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Aberdeen Grammar School Magazine Sul year No. 196 (New Series 7ut year No. 187) Vol. LXVIII

No. z.

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

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

Editor of Totes, Obit uaries, and Marriages Brian K.Crooksbanks, T.D.,M.A., LL.B., 1 z. Bon-Accord Square , Aberdeen.

J oint Editors of the School Section

Alexander Tait, M.A. { Ronald Henson, M.A.

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The Genera l Editor invites contributions from F.P.s for the next issue and requests all those with informat ion for the Notes Editor to communica te the same to him. All copy should be sent to the Edito rs by 1.5 November 196.5. In view of the cost of pub lishing the 1'1ai,:atine new advertisemen ts are earnestly soug h t.

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CO TE T S Illu strati o nsThe Visit of H.R.11. Princess ,\lcx.mdrn .

The Schoo l H ill Walking Club The Regensbu rg Concert School Rugby at XY and I locke> 1<t Xl TC'.lms Ian G. McPherson Esq. F.P. Oub Rugby 1st X\ Team General Section The Royal Visit .

Compre hensive Education The F.P. Club Secretary and Treasurer '-iotes About Old Boys Obituaries .

Marriages Schoo l Hill Walking Club Incident at Lundazi The D ialogue of Commerce .

India Revisited .

Entertainments Notice

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SchoolSection School and Random '\otcs Staff 'otes House Notes "The Bursary Comp." .

Presenting the Prrfects "Wir Musizieren Gemeinsam" Schoo l Societies .

C.C.F. Notes Lower School Note.s School Sporting Activities Scout Notes Letter from Australia School J Iolidays

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F.P. Club Section Club Office-Bearers The Club Pres ident Annual General Meeting Centre Reports .

Section Reports .

F.P. Club Accounts New Members A ,, aslerisle * afltr a 11amt lhro1(~ho11tthe Magazine i,u/iratu that the F. P. is a mtmbtr of tht F.P. C/11b. They,ars apptarillJin bratktlJ ajitr th, name indicateII.Ityears of atltndanet af tht School.

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The Royal Visit On Wednesday, 2 Decem ber 1964, the School had the honour of receiving a visit from Her Royal Highness Prince ss Alexandra.

This is the first time , so far as we have been able to ascertain, in the long history of the Grammar School that it has been accorded the distinction of a Royal visit and the occasion must for that reason be regarded as a unique and memorable one.

The object of the visit was to perform the official opening of the new extensions to the School and, in accepting the invitation to carry out this duty, Her Royal Highness had expressed the wish that her visi t be accompanied by the minimum of formality. As she had a similar function to discharge at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in the forenoon, it was decided to restrict the formal side of the proceedings to a Civic Luncheon, at which she would receive an official welcome from the Lord Provost and wou ld be given an opportunity of dealing with both aspects of her visit in the course of a single reply.

Grammarians will be interested to know that her remarks displayed a considerable familiarity with the history of the School. As an honorary graduate of Queensland University, she said, she had been particular! y interested to learn that the founder of that University, and indeed the first Governor of Queensland, had been a former pupil of the Grammar School, Sir William McGregor.

At the conclusion of the meal she was presented by the Lord Provost with two lengths of tweed from the Grandholm Mills, one for herself and one for her husband.

At 2. 30 p.m. the Princess, accompanied by Lord Provost Norman Hogg, arrived at the School where she was welcomed by the boys of the Lower School, lining the approach from the gate to the new entrance between the main building and the West Wing. The schoo l Pipe Band, dressed in their scarlet uniforms, provided music on the front lawns.

After a brief ceremony at which the Rector, the Depute Rector and a number of officials and their wives were officially presented, the Princess proceeded to the new Assembly Hall, where the bulk of the boys of Middle and Upper School were waiting. Here a brief recital of Scottish songs was given by the School choir and orchestra, following on which the Princess was called upon by the Lord Provost to open the new extensions to the School. This duty she discharged with an admirab le economy of words: in fact, she used only two sentences.

In the first she asked the Rector to give the boys a holiday to mark the occasion. This was greeted with loud applause. In the second she declared the new extensions to the School officially open. The Senior Prefect called for three cheers from School, and immediate ly thereafter the Princess left the Hall with the Rector on a tour of the new buildin gs.

The Dining Room and the new Kitchen were the first to be inspected.

This was followed by a visit to the new Technica l Department, the Swimming poo l, and, finally, the Mathematics and Science Block. In no case was the visit a casual or perfunctory one. In each room she entered, the Princess made a point of speaking to the Masters in charge and to several of the boys, questioning them about the work they were 75

Aberdeen Grammar School },,fagazi11e doing and showing obvious interest in their replies. It had, indeed, been thought that she might not feel inclined to climb to the upper floors of the new build ing to see the Chemistry and Biology Depart ments, but she accepted the suggest ion with alacrity and was clearly fascinated by the experiments which she saw in progress there. The dissection of cockroaches, upon which a number of boys were engaged in the Biology Laboratory, provided her with an opening for her own impish turn of humour. Where, she inquired of the boys, did they obtain their supplies? Were they by any chance caught on the premises?

Tea was provided at the end of the visit in the Rector's room, with a magnificent spread of delicacies prepared by girls of the High Schoo l and Aberdeen Academy. Especia l thanks are due to Miss Kerr and Miss Ross of the School Meals Centre, and to Miss Gibb and Miss Glashan for the efficient way in which the y coped with this side of the arrangements.

The visi t ended at 4 o'clock and, as the Royal car made its ·way slowly out to the gate, the Prince ss was given a tremendous ovation by the boys of the School lining both sides of the carriage-way.

All who had the priv ilege of meeting her and speaking with her on this historic occasion were deeply impressed by the charm and ease of her manner and by the interest she showed in everything connected with her visit. It has been a signal honour for the School to have welcomed her within its gates and the page in the official Visitors' Book bearing the simp le signature "Alexandra" will long remain one of our most treasured possessions.

Comprehensive Education A New Threat to the School?

As many readers will be aware, the Education Committee of Aberdeen Corporation earlier this year approved in principle the introduction into the city of a system of Comprehensive Secondary Education.

In a Report prepared by the city's Director of Education, the following reasons were inter alia put forward for considering a change in the present structure: (a) The increasing dissatisfaction over the policy of segrega ting pupils into different schoo ls at the end of the primary stage. (b) The idea that "intelligence" was fairly static has now been largely discredited, and consequently using the examination results as prognosticators of academic success has become suspect. (c) The increasingly bad effect of the Transfer Examination on the work of some primary schools .

The Director also put forward a draft proposa l for Comprehensive Secondary Education in Aberdeen in which the following are the salient features and which might come into effect in session 1970-71: (i) All pupils at the end of the primary schoo l course will transfer to the area Seconda ry School.

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(ii) At the end of the second year of the secondary course, parents will have the option of having their children transferred to the senior secondary schools, after receiving educational guidance. The senior secondaries would start at the present third year stage and provide a full range of Scottish Certificate of Education courses. (iii) The secondary school will provide the present range of courses, including those leading to presentation in the Ordinary grade of the Scottish Certificate, and also a selection of the new "work-based" courses, arising, from the recommendations of the Brunton Report, in the third and fourth years. (iv) Any pupil completing the fourth year in a secondary school who wishes to continue at school as distinct from going to a further educat ion college will be admitted to a senior secondary school. (v) A limited proportion of the able pupils might be transferred to the secondary school a year earlier than normal.

According to the Report, the merits of this proposed system are: (a) It provides a wide variety of courses in both types of school with a large amount of flexibility. (b) There will be two bridges to the senior secondary school, after two and four years. (c) It safeguards the development of suitable cou.rses for the nonacademic child by leaving these in the secondary schools. (tf) The system of segregation by examination is eliminated. (e) The primary schools will be freed from Transfer Exam requirements. (j) Able youngsters may be transferred a year early provided they are considered "mature" enough.

The foregoing, of course, relates to a "two-tier" system and the Director was also instructed to report on a "one-tier" system. Under the latter, each one-tier school would be the only secondary provision for a defined geographical area of the city. It ·would take all pupils of both sexes from twelve years to leaving age and beyond except those requiring special education or attending non-Authority schools.

Under such a system, the Grammar School would become o ne of thirteen or thereby co-educational one-tier area comprehensive schools in the city each with a roll of about 900.

The Director, however, pointed to two major criticisms of this system, namely, the educational one, that, although an adequate curriculum can be provided for the more able pupils, the chances are that in most schools there will be an impoverished diet for these pupils compared with other alternative re-organisation proposals; and the economic one- both in finance and man-power - arising from some inevitable duplication of accommodation, expensive equipment and staff.

These proposals obviously greatly concern both the School and the Club and, in company with various other interested bodies, the Club was invited to submit to the Director its observations. Following consideration of the matter by the Chairman's Committee and the Executive, the Secretary was instructed to reply with these observations:

Aberdeen Grammar School Magazine It is felt that there is no need for any change in the existing educational arrangements in the city, and 2.. If a system of Comprehensive Education is introduced the Club would favour the two-tier system.

The reasons for this arc: (1) The aims of comprehensh·e education can be achieved only if all Schools in the city are within the Scheme and the Direct Grant Schools are, of course, outwith this.

(2.) Under the comprehensive system the "ironing out" of pupils would take place in the Third Year which is late in the Secondary Course with "O" Level exams only a year ahead.

(3) In any comprehensive system there will be an inevitable loss of status for the existing Senior Secondary Schools and may affect recruitment of teachers.

(4) Many school activities would be adversely affected, e.g. Rugby and Music . ..c\s between a two-tier and one-tier system the Club is decisively and unanimously against the latter for the following reasons: 1. There would be a gross wastage of staff with a one-tier system.

2.. At present it is difficult to attract staff of the best quality to the existing Senior Secondary Schools. It would be much more difficult to attract such staff to one-tier Schools. There would be a complete loss of status for the Senior Secondary Schools.

3. There would be in the case of the Grammar School a complete loss of identity and it is felt that 700 years of history should not be thrown aside.

4. It is presumed that all Secondary Schools would become coeducational area schools.

5. The standard of class in the one-tier system would inevitably fall.

All pupils do not have equal ability and to mix the best with the worst brings the former towards the latter. This also has a bearing on the question of attracting staff.

6. The establishment of area schools would involve a loss of the present type of class to be found in the Senior Secondary Schools where pupils from all parts of the Gty and from varying homes and backgrounds meet.

In addition meetings of parents of boys presently at School have been held at which there was a general feeling that not enough information was available and that they were against any change in the present system until such information was forthcoming. Again, it was clear that all were against a one-tier system and there was concern also about the difficulties of finding teachers and the whole costs which would be involved.

There the matter rests for the moment and is it too much to hope that educational wisdom will prevail over political expediency and allow the School to continue with its primary function of educating boys of all social groups and from all parts of the city, a function which it has been carrying out for centuries and still does, if the Bursary Competition results this year are any criterion bv which to judge?

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Tm: ROYAL v,~11 Princ, ss \lcxandra :'.'Id The Lo rd Pro,·o,t arriving at the Sch<~>l

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Princess .\lc,.111dra during her insnccri<,n .,f 1hc nc\\ hhoratoric.,

The Cltlh Secretary and TreasNrer

79 We shall, regrettably perhaps, hear more of this subject but, in the meantime, it is well worth noting the remarks of the last President of the Club, Mr. Cecil A. G. Savidge, which he made at the London Centre Dinner: "What I cannot go along with and cannot stomach at any price is the attack on the whole system of grammar school education which is being currently made in this country. The doctrinaire faddism for the so-called comprehensive school seems to blind its protagonists to all the qualities, built up and matured over long ages, which have made Schools like ours such a great and rich repository of real learning. If ever there ,vas comprehensive education of the widest and best kind, it was that \\'hich was imparted in the School we knew."

The Club Secretary and Treasurer At a special meeting of the Executive held on r 8 May 196 5, there was submitted a letter of resignation which the chairman had received from the Secretary and Treasurer of the Club John Scott Maclachlan, ~I.A., LL.lJ. Mr. Maclachlan, or "Scottie" as he is known to all F.P.s, has been Secretary and Treasurer of the Club for the past nineteen years and it is to be hoped that at some future date appreciation can be shown for the services which he has rendered to the Club during that period.

Pending confirmation by the next Annual General Meeting of the Club, the Executive have appointed Brian Kerrington Crookshanks, T.o., M .A., LL.B., Advocate in Aberdeen, to be Secretary and Treasurer.

The son of an Aberdeen headmaster and a pupil at the School from 1934 to 1946, Mr. Crookshanks graduated M.A. from Aberdeen University in 1949 and LL.B. (with distinction) in 195 2, serving his legal apprenticeship with the Aberdeen firm of J. D. Mackie & Dewar .

Thereafter he underwent a period of National Service in the Royal Corps of Signals, being commissioned in 195 3, and since then has continued his interest in the army through the 51st Highland Signal Regiment T.A. in which Mr. Crookshanks presently holds the rank of Major. This service was recently recognised by the a·ward of the Territorial Decoration .

After completion of National Service, the new Secretary joined the firm of Cooper & Hay, Advocates, r 2 Bon-Accord Square, Aberdeen, which has a long-standing connection with the School and in which Mr. Crookshanks is now a partner. He has taken a very active interest in Club affairs, having been a member of the Executive for a number of years and having already rendered excellent service to the Club as Entertainments Secretary and as Magazine Notes Editor. We have every confidence in his ability to continue that service in bis new and even more arduous task, we are grateful to him for having accepted its responsibilities and we wish him well in it.

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Honours and A wards COMPANION

OF TIIE BATH (c.B.)

Major-Gen eral Robert Alexander Stephen (1919-25), c.B.E., M.D., F. R.c .s ., was made a Companion of the Bath (Military Division ) in the New Year Honours List. IIe is a graduate of Aberdeen University, and received the degree of Master of Surgery from his Alma Mater in 1960. He has served with the R.A.M .C. since 1937. During World War II he commanded 157 (Lowland ) Field Ambulance, and from 1945 to 1946 he was A.D .M.S. of 51st (Highland) Division. He is at present director of surgery in the Ministry of Defence (War). He was made an O.B.E. in 19 54, and raised to C.B.E. in 19 58. He has been an honorary surgeon to the Queen since 1960.

COMMANDER

OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (C.B.E . )

Maitland Mackie* (1926-28), well known Aberdeenshire farmer and administ rator, has been awarded the C.B.E. in the New Year Honours List. The award is in recognition of his services to agric ultu re and education. He is a member of the Scottish Agricu ltural Advisory Board, chairman of the Aberdeen and District Milk Marketing Board, and one of the most progressive farmers in the North-East . Jie is vice-convener of Aberdeenshire, and has for many years been convener of the County Educati on Committee.

OFFICER

OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH

EMPIRE

(o.n.E.)

Robert Alexander Lillie * (1896-1905), M.A., PII.D., was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empi re in the New Year Honours List in recognition of his services to modern Scottish art. He has a wide reputation as a connoisseur in the fields of art and music, and he has a fine collection of modern Scottish paintings.

COMMANDE R OF THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN

Major Richard Reginald Maitland Porter* (1895-1906), M.A., has been promo ted to the rank of Commander of the Order of St. John . IIe retired some years ago from the Indian Medical Service, but has been actively engaged in the ,,·ork of the North Eastern Regional I Iospital Board.

M.B. , CH.B., F.R . c .s.E.,

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Notes abo11I Old B<!)•.t l'ERl\lTORIAL

FFFICIENCY

DECORATION

(T . n.)

