AGS Magazine December 1966

THE

ABERDEEN GRAMMAR SCHCOL MAGAZINE

ABERDE EN p nntld for The fol"mu Pupils' Club arTh,e Unwersity P ress Price Volume LXX, No. 1

Four Shillinp December 1966

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The fact is, a lot of people just don't realise how many different carccrs there are in the R.A.F. today-or how many different ways there arc of starting. Thjs is a pity- because in thls age of Global Air Mobile Defence, with swing-wing arrcraft, vertical takeoff and all the rest, the opportunities arc far too good to be missed.

If you arc interested in becoming an R.A.F. officer, ask your Careers Master for some leaflets-or get rum to arrange for you to meet your R.A..F.

Schools Liaison Officer for an informal chat Or, if you prefer, write to Group Captain M . A. D'Arcy , R.A.F., Adastral House,{z5FM1),London, W.C.1.Please give your age and say what quaHfications you have or are studying for, and what kind of work in the R.A.F. most interests you.

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UNIVERSITY

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December, 1966.

Dr. W. Douglas Simpson retired from the Librarian ship of the University on 30th September after a period of 47 years of continuou s and devoted service.

His interests. however, have ranged far beyond the University. By his writings, by his archaeological activities and by his lectures he has made the treasure s of Scotland available to a wide circle. Many will cherish with gratitude evenings spent in the fellowship of his Adult Education Class or afternoons visiting some place of historical interest under his expert guidance .

Over the years he bas occupied positions of the greate st responsibility and of national importance. He has been Chairman of the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland and is the new President of the Scottish Historical Society.

Dr. Simpson has given of his time and energy generou sly on behalf of other s.

He was ever watch( ul over the affairs of Aberdeen Gramm ar School of which he was a distin guished former pupil and the son of a beloved Rector . Since 1917, when be was in charge of the Boy Scouts on Admir alty Coastwatcbin g Service in Scotland. he has been active in the interests of the Scout Mo vement.

The General Council of the Un iversity and a number of his friend s. representative of his many interests, decided that it would be appropr iate to mark the occasion of his retirement by presentin g him with his portr ait in oils and it is felt that there are many who would wish to be associated with this gesture of appreciation .

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Aberdeen Grammar School Magazine 83rdytar No. 199 (New Seriu 73rdytar No. 190) No. 1

Vol. LXX

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

General

Rae C. Barton, M.A., LL.B., 20 Belmont Street, Aberdeen

Editor

Edi tor of the School Section

Alexander Tait, M.A.

Editor of Notes, Obituaries and Marriages .

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The General E dit or invites contributions from F.P.s for the next issue of the J',.fagatineand reque s ts that all copy, both for him and for the otes Editor, be submitted b y IS May 1967. Reader s are asked to s uppon the advertisers, without whose suppon publication of the Maga1,,ine would n ot be possible.

Pdnted for The Former Pupil•' Club at The University Pre11 Aberdeen

CONTENTS lllu tmtion s The Aberdeen Z0<l Prcscntatic,n to Mr. and ~lrs J S. \lad .achlan School Swimming Team 19(5-· o School Cricket and Athletics Teams 1965-66 General Section The Rector's Message Mr. Rohcrt Brown . otcs . \bout Old Bo)S l.lnivcr~ity '\ otes Comprehensive Lducar on ,\ Glimpse of the Sch<»l 11ndcr a Famous Rector The ..\bcrd een Zoo Debating in the Gramm:1r Sch, ol Ob1tuaric,, \larriagcs

School Section School Office-Bearers School and Random Notes Staff Changes llouse Notes ' otcs from Sch('\()I Soc1etic,; Literary Section School Sporting \ctiviucs

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F.P. Club Section Cub Office-Bearer~ The Annual Dinner Centre Reports Section Reports Club Consuls ?\:c"' l\fcmhcrs An as/,rtJJ. •

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The Rector's Message The year that ha s intervened since I wrote my last report for the Magazine has been an unu sua lly div ersified one, offering in almost equal m easure cau se for satisfaction and occasion for grave misgiving.

On the credit side of the account \\e must set, first and foremost, the comp letion at long last o[ the Schoo l building programme, which has been engaging so much of our attention for the past Ji\ e or six years.

The painting of the main corridor, the only large item still outstanding, will be undertaken in the near future, it is hoped, and should take only a few days to complete . All of us, and particularly the younger members of Staff who have taught for only a fe\v years and have consequently never seen the School operating under normal conditions, are enjoying the experience of having the building to ourse lves and of being able to walk along the corridors and enter classrooms without having to pick our way through, under or over scaffolding, trestles, planks, paint-pots, man-holes and similar hanrds to say nothing of workmen .

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ln all that concerns the normal work of the Schoo l the year has been a highly successful one. Academic standards have been maintained at all levels and the result s of the Gnivcrsity Bursary Competition, in which we gained no less than sixteen places, including 1st, 4th, 6th, 9th and 11 th, reflect great credit, not only on the boys themsel ves but also on all responsible for their instruction. The awa rd of a JJarkness Residential Scholarship to another member of Upper Vl, who elected to try his fortunes in the St .. \ndrews Competition, provides something in the natur e of an external standard of reference by which the results on the home ground can be assessed.

Rugby and swimming pro\ide the main highlights in sport . The record of the 1st XV last session was one of the best in recent years, with 14 out of 17 games won and another drawn. In swimming we are beginning to reap the first fruits of the School pond. Last year we won the William Wilson Trophy for the highest number of Intermediate and Elementary Life-Saving awards gained by any school in Scotland and only this week, as we go to press, news has come that we have won the $laden Trophy for the boys' team race at the Scottish Schools Swimming Championships at Leith. Three of our boys came first in their events, two of them setting up new records in the process .

Extra-curricular activities continue to thrive and we now haYe over t wenty clubs and societies,ranging from traditional ones like the Literary and Debating Society and the Schoo l Orchestra to such late arrivals in the field as the Ang ling Club, the Local History Society and the rolk Singing Club. Reports on most of these will be found elsewhere in the Magazine. ~1eanwhile it is safe to say that no boy of norma l outlook or interests shou ld experience any difficulty nowadays in finding an activity with which to associate himself.

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On tl1e (i, hit side of the account the item which has been of most i mmedi,1tc concern to us has been the ~tailing situation. The past year has seen an unusu.,lly large turn-over of staff unusual, that is, for the Grammar !:'lchool, \\ hich !us hitherto been le~s seriousl affected than most of its contemporaries hy this rather disquieting 1feature of the post-\\ ar er., in education. The cat.tlogue of "arrivab" and "departures" gi,·en elsewhere in these !'ages mar sen e to bring home to n:aders the ,:ravin of the problem. In fact something ltke twenty members of Staff have kft the !:'lrhool since this time last , car, most of them to take up posts of increased responsibilitv. Thi~ figure represents over .1 lluarter of the tt.-aching strength of tht· Senior School most of the departures ha,e come from the ranks of the Secondarv Staff-and, although we have been fortun.1te in securing ,, di qu.1lnied replacements for nlmost all the ,•ncanries, it will he readily appreciated that losses on this scale con~titutc a serious threat to the continuity of te:iching in the School.

• Much of the trouble is, of course, due to the "explosion" in recent years in further cduc:ition, \\ ith the consequent demand for graduates, particularly I lonours graduates, to till the \'ast numher of newly neatcd posts in CniHrsities and Colleges. As , et there i, no indication of a slackening in this <lcm:in<land, unlt.:ssso: ncthing is done in the near future to protect our Senior Second.in Schools from the resulting erosion of stall, the day is not far distant,, hen ,, e sh:1ll not ha,·e enough I lonours gr.1duates to cater for the needs of our ablest pupils. l O~IPKt:lll':s;,f\

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The point l ha,·e just made is not \\ ithout its rcle\'ancc to my nc~t topic. I 11 SlJ'tembcr of this ye,1r the F<lucation Committee npprond the introduu1on in the course of the next few n-ars of a s, ,tem of comprchcnsi\'e education in Aberdeen. The dcci,ion itself has, of n>urse, come as no surprise. It is to a l.1rge extent gm·ernmcnt inspired ,1nd has the full weight of gonrnment approv.LI behind it. ,\s such it must command our full support and co-operation. Yet it is surely permissible, having said this, to express our misgivings at the particular form oi comprehcmi, e education \\ hich it is proposed to introduce into ,\berdeen-:i system of ten one-tier comprehensive schools, each drawing its pupils from n small .1ml, in mo~t cases, socially homogeneous Sl'Ctor of the city. <)ne of the strongest arguments put fon,·an l in favnur of comprchcn i,·e education has been th:it it \\ ill help to hreak dn,1 n , rcial lnrriers. Compared with the prc~ent situation in the ( ;rammar School, \\'hich can show in any cl,1ssroo111a complete social cross-secti, 111 of the cit), the new sptcm l>y its ri~i<l insistcnC"e on district schor,ls looks like putting the dock hack thirt) or forn· vears and rcinforcin~ instead of abolishing social harriers. One fc:els 1t should not be he, ond the wit of m.m to dc,·ise, in a cit\· the size of ,\ber<lcc n, a syste;n in\\ hich each school n:prnducc<l in 1{1iniaturcthe ~:1me social di, ersity as the city itself. One: c:in only hope that much

The Rec/(Jr's.\lus,{i:e more thought \\ill be gi\'cn to the \\'hole question of zoning in the tra nsitional years before the new system becomes fully operative.

The problem of staffing, which l have referred to abO\·c, is likelr to be aggravated by the new situation. \\ here we are going to find in nine or ten years time, after the raising of the school-lc:n ing age, sulficicnt teachers to provide the high-pm\ ered instruction and the rnricty of courses demanded by our si:-.th car pupils, when these arc scattered thinly o\·er ten schools instead of being concentrated as no,\ in three, is a question that admi ts no ready answer. L nlcss the stafftng shortage can be overcome - and it must be confessed that at the moment there 1s no evidence that thi~ is likeh to happen - it looks as though we sh,111 haYt! to accept some.: modification of the scheme or, alternativcl}, a lowe ring of standards at fifth and sixth year level.

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\long \\ ith the decisi,>n to introduce comprehensive education the Committee has also approved a motion to ma ke the Grammar and the I ligh School en-educational establishments, the change tn take etfcct in 1975, b) \\ hich time comprehensive education 1s e:-.pected to he fully established throughout the cit,·. As a l leadmaster with many years experience in both single-sex and co-educational schools, I must confess that I have no strong prejudices for or against either s\·stem . \\'hat I cannot but deplore, hm\ever, is the decision, in the face of highly successful one-sex scho,>ls in England, some of which have been held up as models of their kind, to thro,\ oYerboard, no doubt at considerable expense, a tradition of one-sex education in the Grammar Schoo l going back for at least 500 years.

It will be appreciat ed that prospects for the future of the Schoo l, at least as we hav e know n it, arc hardl y calculated to im,pire confidence or optimism. We can only hope that in the years of detailed planning which lie ahead full conside rati o n will be given to all possible imp licati ons o f the change and a d e termined effo rt made to preserve what is bes t in our educational h e ritage as a vital clement in the new system. Once l ost it can never be recover ed.

Mr. Rob e rt Brown J· J,cwherc in th<: ,\lagazm \\ ,II be f, und the usual catal ,gue of st'1ffchan~es "·hich haYC occurred sincc our last issue. One dcparturc, howcYcr, \\ hich is still pending, c.1lls for sep.uate mention here .. \t the close of this term, when the Schnol breaks up for Chris tmas, Mr. Hrm, n, Deputy Rcct<>r of the School since the recirnl of Mr. I .ynch in 1961, ,,ill be leaving us to t:tkc up his appointment as Rector of Gr:mgemouth High School. \It hough his ('<:rind as Dcputv Rector h;15 been comparativdy short, \lr. Brown's ass. ,c1ation \\ 1th the Sch, ,ol goc~ back to 19,6, ,,hen he joined the staff as Principal Classics Master . .\ native of(;lasgow, he rccci1·ed his early education in that Mronghold ,,f the Clas,ics, l I,1tchcs1>n', Gr:imm ,r Sch1>nl. \\ hen he went up to the University 10 193h, he did s1> "1th the intention of taking a L1.w degrt:c but decided nt

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the end of his first year co s·witch to Arts. By this time, howe,·er, war had been declared nnd a few months later he entered the scn ices. After an initial period in the Camcronians (Scottish Rifles) he took advantage in 19.p of an opportunity to transfer to the Royal \ir Poree and for the next Ii, e years served as a Fighter Pilot, first with "Jo. 65 Squadron in this country and thereafter, as Flight Commander, with ;\o. 229 Squadron in ~falta and "tth ~"- 155 Squadron in Burma and Malaya .

Returning co the University on demobilisation, he g r,1duared with 1st Class I lon<>urs 111 Classics in 1950 and on completion nf his teacher tr,11ning was appointed to the post of Assistant Classics ,\faster at Jord,inhill Colkge School in Glasgow.

H ere he remained for the next six ycMs till his promotion to the Grammar School.

To .tit who kne\\ the Grammar School m th,,sc days II must have seemed no light assignment to uke over resp11ns1hili1yfor a department r un with such con• spicuous success for so many ye,1rs by one of 1he School's great teachers, ,\nd rew .\ lilne. lr 1s tu \ lr. Urn" n's credit th:u he accepted the challenge and mamta ined throughout his eight years as Head of Department the high standards of scholarship \\hich ha,c ah,avs characterised 1t. H<· has done this moreo,·er at a time when the Classics are ligh~ing a rearguard action against the encroaching deman ds of a multiplicity of competing subjects-not onli the sciences but even other languages, which arc regarded, rightly or wrong ly, as being more relevant to the needs of modern society. It is gratifying to know not onl} that ( r~c i, still alive in the School but that some of our best Greek pupils in recent yt.-ars have been equally distinguished on the science s ide. ~fr . Drown's service to the School during these years was not confined to his work as Head of the Classics Depanment. \s Commanding Officer of the Schoo l C.C.F. Contingent he made a valuable comributinn to one of the main extra-curricular ac1iYiciesof the School. His own background of experience in the services was of inestimable value co the Contingent and accoumed in no small measure fur the high standard of cf!icicnC) and skill shown hv the c.,dct• and for the small but steady stream of boys accepted fur commi,sioned tra,nmg in the services. l\lusic has been another Sehr..-,!.,ctivity which has engaged his talents and interest 1111d as a member of the School choir he has taken pare in most of the productions and performances organised in recent years.

I Iis term of office as Deputy Rector has cninc1dcd with one of the busiest periods 111 the recent history of the School, the period which has witnessed the large-scale programme of conversion and modernisation nf accommodation within the main buildmg. lnevimbly this has greatly added to the complexities of admin istration in the Schoo l and has presented Mr. Brown with a more taxing assignment than he would have had under normal conditions. The 4uict efficient'), the meticulous attention to detail and the unfailing courtesy which he has displayed in coping with h:s responsibilities augur well for his success in his nc\\ sphere.

The years immediately ahead arc likely to be unusually testing ones for Scottish education. That Mr. Brown is well equipped, both by qua li6catinns and byexpcricrcc, to meet their challenge ~hould be clear to all who know h11n. \\ c would rake this oppnrtun ity of extending to him and 10 his fami ly our warmest good wishe~ for their welfare and happines~ in their nc\\ burmundings.

Jam es Smart Aberne t hy ' (1925-26), \LA., LL. ll . , \\ ho was until June 1965 in the office of the Town Clerk, Thurso, is now with the Land s and Surveys Department, Kuching, Sarawak as Registrar and Legal Adviser. This department coYers mines as well anJ he is deeply involved in planning and development. He recently met Kenneth Forbes Brown * (1935-47) who is :Manager of United Pngineers (Malaysia) in Kuching.

Rae Colledge Barton * (1942-5 5), ,1.A., LL.ll., was recently assumed a partner in the old-estab lished \berdeen legal firm of \Jex. Stronach & Son. Alexan der Roy Burneu t (1948-59) is following in his father's foot steps and has chosen Insurance as a career. Afte r service with the Norwic h Union Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. he has joined his father's firm of Collins, Halden & Burnett Ltd., Incorporated Insurance Brokers in Aberdeen.

Col. Duncan Scott Cochran "' (1914-24), \LU., c11.s . , R.A. M.C., retired on his sixtieth birthday in ::\fay and is now :\[edical Officer to the Army Caree rs Information Office, Birmingham. His work inYolves the medical examination of armv recruits and he should hold the appo intm ent for the next five years. i'!is brother Douglas Paterson Coch ran* (1906-15) is now in business as an insurance cons ultnnt in Dund ee, and the death of his other brother George Murray Cochran (1909-22) is reported in the Obituaries elsewhere in this issue.

James Michael Vernon Collie ( 1918-29) has been elected as Conservative councillor in the Bexley Borough Counci l by-election in Upton Ward of Bexley Heath. Now a General Manager, he ranched in Argent ina and Uruguay between 1932 and the late 1940s when he returned to this country. llis bro ther George Francis Colli e (191626), ,r.n.E., n.L. is an Advocate in Aberdeen .

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R ichard Cowling· (1959-65), who is studpng m1rung in the Orange Free State, is full of enthusiasm for the work . . \part from the practical aspect of seeing how a mine functions, there is a great deal of study involved under the auspices of \X'itwatersrand Technical College. Recently he had an opportunity to spend a fe\\' weeks in South Africa and, armed with the addresses of F.P.s in the area, he 7

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managed to look up several Club members, ·who made him most welcome. J le hopes to be home towards the end of 1967, when there is a possibility that he might obtain a course at Camborne Royal School of ~lining. cil Donald Duke Elder (1938-46) returned to this country on vacation from l\fal.tysia where he is a rubber plante r \\ ith a British Company \\ ith estates there. On leaving School he joined the R.A.r. and became a sugar planter in the \X'cst Indies before taking up rubber planting. \fter his ucation he \\ ill be \\ orking in Sabah (formerly :\orth Borneo for two years before going back to \falaysia. 1lis brother Dr. Keith Robert McMillan Elder· ( 1946-5 2), u.sc., PII. D., is a research chemist in London.

Douglas Christian Fraser· ( 1907-17 who was fourteen years in Assam engaged on tea estate engineering retired in July of this year and is no\\ resident in Almondbank, Perthshire. l le was for many years Club Consul for Assam and in 1939 obta ined an appointment as a technical oflicer with the Admiralty. \ near-neighbour, Commande r Terence McRae Myers (192.J.-z.61,R. ., has since October 1963 been I .ngmee r Officer-in-charge, R. "\.. \\ orkshops, _\lmondbank and retired in '-.ovcmber this year hoping to take up residence in Perthshire.

Forest McPherson Fyfe (1949-5 5 , n.-.c., \\ ho emigrated to Canad,i ten years ago, has heen awarded the "'-ma Scotia Light and Power Company Graduate Fellowship for students in the fields of computer and materia l sciences. I le received a B.Sc. in engineering physics last year and is now a student at Dalhousie's l'aculty of Graduate Studies where he is conducting studies in underwater acoustics.

James Munro Christie Gill • (1910-22), \I.B., CH.u., a life member of the Club, has heen in medical pr,Ktice in lmerurie since 1929.

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Charles Gillespie· ( 19ro-1 8), who \\·as noted as one of the untraced members of the Class l II photograph in the December 1965 issue of the ,\Ia.~azim, has been tr.1ced. J le is in fact a Life \1ember of the Club\\ ith whom contact had heen lost for a number of years. I le is living in London and is en~:iged in producing shows for amateur operatic societies. l lc points out that he appeared at I lis ;\lajesty's in Aberdeen with Richard Tauber durin g the 'forties.

Alistair William Gordon ( 195 5-60) and Stanley Alexander Howard· ( 1948-58 h;n-e passed the 1966 examinations of the Royal Institute of ( bartered Sun•eyors.

Robert Thomas Smith ·Henderson (1933-45), ,1.n., rn.n., has been appointed medical director of Dundee and District Occupational l lealth Sen ice Ltd., and will also he respomible for Queen's College's student health sen- ice. He graduated in 1950 and entered hospita l work in l litchin and Birmingham. In 1956 he studied public health and industrial health at the London School of J lygiene and has been medical otllcer to British Railways 11.Q. in London since '\ovember.

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Roger Fyfe Kelty (1944-5 5), ,r.A., presently principal assistant at Kir kton High School, Dund ee, has been appointed principal teacher of Engl ish at Cults Academy.

John William Levack ( 1906-20), T.n., M.n., r H . 11., retired recently from the Department of Anaesthetics at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary so bringing to an end a long tradition of family senice at the hospital, which is without a Levack on its staff for the first rime in a centur\'. llis eldest brothe r, David Proudfoot Levack ( 1906-9), C.B .E., T.0., ,r.B., c 11.u. was formerly in the X-rny Department at Poresterhill.

Ian William Logan (1945-59) and John Alexander Dougal Needham ~ (1949-p) have both successfully completed the examinations of the lnstitu te of Chartered Accountants of Scotland .

Alexander E dward Mcllwain ~ (1945-51), ,1.A ., LL.n . , has been admitted to membership of the Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland. This year he ,, as princip,11 lecturer in law to the Annual Conference of the Scottish \.rea of the l\ational \.ssociation of Colliery Oversmen, Deputies and Shotfircrs at Blackpool. I le is presently a partner "ith a firm of solicitors in 1 lamilton.

Alexander orman Main· (1954-60), ,r. \., who has just completed work for the D octorate of Philosophy at ,\.berdeen Gni\'ersity is no,v lecturing in the Depar tment of Psychology, University of Strathclyde. ln 1965 he was jointly responsible for a collection of paintings at the Edinburgh Festival by the Board of ;\lanagement of the Royal Cornhill and \ssociated Hospitals and which is no,, on exhibition quite regularly in other parts of the country. I le recently lectured in Germany on the paintings of the mentally-ill.

At the annua l meeting of the Aberdeen Rotary Club three F.P.s ,, ere among the office-bearers elected for the current year. Robert Jame s Maitland * (1912-18), o.a.F. is President, Norman Robert Beatt ie ¥ ( 1921-31) is First Vice-P residen t, whi le Lawrence Walker Milne ' (1939-42) continues in office as Secretary.

BRIDGh

TO ISRAJ I.

David Mercer (1958-63) is one of thirty young people chosen from ove r a thousand applicants to go on the 3,000-mile land and sea trip to lsracl by "The Bridge of Britain" organisation to work on a J:.ibutz (communal farm) and to work in hospitals and social centres looking after dispossessed persons and others who sullcred in German concentration camps. "The Bridge of Britain" is an independent organisation for promoting better citizenship and understanding.

George Murrayx (1947-53) who captained the chool 1st Cricket Xl from 19 p to 19 53 and later _\ berdeenshire Cricket Club, has been appoin ted Superv isor of the recently opened school at \'\'oodlands 1Jospital, Cults.

Hugh Watt Reid * (195 5-60) has graduated from Edinburg h University in the Faculty of Vete rinary Medicine and been admitte d to the Royal College of Vete rin ary Surgeons . I le is now taking pa rt in the University of Edinburgh East African veterinary expedition, the

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object of" hich is to assist the epidemiological know ledge of trypanosomiasis of man and animals in the South Busoger (Uganda) and Sakwa (Kenya) \\ here it is thought that periodic outbre-.tks of sleeping sickness are related to a possible reserYoir of trypanosomes in wild animals.

The expedition left for t\.tirobi in mid-July and is due to return in midTovember.

Lt.-Col. Charles Reid * (1895-1906) retires this month from the Board of the I b :tnc Construction Company Ltd. of which he has been chairman since 1954. This ends a period of forty-se\ ·en years' actiYe association \\ ith E.C.C. affairs which began in 1919 when, as a partner in the family firm of James l\fcston & Co., Aberdeen and London, the company's auditors since 1893, he became responsible for the company audit. I le joined the board of directors of E.C.C. in 1944 when he was also a director of several other companies. His brother Col. Edwin Birnie Reid· (1902-13), o.H .E., 1.D., C.A ., has been elected president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland for 1966-67. I lis other brother Walter Alexander Reid * (1897-1909), J,l'., farms at West Kintrockat, Brechin.

Robert C. Scace (1954-60), M.A., has been awarded a 3,000 scholarship at the University of Calgary to enable him to continue his studies for a Ph.D. degree. 1 lis research interests are centred round National Parks' problems .. \t School he ,, as awarded the F.P. Silver Medal for Geogrnphy in 1960 and he graduated from Aberdeen Uni\'ersity two years ago, \\ ith first class honours in Geography. \fter graduating, he \\ ent to \lberta (ncrn· Calgary L' niYersity, and is President of the Graduate Students' Association. A keen rugb~ player, he has gained a major a,\·ard in the game and is captain of the university team. f le is meantime ,\·orking for his doctorate degree in the beautiful Cypress hills in Alberta which possess flora and fauna unique in the world. I le recently flew home for a short holiday before recommencing his studies in September.

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Dr. \Villiam Douglas Simpson· ( 1901-13), \I.A., o .urr., the longest serving member of \berdeen University staff was presented with his portrait in oils when he retired at the end of September from his position of Uni\'ersity Librarian and Clerk and Registrar to the General Council. I le\\ as appointed assistant to the professor of history in 19 r9 and has been in the service of the University ever since. He has been president of the Ancient Monuments l3oard for Scotland, a member of the Scottish ational Portrait Gallery Advisory Board and of the Scottish Records Advisory Council. 1le has directed excavations at Ki ldrummy Castle, Kindrochit Castle, Doune of Invernochty, Esslemont Castle, Dundarg Castle and Finavon Castle. Since his appointment as Librarian in 1926 the staff has increased some tenfold and the books borrowed from 1 5,ooo to 76,000. l Je was the only living servant of the University whose first appointment went back before \\7orld \\'ar I: in 1914 he was appointed part-time undergraduate administrator in the Department of Geology.

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Donald Robert Stew art"' ( 194 5-5 8), ,1.A., has taken up a post as assistant lecturer in the Department of German at the University College of Torth \'('ales, Bangor, Caernarvonshire.

Ian Albert Sutherland" (19~0-55 has recently left Edinburgh where he was a quality controller ,, ith the l'-orth British Rubber Company to take up an appointment in the Research & Development Laboratories of the Centra l Electricity Generating Board in Leatherhead, Surrey, dealing with research into the possibilities of using polymers in the electrical industry.

Allan E d wa rd T opp * (1958-63) has joined the staff of Philips Electronics Industries Ltd. in Toronto. J le is a designer in the field of electro-mechanics.

Arnold Scott Walsh"' (1944-so) has been a teacher of Electrical Installation Work since 1963 at hirkcaldy Technical College.

Harry Lyon Willi am s·• (1925-36) is an associate partner ,,ith the Belfast firm of architects who have recently been a\\ ar<led the Royal Institute of British Architects Certificate of ~1erit for the best building in Ireland to be completed <luring the past two years, ·viz. Belfast CiYil Airport at AldergroYe, Co. , \ntrim. I le has recently spent se,·eral months in J..:ngland in charge of the construction of the new Teeside Ch-il Airport at Middleton, St. George, Co. Durham, which has just become operational. [!is brother Surgeon-Commander Robin Vawcr William s, R.N."' (1935-46) is now stationed at Plymouth haying completed a tour of duty at Gibraltar.

David Vin cent Stuart Willi amso n 1 (1948-)4 ), P11 . o., u.,c., "ho was joint Dux of the School in 1954 and first science bursar of that year, is now work ing ,vith Du Pont lnternational, S. \., in GeneYa. I le graduated at Leeds University in 195 8 with first class honours in chemica l engineering and three years later obtained his doctorate from the same university.

Richard Bruce Willi amso n -+- (1949-60), n.~c., \\ ho graduated at St rathclyde University in 1965 is now a metallurgist with the Consett Iron & Steel Company in County Durham.

Ronald A lexa nder Willi amson " (1928-36) who is a I ellow of the Institute of Grocers, Chairman of the Institute of Marketing in Aberdeen and a director of an Aberdeen firm of wholesale grocers, was top student in his year in a course run by the Institute of Grocers designed to encourage members of the trade.

William Stewart Wil son* (1942-5 5) has been appointed principal teacher of mathematics at Banchory Academy. I le was until this appointment on the Schoo l staff.

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\t the Summer Graduation Ceremonies at the l 1niYcrsity of .\bc rdeen held on 7 and 8 July 1966, degrees were conferred on the following P.P.s.

