 1948 till last year. His first contact with Scouting was at Burghead in 1914 and m 1920 he bccame Scoutmaster of the l'\lethlick troop a position which he held for many years. He was Assistant County Commi!ISioncr for Training from 1924 until he became County Commissioner and wrote several boo ks on Scouting. l le was presented with the Silver Wolf by Lord Baden-

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The Staff of the School- June 1947

Fourth Ro8~.\hss \I, H. \lach,-sun, J. \\. (.c,ulthard, \hss H.\\ an•, J.C. I lunic•, \ H Ru~sc·ll, I. D. \i. \\'cir,.-\. Bruce, D. Ta,·lor, I S. B. lfomccr, f.,. I . \lorris.,n, J. S. La" ,on, K \:k;n, ,n, \li,s E. M,,rr1.s<1n.

Third Row-'I. 11. \lcCrca, C.\\'. I lcrnin1-,•way,\\. <,unni n)!harn, G. E. Fakoncr, J. \X. Coll·c, .-\. G. Ba, tcr, J. F. Davie, I•.. 1luntcr, D. Annand, \. ). J11hnscone, C.\\. Bell, J. \\'. Barron, R S, Couper, R. \X ilson, R. \lcl,<:,id.

Stm11,.

Ro.u. D.\\; nght (A,r,ut. j,mitor), \It" I. J. R. \lackint, ,~-. \lr,_ .-\. C.arnphcll, \lt,s L. Dc-nald•. \trs ..\L \l,tcGrq~or•, ~l1ss :'\._ I Chalmers, ~lrs. S, \n'-'u,, \liss \I. ,\. E. Tout.(h, \liss E. \I. SH;\t'art, \liss I. Ogih I<', Ahss C. \L Ra/fan, .\Iiss K. \I. Gracie, ~Its,_ L B, Robcrts"n, \lr,,. C (,ram, ,\[r,;, \I S. 1.darn,•, \lr-. \1. \lacm1llan, \Its, ll G,bb (\'rrrtlan), \liss \(. A. \(acfarlanc (Librarian), J. Ritchie (]a11ilor). l ·rot1I Rou J. S. \I. hddison, G. I-!. I lay, A. J. ,\1. hlwards (Lo~u \'rhool .\fa.rltr), \liss C.~- Pirie, A . .\lilnc, :0.[iss J. F. D,tvidson, 11. Paterson (Dtpul) Rut,,,.), Sir J J. Rohertson (H.utor). \, II. C:r.1y, \liss A. JI. DuH, J. 1.rnch, \I ss \\ Roberts •n (1'.mtfr,:~,irltn\firlrtu), J.C. Soutter, Dr. IC \I. \lacandnv:, J. f•. \'\'alk1:r.

• Temporary 'h>achers.

In thl: O<.:cembcr 1917 i,~uc Wl: reproduced a photograph of the School Staff in 1923.

For the interest of younger F.Ps. we ha,·e reprn<luced on the reverse sid<: hereof a photograph of the School Staff in 1947.

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Powell in 19S3 in recognition of his great work for the movement. It was only in our last issue that we were recalling with pleasure a camp which he ran in 1924 for members of the 17th Troop which at that time was without a Scoutmaster. _..J:k will always be remembered as a great leader and friends of boys.

William Samue l Trail {1896-1901), ~1.c., d ied at his home in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, on 23 Au!-'USt 1958. Ile was the only son of Professor J. W. H. Trail M.D., P.I\.S. and \{rs. Katherine E. Trail, LL,D. After leaving School he entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and on passing out in 1905 was commissioned into the Indian Army. He was with the Mohmand Expedition in 1908 and was mentioned in despatches . In September 1914, as a captain in his regimen t, he went to rrance with the Lahore Division. He was present at the first battle of Ypres; he was awarded the Military Cross in 1916; and he was thrice mentioned in despatches during the war. In 1916 he was invalided and later in the year returned to Tndia, where from 1917 to 1922 he held the appointment of Assistant Military Secretary to the C'.ommander-in-Chief, becoming a Brevet Major in 1919.

Jn 1922 his health broke down and he was never able to return to I ndia. Thereafte r he lived in retirement at Yannouth, but dunn~ the Second \X'orld War he commanded the J Jome Guard there. lle was held in affectionate esteem by those who served under him, for his military bearing failed to conceal a great kindliness of nature.

In 1925 he married Miss Kathleen Ivens, who survives him-118 <lo his three sisters.

William Law Watson {1894-96), c.n.E., A.M.r.c.c., died at his home in London on 3 July 1958 aged seventy-five. After serving an apprenticeship'with the G .N.S.R. at Kittybrcwster and Inverurie he entered the drawing office of the G.W.R. locomotive works at Swindon where he remained until 1912 when he joined the technical staff of the Crown Agents for the Colonies. During the 1914-18 W'ar he held an appointmenr in the .Ministry of Munitions but returned to the Crown .Agents on the cessation of hostilities . In 1935 he was put in charge of the engineering contracts department and in 1948 was appointed Engineer-in-Chief, which position he held until he retired.