Majoc Bria n Kerringto n Croo k shanks· (1934-46), 11.\., u.u., has recently been awarded the Territorial Etficiency Decoration. After graduating at Aberdeen University, where he was a member of the O .T.C., he carried out National Service training and was granted a commission in the Royal Corps of Sign.'lls. On demobilisation he joined pst (Highland) Signal Regiment (T.A.) in Aber deen in 1954.

IIe was promoted Major last year and now commands the regiment's I Ieadquarte r Squadron.

GENERAL

SERVICE MEDAL

Malc olm George L yall (19n-48), M.A., M.n., c11.n., who was an optha lmologist in the Aden Protectorate, has been awarded the General Senice medal with Arabian Peninsula Clasp for his services there.

Since returning to this country in 1961 he has been in medical practice in Aberdeen.

DOCTOR OF LITERATURE

(D.LITT. )

Professo r Percival Rob son Kirby (1892-1901), M . A., o.LJTT., who h.'l.s been in South Africa since 1914, is to receive the honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature from Rhodes University, Cape Province. Ile studied at Aberdeen University and at the Church of Scotland Training College for Teachers in Aberdeen. He was professor of music and history of music in the University of \'\;'itwatersrand from 1921-52. Professor Kirby is a specialist in ethnomusico logy, and he is recognised as one of the world's leading authorities on Afric.'l.n music. He owns a valuable collection of aboriginal musical instruments now housed in the African ~foseum in Johannesburg.

F.R.C . M.,

T homas Meld rum Arn ott· (1937-50) has recently been promoted area manager for the Marley Tile Company Ltd . and is resident in Kirkintilloch .

James Peter Cai rns* (1943-57), A.I.B. (Scot. and Eng. ) has been seconded by the Clydesdale Bank Ltd., Overseas Department, for a two year appointment with the Bank of Zambia . J le is resident in Lusaka.

George Edmon d Crom bie• (1916-21), M. .\., is British High Commissioner in Bathurst, and is the first holder of that office following the granting of independence to Gambia last February. After graduating at Aberdeen he went to the India Office, where he spent tweh c years.

After the last \Var he held appointments in Rangoon, Canada and .Malaysia, and prior to his new post he was counsellor at the British Embassy in Dublin.

John Martin Dalb y (1946-60) has now completed his studies in ltaly on a Caird Travelling Scholarship. One of his new compositions, "Laudate Dominum" for choirs and orchestra, was performed at the recent combined concert of the choirs and orchestra of the School and boys from Regensburg in Germany, as more fully reported elsewhere in this issue.

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Tom Gilbert Connon Dutton· (1950-56) is a mechanical engineer with the Roll Royce Scott1~h group of factories and is resident in J lainilton.

Meldrum Barclay Ed,, ards • ( 1946-60), 11.sc., since graduating from .\berdeen Universit} 1n July 1964 has been in residence at Churchill College, Cambridge, where he has been engaged in research.

School 1\thletics Champion in 1960, and the first r.P. to rcpres~nt Scotland in a cross-country international, he was Scottish Junior cross-country champion in 1964 and ~!so rast of Scotland three-mile title-winner. J Jc represented Cambridge Unin.rsit} against Oxford 1n the annual Rcla}s ::\fatch and in the Cross-country Race at Roeh:unpton in December, finishing second in the latter event.

DISTl?--.GUisllllD

SCOUT

John Connon Esslcmont· (1910-2.2.), managing director of John E. Esslcmont Ltd., Aberdeen, has been awarded the Silver Acorn in recognition of his distinguished scr\'kes to the Scouting movement.

He has been connected "ith Scouting for the past twenty-five years and was appointed ,\ss istant County Commissioner for ,\ber deen in 19 59. 1 le is the holder of the long service decoration. orman EssJcmont " (1948-52), ~LA., is engaged in business training 10 a larµe department store in Bradford. J le intends entering the retail dr.ipcry trade. After leaving School he went to Loretto, and then to :\herdeen Lniversity where he graduated in arts last summer. \\ rule at the Lnh·ersity he \\ as a member of the swimming team and earned his Swimming Blue.

Neil Davidson Forrest· (1947-64) has joined the Hect Air J\rm and is meantime training as a na,·al air cadet at Britannia College, Dartmouth. J le hopes to qualify as a pilot.

Neil McCallum Fraser· (195 3-60) left .;\ottingham] ligh School in September 1963 and joined the .Metropolitan Police Cadet Corps, stationed in Jiendon, London. lle graduated as Top .\cademic Cadet but left the force in 11arch 1964. J le is now employed as a trainee cost and works accountant with British Gypsum Ltd., l•ast Leake, Lou ghborough, Leicestershire.

Alan Whyte Gillies· ( 19q-59), after a spell \\ ith the Scottish ,\micable Life \ssurance Snoety as an agency inspector in Glasgo,,, has rejoined the Phoenix \ssurance Company in Glasgow as chief clerk in the life department. 1\nother F.P., Michael Robertson (195359) is also on the Glasgo,\ staff of the Phoenix.

Robert Imra} Alexander Gray· (19p-3 5), who has been regional director for !\orthcrn Europe for the Singer Company has no,,· mo, cd to !\ew York as an assistant Yicc-prcsident of the company. ,\fte r \\ odd \\ .ir II he served with the Ch.trtcred Bank of India, .\ustra lia and China in Ceylon before joining the Singer organisation in 1951.

Donald Gavin Jamieson (1944-52), M . ll., u1.u., ~r. R.C:.P., is registrnr in neurology at Smethwick, Birmingham. } le graduated at Aberdeen in 19 58 and qualified for membership of the Rm·al College of Physicians of Ldinhurgh in 1963. Larher this year he became a member of the London College.

Notes abol(f Old ~s Emmanuel Buckland Kelbie* (l945-p ), n.•w.(Eng.) is now with \Iessrs. Rendel Palmer & Tritton, heating engineers in London, and is living at Leatherhead, Surrey.

John Lowell Kilgour· (1936-41), ,1.n., c11.l!.,Lt.-Colonel R. \.M.C'. has just returned from \\ hat he describes as an interesting and exciting three )Cars as .\.D.M.S. at Headquarters, Far Eastern Land Porces, in Singapore. The Brunei rebellion and the Borneo operations have occupied his time fully but he was able to fulfil a boyhood ambition to go to Khatmandu and walk in the J limalayan foothills. He has since completed a six-month course at the Joint Sen ices Staff College and is the first army medical officer on this course for thirteen years. I le has now taken up a post as chief instructor at the R. \.:\LC. Depot. l ORMER SCHOOL CHAPLAIN

Philip Douglas Lawrence* (1900-16), M. \., was recently honoured by the congregation of Rubislaw Church, Aberdeen, to mark his semiiuhilee as their \linister. .\Ir. Lawrence was until recently School Chaplain. Among the speakers at the ceremony was another F.P., Dr. James Fraser McLuskey· (1920-31), M.c:., a.o., minister of St. Columba's Church, Pont Street, London.

Robert McDougall· (1894-1902), who has been resident in Victoria, British Columbia for many years, has recently been corresponding with the Club Secretary and h.'lS made a most generous donation to F.P. Club funds and to the F.P. Rugby Section.

James Mcilwain (1956-58) has joined the Bermuda Police force.

Since leaving school he has worked as a garage mechanic. An enthusiastic member of the Aberdeen Spartan Club and an expert s,\itnmer, he should be well fitted for his new work.

Alexander Wilson Mclntosht (1931.-45), ,r.n., n.r.11., who for the past few years has been senior assistant medical officer for Aberdeen has taken up an appointment as depute county medical officer and deputy principal schools medical officer for the r-..;orth Riding of Yorkshire.

John Harvey McLaren· (1946-59) was :l.\varded an honourable mention in the Aberdeen Corporation competition for eh ic architecture. The subject of this year's competition was a design for a marine aquarium and museum.

Ronald Stanley Malcolm ( 1940-52) is now editor of the Industrial and Commercial Recorder of Central Africa. After lea\ ing School he embarked on an engineering apprenticeship in Aberdeen. Later he was a parachute instructor with the R.A.F. during 1955-58. On demobilisation he took up journalism and worked in Im erness, Elgin, Grimsby, Chesterfield and Sheffield before going out to ·orthern Rhodesia in 1964. J le has been based on Salisbun, Southern Rhodesia since rebruaff last. I le actually succeeth:d a dose School friend, James Gibb Taylor (19.15-5 ~) as Chief Reporter on the :,.:orthmrNtll'.r in 1'-iorthcrn Rhodcsi,t after the latter was killed in ,t car crash in ,\ugu st 1963 (Magazine, December, 1963).

Aberdeen GraHJmar Schcol Magazine Norman Gray Marr (1949-55) has passed the final examination of the Royal Institute of British Architects. 1le is employed in the Aberdeen City Architect's office. l'or the last few years he has been organist at Gilcomston St. Colms Church, Aberdeen.

John Campbell Marsh· (1950-63) has joined the R.,\.F.as an officer cadet and is meantime undergoing pilot training at the R. \.F. College, Cranwell.

ABERDEE~

ADVOCATE~

Alastair Merchant Mathieson· (1943-57), 111..\., LL.ll. and Stephen Andrew Cormack Robertson · (1939-51), ,r.A., l.L.n., were both recently admitted to membership of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen.

Peter Carmichael Millar* (1933-44), ,r.A., 1.1..n., w.s., has been appointed clerk to the Society of \X'riters to H .M. Signet. I le has been in legal practice in Edinburgh since 1952.

Ronald Douglas Milne (1935-48), n.sc.(Lng-.), n.~c., has been appointed lecturer in aeronautical engineering at Queen :\fary College, London University. After graduating at Aberdeen in 195 2 he went to Cranfield Aeronautical College, Bedford, where he obtained a first class diploma. He was employed for a time with the English Electric Company before becoming a lecturer at Queen Mary College, where he obtained his doctorate last year.

John Suttie McKay Morrison (1959-62) has recently completed training in the Junior Tradesmen's Regiment at Troon , where he was a junior Lance-corporal. He has now joined the Gordon Highlanders.

Alastair Macarthur North* (1937-50), n.sc., Plf.D., has won the Faraday Society's Marlow Medal, one of the highest awards for physical chemistry. The medal is awarded annually in recognition of outstanding work pub lished by a scientist not over thirty years of age. Dr. North is a former dux of the School and an honours graduate of Aberdeen Unive rsity, where he is to receive his doctorate in science at the forthcoming graduation. He is meantime lecturing at Liverpool University.

Lawrence \Villiam Ogilvie ( 19 52-63) has now qualified as a senior aircraftsman, having joined the R.A.P. in September 1963. He has been awarded a Ministry of Defence prize in respect of his trade examination as a clerk in the Boys' Service of the R.A.F. Edward Birnie Reid * (1902-13), O.B.E., T.D., c .A., has been elected vice-president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

Senior partner of the Aberdeen firm of James l\feston & Co., Chartered Accountants, he has been a member of the Institute since 1922. Another F.P. elected to the council of the Institute is John George Wilson David son· ( 1922-28), r. .A. Douglas Campbell Sangster• (1906-13) who for the last nine years has been manager of \Vatt & Grant's store in ,\herdeen, retired earlier this year. He has been connected with the retail drapery trade all his life haYing joined Harrods in 192 5. I le was in that company's service in Buenos ..:\ires until 1931, and for the next thirteen years he ,, as with Messrs. Lewis Ltd. in Glasgow. Since then he has held various executi\'e appointments "'ith I louse of Fraser Ltd.

Nolu ubo11t Old Boy1 FORESTRY

EXPFR'r

Robert Gray Sangster (1919-30) has recently retired from the post of Chief Conser\'ator of Porests in Tanzania. He has completed thirty years in forestry in ..\frica. Jle went to Uganda in 1935 as a member of the Colonial Service, and transferred to Tanganyika fas it was then) in 195 2., becoming head of the fores try department there in I9H· During the last ten years he has represented that count ry at t\\o Commonwealth forestry conferences, one world forestry conference, and the forestry commission for Africa.

Alastair Sharp (1918-24), ~1.n.E., Q.C., has been County Court Judge of County Durham since January 1963...\part from war service in the Gordon Highlanders he has practised at the English Bar since 1936, and took silk in 1961.

Gordon Bruce Singer (1949-50) whose marriage is reported elsewhere in this issue, c1ualified as a chartered accountant last October and is no\\ \\ orking in Glasgow. \Veil known as an r.P. rugby player, he has been playing for the \\ est of Scotland durini;; the past season.

Robi n Arthur Smart* (1919-31 , < . 11.r., ll!.D., CH.n., Brigadier R.A.~J.C., has been admitted to membership of the Royal College of Physicians of London. As was reported in a recent issue he is meantime director of army health with the \![inistry of Defence (War).

Ferguson George Donaldson Smith (1922.-33), n.11.c., has been promoted from detective superintendent to detective chief superintendent, and is now second-in-command of Scotland Yard's Special Branch. He joined the \fetropolitan Police after leaving School, and after training at Hendon Police College became a member of the Special Branch. J Ce has had a distinguished career with the Yard, broken only by equall}' distinguished war service in the R.A.F. when he was awarded the D.P.C. in 1944 and a Bar to the decoration in 1945.

Ernest Sutherland· (19p-55) is a member of the firm of \[erz and McLcllan, Consultant Civil Engineers, ewcastle, and is meantime at Brokcnhill, Zambia, where he is in charge of the erection of a second power transmission line from the Kariba Dam to the Copper Belt.

P erc y Robert Wood 1 (1910-20) has presented a cup to the North District of the Scottish Hockey Association for winners of the Iirst Lea~uc each season. The cup, known as "The David \\ ood \femorial Trophy", is in memory of lus son David Alfred Wood (1946-59) who died in a motor accident two years ago ( \faJazi11t, June 1963). The recipients of the cup for the season just ended are the l•.P. 1st XI. UNl VERS I TY

In addition to those F.P.s reported on in the December issue as being prominent in ~tudent affairs, we v. ould report that Donald B:un (5 A) is the current Scottish Universities Squash champion; Gordon Spate ( s A) is Swimminl.' Club Captain and assistant ~ecretary of the ,\ thlctic .\srnchtion; I rank Johnston (4\1) is Captain of Squash ancl, from field to footl ights, George Reid \\'as a most successful comic in this year's Studen ts' Charities Show.

Obituaries Patri ck John Dia ck* (1912-23) died suddenly in Gipe Tcl\\n on 28 hbruary 1965, aged fifty-se\'cn. l le was the son of the late Charles Di.tck, advocate, Aberdeen.

In 1926 he joined the! ,\ssJm Du,,.1rs Tc:1 Company and worked on ,·ariuus tea cst.ttcs. In 19.p, after training at an O.C.T.t;. 111 India he was commissioned in the Ro)al v>rps of Signals and continued to scnc in India. I le w:1, later invalided out .md rctu1ncd to tca-pbnting but his hL-alth broke down and he wcnr our to ,\ustral1a.

In rcc.:nt years he had hccn in, atious parts of ,\frica. l le was a member of the Bengal Ct.-ntn,, ,f the F.P. Club and was assocfatcd "ith the prL'Scntation of the l .cctcrn to the! School in 1946.