Honorary Degrees Doc,oR m u.w, \11..0.)

Cramh, \lauric-c,• M,\ , , 11,B. ( 1916-29), \lcml:x:r of the Busine-;s Committee uf the l nl\ cr,ny since 1949 and \'1cc-C.nncnor since 1963; .\ fcmbcr of rhe uni,·crsity Court sinc-c 196o.

D oc10R m D1ns1n (o.o.)

l.11\\rcncc, RC\, Ph1hp Douglas,• \ bc.:rdccn, smcc 1940.

M.,.

(1900-16), \lmtSter of Rubislaw Church,

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\\ 1th I lonours 'I urnbull , \lcxnndcr Cuthbert ( 19J9-42), M.B., c11.u. lhc<is.-"Factors rcJ.,'Uiat1ng m)omctm11.I comract1li1y and ccnical dilatation in 1hc pregnant human uterus."

Honour s and Ordinary Degrees 1)1 (,Rl I

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( 1) \\ 1th rirst Cla<s I lonours l lowie, Lin I larrison• (1956-62), 111 ~atura l Philosophy. !\l.11hcr, \lcxandcr Smith {1956,(,2), 111 Gen1-:raphy.

Rnss, Gral .1111 Garl.md • ( 195 1-62), 111 '\;acura l Phi losophy.

(2) \X 1th Second (,I.is, I lonours (D1v1sion 1) ~11 eh, Pucr \lc(,rn, .. r 1956-62), t 1 (' mistr).

(J) \\ ich !:-ccond ( l.1,s I lo11<>urs (Dm,ion 11) Conru) , IJmc, \\ tlham llcndr) (19~9 <,2), in

Gauld, lamc, I lcndr} (19)6-62), 111 !::,, 1 '-<:1c1 C< Gknd11uung, bn \rch1hald• (194~-62), 111 '\. m rat Philo<ophy.

(4) \\ ich 'I h1rd U 1• l lnnours I kudcr,on, Peter George• ( 19p -61), Ill Chcmt<tf).

(5) Ord1n.ir)' D~grcc Gram, Gordon Duncan (191(..62). llunrcr, l· d\\Md lln<·c• (19n-6~) .

Kem, \nthon~ \\ illiam D~, 1d Charles• ( 1954-6). \larr , Ian :-cott• (195"-63).

Dn,1t1 r; m B ,1 111 1 <>R 01 :-;, 11 s;11 1-.; \cR11.L ' LTt:RE ( 11.,c. ,cR.) Ordutar) Dcwn: \\cir, John C,r.1111 Cohn* (1946-61).

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( 1) With First Cbss llonours.

Davidson, Eric George* (19)4-62), in Electrical I'nginecrmg.

(2) With Second Class Honours (D" ision 11) Archibald, James Kennedy' 19.t7-62), in \1echanic.1l l'nginccring.

Will, Hunter .Alexander Bonnar· (1948-62), in Civil J·.ngineering.

(3) \X"ith Third Class Honours Stronach, Patrick l\loir (1956-62), in Civil £·.ngineering.

(4) Ordinary Degree Forbes, Rric Alexander (1958-63).

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(1) \X'ith First Class llnnours E\\cn, .\lcxandcr James (1916-62) in Mathem.1tics. ;\lacdonald, Kenneth Ian (1954-62) in English-Philosophy.

(2) With Second Class llonours (Division l) Cruickshank, Alistair Ronald* (1956-62), in ll1swry.

Downie, Norman \'Cilliam• ( 195 1-62), in Geography.

Fraser, Graeme\\ illiam • (1956-62), in Geograph).

Mackenzie, Kenneth'· (1949-62), in Economic ~cicnce.

(3) With Second Class l lonours (Division II) Byiers, Robert (1955-61), in French-Spanish.

Denton, '\,igcl Georgc \larttn (195 5-61), in Economic Science. bdward, Kenneth George• (1948-62), in Psychology.

Gracie, Jan* (1949-62), in Economic Science . .Mathieson, Alexander \'fillnx (1956-62), in Geography.

Reid, Stewart (1955-61), in French-German.

Smith, Michael* (1956-62), ,n P~ychology.

(4) Ordinary Degree Cameron, Henry Gordon* (195 5-61).

Cant, Derek George ( 195 8-62).

Cormack, Geoffrey George (1943-46).

Golding, Harry Sutherland Wa lpole* (1926•37).

Gray, Laurence (1956-58).

Moir, David Alexander* (1949-63).

Ord, \11chael John· (1957-63).

Pedersen, Roy :r,.,.orman~(19s9-63).

Robertson, , cil (19s9-63).

Spate, Gordon Rohen~ (1959-62).

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Ordinary Degree Coutts, Findlay MacRury, \I.A. (1948-61).

Cromar, 'eil• (1957-63). i\lcl.cod, Ian Ronald• (1952-63).

Strachan, James \\"ood• (19s9-63).

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Or<lmar> Degree ,\llan, Duna1n Shearer• ( t9H ·Gt). l•vans, \lexw<lcr R ,bcrc ,\l.1thcson• (1910-(,0).

Ilal,, Cohn Da\l<l (t94j•j9).

P.uon, Thomas Johll Grindle)* (19l3·6o).

D1r1mu 1s F1>t < ,11os (mr.Po.) Inglis, Donald Bain G1rrick, ,t.A. (19p-Go). ,\filler, Norman :\ldvm, \I.A.* (1947-(,1).

The following F.P.< ucrc recipients of the un<lcrnotcd degrees at the Autumn Graduation Ceremony nf the Univcrsit\ held on ll October 1()66:

Higher Degree (Science)

n, C,KI I O Doc- W Cl> P•mo u IIY (p11 o.)

Bro\\n, Charles, 11.,c. (19-17-i,, 19H i9). Thcsis-" K inetic an<l Spcctrnsco pic Studies of 1\rn111aticSulphcn1c Acid Derivatives" (in ob1mtio).

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Youni.:, ,\Ian John \\ar<l• {19i6-62).

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Urquhart, Barrie Stephen* (19io-63).

T he following I .P.s won prizes and medals at the University <luring session 196i-6G: ,\dams, John• (1919-6i)- Jlcndrick Prize in Soil Science.

Crau ford, George I'. :\f.• (19l4·64'-S1lb.:rg Pr •c, m .\natomy and Physiolog).

Cruickshank, \h tnir R.• (19i6-62)-Caithne,s l'r17e m H istory.

David on, John G. (1948-Gz Charles lkmtic Prize in \griculrure, and Spillers' Prize in Animal I lusbandrv Do) le, Leslie S.• (19p-6J) l)~,·,dson Pci7cin Politic:11Economy for C.. \. Student .

I \\en, \lcxander J. (19i6-62) S1mp,on Prize in Mathematics.

Gall1c, 's;icholas l. (19i 2-i9)- J ohn :::--.. Milne Prize 111 l .conomic J Iis1ory and Town Council Pr ize in Political I"conom}, Gra<s,ck, Kcnnc1h \. (1940-i3) -Fulton h ,av Prize m '-.curology (196j).

I bll, Colin D. (19.tj•j!!}-Ogstnn Pci,c ·n Surgerv Hogg, \\1lliam• (19j!!-63)-0avidson Pwc 1n \ccc,untancy foe C.,\. Students.

Howie, Ian H amson* (19j6•62)-.\rn"1t Prize in atural Philosophy. f.)all, 1-rancis• {1944 17}-Cru1ckshank I.au Prue :\lackie, Robert:--.• (1941-i-1)-Thur,tidd \ward 1106i) and Cash :\fcdal for :\I. D .

The" (196j).

Macdonald, Kenneth (19i4-62)-Mart1n Prize in Ch ristian Evidences (196j) . !\father, l\lcxandcr S. (19i7-/,1)- Ropl Scottish Geographica l Society's Medal .

Rae, R chard B.• (19i9-6s)-Gissie Pr• c m '°\atm.11 l'hilosoph) (equal) Ross, (,raham G.* (t9j 1-61) Grei11; Pri,.: 111 '- t 1ral Ph,lo,,>phy.

Shirrdf,, Richard C.• (19p-61)--dc Gurh, Pri,c 111 ,\1athematics an<l Society of \dH•C:ltcs' Pri7c 111 Roman I :iw. \\ )Ilic, ,\ndrcw 11. {t947-6o)-John \. \\'att Pri7e in Preven11,·c Medicine and George ;\lackcn.zic Mcd~l.

Comprehen sive Education to the steps In recent issues of the ,\Iagazme reference has been made ittee with a Comm tion Lduca een Aberd by taken being were which in the city. vie\\ to introducing a scheme of comprehensi,e education ittee had Comm the year this earlier that ware a be ill ,, ers Memb details of decided in principle to introduce a one-tier system. More . known now this are its Director The Fducation Committee has no,, accepted a Report by education ary second of n nisatio reorga the for plan his on tion of Educa due to be is plan The basis. ve ehensi compr in Aberdeen on a one-tier ls, each schoo ary second ten ges envisa it and 1975, by implemented ar Gramm the as far So s. school y primar ,, ith a number of "fee<ler" its pupils supply will which ls schoo y primar the ned concer is l Schoo a small part of will be Skene Street, Skene Square, Causewayend and surro undin g iately immed area the to refers ably presum which nd, Mile-e :Members zone. y primar end .Milethe in t the schoo l which is at presen s for the school feeder the st contra in that know to ted interes will be Road.

Ashley of part and ill Ferryh l, High Schoo l will be Broomhil of even nt pme develo a ned, concer is l Schoo ar Gramm the as So far ittee Comm tion Educa the of g meetin a at greater significance took place number of a ion erat consid under was there when er, b in Septem Direct0r of recommendations from the Schools Sub-Committee. The Grammar the both that ption assum the on t Repor his based Education co-educationa l School and the High School for Girls would by 1975 be given conhad tee ommit Sub-C ls Schoo the that s appear It s. school meeting ittee Comm ion .ducat J the of time sideration to this, but at the problem. the to t though further give to wished they ber in Septem this particular One of their recommendations was that consideration of Committee tion Educa full The d deferre be ime meant should matter s should school two these that 5, to votes decided, by a majority of 13 there has then ince s. school arr second al cation co-edu be by 1975 i l <lissociate been one attempt in the Town Council to have the Counc move failed this but on, <lecisi ittee's Comm tion Educa the from itself having in tee it Comm tion Educa the , and the decision therefore stands being their t withou kind this of ns decisio take to s power any event \\'ay. any in subjec t to review or ratification of the Members will readilv appreciate the very \\'ide implications sed discus been has n questio the an<l decision which has been taken, press some to going of time the At tive.

Lxecu Club the of g at a meetin the 1'.xecutive further information on the situation is awaited before rest assured can ers Memb . matter the of eration consid up again takes ers of memb certain what despite , which s that these propose<l change will mean said, have il Counc Town the and ittee Comm tion the Educa it, are being the end of the School as generations of us have known attitude Club's the what ng decidi to view a with ined e.xam lly carefu ing review be will tive Execu the that hoped is to the matter shou ld be. It year. the of end the s toward n positio the

A Glimp se of the School under a Famou s Rector The (,ramnur School ,, as five to ten minutes' walk from \\ estlield Terrace where tn} parents came to li": in t he nineties of last centu rr, aml 1 bec.1me a pupil at the Sd <,ol. Its pl.1ying liekls, "h1ch surrounded the building, were bordered on the north bv .1 street with, on its further side, flattcc houses, the young r ersuns trom which "aged a soci.11 \\ :lr with the Gramn ar School pupils. So It was a sometimes dangerous journe\ home from School, \\ hen one might be assailed b) a group of "the cads", as one called them, themscl\'es just released from ,1 nearby "Board School". The) "ere not a, erse from pursuing one \\ ith a volley of stones and in winter time a hai l of snowballs.

Attending Schooi was often a rather terrifying adventure.

The School "as of course a ,·en .incient institution \\ ith a distin guished history scholastically, and great tr,1ditions espcci.1lly as a home for the teaching of the classics .ind matht·matics, and as a produc er of prospecti, ·e Empire-builders. It took boys of all a_Pes up to Uni, ersity entrance, with \\ omen teachers for the infant and some of the lower school classes, the teachers of the middle and upper sch<,ob being men "ith C'niver~ity degrees, man) of them emintnt academ icall). T he I lead master "as new and \\ as to achieve fame as one of the greatest the School's history. l le \\ .1s 11. F. :\lorl.1nd Simp~on, a housem 111 astcr .it I ctte, College, .1n J~nglishman from one of the countie s of the l~nglish-Swt tish Border. I le was Yer) tall and thin, w1th a long neck, with .ts \\ c bo) s noted a prominent ,\dam's apple, the mo,·em cnts of which fascinated us ; he wore ,l lcrn coll.ir, a long drooping moustachl., thin luir on a domed forehe.1d, and .111 air of great digmq, and resenc. l le yuickly thrilled to the ethos and traditions of tht School .. nd ,·orked n:asdcssl) to prcsen c these and record its history. The School numbers \\ere at this time abou t ti\·e hundred bon, mall\ of the·n from beyond the city boundaries . These\\ ere m fact ·the pick of the countryside. and there \\ ere many from abro.1d, the sons of former pupils. The School ,lttracted tt'achcrs of outstanding merit, .rnd its academ ic pcrform.1ncc, mainh at ,\berdeen Uni,·crsitv, ".1s notable, e, en 111 competition with the many othcr famous scl1;>ols of the ~orth -cast.

Rug h) football \\ as the School game lirst and fon:most, "ith of course cricket in the summer term; hut ~lorland Simpso n earl} instituted the game of hockey, in which he was himself no mean perfornwr. Jn this Morland Simpson and the School were, it seer s ,, ell attested, the initiators of the g.1me, then somewhat in its infanc) 111 Scotland, in the ;:-.:orth-1 ast. The Rector, h) wa) of fo~tering the game, turned out himself, in shorts for a time. l was the uninten tiona l means of terminating this practice. I \\ as thcn cle,·en or tweh e years of age. I \\ as on the oppo site side from the Rector. In the course game I suddenly found myself face to face \\ ith the tall figure of the of the Rector, the hall about mid\\ a) bet\\ een us. Inspired hy this situation r gaYe a mighty swipt' ,It the hall," hirh I missed, and struck the Rector on the shin. One gbnce ut his face \\ as enough and I disappe ared hurriedly into the rush of playcrs behind me. The Rector never spoke 16

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of the ircident, but his self-control \\'as, l feel, severdr taxed and he never pllyed again. Thereafter he invariably confronted me ,Yith a sad and disapproving look. l ,l\ oided him as much as po~sible !

Howtver, he was abo, e all a just man, and I am sure he never attributed to me any iin,, orthy motives . That this was so l feel was proYe<l :iy a later incident which brought me prominently to his notice and wh'ch also brought me his great commendation, rating my conduct so high ly as to use it as a text worthy of the attention of the "hole School in Hall. "o doubt this was to treat it impcrsonall) and the previous incident had already receded in importance. It was tm, ard the end cf m, School da\s. The buys of the senior classes were entered for the annual Aberdeen Univers1ty Bursary Competition. lt had a great status significance, for all the clever boys from the country schools of the ""-Jorth-Jo'astwere entered, and the attaining of the first place, and the number of places att.ti ned by a school in the first hundred, were matters of the keenest rivaln. The subjects ,, ere Latin, Greek, English, Mathematics and French or German. Total marks in the Ii, e subjects determined place in the test. ,\t the first mathematics paper I had :i blinding headache and could not put pen to paper. This ruled out the chance of a bursan, but I sat the remaintnl' papers in order to try to achieve a place for the School. This came to the Rector's notice and he made it the occasion of an address to the School on r.rpril de corps. This, I think, nm, as ah\ ays, is a notable characteristic of the School.

''J".P."

The Aberdeen Zoo ln the last edition of the \f,.~,1z1M, ~fr. Ltn ~LlcPhail, Director General of The \Vorld \\ ildlifc l"und wrote movingly on the plight of ,vikl life throughout the \\orld. The Ch::iirman of that \'und, ~fr. Pett:r Scott, has c.tlled for action to further the comerYation of nature in se, era! ways, not the least of which must be b\ educating-by arousing interest in and promoting knowledge of animal life among ordinary people. This i~ precisclv one of the larger aims of the .\herdcen ancl . orth of Scotland Zoological Society, \\·hose ne\\ Yenture at Hazlt:head has already proYed cxceedinglv popular.

Behind the opening of the Aberdeen Zoo lay vears of hard work and planning ln a group of enthusi:1sts. In 1960, Dr. I.ii de hock of the atural 11 istory Department of the U ni,·ersit,· gathered around her the nucleus of the new Society, drawn from friends and associates as interested in animal life as she herself \\"tts. They were aidtd in their efforts hy the late Campbell Connon who, with his usual enthusiasm, threw himself ,,·hole-heartedh- into the organisation of ways and means.

The Society \\as formally inaugurated in rehruar\' 1962, and the first main objecti,e set was the establishment of a Zoo in or near Aberdeen.

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Abtrdtt11 Grammar SdJOol Magaz.i11t Through negotiations\\ ith the Town Council, the site at llazlehead was made available and leased to the Society. , \ basic la1-out was agreed and the City J\rchitect designed the attract i\'e buildin~s which were to form the first phase of the de,·elopment. four years of continuous effort and innumerable setbacks passed, during wh:ch many animals \\(;[e gifted to the young Society. reeding and housmg these were major headaches till that historic occasion on 16 July 1966, when the Zoo was formally opened by \fr. Peter Scott.

This nov. is Britain's most up-to-date Zoo .. \s vet one of the smallest, it is capable of expansion to .1 total of approximat ely 1 2 acres. ,\t the centre of the development is the Exhibition I louse, Lecture Theatre. Modern in concept, this Exhibition which includes a House provides the opportunity to present studies of special theme s or particular animals in a form more readily assimilated by the layman. The Lecture Theatre has, as one of its special features, an arrav of fixed rrucroscopes making it possible for people to inspect in highly magnified form, the smallest species of life. J !ere also is the Aquarium with some twenty tanks displaying many varieties of tropical and freshwater fishes.

Two other interesting and unusual features of this Zoo scene are the Free riying i\viary and the Sun Room. In the forme r, visitors may watch the birds under their large pointed glass roof, flying free amongst attracti, ·e "natural" settings. Collections of hirds from particular areas arc to be shown here, supplemented by exhibi ts of regional maps and handicrafts. The collection ,, ill be v.uied from time to time with changes of locale- the present group is from 1 \-1.llavsia, for which additional items are still required. The Sun Room place of ,urm, humid atmosphere, when ; tropic 1s, as it sounds, a al animals can be protected from the rigours of the ,\berdeen weather. Gibbons, monke) s, parrots, prevosts, e,·en a small alligator share these attractive qu.1rters in comparathe harmony.

There is of course a Children's Section, without which no selfrespecting Zoo could possibly be complete. I lere youngsters and notso-youngsters enjo, the charm and appeal of the baby moment all domestic. The attraction of a baby elepha animals, at the nt would give a tremendous fillip to this corner but, at present, the funds won't rise to such an expensive investment. Anyone ,, ant to get rid of a bab} elephant?

One of the Society's immediate aims is to display to representative a selection of Scottish animals as is possib the public as le confined space. And this the planners have manag in the present creating an impres sion of open spaciousness which ed admirably, allo\\ s manv of these docile animals to walk about freeh-. For man, town bred people, children especially, it must be fascinating to walk ·where l lighland rnh-es, hare, rabbit .ind even deer are to be found grazing within touching distance.

In the Scottish corner, individual enclosures house the wild cat, pine marten and red squirrel, animals indigenous to our country \\ hich have survived where others like the wolf, he.wer, wildpig and reindeer ha, c disappe.ired over the centuries. \t least the reinde er has returned

The Aberdeen Zoo

and appropria tely over Christmas time two, a mother and you ngster, will be on loan from Aviemore to the Zoo for a very short period .

From those of you based abroad the Society would be delighted to receive any small mammals or reptiles; the Zoo could cope with wolves or lym.. and a zebra would be a real prize.

The City of .\bercleen has gained immeasurably by the foundation of this newest of Zoo logica l Gardens. It is to be hoped that conso lidation and expansion will be the just reward of those who ha\'e worked so hard since its inception.

Can you help?

Debatin g in the Grammar School Today the School has about two dozen societies, and most of us take for granted the need for a variety of extra-curricular aetivities. For many of us, then, it would ha, e been a strange feeling to stand in the Rector's classroom on the afternoon of 28 . ovember 1882, to witness the formation of the School's first society.

On that day members of the Classical forms in the upper school witnessed the beginnings of the Literary and Debating Society, and took the first steps towards the compilation of a school magazine . The 1880s saw the rise of debating societies throughout the country in universities and schoo ls, and Aberdeen Grammar School was well to the fore in this movement. Although elates arc a little confused, it is probable that the School Society preceded that of Aberdeen University by about two years, and it is likely that some of our r.P.s were responsible for early debating activities in the higher seat of learning.

From small beginnings and a rather classical programme of debates, the Society moved on over the years to become a forum for school opinion on a wide range of subjects. Though the introduction of Modern pupils at the beginning of the century widened the scope of discussions a little, motions such as "Did Cicero or Caesar do more for the World?" continued to feature for many years. It is interesting that even in 1889, however, the Classical minds of the School were not confined to weightier matters: in that year appeared for the first time that old chestnut (still popu lar) "That it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all".

For many years the meetings in the Rector's classroom seem to have been noted for their rowdiness. Frequently the minutes tell of speakers succumbing to the "rattle of walking canes upon the revered desks".

In 1898, .\liddle School boys were allowed to attend meetings but this priYilege ceased in the following year due to an apparent "abuse of the premises". The disturbances caused by the younger members clearly did not meet with the approval of the elder statesmen, whose canerapping antics were somehow sacrosanct! Perhaps the greatest revolution within the Society came in 1904 when F.P.s were debarred from

The:: \bcrdeen Zoo

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membership for excessi\t : rowd~ 1s111. Uni, ersity Debater minutes show that they returned to .\farisch,11 College ,, ith their debating habits.

The backbone of the Society has undoubtedly been the ' chool stafl.

Some F.P.s will remember the addresses of Dr. \[oir and Dr. S11npson, full of grace and eloquence, and many more will have fond memories of listening to such mastt:rs as "C.D. ", Dr . .\[iddleton and ~fr . .\lurison, :111 of whom not onlr held honorary posts in the Society, but showed their gre.lt rnterest in its ,lcti,·ities ll\· accepting an annual imitation to deln ·er a paper. And of course there ,, as Dr . .\lcLeod, \\ ho spent twenty years trying to persuade the ( lassicals that Science was a worth\\'hi le academic pursuit, and met with the unfortunate accident which disab led him while giving one of his annual illustrated lectures to the Society. further generations of I·.P.s will recall still other masters who have educated and entertained, including \lr. \\ alker's "Tortures" and "\\ itchcraft" which continued until recent years.

Yet the Society has not spent all its time in debate and its o,, n education: it has a long history of decisive actions. It began its history by inaugurating a magazine, and it kept up its interest in the School ,\1,1.1!,azi11r for many years through its :innual \fagazine 1'.ights and critical reviews of its contents. The first magazine appeared in January 1883, a pro1ect ,,hich ga,·e rise to the establishment of a regular magazine the first issue of which appeared t,, o years later. For man, years the Society's surplus finances went towards the upkeep of the 1\lu.~azi11t,.1nd, although no longer directly responsible for its production, it continued its annual criticism of the \fa.~azin, for over thirt} years.

• The same year that the .\ftiJ.nz.illf w.is begun, a motion urged the formation of a school library. A public appeal brought in hooks and money in quantity, and the rest of the finance needed was obtained by a general levy of a shilling per member. '!' his library seems to have been of a lighter nature than the School's academic library, which is mentioned in the Town Council Registers as early as 165 9. lts select novels and biographies circulated among pupils for many years and proved one of the School's most popular institutions. !\or was the Society concerned entire !y ,, ith matters educationa l and academic and literary. It is true that following a long history of cinematograph and gramophone exhibits by more \"\ealthy masters, the Society introduced film study to the school. Yet, the relations between brain and skill have alw.ws been strong in the School. In 1917 the Society appointed a deputation to confer with the Rector on the formation of a School hockev club. That same vear it debated whether or not thc School ought to have an Otlicers' Training Corps; and in the following year it asked for otlicial school support for the only one of these ventures that had materialised - the hockey team. In 1930 this same debate was still in progress, and a greatly increased support for the game "as evident. '\o further record is extant of opinion towards an 0.T.C, and its actual inauguration passed unnoticed.

Perhaps the most interesting of Society activities was the annual serenading of masters, a pursuit which began after the annual sing-song

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Prese nta ti on to Mr. J. S. M acL achl an l\!r. \\. I .. Connon congratulates Mr. l\facl.achlan (extreme left) while \fr. B. h. .

Crookshanks congracularcs l\frs. MacLachlan folio\\ ,ng :t prescntarion nrcmom · 111 1hc Calcd11n1an l l111cl, \bcrdccn, on qch June 1,Jf,6. \[r. \1acL~chlan received a tape-recorder :rnd hi~ wife a gold watch.

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in the School. This custom was aban doned in 1933, due to lack of enthusiasm. The records do not state w hose enthus iasm died!

Despite such ominous setbacks as this, the Society has continued strong ly for eighty-one sessions, the two Wo rld \'\'ars curtai ling activiti es between times. D uring these years, despi te the i ncrease in numbe r of societies, it has grown greatly in size from its origi nal fiftyeigh t members. l t is severa l terms now si nce 1 last paid the Society a visit to obsen·e its flourishing success, but on that visit I employed the technique of debating insti lled into me by the Society, by accep ting an invitation to speak both for and against the motion! Such training dies hard, and I am sure there are many hundreds of F. P .s who, like me, are grateful for the experience gained within the Library walls after school hou rs.

A. M AIN

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[Ed. Nolt: The writer of the foregoing article was President of the Debater in 1959 at which time he unearthed in the East Tower the complete minute books of the Society which formed the basis of the article. Mr Main was subsequently President of the University Debater.]

Obitu aries Georg e James All an • (1897-1902), \I.A., \l,B., c11.n., <lied at Marple, Cheshire on 29 June 1965 after a long illness. lle was from 1934-37 doctor in charge of the \'festcott :Mission Hospiial in the Belgian Congo. 1-'o r five years following the end of the Second \'i'orld War he was Superintendent of Birmingham \lcdical ~1 ission, and in r950 he entered general practice in \farple, Cheshire .

Franci s Sheed And erson"' (1909-12), c. 1J.E., died at Aberdeen on 12 Septembe r.

1\f1er service in the 1914-18 war he joined the family granite business in Aberdeen.

I le soon bec.~me active in local affair~, becoming President of the Aberdeen Granite Manufacturers' \ssociation in 1933, being appointed a J.P. for \berdecn in 1935 and serv ing on the Town Council and Harbour Board from 1935-40. Ile also contested the Parliamentary election at West Renfrewshire in 1929. H e joined the staff of the Ministry of Food in 1938 and from 1946 to 19l4 was Under-Secretary at the :Ministry. In 1959 he retired after ten years as chairman of the International \'<'beat Council. Uc was a direct or of the British Sugar Corporation and the first chairman of the Bacon Market Council. J le was also a member nf the Board of Governors of Robert Gordon's Colleges and was appointe d Chairman of the Boa rd in 1964.

Alexand er Ad am 'ess Bain (1916-29), lt.o., c1 1.o. , died after a pro longed period of ill health on 26 August, at lmerness. \fter graduating at \berdcen University 111 1936 he held resident po~ts at Woodend H ospital before going tc> live in Hull where he engaged in general practice unt il September 1939. On the outbreak of hostiltties he immediately voluntt:ered for active duty and served in the R.A.M.C. in the Middle East during the campaign in the \'i"cstern Desert and in Greece. He was invalided home in 1942 and after a further period of service in this country was finally discharged in 1944. After a period of postgraduate study in Edinburgh he obtained the Diploma in Radiology in r946 and subsequently held posts in Aberdeen and Glasgow before being appointed Senior Consultant in

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Radiology to the '-orthcrn Regional Jlospital Boord in Inverness in 19l 1. He played for the School rugb} ream and captained the L"ni, ersit} Rugby Club as well as being a prominent member of the golf team. llis three brothers al,o attended the school, John William Laing Ihm (1916-11), r.o., M,n., u1.n., o.A., F .R _c.s,, Robert Duncan Bain* (19q 13) and Logic Samuel Bain* (1919-31), Lo., \l, R., n1.0., O.PI IY,. \IL!J.