Howard Bru ce Wilson * (1921-25), ,1.11., cu .11., o .A., P.F.A.R.c.s., whose sudden death on 3 Jul y 1958 brought to an end a brilliant medical career, was one of the most popular members of the medical profession in Aberdeen. Afrcr qualifying in 1930 he went to London where he assisted his father in his practice and at the same time studied for his D,P.11. at London University. In 1935 he was appoin ted Senior Clinical Assistant at St. John Clinic, London and District Medical Officer in the L.C.C. Public Assistance Departm ent. During the last war he served as an anaesthetic specialist in the R.A.F. V.R. with the rank of Squadron-leader and for a time was in North Africa at a R.A.F. General Ilospit.1J. Afrcr the war he rcrumed to Aberdeen and in 1950 along with Alfred William R.affan* {1919-31), M.B., cn.u., o.A., carried out a clinical investigation into a new drug of great importance to anaesthetists and their findings, which were highly praised, were published in theBriliJh Medieolju11mal. Four years ago he was appointed to the post of Regional Director of Anaesthetic Services to the North-Eastern H ospital Board and lecturer to the University of Aberdeen in .Anaesthetics. Two years ago he was elected President of the Scottish Society of Anaesthetists and was a clclegate from rhis country to the World Conwess of Anaesthesiologists in Holland.

He took a keen interest tn motoring and Aying and for a time had his own Auster plane. Ilc was an active director of the Aberdeen & District Motor Club, Ltd., and assisted in the organisation of many of its activities including the race meetings at C.rimon<l. But perhaps Howard will be remembered most for his great humanity; one had only to tell him that a friend or relative was in hospital and he visited them, not once but daily until they were discharged. One remembers Howard in Chaucer's ~s, " He was a verray par/it gentil knigh t".

Alfred Herb ert R ei d (1914-16) lost his life in tragic circums tances on 13 October 1958. Retuminp; trom Peterhead to his home at Hatton he stopped his car near the Bullers of Buchan to take a walk along the cliffs to observe the btrd-life, a favourite pastime of his, and is presumed to have slipped and fallen to his death.

A keen soldier he was mobilised at the outbreak of war in 1939 as a major in the Royal Corps of Signals. Captured at St. Valery, he was a prisoner-<>f war till 1945 when he was rc-patriatcd to this country. He re-joined the Territorial Army after the war and until 19p. was second-in-command of the s1st (Highland)

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Aberdeen Gra111111ar School Magazf,re

Divisional Signals Regiment under Col. Thomas P atrick Ernest Murray • ( 1907-18) M.B.E., M.A., LL.B. Since the war he had been mink fanning on an extensive scale at Fettercaim and latterly at Hatton.

V Willi am Walker Leith (1896-98) whose death is reported at Blue Bell Hill, Rochester on 3 November 1958 went to India on leaving the School, after having trained in his father's grocery business in Aberdeen.

William Roger Smith (1939-45) died in \Ialacca General Hospital on 24 July 1958, two houni after being involved in a motor accident on the outskirts of .\falacca.

He was returning to his estate as a passenger in a private car from a mid-week church service when a sudden tropical storm made driving conditions difficult, the car skidded, hit a milestone and Smith was thrown out receiving injuries which proved fatal. After leaving the School, he went tO Robert Gordon's College and later studied agriculture in Perthshire and at Craibstone. On comp leting his National Service with the R.A.P. he joined Scottish Agricultural Industries Ltd., in their Plant Protection Department and serYed with them in Aberdeen and in Kent. Jn January 1956 he went to Malaya to join the firm of Sime, Derby & Co. Ltd. , as a rubber planter and working on a number of their estates until his untimely death. He was twenty-five yeani old . / William Murray Moffatt (1906-09), A.M.I. MECH. E., died at a Nursing Home in Aberdeen on 10 June 1958, aged sixtr-one. During the First World War he was mobilised at the out-break of hostilities with the Scottish H orse (T.F.) and served for several years in the .Middle East. In 1918 he was commissioned in the Hussars and was demobilised in 1919. On returning to civilian life he studied engineering at Robert Gordon's Technical College. Much of his life had been spent in Calcutta before retiring to Torphins. / Jame s Fiddes * (1904-14) died at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on 22 November 19~8 at the age of sixty-one. Almost immediately on leaving the School he joined the Gordon Highlandeni and served with them until 1917 when he was admitted to the Royal J\lilitary Academy at Sandhurst as an officer cadet. After being commissioned he joined the Indian Army and served in Mesopotamia and India until 1922 when he resigned his commission and returned to this country. Thereafter he spent a number of years in Malaya before returning to Aberdeen to join the family busmess of \X m. Fiddes & Son, Ltd., Boxmakers. During the Second World w·ar he was a Company Commander in the Home Guard and a FlightLieutenant in the Air Defence Cadet Corps. At the time of his death he was the head of the firm of Brown Bros. (Aberdeen), Ltd., Timber .Merchants and Boxmakers.

Charles Robert Pollock (1919) died very suddenly on 26 July 1958 at Aberdeen, aged fifty-two. Originally trained as a dental mechanic, he owned a newsagent's business in Aberdeen for a number of years but latterly had been practising as a chiropodist. A keen rugger player and cricketer in his youth he still followed the fortunes of" Shire" with great enthusiasm. Photography was also one of his main interests.

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