George Forbes· (1902-04)died suddenly at his home in ,\hcrdcen on 13 December 1964, aged scvent)-four. ,\f1cr leaving School he qu:ilitied as a solicitor, and" .,s for many y~.ir, an assistant to the btc George Tait Duncan, before setting up m practice.: on his own account in 1936. lie \135 admitted ro n,cmhcrship of the Society of ,\dvocatcs in .Aberdeen in 1938, and in 1940 he was assumed as a partner m the firm of Sinclair & Forhcs, \dvootes. "\ few )cars ago he ama lgamated his practice" ith th.tt of Messrs. E~slcmont & Cameron and he was scninr partner of the comhincd pr,1cticc. I le was secretary nf Proctor's Orphanage, Skene, and\\ as ,tt one time secretary of the former lhlnag.t,k Golf Club. Since 195 1 he had hcen procurator-lisctl of \bcrdecn JU\cntle Court, In 194~ he was one nffour brothers \\ho were together admitted as burgesses of guild by \bcrdccn To11.n Council.

One of his bri ••hers is William Forbe s (1904-06), -..,1.

Thomas Guthrie Forbes (1898-1902) died in Dundee on 4 December 1964. , \ficr an apprenticeship with the Bank of !Scotland in .Abcrdcrn, he joined the C.uudian Bank of Commerce in 19t1. f_1tcr he took up farming at :\farshall, S.1skatchewan. In 1939 he rctumed to Britain as a member of the engine-room ere\\ of the l:.mprtJf of Bntni,,, and then sen..,d for o, er three }e:trs \\ ith rhe Rnpl ~co1s until he" as wounded in an accident. 'I hereafter he had eh irgc of stores for cantt·ens 11n,I hostel~ in central Scotland. After the ,, ar he held a similar post und..,r the DcpartntL-it of Agriculture fnr Scntl,nd Both his hrothcrs prc<lccc.1scdhim Arthur Keith Forbes (1908-1z) ,, as kilkd in an accident in 1932, and James Sutherland Balkwill Forbes (r903-10), '1,A., M.11., c:11.11., dic<l in 1910.

J oh n French Gauld• (1919-31) d,c<l tn \\est Bengal 1>n z :\lay 1963, aged fort}• nmc. lie scned his cnginccrmg apprenticeship with .:\1cssrs. John .\f, Ikn<lcrson 1.t<l., \bcr<lecn, and in 1936 he went to India as a tea-planter \\Ith the Goodrich Company. He was man..1gcrof several estates in \'\"est Bengal until 1940. During the 1939-n war he served in Burma with the Ghurk.t Rifles. I le returned m lndii after the,, .ir and resumed his carcn as a planter. I le was a keen and ahlc cricketer, polo pl.1ver and big game shr,t, and his early death is regretted b} a wide circle of friends. \\' illiam L othian Gilbert (1902-06) dic<l at Sunningdalt:, Berkshire on 3 l'chru:uy t965, aged sc~cnt} fi,c. fk \ms for a time assistant m:in.1~cr nnd treasurer of the T1H1li Theatre an<l later acting m.,n.1g.:r. In \\ orld \\ ar I he mobilised with the l.on<lt>n Regiment hue was later c<>mt11i"11mcdm the 4th 11.mal,nn G, ,rdon I Tighlanders. I !is father \I .is for some years k,see ot' l lis :\bjcMv's 'I heatre, ,\hcrdcen, and when th.: theatre was ac11uircd by the Don.t!d famil)' in the 193o's \fr. Gilhert becune office manager.

Charleb Heimrich ( 1880-8 s) d1e<l at \'\'"stditfc on-Sea, I• sscx,on 6 .:\hrch 1961, ngcd ninctv-two, l Ie was in bus11css for fort\ •!\\ o }C,trs m \hcrd<.:<'nin the firm nfCh.1rlcs l lcln;rich & '.sons,, holcsale m.1nufactur 1nl.!' "'~Pnncrs. l le retir,·d in 193~, 10,l 1.nt,·rl} h.1d'. 1 li, ·.,!? ir1 tlic sourh, r 1gh 1, P h hi, Im thcr, \Hn: ar School hut died m:111) ye.If~ :tgo Loui, James Hclmridt c 1b81-85), \f,H.,, ,\I , , who died 111 1H98 and Talbert Heimrich (1885-92) who died in 1916.

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Ian George Innes· ( 1905--08), o.B.L., M.A., B.\c ., n.,c.(Agri.), \l,D., died at his home in I lull on 18 Fehruary 1965, aged seventy-four. Son of a former schoo lmaster at Strath don, John Bremner In nes (1862-64), M.A., Dr. l nncs was a mem ber o r the last\' 11th Ch<sical at Schoo l. From that distinguished class he wcnc on to Aber deen Cnivcrsit), where he graduated in arts in 1911, in science in 19u and in agricultu re in 191 ~- During the next five yea,cs he contrh·ed to he assistant in agriculrura l chemistrY at the Unive rsity in 1914, a house-surgeon at .\bcrdeen Royal l nlirmar) in 1917-18, and a medical graduate in the spring of 1918. At once he joined the R.,\ .l\l.C. as a subaltern, and went co '\!onh Russia as bacteriologist to 86th Genera l Hospital. \ftcr demobi lisation he was for a short time lecturer in experimental physiology at .\bc rdcen University before semng up in general medica l practice in Hull in 1921. lie spent the rest of his life there, hcing jnincd in the practice in 1948 by his son Ia n D unba r Inn es·· (1933-38), ,1.11., u1,u. Dr. Innes was twice president of che !Iu ll hranch of the B.i\f..\ ., and scned nn many other medical comm m ecs.

He became chairman of 1he Hull executi ve committee o f the Natio nal H eal1h Service in 19p. l n 1962 he ,, as honoure d \\ ith the ,l\\ ard of the O.B.L. in r1.:cognition of his scrv ice:, to medicine . . \ n enthusia~tic F.P., Dr. Innes was one of 1he tirst comnmtec mcmhcrs of the Yorkshire Ccmre when it was formed in 1947. lie \\·as president of the Centre in 195 1-5 2, and in 1963 only ill-health at the last mon,cnt pre, .:ntcd him from attending the Centenary D inner in the School I fall.

Franci s Henry King ' (1916-26) died in hospital ac l.;ckficld, Sussex, on 12 February 1965, aged lift) fi\"e. :\fre r an apprenticeship with the old Lnion lhnk of Scotland in \ berdecn he joined the H ong h ung & Shanghai Banking Corporation, and in 1930 he held an appo intment in the \\'all Street, 1'ew York, branch of the Bank. In 1933 he was posted to Hong Kong. I le was a prisoner of the Japanese at Stanley Camp, Hong Kong from 1942-45. After his release he returned to th e Bank and hccame ch ief accountant at Bombay, and L1ter in Calcutta. Ile returned to H ong Kong for a spell hcfore retiring a few years ago. During all his life in the Far East he was .11\\ a~s happy to make contact ,, ith P.P.s either ,·isiting or working the re.

I le was< neof three F. I'. brothers Charle s Fo rrester King (191 2-23) is now the sole survi,or. Robert Leslie King (19 12-24) died in Cairo in 1952.

Robert Mainwaring Laing· (1909•14) died suddenly at his home in lnverurie on 1 No\'embcr 1964, aged sixty-eight. lie was mobilised with che 6th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, soon after leaving SchQOl, and ser ved witb the Battalion in che U.K. a,d in Prance. \fce r the war he joined the old-established famih business of James I ~ing & Sons, plumbing and electrica l cont ractors, lm•erurie. J le was associated with his father and latterly w ith his brothe r in t he business unti l his retiral a few years ago. J le was a keen golfer. J [is son, who survives him ,, ith his widow and daughter, is a Lieutenan t-Commander in the Royal :-;:avy.

Alexander Man son (t901-04), J.P., died suddenly.it Oldmddrumon 8 ,\ pril 1965, aged ,event\ -eight. I Ie srudicd at \hcrdcen Lniversity and obtained his d iploma in agriculrure 111 1906. Two years hter he took his national diploma in agriculrure with honours ar Leeds. He wa~ commissioned in the ~th Battalion, Gordon Highlande rs in r914, serving with them in France. \ftcr the barcle at Beaumont Jl amcl in 1916 he was missing, presumed dead, hue was later found semi-conscious in a shell-hole, se\"erely wound1.:d,his right arm shot off. After che war he was for a short rime on the staff of the ,orth of Scotland College of \griculturc until taking over the famil)· farm at 1'.ilbtcan, Oldmeldrum. He was president of the Scottish Farmers' Union in 193S-39. I Tc \\'as a founde r membe r of the Oldmcldrum British Legion. "scot

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A1'1> ZOOLOG I ST

Jame ~ William Slesser Ma rr' (1913-19), M. ,., n.,< ., di1.:d at his Surrcr home o n 29 \ pril 1905, aged sixt} -two. Son of a farmer at G~rtly, he ,,as one of the "se~cn

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Marrs of Coynachie"-a ll F.P.s. He devoted his life to zoological and oceanographical research, but probab ly he is best ccmcmbeccd with pride and affection as "Scout Marr" of Shackleton's last expedition to the ,\ntarctic in the discovery ship Quul. \ !ready the recipient of the Scout Silver Medal and the Bronze .\fcdal of the Royal Humane Society foe saving bathers from drou·ning in 1919, Marr was chosen by the famous explorer from several thousand Boy Scouts who applied, and was a member of the 1921 Shacklecon-Rou-ett Expedition during which Shackleton died.

Marc was described by him as " a real sailor" and "one of the most efficient members of the ship's company". On his return Marr studied at Aberdeen Uni\·crsity, graduating in arts and science. He was given special pe1mission to sit the degree examinations for his science degree a term earlier than normal so that he could join the ,\lgarsson North Pole Expedition in 192 5. It was a condition that he covered all the prescribed work of the course, but he succeeded, graduated, and went on the Expedition.

During 1926-27 he ·was a C1rncgic Tmst Scholar with the Scottish Fisheries Board.

Until the outbreak of war in 1939 .\farr took part in several expeditions, notably the British, .\ustralian and 'cw ZeaLmd Antarctic Expedition of 1929-31, and he was three times auc-ardedthe Polar Medal. In 1935-37 Marr was senior wologist <•n the Diuovtry. During the early part of World War II Marr served with the Royal Navy as a Lieutenant -Commander, R.N.V.R., in Icctind, Scapa Flow, the Eastern rlcct and South Africa. In 1939-,H he was seconded for special duty as organiser and commander of advanced parties of the Falklnnd Islands Dependencies Survey in the Grahamland region of Antarctica. :Marr ,vas forced by ill-health ro relinquish command in 1945, but his work was recognised by the Royal Geographical Society.

In 1946 he was off on exploration again, this time in search of uranium. Although best known for his work in the Antarctic his achievements in the field of marine biology are outstanding, and will be his lasting memorial. In 1949 he was appointed principa l scientific officer in marine biology at the National Institute of Oceanography and was engaged on oceanographical research of every kind.

Marr also enjoyed distinction as an author, his books including Into tht I 'roz.cn South, The S01t1h Orlatty IJ/a,:,lr and numerous publications on the results and conclusions of his extensive researches in marine bi< lngy.

Pour of the Ma rr brothers survive Nei l Geo rge Marr (1915-21), ,1.R., t:11.R.; Thom as O gston Marc (1917-20); D onald Middl eton Marr· (1919-26); and Willi a m Alas tair Lovie Man: (1919-23). Jo hn Alexan der M arr (1913-18) died in 1960 and Doug las Stu art Sandem an Marr (1919-32), M.A., LL.u., died 111 1961.

H erbert John Manscfield Miln e• (1900-05), M.A., R.A. (C1nuh.), died in hospital in London on 1 I February 1965 after a shore illness. He was aged seventy seven. \ former classical dux of the School he graduated with first class honr,urs tn classics from Aberdeen University in 1909. He went on to Cambridge lJnivcrsity where he took the first part of the first class tripos in classics and the first class tripo:. in modern languages. He joined the Department of Manuscripts in the Briti,h :\fuseum in 1912 and apart from a period in 1916-18 in the Mili1ary Intelligence Department of the \'far Office, he worked in the Department until his retiral in 1953.•\n expert linguist, there were few European languages which he was not prep3red to tackle, and he was one of the greatest authorities nn Greek palacograph}', I Ii, knowledge of classical literature and in particular of the Greek lyric poets led him to pap}·rolngy.

Another special interest wa, the history of shortlund and when the Museum acquired two papyrus codices containing the system of ancient Greek shorthand he wa~ selected as editor an<l his Grte.l: Shorlha11d.\f,muals published in 1934 u-as an epoch-making work. He was assigned the task of re-e.xamining the manuscript of the Codex Sinaiticus of the Bible when it was purchased from the Russian Government in 1933. Few schol.irs had had access 10 this manuscript and the resultant volume, published in 1938, was a work offun<lamental importance. l lis real achiev~ ment is, of course, his numerous contributions to volume after volume of the cata• loguc of additions to the manuscripts of the British :\foseum. This was his main

Obitl(ariu life's work. In 1932 he was offered the post of Deputy Keeper, and it is most probable that he would have advanced from that to become bead of the Department, but he declined promotion and continued to the end, as he had begun, ~ssistant Keeper.

George Angus Mitchell * (1902-13), T,o., 1-.11.1.B.A., F.R.r.c.s., died at his home at Kcwburgh on 6 December t964, aged sixty-eight. He was one of the firot two students to enrol at the Aberdeen School of Architecture when it opened in 1913.

His studies were interrupted by World \'i'ar l, in which he scn•cd with che 4/2nd Highland l'ield Company, R.E. at home in 1915-17, in I:gypt in 1917 and in france in 1918. On completing his training at the School of Architecture, he joined his father, the late George Bennet Mitchell, in practice in Aberdeen as an architect and surveyor. He was associated wiih the great variety of work which the firm undertook not only in the Aberdeen area, but throughout Scotland. The building and reconstruction of mansion houses like Haddo and Candacraig, hospital extension at the Sick Children's I fospital, Aberdeen and 01almcrs Hospital, Banff, school building in Aberdeenshire, extension and redevelopment at both Marischal and King's Colleges all these and many more bear the imprint of his skill. One of the major projects of recent times in which he found particular interest was the new Taylor Building at King•~, housing the Arts and Law Faculties. Between the two world war• he served continuously in the Territorial ,\rmy in command of R.E. units, first with 239 field Park Company as a captain, and then 236 Field Company as a major. On the outbreak of war in 1939 he was promoted J.icutenant -Coloncl and became C.R.E. 9th Divisional Engineers. He was later in similar appointments with 51st Highland Division, North Highland Arc:i, and finally Lothian and Border Are2. After the war he was for a number of years honorary colonel of the pst Highland Divisional Engineers.

Among his many interests was the Rotary movement, and he was president of the .Aberdeen Club ii1 1947-48. He was three times president of the .'\hcrdeen Chapter of the Royal I ncorporation of .Architects, and he was the first secretary of the Aberdeen sub-branch of the Royal Institute of Chartered SurYeyors. He was chairman of the branch immedi:ucly following \'i'orld \\'ar TI. Alistair Nicol-Smith* (1919-29) died suddenly in Aberdeen on 28 February 1965, aged fifty-two. He was the son of the late Alexander G. icol Smith (188088), a former president of the F.P. Club. On leaving School he entered the family business of A. & J. Smith Ltd., jewellers, Aberdeen, founded by his grandfather Mr . .Alexander Smith and :\[r. John Smith. Prior to the 1939-45 war he joined the 75th Regiment, Royal \rtillery (T.A.), and he later served with the Regiment in the 51st Highland Division. He took part in the Burma Campaign, and rose to the rank of captain. I le was a former president of the Aberdeen Junior Chamber of Commerce.