Willi am Ogilvie Barnett (1900-10) died at \bcrdecn on zo Occobcr 1966.

Charles Barron Bisset· 19 CJ•til), C.R.F., ,1.\,, R.,c., died at his home in [•.d,nburgh on 16 June. \her senice in the ,\rgyll and Suchcrl:tnd Jl,ghlanders, 1918-19, he attended ,\bcrdccn l-nivcr-i1y and the lmpcri.11 College of. c1ence, Lnndo1r. Jle \\as Gcnl.,gist ro the British \retie r.xpedicion of 191~ and subsequently he joined the Colonial Geologic.,l Sun Cl Sen 1cc and \\.t, appoinkd first co ::\yas.1hnd and later to Lg,rnda and T,1nganvika where he \\"1, Di1ec111r of Geological Sun ey at Dodoma. During the Second Wnrld \X'ar and the post-war reconstruction period he was employed as adl'isor on w,ner supplies m the Governments of Uganda, T:in~a.,yika, Kcny., and the Sudan and he \\as on 1mss11,n,to :\igeria, Cyprus, and ,onh Africa. He retired in 1917 from the Ovcr,c.1, Sun cy Ser\'iCC and took up the post of Geological l ,iaison Officer in the Brn,,h Commonwealth Scientific Office, \frica House, Kingsway, Lnndnn. I le" a, a\\1rdnl the C.B.E. in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 19i6. He will he rec;1ll LI by hi, cnntcmporancs as a mcmh<:r of the Sch,K,I tst X\' 1917-18 and as Scoutmaster ol the 9th Troop Boy Scout, in the earl} d11, ,.f us a<sociation \\ it~ the School, D oug las Gordon Cheyne· (1901-)\ c. .1 ., <u -, ,1.n., has died m Queen \lcxandra's .Military I lnsp 1tal, London_ I le gaH: distinguished service in the R.. \.M.C. for thmy-fnur years, g.1111ingthe M.C. and reaching the rank of Brigadier before he retired in 194H. Thereafter he w,1s in c;,·rnnny \\ ith the Control Commission and was princ1p.1l control officer ,,t th<: Public lfrahh Di,·ision m Berlin <lurin~ the hlockadc JXri,xl. \'\ hen the Divisinn cln<ed down, he wcnr to the medical section of rhe Joint Intelligence Bur<.":lu of the l\l1ni,try of Defence in London, He was an Ofliccr of the I .ciinn of Merit (C_S__ \. ) and held the Order of St. John.

Geo rge Murray Cochran· (1909,22) who di,·d recent!) \\ a, the second of a wellknown mn of brothers the <,thcrs bcmg D .. uglas Paterson Cochran* (1906-1 i) and Duncan Scott Cochran• (1911 14). "Dod" Cochran \\as extremely popular both as schoolboy and former pupil and his bankmg colleagues much regretted his premature retiral owing to ill-hea lth. /\ natural games player he p layed for both the Schr)O) and F_P_ 1st X \'s in the earlv '20s usually at full-back but on occasion for P.P.s as ,crum-half. Ile was an enthusiastic Scout\\ ith the 91h Troop of\\ hich he became Scoutm:ister prior to lca,-ing Aberdeen fnr a bankmg appointment. It "·as charactcri,tic of his lme for the SchrJOI and his old associates char, despite the delicate state of his health, he came north for the 196j Dinner held for the firsr time in the new Schc ol Hall Willi a m James Craig• {19<J9•1-1), C.A., has died in Brisbane, ,\u~tralia, aged sixrv-nine. He left Sc, tland in 1925 for Ausrrali.t ,, here he joined the firm of Messrs.

Burns, Philip & Co., shtpptng merchants, whosc interests in the Pacific .1re widespread. \lost of his business life was spent in Australia but in recent years he was the firm's m:inaging director in San Francisco. lk ,1,1s also a \'ice-president of the comp.rny. I Ic always intended to return rn Bri,hanc on his retirement but he was back for onlv one day before he collapsed and dic<I. George McElwec Downer , 19i9-63) died in an accident on board ship in the Persian Gulf. On leavrng school he joined the merchant na1·y and was on his third trip\\ ith the vessel, having rcccmlr completed :1 junior navigation officer's course in I 01 dnn.

J ohn D oug las Fiddcs • (1896-1902), ,1.c., T.U., M.A., B.sc., \I.B., CH.B., l'.tt.c.s.(1 ), died at St. _\ndrews Ilosp1tal, Billcricay, on 24 June after a short illness, aged cightytwo. \ triple gr:iduatc of ,\berdccn Univcrsiry he took degrees in .Ans, Science and

Obiltfaty J..ledicine all with distinction. Ile graduated .M.B., Ch.B. in 1909 and was awarded his Fellowship from Edinburgh University in 1913. llc was brilliant as a student and was awMded many academic honours. Ile obtained the Shepherd 1kdal and Lyon Prize at .\bcrdecn in 1909. I le entered the R. \.:O.LC. in 1914, scn ing with the 89th Field .\mbulancc in Egypt, Gallipoli, Prance, l:lclgium and Germany. He was awarded the 1 1.C. and Bar for gallantry in the field and also the Belgian Croix-deG uerre in 1918 and, when demobilised with the rank nr l .ieutcnam-C'..olone l, he,, as in comma nd of the 89th F ield Ambulance. ln 1\pril 1966 he was able to atten d his last reunion with his old comrades. \!though he was a superb anacomist, he chose general practice as his ca reer and until his retirement in 195 2 he practised in ,Hutton, Essex. fur many years he \\as the doyen uf G.P.s in th.~t area. For thirty years he was medical superintendent and surgeon co St. ,\ndrews I lr>spit.11,Hillericay, and visiting medical officer to a hospital for epileptic,. H e was also schnol doctor to H utton residentia l schoo ls and visiting docror to l\farillac Sanitorium, Warley, and the Brentwoo d Dis trict Ilosp1tal. He was for nearly twenty years 111 par tnership wi th the late Dr. Herbert Charles Thomson Gunter (1910-19). H is home, "Rubislaw" was well knm,n and well used by many F.P.s ofa ll ages. A ,on Alistair D udley RaeFiddes'" (r936-43) also attended the school. John Ad,1m Lillie* (1893-t903), ,1..-.., LL.B., Q.C. wri tes, " Douglas Fiddes was a memlx:r of the chss \\ hich reached the Seventh Classical in the year of 1902. lt was, according to Dr. Ge<>rge ~!iddleton, the G reek maste r of those days, the most brilliant class tha t e\'er pa,scd through his h ands-before or since. A group photograph of that class had the lone d istinction of a place on rhe walls of his retiring room and that was the reason. Fiddes was Gol d \fc dallist in Surgery at .\ocrdeen university but chose to use his gifts in ordinary medica l practice, with of course hospital appointments, in Essex,\\ here he settled.

H e was in, and I think in command of, a mcdic.'11 unit at Gallipoli, the survh·ors of which held a reunion every year in ,\berdL-en. 1-le presided at the 1966 reunion d inner a matter of weeks before he died and I spent a \'cry happy hour and a half with h im in Edinburgh on his way south. Some idea of his distinction ma, be gathe red from his record. l lc \\as ;\L\ ., B.Sc., \LB., Ch.B., r.R.C.S.(h.), :O.f.C. (with Bar). Belgian Croix de Guerre, Lieur.-Coloncl R ..-\.\l.C. I le,, as very proud of the School and attended the dinners of the l.ond,1n Centre of the Club. He sent one at least of his sons to be educated at the School. li e had all the humour, common sense and the kindly accent, which he ne, er lost, of the \bcrdonbn at his best."

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Alexa nder Findlay (1SK2-91), c.n.E., ,r.A., u.,<.. (,\bcrd.), r11.u. (Leipzig), LL.u.

(Aberd.) who \\as Professor of Chemisrry at the l ni,·ersiry of ,\ocrdeen from 191943 died at Chislehursr on 14 September 1966, aged ninet)-nne. \fter graduating at Aberdeen Unive r icy he studied at Leipzig and held lecturing appointments at St. Andrews and Birmingham, before being appointed Professor of Chemistry at .\ bcrystwyth. On hi~ retir.11 in 1943 from his Chair at \ocrdcen he was made Professor l.mcmus. ,\mong hi~ many scientific books, students of chemistry the wor ld over are most familia r \\ ith his Prarliral l'l!Jil<al Chcn,illl) and his famous book T ht Ph«se R11/e 011d / 11 1pplicalio,u in which arc exemplified his capacity for lucid exposition and his carefu l choice of words. I le also made notable contributions to the history o f chem istry in which was evident a true love of his subject and a sound faith in its poss ibilit ies for good. His real understanding of the attitu de of the research \\ orke r and the benefit that could dcri\C to indu,tn' from such studies caused him to\\ r ite Chwn'stry ln [he Sernrt of ,\1011 during the ;914-1X war and this book is now in its eighth edition. \\nen the Chemistry Society, of\\ hich he ,.as a former chai rman, held its centenary celebration~ in t947 he was chairman of une of the organising comm ittees and be discharged this function in addition to editing

Aberdeen Grammar School Magazine with \V/. II. Mills a volume entitled Briliih ChemiII, specially issued at the time of the cclehrations. Ile also took a leading part in a number of other chemica l organisations hut it was the Royal Institute of ChcmiMry which gave him his greatest opportunity to express his enthusiasm for his subject and his profession. Ilc was first member of the council of the lnstirute in 1915, became a vice-presi<lcnc in 1942, was president from 1943 to 1946 and \I as also a Fellow of the Institute. In 1947 he atten<led the opening of the new chemistry building in Old Aberdeen. Uc was the last survivor of four brothers who attended the School, Adam Fyfe Fin<llay (1879-Sj), Lewis .flindlay (187!>-80) and \X'illiam Fin<lby (1879-84) an<l was also the last surviving founder member of the r.P. Club.

Charles Findlay Fyfe (1911 13) has died at his home in ,\mpney Crucis, Gloucestershire. During the First \\orl<l \\ ar he was commissioned in the Royal Flying Corps.

Graham Hender so n• (1906-12), M.C., a Life Member of the Club, died in Jersey on 16 'November 196i. He enlisted in the 4th Gordons in 1914 but after his comm,ssmn was posted to 2, l B.1tcln. and served in France. lle was severely wounded rwicc on 21 March 1918 and taken prisoner being subsc<1uemly a\,arded the l\l.C. ,\fter the war he attended a planters' course at ,\berdeen University and subsequently wem co Malaya as a rubha pl.tmer becoming the \fanager of Sua Betang Estates. \'fhilc in ;\lalara he served 111 all ranks of the Voluntary Rifle Corps being commissioned for the second time. During the Second World \\ar he was taken prisoner by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore and laboured on the "Death Railway". He returned to \Ialaya after the war and finally retired in 19i3, first to !:>outh .\frica for a short ume and then to lerse,.

William Lewis Hender son· (1919-31); o.sc:(Agr.) has <l1c<l sud<lenly. \ Major 111 the Gordon H ighlanders (T.A.) he commanded an ,\nti-Tank Battery during the !:>ccund World War an<l served in the D.1lmatian Islands, and Yugoslavia in suppo rt of Tito's Partisans. He was subsequently mentioned in dispatches for gallant and distinguished services in the Mediterranean theatre.

Robert Stewart Barclay Her vey (1913-19) died at I lavering-Aue-&rn er, Essex, on 1 \ugusc. He played cricket for F. P.s after leaving School an<l "as for some ume employed by I.C.l. Two other brothers also accendcd sch0<1l, James \Xiilhcrt Smith Hervey (1910-n) who \\,I\ killed in acuon in 1918 and George hdward Smith Jlervcy ( 1920-24).

Robert McDougall· (189.1-1902) died on 30 , \u~ust at his home 111 \ 1ctoria, B.C., aged eighty-<>nc.He was rn the Sch,~,l 1st X\. in 190 1 and played for the P.P. team for the nc><t six ve.-irs. I le" as also Secretary for a time. l lc was proprietor of the business of John McDougall, Grain l\lerchancs, Aherdcen until he emigrated co Canada in 1929. In recenr y~'flrs he corresponded regularly with the Club Secretary and made mosr generous donations w hoth P.P. Club funds and tn the Rugby Section, of which he was appointed ,m Honorary \ 1cc president. His brother, Jame Lyle l\lcDougall (1883-92) and t>\o sons Charle- McDoug.dl (1925-28) .md David J.. :\fcDougall (1922-28) also attended School.

Hug h Reid Mollison (1898-1901) has <lied suddenly at Thornhill, lhnchory. lie wa~ appointed estate factor on Clun} Icstates 111 the counties of , \ hcrdccn, BanfT and '\;aim the properties of Lady C~thcart, as succ<.:ssm to Ranald R. MacDonald ( , 876-78), and served there unti l h,s retiral.

William Stephenson Murray (191v-17) died at Abo}ne on 7 May 19(,6. \\ illiam Alexander icol (1S96-1900) h35 died at Balmedie h·cnti<le J Jome. lie was in sen·ice w11h the Scottish I ej1;.1l Life \ssurance Society at first as a clerk and thereafter as a collector.

Don ald Bru ce R ae· (1R86-1894), died at Reigate, Surrey, on 4 May aged eightycight. J le started his career wirh the Commercial Bank of Scotland I.td. in Aberdeen, and later became Manager of Lloyds Bank l .td. at Reigate. I le served 111 France and ltaly in the First \"\'orld \\ ar and was mentioned in dispatches.

Ohil1111ry Sim o n D o ugl:.1~ Ross• (1914-19), 1, ~C".' \gr.), h.1s died ac lnveruric. Orig111.1II> \\ ich the Department of \i,;riculture on '\.rgcria he retired in 19i6 from the po t of Oiicf .\gricultural I :,ccuti~c of the \\c,ccrn Regio11.1I Production Dc,·clopmcnt Board at lbadan, '-.igeria, and returned to Aberdeenshire. Jlc i, sunl\cd hy t\\tl sons D ouglas Fra,u Ross• (19p-18) and Gr.1ha111 G. Ross• (1910-62), and .1 brother Dr. Alexande r Frnsu Rosi.' (1923-27).

Ludwig George Steph en Sim on ben (1910-14) died at frascrburgh on 6 ,\ugust 1~6. lie\\ ,1s for many yc.ir, Club Consul in l\orway I le scn cd his apprcnticc,hip with Messrs. George Elsmrc & Son, Ship 0\\ ncrs, and went to Xorn ay in 1919 ln join McsHS. Johnsen & Bergman, Ship (h ncrs, 1-,;.risciania (nu" Oslo). I le remai ned in Xorway during the German Occupation and returned to chis country in 1949.

James Smith Stewart' (1901-08), M,C"., "·"·• u1.u., died at .\bcrdcen on 4 J ui), Ile was the chir<l of fi\'e brothers attcndrng School, John Stewart (1 K9S-190i), ,,.A., o.o., Philrp \\ ilson Stc\\art 1899-19<.l(>), ,1.A., ,1.11., c-11.11., George Robert \Vilson Stc\\:lrt (19d,-q), M.L whose dcach \\,Is reported m the last issue of the lle went tr1 ,U a_gaz.i11t and D >nald SincLur Ste,,.1n• (190(1-18), ,1..\., ,1.11., c11.e.

France in \ugu,t 1914 with the 1sc llighlAnd Fidd \mbulancc and \\.ts transferred co the Scots Guard,. lie •encd in I ranee until 1918, w:is a\\arded the \I.C. and \\-:tS twice mentioned in <li<patches..\ftcr rhe \\ ar he ~tiled in parmershrp with his brocher l'fiilip and n-as also an anacstheti<t to che Royal Infirmary and \X'oodcnd Hospital.

Gord on Gra y Stcwan (1898-1905), \I.A., died in l\1,l)' this year. His lirsc teaching poses were at \'icwforth H igher Grade Public ~choo l, Fife, and at Clydebank. !le joined the staff ,,f the ,\bcrdccn Schon! Bo:ird in 1910 and \\ent to \'icroria Road xhool in 192i. r <1ttcrly he was deput~ Headmaster and retired in 19i 1. He was one of four teaching brothers, Gcorge Ste\\ ,ut (1 ~89-92), M . A., B.SC., wh•> died 111 19i3, Rohen Ste\\art (1887-91), ~I.A, who died in 19.p and .\lcx.indcr Stewart (1901-l!J, "-~-, wh,> was hcadmastcr At Ravne ,orch Public School, \\'artlc George Wat son· (1904-9) died in l.ach111c, Quebec, on 25 December 1961. Ilc serve d his apprcmicc,hip in Cluny htates Oflicc, .\ber<lccn. In 1914 he entered the service of ll udson's Bay Coy, Canada.

Herbert Hora ce Eugene Wise man • (11!96-1903), \I.A., 1-.1..1.s., A,R.C.M., \II'\. ooc., died in February at the age of seve nty• nine. After gra duating at Aber deen Unive rsity he went for his musical studies to the Royal College of :\Iusic in London. llis first post was as nrganist and music master ac \fadras College in St. .\ndrews. i\ftcr war service with the Royal Artille ry Ill P.1lestinc he took up an :ippo intmcnt in Edinburgh as Director of Music to the l '.dinburgh .Educat ion Cnmmittee. ll is w·ork for schools was vigorous and liberal including C(1nducting orcbc:.tral concerts for children and editing text books and song books. I le chaired the advisor)' body of che Caird T rust which recommended mu,ic ,eholarships for musical Scors and he was a member of the Council of the Edinburgh Pcsti\'al. 1n 1949 his ,erviccs were recognised b~ the confermcnc on him by Edinburgh lJni,ersity of an honorary Doctorate of ~£usic. \'fhen he retired from the service of the Edinburgh Corporation, he joined the H.B.C. n, Head of Scocti,h .\ [usic and began 3 ne\\ career\\ hich he pursued to gcncr~ l satisfaction for ,c,cral years more.

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Marriages Allan (19H-61).- \t King's College Chapel, \ berdccn, nn 20 July 1966, J A'1F.S .\fn "-f \11 M•, younger son of .\lr. and \ lr,. James G .. \.llan, 35 Ki ldrummy Road, Aberdeen, to \nncl1se; .\1argrcthc, cider <laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. \\'ilkic, 38 Ruh1>la,, Park Crescent, \hcr<lccn.

And erson (1948-63). At Gourock Parish Church on 16 July, 1966, )011~ DOt'GLAS J\~lll.RSON,• elder son of l\tr. and Mrs, \Y/. \ndcrson, 24 Craigic Park, ,\bcrdecn, to Eli1abeth I wcn, cl<lc,r daughter nf \1 r. and :\frs. J. \, Duncan, 18 Tinro Drive, Barrhca<l.

Anderson (19p-56). - \1 Causewaycnd Church, \hcrdccn, on 4 June 1966, R1c1HRD \.Nn1 RSO", eldest son of \lr. and \lrs. \\. \.nderson, 26 Corthan Place, Aberdeen, to Irene Sha\\·, daughter of .\lr. and \lrs. David Sha\\·, 275 \Vestburn Ro.id, \ lxrdccn.

Balfour 1950-1~).- \t High Pari,h Church, Johnstone, on 8 July 1966, \\'1LL1A\t 8Al.JOl R, son of .\fr. and ,\fr~. \X illiam 11.llfour, The \!ill Lade Cottage, Tilquhillie, Banchory, to J"ilccn I lizabeth, <l;iughter of Mr. and Mrs. S1anlc} G. Chadwin, J la1lcwoo<l, I l:tgg Crescent, Johnstone, Rcnfrc\\ ,hi re.

Bowie (19,B-H),- \t l\fannnttcld 1',1rish Church, Aberdeen, on 3 ,\ugust 1966, Wn I.IA\! K1~-.;1-:111 BO\\ 11, son of the late .\ l r. \\,. Bnwic, "Buchan Ilmel", 1-11.,n and of :\trs. B. Bo\\ ie, 140 Seaficld Road, ,\berdccn, to Myra, daughter of the late Mr. \. Gibh, "The "-.;cuk", Cruden Bay and 11r .\1rs. "\f. Gibb, 288 Union Gm\'c, .\bcrdccn.

Brand (1939-52). On 16 September 1966, J0111, \R JIIUR BRA,-;o,onlpon of the late :\faJor J. \\'. llr.tnd and of ,\lrs. \1, Brand, h3 Dcrnnshirc Road, \hcrdccn, tn Jean, only daughter of \tr. an<l :\1rs. 11. Kelly, Dun<l~-c.

Burnett ( 19,1M•s9).-,\t Bccchgrm c Church, .\herdccn, on I June 1966, \1.1-:•d,-;m R Rm Bt R,1 1 r,* ,on of .\1r. and \1rs. \. G. Burnett, 3 Kirk Terrace, Cults, co \goes :\fa.-garct, younger tbughtn of the late . \lex Y cats and nf \I rs. 1: . r. \cats, 191 \\ e,tburn Road, ,\lxrdccn.

Christie (195,1-63).- \t King's C11lkgc Chapel, \bcrdeen, on 2 Scptcmhcr 19M,, J.~,11'S l it c,11 C11R1H11,~ only son of Mr. an<l Mrs. James Christie, 8 Margaret Street, Aberdeen, to Celeste Ellen, cider d.1ughtcr of !\-lr. and .:\frs. Patrick Gaskin, 19 1'..ildru mmy Road, Aberdeen.

Cook (19.18-59). .\t King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, on 26 July 1966, GroRGL Snrm.N S1tAN1) CooK," cider son of the late Mr. George Cook and of Mrs. Cook, 18 \llan Street, \bcrdccn, to Isobel Hinbcth, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. \X'illiam JI. Greig, 5 North .\nderson Drive, , \berdccn.

Craig (1960-65). \r Northfield Church, \bcrdeen, on n June 1966, Jo11N :\hL',t: CnA1c;, eldest son of .\rr. and \lrs. G. Craig, 111 Crombie Road, ,\bcrdccn, to !'--orma Florence, only daughter of :\lr. and Mrs.\\ '. Reid, 87 Deansloch Terrace, .\berdeen.

Dalby 19-16-50). \t St. Pcter's Church, I .in psficld, Surrey, on 15 October 1966, :\L~RTIN D.unr, snn 11f ,\1r, and \1r5. John D.1lb,, 26 St. Ronans Dri\'C, Pctercultcr, to rion.1, d.1ughtcr of Brigadier and \lrs. r. H. \lacl..cnnan of Limpsfield, Surrey.

Dick ie ' 1952•18).- \t King's College Olapcl, Aberdeen, on 24 August 1966, :\RTllt:R Cm t I Drc~n, only son of.\[r. and ,'\frs.. \rthur Dickie, 43 Gairsay Dn\'c, \bcrdeen, to Ibrhar,1 J ean, only daughter of :\1r. and :\lrs. John Thain, 58 Elm bank Terrace, \bcrdcen.

Duncan 191 s-61).- \t I .lion Parish Church, on 18 June 1966, CHARUS Dl·"cA", cldc.:;t son of the late \[r. C. Duncan and \lrs . .\1. Duncan, 40 Deevale Crescent, .\bcrdeen, to Olive Elizabeth, onl} d,1ughter of Mr. and .\frs. J. Beckie, Glenyrhan, Station Road. I.lion.

Edwards 1959-64).- \t \\ood,idc :South Church, Aberdeen, on 14 .\fa}' 1966, r--oR~IAN Kun Bi.;RRY l:.O\\ ~Ro~.• onl} son of ,\lr. and .Mrs. Xorman Edwards,

Marriat,es 11 Donbank Terrace, ,\bcrdeen, to Margaret Stewart, elder daughter of Mr. and \lrs. James finnie, 65 Donbank Terrace, \\oodsidc, Aberdeen.

Esslemont (1939-50).- \r St. Andre\\, Presbyterian Oiurch, Penang, Malaysia, on 3 September 1966, lA1"' Ess1.1 \10"'•• • elder ~on of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. 1·sslcmoru, 16 \\ estfield Terrace, .Aberdeen, to Mary Gibb, daughter of the late \ fr.;. Mars and of James II. ;\fats, 5 Keir Drive, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow . Addreli.S 32 Scotland Road, Penang.

Fowlie (1944-n) .-Ar Nc\1 hills Parish Church, on 29 July 1966, Do"'ALD \TJ.;INWN FowLIL,* cider son of the late Dr. [lcrbert Fowlie and of )frs. l sobc l T'owlic, p Rubislaw Den South, .\bcrdccn, to Joan Boyd, younger daughter of \lr. and \lrs. S. B. Russell, Bucksburn House, Bucksburn, Aberdeen.

G ibb (1947-61).-:\c )lannoticld Parish Church, .\berdccn, on 11 October 1966, \1 1(.IIATI. Gme,* only son of \ fr. and Mrs. \\. Gibb, 491 Great \\'estem Road, \bcrdecn, to Kathryn I'orbcs, younger daughter of chelate ;\IcGrcgor McLean and of Mrs. \[. Harper, Hl Great Western Road, .Aberdeen.

Gillies (1954-i9).-.\c .\nnicsland \lcthodtst Church, Glasgo11, no 25 Junt: 1966, .\LA.'< WHYTE G11.1.11 ,, • son of;\[r, and :\lrs. W. F. Gillies, 7 Roscka Gardens, Glasgow, W.3, to Sandra ;\kl.cod, daughter of J\lr. J. Stewart, 220 \loss Heights \venue, Glasgow, S.\\ .2.

Harrow (1939-45).- \t St. James' Church, Gstle l:.den, on 16 July 1966, Lrn, I IARROW, cider son of the Luc \\. Bc\·erlcy llarrm1, Toft\n><>d, ) l illtimbcr, \bcrdecnshire and of Mrs. l farrow, Bicldsidc, \berdeen, to Diana, daughter of l)r. and Mrs. R. Gordon Russell, ,\valon, C1stlc Eden, Co. Durham.

Hend erson (1948-60). \t St. \idans Catholic Church, \vicmor~, on 10 September, 1966, M1cirA11 GoRU<>'< llrNm 1t,o,, • only son of \fr. and Mrs. G. 1l. l lcndcrson, 27 1'.ings Gate, \hcrdccn, to ~largucrite Gillian, younger daughter of \lr . and Mrs. G. D. \ndrcw, Strathavon, \\ icmorc.

Howard (1948-58).-,\t Cults\\ est Parish Church, on 21 Oct, ,her 19(,6, S rAKI n \1 rxANDI.,R How\Rn,• son of )Ir. and \frs. Winston J. Howard, 21 \ndcrson Drive, Aberdeen, to Patricia Irvine, daughter of \fr. and i\lrs. Peter )lorrison, \X'oodlands, i\-lilltimbcr.

Hutcheon (1946-iS).-,\t Rubislaw Church, ,\bcrdccn, on 4 June 1966, M 1c11Au. !lARTIIILLHUTCITFON,•cider son of Dr. and J\Crs. Harry Hurcheon, ,\herdccn, to Vera \llan, daughter of \lr. and :\[rs. \. I .caper.

Jappy (1951-53).-At Sr. Bryccdale Church, Kirkcaldy, on 30 July 1966, Jos1or11 SLA tTR JAPPY, younger son nf ,\fr. and \lrs. George Jappy, 119 Stc\\ art Crescent, \bcrdccn, to \\'ilma \gncs, only daughter of \fr. and Mrs. \\ il11am R. Bell, Balanloan, Baldwin Crescent, 1'.irkcaldy.

Keay (1949-58).-.Ac Sc. Pctcr's Church, .\bcrdccn, on 10 September 1966, Jo11N 1'.J-.AY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Yule, 38 Cedar Place, \berdccn, to Maureen, cider daughter of Mr. and )frs. C. T. Wilson, 4 Baker Street, Aberdeen.

Kinnaird (1953-)7) .- \t St. John's l'p1scopal Church, Aberdeen, on 6 \ugust 1966, Sn.PIIF'< , \ 1.1.\, hl"'"-AIRD, onl) son of the lace :Mr. John Kinnaird and of \ 1rs. \gncs Kinnaird, 10 \l,trgarct ~trcet, \hcrdct:n, to I .,·clinc ,\llan, second daughter of the late Mr. James Gray and of\'lrs. J lizbcth R. Gray, 36) l l iltnn Drive, ,\bcrdecn.