I Ie was the holder of a Royal Humane Society parchment in recognition of his part in rescuing a boy from drowning in the River Dec in 1935.

His brother Julien Nicol-Smith (1909-16) died in Canada in 196o.

David Main Ross* (1884-88; 1893- ?) died at Bexhill-0n-Sca, Sussex on 20 April 196~. He spent his entire working life in the drapery business of Ross & Ledingham, of which he was a partner, until the firm was acquired by a multiple millinery concern in 1944. He was a prominent member of the Weaver Trade of the Seven Incorporated Trades of .\berdeen. He had been living in the south for several years.

I !is son, Da vid Forbes Ross* (1924-35), ~1.n., c11.11., D.M.R.D., has been consultant r-.tdiologist to the Ilastings Group of liospit.-ils since 1952.

Jam es Dou glas Scott *(1904-15) died at London on 27 December 1964, aged sixty-four. After leaving School he commenced an apprenticeship as a chartered accountant in Aberdeen, but in 1917 he became a driver with the Dritish Red Cross Society, Scottish \fobile Unit in Prance. J Jc was invalided home towards the end of the w;, and joined his father's firm of Guthric's Stores. Later he joined the Northern Aluminium Company as their London representative. During the Second World

Aberdem Gran,mar School 1\lagazine War he was scwnded to the Ministry of \ircraft Prnduction Light Metals Control as accountant and mill controller. In 1946 he was appointed Lond on manager of Reynolds Tube Company T.td. and Reynolds Rolling :'-.!illsLtd . •\t the time of hi\ death he "as credits accountant with a firm of aluminium distributors. He was an enthusiastic member of the London centre of the F.P. Club.

His brother William Walker Scott (1903-13) died a few year,; ago.

Alan Smith· (1923-28), o.r.., died on 13 Pebruary 196i, aged fiflr•fnur. ,\fter leaving School he studied law at \berdeen University, graduating in 1931. I le serYcd hi, :ipprenticeship \\'ith Messrs. Joseph Johnston & Co., advocates, ,\berdccn, and in 1934 took up a post wirh a firm of solicitors in rort \X'illirun where he""' al,o depute fiscal for Inverness and \rgyll. After holding a number of sim ilar po,i. he set up in practice on his own account in Aberdeen in 1937. In 1939 the hte \\'illiam .\ lnllison assumed him as a partner in the firm of \\'illiam ;\follisnn & Smi1h. C.allcd up in 1941 to the R. \.S.C. he was commissioned in 194) and after the end r,f the wnr, "ith the r:tnk of Lieutenant-Colonel, he was presiding over military coum in Singapore at the 1rial of Japanese criminals. ,\fter the war he practised as a partner of Messrs. Smith & Sutherland, ad,Tocates,,\berdcen, until his retiral a few years ago.

Douglas Gordon Stewart (1924-33), C.A., was killed in an air crash in Pakistan un 12 December 1964, aged forry-nine. l lc served an apprenticeship "ith Messrs.

Bower & Smith, chartered accountants, ,\bcrdccn, and on qualifying in 1939 he was admitted tn member hip of the Society nf Chartered \ccountants in \berdccn.

During World \\'ar ll he scn·cd with the R. \.S.C. in India, and in 1947 he took up a post in Pakistan. At the time of his death he \\-:lS assistant general manager of the ,\ttock Oil Company in R.1\1 alpindi.

Laurence Gardiner Tulloch (1921-33), lt.n., died ,cry suddenly 111 .\fanchcstcr on 4 January 1965, aged forty-dght . He studied at \bcrdccn Unh·cr,iry where he graduated in medicine in 1939. lie served in the medical branch of the R .. \S. from 19 10-46 in the United Kingdom and the J\ltddle I :ast. I le specialised in diseases of the skin and after a short period at Aberdeen Ropl Infirmary he went in 1947 to J\IJnchcster and Salfnrd I [nspital for Diseases of the Skin. Sc,·en year, later he \\11' appointed !'l:nior registr:ir in the department of derma1ology of the l nitcd Bristol I lo,pitals. 1.attcrly he was again in the .\lanchcster area at ,\shley / lospital. lie obtained his d<x:tnratc of medicine from Aberdeen University in 19io.

Laurence Pierr e Loriol William son (1906-14), ,r.,1., e.co,1., <lied at \shli>rd, :\liddlesex. on 21 December 19'>4, aged sixty-nine. Sn<•n after leaving School he m,,bilised with the 4th 8.uult,,n, the Gordon l Iip:hlandcrs. He later transferred to s1st DiYision.11Signal Company, R.E., and s~rvcd in r-r.mce in 1915-17until invalided humc as a result of wounds. He was awarded 1he .\Iilitary :\fedal for his valour at this time . ..-\fter the war he studied at Aberdeen Uni\ crsitr, graduating in commerce in 1926. He joined the famil} bu,iness nf \\ illiamson & Co., exporter,, in \bcrdecn .

During World \\ar II he ,cn·ed in patrol boats on the Sussex coast, and took pan in the Dunkirk c,acuation. In 1946 he joined the Over,cas Sales Department of I.C:I. at Blackley, :\fanchcsrer.

Two brothers \\crcalsoat School - James J o hn Willi amso n (1900-02) who<lied in 1938, and Willi am Jack Willi amso n (1906-08,.

LeslieWishan(1901 05)<l1cdatOldmcldrumon 1; \pril 19'55,aged5c,cnt }•t\\o .

I le had been in poor health for the last three years. One of Abcrdccnshin:'s hcst known farmers he hcgan forming at Fovcr,111when he \\-:1S twenty and until rcccml> he person.'llly supervised thirteen farms to1.1lling ncarlr 3,000 acres in ,\bcrdccnshire and Moravshirc. I le won sc, crnl awards :it the Smithiidd Shn\\ and a• the Scollish Kational Fatst, •ck Sh ,w.

Only one of l1is f,, r F P. bmthcrs no\\ sun ivcs , Alexander\"( ishart (1897-<;h ,md 1901-oi): the others ere Edward George \Vish;1rt (19< 2-q ) \\ h<> died of \\mind, in 1918; Frederick Wbha rt (1897-1900), 0.11.1., ,1.A., 11 . 11. , \\ho died 111 19i t; and James Murra y Wishan ( 190.1-05), who died in 190) "lulc a schoollx •)·

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110-.;oRAR\ LADY \IF.~181 R Miss Edith M. Irvine· of Liverpool died recently. Jn 19so she gifted to the School the sum of £1,ovo in memory of her father, who was a pupil at the School from 1829 to 1832 and on the strength of an affection for the School,, hich she had inherited from him. During her lifetime Miss Irvine took a keen inceresr in the School and shortly before the time that she made her gift met the then Rector, and inquired keenly about the ,·arious School acti'<"ities.• \s a result of her generosity, :\liss lrrine was made an Honorary ~fember of the Oub and, on hearing of her death, the Secretary wrote to her representatives conveying the Oub's sympathy on their loss and again expressing our thanks for her kindness to the School.

Marriages Archibald (1946-n). .\t Trinity Church, Aberdeen, on 12 December 1964, W11.11A,1 GRAK• ARn1111.,1.u,*only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Archibald, 31 Stanley Street, Abertkcn, to Jean Ellis, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. WI. Bremner, 60 Union Street, ,\berdccn.

Banks (1940-53). ,\ t Jlol hurn Central Church , Aberdeen, on 3 April 1965, S rLWART Cow 11. BASKS, only son of the late Mr. Jame, Banks and of Mrs. Banks, 97 J\lorning,ide Avenue, ,\berdeen, to Eleanor, only daughter of ~lr. and Mrs. George Grimmon<l, 194 Uni,,n Grove, .\bcrdcen.

Ewen (1944-n). ,\t King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, on 21 . \pril 1961, SrA"IJ.t:Y \\1J.1.1A\t HARUAY E"L", M.B., cu.s., cider s,,n of .\1r. and ~frs. \\. B. l"wen, 94 C,,rnhill Road, Aberdeen, to Doreen Jane Robertson, younger daughter of :'\fr. and \[rs . \lexandcr Morrice, 112 Balnagask Road, \berdeen.

Fraser (19.tz 15). ,\t King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, on 9 January 196~, .Jo11N Gl'oRGt ,1.\·11.1 FRASl.R, x1.A., I.I .B., younger son of Dr. and J\lrs. J. F. Fraser, Go Whitd1 all Road, ,\berdeen, to Helen l'lorcnce, only daughter of .\lr. and Mrs. \,. Simpson, ~7 Crrm n Crescent, Petercultcr.

Gillan (1934-46). \t King's College Chapel, ,\benkcn , on 15 March 1965, Jons T110M<O"I C1.1HORDG1LLA.'-',*~1.A., U .. B., cider son of Mr. and J\frs. John F. Gillan, 47 Gladwmc Place, Aberdeen, to Isabel, younger d:lllghter of the late J\fr. rrcderick J. \\'ood, London, and of Mrs. \X'ood, 530 King Street, Aberdeen.

Halliday 1952-58).- ,\t King's College Chapel, , \bcrdcen, on 14 'so\'ember 1964 lA?S DRYSDAI.J\I fA11.m.u,• only son of ~Ir. and .:'-,[rs. J. J. Halliday, 22 '\!orningside Road, \berdccn, co Rosemary Jill, only daughter of .\ lr. and .\frs. J. r. Carne, 10 Scafield Road, \berd een.

Hampton (19.15 •l9),-At King's College Chapel, ,\herdccn, on 11 September 1964, _\11 xAi-.m.R \\'1Lt.1A,rMAITHLW I-lA.\tPTo:s;,• \! ..\.,son of the late ,\lr. and Mrs. A. J. C. I !ampton, 147 .\1idstocket Road, Aberdeen, to 1'.athlcen, daughter of .\lr. and .\frs. \'it. S:mgstcr, 19 Halgownie Crescent, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen.

Heddle (19.16-52). \t Beechgrnve Church, Aberdeen, on 11 March 1965, GEORGI MA1.c.;01 \I I fLl)uu., only son of the late Lt.-Col. C . 1. Jieddle and of Mrs. I Ccddle, 103 Hamilton Place, Aberdeen, to Jean, only daughter of !\lr. and Mrs. J. F. MacGillivray, Woodbine, Ardcrsier, Inverness-shire.

Hender son (1949-5 2). .\t St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Aberdeen, on 15 February 1965, RKIIARD L,·AsS Jifu-.;OERSON, 25 Rosemount Pince, Aberdeen, to \udrey, only daughter of ~fr. and .\frs. A. P. Murray, 46 Ashley Road, Aberdeen.

Hunter (19.t3•l7). \1 1'.ini,;'s College Chapel, Aberdeen, on 71'm·ember 1964, ALFXA>IDl.R FREI 1.Asu CA1RM Hn,,ER, \I.A. , u.n., cider son of the late ~lr. II. A. C. Hunter and of .\[r\. llunter , 20 Richmondhill Place, ,.\bcrdcen, to Wilma Elizabeth Bruce, daughter of the late Dr. II. B. \\'ilsnn and of Mrs. \\ilson, 199 Queen's Road, .\berdcen.

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hL1T11,* son of the htc '\lr. Jame, F. J-;:<·1th and or J\lrs. Keith, 15 1 Duthie Terrace, ,\bcrdecn, to Katrina, daught.r pf Mr. :md .\fr s. \ngus McKillop, 5 Wallficl<lCrCM:Cnt, Aberdeen.

Lawre n ce (1938-47).-.At Carhall) Church, Co. \\atcrforc.l, on 30 May 1964, I.1 ,1.1a \,teRO>E U\\R.C,;Cr,* son of \lr llarc f)urt Just I a\\rcncc (1901-04) and of :\fr;. La ... rence, Rowan Bank, ,\uchc.,hl 1c, Kincardincshire, to PJtricia, daughter of the late \lr. W'illiam Power, ~loor.1 ay II, ,o~. Tramorc.

Leiper (1946-57).-.At Becchgrovc Church, \berc.lccn, on 10 June 1964, DA\ ID Jo11N Lt IPI R, younger son of ::\[r. and \fr;, \'\ 11lia111 Leiper, 121 King's Gate, \lx:rdccn, to ::\faurcen Jean, yo mgc t d;,11Khternf the late :\fr. and Mrs. Ian Bums, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

Mc All ibter (1959).-At \\'est Church of Sc. \ndrew, .\berdccn, on 27 February 1965, LAWRJ NCE LAwsos \fc \Lusn.R, c.A., cider son of Mr. and Mrs. P.. C. Mc.\llistcr, 10 Moray Place, Aberdeen, to 1-:athlccn, younger daughter of Mr. Fred Grimme r, 23 Cotton Street, Aberdeen, and of the bte .Mrs. Grimmer.

M cBain (1939-p). ·At King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, nn 7 April 1965, Jo11N Mc.BAIN,* C.A., cider son of the late Mr. Alan \fcI3ain (1903-14) and of Mrs. Ella \1cBain, 282 King's Gate, Aberdeen, to Jean Gibb, only daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. W. P. ~orric, 76 Dcsswood Place, .Aberdeen.

McD ou gall (1957-63).-At Trinity Congregational Church, ,\bcrdccn, on 9 December 1964, J.urES ALE.xANDLR Mc.Dol.GA1r., son of Mc. and Mrs. James ·\, McDougall, 59 Caiesd>·kes Crescent, Kincorth, ,\bcrdccn, 10 Lesley, c.laughter of Mr. and Mn.. Jack Goldie, 174 Crown Street, Aberdeen.

Malco lm (1943-56).-,\t King', College Chapel, .\bcrdecn, on 30 December 1964, RoNAl n 1'-srs .\UI.c<>ur,* son nf .\lr, nnd ::\frs. r·d\\-ard C. J\lakolm, 22 Harcourt Road, Aberdeen, to Christine Jane, d.iughtcr of Mr ~nd Mrs. Charks \\ ,11,amwn, Southvi~·w, Dollar.

Manle y (1926-31).-At Rubisla\\· Church, Aberdeen, on 28 '\ovember 1964, Jous $1\11•,os .MANLEY,* 38 Harla\\ · Road, ,\bcrdcen, to Betty 1 luntcr Marshall, 71 lkacon.ficld Place, .\ berdcen.

Manson (1939-40).-Ac Mannoficld Church, .\bcrdccn, on 27 Fcbruuy 1965, R~1 Pll ~l ANSON, younger son of ~fr. and .\frs. J. Manson. n Carlton Place, ,\bcrdccn, to J.m, youngest daughter of the late \lr. and :\[rs. A. ::\lilnc, Friockhcim, \ngus.

M unro (1951-56).-- \1 King's C<>Ilcgc O1apcl, Aberdeen, on 23 December 1~4.

Ro111 RT J ~,11, ~fu:-<tto, younger son ,,r the late Group Oiptain J. G. Munro, 2nd of .\fr,. \fonrn, 2 Carlton Road, Oxford, 10 f:hm \nn, younger daughter or .\fr. and \frs . G. T. Lamb, 14 Grampian Road, ,\bcrdccn.

Robertson ( 194 2-4-1).-,\1 Kirkliston Parish Church, on 1. ,\pril 1965, ,\u XA?-.l>1 R hAY Rom R,sos,• M.A., B.A.(Oxon.), mP.1 u., only son of Sir Jam~-s anc.l I at.ly Robertson, 10 Hamilcon Place, ,\bcrdccn, 10 Pamela, <laughter of Mr. and Mrs. George S. J\11llcr, 7 The Square, Kirkliston.

R oss (1941-48). \c Sc. Fittick's Church, ,\bcrdeen, on 28 November 1964, DA\ 10 M< D<>SALDRoss, only son of \1 r. M itchcll C:. Ro s •(1914 21) and l\lrs. Ro,s, 38 Rubi~law Den South, Aberdeen to Doris Guthrie, youngest &1ughter of Mr. 3nd \fn. .. \lex:mdcr I. :\filne, 4-1 Tull,,s Crescent, ,\bcrdcen.

Shirriffs (t947-57).-.\t \\ est Church of ~1. ,\ndrcv,, .\bcrdccn, on 12 March 1965, G1 ORC,L GJ.DDLS S111RRIII'S,• cider "'n of ,\lr. \\. S. Shirrilis, 10 Mayfield Gardens, ,\bcrdccn, and of the late Mr . Sh •rritfs, tc, J:inc \ :ilcric, cider daughter of the I.ate. C:.,pt. J. L. Sinclair, and of ;\fr Srncl 1ir, 30 Cranford Terrace, Aberdeen.

Sinclair (1947-59).-.-\t \\ est Oturch of St \ndrcw, ,\bcrdccn, on 29 Dcccmh<:r 1964, Jo11N I.P.ASK S1:-<CLA1R,son of the Lue Capt. J. J.. Sinclair and .\frs. R. Sinclair, 30 Cranford Terrace, Aberdeen, 1n D,,ri , daughter of :\fr. and .\[rs. Garden, 2 Gros\'cnor Terrace, Aberdeen.

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Singer (1949-50),- ,\t King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, on 9 June 1964, GoRoos DRuC1; S1sc1 R, son nf Sq. I <lr. an<l Mrs. A. Singer, 9 Cairn view Crescent, Aberdeen, to Patricia \nn Janel, <l.·wghterof \lr. and \lrs. Robertson, Corpach, Fort William.

Skene (1940-.17). .\t J....ing'sCollege Chapel, Aberdeen, on 9 May 1964, C11ARL.bS PIRIE SK1 SL,"' only son of Mrs. Norah Skene, 6 Queen's Gardens, Aberdeen, and of the late \lr. Cecil Skene, to ,\lison Jean Kacheru1c, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Lamont, 24 C'lrlton Place, Aberdeen.

Slater (1949-59). \t l'llannoficld Church, Aberdeen, on 6 March 1965, EDWARD SLATLR, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Slater, 23 Balmoral Road, Aberdeen, to .Maureen, younger daughter of l\lr. and .Mrs. G. J. Philjp, 16 \\"cllbrac Terrace, Aberdeen.

Steven (19H-41) . Ac St. Michael's, Chester Square, London, on 30 Januar y 1965, ROBERT CLD10,T Sn\'l: .'I," LL.B., w.s., eldest son of Professor and :Mrs. H . l'IJ. Steven, 8 Gladstone Place, Aberdeen, to Judy Clare, daughter of the late Mr. J. W. D. Locker, and of Lady Mallaby, "Down-the-Lane", Chevinton, W. Suffolk.

Stewart (1952-59). -.\t King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, on 10 April 1965, CLF:~11•.NT ALLAN STEWART,"' only son of Mr. and Mrs. II. T. Stewart , 83 Stanley Street, Aberdeen, to Sheena :Mary, cider daughter of the late Mr. W. C. Phillip, Schoolhouse, Cove Bay, and of '.\(rs. Phillip, 171 Union Grove, Aberdeen.

Stewart (1957-58). -,\t King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, on 13 March 1965, HEcr0R McLL,sAN Sn,wART,' son of J\.lr. and Mrs. John Stewart, 4 Anderson Drive, .\berdeen, to Edna Barnett Kelson, only daughter ofl'lfr. and l\Jrs. Allan G. Ifamilt on, 24 Beechgrovc Avenue, Aberdeen.

Stuart (1945-47). At West Church of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, on JO April, 1965, M1c11Ai:L Ror.LO SrUART, elder son of Mr. and l'llrs. Roderick A. Stuart, 29 Westholme Avenue, Aberdeen, to Kathleen Margaret, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Urquhart, 114 Oifton Road, Aberdeen.

Tait (1936-44).-At St. Philip's Church, !Io,e, on 20 March 1965, Major Jo11N BARCT.AY TAIT, Queen's Own Highlanders, elder son of Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Tait, 144 Hamilton Place, Aberdeen, to Pauline Elizabeth, younge r daughter of Mr. and :Mrs. Frank B. Notley, 103 ~cw Church Road, Hove, Sussex.

Taylo r (195s-sS). - At Ruthrieston West Church, Aberdeen, on 26 March 196s, DA,m A1rcmsos T\YLOR," cider son of Mr. and Mrs. David H. Taylor, 12 Harcourt Road, •\berdccn, to Sheila Elizabeth, elder daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Alex.'lnder Fraser, 2 Ramsay Place, Aberdeen.

Tho mson (195,-j6). -•At Torry lJnitcd Free Church, Aberdeen, on 9 Apr il 1965, IA'< T110,1sos,* only son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Thomson, 44 l\fidstocket Road, Aberdeen, to Lillian, only daughter of Mr.and Mrs. John Stuart, 51 Caimgorm Crc.,;cent, Aberdeen.

Thom so n (1944-57).- At Erskine Parish Church, Bishopcon, on 8 March 1965, KENNLTII ALEXAr-01-.R THOMSON," son of Mc. and Mrs. D.R. Thomson , Machr ie, Bieldsidc, 1\berdeen to Marar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Duckering, Newarthill, Bishopton, Renfrewshire.

Walke r (1958-59).- At King's College Chapel, Aberdeen on 19 December 1964, ALLXANDF.R LYELL \\AI .KLR, son of :'-lr. and l\1rs. A. Walker, 21a Rosebery Street, Aberdeen, to Ann Ogilvie, daughter of ,'\[r. and .Mrs. J. S. Anderson, H illside, St. Leonards Road, Porres.

W:illace (192.9-32). In London, on G:-.farch 1965, :\lnjor Jo1tN LYON W.ALucr, to Elizabeth Meciel Parsons (nit Holloway).

Why te (1946-58). -.\t King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, on 31 March 1965, Ro11LRT CLARK W11nE,• younger son of :,,1r. and Mrs. Robert Whyte, 25 Osborne Place, Aberdeen, to Margaret Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James F.. Cormack, Ilazledenc, Newmachar.

Wood (1951-61). At Aberdeen Registry Ollice on 13 June 1964, STUART WAKEFII LO Wooo,• cider son of Mr. and l'llrs. George \\ ood, 53 Deansloch Crescent, Aberdeen, ro Dorothy June, only daughter of l'lfr. and Mrs. Adam C. McKay, 44 !\folcolm Road, Bucksburn.

The School Hill Walking Club ln the December 195 5 edition of the School M,~P,azim the R,1ndom Notes section proclaimed-"yet another school society has succumbed to nationalisation. \\ ho dreamt that the Rambling and .\fountaineering Club of olden days would be transformed into the 1lill \'\ alking Club~ \X ho eYer heard of hills walking anyway ... ?" Then followed a few years' silence until June 1958 when an article appeared in the Jl,1c~11zi11e reporting a Cairngorm hill walk; and in December of that year three further expeditions were described. On one of these a glorious September day on the slopes of Glas Maol-a fe\v masters from the School, accompanied by o,·er fifty boys, were enjoying an especiall} clear panorama. One master was heard to remark to another-"Surcly these outings ought to be held more than once or twice a year ... ?" .\nd so it was that the I lill \\'al king Club was re, h·c<l; and from a fe\,· sporadic excursions, held mainly during the Summer Term, have emerged the regular monthly expeditions which have marked the Club's acti,·ities OYer the past six years.

I ·or many years before this revival, generations of Grammar boys had been introduced to local hills and gi,·en a taste of the wide open spaces by former members of staff. The names of many of these spring readily to mind- \\ . .\1. Hendry, Ian Park, Bill Stewart, Bill Cunningham, Lwan McDonald, J Iarold Gordon and others . . . and todav their tradition continues.

• The Club's regular stamping, or tramping, grounds are the Cairngorms and their foothills, which are all ideally situated for day expeditions . .. Lochnagar, Deeside's Royal mountain; Ben Avon; Beinn-iBhuird; i\Ir. Keen in all her moods; Glas 11aol; and the twins, ::-.layar and Driesh. Shorter climbs for winter days have included Kerloch, J [ill of Fare, Clochnaben, Bennachie and ::'\Iorvcn..\t the beginning of June, on each of the past fi, e years, an all-night expedition has provided such marathon ventures as climbing the four 4,oon ft. Cairngorms; walking from the Linn o' Dee to Blair .\tholl , ia Glen Tilt and Beinn-a-Ghlo; Glen Peshic to Linn o' Dee via Sgornn Dubh and the Monadh Mor group (\\ bile a group of younger boys tra,·ersed the Larig Ghru:; the most recent of these all night expeditions-in the Spital of Glenshee area- had one particularly noteworthy incident. \t 7 a.m. on the summit of Glas Tul.tichean a hearty cheer greeted the glad ( ?) tidings (by transistor radio ) that Aberdeen schools would be closed until further notice because of the typhoid epidemic! On only one of the all-night excursions so far has there been any rain and that only a slight shower.

The local September holiday week-ends afford opportunities to concentrate on more distant regions such as Glencoe, Glen NeYis, J\rrochar, Kintail. In ;\fay a Middle School week-end is spent at Loch .\lorlich Youth J lostcl to introduce the younger boys to the delights of hostelling and hill walking. EYen a Yicious blizzard on the Cairngorm plateau on one of these week.ends did not depress the youngsters' spirits for long and certainly gaYe ample scope for tall tales when they returned home. But the highlight of the hill walking 94

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95 year, thanks to two enlightened Rectors, have been the four-day excursions to the hills in late June. The headquarters on these occasions have been conYeniently situated youth hostels. J low can one forget forty-seven hours of continual rain at Ratagan made bearable by the pleasant company of that soft-spoken raconteur Dom Capaldi?

At Glencoe, of course, even the weariest hill walker is gah anised into activity by that human dynamo, Ingrid Feeney. Those tired boys who found hot soup awaiting them at 11 p.m. (after a bus breakdown) know well her kindness.

Those who limit their wanderings on the hills to summer only miss much of the colour, the beauty of light and shade and the atmospheric effects offered at other times of the year. Seasons and weather conditions play their part in making the journey to a mountain summit a great thrill for those who keep their eyes open as they wend their way upwards ... the majestic fury of ature unleashed in a gale-tom mountain summit in snow and icy hail ... Ben Anm in March ... negotiating a steep, glazed ice slope ... \\·hy so fe,, ice axes ... ? A great expanse of silent whiteness, broken only by commando sole bootprints, or occasionally by those of deer, ptarmigan or grouse.

Pantastic forms fashioned by wind, sun and frost on rocks and boulders ... snapped fence posts and twisted wires. The glitter and sparkle of frost encrusted tufts of grass and heather ... the rose-tinted sno\\ slopes of a January afternoon on Clochnaben. :\ December traverse from Glen Mark to Ballater over ~lount Keen ... deep snow ... ,isibility only a few yards ... blizzard conditions ... early darkness ... a sudden clearing of cloud ... a glorious finale to the day ... a full moon bathing Ballater and the Dee in beautiful sih·er light. Sixty boys ploughing, in single file, through drifted snow on their way to l\lorven one clear, crisp Februar} day-a Schoo l holiday to mark the birth of Prince ~'\.ndrew... and on and on they flow ... memories and impressions of winter climbs.

Apart from a small, select group of rock climbing seniors, under the strict supervision of one experienced master, the Club remains true to its name, confining itself to hill walking. But of course on man} of our !:>cottishmountains, in order to reach the top, one must indulge in a little easy rock scrambling. There come to mind here exhilarating days on Buchaille L:tive l\for, the Saddle, the Aonach Lagach ridge, the Cobbler, and the Carn Mc'>r Dearg arcte, on the way to Ben Nevis.

Much criticism is levelled nowadays at hill walkers and climbers alike who meet with unnecessary accidents, take foolish risks, refuse to listen to advice and are inadequately clad or equipped. Most of this criticism is unfortunately quite justified in far too many cases. It is therefore the aim of the masters-in-charge that boys should avoid these errors and graduall} develop a healthy respect for Scottish mountains and hills in all their moods. Thus they can acquire a thorough knowledge of the Yarious aspects of mountaincraft so that they ma~" gain experience and confidence to cn1oy the glories and wonders of these high places in safety and comfort in all weathers and at all seasons .

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Incident at Lundazi [be ., 1/tre Lenshi11a Riots

Our charter plane touched do,\ n on Lundazi airstrip exactly after more than 150 revenge-crazed Lumpa Church supporters had charged across the same strip of land heading for the small town, bent on destruction and murder. A police vehicle took us along the path the Lenshinas followed: past the police headquarters where the religious fanatics claimed their first victims five children clubbed to death and past the poJice station where they beat three police officers to death, smashed windows, locks and doors to steal a few rifies and about 300 rounds of ammunition. \nd so to the Boma (TO\\ n J louse), where the first man to greet us \Vas r,, enty-sevcn-ycar-ol<l Police Inspector Paul Gillies. Tall, and strongly built, Inspector Gillies was the man to \\ horn all Lundazi turned for protection at 2 o'clock on 1\fonday morning 3 August 1964 as the marauding Lensh.inas stormed through the town.

Inspector Gillies borrowed a bicycle and rode through the small town dressed only in his pyiama trou sers warning people and trying to organise a defence. I le managed to find five muzzle loading shotguns and \\ ith these he armed five Boma messengers and launched a counte r attack. The attack was successful and the I ,umpa.s Red into the bush-only to continue their rampage of murder and arson. They left in their wake twenty-three corpses-among them fifteen childr enand two people later clied from injuries. 1fow m,wy more they killed as the y tore through the bush sacking villages, burning isolated homes and kiUing wanton ly may never be known.

At the Lundazi Hotel we met Dr. Frank Kanweka, a Milawian, who told us of the suffering of those in the small Lundazi Hospital. J le interrupted his evening meal to check on a patient and conducted us round the three wards. The injuries and sutforing was unbelievable.

The doctor's soothing hand and comforting words did much to alle, iate the pain and misery, hut as we left we wondered if some of them might have been better off had they nor sun-i, ed the att.1ck. ... \\ e returned to the airfield and watched three Dakotas fly contingents of the I st Battalion 1\;orthern Rhodesia Regiment into the trouble spot.

In the ttuiet African evening the great planes swooped low oYcr the airfield, their engines throbbing and their tail lights flashing . It was dit1icult to believe that these silent, grim faced men who filed oil the planes had come to take part in one of the most blood) battles in thl! histor) of .Africa. \\ e spent a sleepless night in the bar of the T.undni J lotcl talking to memhcrs of the Mobile Police L nit, assigned to garrison the I lotcl.

Fveryone talked in hushed undertones discussing what might happen the following day, wondering if the Lenshinas would actually stand and fight or if they \\'ould again adopt their delaying tactics and \'anish into the bush to attack again some other defenceless town.

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By I o o'clock the followinR morning the press corps had increased to four. Geofl Gillies of '\i.R.T. \ ., Ronald Robson of the B.B.C., ,l member of the C.B.C. news team and myself. \\'e toured the Yillage and were amazed to find that the refugees, who had numbered 2.00 the previous eYening, now numbered well over 3,000. They were huddled together in a field behind the Boma, whole villages sitting round their Chief, small family groups, single men and women, and always the small helpless children er) ing through tiredness and hunger.