Logie (1946-50).- ,\t King's Cnllq~c Chapel, .\bcrdccn, on 12 July 1966, \1 t xANULK Wnur Locu, son of \.lr. and \tr~. David Logie, Lillicsdcn, Cult~, to Dorothy Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. and !\lrs. \\illiam Caie, 35 Ilamilton Place, \berdeen.

M eAra (1947-61).-,\t Rutherford Oiurch, \berdeen, on 30 July 1966, RomRH.t.: GU>RGL )lc.\R.\, son of \.fr. and \£rs. \ listair Mc \ra, 17 Airyhall Drive, \bcrdccn, w \\ilma, daughter of Mr. and ,\frs. \\'ill1,1m McFarlane, 130 Roscmount Phcc, \hcrdccn.

MacKenz ie (1919-62).-,\t King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, on Is October 1966, K.ENNi;;TH MAcKENzrn,* younger son of Mr. and .\1rs. D. McKenzie, 2

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D.\\'idson House, \bcrdccn, to .Marjorie Chalmers, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I,. J. Thomson, 123 llamme rficld Avenue, \berdcen.

McLeod (1951-5 5). At Mannofield Parish Church, ,\berdccn, on 4 September 1966, IAN I!Ar.c RO McLr:oo, • only son of .\fr, and \frs. John H. McLeod, 47 \1iddlcfield Crescent, -\bcrdcen, co Marlene, only daughter of Mrs. '\ ..Main and the lace l\.lr. Jahn \lain, 41 Carlton Place, ,\bcrdccn.

Mathie son (1956-f,2).- \r St. Jude-on thc-Jlill, Hampstead G:irdcn Suburb, London, on 23 July 1966, \n:XA'-DFR \\"11.1.0, ;\iAT111rsos, only snn of \fr. and ;\frs. \. \Iathiesnn, 235 \'icroria Road, .\bcr<lcen, to Cami :\fary, cider daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Critchley, 26 Temple fprtunes Lane, London, l\;.\v.11.

Moir (19sz•i7). \t Barony Pansh Church, \'\'est Kilbride, on 17 June 1966, I.\N \1.1 XA"IDf R :\fo1R,only son of ;\[r. and ;\[rs. \loir, 66 C1irncry Road .\berdecn, to Lorna, only daughter of:\[r. and Mrs . DaYidson, 6 ,\Iron Street, \'\'est Kilbride, ..\yr,;hirc. isbet (1943 sz). \t Birse Parish Church, ,\bovne, on 23 July 1966, Ros1N MAc Dor-,ALD ;\!11.11R >-.hsr::T, only son of the late \lr. Robert .M. Nisbet and of '\lrs. Nisbet, 53 Bcaconsfield Place, . \bcr<lccn, to .\nn-Louise, only daughter of the late Mr. 1\bercromby G. Donald and of Mrs. Donald, Guisachan, i\boyne.

Parkin son (19.u-s9). \t King's College Chapel, ,\berdeen, on 18 June 1966, DAvm "-.t.1.LY PARKrsso,-,,youngest son of ;\[r. and Mrs. J. T. L. Parkinson, 6oA Rubishw Den South, \hcrdcen, to Lilian Gordon, vounger d.1Ughter nf ;\fr. and ;\lrs. \X'. S. Rann1c, 30 Hillview Terrace, Cults.

Philip 19io-61). ,\1 King's College Chape l, , \berdeen, on s \ugusc 1966, \11 xAsrn R Sc11Rol!m.R P11111P,* only <on of ;\lr. an<l .\lr,. \. r. Philip, 50 !'.c,\bnd, Crescent, ,\hcrdccn, co Gillian \lary, second daughter of \lr and :Mrs. R. B. I. Crofts, The Ol<l .\fill, Coton, \\:hitchurch, Shropshire.

Reid ( 1946-s 9).-. \t South Church, •\bcrdecn, on 20 ,\ugust 1966, IA,-; \lAnL\.'S o Ru o, only son of .\fr. an<l .\f rs. .-\. .\1. Rei<l, 32 Springfield \ venue, \berdeen, to Sall} \lcLeo<l, only <laughter of;\[r. and Mrs. G. \, Paterson, 16 Salisbury Terrace, \bcrdeen.

Robert so n (1946-iz).- \t \layfield and Founc.1inhall Church, 1.<lrnburgh, on 11! \la} 1966, Jln,11 Dosuo ROBERT,os,* son of Mr. and .\lrs. llugh Robenson, 82 Roscmount Place, \bcrdeen, to Kathleen Cowen, <laughter of \lr. and 1 1rs. \Y/. J. Gra}, 17 Redford Drive, Colimon, Edinburgh.

Shaw (19p -j8). \c Victoria Hall, _\ber<leen, on 28 .\lay 1966, ALEXANOI R \IARl"l'I S11Aw; cider son of ;\fr. and .\1rs. \, \1. Shaw, 43 \'fh1teh:ill Road, .\berdecn, to \nn C1therinc, <laughter of ;\lr. and \I rs. J. R. Cor<lincr, 26 .\nderson Dri\ c, \bcrdecn.

Spiby (19i 3-i9). - \t .\Llclntosh .\lcmorial Church, Fort\\ 1ll1am,on I October 19M1, h" G1u.L•P11 Sr rrn,* <on of the l.11e \(r. Reginald Sp1b~- and of .\lr,. Spiby, 27 Catherine 'J crracc, \hcrdcen, tn Fli1ahc1h, <l.rnghtcr of .\lr. and \[rs. J. Fraser, I aga I arm, Sakn, hy Fort\\ illiam, lnverncsshirc.

Stephen ( ' 9l 5 6 1). \ 1 King's College Chapel, \ bcrdccn , on 6 \ugust 1966, Ions \IA r rmw S11 r111-.;, son of Mr. and \lrs. George Stephen, i40 Holburn S1rcu, \hcrdccn, 1,, Di.me Catherine , <laughter of .\lr. an<l Mrs. ,\l.1,tair .\1c.\ra, 17 \ir} hall Dm e, , \hcr<lecn.

Ste, enson (194S-i9). \1 St . .\1achar's C.uhc<lr.,I, \bcr<lecn, on 16 July 1966, \\ 1111 '" S 1, \ r-.;~os, son of Dr. and \(rs. R. \\. 11. Stu·cnvin, 319 Great \Vestcrn R11ad, \bcrdccn, tn l ~irna, younger d,1ugh1cr of Mr. an<l \lrs. D,l\1<l \lurray, 44 Hclgra,e Terrace, .\hcrdccn.

Stewart (1941-47). \t "-.ing's College Chapel, \hcrdccn, on 2 \ugust 1966, C1.rntra- >\1 T ,A..,Dl It i1t ll l){)Cll Srf.WART, younger ~on nf \lrs. \, M. Stewart and of the brc '\ [ r. Gcnrgc Srcwart, 73 \shlc} R11,1<l, \hu<lccn, to \\ dn1;1, (hughter of \lrs. _I. II. 1.awsi,n ,md the IJte i\tr. \\ilium \. I ,l\\sun, 41 l\lorn111g,1de Roa<l, Aberdeen.

Stewart (1954-62).- \ t \\oodside South Church, ,\berdecn, on 20 July 1966, JonN PmR S1LWAR1,• only son of the Rev. and J\lrs. John Stc\l.art, \\oodside South Manse, to Sandra Ro,cmary l\lass1c , Ray), only daughter of .\fr. and .\ l rs.

Ch.-irles F. Scott, 18 Fcrn1clea Crescent, Aberdeen.

Stroud (1955-61). \ t Ferryhill South Church, \ber decn, on I Octnhcr 1966, IIORACE EDWARD STROUD, 11 Oakwoo d ,\venue, T..ceds 8, son of 1he late Mr. 11. P. Stro ud and Mrs. J . Strou d, Abe rdeen, to Juan, youngest daughter of Mrs. J. \kGrcgo r and of the lace Mr. John McGregor, H Sycamore Place, \ berdccn.

Thomson 1943-45).- \ t Rubisla\l.· Church, \hcr<lccn, on 8 July 1¥,6, G1.0Rc,1 MARR T n0MS0'-1, son of the late Captain G. D . T homson and of .\frs. T homson, 2.32 Springfield Road, \ber<lccn, to \ udrcy Mary, daughter of the hte Dr. r. H .

Lakin and of \lr s. bkin, Cla\'ie Cottage, Burghea<l, .\loray,hire .

T h omson (1946-57).-.\t St. Ninian's Church, . \ber<lecn, on 18 July 1966, ANcus GRAIIA\I TII0\1SON,youngest son of \l r. and \ frs. D.R . Thomson, .\!achrie, Bicl<lside, to Jennifer Marga ret, only daughter of .\1r. and .\ lrs. J. C. I lngg, Manora, 29 And erson Dri ve, Aberdeen .

Watson (1955-61). -'\t 1'.ing's College Chapel, Abe rdeen, on 14 July 19M, Root: RICK BRucr. WA1,0N, 3 Rubis law Pi.Ice, ,\ berdccn, tu Celia lbll J\fackrc, 1 5 Cairnfield Place, \be rdeen.

Watt (19s 1-62).- \t krng's College Ch,11-..:I,.\1-..:rdeen, on 30 Juh- 1966, f'RA1'K WATT, son of the lace \ l r. George.\. \\att and Mrs. l:na \\'att, s D1,;,anha Terr.ice, \ berdeen, to Syh i'.'1 blizabeth, daughter of the late .\fr. Terence C.. Reeve and \l rs.

I lizabeth S. Reeve:, 1X .\lo1r ,\,·enue, Aberdeen.

Webster 1947 6o).- ,\t Rurhricston \\'c I Church, ,\bcrdecn, on 28 July 19GG, Au..xANOFR G 1.0RGI \\·1.usrrR, only son of \ fr. and Mrs. Geur~e \\'.'cbstcr, zz Broom hill Ro:1d, -'\hcrdccn, to ,\nne J\lary, only daughter of \l r. and Mrs. D nugb, G. Smart, 38 Rosebe ry Street, Abe rdeen.

Wel sh (1944 io).· At St . Leonar ds-in-the-Ficld ~ Church, Perth, on 2 \ pril 1¥,6, .\ RNOI.L> Scorr \\ 1.1 m, • younger son of \lr s. \\. Welsh and 1he late \tr. E. S. \\'.'elsh, 84 I rvine Place, , \ ber<leen, to Grace, younger daughter of Mr. and \lr,.

Donald F . .\!clntosh, 7 Spcns Crescent, Perth.

Wilk en (1948-54). \t the O ld Parish Church, 1·.ast .Kilbride, on 4 July 1966, RONAJ.O WILt..11',son nf .\f r. and l\lrs. J. ,\. \Vilken, I.adesrde Cun,111e,Gr.mdholm, Aberdeen, to kay, daughter of \ fr. and \l rs. D . .\I. Do"·• The Shieling, Laighb rachcad, Thormonhall, near Glasgow.

WiJl iam son (1949-60). \t Giffnock South Pari,h Church, Glasgo\,, on , August 1966, R1c 11ARO 8 R1:c.1; WrLLIA \I SON, • younger son of the late Mr. D. V. Williamson,, .n.s., Bury, Lanes., and of \ lrs. E. Williamson, 23 Cunperdown Road, Abe rdeen, to l'iona Deirdre, youngest daughter of the late \I r. Tan Scoll and of .\frs. N. Scou, 28 G<.,wanka Dri,c, Giffnock, Gbsgow.

Wil son (1949-61). .\t Summerhill Church, \berdcen , on 8 October 19r.r., ERIC AU:XANDER W tLSON, elder son of Mr. and .\In,. I .rie C. \\'ilson, 7 Craigie Park, .\ berdcen, to \ larga rcr, only daughter of.\ ir. and ,\ lrs. Duncan Carle, 30 Summe rhill Drive, Aberdeen.

Wil son (19.12-5i). \t Rubisla,\ Church, \berde.:n, on 3 ,\ug,.m 1¥,6, \\ 11.J.IAM STbWART \'f11.,o:s,' son of \1r. and l\l rs. Robert S. \'filson, l Sccrficld Crescent, Abe rdeen, to rl izabcth Anne, daughte r of GLORCI. GoRRoo· (1924-28) and of Mrs. Gorrod, 114 Q ueens Road, A berdeen.

Wood (19n-59). -,\ t South Church, .\berdcen, on 6 , \ ugust 1966, M rc:111,1.L w·ooo, • elder son of the Rev. and .\lrs. J. S. Wood, 10 \X'esdicld Tcrnce, ,\hcrdecn, to Marga ret Ru~sell Lochcad, younger daughter of \ 1r. and :\lrs. J.C. Barr, \'fhitchaugh, H igh Rnad, Stc\'enston, Ayrshire.

Wri ght (1944-57). \ t St. Mary's Church, Banlf, on 28 \fay 1966, .i.\LAs Br.An11.

WRJGIIT, only son of Mr. and .Mrs. John M. \\. right, 32 \X,' oodhill Terrace, Aberdeen, to Isabel Gaul, younger <bughter of Mr. and :\[r,. John J. Wood, 73 H igh Street, Banff.

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School Office-Bearer s Prefects Jou!': 11. DlGl m (Stnior Prtjul) 8RVn .•\. J...uL (Dtp111y Senior l'rtftcl) GoRIX)N I'. R. ,\Nl)LRSOS Dot:GI AS s. LI \'11'SON BRIA!'< \. J\luRRAY RAY\IO'-O \. Brs-..1.R Rt'AR\IDII D. J. .\I\CKAY Ew1 N F. :--.. R1 '-NIE KLnN C. C.u11 R D.\\ m !\kDoNAI.D \1rnu.a. G. S11ANO RAY\101'0 B. I·. C1 \RK 8Rt;( L .\I. "1< I.ACIII.AN \LA'I Sl\1PSON :'.'.h c.11111.1 Ft rnn R EmtcND J. MAY jOI IN B. S,1n11 Al /\'I G1u10UH. ,\NTIIONl' J. i\111.T.l'R DA\'11) M. I . TAYLOR D0L·G1 As G. GR A is r LEsr 11 . ,\ . .\foRRrso-.; GronR1 Y \\11.K1Nsor-: RICll\RI) I. \I. I h\llLTON Coi '" R. \[t NRO Gt<At \1E \I. W1t.SON \\ 1L1.1 \\I R. lie" 111 ,os GRAIIA\I R. s. \\'JLSON Hou se Captain s Byron Dun Jo11"-l H. S,11n1 Ln1.11 \. \foRRISO'I Keith Melvin RAn10,-.;o B. F. C, AllK BRu<.1 '\. J...1.1r.

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Literary and Debating Society l ,u l'rwdmt DA\ m G. I.. '\'oRBROOK R1c11AR1> J. :\f. I IA,111 10'Trtamrtr ~itC11A1.1. FtcTCIIF.R

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Cadet Force

C.S. \t. Jou-. I l. Dccmo Editors of 1he School Section .\hcl!Al L FuTCJlFR DA'\i!O

M. F. TAI LOil

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GRAIIAM

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thinking (there's a first time Here it is- the rcsulc of four weeks' concentrated the stage, surrounded by under s shelter t fall-ou l for evernhing) in che Schoo onl) stimulant :,\fr. Tait the bottles mountains of \\3Ste-p:ip<:r .1nd empty milk \lr. ILl\\ ksworth's organby ed suppli tion inspira wuh \', 11nall But ,n,uld 2110". and a broken-down weighing playing [F11-.1,u~c11?] rhc Dramatic Society\ props machine ...

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ro the wall nf the Ilowff like The traditional Prefect's custom nf pinning lines strong the "huntin', shootin' and hm,· cr wom.l us make,, s, trophie eeper's gamek har was obser\'cd caking an interest fishin' "instinct is in the Sch,,ol. ,\ deer-stalker but we ft.oar thac he has lmle hope, pond, cnt.11 in the shoah ( ?) of tish in the ornam s is a kidney-shaped piece of month ,ix past as all that has occn fished out in the w-winder. windo hrnss a by down ted weigh rubber foam blue and a fool .It the other." " .\ fi,hing-rod is a stick'"' ith a hook .11 one end S.11nucl Johnson

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in School actually wearing Yesterday, we obsencd th:H Mr. \fcNay arrived cir. by come had he y unatel Unfort 1 clip,' C)clc-

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from a prep . room in the '1-icinity \'\'hat is the source of the hi,kous noises i suing of spasmodic chords on a con,ist they that d ccstilic ha\'c s of I ab. 4? Ear-u·imcssc p.mied by strangled accnm t, 'ery-tla -tune-\ two-stnng banjo in ,\ sharp-ouc-of screechings of"Oh the ball, the !:,,,ill ... l" 1 am saddest when I sing. So are all "J can't sing. ,\s a singist I am not a success. ,\rtemu\ \\'ard I am." than ncn sadder .Lrc those whn hear me. They No, No 11 The SoYiet is 110I what Qyerhcar<l in the Yicinity of Room 27: " o, the upper classes call their napkms! !"

* * * informed u, that "\lack1c Sauna just have s Jannie The ,e"s: City and ss Busine tion lxcause of the frt:c:,eliquida into gnne has (Hry) l.td." and Turkish Baths ed by II. Wilson, hut 1s impos une the not is er, that can't be right!? This, ho'"'cv showers. and pond school the the dra,tic lowering in tempuacu rc of t.

Sallus " yours' of bath chis is cold How "llcrcules! cer"

has accepted a job as a "boun There is no truth in the rumour chat l\!r. Bruce in the Placc-across-the-rm1d.

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longer fear the consequences of ,\ftcr 197i, if all goc,; to plan, pupils need no "There's no need to be embarrassed that ent argum '!be . trunks g 1mmin sw ing forgett hold (Water?). \\ c hope I lads, we're all the same you know!" will no longer

Aberdun Grn111111flr fchool Mngnzi11e I..atc,t aJJ1tion to the office c,1uip111cnt.a nc a1ely namcJ "GbJys".

coffcc-m.-ikinf.(machine, atfcc1ion-

This year v. e heard that fooJ v.·as actuall} being sen·cd at lunchtimes in the d ining-hall. Dtltrmintd to bra, e the fates and find out the horrible truth, \t'C bribed a fir,t -}car lad to go along . ... \\ oulJ an) one \\ ho has seen a sho rt, sandy-haired youth ans\\ering to the name of" cd", plca<e comnct ...

[B) the v.ay, do you remember all those m:mer, who suppo sedly left la•t year?:-] And finally, in the words of a well known Prcnc hman, "Zis

i< zc Bceg mess I"

Staff Chan ges Truly v. e know not v.·hat a WI) r , bnr g i r• . h,r one day a memlx:r of <taff seems very positively present; on the next, havin1,tapplied for some promoted post, he is only problematically with us; and then just after that, or so anyhow it <eems in retrospect, his departure lea,cs .thole and a memory. In this issue of the \f,1.gazJnethe record of staff changes shows far more entrances than exit>, v.·hich might <eem to indicate that the chool is adding easily and mightily 10 its complem ent of teachers; but the truth is that the long list of ,cry dc.,imblc additions is but cnough--.and indeed not quite that-to fill the posts ,·acated at the great summe r migration. And l~cau<e the list is so long the individua l noricc, must be briefer than usual, and certain ly briefer than we would wish.

A rri vals ...

The \ loJern I anguages Dcplrtment h.·n added distinction to itself and gn en pleasure to thc.s ~chool by enlisttng tv. o bdy teachers to its permanent staff. M.rs.

Patricia W. Thomas, a.A. a nati, e of \Yalcs, an I lc,nours graduate of the University College ot Wale,, .\bcrystwyth, and a diploma-holder of the London Institute of I .ducac1on has already behind her four year ' t<.-aching experien ce in a London granm:ar <chool. ller husband's appointment to a teaching post in .\berdecn nfrersity has brought her nnrch and to the GramMar Sc~ '">01 of Aberdeen, v. here we hope her stay will be lengthy and happy, and profitable co her as it certain ly is to us Mrs. J u lie Cramer, B. A. born in Dorset and spending her early years in Salisbury, \X'ilts. went to Birmingham University to study French and Russian. Coming co Aberdeen on her husband's appointment 10 the B.B.C. engineer ing staff here, she has added to her qualifications the tc.1ching certificate of the Abe rdeen College of Education. As ,he finds pleasure 111 such Scottish phennmcna as mountains. bagpipe,, folk<ung and accents, we h0pc that their attractu•n d,,cs nnt stale with cu<tom and that she\\ 11! continue to like them and the 5<:hool for a long time to come.

The third addition to the French Departr,,cnt 1s Mr. Ali s tair J. Aitken , M. A., \\ hose origins anJ b.1ckground are p.::rhaps, for us, less esoteric. l\at ive to and educued in Fr,1,erburgh he carries with him sornethmg of the bri<k air of that breezy prorponton ·. lie graduated from ,\lx:rdccn Untver,,ity in c965, qualified as a teacher at \bcrdeen College of Fducati on, anJ ha already settled equably into the l1ic of t~e '-< XJI with an 1111cru1 in a number of <<>cicci cs, in badminton and in hill -walking.

The I:nglish Department has also three nc\\ meml,crs. Mr. Alexa nde r Toug h, M. A. is a product of \ berdccn, a former pupi l of Robert Gordon's College and an Honours graduate of .\ bcrdeen l'ni\'Crsi ty. llc now comes after a three years' spell of successful teaching in Inveruric \cademy to rejoin the compan y of .Mr. Cramb

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his particular and ~fr. :\k.\llan, exact contemporaries of his at University. With chool outside-s as bridge and angling hear-in we as cy, proficien intcr~t~ and and happy be should he School the within contacts activities, and his easy friendly successful here and manMr. John M orri son, \1.A. brings to the School a Celtic grace of speech of Harris, Isle , Bcmcray in Born weM. the of is he east, the of 1s \bcrdccn ner. As then came to he had h:s secondary schooling at Purtrcc l ligh School in Skye, and degree .\berdccn l nivcrsitv from which he graduated in 1964 with a joint Honours Society Celtic in English-u:luc. \t University i\Ir. \l ormon \\ as a president of the and fishing, and his p;micular hobbies are the traditional [Iighbnd ones of shooting grani te lowLtnd this in much finds he that know to glad rly so that we arc particula r School for city to like and to admire, and that he chose to come to the Gramma his first tc;iching appointm1.-nt.

Englt;,h Mr. James Beedi e, \!.~. comes to the School from the post of Principal m classr<K> talented a as n reputatio high a with , Academy teacher tn \rbroath and practeacher and as a man interested and knowledgeable in educational theory where, before tice. And coming here he is returning to \\·ork in his home town, with great year~ of number a for <chools y secnnclar in taught he , Arbroath to going had &cdic Mr. when time a at that fortune good our is It acceptance and succe•s. of the School it in mind m come hack to \bcrdeen an addition to the Lnglish staff was found 10 be necessary, and we were able to attract him.

D. Morrice , Each of the Science Departments has a new recruit. Mr. E dward \ former ent.

Departm Physics the in ent appointm teaching first ,1.A. comes to his he adds to his pupil of Aberdeen \cadcmv and a graduate of .\hcrdcen Uni,·ersity, arc sure that knowledge of his subject a number of spomng and other interests. \X"e of this he will have 1>pponunitv tn develop them all in the multifarious activities establishment. ent brings l\ir. James M. Bradbur y, n.sc. who comes to the Chemistry Departm to his academic to his fir,t teaching ap(>' ,otment experience from industry to add from there to knowledge of his suhjccr. Educated ~t Dcnnv Il1gh ~chool he went both in B.11.C., of nt departme rcS<.':lrch the and I.CJ. of nt the anahtical departme to the d proceede he \.F. R. the in service Grangemouth, and then after national for teaching University nf Strathclyde where he gradu,11cdin 1965. I ·.lccting to train benefit, and in Aberdeen College of l\duc.~tion, he has now chosen, to the School's . .\bcrdccn in continue to also, profit own we hope to his eil McKilli gan, n.sc. an honours graduate in Zoolo1,,"· <'f ,\bcrdecn Mr. first teaching Univer,it) also comes straight from the Cnllcgc of 1.ducatlon m his depanure po 1, to fill the ,·acancy in the Biolog, department cr1.-atcdby :\fr. Loclcie's and speech in :\lodest College.

Cordon's Robert school, ld o n's to ::-..Ir. \lch.illiga qu ietly made nature, distinctive 10 stature and kno\\ ledgl-ablc in his subject, he has himself acceptable to boys and &taff in the School. st.1bility has The \fathcmatics Department, for long an e:(cmplllr of undeviating ns of \lr. translatio the by vacant left places the Nil To recently. also had its changes County Simon Smith and Mr. Stewart Wilson, both of them lost to \bcrdcen ael Wil son, Educatir>n Committee, have come Mr. Wilson and Mr. Corbett. Mich confirm our theory that these '1.A., a former pupil of I lgin \c.~demy would seem lo tical talent. rrom school mathema of -ground breeding rich a arc north-ea<t counties 1tio; and he went to C,l ,sgnw Univcrs1ry, then: to gr.tduate with l lnnours 111 mathcm: ~upply, and for physics. \lathcmatics teacher;, it is nntnrinus, ar~ in the <honest of and the Schnol that rca~on and also for his O\\n pleasant pcrs()nality the Ocpamnent us, with Wilson \lr. have to are happy . I !is school l\1I. James Corbett, 11.,,. wns also educated in the north of Scotland ""d before \\aS Fo nro!.C \cadem, 111 the Black Isle, his uni,·cr,ity \bcrdccn; c,pcriencc 10 joining the srnff of the ~hnol he h;,d hcnetitcd from ome teaching C.:orhctt ha~ his old school and in Torry :::.econd.,ry School in \herdecn. Mr. at them; good is he tndccd and sports, team for ent ob\'iou ly the build and temperam

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he is a keen cricketer and has played for 1':cith f.C. in the Highland League. Wc can be sure that nc'thcr his mathema11c.-ilnor his sporting talents will be allmn:d to rust by default.

Mr. William T . Ord, a former pupi l (1942-47) has, in the interval between leaving and returning to his nld school, accumulated a varied experie nce in the practice and the tC'.lching nf .\n. The promise he showed at Scho<>l,,.·as confirmed by his ,,.-ork at Gray's School of Art; he is one of the talented and widelyknown A.11.B.O. group of Aberdeen painters and he lus exh,hi1ed individual!\· or as a group member in, among other phce,, l·.dinburgh, Gla,iow, Birmingham, ~cwcastle and Belgium.

He has taught in the ~ichol"<•n ln" 1tuu:, Storm,,,. av, and in Pn"' 1, Secondary School, ,\hudccn. llis acknowledgt'<I skill, hi ketone s, and his wi,h to bring others t<' an :rnarcncss of the plca,urc 10 he found in pictoria l art should make him welcome in his old school. l\tr. W illiam M cLeod is one of m on~--., member of the Technical Department .

I le hclonis to ,\hcrdeen, was schooled at \hcrdcc-1 \cidemy and went on to the firm of J. :>1. Henderson & Co. to train ,,s an engineer. lkfore electing to transfer his ,kills to teaching he had experience in a numhcr of fields-with the R \.f. for three y~~trs, two of them in Egypt, rn1 the tcchnic.-il rntT of the Geology Department in \hcrdcen l'nivcrsity, and for a t•:nc in rcS<.--archin the paper industry. ,\!together a profitable background to sen·icc in School. ~1r. Alexande r J. D uncan has c, ,me from Imcruric \cademy to join che Technical stall of the School. I le is obviouslv "ell liucd for the post, having among other qualificmuns a l11ghcr National Ccrtiticatc in 1-lcctrical 1:ngine ering and an .\nicle 39 in Mathematics, and in addition a numlxr nf year, practica also find plcnry of company and competition from among l experience. I le will rhc staff -:md indeed from the hovs alsn in pursuing his prof<< cd hohhiL'S of golf and mowring. \11 in all, . • v nrk rr 'It pla,, he should tind h•• nc\\ school a pleasant, accommoda1111g place.