The soldiers did \\ hat they could for them, but it was little enough.

We handed out those cigarettes we had, -..vent to the hotel, bought more and handed them out as \\-'ell. Geoff Gillies had three cakes of chocolate.

Each was divided into as many squares as possible and handed to children. The thanks offered by the fear stricken parents was pitiful and heart warming. Some of these minute pieces were split into even smaller particles to be distributed to all the children in a family.

At tT.15 a.m. two companies of the 1st N.R.R. and a detachment of :-.Iobile Police pulled out of Lundazi heading for the Lumpa fortified village of Chipoma. \\ e followed behind in the battered old car belong ing to White father, Claude Galmiche . .\t 11.4 5, the first resistance was met. As the com·oy of eight vehicles moved towards Chipoma, it was "ambushed" by about a dozen men. \\ ith cries of "Jericho" and "I fallclujah" on tlu:ic lips they rose from the bush and rushed the convoy. , \ burst of lire, Lasting less than a minute, and all was again quiet ....

The soldiers and police detachment left six of the vehicles and moved forward on foot spread out in a large crescent. No further opposition was met until the village, with its unfinished church in the middle, came into sight at the bottom of a slight incline.

A small group of soldiers, with Colonel Baker and the Provincial Officer, C. L. Ling in the lead, moved slowly forward. Provincial Officer Ling called for the surrender of the village on a loud-hailer .

J lis call brought the first signs of life from the village-a small group of spear-waving Lumpas rushed out. \-lr. Ling again called for their surrender. Colonel Baker took the loud -hailer, and also called for the villagers to lay down their arms.

But it was useless. The Lumpas intended to fight and the leading villagers were already climbing over their stockade and rushing towards the thin line of waiting soldiers. A sharp order to fire rang out on the loud-hailer and three Lumpas fell.... Still they came on, yelling, shrieking and brandishing primitive arms of every description. They were met by a withering hail of small-arms fire. Those behind leaped 0Yer the bodies of their fallen friends and continued to attack the Goyernment forces only, by now their simple plan had become obvious.

As some rushed straight into the withering lire, others ran out to the left and right in an attempt to outflank the army. Their plan was partially successful, for they forced the Government troops to form a tight ring round their , ehicles, with the medical orderlies, the \Xrute Father and we pressmen in the middle.

There followed sporadic attacks as each group of outnanking

l/ierdren Gr,111111,ar School ,'1,i_f!,t1zint Lenshinas came 1n contact \\ith the ring of security forces. A heavy attack was mounted on the left, an<l then, after Ji,·e minutes, on the right. btch ferocious attack lasted from two to live minutes long enough for all the Lumpas to he felled, for they would not retreat.

Then the Lumpas mounted one last desperate suicidal attack from the direction from which the convoy had come but it too was doomed and after five minutes of heavy fire from the concentrated fire-power of the security forces Colonel Baker called a " cease-fire". ~fany Lumpa men were seen escaping into the bush unscathed. By this time everyone hoped that they would vanish into the bush for e, er but they re-grouped and again charged headlong into the centre of the security forces. Col. Baker maintained his "cease-fire" order to the very last minute and then ,, ith a signa l to a corporal stationed with his Bren gun on the dridng cab of one of the lorries, a short burst of heavy fire brought an end to each of the fifteen li,·es. A lone Lenshina woman came out of the bush at the rear of the Government forces, her left arm hanging limp a useless stump supported by a few strands of flesh. The bone was shattered and could be seen fifty yards away. After much coaxing over the loud-hailer she was persuaded to give herself up and receive immediate medical treatment.

The security forces mm·ed slowly towards the village. As they advanced another lone Lumpa woman was seen cl.toeing clown the main street, a spear in one hand, and piece of paper in the other. It was her "passport to hean:n", given by her leader . \lice Lenshina.

After several warning shots she darted behind one of the many houses. \vhether she made use of her "passport" will never be known .

•\s the troops mo, ed into the village, and each row of houses ,, as flushed, the villagers moYed back into a straw built compound . They were finally cleared from there into the open by smoke bombs. At first only a fe,, children-some of them terribly wounded came forward to gi\'e themselves up. The}' were followed by ,, few older women, and one old man. After repeated calls for their surrender from Col. Baker the flo,, of, illagers became faster.

It looked as though the action \\·as o-ver. But then one womanwith crazed eyes an<l one of those pieces uf paper clutched in her hand ran amok. I Ier action starred the rest, and quiet surrender changed in a second to mass, terrifying defiance. Lumpas ran 1n all directions ·with cries of "Jericho" on their lips. One wom.-in ran on in spite of bullets hitting the dust all around her feet-she , anished behind a pile of stra\\. J ler hody ,, as carried out a few minutes later, and laid on the pile of dead. i\ young man made a dash for a house.

Three bullets thudded into his bod,· before he fell- less than 12 inches from a loaded hlundcrbuss.

• The turmoil finally subsided and once again the beaten I .umpas became a slow, ragged file of dejected people, shorn of their religious fen our. They were pushed mto the waiting "cage" lorries. Soldiers came to the ambulance lorr y carrying naked babies taken from the dead bodies of their mothers. These were phced in the care of White Father Claude Galmiche. At one time he had three in his arms while he gave the last sacraments to a dving man.

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A small womnn, her child strapped to her back, lay beneath the lorry. She was considered beyond medical aid. She beckoned to the father and told him she was about to say her last prayer. from her blue dress, horrib ly stnine<l with blood, she pulled her "passport", read it through, passed it to a friend, smiled and fell sideways.

The, illagers had no fight left in them -seventy-four of their number had been killed in the forty minute battle- and they came forward, no,,· submissive, to be herded into the church they had started to build as a token of their faith, and which was now to be their prison.

The injuries were horrifying. Arms and legs shot off, a young woman lay with the top of her head completely blown off. l lcr child was shot between the eyes. There was a small child, with a bullet hole near its heart, still clutching a toy bow-he had no arrow. An old man, nlready crippled, with his left side torn open, a tiny baby suckling at the breast of its dead mother.

The Lumpa church, in Chipoma, was dead.

Ro~ALD S. M.ucou1 (1940-52)

The Dialogue of Commerce As a boy I used to spend much of my time in the Public Library in Aberdeen, and one of the authors I read was Ibsen, perhaps because of some sort of sympathy that exists between all those who live on the borders of the t\orth Sea. And one of the things Ibsen said about hts prose plays was, "I ha,e got rid of the monologue". This was Ibsen's way of saying, as Shaw later pointed out, "l have discovered the dialogue." Certainly as I look at my life, coming from Aberdeen, living among rnglish actors, acting in English plays, I have seen mv life as a continually changing dialogue. Lven the inventions that have completely altered my profession in my own lifetime, films, radio, television are examples of the way the boundaries of the dialogue are extending under the pressure of science.

In fact, I would suggest to you that unless we learn to conduct some sort of dialogue in all our activities we shall be missing what I might call the ciYilising factor. Businessmen, for instance, might analyse their activities into market resenrch, production, and salesmanship, but unless their processes are fertilised by the dialogue of meo and places they will ultimately pro\'e hostile to the aim of all business which I take to be increasing enjoyment by nn increasing number of the joys of li"ing.

I am acutelv aware at the moment, for instance, that the Tannochbrae of 1928 {ms one period in the historr of Scotland when the purpose of the dialogue h,td been forgotten, because men had been forgotten. There \\ as little possibility of conversation between those ,, ho li,·ed in our distressed areas and the central authority: the dialogue had broken down.

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Today you have before you an example of the persisting dialogue. to\\ n is stretching a finger to the south, prodding the metropolis as it were, and saying, "Look here, I want to talk to you".

1\Jot in a , oice like bull; Bottom's impersonating the lion, but rather as a gentle, sucking dove. My people think this is urgent. I can assure you it takes a strong desire for an Aberdonian to emerge from his city and that sacred area of 1 2 miles round. It is a commonplace of politics that trade follows the Rag, and even last ct:ntury \\ hen Llnngstone sought to com-ert . \fricans to Christianit}, the Scottish brand, the great cry was "Commerce and the Bible". ,\nd as an actor I can assure you that the history of culture in Europe is in direct proportion to the success of the merchants. And when I ask myself \\·hy did Greek drama collapse so signally at the end of the fifth century one reason would seem to he the battle of \egospotami in 405 when the Greek fleet was destro} ed and as a result Greek trade in the eastern \fediterranean \\ as crippled.

This enterprise is a reminder of the importance of tht: dialogue of commerce: the basic dialogue which sustains all other sorts of conversations. L'nless this were a thriving, thrusting area would you have ski lifts at .\ viemore? If vou had mentioned the possibility of" inter sports at Braemar when l went to the Grammar School they'd ha, e said you were "gleckit". But there it is, silence and pertinacity have done it .. \herdet:n and the surrounding area of Buchan is what is now called a ,iable communitr, that is balanced, as between commerce and culture, its university as old as any in England, balanced between sea and shore, fish and cattle, between mountain and river, granite and agriculture.

Between vocations and , acauons. Even the climate has proved a virtue in these days when our population is extending its life and finds "the heat o' the sun" in the ::\kditerranean too much to endure . The hotelkeepers of ;\berdeenshire might say like the theatre managers of London, "Thank God for the buses!" Because their seasons have been extended at both ends .. \nd there is manv a home in England during the winter months where the talk is not of the Bay of Kaples, but the superb vie\\ that lies before you as the bus carries you over the Spital of Glenshee into Angus. \nd not just the middle aged. If you \\ ander off the beaten track you will find the young following the tracks that ~1ontrnse took over 300 years ago and \\ hen night comes there \\ ill be a youth hostel to welcome them, as good and as enjorable as any you will find in Ba, aria or Switzerland .. \nd a new thing, you ma\ come upon groups of young people on ponies tracking- the Cairng-orms.

There is this too about the dialogue. \\ e eat, \\ e all drink, \\C all sleep, and II\ e in houses. There \\ <lUld be no point 111 the dialogue if it did not concern itself'\\ ith the di\ ersity of living as people settle down in their environment in their \'aried conditions.

There is .1 baleful line in Macbeth, "Stands Scotland where it did:" J\nd back comes the answer, .. Alas, poor cuuntr), almost afraid to know itself!"

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\\'ell, this is one p;irt of Scotland that kncrn s itself, and these ladies and gentlemen are bubbling over to tell you so and show you why. I am merely here to su~gest to you that this dhlogue you will find worth pursuing, with them, and by openin~ this enterprise may I hope that your conversation and your imagination \\ ill thrive. actor [The lorcgning is the text of the speech "i1h \I hich 1h<1t well-known F.P. recent ~[r. , \ndrL'V.' Cruickshank alias Dr. Cameron o l B.8.C. T. \ . t,pened a .\bcrJ.:.:n anJ ::-;ur1h-t:.1st Tr,uk E..-.chibitionin !....,nJon- Fd.]

India Revi sited: Look Back With Pride lndJ.a, since the earliest days of "John Company" and the Bm1sh "Raj", has cast a magnetic spell O\er successive generations of Grammarians and the annals of the School are filled with the names of Former Pupils who have answered her compelling call. '\io doubt each past generation could hear witness to great changes in the sub-continent but none has been so basic as those ushered in by the ending of British rule in India in 1947. How does the country appear no\\ to the eyes of an old "colonial" returning to the land of his adoption for an all too brief, isit after an absence of seventeen years?

The impact of returning to India was tremendous, all the more so perhaps, because the transition from Europe to the Fast by air was made without a break-Rome to Bombay: how different from my leisurely three weeks by P. & 0. from London thirty-live years ago!

Stepping once more on to the soil oflndia it was the physical sameness of things which swept away the intervening years as though they had ne,·er been. The same early morning freshness before the sun rose really high; the same bullock carts loaded with vegetables for the city, the oxen mo,;ing slowly to one side at the tap of a stick on their necks; the same trees; the same bright orange marigolds and tall cannas in the gardens; the same stray dogs (only fewer); the same cyclists (only many more), hent on self immolation weaving their way between cars and lorries; the same blending of smells different from our own; the same chatter of tongues all around one; the same faces and the same smiles, only this time expressing astonishment and delight at being addressed in the1r O\\ n language, as few visitors now do so.

In ·ew Delhi, the capital of the Republic, the imprint of British imperial architecture is still predominant e\'erywhere: what a superb example this spacious city is of enlightened planning. It is difficult to believe th:\t this great metropolis of nearly three million inhabitants only came into being less than forty years ago. The capital has of course mushroomed enormouslv under the stress of a burgeoning population. ~Iany ne\\ bungalows have gone up, many secretarial quarters, new offices, a new Supreme Court of Justice, a superb international conference hall, innumberable shops, glossy modern hotels, a complete diplomatic enclave with vast embassy compounds and a very fine

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~ational Stadium. I"ortunatcly, for geological reasons, sky-scrapers are not practicable here, and so the new buildings harmonise with the earlier ones of the late 1920s.

The former Viceroy's llouse, now Rashtrapati Uhavan, the residence of the President of India, is maintained in its previous splendour. The procedure at a formal reception there with the bodyguard standing round and the procession of \.D.C.'s in front of the President is as it ah\ ays was. The gardens too a,re just as well kept. The dignity of all these is well suited to the President of a great nation and the Residence and Secretariat buildings flanking it, with the Parliament Jlouse to one side, are a superb blend of modern with ancient 1lindu and Muslim architecture and in no way alien to the independent Indi a of today.

They are a legacy worthy of a capital and one which we can feel proud and happy to have bequeathed to them. Many of our traditions too have become a part of the new nation the games, the mess nights in the armed fores, the beating of the Retreat by the massed bands of the forces, which takes place twice a year, terminating by the very mO\ing playing of " \bide with ?\le"-?\lahatma Gandhi's favourite hymn.

Sunday remains the weekly otficial holiday.

Outside Delhi along the main trunk roads there arc miles of new factories in the process of erection and industrialisation proceeds apace.

More schools have been built in the villages and more dispensaries opened. Teachers and medical staff are, ho,\ e\-er, badly paid and are in very short supply. Uut one is struck by the fact that the public conscience is aroused. One sees huge posters saying "Get rid of corruption" and "Keep beggars off the streets - gi,·e alms to beggars' homes, not to beggars", and teams of workers do go into the villages to help on matters of hygiene and family planning . This unfortunately can only be long-term work an<l me.rnwhile the population continues to outstrip the increased food production. It is an awesome fact that the population of the Republic is increasing each year by more than 10 millions and this on top of a hasic figure of 450 millions.

One meets numbers of young men busil;- studying "planned economics", "the psychology of management" and so on, and only hopes that much talk and many theories will not dhert them from applying their energies to the practical hard work of getting something actually done. The educated women of India have come out tremendoush in the field of public service and some hold ministries in the gO\ ernment.

Education in missions and convents is much sought after and prized.

English remains the common language of the educated man e\-crywhere and this passport to so much further education available from the English speaking parts of the world is one of the most valuable legacies which we have left to India.

Freedom of speech prevails everywhere; ho,, happily different from the situation in many other newly independent countries. It was increasingly interesting to find how many people of all classes, from the young civil servant to the taxi-dri\-er, the uni\ crsit\· student to the old guide, in fact people of every type, were anxious to talk and how freely they\\ ould talk. Their daily press is very well written, free in its criticism of governmental short-comings, but constructive also. The

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o,·erriding impression of the opinion of the average Indian that one brought awa> was that the ideals of the new Republic were excellent , but that a stron g and impartial government was needed to see them implemented. The los~ of the central fig ure of Pandit Nehru last year was a tremendous blo\, to the unity and coheren ce of the States and dh·erse peoples who compo se India. The danger of a reversion to the fragmentation which British rule halted and remedied is Yery real, and while there is great and justifiable pride in what they have achieved in the last seventeen years, there is a feeling of uncertainty as to what the future holds.

The civil administration, the roads, the railways, the irrigation canals, the medical and educational sen-ices, the police, the armed forces, the common language of English , all these thin gs fro m British days form the basis on whi ch India today has built and expanded. \'v'e can be humbly proud to have laid the foundations so soundly, but perhaps abO\'e all we can find our greatest reward in the very real friendship for the British people, which is shown so frankly and sincerely on e\'ery side.

C. A. G. S.

Special Entertainments

Notice

The attention of all members is drawn to the circular enclosed with this issue of the Ma,l!,azi11e regarding the ,\nnual Dinner and Ball. In view of the increasing costs of sending out this circular, it was recently decided by the Entertainments Committee that adequate notice would be given of these functions if the circular were to be sent out with the June issue of the Ma.~azi11t.

You are therefore requested to carefully preserve the circular (which is the only intimation which will be given ) until you require to submit your applicati on for tickets. In additi on you should note these dates: Annual Dinner: 14 October 1965 _\nnual Ball: 29 December 1965 Only members of the P.P. Club may apply for tickets.

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J. Cr \RK M UlLLLLR P ErnR j, fRASf'R S r uART C. GLC>VLR

R. 1'111.LAR (Jrmor Priful)

A. LAMONT ( Dtp1,ty Stnior Prcful) RlCllARD B. RAJ. BRIAN B. LAW

\ L1sT\IR

\LisoA1R

P ut.R

1',;n1

ALISTAIR

JA\IF.S D . Ruo M.-u.COLM F. RF NNII:

G. ~IAcK1JsLIE

l'.fAcLmo Jom, S. t<.fAcP111L D Ol:GJ.AS

D Avrn J. r. Ronrnrsos

ALLXANDl'R F. S 111, ARLR RICHARD C. S111RR I .PFS

M ARR

Russ1.LI, Mu NI ,

G. GRACIE

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DAvrn

/It.AN C. MOIR 1I ARVl.Y E. MoRRP,os

Rus~Et.L GRAY Kr:NNLTII \. lIAY JOHN l ·. I I, '.'.DRY

H. OuvcR W11.L D Avrn K. Yu1

H ou se Captai n s Dun Ihvm J. F. RoRERT~N

Byron DAVID W. S~llTII

M elvin R. MILLAR

Keith

HE.'lRY

~EIL MACLl'OD

Captain Caplai11 Captain Captain

S\llTII

Rugby l 'iu-Captam

HE.'-RY

J. CLARK

Hockey Vi&e-Captai11

Kl::NNETll

BATCHLLOR

Sw imming l 'iu-Captain

Au:XA..NDLR

E. MORRhON

Cri cket I "ut-Captain

H. OLI\'ER

D.\\ JO \v.

A1.1STAIR

MARTYS

l!AR\ ' LY

R. M ILLAR ,\, IlAY

F. S11EARLR \\ I LL

Athleti cs Captain

I AIN

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Captain

DRIA.'-1 R. MORGAN

J>ruidml Suretary

DONALD

Pruidrnl .\'urelary

DAHD

J. r. ROBLRTSOS

Tenn is l ice-Cap/am \V. GAv1s GRAY

Li terary a nd Debating Society Vice-Prnidml ALAS C. MOIR Trta111nr HAMISH T. E. !'-ORBROOK F. RENNrn

A. LA,IONT

MALCOLM

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.MAL COl.\l

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JOHN

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E dito rs of Schoo l Section I lr 1-.RY R. MILL~R

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School and Random Notes If in read111g these Random ~otcs )OU derive h.1lf 1he pleasure we got 111 wming them you have ou r heartfelt sympathy.

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Early one morning, a Little before cle,·en o'clock, as we unsuspectingly plodded our "·cary ,vay into School, lo! we beheld an object standing on the grass between the science block and the gymnasium. Closer inspection later revealed that it was a uee. \\'.'hat, we wonder, can be 1he re~son for its sudden appearance? Are there plans afoot for the reafforestation of the School grounds? I~ it a branch of the Botanical Society? Arc we co believe rumours chat Mr. Mortimer has bought a dog? Questions raised at the Prefects' Joint Committee have provided no sat isfactory explanauon of this phenomenon. \\'.'hat can Authority be concealing from us?

Contrary to what was wriuen in the School and Random '\;otes of June 1964, the alterations in the main building arc anything but complete. \Vhile carrying our experiments co test the toughness of 1he flooring in the room where we were writing these notes, the editors were interrupted by the Head of the Classics Department who was under the erroneous impression that we were playing football. Disturbed lest he should still have this impression, we must take this opporruniry of pointing out to him, and others, the true nature of our apparently flippant exercise.

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The following was held over from the last issue, due to lack of space: \'1,'e wish all our readers a .Merry Christmas and a Happy '.\cw Ycar .

• It is with deep regret thm we have to report the passing of that much-lo,·cd and very ancient friend (and stock random note), The Howff. This regret is, however, tinged with a certain relief, for the danger of death by falling masonry was becoming daily more and more a certainty. Our land-use survey expert assures us, h()wever, that even if this horrible face were a,·ertcd, with a population density of 2~ miUion per square mile, twenty-eight B.O. sufferers could not have held out until the end of term. In fact, there is only one disadvantage in the demolition of the dump-they haven't built us a new one. Our feeling of disappointment at this breakdown in the School's Rchowffing Scheme was made more intense by the gleeful word~ of a certain prominent languages master. "-...:incyears", he said (as he perched his spccs on his forehead in a Glasgow accent) "nine years I've lobbied, and now at last ye're gone." Yes indeed at last we're gone. 0 mournful day! It is proposed to have a memorial service on the site on the last day of term . . \ta meeting of the choir and orchestra just prior to the Regensburg concert, the membe rs were informed by one of the music staA that only those who had been "regular" could expect to go on the Decside trip w,rh the German pupils. Judging by the enthusiasm which preceded this c,·ent the editors can well believe that the Aberdeen chemists' \lay sales of mild laxatives sho"ed a marked incrcase- "Ycs, hm, good, a•ha-ha-ha ... " (D. l I.)

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The newly construc1ed ornamental pool has hitherto proved to be of lmle practical use. However, when the pool was iced-0\er in winter, 1he secretary of the Ski Club decided to test its suitability for use by a proposed Skating Cluh. \\ e regret to report that his plans fell through. And so did he.

* The new .\laths and Science bl<>ek,described hy a Labour candidate in the recclll municipal elections as "one of the finest buildings in ,\berdecn", provides an imcrcs1 for boys as they examine the widening cracks in the \\ alls. \\"e also have our doubts about the choice of linoleum tiles outside the Janny's box, which keeps a workman in foll-time employment "rippin' it up and stickin' it <loon again".

* \s we have mentioned, 1hey h,ive not yet found us a permanent howff. \\ e urge the authorities to provide one as soon as possible, since our present quarters nee too near the gymnasium for comfort. Just as the prefects ar~ warming to a particularly thrilling game of .\1nnnpnly, the soft tread of gym-shoes in the passage sends the players diving for the bog. Those who arc a hit slow, however, are selected as vicrnns by the intruder, and arc dragged off m be chained to a heavy roller \\ hich they are forced to haul over the run-up to the long-jump pit.

"The l lun is at the gate." R. Kiplini.

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\t last science is making inroad, into the 1c.1chingof modern languages. The old s1aff room has been converted into a language laboratory, but unfortunarcly has lain idle since its completion, as none of the languages staff has had sufficient technical training to enable him tn operate a tape recorder. The room, howc,·er, has been put to good use by the janitor as a temporary garage for the School lawnmo\\ er.

The helplessnc:,s of the languages staff when faced wi1h such scientific developments, is in sharp contrast to the linguistic abilit)" of the science staff. During the visit by the Regcnshurg boys Mr . .\[ay proved, to our surprise, to have an excellent command of German, extending to such advanced idit>matic expressions as "Frilulcin" and "\ olkswagcn".

We should like m take this opportunity of congratula1ing .\Jisrnir J. O.trk on gaining a cap fo r the Scottish Schoolboys' Hockey XI, and \lcxandcr G . \\ 1lson and Kenneth A. Hay on their selection for the National Youth Orchestra.

E,·cr,· day a certain Irish patriot and cricket fanatic in upper \'Ith goes up IO the roof of the science block and attempt> to lob stones into the ornamental pond. So far, he has only succeeded in hitting the rest of Upper \'I sunbathing on the front lawn, Lord Byron, rhe .\fotor Club car (which explains its appearance), and a\\ oman hanging out her washing in ,\lbert Terrace.

If, afrer reading these Random !\mes, anyone wishes to contact the editors, he'll have a job finding us. Nor brook has Aed to the jungles of Central Africa to compile a Pcn11:u1n DictionMy of Puns, Lamont is attempting tu flog l\lercedes Hcnz cars to 1lhtcrate Russian peasants, .\iilbr \\:IS last seen sm.1shing cmp1r beer bottles agains1 the '\orth Face of the higcr and Yule is tramping all over the 11 imalayas in the hope that his huge footprint, \\ ill foster belief in the ,\bominable !snowman.

I (J(j/1101,. If all rhi, )'c,tr's prcfcch lay head w toe al, ,ng 1hc m:1in corridor, 1hey'd look no more ridiculous than usual.

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Arrival . .. \frcr over a year's delay, a successor has now been found for Mr. John Cullen.

Mr. Cullen was a graduate of Cambridge Universiry: Mr. Frederick C. Fea who cook up his duties on the School staff in January stud ied at 1--eblc College, Oxford, and he holds the M.A. and B.l\Ius. degrees of that University, and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists into the bargain. l\Jr. Fea has held several school and church appointments in England, notably at Gainsborough, Torquay, and most recently at Sherbornc in Dorset, where he was Organist and Clioirmaster at the Abbey and music master in Sherborne School. He has now taken over both of .\1r.

Cullen's posts, at the School and at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Although it seems a long way from Sherburne tu Aberdeen, Mr. Fca assures us that his great grandfather came from this city, and that, going back still further, his family hails originally from Orkney. ot that we need evidence of Scottis h blood before accepting into our circle of friends a gentleman who not only has the highest acndemic qualific.-:uions and experience as church mus1c1an and teacher, but combines with this a quiet charm and sense of humour. \'>:'e hope that J\1r. Fca, and his w·ife and family will spend many happy years with us.

Departure s ...

Two years ago Mr. Eric Kennedy came to the School to his first teaching appointment, and very quickly and in a number of languages m,1dc his brisk, assured presence felt. ~"" he has accepted an appointment as an assistant master in George Heriot's College and will be lea, ing us for Edinburgh at the end of the se~siun. Short though his stay has been, the School has learned to wonder at and admire his elfulgenc energy and physiC:Jl dri, e, and cannot doubt but that like Alexander and Hurns's bonny Lesley he goes "to spread his conquests farther".

With his native Abcrdonian shrewdness fortified by his teaching experience here, he must do well down south; the towe rs of l [eriot's will capitulate, the rocks and ramparts of the Castle itself perhaps. \X'e wish him all success in his new post.

Industry has claimed Mr. Ian Gordon . Jic leaves the Technical Department, not for another school, but to become the technically qualified representative of an internatioml firm specialising in the materials and techni<1ues of welding. After a brief training course in London, he will return to Aberdeen to cover this nonh-cast corner of Scotland. Mr. Gordon will be remembered for his firm handling in the classroom and hi, firm tackling out of 1t; the masters' footba ll team will be woefully the weaker for his leaving. But as Mr. Gordon will be continuing to liYe in Aberdeen just over the W3)' from the School 111 fact- we\\ ill sec him frequently and hear how the new life suits him.

There arc otheh who, though not permanently appointed to the staff, have scf\'ed the School well and should be mentioned. The Classics Department 111 particular is much indebted co two ladies, Mrs. Good and Mrs. Duthie. They have this last year, pleasantly and efficiently, taken the place of .\lr. Galloway who was given a year's leave of absence to gain a qualification in Russian. Mrs. Good was here till Christmas, when she had to leave on her husband's taking up an appointment at Prestwick, Mrs. Duthie has filled the position since then; friendly, sympathetic and feminine they reminded us by thei r presence and practice that the barbarian of our day, who lives not beyond the mountains or over the seas but in our midst, can be tamed by a firm civilised gentleness.

'J he Physicnl J·.ducation Depanment has also profited from the services of t'\\ o people, Mr. John Clark and Mr. John Calder. \1r. Clark ,,i1h a background of teaching and adminmra tive practice both m i\berdeen and m the south, has brought to his instructi on in swimming and athletics a quiet kindliness chat is much appreciated . The younger boys particularly have \\elcomcd and hencfitcd from his courteous,

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patient co,1ching. i\lr. Clark has t1111c also for other rhythms than curhy1hmks, and has obviously cnjnycd, as he has gi,cn pk.m,rc to others, singing with the School choir and taking part in all the activities 11f thl· Regensburg visit ..Mr. John Calder, a former pupil, who is permanent I} placed in :mother city school has over the last few >·cars been giving his services one day each week at the field, in the gym. or at the pool and these too are much appreciated.

The school is also in the debt of Mr. J ohn R obbie who, returning 10 ,\ber<lcen after eight years in Annan ,\cadcmy, has been nf much assistance in the Technical Department at a time when the change to new premises and to new examinations has made greater demands on the srnff.

The School would thank all these ladies and gentlemen.

Hou se Notes Byron At a meeting earlier this term, the following boys were elected to represent the I fouse: Cricket Captain, Harvey I·.. \fnrrisnn; 1 'icr-Captain, H. Oliver Will; Ath!eliu Captain, Dennis \X'. lnkson; l "ir,-Captain, David W. Smith.

As was expected we won the Rugby Cup for the third consecuti,e year. Our strong team defeated Dun and Melvin, but we only managed to draw with Keith.

In the Hockey Championship we were unlucky to finish second, being beaten by Melvin in the last game. In the Swimming Gala, however, we were last.

In the coming Summer term w·c arc strongly favoured to win the Cricket Cup. In the first game we easily <lisp<><edof 1'.eith, winning by 9 wickets. We should win the Senior section of the cricket seven-a-side tournament, but in the lo\\ er classes, our prospecrs do not seem so bright. Our hopes in the _\thletic Sports arc quite high, especially in the Senior groups, and I am sure that the younger boys will give of their best to help us do well.

Our thanks must go to Mr. 8a'.'Cterand his assistants for their able administration of House affairs.

DAV I D \YI. SMITH, Ho11It Captain

Dun In the inter-house rugby competition, the lfnuse finished in second place. The hockey XI failed to combine as a team, and finished in third place.

In the Swimming Gala, we did better than we thought we would, and, thanks to some fine swimming by our younger members, we lifted ourselves into Jrd place. \t a meeting held t.-arlicr this term, the folln\\·ing officials were elected: CrfrJ:.tl Caplain, Da,-id Robertson; Viu-Captam, Douglas Marr ; Athlrtiu Captain, Alistair Gracie; Viu-Captai11, Da, 1d Robenson.

The cricket team, de,;pite losing the sen ices of the captain through ostcochon<lritis expects to do well. We ha~c a sm,ng athletics team and our prospects in the Sports are promising. [n conclusion, I would like to thank Mr. :\lcLeod for his advice and support during my spell as House C~ptain.