Mr. Roy S. F a lconer who has succeeded .\lr. Stevens on as Head of the Physical Fducat1on Department comes well qualified for chi, importa nt post in , irtue of his tested ahilit) as a teacher and previou experience in posts of responsibility. Like m.-iny anQther nuMcr no\\ teaching in the Grammar Sch"nl he was first ,chn, ,led at Robert Gordon' College, and then he went on to che Scottish School of Physical Educauon at .Jord.mh11l,Ghsgo"•· Thereafter he wn commis sioned in the Physical Fitnes, Branch of rhe Royal Air Force, ncntually leaving that service for the post of principal P.E. teacher in St .. \11:,an, School in Herefor dshire. His concern that all Grammar bo,s should be persuaded into a high degree of physical hardine•~ b alre.1dy e,·rdcm; nnd more particularly that all t<-am members representing the School in whatever clement should he con<cious of the obligation to have the mind, as wdl as the body, disciplined towards, ictory.

The incrc:1sing demands on the administrative personnel have brought a nc\\ and pleasant addition to the office staff in the person of Mi ss Gl ad ys Mave r. Iler presence and assistance in the office and her progrc ,< through corridor and cla, sroom nn her numerous duties is much appreciated hy n•asters and b.>}S whn wall join us in ~·ishing her a long stay here.

The c,:tcrtsion in the size and scope of the !--cicncc side , f chool work hJS al,o bro gh ,l ,ut the , cry necessary oppointmt-nt of a lab ,r tor" technician Mr. Norman Archiba ld took up his duties at the hcgrnning of the wmter term 1nd has alrc.1dy n his skill nnd versatility in nssisting the , aricd work of the different laboratories.

. .. a nd Dep arture s

In Scplcmhcr 1he School lost two valuahlc .111d popul.u members of s1,1ff. Our firs, duty is to congratulate Mr. Robert Innes and Mr. Stewart Wil son on their promotion to posts of higher responsibility, both of them in the count) and neither

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of them far from the city ..\lr. Innes has hccome head of the Technical Department in Bankhcad ,\cademy, a comprehensive school, where the range of his technical skills will be fully utilised and h1, most kindly, S} mpatheric manner \\ ill help to h,1rmonise .111 his activities. ~fr. Innes, as we all know, has long merited this promot1nn. It will be pk.1.-..1ntfor him that he need not uproot himself from \bcrdeen, and this also givc.s us the h"pc that though he 1s teaching elsewhere\\ e will be seeing him frequent!}.

Mr. Stewa rt Wil so n has gone to Banchor) ' Academy to succeed as Principal l\lathemat1cs teacher there, :\lr Simon :...mi1h, another ex-Grammar master. \ ni.1themauc, teacher these days 1s to be pnzcc.l ahme rubic,, anc.l c.louhly prized 1f he 1s a good t~-aeher, as \lr. \\ 1bon is. In ac.ld1tionhe touched School life nt many points--on the games field, in 1111tiatinganc.l running the Stamp Club, and in his abiding intcrc,t in the three Sc,,ut tr,,, ,ps attached tn the School. It \\as :\lr. \\ ilsnn \\ho gathered in, ..-crted and typed the Scout "\:otcs fnr this ,\faraz.m,, for which good deed the" ritcr c.f these pre,ent notes,, nuld wtsh to thank him m,,st sincerely.

As with Mr. Innes, anc.l as Banchory is not a thou~nc.l miles from Aberdeen, we hope to continue to <cc him.

Mr. Fred erick Fea lt:a,es the :...Choo! at the close of the }(.',lr to go to \\orcester where he has been appointed to a p< ,st a, he:1d of the school's J\lu,ic Dcp.1rtmcnt.

In the music notes printed else,, here in this Mop1:;_i11f Mr. I fawksworth "rites appreciatiHl) of ~lr. lea's c11111rihution to Sch, .. ,t 1111d city as a mu,ician-as practitioner, conduct"r aml ceachcr. E\'t:n t• • the ummtiatcd it c.lid not take long to hccome clear that the Sch, ,ol had in him a gentlem.111of most sweet temperament, l"quahlc in speech and manner, and one "l11,se exacting sc,u1c.lards stemmed unatfcctedly from his grc:ll 1 ,,·c of lllllSIC. :...m~larly modest and free from ;ill sclfc.li play as :\fr. !'ea is, the memor y of his,}, ,,rt ro:n•y~-ar sta y \\ ith us will remain long with the hoys whom he taught and \\ 1th tho,e members of st.111 who knc,v him. Ile will he remembered as a y;ood man ,1n<l a sclAcss teacher.

The Eny;lish Department still licking the wound left hy :\fr. R),111's secession to Fngland h.is no"'· co rccc,ncilc itself t,, the I, " ,f l\.1.r. Peter M urphy w·ho ha been app<iintc<l Principal l•n11:lish teacher in Summerhill Secondary , chool. lie will be a sore loss. A stimufating .111d most successful teacher, tlex1blc m approach, ready to experiment, alert to recognise promise at all levels, and consistently tolerant and fair, he might well ha,e fclc that co m1,nt.un that lc\'cl of cla •room work \\,h enough. But, of course, he didn't. I le has hecn one of .1 1rium\'ir.He, in pmc.lucing the yearly School play o,cr a most successfu l period, he has played his balancing p.irt refereeing on the rugby lielc.l and as a relaxing agent in the St 111 's golf outings, andn s Schoo l repre:,cnt.11he of the S.S.\. at a critie1l time ,n rhe histnf} of our professional organisations he has displayed a concern at once strung and shrewd for an equitable soluti<>nof the economic and mhcr prohlcms of tL-nchers. Yet these h1'.falut in' terms don't quire a<lc.l up to Peter .l\lurphy. Ilis name sugges ts Irish origins; and inc.lced he ha\ llihcrnian longmg-, ,,ith an cxprc«ec.l affection for the southern half of the green isk, .,s \lr. Rvan has; anc.1 they coulc.l anc.l die.I swop many a yarn and slant an Irish turn of wit on the cant and the canmness that so often pass muster as a form of high ~erinusness. The Dr11n.1t1c Society ,111d the Lnglish Department ha\'e particular reason to regret losiny; \lr. \lurphy, but they anc.l e,·ef}·one ,, ill join in congratulating him on hi, promot1nn.

The School has notcc.l ,, ith regret and sympathy the ahsencc of l\lr. l lensnn this term, due to illness, and\\ ill join in\\ ishing him a full recm·cf}'. It is also indebted to \fr,;, Dutch and to 1\lr. Ian R:tm,ay who have, in these difficult circumstances, taken m·cr \fr. llcnson's classes. \\c thank them for this most valuable assistance.

Other departments too h:we found a present help in difficulties -from Mrs. 1lolmcs in I .atin and from l\lr,, l.cs!-ells in Mathematics . To them all the School would wish to e~prcss its w.irm appreciation .

Aberdeen Grammar School A!agaz.ine

House

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Byron .\c the House meeting earlier in the term, the following officials were elected to represent the House this session: l Io,ue Captam, John B. Smith; Vict-Captai11, Alan Simpson; R,(~by Caplam, \lexandcr \, I.yon; Viet-Captain, John B. Smith; Hochy Captain, \X'illiam S. t·rquharc; l ict-Captain, Gordon T. Smith; Cri&lr.tl Captain, .\Ian Simpson; l ·1"-Caplam, Kenneth \Han; \-lichacl G. Shand; l ~ice-Captain, Kevin C. Carter; Jui111111ing Captain, Ian C. Urquhart; VmCoptam, Gordon Brown . .\lthough we were narrowly beaten 10 the Senior House Cricket Cup linal, our 1Iiddle School team won the Junior House Cncket Cup, and also helped the seniors to win the Robertson Memorial Trophv for seven-a-side cncket, for the second year in succession, Byron remaining the only house to have won this trophy. In last year's Athletic 5ports, our efforts were again fruitless-for Byron, after trailing badly on the first day, was beaten hy a mere four poincs for the second year in succession.

Our hopes foe this year's Senior !louse Rugby Cup are high, since in the only game played so far, we beat a strong Dun team. On the hockey field, meanwhile, defeat would only be insult, as \\e have more than half the School first Xl in Byron House. Our swimming team, however, is not strong, and hopes of victory in the gala arc slim . ~e,-erthclcss, I am certain that our swimmers w ill do their best for the House.

Finally, I should like to thank \1r. Baxter for his help and support in the running of the House.

Jo,,~ B. s,11 m, Houu Captai11

Dun \ta n1<.-ctingearlier 1h1, term the folio" 111g nflicials were elected to represent the House: Ho111< Captain, l.eslic \. ~1orrison; I 'i.-,-Captoi11, Geoffrey Wilk inso n; /{11gby Capt01i1, Leslie \ . .\forrison; Viu Captain, Graham Good; Hoclr.ey Captain, :\eil Cameron; ~·ice--Captai11, James \. \ndcr~on; Cricktt Captain, \Ian Prosser; I 'ict-Coptain, John Thompson; AthhtitsCaptam, Leslie .\.1forrison; Viet-Captain, Geoffrey \\'ilkinson; S»i,11111i1~Captam, Graham GO<ld; r ·;u Captain, David Robb.

Last term the House was , cry successful in all rugby matches and this year, although we were narrow·ly beau:n in the first of the fifteen-a-side matches, we hope co do well in the seven-a-side wurnamenc. Our hockey team ha, c done well in interHouse matches and our swimming and athletics prospects look very bright this season.

Our thanks go 10 Mr. 11cLcod for his support and encouragement over the last term. l.1s111.• \ ..\loRR1-.or-., llo11st Captain

Keith lluuse offici,1b clecrc<l for thi, term were as folio,,,: / fous, (optai11, Raymond B. F. Clark; l 'ict-C1plai11,John f. \lclntosh; R,(~l!J Captam, Raymond B. F. Clark; Via--Caplai11, John F. \lclncosh; Hockey G,ptam, 1\nthony J . .\lillcr; Viu-Captam, Graeme M. Wi1S0n; Su·i111111il!~Captain, Don,1ld Gillies; l ·,u--Captam, Donald Simpson; Cricket Captain, Ravmond \. Binner; r 'iu-Capt11111, l.\ltchacl \. Inglis; Captaill, Raymond B. F. Clark , I ·icr-Captai11, Gore.Ion I lutcheon.

During the summer rcrm our athletes acquitted themselves rather better than <lid our cricketers, although c,·cn there there was no outstanding individual achie, emcnc.

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This term, with a strong rugby }. \, our hopes arc high of "inn,ng the rugby cup in both seven-a-side and fiftccn-2-side cc ,mpctition.

Unfortuna tely, enthusiasm is not an adequate substitute for skill, giving linle comfort to the Hockey X f.

Finally, 1 would like to thank Mr. Stephen and hi, aw,cbtes for their ad, ice and co-opcn1tion in running the llou•e last term.

RAY'IO'<D H. I . CuRK, 11011st Caplam

Melvin At the House meeting earlier this year the followmg oflicials were elected to represent Melvin: Ifo111t Captain, Bruce \. Keil; 1 ·;c1-Captain, Ian C. Smith; R,~~01 Captain, Bruce ,\. Keil; Viu-Captam, William !\. \lcI'adyen; 1/ocl:ry Captain, Raymond A. L. Masson; Vi,t-Captain, Dominique.\. \I. X . .\briou.x; .\»imlffing Captain, Ian C. Smith; l 'itt-Captam, Keith G. Fra:.er, Atblttiu Captain, Gordon ,\1.

Smith; Viet-Captain, Dennis J. 11. Jack, Cricktt Captain, Bruce A. keil; l'ittCaptain, Alan R. Murrice.

In regaining both the ,\thlctics Trophy and the Swimming Cup, ,\lclvin's sportsmen fulfilled the gre2t promise which they showed the previ, ,us y~-ar and carried their achievements even funher m capturing the Semur Huu,c Cricket J'mphy.

Our undoubtedly talented hockey team failed to gain the honours expected of them, and were beaten by a strong Dun X I in a close finish.

Although enthusiasm ts high m both the rugby XV and h,,ckcy XI, they lack experience and succcr,s. We have, ho\\c,·cr, never d,,nc ,cry well in these ticlds, and once more we rely on our swimming and athletic teams.

Our thanks go to l'\fr. Will and his colleagues for their encouraging help throughout the term.

BRucr \. KHr., II011se Captain

Note s from School Soci eties Lit erary and Deba ting Society At the Annual General Meeting last June the following officials were elected for the year 1966-67: David M. F. Taylor, Prt1idmt; David G. J,.. 1'orbrook, Vi,tPrwdtnt; Richard J. .\l. Jlamilcon, Surt/ary; .\lichael I'utcher, Jr,asurtr.

This year the Society has attained a record membcn.hip of over 200, resulung not on ly in increased attendances but also in a greater variety of speaker~.

The term began with a very successful Hat '-.;ight, and since then there have been deb:ltcs on t0p1cs ranging from the state of the Church to the quc:.tion of the proper voting age, and from \'t;.ealth to Intelligence. In addition ,,,..e al•o held two discussions, one on C.1pital Punishment and the other on Comprehensive Education. As usual, we have arranged a full programme of inter-school debates with Albyn, rhe High, St. Margaret's, the Academy and Gordon's College.

Once again the Society has decided to enter a team, cons isting of the President and Secretary, in the English-Speaking Union's Dcbattng Compct1t1on. The fir,,t heats arc due to take place in ovember. \\'ith a wide range of controvcr..ial i,sucs still to be debated, we 1,,oL. forn ard to an interesting and exciting year.

Rtc:tlARD j . .\1. HAMILTON

Senior Disc uss ion Group Attendances have remained steady this term, but unforrunately there are few members from the I Vth year. We have enjoyed informal discussions on subjects ranging from political assassination to comprehensive education, and as ,ilways these vigorous discussions arc presided over by Mr. Dune.in, \\'hn,c cnthusia~m and fairness in the ch:oir ensure the group's continuing succca.

C. R. M.

Aberdem Gra111111ar School A1agazi,,e

Dramatic Socie ty The Sociecy officials for this term arc: John 1--.. \ lclntosh, l'rtsid,111; John H. Duguid, Vict-l'rnident; llugh R. MacLeod, Surt'lol) •; ,\lastair D. Scotland, Treasurer.

We had great difficulty this session m fixing on a suitable play; finally the producers decided on ".\rmstrong's 1-1St Goodnight" hy John \rdcn, a play set in sixteenthcentury Scotland in the reign of James \'. Because of the large numl'll;r of extras required, we should he able to cast most of our new members.

Once again, we hope to bring ott another success, with the aid of our three coproducers, 11r. 1-..ing, .\1r. \lurphy and :O.Ir. Cramb.

Jina, R. MACIEOD

Mu sic Notes \ large, if not capacity, audience justified booking the :\fus1c Hall for our \nnual Concert gi,·en on 21 June. Outstanding memories of this occasion arc of \1r. Fea's tine conducting in t\\ o psalm scumgs (Brincn's t 50th and \'aul(han-\\'illiams 100th), of the pleasant performance bv Derck Buch.1n and Marc .\brioux of two movements from .Mozart's Concerto fort\\ o pianos ,md orchc,,tra, of .\liss Pamela :\favor's rich voice in che ".\Ito Rhapsody" by Brahms, and, in quite a different ,ein, of the lusty singing of what came to he kno\\ n as the "sea-sung churns" in Mr. John Dalby's "Fantasia on British Sea Song,".

With the arrangements for a visit t,, Regensburg next summer now well in hand, both choir and orchescra are working at music to perform ,n-cr there. The choir this year is larger than ever, with a particularly strong treble section. Tbe tenor section seems always, miraculously, to rise like the Phoenix from its own ashes. At the end of last session, we lost our four leading tenors, but new recruits have come forward, and the choir is fairly well balanced. The choir is at present engaged in preparing caro ls for a "Nine Lessons and O1rols" Service to be given in &cchgrove Church on 20 December. The orchestra is well up to strength, and is revising (as is the choir) \fartin Dalby's " 1.audatc Dominum" \\ hich we hope to play in St. Giles' Cathedral next March. lt would be appropriate here, perhaps, to offer our congratulations to Martin who was married on 1 5 Octolxr. \'fc also offer congratulations to Alan Geddes, anmher former pupil, who has joined the considerable number of boys from this choo l who have entered the profession of music he has just been appointed a bassoon pbyer in the Scottish National Orchestra. \X'e shall he very sorry to lose, at Christmas, the services of '\fr. Fea, who has been appointed to a post as head of department at a school m \v'orcester. \X'e shall miss him both for his excellent qualities as a musician and teacher, and also for his quiet charm and humour, and we e.'<tend to him and his family our thanks and hcst wishes for the future.

D.H.

Ski Club The office-bearers in the club this vcar arc: Bruce :\fcl.achlan, Prrsidml; Tan G. Duncan, Viu-Prwdenl; Fdmund J. t.lay, Treos11rtr. ,-\!though, as yet, there have been no outings this term, much has already been achieved. With the assistance we may expect from the hlucation Committee, it should he possible to run buses for our outings at a cost of about five shillings per head. We have also been enabled to purchase two new pairs of skis, though even with these, we still do not have enough equipment to fultil all requirements, and it is boped that \\ e m.1y be allo\\ cd to use the l !ducation c\uthority's equipment. ,\ new venture, \\·hich has been met \\ ith general appro,al is to ha Ye joint outings with the High School for Girls.

Finally, we should like to wish '\lr. Grant every success in his new post, and to welcome J\.lr. Morrison and .\fr. \\ ilson, who have agreed to take charge of the club .

BRL' CJ.: J\.IcLAcuJ..A:-;,Prtsidmt

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Hillwalking Club Our first hi llwalk this term was the September weekend trip to Garth Youth and the H ostel in Perthshire, where, on the Satur day we climbed Ucn Lawers we sur rounding tops in magnificent weather. \s we clnnbcd above the cloud level On exper ienced one of the mns1 spectacula r views eve r to be seen when climbing. the folio" ing day, man~• of us also climbed Schichallion. r The October hillwalk, when we climlx:d .\lapr :md Driesh, though less spectacula trip for was also favoured hy good weather, and pro~ed to be a plca~,m inaugural to the first year. The other outing for the autumn term was the -..:ovember hillwalk Carn Cairm,cll, climbing of choice a was re the where region, Plbow Devil's the Tuirc. , \nsd::t and G1rn Gheoidh or Glas .\fad, Cairn of Claisc and Carn an the,e Once again our thanks :uc due to all the ne1<1ers "'h,, accompany us on hillwalks, and help co make them ,uch a success.

BRtT!c Mt L \Clll.A~, Surttary

Badminton Club is T he Cluh was well supported at the hcgmnin1; of term, but as the gymnasium icted availahle on only one night in the ,1 eek, membership h,1s meantime been restr after Christmas, to the sixth y~":lr. le is hoped walk,,.. some fifth }ear ho}S to join so as to form .1 nucleus for next session's team.

The Club hopes to ha\'C a number of emrics in the Schllols' B adminton CompetiOur tion at Ch.ristmas-perhap, one or two mixed doubles teams "'111 be arranged.

Shand J. .\Ir. to and , gymnasium the of use the for Falcnncr, Mr. to chanks arc due for his advice and help in our actidties . .\ftCll.\t r G. SuAM>, l'urtlary/Trta11,rtr

Aberdeen Schools Scientifi c Society from This year the Society has a record membership, both from 1he Grammar and other schools, there being a total membership of over 400. \ particularly imercscing ;y programme has been arranged on topics r.inging from palacomology and psycholo1 hemistry. bioc and science forensic on talks with an<l rayon, to electricity and ll be tn A lthough de1.1ilsof the ouung arc still not decided, it seems like ly chat it wi the Fort \'l<illram pulp mill and the aluminium works at kinlochlcven. our finally, I u'ould like to thank \ lr. Bruce for his interest and advice, and also Binner. nnnd Ray tive, fifth year representa BRt:u \kl.Acuu...:, Pruidmt

Local History Society in About the middle of the term, it was decided to form a Local History Society \\as. the School, and the first mc<:ting demonst rated how great an interest there There arc now ove r cighrr members. ,\)ready this term we have had interesting talks by l\lr. J. Buchan and Mr. James the F. Walker, the first a general introduction to the histo ry of ,\bcrdeenshitc, and othe r a fascinating account of the Grammar Schoo l's history. h, 1':ext term, with speakers like D r. W. Douglas Simpson and \l r. John Mackintos anothe r not to mention Mr. McLeod and Mr. Bruce from the Staff, we should have as well, enjoyable and interc.~ting term . But the memhcrs arc actively engaged working on different projects in local history throughout the term. \Ve arc greatly indebted to our H onorary President ..\lr. \1cCombic, and Messrs. of the King and ~furray, whose help and enthusiasm ha,e guaranteed the success Society.

The office-bearers elected for 1hjs ~•sion were: Colin R. ..\funro, J>rtrid,nt, orDavid M. P. Taylor, Viu-Prtsidmt; Ian ,\. Hogg, Sur,tary, David G. C. brook, TrtOJttrtr.

CoLL', R. M1."NRO, Prt1idrnt

Abmkm Gra01111ar Srhnol Magazine Rad io a nd M ode l Aero Club r-..urnbcrs have fallen away a J11tle this cerm; buc chi, is in part due to the face chat certain projects, formerly worked on exclusively in club time, now fall within the School timetable. But much is going on, the results of which may well become apparent in the not-so-distant future.

Liste ning Cir cle This ten11, the Circle has had a very varied programme of music, and although altendances have been small, it 1s hoped that the faithful few have reaped benefit. \'(le again thank l\lr. I lnwkswonh for his keen interest, and fnr the use of his room and its equipment.

Mt< IIAFL T110\lso,-;, Pnsid,n/

Mo tor Club Officials elected were: Mr. R. \ (. Galloway, lfonordr.J Prtsidtnl; Graham R. S. Wilson, Prtsitknl; Jan G. Duncan, Surtlary; ell .\. C.1meron, 'I rtasJlf'tr.

The Oub has been \'try acci, e this session. There ha\'e been large attendances to films, shown every month. C,,nstahle H. Rae of the City of , \hcrdeen Road Safety Department, and .\tr. Robert Grant, who has visited and photographed most of the European ~lotor Racing circuits, have gi\'en a number of interesting talks. \\e arc also very grateful to Mr. \lcl\'ille of the Town and County Garage, who has given us helpful advice in our work on the \'auxhall \'fyvern, which the Club has recently acquired. \X 1th this se!ll>ion's grant we intend to buy some new tools . ,\ visit to the Ingliston \lotor Racing Circuit hy ten of our members in October formed the climax to the Club's activitie•.

We were very sorry to lose the scnices of :\lr. I. SutherLmd at the end of last se,,saon, and take this opportunity co wish him c,cry success in his new post. We would also like to exprcs, our gratitude to Mr. R. M. Galloway, \\·ho is proving an admirable successor.

IAN G. Dt SCAN, 'itcr<lory

Ph otographi c Socie ty Despite the slight fall in membership, the Society's programme is much more ambitious than that of the previous year. The dark mom, which one may use for enla rgement, is, nt last, open for use after school each day.

We have reintroduced monthly competitions, and although the response has been poorer than u·as hoped, enthusi:um should grow as the younger members become better acquainted with the enlarging procedure.

The Thursday c,cning programme to dare, has m.,inly con,i<ted of slide sho\\, and films about photographic techniques, but the inclusion of one practical session each month bas proved a popular decision.

Unfortunately, through lack of support, we h.we hcen forced to cancel certain bus outings, although cxcur,,ions h} private car on a ,nuller SC\lc ha,c prn,;ed ITl(•St enjoyable.

Finally, I should like to thank .\fr. Will and .\lr . •\nderson for their willing support and a<;Sis1.111ccin the oeiety's activities .

JOHN B. s~11111, Pruid,nl

Arts Club The .\rts Club continues to meet c,Ct) Friday at tour o'clock with a fairly good attendance. ,\s al\\ .1ys \\'C arc grateful to :\fr. \'fill who encourages the "craftsmen". \\ c arc also glad to welcome .\lr . Ord \\ ho has recently hccn appointed to the Art staff. He is a former pupil of the school, and an old member of the ,\rts Club, who with n kindly eye guides the "painters". ,\us Cowu;, Stmlary

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Railwa y Societ y Owing to the increase of members chis session it has been necessary co divide the meetings into two sections. The first group has continued work on the model railway, which is still far from being finished. The second section has held discussions or studied a number of old railway magazines donated to us by a former pupil. \11 chc members, however, have had the opporrunicy to sec several interesting railway films.

W'c arc grateful for rhe inccrcst shown by the llon. President Mr. Bruce, without whose co-operation this Society would cease to function.

Gi .ORGE C. CoL1.1F., />rt1id<11J

Chess Club The membership of the Club remains at over chirry, and there 1s an encouraging increase in interest from the lower vc.1rs. Officials elected for this session are: Mr. I. Galloway, Ho111Jrary PruidenJ; 1\fichael Futcher, Prtsidenl and Trtamrer; Bruce \[cLtchlan, Jurelary. \Vic are running several murnamems, including a handicap section, for which prizes are to be awarded. A team, for che most part untested, was entered in the J11nday J'imtr Team Tournament and proved its worth by beating Torry Secondary School 6-o in the first-round. The second-round match against Im·erness Academy 1st Team will be played in late 's;ovcmber. lr, addition, it is hoped to arrange local matches with lnverurie, !)tonehavcn and Robert Gordon's College. \V/c are grateful for a grant from the l~ndo\\ mcnt Fund, with which it is intended to buy additional sets, and to Mr. Galloway for his continued support and interest. l\hc11ALL FuTc111:.R, Pruidrnt Scripture U nion ,\ttcndances at the !:ichoolScripture Union have dropped slightly since last session, but the boys thcmsehcs are keen and regular in their attendance. The programme so far has been varied, including film-strips, discussions, quines and several speakers.

One of the most interesting of 1he film-strips was about five ".Mid Century Martyrs" of the '.\fissionary ,\via11on fellowship, accompanied by a recorded commentary.

So far our speakers have been .Mr. C. Stewart of the Mathematics Department, l\-lr.

Duncan, and the Re,. R. E. Gilbert, Head of the Scripture Union in \bcrdeen. \mong other speakers we have lined up for the coming months are the Rev. l. JI. ~farshall of ,\bcrdeen Lnivcrsity, himself an F.P. of the 5chool.

Pnr the first time "c ha,·c invited boys from Primary VII to come along to the meetings. Once again \I c must express our thanks to .\l r. Duncan for his help.

Film Societ y The office lxarcrs for this session arc: _John ll. Duguid, Presidml; 13ri,1n \. l\l urray, .',urttary; Bruce ~I. i\[cl..achlan, Trm111rtr.

This year's ~clecrion of films, is aptly titled "Dramatic \ctinn in Scope and Colour", including as it does the epic film "Genghis 1-..han","Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Guns of Navaronc", a war dnma set m Greece. The year is to be rounded off with "Culloden", a realistic reconstruction of the battle, and "The Forth Bridge", a documentary on ch1s great engineering achievement.

The Society, no,1 in its fourteenth season, owes ir, conunuing success to the support of '\lcssrs. l lcming\\ ,ty, 13.ixtcr and \\'.'ill, and to chem we extend ou r grateful thanks. liRJAN A. MuRRAY, St&rtla,y

Literary Section Misse d Out \\'hen they gave out noses I thought they said "roses", and asked for a big red one \X'hen they ga\'e out legs I thought they said "kegs", 1\nd I asked for two large ones.

When they gave out cars I thought they said "beers" \nd I a~kcd for g0<,<l tops on them. \\'hen the) ga\'e out eyes I tho ught they said "ties" ,\nd I asked for two green one<.

Oh! look at me now.

GoR1>0,-.; II, '-Rl, /IV

The Snow Storm Sw1fcl} clouds sp;;d o\'er the sky, \n<l 10 the ground the sno\\ <lid fly, It snowed all day, It snowed all night, Turning the cold worl d icy \\ hite.

The snow is still falling fa<t, The biting wind gi\'cS another hL1st; But now it changes The storm is dying, '\n\\ the wind is onl y sighing.

Icicles hang from "indow k<lges, Children are playing on the ir sledges, Some are skating, Some arc sliding 01hcrs arc on toboggans riding.

Rain clouds blotted out the sun, From the slopes the children run, It rained so hard, It r.1incd so long, In the morning the snm, \\ ,1s gone, Jou,.; But II AN, / IV

Th e Wind It hmds <lcm n the empty strccls, ,\nd knocks the chimneys from their seats In nt}IS)' pla}'· Jc snacchcs hats and bin\\ s them high \nd from the uecs the hnm n lca,·cs fl,·, This ,, indy day.

• It dashes rain against Ill} face. \cros<. the sky the d.1rk clouds r;1c..:. \son H flies.

Then, of a sudden, all is st ill Of mischief it has had its fill, \nd S\\ iftly dies.

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Var iations on a T h e me The goalie stands And warms his hands \nd strikes a knowing pose But when in fact I le has co act He ends up on his nose .

• \\ hc.-n l play fo<Jtball anywhere The referee begins to swear For daddy caught me hm~ to play \nd daddy played a different way.

To dad F..\. \\as son1Cthing new Jlc'd only heard about R.U .

T saw the ball \bout to fall le fell upon my head.

J scored I know But even so I ,pcm the week in bed.

GRAJ \IE

M. Ct AKK, / 1/7

D ialectic In the sounds of spring on the mornmg air Comes the echo of win ter, the cry of despair; Jn the sweet smell of summer, the blucnc~s of day, Comes the stench of rot and dccar.

I think that human life Is full of happiness, a precious drop of golden ·wnrer Which bursts before me in a flash of shining crystal; We have so much to live for, each of us. \ sickening blotch of darkness formed Sucking upon the golden flesh ...

The crystal crashes into nothingness.

Stagnant pools of choking mud around ;\ life of misery and death.

The bahy's smile: the leer of arrogant white death: From the sincerity of youthful hope The slunc in which the fanatic is spa,, ncd: The velvet cu trnin hides depravity and dirt T issue of peace, hard ugliness of war.

Jn the sounds of spring on the morning air Comes the echo of winter, the cry of despair; In the sweet smell of summer, the blueness of day, Com~s the stench of death and decay.

B Kt:Cll YOUNG,

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Aberdeen Grammar School Magazin, Ice Whatisu?

Fro7en water?

No, not just rhat, Something more perhaps.

Sometimes ice is clear, sometimes opaque, Sometimes black and sometime, white.

Ice is a menace on roads Because it is ~lippcry nnd smCJoth.

On ponds, people slide on it for fun, And laugh when they foll and get "er.

Ice comes in Winter when it is cold, \nd hangs from t•ur window -sills, outside \\'hen we sit cow and warm in front of the fire.

During rhc nigh;, the ice creeps into our hou<es, Painting picrurcs on our window-panes.

Fr~czing the milk, and hardening the butter.

In the morning, its work is done.

Gradually, the ice melts away, Lea\'ing a harmless pool of water.

S11.P111~ l~G1.1,, /IIG,

Listen . Someone is singing ..

Listen, poet, someone 1s singing or sighing. \ soog, nobody knows if it be sad or gay, Informs you that the inner man is nm\ waking. l.istcn; hold your aucntive pen in readiness To gather in the echoes of that secret ,·nice.

Listen with conccnmned care codav To the divine companion who ins(ructs your soul, For tomorrow, with dawn's first light, he will have fled; The same flame has never been seen w flicker twice, Kor has love, offered in its youth, yet been reborn.

1\nd more than one soul, tearfully, has searched vainly In life's hosti le clamour; there, where the vague murmurs Of the hidden source arc over\\helmed and lost Translated from the French of Charles Guerin by J. B. ls.1.NWORTIIY, Upptr VI,

Time Never resting, Ever moving; No mind, no soul, No face; The phantom time Gtides, silently, p.1st Our weak and quarrel~omc race.

He docs nm stop To wait for us . \s we stumble on rocks, \nd fall; Bur he will leave the weak behind, Yes, he will lea,·e us all.

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A Braver Soul ... after "The Listeners" Ile galloped over stony ground, He galloped over marsh and mound, He galloped over and around, The plunging hoofs through gloom resound Once on a Winter's Eve. He knocked upon that moonlit door, His knock through all the silence tore, He pushed the door a little more, And, even frozen co the core, He entered then within.

He entered a few steps inside, I le felt the cobv:ebs past him glide, He saw a light which was his guide, Through a door which opened wide To close on him within.

He heat upon that oaken door lie stamped upon that stony floor J le screamed until his lungs were sore Until his spirit was no more, Then laid him down co die A. TAtr, l//H 1

World Without Sun If you want adventure, come with me, To the deep, deep, depths of the grey North Sc.1, With rubber suit, and fins of black, An aqualung strapped on your back, Ready to discover sunken wrecks, Hopefully spying for barnacled decks, Crabs and lobster~ seem everywhere, Bass and mullet swim through your hair, But soon you find, as you swim abou t, That your air is low and will soon run out, So up you must go from this world without sun, _\nd before you know it your dive is done.

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Clyde Coast Steamers lt is the fond belief, ,f many people that the River Clyde is a large sewer. This may be largely true as far as cast of Dumbarton is concerned, but west and south of there are some of the loveliest stretches of navigable river in the world. lt was because of this that in 1 8 tz Henry Bell launched the Comtt, a paddle steamer of three horse power, covering four miles per hour, with the idea of transporting the inhabitants of one of Scotland's largest industrial towns to these pans. le \\ a~, perhaps, a small, rather insignificant stnrt, but it led to a fleet of steamers which at its height was owned by seven independent companies.

At this time, when a cruise was on, it was quite a common sight to sec three or four boats race for the pier, ro get the biggest crowd.

Standing on the shore, it was a fine sight to sec such ships as the Co/11111ba, showpiece of the Macbrayne Beet, glide gracefully by. This boat was quite outstanding in

Aberdet11 Gra111111ar School 1\Iagazi1u many ways. She was built in 1878 of stee l, a cnmpMatively new innovation then, she was 301 feet 4 inches long a length neYer equalled on the Clyde fleet. Her facilities included a post office and a barber's shnp. True to her appearance she took the Royal Route ro the I lighl:tnds. Perhaps the most fam,.us of all the Clyde Coast steamers was the Ki11g Ed»·ard, which was the first commercial turbine ship built in the world.

The designs of some of the steamers were somewhat unusual. Jn the L,,ry A,h/011, Co/11111ba, /Jlt of Arra11, G/t11 .\01111~.-.:(the 1892 one), and others, the bridge was behind the funnel. In the Jupiter, the Marrhio11tIIof Lomt, the Juno and the present day Caltdo11ia, the paddle boxes \\ere designed to melt in" ith the hull.

The present day Clyde steamer fleet has dwindled somewhat, and 5ccms to be ha\'ing a swan song, with the 1mroduetion of the ugly car ferries Arro11, 131//r, and (oJJ·oland the extreme!) ugly Gltn Jan11ox, and the demise of the padd le steamer, and with that the thrill for the toddkrs to, "Go an' sec the injins". \s a native of the Clyde, l have many happy memories of holidays spent c ruising round the estuary and am very sorry co see what is happening to the service.

H owever we have the very occasional glimpse of what it must have been like in the 'Old days". This summer, I \\as on the cruise round the K)lcs of Bute. It was a glorious day and we were just coming through the strait itself (inc,demally, this strait gi,·es about 4 feet clearnncc at each side of the boat), when the turbine Q,,,,,, .Hary II appeared from the right from Glasgow, and the U''attrlry and Caltdo11ia appeared on our left. These four extremely graceful boats set against the Il1ghland scenery on this glorious day must ha\"e looked very like what it was like at the height of the Clyde Coast Stc:imcr Sudccs.

War to th e Slid e-r ul e The sun beat fiercely down on Base j of rhc Pirst Battalion, Royal .\l athcmatical Corps. Colonel P)'thagoras, a grin led old veteran "ith a patch m er his eye and a badly truncated icosahedron, sat at his desk and sighed. The small, isolated force was in a grim position. The enemy had been equipped\\ ith the 11<:W 2.78 calibre hyperbo lic heavy logarithms, and had just launched a two-pronged attack across the desert with simultaneous equ1tions; already the distant "componendo, componendo" of thei r guns could be heard. J\11 the British had tn defend themselves with was a small battery of trinomials, their last hea,·y calculus having been destroyed in an air-raid the previous day. It looked as if they were Inst. But at least their records would not fall into enemy h:tnds. lie made a note, "Take logs to Base 10".

Then with a heavy heart the Colonel went outside to inspect the parade. It was a fine regiment, \\ ith its proud motto, ",\II Sinners Take Care", but the numbers of this force had steadily grown less .. \II their best men were gone } 14159 Piecrofr, who got lost in the desert ,dthout .t suppl)' of square mots, 000057 Jlcinz, who removed a numeral from brackets without changing the sign ... not a pretty sight ... and all the others.

"Chaps," began Colonel Pythal(nra,, "we're in a prcttv nasty situation. I know it's traditional for u, to play to the rules and keep a Mraight hat, hut you can't have your cake and cat it, so rather than falling between rn o ~tools and locking the stable door after the hor~c has bolted, ,, e'rc going to take dcsperare measures. \X'e' re going to make one of the enemy equations equal to infinity and hlo" it up." ;!'here ":3~/ sh, ,eked si_lcncc after ,'.his 1oque_nt speech. , But, sir, said C1p1~10 S\\ cct, that7 s against the rules of "ar. Its not-not cricket."

"Quie t, Sweet," snapped Pythagoras. ",\nyone who tritlcs with me will get his desserts."

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An hour later Sweet was hid ing hehind a sand-dune watching the ad vance of the German equation- the troops, members of the dreaded Kalkulicrcn Oberkommando or K.O., march111g in disciplined arithmdic progression, their exponential functions gleaming in the sunlight. Swiftly, ~weet threw a tear -gas bomb to halt the column's ad,·ance and then rushed forward and divided one of che tanks by 7ero. There was a thunderous roar .... l woke up with a start. It had all been a dream, and J was in the familiar surroundings of my maths classroom.

"Take a hundred lines," said the teacher.

"Yes, sir."

"Don't you kno\\ there's a war on? You ,,ouldn'c be off in the middle of the day if you were a member of the ... the Mathematical Co rps."

"Yes, \fr . Aristotle."

DAvrn NoRnRooi.: V

Torridon in Jul y It was in a sultry July, when the air shimmered in a rare heatwave, that I first made the acquaintance of the Torri don peaks. This paiod of the yc:H the transition bet\\ ecn spring 's ,no\\,. freshness and the colour of autumn is not considered the best for the exploration of Scotland's hills, but that summer the peaks were more than a combination of hear, mist and midges. \\:bile the glens languished in unah-.1tingsunsh ine, the hill, conjured up their own weather. I recall one day scrambling among the sandstone terraces of , \llig in, mist steaming up the gullies and around the crags, smothering all in a clammy silence and only clearing 111 sudden b reaks w reveal the sun-drenched lowlands far below; and but a day later there was not a cloud to be seen from one hori7on to the othe r.

The splanccred, pinnacled ridges of The Grey One-the culminating glory of the Torridon Forest-stood out gaunt against the danlang blue. Sandstone precipices burned like la\'a in the relentless, silent heat, and c1uanzite scree ~hone and gl1111cd like ,now; all around was the monotonous hum of imccts, "hich, on fading, served to make the silence seem all the greater.

On John Milton, thanking the gods, that Edward King died not he l mmured amonitsr the classic shades, my poet sits in ghzed eyed medication. in t.,cic prayer entreat s the \ luse impart him divine inspiration, so long denied , though sought unceasingly 111 scinrilla11ng dr«:.':lms'idyllic splendour, affected high ideals, ineffably fine, that pen falls short in tr.1nsbtion to resounding lyric airs.

In limbo mtrospccrs my poet hemmed in by his self inflicted insulation; for only through his manifested soul can inspiration transcend the shrouds of insincerity. l\lrcuAEI . FuTCII.ER,

l"pj>Lr VJ

Aberdun Grammar School Magazine

D eer Over the dc.solate, wind swept moors, Fly the graceful, deep brown deer, Over the spiky heather clumps; !lead high, Mane whirling in the strong Scotch winds, High-stepping, strong and muscular.

Jn the deepest winter down they come From the bleak, black hilltops in search of food; Hooves thundering down the steep, sharp, scattered rocks, With the icicles forming and dripping Off the branches of the stunted silver birches To the moss, snow and heather covered earth. \nd when the hard winter is done, They leave the fenile fragrance of the valley; Instinct brings them back to their binhplacc High up in che barren highlands.

But a hunter sees the deer, Camouflaged against the lichen on the bare rocks, And lifts his gun; One more majestic, flitting shadow, Silhouetted against the cloudy, grey sky; Gone!

ANDREW N1Sllll'l', IIA1

"Beyond the Misty Mountain " \ta leisurely rate of progress Goes a column of men, \!eandering down the valley.

13c:lringbrands to flash a path Through the marsh, They drop down a~tride the stream \\"hich returns them to the sea.

Bcp,nd the Misty :\fountain, The ocean beckons with a swirl and swish.

The waters lie like quicksilver Beneath a bulbous moon.

The Men of Thor arc marching to the sea, 1lumming a strong war-song, Breathing up the deep-sweet smell of pine.

"Tarry no longer land-bound, lads, h1efer rove afar \\ e'II lx.-at a track half round the globe Oeyond the harbour's bar."

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School Sporting Activitie s Ru gby W'ith no regulars back from last year's X\ and rhe new captain hor1-dr-roml>nt before playing a single m.-itch, the team has had to he built from scrotch. Fifth T'ormcrs with no experience have often been overcome by the occasion. They have lost the psychological game before, during and after the matches. This is quite understandable if they do nor have the potential to do well and if they ha,·e ne,cr played well either in a whole macch or C\Cn in parts of one. But they have shown that they can do the simple things well and with spirit. Usually, however, they have failed to realise this and "bumbled" about, unsure, uncommitted and unhappy.

This docs not mean that all is lost. It docs nor mean chat they cannot or\\ ill not win matches. Jf their mental approach were to change; if they were to rationalise the situation; if they were co recognise theu a,sccs; then, as surely as their fitness has improved, they would dn themselves just ice. They mil{ht be beaten, bur they wouldn't lose.

H ockey Only three of last year's side remain and it is, therefore, surprising that the team have settled down quickly. Yee under che quiet and efficient caprnincy of Tony M iller the team have made a very good start to tbc season; in fact they have returned belier results than lase year's supposedl>· strong side. This is probably because there arc no outstanding individuals in the eleven this year, and ir is mainly a team effort v,ith all playing as hard and as well as they can for the side. Team spirit is hiRh and as long as it is maintained and everyone in the side keeps himself Jit, I sec no reason why this shou ld not be a very successful season.

The team sensationally defeated 1st .Academy F.P.s, who are che reigning senior District champions, hy 2 goals to t. \cadcmy F.P.s played School most sponingl)', refusing to use their superior weight unfairly, and accepted their unexpected defeat with very good grace. Unfortunately, this sporting spirit against schoolboys has not percolated through to other senior clubs in the city. lt is probably time that we reviewed panicipation in senior league hockey, because we certainly have many fine games with senior opposition when league points .uc not at stake!

The School returned good wins against a strong Academy XI (2-1), Gordon's College (4-1) and University "A" (1-0). The most disappointing result of the season was to go down 2-3 to a very mediocre Morgan Academy side at Dundee.

The 2nd XI are finding it hard to win matches against other school 1st Xls but, T think, their resu lts will improve as they play teams of 20d :XI standard. \Y/e are missing a regular 3rd XI fixture list for blooding our younger players and there are several good prospects in the playing sense who arc unable to gee a regular game. I hope they will be patient and practice assiduously io an effort to gain a place io an X I or at least be ready for next year. \'fc shall try and get some more fixtures fo r the 3rd XI as the season advances.

The IVth Year XI have been quite triumphant so far but, this is not so much due to their good play, as to inferior opposition. They have much to learn and rherc arc some cougher games ahead which will test them more thoroughly The Colts are assimilating the skills of the game and will start their fixtures in January.

R . .McNAY

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Swimming At the end of last season the first official swimming match between Aberdeen Grammar School and Robert Gordon's College was held in the School pond.

Although Gordon's won by the largish margin of 72½ points co 47!, the races were keenly contested. Three c,·ents \\ere won by Gramm.1r boy,-thc 100 yards hacksrrnkc by Ian Smuh, the senior dav ing contc51 by Lc,lie \[orrison, and the senior butterfly race by Gr.1ham Good. \t the Scottish Schools' Swimming Championships held in 1'n,·cmber at Lciah the School did extremely well in ha,·ing fourteen boys represent the Aberdeen area, seven of them for indi, idual events. In the over-sixteen e,·cnts Ian Smith won the 100 yards backstroke, and Graham Good took second place in the 100 yards freesrylc. In the under-fourteen age group Lluan Lawrence won the 50 yards backstroke and Ranald Fordyce the 25 yards butterfly-both these events being won in record times. At the same meeting the School relay team won the Sladen Trophy, which is awarded br the S.A.S. \. for schoolboys under fifteen in a 4 X 100 yards freestyle relay race. The team won convincingly, with Gordon's coming in second. Congratulations arc due to: Gordon Rohcrt5on (ream C.'lptain),1:uan L'lwrence, Stephen Da\'idsnn and Ranald Pordyce, and to \listair Hargreaves \\ho was reserve. It is interesting to note that Euan I.-a\\rcncc and Ranald Ford\'CC will still be young enough to compete in the event next year.

The facilities accorded the Swimming Cluh arc no\\ good, and the team trains for an hour every evening except Friday, immediately after school. 'J'herc are many keen young boys in the Lower and :'.[iddle schools "ho auend regularly and who train extrcmc:ly hard; in the near future they should be able to comp<:te successfully in local swimming circks. \\ 1th the increase in training time :md the deYelopment of confidence it is felt that the Club is nrm ready w compete in North District events, instead of confining its activities exclusi\·cly to school's events.

Last year for the first time swimming w,1s included among the sports for which colours arc a\\ ardcd. lain \\ olstcnholme, C.ralum Good and Ian Smith were all 3\\ arded full colours, :in<l \\'illiam Scott h:1lf colours. These arc obviously only the fir\! of man~ to rccch c the distinctions.

IA!'s s,11 Ill, Captain

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Genera l Recruitment, as usual, started off ver} slow I} at the beginning of the session with the result that the Army Section is still well below establ ishment, while the R.I\.F. !:iection could cake a few more cadets. Most new members ha\'e already been out firing on the rnngc and have shown a reasonable degree of marksmanship. Two week-end training exercises have been held in the hills nf Decsidc and it is on these occasions that we appreciate the mobility afforded by the 3 wnner which has now completed two years of \'aluable scn·ic<: \\ith u~. The R. \.F. Cadets are most fortunate in that ther no\\ have a regular monthly date fnr Gliding at Dyce, while two arc gliding every week to qualify for their Certiticuc. T\\chc Cadets were airborne in Chipmunks on 19th --..:ovcmbcr. In another held the !:>ection as to be congratulated on the m.1gniticenc effort in raising £125 for lhttlc of Britain \\'.'eek.

The 0.C. attended the ~Cottish Command Conference in Cdinburgh and the R.,\.F, Section Commanders' Conference at Turnhouse and ha, been invited to attend the annual Contingent Commanders' Conference at Frimley P.uk in February to represent Scotland on the R. \.F. side of training.

School wimming Team r()(is-66 B\1 i. Rim-I. II Smith. R S 1-.c I, \. \I lhrJ!rcl\c,, I.. \. \lnm,on .

C1,rR1 Ro" \l r. I R. Parcr,on, G. C, Reid, I. C. llast1c, R. \. D.H1d,on , I) G . Rubh, 1-.. ·r. Imrie, I. C. l n1uharc. r·Ro,, Ro\\ R , I h ,rJycc, I. I 1..1\\rcnc~, I C.~muh, I I. \\'ol\lcnh olmc((.apt,), \\ . ( Scott, G. Good, ',, \I. 1),1\ld~on.

School Cricket 1st XI 1965-66 B\c ._ Ro\\ \lr. \. L. -..1c\cns"n c;,,,J,,n I Smtth, \Ian J. Prosser, C1l1n I. 't, ,ungs ,n, St.tnlc) G. \!arm, Bruce \. Keil, \!Jn S1111psnn. \lcx.rndcr \lc'\.1\, I r1c \\. 'I url><:nillc.

I R01', Rov, Ra,m ,nd ,\_ Brt1ncr, 1'cnncth '\. lfa\ , -(:pt .. Dennis \\. lnkson •Copl. , D.1, ,d \\. ~k\\ ,II am D.\ rd I. \lann.

School Athletics Team 1965-66 B\< i;. RO\\ \lr. \. I.. Scc,cns. n, Kc, in C. Carter, ( oltn I. 'I oungsr,n, .\lzchad R. \lill.ir, Gcotire) \\ 1lkinson. John \. ·1 a~lor, C,, •r<lon \[. "rni1h, I 1:sltc \. \lurrison, \lr. F. R. P,ucrson.

I R<N r Rm, - ,:\lichad G. Shand, Kenneth \, I l.iy ( I "-C apl.), Den ms\\. lnkson (Capt.), Graeme K. \ndcrsnn, Dcrtk \\. Buchan.

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Aberdeen Gr,11111nnr School ,\L8 rzili, Changes seem to h.: nn inc,·ita hk p,m nf school life. l'g. , Off. Sutherlan d has left us and Lt. Stcw~rt, in cmcring the C..C.I ., h:1s been introduce d co another facet o f the bL1cl<bo:1rd jun~k. l"inally, \\ t rqoic, in the apJ'l'untmcnt of Mr. Brown, an ex-O.C., t,, the Rcctorship of Grnngrn:outh lligh Sch .,,( and \\ ish him well there.

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Army Section l'romotJ1,ns nt the start of the session \\ ere as folio\\ s: Sgt. Du!,'1.lid m C.:,i.\I., .111d Cpl. ,\hnnux to Sgt. These two senior 1'.C.O.s msnuct the 3rcl and md years rc,pcctivcly , The junior -..:.C.O.s .1rc undcn;oing a 1r.1ining cadre under R.S. \[. l.c lie.

Qu11c :a large number of cadets arc in traininf.: for the Proficiency Examination in Fl·brua ry and it is hoped that the contingent will maintain its 100 per cent pass record of the past few years. 'f'hc annual c:tmp of 1966 was held once again :1t Cult) braggJn. T he inter-sect inn compctmon \\as narm,, lr won br the st·ctinn under the cnmmand of Cpl. ,\brinux.

The contingent took p:11t in the Commandant's Cup competition, in volving physical training, mark,11t1nsh1p and map reading ability; the cxcrcisc \I us enjoyed by all \\ ho took part although \\c did not h:l\'c much 5uccess. Thi, year we have been ,1s,urcd of a trip to Gcrm.1ny at the tn\ nation of the Black \Vatch and all cadets arc c:tgcrlr looking fnrnanl 10 the experience 'I he C.O., C.!-.i\l. DUb'llid,and Sgt. \brt oux made thc journey do\\ n to Camberley to visn R ..\I. \. Sandhurst. The gcncrous hospit:tlity of the officer cadets was greatly appreciated and we\\ ere 1rcmcndo11slyimpressed by the ctlicicncy, discipline and general h<,anng 111' the cadets. \\ c would like to welcome the l1111g•I\\ aitc·cl ,\Jr. Stewart \\'ho has already prove d his \\ onh as a drivl·r nf our three ton truck. \\ hen we \\ cnt t<> &:inn a' Bhu1rd earh • this term . \\ c arc grateful to Ft./1 .t. \!cl.cod fqr his smooch-running of the cor;. tingcnt and Lt. Gall"''·'Y for his hdp ,1s 'l r.1ining Otliccr.

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R.A.F. Section ,\ very successful :uni enjoyable c.1mp \\as held at H. \.F. I\I.msto n, Kent, this yc1r. It \\"Js .11tcmkd bv rncnty•t\\'n cadets. ' lhc follo,,mg pron•o11ons took place at the b<:ginning ot this term: Cpk lhrton and \la} tu F./:-igt., Cpls. \furdoch and Stephen to Sgc. and cadets Dick, Donaldson, J kkelaar, .\lathe\\ ,on, \lorri,on, Sim and Smith to Cpl. T\\',, cadets, Cpls. Dick and \forrison, attended a glidmg course at 662 Glidrn~ Sch, ,.,(, . \rbwath last ld1stcr and gain<'<l rhcir ",\" and "B'' cerntic.ues; F./!:igt. Dornard, head of the Section la~t y,.:ar, g.1inl'll his gli<l111g ccrrit,c:itc during the sum111cr term, and Cpl. S1111 gained his certilicat<:at Dyce this term. \pan from this, the Section has attended rn" S<1cccssfultidd <la)S at R.,\.F. L<·uchars, the iirst in September for the Battle of Britain Day, an<l the second at the end ot October, when ~cHral cadets gl)t the upportuniti, w fly in hd1coptcr, of 1h: \ir Sl".I Rc,cuc Service.

During the term cadl·h h.1,c been .tbk to tak.: pHt in both gliding :tnd Chipmunk ll)ing from D)CC, nnd this pr.1ctical st<lc <)ftlic c.tdcts tr,unrng c,,ntinucs to tlourish.

Looking ahL-nd, some c1ghtcen cadets and corp,>rals art· lx·;ng prepared tn sit the \d,-anccd Pri ,t1cic11c, cx.1111 early nc:-.t ,·car, \\ hik: three cadets, :1 smaller numhe r th:111 u,ual, arc hdng. prqure<l t,; sit thc Prnticicricy at the ,.1mc t1111e.

It ,1 as \\'ith grl':tt regret that the Section badc farewell to Fg./Off. Sutherland .

Durmg his four ,e:irs \\ 11h the Section, he bcramc a grL-nt favourite ., ith all ranks, ,, hn t•spccblly adnurcd his inspircd handling of the 3-tnnncr.

Our thanks are, as al\\a>s, due tn F./Lt. :\!c l.cod, fnr his uncca,ing help and cncouragcmcnt. , \t.l>TAIR D. G. H.\RIOS (l"./:.gc.)

Pipe s and Drum s \\'ith 11nly one 11r two member,, ll .n -i~ la•,1 term, the hand should again h.wc quitl' a succcs<tul )L.tr. lln,,c,cr, nc\\ recruits arc urgently nccdul b) both the Piping and Drumnung sections if the hand is en be as slJCCc"ful in the future.

Once again our tlunks go t!l \[r, Russell Gr;iy .111d ,\lr. Ian Gr,1y for their cxcdknt tuition and to \lr, \lcu:od f11r his dticicnt administration . !All's , \. I·RASFR, l'1pe .\la;or

Lower School Notes Friday, 1 July 1</16 S3\l the end of our 1-,,.in<lcrgartcnand\\ ith its di$,11lu1ionthe dcparcun: of \lr,. (;ray and .\lrs ..\lacl'lfilbn from the School. Both ar, now happil} csr,1hli<hcd in th<-'lr new p,,si,, .\fr,, Gra) a, I k-admiscress nf KinE,>s\\<io<l lnfanc Sch, ">I and .\lrs . .\lac.\lilbn as nn \ssistant Infant tc--achcr at \11lc 1-.n<l. Ju,r lxforc the St;Jrt of the summer ,.1e1tion at an intormal prc•cm,11111n 111 the Lo\\lf School staff-room, the Rector m.,dc mentic,n of the admir,1hle fasbil)U in ,, hich hoth the c ladk,:. had ,crnd the Sch.-1l- .\lr.;. ~ lac.\l1llan for t\\cnty -o nc }cars and \tr, . (;ray for six m<l \\I ,cd the::: •., di for the future on behalf of their collcagud on the staff. \t the end of Octohn l\liss Brown rather rducrnmlr took lean: of Primary 1 \ I3 111 undcr11kc prcp1r.11ion, for l"r wcddil'<( in D,ccmhcr-rcluctandy 11f course becau,c ,ne was sn attached 1<> her pupils and r ,c ><:causec,tan) doubt, she entertained concerning the step ,he \\ a, ahout t, 1 cake I Sorr \\ c· were indeed to lo$e this talented, cheerful young teacher .. \s rcpl:tccmenr for ,\ ti,s Brown we ,, ere fortunate to nhtain the scn ices vf ,\lrs . I lurchison \\ ho has helped u~ out on a pre,·1ous occasion of stathng crisis. ;\Iiss l'h)lli, Se<Jtt also entered the bk ,e<l state in July but fortunately for us, n,,w a, \lrs. Mackay, is cominuin~ her rcachin~ career. ~chnol Camp at Torphin, for forty-li.ve l.o\\cr School ho}, 11nd four hclpm.ttcs from Middle School (rwo ,elf invited I may sa)) \\a, H>tcd 111runend1111ssucce s by all. \\e luckily cl11,sc that gl11rious third \\eek in Jui)' when, h:tthed Ill sunshine the village and country,ide "ere looking at their best, nnd throughout each cl.a) the boys and ,raff \\Uc able tn disport them,ch cs h}' the burnSJdc, on tu1111s courts, golf cour,e or pleasure park ;md sizzle in t • sun so much cheaper than the u>sta llra\'a to11 1 Our only wnrry \\':IS that the ma1oruy nf our parry suffered fwm a chronic f, ,rm of insomnia \\ hich even our experienced resident camp mod 1e2I adl'iscr Dr. Ran.,l<l Sceyen was unable to treat sausfactorily! It \\as a pity too that Gordon Greig contr,1ctcd an appendix early in the \\eek anti had to 111iss the sun• shine and fun parncularl} of the ti,· I c, 1,;nmg \\ hen a rt'g1mcn1.1l IIJcchanalian birthday parry was held for n rc,·crcd ? C •t unandant and C'2tcrcd for by that \\ di known delicatessen firm of Mozzy & Duthie Brothers . The menu of C.1fe Royal standard was a foll,m s: Savour Sa. ,age Rolls Sandv, ichc., Various Gateaux ad. lib.

Srrawlx:mes & Ice Cn':lm Birthday Cake IIT\TJ .l'taff Cha npagne Bollinger 59

llbyt

Champ,1gniscd ,\lincral \\~acer I lay

r cw pc·oplc I'm sure have such a happy and memorable fort) •ninth birthday .

There is lircle of note to rclale as }Ct rcgardin~ spo rting actl\ n,cs this term. 1\to practice rugby gam~'l> ha..-c been played by our 1st X\' again,t l'lfinms ",\"-both

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<leb:kles for our Lower School team (o-8 and 19) -and two contests have yet to come against Aberlour and Blairmorc. Primary\ 11 have had one game of Saturday soccer against Fraserburgh Central which we won -0. I'm pleased to say char now after a delay of over two months because of lack nf pitches, Primary V boys are having their quota of soccer on Friday afternoons and JDM his quota of muchnce<le<l outdoor exercise. The boys have had in the interim period swimming in lieu of soccer. ln this c11nncction l would like to record how very graceful I am co those sixth year pupils who have so willingly and ably helped me with both the swimming and soccer of the two Primary V classes. Without their kindly assistance l would have been more than a little harassed trying to supervise sixty-six boys on my own. The P.E. staff continue co produce s,ttisfacto ry results from the Poo l and already this term I'm cold twent y Lower School pupils have qualified for the so yard Swimming Certificate. Two of ou r Primar y Yll boys, .\listair Sim and Hamish \futch, h.-.d the honour, too, of being chosen to swim in the recent Scottish Schools Swimming Association Championships in Gl::isgow. .Both Senior and Junior Sections of Lower Sch,,ol Choir arc 111 fine fettle with a record membership of forty-two in the former section and sixty in the larccr. The Junior Orchestra is well recruited coo and in the course of the next few weeks will be perfo rming at our morning assembly proficiency permitting. Preparati ons are already in progress for our Carol Services and a concert on similar lines to that given last year is planned to take place in the third week of February 1967, the main item of which will he Bach's "Peao;anc Cantata". ,\ s a point of intcre t the numher of Lower School pupils being given tuition on individual instruments is as follows: Violin, 16; Cello, 8, Brass, 4.

With no KG classes coming in it was pos;ible this session for our \rt Roomdefunct for several years now because of accommodation problems· co be brought into use once again and this has proved a great boon for both boys and staff obviating as it docs the carry111g of materials from classroom co classroom and rclie, •ing congestion in them . As l write the word "congestion" may I permit myself a wan smile for all of our classrooms are hopelessly inadequate when it comes to carrying out any sort of project oractivity work in them. Thirty-three diligent pupils engaged on a project m:ikc a stroll classroom in a very short space resemble Hades at its hottest especially when \\ in<lnws are of the nineteenth-century unopenable sort.

Oh co be a class teacher embracing modern methods m lolo ! Some of the items for example which add to our clt.~osof congestion at present arc a large plan of Footdee and the harbour area to scale with model buildings, an hlizabethan theatre in balsa and cardboard, motte and bailey castles, a medieval village, bridges of all sorts, shapes and sizes, History projects on display, puppets and more puppets, stick insects inactive but alive, hamsters feeding their faces with alarming intensiry of purpose, reference books galore, textbooks which some pundits say should be abandoned etc. But despite the lack of lebensraum and fresh air and using methods more active than passive, staff and boys still manage to sun-ive-just !

J ligh praise and thanks are again clue to Alex. \. \lcConochie and his fellow pupils in ~ixth Year who have been instrumental in running the course which helped another twenty Lower ::-chool boys to pass the Cycl111g Proficiency Test and become prnu<l possessors of badges and certificates, tbe earne~t of their skil l.

If I write much more the School Editor's red pencil will be getting to work on this before publication so 1'-IOL'Gll, except for recording the names of my stalwart Monitors for this session 1966-67. They arc: Steven J. Barnett (fltad), John A. Reekie and Alistair J. \\'csley of Primary \'ll \ ; J. ::S.e1l Armour, latn \ . \X'ilson (Dtp111.J Head), and 1-,.ennechC. McHard y of Pri1r ~ry \ II 13, Geoffre1 \. Jones and Gordon Mutch of l'rim.u 1 \' l \; Douglas i\lc \llmcr and ,\ndrew W. l\lilne of Primar y \'l B. JO.\!.

Scout Note s 1s t G ro up G.S.L . \. llunter Cairns, 414 Gt. Western Road. Tel. No. 36321.

C.S.L. (acting) Miss Lorna Troup, 13 Rubis law Park Crescent . Tel. '.o. 34083.

S.L. (acting) Henry R. \ lillar, 16 The Chanonry. Tel. 'o. 438.t5.

R .S.L. (acting) Alasdair i\1cLcod, 45 Dcsswood Place. Tel. ~o. 20999. .\'rcretory,Gro11p Auodotu, James Reid, 5 Woodburn ,\venue. Tel. :No. 36458.

1966 has been an interesting ye.-ir. The work of the youngsters has been well up

co standard, but the interest shown by the majoriry of parents leaves much co be desired. This lack nf interest, to speak unkindly, may be due to the fact that this has been our year for raising funds, and some parents rn.-iy have kept in the background 111 the hope that they would escape having to <lo anything. This is not the spirit that has carried the 1st Group through sixty years of Scouting, an<l in this area there is great room for improvement.

To get down to the work of the boys. The term started for the Pack in a rousing manner, with a number of new recruits (many of chem non-Grammarians) to be welcomed; and after a "going-up" ceremony in October for five older boys, we arc now able to accept a few more eight-year-olds. Several outdoor excursions have already been successfully completed by the Cubs this term , notably a visit to the new .Aberdeen Zoo. The Scouts in the 1st T roop had their best Summer Camp for several years at Glen Rinncs House near Dufftown, on a site first visited exactly ten years previously.

The weathe r was very mixed, but the re were plenty of things to occupy the boys such as coracle building, pioneering, sw·imming, and a Camp Golf Course. This last activi ty made such inroads on the supplies of golf balls chat very few peopl e ever comp leted a full eighteen holes!

The Chief Scout's \d\'ance Party Report on the future of Scouting has already brought about some changes in the movement, as can be seen in the new utles for the Leaders, but the biggest impact will be felt in the Rover Crew, which will get a real "new look". Meanwhi le it continues to be active with such undertakings as a motor-car treasure hunt and barbecue at Clinterty (another of the Group's activi.ties not well supported by parents), the Summer expedition to the Bay of Naples in conj uncti on "ith other Scoure rs in the group, and the usual table at the P.P. dinne r.

The crew is currently planning the ~cw Year retreat which they hope will be held at Balquhid der Youth Hostel.

The Group .Associates or Old Boys organisation is now function ing well, and applications for membership (only three guineas for life), arc coming in from all over the country. I shall be glad to send applic.-ition forms to any former membe r of the tst Group who may wish 10 join- and also to those\\ ho have already received forms but have mislaid them!

Pinally, as it is almost certain that I shall be leaving Aberdeen to take up an appointment elsewhere before the next edition of the /110Jaz/11t,I should like to say a personal Thank You to all the Scouters who have helped me with the running of the Group over the years. H aving contributed regularly to these pages for the last eight years, I am left a little sorrowfu l co be writing these notes for the last time.

I would wish the Gro up all the ,·ery best for the future; and, provided that parents continue to take a keen interest in it, I am confident that the 1st Group wi ll remain in the forefront of Scouting in Aberdeen for many years to come.

A. HUNTER CAIRNS

.l'lberde Gr, ,,,,nar School J\fagazine 9th Group G.S.L. C.S.L. S.L.

Dr. Peter .\t11chdl, 2 Pinc o,_,<l R<>J<l. 'I'd. t-:". JH28. :\lrs. ~hl·1la \larshall, 78 forl-i.t ,\\ cnue, Hunter\\ 111, 1 p South ,\nderson Dri,e. Td. ~o. HOR~.

Unfortunately I muse rcpon a, 1~ , time the 1mpcn<ling departure of our G.S.L. in Janu.'1ry. Dr. M11chcll,an c:,;-9th Ser Lit, has had" long connection\\ uh the Group, .111<l it is\\ ith regret that we must no\\ thank him for all the service he h.'ts given us an<l 1 ish ha a all succt.'!.S in hi, m:w p<•st in Dun<ke.

Pack otcs. The p.,ck has had a most successful year. 1\,umhcrs have rocketed to forty h,·e ,in<l we have had to "clnse the <lnors" and start a wairinir list. \ great <lc.1I <lf ba<lgc "ork has lx:en done this year .rn<l with very commen<l.1ble success.

The pack cmcre<l the Cub "Seven-a-side.:" football tourn:1ment and the Spacemen Ct1111petitionaml finished hii,:h up in both.

Troop otes. This ,1l,o has been n mn,t successful yc.u for the tronp, with much proi,:rcss in ha<lge work; nn<l <luring the )e.ir Queen\ Certificates were p resented 10 \like Carr>, lain Coh in, :rn<l Alan Cn\\ 1c (who ha,·e hel<l the ha<lge already fc,r s.1111,;- time}, :iml t» I), ,ug. 8,,ync .111<l Keith I mn1e, In June the troop "on the Coumr !·bi,: Gimpet1t1on (held in Tcmplars' l'ark ), fnr rhc fir,, time since 19,t6, an<l for only the eighth time in the hi,cory 11f the c»mpcm111n. ::-.11111111er camp \\'as hel<l on the h:mks of the River C1l<lcr near ,c-.1 t,,nmore, :m<l dc,pite bad \\ either the progr.11nme went rhruu~h as pl.,nned and \\,h cnj•l}c<l by all.

O,·cr chc September hol1d.1) \\eck-enJ the troo p hcl<l a large ,c;1lc tr<-asurc hunt nroun<l liracmar , 'Ilic route co~cre<l thirt}-fi,e miles, all on foot. It ,us a great success, and it is hopc<l w h.H c ,imilar ,1crivitie, in rhc future,

17th Group G.S.M. C.M. S.M.

F. R. Paterson, 26 0,1,. _ ,c PlacL. Tel. :--:o. l 1013, \Ii~, J. Park, 270 Union Grove, M. I.. \\nlk,,tf, n 1.cg!?art Terrace . Td. :--o. 24jXj,

The Cub Scout Pack continues to thrive an<l h:1< a mcmhcr<h1p of forty-nn, boys. \\ e <hall, how cvcr, be losing lain \\ ilson, Robin Tough, I.,n 1'.nnningt< n, Colan ;\[, ,rri<on, Timnthy Jnnu an<l D.wi<l Gordon who an: tn join our Scout Troop. \\ e wish them "good hunting" :in<l shall he folln\\ ing their progreS\ w irh 1111ercst.

T 1,i, }car, in spite of our ream's gallant efforts, \\e just failed tow 1n the ,\thlcric ::-.pons Shadd \\hil·h we h3,c held fi,r the p.i-t six years.\\ c have had two trcmendou<ly enio) able excur s1, ,us to 'J'empbr, • P.,rk-one the annual Pack picnic \\ 1th the 9th nn<l irh P.1eks, the other, :S:,tional Pack D.1y, w·ith the Cub Scouts pJnic1p.11ing in manv exe1tin~ ncri, itil'1, rinally, \\C should like to ,>1Tcr our congr.11ula1ions ro She la lkndcr-;on '\\ho has hccn 11\\ardcd her ,\.C..\I, warranc , Scout "-ote,. In spire of atrocious Wl'2thcr a ,er) succc~sful camp wa, hd<l ac Gkn L,k rhi< year, the onl) d, appomrmcnt hcmg the sn1.1II number, attending. \ ~ep1cmhcr "eck-cn<l rnmp at rhc cou.1ge at ,\lnnymusk had very much becrer \\ c.,thcr an<l an almo st full am:nd.1nce.

Sc\·cral proficiency hatlg<s have hccn gained since the h,t issue of the ,\fogaz.inr, an<l we have rhc tiill,>\\ ing promotions to announce: l\lanin Kiltie to P/ L and Rohcrt Cook to second . \\ c lta~c also to congratulate t\\"n sc<1utcr~. Ros\ Baird an<l Gr.1h.1m l " r<ll, 011 g.11nini,: their ,1.1rrants. \nd finally it is \\i1h the greatest pleasure th.1t we h:l\'e to nnn,,unce that Illar C..\I ., Joyce P.1rk, ,, ho has been a tower of strength for s1.:vnal }'Car, now, ha~ been a,,.1r<lc<lher \\'ood Badge.

'

Former Pupils' Club Section (Club Founded

September

u

1893)

Club O ffice-Bearers, 1966-67 Honorary Pre side n t: n.urr., DIP, PD.

Joma VAss SKr1'·NER, u.A.,

(Rector since 1959)

Honorary Vice-pres idents: J!El'-.RT JACKSON Bt.'TCIIART

(1890-99),

0.\ O., O.B.I'., T.D., B,I ., LL.D., D.L.

DOUGLAS PATLRsON CoCIIRAN (1900-15).

ALEXANDER GRAY (1910-22),

M.A., LL.B.

T IIB lloN. LoRD JOHNSTON (1913-26).

JAUl!S GRAY KYO (1891-98), C.B .L, F,F,A,, P.R.S.E. JOHN ADAM LILLIE (1893-1903),

11,A., LI .B., Q.C.

l~RIC LtNKLATLR (19 13-16), C.B,I',, •r.A., I I .. D., T.O. !As GowAs1.0ci-

.\lcPn1::a,os

(• )I0-17 , •

The Right Hon. Loni .\IF.SYON (1901-02).

GLORGP. GORDON NICOL (1894-1903),

D.S.O., 11.1.C.P.., •1.cosu,.

Jo11N LP.NNOX RIDOLLL (1907-16), Sir

JAMES

JACKSON

RORF.RTSON,

O.B.E.,

I L.O .,

11.A.,

B,O.,

l'.R.$,P..,

P,P.,1,$.

(Rector 1942 -59).

UlCIL A. G. SAVIDGE ( 1 913-24), M.B.E., M.A. \XltLLIA\1 DO\JGI AS S1MP<;<>N(1901-13) , C.U,I'., M.A., Sir jOIIN \\.11..1 IA.I TuLOR (1900-11),

u . o., 0.1 n-r., F.S.A.(SCOT.), P.S.A.

K.U.L., C.M.G .

Sir W1u.IA11 HoutRT TLNNANT (1904-10),

c.1.E., 11,.A., r 1...0.

Sir Jo11N .\IACKAY T110\ISON, C,B., ~1.A., l',R,S,i:. (Rector, Sir LANOSDOROl!GII

T11o~rso'I

Ronrnr BERTRAll \\ ILLIA•rsoN

(1~99-1908), (1()06-18),

1910-21).

c.n., o.B.L,, M ..~., o.sr:., P.R.~.F., o.s.o., •r.A,, LL,B.

President : LOWARL> JA\IF.S \\.001) (1908-21) .

Vice-President of Club and Chairma n of Executive \\'ILLIA\I

I., WIS Cossos

(193, ·4 ), 8.1. .

Secre tar y and T reasure r : BRIAN

K, CROOKSIIA'IKS 25 Cn

(r934-46),

·n Strcc',

T.O., MA., Ll.,R.

\badcen.

General Editor of Magazine : Ru C. JIARTON (1942-55),

M.A., LL,R.

20 Belmont Street, Aberdeen.

, , .. r>.

Abmken Grammar Sdiool Af.agaz.ine Secretaries of Centres : Centr al Afr ica

G1 0RGI \(. GROAT 1927-4 ,, 2 Cornwall Lodge, Umptali Road, Beams Station, Salisbu').

D u ndec -Rool'RT S. R1u.u (1946-H), c o Bank of Scotland, Blackford, Perthshire.

E d inbu rgh

\1 LAS C I'RVI R 1925 3 )), ,1.\., w.5., 10 .-\rholl Crescent, f:dinburgh 3.

Glasgow Jons G. :-1. 81R" (192(,.3s), \l,C., M.A., .\.C.W.A., 99 F<scx Dn,1:, Scot,toun, Gb,~, ,.., \\ 14.

Lond on P. G . M. MACPIILI!.(1930-41), Range r, 34 Dukes Wood Drive. Gerra rds Cross, Bucks.

Mala ysia BR1A-o S. GHr (1943-49), n.,c., P.O. Box 207, 13aming, Sdangor.

Yorks hire

,\a111t·R J. \n,Hts (1919 30), "Guy<cli!fc", Clara Dri,•e C.ilvcrley, Pudsey, Yorks.

Irel a nd- ANDRt,w M. M. STLVEN (1936-50) 1,1,A., LL.B., 22 \ dclaidc Park, Dclfnsr 9.

Secretaries of Sec tio ns : \11 XA"-UI R .\1. D.\\ tti-o, (1937-45), 0.1., 18 Golden Square, \hcrdcen.

Golf G10,c 1 \. C \\" u 1917-23). 164 .\larker Street, \berdecn.

H ockey-F. K. S. LAW~ON (1948-62), 114 Hamilton Place, Aberdeen.

Rug b y-C11AR1.FS ll1 rcmf! (1945-5 1) 348 Hard~te, Aherdccn .

Cri c ke t

E xecuti ve Co mmitt ee : The \'ice-President of the Club, Cha1r111an. \ ' 1cc-Chairman-G0Roos II U\ 1.Y I h'-DLRSOS (1921-34).

The Secretary and Treasurer, and General Editor of Magazine, ,x oj/it111.

The Rector of the School, tx o.flirio.

IlLCTOR .\1. \11\0 (194(,.(,1).

P1111.1r N. l..o, 1. (1952-58).

J o1m W. CRADOCK (1940-46).

Jou" X .\h1 '-f (1934-46).

A. J.M. row All.OS (1908-21). \\:1u1\\t \\:. PORTER (1915-23). \\JLLIA\t \{. J \\Lo'- (19p,44) Dr. RASAl Or-. r. STE\'E' (1933-43).

DoNAI n \. l'OWLII (1944-57).

A. FROST TAYLOR (1929-35).

DouGLAS Fow1t1: (1950-64). l:R1<. D.\\ ATT (1937-50).

DOUGLAS R. HARPllR (1944-58).

IIAROJ.I> /If. R. \\ATT (1926-38).

Su/ion R1prt1enlalit'tJ Cri,kel

IAN D. r. T!IOM~0N (1944-48).

(;~lj - (,LORGll At.P.XANOl·RCRAIG\\ Al.KP.R (1917-23). lfodery \. CRoMAR (1914-50).

R11gby-C11ARIES RITCIIII (1945-5 1). l'tajf-RoRl 11.T \le '\;AY .~u·imming- .MnvlLLE F. WATSON (1942-56).

H on. Aud itors : ,\lcssrs. 13owER and Si.ttTH, c , A.

The Annual Dinner The President of the Club, Professor Ed-..ard J. Wood, ~t.A., n.A ., (Cantab.) presided at the Dinner, ,, hich was held in the School I !all on 20 October 1965.

\t.A.

"I IIE SCIIOOL

A'-;'0

IIIL

CLl B"

This, the principal toast of the evening, ,,as proposed by Dr. Ian D. l\f clntosh, ~I.A., LL. o., the l leadmaster of Fettes College, Edinburgh.

Flis chief theme was educational change, particularly the current trend towards comprehensive education, and his unequiyocal delivery allied with a barbed wit ensured that his vie,, s were forcefully brought home to all present.

Having anticipated matters slightly by addressing the company as, "Ladies and Gentlemen", Dr. McIntosh suggested that it was more natural for boys and girls to go to school together; that was why fourteen-year old boys were put together with girls of like age- it ga, e them poise and confidence to have their pimply faces and breaking voices brought into such sharp contrast with their more mature sisters .

Again, it created good feelings between the sexes for the boys to be contrasted with diligent schoolgirls whose place was really in the kitchen. But this was no comfort to our speaker who felt that (like the woman who said that her husband would never chase another \\'Oman because he was too fine, too decent and ... too old, and as had recently shown by events at Moscow Zoo) the result of familiarity was indifference.

However, if the authorities ,, ere rich enough to be able to duplicate educational facilities to cater for a comprehensive system, that was all right by our speaker. But he \Hrned us that this was one more step towards uniformity. He himself stood for variety in education with the mahlmum choice for all parents. lt seemed that the Government felt that parents ought no longer to have the right to choose the type of education they wished for their children: in that case "hy did the Government not declare its position, which would at least be honest.

According to Dr. McIntosh, the rresent movement to comprehensive systems stems from a foreign theorist who feels that it is faulty to separate the best twenty-five per cent of the children. But our speaker could see no wrong in giving those children the best education we can in schools such as Aberdeen Grammar. 1le was told that the new system proposed could do as well but he felt strong ly that, however it was done, \\ e had to take special care to protect the best young abilities by whose skill we hope to flourish in the future.

Turning to the Club, Dr. McIntosh recalled ho\\' at Aberdeen University in his day F.P.s were greatly envied for they ran eYerything - and he supposed that they still did . It was often the case, he said, that P.P. clubs and rectors were uneasy allies but that was not so in his experience which was that a strong f.P. club was the best guarantee that the real nature of a school could not be easily changed. So long as F.P.s were the repository of the best traditions of a school, then their schoo l will always continue to do its best for its pupils.

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.dberdeen Gr,1111111ar School ,\Jagaz.ine l HL RF.C 'r<)R':,

RF.PI.Y

l\fr. Skinner \\ .1s glad to sec a good attendance by the younge r membe1s of the Club their hmutc looks made them easily recognised in the company present at tht; Dinner although he sometimes had to peer anxiously at such faces he met in the street to ascertain whether their owners were his former pupils. I le thanked Dr. \lei ntosh for his good wishes which, coming from an institution such as fettes, were particularly welcome at this timL". The Rector then ment ioned the large turnoYer in the School stall who, ho,,·eyer, kept good pace with the demands of a roll of 1 , 1 oo secondary schoo l pupils. I le also mentioned that academ ic standards were being maintaine d as was e\'ide nced by the eighty pupi ls ,, ho last ye.tr went on from the School to uni\"Crsities and hr the excellent Bursary Competition results.

The Rector's pleasure, howe, er, ,,·as tempered by outside deYelopments. The Dinner was not the pi.tee for a discussion of the merits of the proposed changes but he felt that he must deplo re the form of thcir introduction. The School today, said .\fr. Skinner, was the most socially comprehensi,e School in the Cit} and the result of the changes wou ld be social stratification of the worst kind. Ile hoped that some measure of sanity would pre, ail and that more careful thought ,, ould be gn-en to the conselJUences of the proposals. \fr. Skinner's own Yiew was that the Scheme would founder on the shortage of staff to teach the abler pupils. J le himself had no objection to litt le girls at school t hey often produced a certain sweetness and light- but he was perplexed to know why, in the face of successful one-sex schoo ls, extensive and expensive alterat ions should be undertaken to alter the Grammar yet again. The Rector's speech was very,, ell receiyed and the posit ive and attacking nature of his remarks on the proposed changes much appreciated by all present.

Till.

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REPLY

Professor \'\'ood opened his remarks by. thanking the Club for the honour wh ich they had bestowed on him by appointing him to the Presidency: at the t 1111e, with great modesty, he could not understand ho\\ · he had come to merit the honour but, like mam· an honorary graduand, he had accepted" ith alacrity before the mistake was noticetf !

Indeed, his feelings while replying to the toast he likened to the professor who dreamed that he \\'JS lecturing to a class without notes o n a subject he really knew nothing ahour and t hen he suddenly awoke to find himself in fact doing that Yery thing . Il is speech, however, showed no such lack of preparation and was that of a true classicist. In conclusion Professor \\ ood commended the Club as being a great institution and one \\ hich was alwa ys well spoken of everywhere.

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Seldom can this tP'lSt and its reph eYer haYe been more eloquen tly and wittily gi, en . T he proposer was Stephen A. C. Robertson, ,r ..\.,

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his, shall we say, side-kick from tudent Show days_in the past and revue and T. \'. appearances in the present, \\ 1ll1am D. Hardie, \I.A., 11. .-1.. ;\[r. Robertson had gone to 117ho's W'h(I to obtain details of the evening's guests but not a word or mention was there of any of them in that volume. Since, therefore, he ,, as "ithout background information he did not propose to mention the guests individually except that, if l\1r. Hardie \\ as typical, they reall} had not \\ anted to come, they had drnnk more than their host could afford and their hired suits had to be returned the following day . .\lr. Robertson then explained, for the guests' benefit, wh,1t manner of man was the typical F.P. he w,1s married with 21 children; had been at school from 1925-5 5; his accent was a little less broad than that of a Gordonian; he stayed nearer than that species to Queen's Cross and the l la:dehea<l Flats; he was not so refined as his wife, \I ho had gone to J ligh School; he had received a good basic educatwn at :\file-Lnd Primary; he lh·cd in Craigieboozle and hoped to move to Btacons,1 ood; he had strong views on important issues, i.e. he l°' ed Rubisla,1 and hated the Town Council; he loYed the School and used every ,, ilc to get his son into Gordon's Primary etc., etc. _\fr. Robertson regn :tted that the School had not produced a Prime :Minister hut neither h:1d \fr. \\'ilson's old school - nor a fa,·ourably-disposed Education Com enor. In fact, what the School most needed was a benefactor so that (and here l\lr. Robertson made a most mo,ing plea that the To,1 n restore to us our prizes, our endowments and, indeed, our very school ) \\ e can start afresh to keep alive all that is best in Grammar School education.

The reply to this toast from l\fr . I Tardie was of an equally high and hilar ious standard and took the form of a list of apologies for absence from certain well-known personalities who had been unable to attend, e.g. from a certain royal personage who should ha\'e attended as representati\ ·e of the Old Boys \ssoc1ation of a public school in the Moray rirth area but who could not do so because his grey shorts had not been ironed. Since, ho\\'ever, the \\'ritten reporting of some of these gibes might well, in certain cases, giYe some offence, suffice to say that all were extremely apt and amusing and that the speaker's humour \\'as extremeh well recei\·ed.

The Yote of thanks to the Chairman was given by \\ illiam L. Connon, B.L., the Chairman of the Club Executh e and, after the traditional singing of" .-\uld Lang Syne", the company, taking adYantage of the usual facilities and the forbearance of the Janitor and all those who assisted during the evening, did not break up until a late hour.

Mention should also he made of the fact that the speeches were preceded by the showing of a short film of considerable historical interest to the School and which depicted the opening of Rubisla,, I"ield fifty vears ago. The quality of the film was c1uite remarkable and both it and the commentary gl\ en h} .\. J. i\f. ("Freddie" ) l.d\\ ards were greatly appreciated by the company. To the School staff who edited the film and, most particularly, to the anonymous donor of the film who mysteriously placed it one day on the Rector's desk for safe keeping by the School we are all much indebted.

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The following members of the Club were present at the Dinner, the list being arranged in order of senio rity based on date of entry to School:

1905 J. Leith (1905 17).

1906 D. P. Cochran ( 1906-15), IJ. J. l-'dwnrds (1906-17).

1907 J. L. Riddell (1907-16).

1908 H. D. Christie (1908-21), A. J.M. Fdwards (1908-21), b. J. Galloway (190818), E. J. Wood (1908-21).

1909 J. G. Kilgour (1909-16), R.R. P. _\facLennan (1909-18).

1910 L. N. Harper (1910-17), \X'. G. Thuw· (1910-22), .\. Gray ( 1910-22), l. G. \fcPherson (1910-17).

1911 W. G. MacMillan (1911-22), R. J. i\faidand (1911-18).

1912 N. B. Sellar (1912-21).

1913 J. H. Henderson (1913-21), J. S. \X'alker (1913-17), H. S. Milne (1913-25).

M. G. Gibb (1913-22), ]. B. Esslemont (1913-24).

1914 Esslemont (1914-18), C. Ross (1914-21), Sinclair (1914-21).

J. L. Innes (1914-:u), W. G. Hu1chcon (1914-23).

1915 W.W. Porter (1915-23).

1916 D. Hanna (1916-22), G. P. Fyfe (1916-24), Cramb (1916-29), A. M. Campbell (1916-27). r9r7 R.H. Duguid (1917-27).

1918 J.C. Spark (1918-21), I. G. Shinnic (1918-21), W.R. Wisely (1918-24), 1. L. Smith (1918-30), J. Carry (19 18-30).

1919 ,\. D. Troup (1919 22), _\ , M. Wilson (1919-31).

1921 N. R. Beattie (1921-31), G. 11. Hend erson (1921-34).

1923 Barron (1923-26).

1925 Massie (1925-38), \'<'.

Forbc, (1925-28), .\. \Vatc ( r925-37).

W. L. Forbes ( 1925-28).

1926 H. M. R. \\an (1926-38).

1928 W.W. Dickie (1928-38).

1929 Taylor (1929-35).

1930 \'(!.

Conn•>n (1930-40).

1931 R. L.1fackinnnn (1931-44).

1932 F. C. Connon (1932-4-1), \. ~tuan (1932-45).

1933 R. F. f'. Steven (1933-43).

1934 . H. Macdonald (193-1-38), _I. M. Milne (1934-46), J. D. Chalmers (193-1-39), B. K. Crookshanks ( 1934-46).

1937 J. \'(!. Howison (1937-50), J. D. Ru~I (1937-48), E. D. Watt (1937-50).

1938 D. N. Annand (1938-51).

1939 G. Tough (1939-41), \'(/, R. Slcssor (1939 -11), S. ,\. C. Robenson (1939-51), 1910 ,\, A. Lawrence (1940-46), I. R. \. Macdomld (1940-52).

194r J. W. Cradock (1941-.~5).

1942 I. M. S. Park (1942-H), l\l. f. \\,Uson ( 1942-56), J. l\l. Jcffre)' (1942-57), R. C. Barton (1942-H)1943 R. I. Malcolm (1943 56), \. ~L Camrbcll Jnr. (1943-53), ,\. 11. Cairns (194356).

1944 , ~. Grieve (1944-50), D. \. Fowlie (1944-57), I. B. 1'.cnnaway (1944-57), D. R. Harper (1944-58), \\'. Galt (1944-4!1), A. Cromar (1944-50), J.C. _\_ \fichie (1944-58).

1945 T. Craig (1945-51), C. Ritchie ,19 45-p).

1946 R. S. Brown (1946-H), C. T. Preshaw· (1946-60), ll. .\1. \ird ( 1946-51), ,\. K Smith (1946-61), C.,\. Michie (1946-60).

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Centre Reports 1947 K. M. Gorrod (1947-61), ,\. Macl.eod (19.17-61), M. \'folkoff (1947-59).

1948 I. C. F. Wisely (194R-61), S. R. \X'ilson (1948-62), D. J. F. Birnie (1948-56), M. G. Henderson ( 1948-6o), ~I. A. Pratt (1948-61), R. S. Rilley ( 1948-55).

1949 M. G. Walker (1949-n). R. S. \ lackay (1949-57).

1950 D. G. Fowlie (1950-6-1),JJ. A. B. Hnrpcr (1950-57), G. G. Milne (1950-61), J. S. Heath (1950-63).

1951 I. C. Keith (1951-61), M. G. King (19p-60), 11. E. Morrison (19p-65), h. Porter (19p -58), R. II. G. Bradford (19p-65), R. A. \lcDonald (19p64).

1952 P. N. Love (1952-58), JI. 0. Cameron (1952-58), \. B. Matheson (1952-511).

1954 _\. Jlardie (1954-63), \. I. S<>ppitt ( 1954-(,0), J. D. Reid (19l4-65).

1958 D. H. Campbell (1958-64).

1959 M.A. Batchelor ( 1959-65).

Sraff Members-A. Bruce, \. Baxter, R. Mel.cod, J. Morrison, I. Stephen, J. Murray, R. Brown, P. Scott, \. Stevenson, K. D. Henderson, D. Anderson, S. Wilson, R. McNay.

Centre Reports Lon don At the \nnual General "leeting of the Centre held tn the Calcdonian Oub on 13 October, the following members were present: H. G. Edwards (1905-14); I. Cummings (1907-14); G. Anderson (1908-21); A. Esslemont (1908-20); G. Simpson (1910-20); J. Ben:,ie (1912-19); R. D . Bruce (1913-22); T. Robertson (1913-19); C. Savidge (1913-24); G. Bowes (1915-28); W. Simpson (1916-26); A. Slater (1924-35); L. D . .l\favor (1923-33); A. Kellas (1926-32); \VI. Mackie (1927-37); P. Macphee (1929-41); L. Johnston (1932-45); J. \'v"atkins-Jones (1937-47) ; R. Falconer (194458); \'ii. Yule (1945-58).

In succession to_\. H. k. Slater , George Bowes was appointed President for the years 1966-68. Secretary Peter Macphee reports that the news of the impending changes at the School has been received by the Centre \\ 1th the greatest regret, but he and the members were looking fonvard to hearing the full details from Club Secretary Brian Crookshanks at the Centre Dinner which will ha,·c taken place by the time this issue is publi~hed.

Mala ysia The only news reported by Secretary Brian Gray is that he has recently with two co-author~ had published at Kuala Lumpur a book entitled "Planting Technique;, for Oil Palms in Malaysia". We hope his venture will be a success although the Editor, who wrote to him requesting some copy for this issue, is now rather sceptical of his assertion that Grammarians abroad arc not of literary bent I The Centre Dinner is due co be held next year.

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Edinbur g h The ~ccn:tary rq,"rt' th:it little of note has taken place since the last issue apart from ti,e go lf match ngainst Glasgm, Centre which Edinhurgh endcntly won without any grot golting dist111ct1on. \t the joint \\ 11w :md Cheese Party "ith Girls' lligh F.l'.s ,tnd (,ordnnians held on 2 Dcccmhcr, F.1'.s \\ere the hosts but, since this iS>ue had gone to press hy that date, no report on the proceedings is ,naibhk- k,t an)onc 1h,nk it has been ccnsnrcd.

The ,\nnual Dinner {If the Centre will take place in the C:nrlwn Ilotcl, hlinburgh, on Friday, 17 February 1967. \ny members of the Club not conncctL·d with the Centre who will he in l .dinburgh that even ing will he made most welcome at the D mncr and should apply for tickeh 10 Centre Secretary \ llan C. Praze r.

Irel and Our faithful group cor.1inucs to meet re~larly for lunch or dinner every second month or <o, reinforced by the rccc-nt arrival of D. hor Sutherland, \\ho wa~. until rccemly, on the ,1afTof the.School. I !is arrival compensate, for the loss, to lmcrncssshirc and Gambia rcspcctinly, of Roderick :'.\facLcnnan and George Crombie as previously reported. The f.,rmc·r, howc,·cr, was able to rcpre~cnt the Centr.: at this yc-ar's \nnual D'uncr of the parent Club. The members of the U'11trc "ould be ,·cl')· gbd to welcome any F.P., , isiting l lstcr on business or holiday and the Secretary suggests that, since· there arc frequent ,1sirs from English sci10<1I rugby teams, the School might "ell cot1sidcr a short tour.

Section Reports Cricket ,\t the \n11ual \kctinf: of the ::-cction, the following oflicials \\crc appointed· l'rwii,nl, ~lr. K. f. Peters. \tratbm ort ( 'nior.-Captam, J.B. Rennn,c: Viu-C1plai11, J. B. \\-cbstcr. Grade SI-Captain. James Lobban; I ' fft-Captam, F. K. S. l .1wson.

I lo11. Trrawrer, \\. \ I, I \\an: / fo11. \tfretary, \. ~I. D,n·id,on.

Folio\\ inii; the ,\nnual \lc.:ting, there was a most enjoyable Dinner at "hich o,cr thirty member, v.crc present . .\lr. Peter, presided. '[bis Dinner ha, nou· lx:cnme an annual occasion, and it is hnpcd 1hat a Dinner v. ill he held again this next \ larch. ,\t the Dinner, B.111ing nod Bowling Cups were pre,emed to ,\lr, II. 0. \\ 111 and .\lr .. \. I\!. D,l\ i<lson, The Strathmore l 'nion Xl Clllllplc1cd the Season in the middle of the table. This ,,·,is rather d isappointing as they had only Jost one g.11ne in the lirsL ten played. It will be noted from the a,·cr,1ges helo\\· clue there has been :rn all-round contribution h) the mcml,cr, of the ,i,le which is 111,ist encouraging, a~ fnr many yc:irs there h.'ls hccn n ten<lc.-nc) that the paform:inccs l)f the side have depended on on!! or two pcoplt: only. l"nforrunatcly the Grade Xl ,lid no t succeed in ob'lming promotion th1, y,-:ir, hut thc:re again there has bcc-n t h,·alth) 1111<:r<:M. It i, hoped that any interested schnnH>0), kadng this coming )1·,1r \\ ill jo111 'le Section to maint:lln the ,upport nccJed by the two sides.

1bc '-cction this yc.·:ir \\on the P,irri sh Cup for the sc, en-a sid~ compc11t1on :it \lannotidd, and congr Hulations go to 111 who represented the Section 1n the Yarious t :cs. (;rateful appreciation is:tce<,r,lcd 10 \lr ..\Lmhe\\ s for hi, ,1,,ist,1nce and tolerance, ,1n<l to all those \I ho helped \\ ith the was.

Sertio11 Repr,r/s ,\s ever, we arc hop.Jui that ncx1 ,c:w,n \\ ill he blessed \\ ith id 11 cricketing weather, and with rc,uhs to match. Tu ntl prospccti,c F.P.s and, for that matter, any I'. I'., "ho ha, c returned to tht· cit), a \\Clcome 1s extended to R11h1 l rn \\ here with confidence \\ c can s1y they "ill enjoy their cricket.

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Rugby The Section has been fortunate this Year m hcmg able co recruit some first cl,1ss pbyers fron, Sch1,ol. Due to our conrinued incrcascJ phying strcngih, ,, c arc able to run four X \'sand, in fact, nineteen fixtures ha,c been arranged this season for our 4th X\'. Our main difficulty, ho,, cnr, lies in find in!,!; opposition to meet our 4th .X\ since Yery fc\\' Clubs in this area run a 4rh X\'.

The 1st X\ has had a rather mixed se.1son to date. le ha, pLt)cd Sc\cnteen gan cs nn<l has recorded nine wins . In the c:irly part of the sc,1son, it really Jid not scttk down as a team but during rhe last scHn weeks it has approached its true form and has recorded some reassuring wins.

The md XV, as usual, is having a good se:ison :ind has lost only three games out of the tweke played so far. Our znd XV cpit(>miscs team spirit of the highest c1libre.

Despite losing d1tce of its eight games, the 3rd X\ is pla} 1ng some line rugb} nnd is assured of a very good sc:1,on. 'I he 4th X \' has pbycd only four g,1111c, so iar and is undefea ted.

The Section has been pbgucd hy an inordin.1tcl) hrge number of injuries tn its personnel but \\ c· arc fortunate that our rt<cnc strc11gth is of sue l a !iigh stanchnl th,u the absence of regular pla)crs from the , a11ous X\"s has not bt'Clt reflected m the results.

The Section must congratulate 1'rascr \\ ehttr fnr being selected to p.1rticipatc in the "-:orth l\tidl.111dsTour of Lanc.ish1re in September 1966. Charlie Ritchie, our "revered" (Charlie prefers thb 10 ",cteran") honker, deserves rlaudiis yet ,11.;ain for his selections fc,r the 'sorth \lidl.tnds Tour c,f t.1ncashire in Srptembcr and ti,r the '-"rth \tidbnds X\'s game:, ng.1inst J'dmhurgh and the South.

16 September 1966 marked the fiftieth anni,cr<ary of the opening of Rubtsla\\' Field. ro mark this occasion, we arranged a fixmre for our 1st XV on 10 Scp1embcr 1966 against an lnternation..1I X\' \\ l11ch \\ as rccruitcJ by K. J. F. Scotland. \lthoul(h the 1st X \ was defeated by the Jmernation..~l X\', some of the finc,t rughr for nttny

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On the evening of 10 September 1966, a Buffet Dance to celebrate the occasion was held at the ,\mamb I Ioccl ac which the International X\' and ;\fr. \lark Stewart, the President of the S.R.LJ., were the guests of che Sccti,111.

On Sunday, 11 September 1966, a Buffet Lunch,, as prm·ided for the lnternat1onal X \ and their wi,cs, etc., w round off a truly memorable weekend 111 the Section's h1stor\".

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Swimmi ng , \t the Annual General Meeting o f the Seccmn in October the members resolved that families of members would be allowed to swim with the Section everr Tuescby evening between 6.30 and 7. 15 p.m. Smee that rcsoluuon was passed the "familr nights" have become ,cl) popular and, it is thought, will become even more win the future.

In addition to the above, the Section hls plans for widening the scope of its acti\"itics including possibly water polo training and the holding, ,f formal swimming and di\"ing classes for members who wish to p.uticipJtc. The Section is also making approaches 10 the ,orchcrn District of the Scottish .-\matcur Swimming .-\ssociation for membership. '.\cw members arc still welcome at any tune between 6.30 and 9 p.m. on Tuesday evenings during the School terms. The Section would like to express its appreciation to the Janitor and his staff for their efforts in making sure that the Pool and dressing rooms arc ready for Secuon meetings.

Sution Reports

H ockey Season 1966-67 represents a critical year in the fortunes of the Club.

The 1st X!, fielding almost the same side as last year, arc still capable of beating the best and indeed have proved this in local games and a most successful tour to .\yr. The 2nd and 3rd Xls, however, whose forces have been considerably depleted by the inauguration of an "over-3o's XI", will obvious ly take time to settle as the younger members gain experience and practical knowledge of the game. 1t is felt, nonetheless, that by the end of the year, results will be on a par with those of previous seasons and that, when the distributi on of local cups and league titles arc being decided, F. P.s will have a big say in their destination. The S,olluh Daily ,\Jail cup, however, is still the ultimate in Scottish hockey circles and it is our firm intcntwn to maintain the tradition of ou r predecessors by retaining the trophy.

Seven members were chosen to represent North DiMrict 1n the inter-district matches, namely: Dick, K. Campbell, Drummond, Hampton, Forbes, Leiper and Law,son, while D. Campbell and Ross played in the local trials.

The Club hope to make this a successful season and that the weather w·ill allow completion of a strong and demanding fixture list.

Golf As usual, the Section had five outings to Ballater during cason 196(, and, at the request of members, an additional meeting was held in July at the Duff House Royal course, Banff. The winners at the various outings were as follows: May June July August September October

Handkap s 0-11 R. J. Armstrong G. D. Masson D. 11. Chapman G. B. .Masson ). C. Renfrew D . G. Dempster

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The "I L\R " Trophy, competed for annually agatnst Gordonian~ ,,as this )·car won by F.P.s with an aggregate of 270 against 292.

The team selected for our other annual compctiuon the Queen Eliubeth Coronation Schools Trophy played at the Royal Burgers Golf Club, IJdinburgh, in September-was: (from Aberdeen) W. L. Connon, R. J. '\rmstrong, R. J. Bain and D. H. Chapman, and (from Edinburgh) W. l'errier Ma,·or and Dr. \. D onald. \ successful first-round match against Old Laurentian~, from Kent, was followed by a defeat at the bands of Glasgow I ligh 5ch()()l f.P.s, which deft-at, however the team to have a friendly return march at Gullanc against o ur Fnglish , enabled rivals.

It is pleasing to be able to record that the Secuon has maintained itS healthy position and, during the sea~on, ten new members were welcomed, most of whom ba,c featured in the prize lists at each outmg .. \1 the .\nnual Gcnual J\leeung held after the October outing, the following of!icials wert elected for the 1967 sc.i~on : Coplam, D. G. Patterson; Vitt-Captai11,A. G. Scott; Co1111111llte,J. W. Cradock, R. J. Armstrong, J. C. Will1am~on, . R. Bcatttc, E. Craig.

The Annual Dinner was held at the :-.;orthern H otel, Aberdeen, on 25 November when there w.-as the usual good attendance of members and guests.

The following were the recipients of trophies: D. G. Fowlie, "Walker Cup"; D .

G. Dempster, "Russell Hender son Cup"; A. G. Scott, "Jeffrey Mug" ; N. R. Bcattrc, "Gibb Thow Trophy"; Dr. J. W. llowison, "Allison Fowlie Trophy".

CLUB CONSULS AFRICA Southern Rhode sia: James Wyncss MJ!cGregor (1910-23), Morvcn, Nutt Hill.

Murambi, Umtali.

South Africa: Professor William Soutar Mackie (189s-1901), M.A., B.A., Drum oak, Greenfield Road, Kenilworth, Cape Town.

CA 'ADA Ontari o : Richard William Geater ( 1938-47), 436 Sheppard A venue East, Willowdale.

Quebec: Norman MacKinnon (1907-16), B.SC., The Otateau Apartments, 1321 Sherbrooke Street West, Apartment D-1, Montreal.

Ottawa : Wallace Troup (1907-12), M.n., 49 Powell Avenue, Ottawa, 1.

Alberta: Gilbert Douglas Menzies (19n- 43), 1s414, 74th Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta.

Vancouver: George Barclay Rickhart (1923-30), Department of Public Works, Terrace Building, Edmonton, Alberta.

MEXICO Patrick John Milroy Walker (1914-20), C.A., Sierra Fria no, Mexico 10, D.F. FALKLAND ISLANDS Robert Stewart Slessor (1927-29), M.B., cH .B., S.M.o., Port Stanley.

SOUTH AMERICA Brazil: James Irvine Melville (1917-21), The Royal Bank of Canada, Rua 1s de Novembro, 34 ao Paulo.

Colombia: Robert \'filliam Young (1914-21), Embotelladora 'fropical, Calle 9 de! y Carrera Eugenio Macias, Barranquilla.

WEST INDIES Kenneth Reid (1901-4), King's Bay, Tobago.

AUSTRALIA New South Wales: Alan Reid (1911-14), Kingscotc, 68 Cecil Street, Gordon, Sydney.

Western Australia: Ian Thom (1912-2s), Wydgee Station, Mount Magnet, Perth.

EW ZEALAND Andrew Alexander Marr Ducat (1924-28 and 1929-34), 9 Park Avenue, Northcote, Auckland.

FAR EAST Singapore: Brian Scott Gray (1943-49), P.O. Box 207, Banting, Sclangor.

Ceylon: John Morrison Smith (1924-32), c/o E. B. Creasy & Co. Ltd., P.O. Box 37, Colombo 1.

IoUROPE Switzerland: James L1w6on Mowat (19q-16), M.A., Pll.D., 4 Chemin Du Mt. Blanc, Chene-Bougcries, Geneva.

Yugoslavia: Professor Dr. Dragoslair Miletitch (1916-18), Medicinski Fakultct, Skopje.

Nole: Any errors in the above list either in personnel or addresses are regretted.

It is suggested that, in order to keep records up-to-date, Consuls should get in touch with the Secretary to conlirm o r correct their details above mentioned.

Any F.P.s prcs~ntly ret<idcnt abroad who would be willing to participate in the consular scheme should get in touch with the Oub Secretary.

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New Members of the Club (15 May 1966- 15 November 1966) Life Memb ers ANDERSON, David Lyall (1938-p), Sungci Bagan fatate, Kota Bhuu, Kalantan, l\.lalays1a.

AULD, David Raeside (1947-61), 12 Hammerlield Avenu e, Aberdeen .

AuLD, Stewart Raeside (1953-64), 22 Ilammerfiel d Avenue, Aberdeen.

CA~rERON, Henry Ogilvie (1952-58), 20 Wellbrae Ter race, Aberdeen.

G1LL1U, Sheriff N. Gordon (1923-30), The Old Manse, Elsricklc, nr. Biggar, Lanarkshue.

Mn.NE, Dr. Alan D. (1950-i8), 1 Seafield Crescent, \berdeen.

PROUT, Graham Geoffrey (19n-66), 12 St. 5within Street, ,\berdeen.

Sn:ELE, William -\. (1945-51), 15 Albany Terrace, Perth STEPHEN, \'incem Geo rge Rhode (1933-47), 83 Blenhc . im Place,. \berdeen.

TAYWR, James Garden (1949-j5), 41 Bonnymuir Place, Aberdeen.

W1LLIAMS, Gordon Scott (1933-46), 10 Sandown Drive, Ha le Barns, Cheshire.

Ordina ry Member s Ai-.-oERSON,Dennis George Crichton (1962-66), 8 Rubi~l aw Den North, Aberdeen.

M-OE.RSON, Graeme Keith (19n-66), 1 Inchbrae Road, Garthdee, Aberdeen.

BARCLAY, Rodney Gretton Esslcmont (1953-66), p Albury Place, Aberdeen.

BcGG, Alan John (1964-66), 91 Burns Road, Aberde en.

Bccc, Brian George (19n-66), 52 Craigiebucklcr Terrac e, Aberdeen .

Bt:CHAN, Derck William (1961-66), 48 Bumieboozle Crc~nt, Aberdeen.

Cu.cm:, Herbert (1960-66), 65 Caic.sdykc, Road, 1'..inc orth , Aberdeen.

CLARK, Brian McHattie (1959-63), HO Hilton Drive, Aberdeen.

CLARK, James Michael Miller (1961-66), 4 Stonefield Crescent, Oarkston, Glasgow.

CoLLINS, Peter Munro (196o-66) 13 Albert Street, Aberdeen.

CoWIE, Alan Alexander (1954-66), 4 Esslemont Avenu e, Aberdeen.

DORWARD, Stewart Geoffrey (1960-66), 27 Thomson Street, Aberdeen.

Dow, Alan Alexander (1960-66), p Annficld Terrac e, Aberdeen.

FARQUHARSON,Derck Bruce (1954-66), 17 Crathic Terrace, Aberdeen.

F1NDLAT, J..eooard John (1961-66), 38 Mount Street, Aberdeen.

FORBES, Stewart Lumsden (196o-66), 14 Sunnyside Terrace, Aberdeen.

FRASER, Graeme Barron (1961-66), 24 Allan Street, Aberdeen.

FllASER., Peter John (1953-66), Whiterashcs Cottage, Kingswell~, Aberdeenshire.

GARDEN, Norman (196o-66), 17 Ash-hill Road, Aberde en.

GLOVER, Stuart Cunningham (1960-66), 99 Hamilton Place, Abe rdeen.

GRACIE, .Alistair George (1953-66), 12 Fcrnielea Cresce nt, Aberdeen.

GRANT, Donald Alexander (1960-66), 19 Cairnview Crescent, Aberdeen.

GUT, Ian (1960-66), 51 Gilcomstoun Land, Aberde en.

GRAT, William Gavin (196o-66), 346 Holburn Street, Aberdeen.

GROVE, Eric John (196o-66), 12 Roschill Drive, Aberde en.

HAT, Kenneth AJcundcr (1960-66), 183 Gicat Northe rn Road, Aberdeen.

HENDRY, William Gordon (1960-66), 41 .Albyn Place, Aberdeen. liERBEllT, Alan Gordon (1953-66), 45 Leggart Terrac e, Aberdeen. lNKSON, Dennis Wright (1960-66), 10 Bcechg rove Place, Aberdeen.

JOHNSTON, l\iichacl Hay (1961-66), 124 Birkh.all Parade , Aberdeen.

JOHNSTON, Victor William (1960-66), 2 Elmficld Terrac e, Aberdeen.

JoNES, Keith Greig (1957-66), 68 Beaconslield Place, Aberdeen .

KYNASTON, Colin Moffat (1960-66), 2.58 King Street, Aberdeen.

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Ahtrdem Cra111111ar Srhool Magazine LAING, Douglas (1960-66), 40 J.;.incorth Land, Aberdeen.

LEFEVRE, David (1960-66), 26 .\shley Road, Aberdeen.

McARTHt:R, Alexander George (1961-66), 2j Smithfield Road, .\bcrdeen . .\fcCRAW, George L. (1960-66), 174 \\est \\'>•combe Road, High Wycombe, Bucks . .\lcCuL, .\feh,n Roger Limhey (1953-66), 2 Oakdale Terrace, Aberdeen . .\lcDO'<ALD, .\ngus Daws,,n (1954-66), 4 Brighton Place, .\berdcen. ,\lcGRLGOR, Roderick\\ ,lliam Hamilton (19i4-66), )4 Duthie Terrace, ,\benlcen. \fcKEN'ZIE, John Macfarlane (1964-6(,), 6 Bayview Road, Aberdeen. !\L-.cKI£, Neil (1963-66) 17 I lilcon Strccr, .\berdcen.

McKru.oP, Dugald Malcolm (1962-66), 27 Keenan Road, Old Colwyn, Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire, . \\ales.

McNAY, Alexander (1957-66), 2jA Polmuir Road, ,\berdeen.

McSPORRAN, Duncan George (1958-66), 9 Dceside Avenue, Aberdeen . .McW1LL1M1,David Gordon (196o-66), 15 Muirfield Road, ,\berdeen.

MAIR, Donald David Mci\ndrcw (1952-66), 1 Windsor Place, Aberdeen.

MANN, David Leask (1960-66), 10 Foothill Terrace, Aberdeen.

MArmEWS, Harr y (1961-66), 587 Clifton Road, ;\berdeen.

METHVE.'I, William Garvie (1963-66), 134 Union Grove, Aberdeen.

M1LLAR, Michael Ronald (1959-66), 91 Greenfern Road, Aberdeen . .Mn..'<E, Russell (1960-66), So Caicsdykes Drive, Aberdeen.

MotR, Alao Clark (1961-66), 232 Rosemount Place, Aberdeen. \ luROOCH, Robert Ian Donald (19) 2-66), 49 Wa,-erley Place, Aberdeen.

NORRIE, David William (1960-66), 1 Abbey Square, Aberdeen.

OGILVIE, Lawrence \X'illiam (1953-63), >.;o. 1 Air Control Centre, R . .\.r. Wanisham, lpswich, Suffolk.

Rno, Norman Haydn (1953..66), 8 llarlaw Terrace, Aberdeen.

RENNIE, Robert K. ( - ), 2 Prospect Terrace, Aberdeen.

ROBERTSON, W'illiam John (1960-66), 19 Summer Street, Aberdeen.

RYAN, Terence David Richard (1960-66), 6o Moir Crescent, Aberdeen.

SANDLMAN, James Meldrum (1953-66), 114 Gray Street, Aberdeen.

SCOTLAND, Colin George Emmerson (1961-66), 67 Forest Road, Aberdeen.

SHAND, Rory Alexander (1953-66), 116 Great Western Road, ,\berdeen.

S,11TH, Alan .McLLoo (1958-64), 94 Grampian Road, ,\berdeen.

SMITH, Michael Forbes (1960-66), 106 Brighton Place, Aberdeen.

TIIO\fSON, lain Williamson (19p-6)), 6 \X"ellbraeTerrace, Aberdeen.

TuRBER\ILU', Erie \X."illiam (1953-66), 21 Belvidere 5crect, ,\berdecn.

WALLACE, Alan Macdonald (1957-66), 541 Holburn Street, Aberdeen.

WoLSTE..'<TI01.,1F.,Jam Innes (1953-j4; 1957-66), 11 Craigiebuckler Avenue, Aberdeen.

Staff Member s Fu, Frederic Chilton, } Carnegie Crescent, Aberdeen.

GALLOWAY, Thomas R. M., 3 Westfield Terrace, Aberdeen.

McROBERTS, James Montgomery, 4 Great Western Place, Aberdeen . .MAY, William Stewart, 5 Harbour Square, Boddam, Peterhead.

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