D.wm J. F. RonERT,;Q?S", l lorm Captain

Keith The following officials were decte<l for the Summer Term: Crid:rt Captain, Graeme Davidson; t ·,a-Captain, Russell \1ilnc, lthl,tiu Capta1i1, John Hendry; Vice-Captain, Graeme D.1vidson.

The Senior House rugby tt.-am was extremely unlucky to finish in third place after defeating Melvin and drawing with Byron, the eventual champions. Against Dun, we lost by the only score nf the game.

"The B11ria1J• Con,p" In hockey we finished lase, hut, by way of con trast, in the S\, imming Gala\\ e were narro" ly beaten for first pi.cc.

Prospects for the C.nckec Championship and for the ne,~ seven-a-side crtcket tournament for the Robertson Cup do not seem too bright.

In athletics we hope to continue the unequalled success the House has enjoyed in pose-war spores meetrngs. \'feare, as always, greatly indebted to Mr. Stephe n and his assistan ts for thei r help and encou ragement throughout the session.

MACLEOD, Houst Captain

Melvin The following were elected as House officials for the Summer Term: Cricket Captai11, Kenneth A. llay; Virt-Capla1i1,Richard A. Uisset; A tblttiu Captain, Iain W. Thomson, Virt-Caplain, Richard A. Bisset.

Although ~felvin finished, as expected, last in the Senior Rugby Championship, we held the winners, Dyron, to 9-6 in our final game. Our hockey ream lived up co cxpccrnuons and won the Hockey Cup. In the Swimming Gala Melvin won the Championship and William Scott is co be congratulated on winning the Rector's Cup. In the Schnol Sp<>rts we hope that under Jain Thomson, the School athletics captain, Melvin will be strong contenders for the Inter-House Championship and the Group I championship. \Ve do not expect co win the Senior Cricket Cup, but hope m put in a strung challenge for the new sc,·en-a-~ide cricket cup.

Our thanks, once again, go to Mr. \'>;'ill for his very capable handling of the House affairs.

IIARRT R. MILLAR, Ho111t Captain

"The Bursary Comp" The School made a very good showing in th.is yc:ir's University Entrance Bursar y Competition. Of the eighty-three candidates appearing in the award list no fewer than fifteen were Grammar boys, and particula rly warming is the fact that the seco nd, third an d fourth awards came to the School.

The successful pupils are here listed in their order. It is to be noted that this year the University autho rities ha vc reverted to the old practice of givingt he results in one list, with no division into Ans, Science and Medical facult ies, and the value of the individua l :twarcls "'as not puhlished.

Richard C. Shirreffs 3 Richard B. Rae 4 Alistair M. Lcssells 16 Dona ld A Lamont 31 Alexander F. Shearer 40 Ian R. Hepburn 41 Henry R. Millar 50 (cq.) Michael J. Strudwick 53 Gordon W. Hay 54 Richard H. G. Bradford 58 John Adams 61 (eq.) George Angus 64 George G. Reid 72 Ewan D. \facPherson 80 Geoffrey G. Lewis 2

To all these boys the School wou ld offer their warmest congratulations.

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Presenting the Prefects H enry R. Millar. J l.ury's c.cll< ,rts nn the rujl;b) ticld h.1ve met with considerably greater success than his attempts to gi, c up cards- rhe former c.1rned him a cap, whereas the latter ended in dismal failure. 1'c, crthelcss, by selling "New Scientists" at grossly exorbitant prices, he is able IU keep up appearances b) driving around, much co 1.amnm's disgust, in. a luxurious aucornacic \'( est minster. Besides being a prominent member of the Sccmcs, Harry, this vcar's senior prefect is baron-twirler for the School pipe band.

"The suicide rate at Oxford is four times the l'\auonal \nthem." I I.R ..\I. "lam not over fond of resisting temptation." \\. Heckford.

Donald A. Lamont. This year's 0.S.P. spends most .\lon<lay mornings of the Winter Term deploring the fact that hrs appearances for the 3rd XI have not }Ct earned him full colours. 1-fc is, however, acnply compensated in chat he hnlds the presidency of almost all rhe Schnol's more ch·iliscd socret1cs. His achie,·emcnts of the term include the quelling of rife rebellion in the debating society, and his record breaking sale of tickets for rhe school play. With his bursary he intends to pay off the huge petrol bills which he incurs by rolling up to school in his Morris 1100. frequently expn:.sses exasperation at the leadership of his bclm·ed Tory party.

"Sir Alce must go." D.\.!.. ":\fy patience is no" at an end." \. Hitler.

John Adams . ln a howfffu l of car-driving prefects, "Parmer John" is unique 111 that he acquired his pilot's licence before his llri, ing licence. Jli~ othcrv. i~c shining example on C.C.f. parades is marred b) the somewhat grubby appearance of his boots, brought about, we believe, by time spent "in among the kye". Thwarted in his attempts co bring a tractor to School (sec AG.S \la~azJnt, June 1964), he has no\\ threatened ro bring a co\\' to cwp the grass around the ornamental pond.

"Cows arc all my passion." C. Dickens.

Alistair J. Clark . \nother of those khaki-garbed t)-pcs, , \I, despite his utter deprecation of the card school in the old hm, ff, undertook to protect che participants from any unwanted interference, by securing the door with a stout \\'OOden bar. As hockey captain and a skilled fencer, frequently brings swords and hockey sticks to the howtf to join batcle with .\!arr on the relall\c mcrm of rugby and hockey. ",\ml no' a bonny fighter?" R. L. Stevenson.

Peter M. Collier. used 10 exist on a staple diet of 'Har Sixc,, but thc proxinmy of the new h.iwff to the dining hall, bringing the tempting aroma of soggy cabbage to his nostrr Is. has made him succumb to the succulent scduct111nsof school meals.

Play, hooker for the 1st X\', Gadshill for the Dramatic Society, badminton for a laugh, and cards for a livclrhoo<l. In addition to this wide range of activities, Pete 1s che on!\ baby-sitting, cig.1r-smoking bar-tender in the howff.

•· \ \\ oman is only a woman. but a goc>d crgar is a smoke." R. Kipling.

Peter J. Fraser. \rriving in the h<l\\ff promptly at 8,10 each morning, this quiet Ytb )car howifite d, ><:snot return thither unttl 4 p.m., and since all good prcfcc1s arc 111 therr beds at the formcr time an<l h.l\·,: left School hy the latter, nobody seen, to ha,c found out much about him. \\'c ha,·e heard from him ,ague murmurings about the forming of a school angling club, and so ,, e a~sumc that he fishes ... or angles ... or something?

"Be quiet; and go a-.\ngling." I. \'\.1lron.

Presenti,~~ lht Prt[ttls Stuart C. Glover. \nswers to ",\lisca ir". Full colours for rughy. Quiet type. One of the demolition gang in the good old <fays "upstairs", Stuart may not have equalled the utter devastation achieved by the senior members of the howff, but his methods were by far the most specrncular. His vicious h.arace chops through whole rows of lockers held the entire prefecture in abject terror for at lease a month. "fa·cr been filled in?" S.C.G. "In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength." Isaiah.

Alistair G. Gracie. Answers co Stuart. Full colours for rugby. I\'ot a quiet type. ls thought to be the only pupil in Ii, ing memory co have our-shouted tbe occupant of Room 24. A fervent Irish Nationalist and folk-song enthusiast who joined the choir with the sole purpose of enticing the memhcrs to sing Irish rehcl songs at the Regensburg concert . following the unfortunate discm·ery of this subterfuge, he was, however, immediately ejected.

"Ireland shall be free!" Anon.

RusselJ Gray. The only howffie member of the pipe band to have attended a practice so far this year. "Rusty" also successfully stage-managed this year's School play the first in the new hall. His principal claim to fame, however, is the fact that he is the sole survivor of the "white coat brigade" (sec A.G.S. 1\fagaz.i11e,December 196o).

"Thou art not for the fashion of these times." \\,. Shakespeare.

Kenneth A. Hay. \!though only in his fifth year, Kenny has gained considerable hockey-ball-painting experience in his capaciry as vice-captain of the hockey team.

I laving frequently been afflicted by his rendering~ of pop songs, we find it hard to believe that he is also a member of St. Machar's choir. His musical talents arc not confined to these spirited voc.-il performances: he also plays the drums in the ational Youth Orchestra. Remarkable in that he laughs at Yule's jokes (or is it just at Yule?) . " \nything awful makes me laugh." C. Lamb.

John F . Hendry. \!though Jock is possessed of considerable athletic talents, we are informed that his appointment as secretary of the Tennis Club was secured simply because he is in an ideal position to re-introduce tennis fixtures with Albyn, with which he has close connections. llis time is diviJed between relating to spellbound prefects lurid tales of life in the raw as a petrol-pump attendant, and spending hours at the printing press in the g) mnasium. This, he assures us, is not for the purpose of counterfeiting notes for use in the howllic card games in which he plays a prominent part.

"I like not this unnatural dealing." W. Shak<:speare.

Brian B. Law. ls bound in friendship with Hay because of their common suffering- both cake school meals. ~or is this the only suffering which Brian inflicts upon himself. He takes An,and has even been known to stay after school forexrraclasses.

But he's not a bad chap really, and his guitar playing in rugby buses is a welcome relief from Gracie's never -ending folk-songs.

"Law is a ass-a idiot" C. Dickens.

"Law is the true embodiment of eYcrything th~t•s excellent." \X'. S. Gilbert.

Alisdair G. MacKenzie . Aliscbir is a \ Ith year prefect with certain orienta l leanings in that he rides a J Ion da motor-bicycle, is a member of Mr. Munro's Russian class, and goes to the Mitsukoo daily at 4 p.m. 'Exhausti\'e scientific experiments carried out by seYcral members of the prefecture have proved chat his crash helmet doesn't hounce (any mon:). In the old howff, Alisdair, an outstanding clarinettist, used to entertain us (and l\lr. Davidson) with recitals of old :\ckcr Bilk favourites.

"But you'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle made for two." H. Dacre.

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Neil MacLcod. During the <hrt craze in the old ho" ff, Keil ",1s frequent!) en be seen \\ ith a dare in his eye and glc.,m in his hand sorry, a due in his hand and a gleam in his eye. I [owe,er, when we ran out of dart boards, l\eil withdrew from howff society, and only occasionally returned to gaze in ama7ement at the card players seated round the rapidly diminishing table.

"Lookers-0n 111.1ny tirn,-s sec more th.,n the gamesters." F. Bacon.

John S. MacPhie. John, a prominent \'th year member of the cadets, zealously discharges his duues \\ ith an enthusiasm which is looked upon with utter distaste by the re,t of the prefecture. He has succeeded, ho,..·e,·er, in vastly improving his position in the howtlic popularity poll by providing a transistor radio 10 brighten up the weary hours the editors spent writing these notes.

"1 never expect a soldier to think." G. B. Shaw.

Douglas Marr. .\!though he never ceases to assure us that the Ist XV revolves around him "Jam the 1st X\'!"-Doug's main love is football which he plays with great fer.our for some wam called .\nchorians. Since the "Flitting", he h.,s dc,·clnpcd all the symproms of the frustrated locker-destroyer, and has often been noticed menacingly cydng the full-breadth "all-mirror in the new ho\\ff. Doug stubbornly refuses to perform any of :\lillar's odd jobs, engaging our sympathy with a heart-rending: "l'~c got Jeb John Flcrtthis period'" "You base football player." \\. Shakesp..-arc.

Ru ssell Milne. A quiet Vth year prefect, with a ready smile, Russell mnues most of the prefecture and half the School by carrying his books from class to class in a cover-with-pop-group-names-sling-over-shoulder type bag, and not returning to the howff after each period. I Ie is 111'0 the only pcr,on we kno" who is not in the Boys' Brigade for the sole purpose of playing football, and has in fact gained a Duke of Edinburgh gold a" ard.

"Silence is golden." T. Carlyle.

Alan C. Moir . .\ large, loq1.13cious\'th former who, despite much criticism from various quarters, manages to defend, with scintillating wit, the present leader of the Tory party in the howff, the Debater, and l\lr. Tait's. In his attempts co reduce his waistline he rook up the trombone, but defeats this noble aim by refusing 10 walk home and instead cadging lifts in Lamom's car.

"The staid, consenati,c, cime~>vcr-with the Conqueror type of mind."

Sir W'illiam \X'atson.

Harve y E. Morri son. 1larvey's touch-judging for the 1st XV at Rubisla\, may account for the team's comparativdy good home record. In summer, Harvey, captain of the tst XI, indulges in his favourite sports: cricket, cricket, cricket, cricket and cricket. \\ c don't kno w how many runs he gets on the cricket field, but he is known to be adept at getting runs from various members of the Maths. Staff with whom he has contrived to be on cordial terms. " .\farhcm:uics make men subtle." P. Bacon.

Richard B. R ae. \\"on a burs.,ryof some immcnsity,and ,at so many Highers that we feel he is aiming at double: figures. He has cultivated the oddest gait by frequent excursions to the hills, but when in town he prefers mntorised transport, being licensed for both t\\ O· nnd four-\\ heeled ,chicles , One of the highlights of the year was his week of Bihlc-rcaJing~ in hall, wh,ch he intoned in his own inimitable manner.

"Neither having the accent of Christians nor the gait of Ch ristian, pagan, nor man."

W. Shakespeare.

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Jame s D. Reid. J11111•1y cakes great pride in being the only \ ' Ith year Greek scholar and III being treasurer of the Ra1h, ;ty Society, ;\ posiunn which he justifies by spending wee and windy Saturday mornings search mg for antiqu.,ted locomotives at Kittybrewster engine sheds. \p.trt from these pursuits, he spends his ume frightening the sw Jns :at the \\ :a Iker Dam w·ith his playing of the French horn and tcmfring ~1oir w·ich hi, erratic driving.

"J'aimc le son du cor." \. de \'igny.

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Malcolm F. Renn ie. Scar of the Dram:aric Societ} 's oumanding production of Henry IV, ~l:alcolm 1s to be congr.,culatcd on gaining entry 10 the Central School of Dramatic Art. The leading left-winger in the howfT, ',\ lk is confirmedlyanti•bombcapitalism<onscrvatism-P. T.-dutyand-school. Frequently adds variety to our tedious howffic periods with a sudden impassioned outburst against the injustice, of the world, followed by a dramatic exit and a slam of the door.

"On the stage he was 11atural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only that, when he was off. he was acting," 0. Goldsmith.

David J. F. Roben son . Dave, the acknowledged game.-mastcr of the howff, not only organised sweep,takes and dans matchc.,, but is :also the originator and record holde r of every game imaginable :and some others. f low·evcr, a promising career in cross<ountry running was brought to an end when he was forced to retire temporarily from the sporting •cene to a well-worn p:iir of ~a1ional Health Suvicccrutchcs.

Jl1s present condition docs not seem to have dampened his spirits; on the contrary his c,cpericncc,, in ho•pi tal ha\'c provided him with a store of sullicitnd}· disgusting and rcgrenably unprintable ralcs for his rich vocabulary.

"Though I'm anything but clever, I could t~lk like that for ever."

W. S. Gilbert.

Alexander F. She arer. Sandy Shearer is Secretary of the Secondary Schools Scientific Society. I fc docs not sell •ea-shells on the sea-shore, but swims surreptitiously in tbe salubrious School pool. Skis in season on steep sno"'y slopes. Sandy insist> he speaks Sparush superbly, and has succeeded in seizing the secretaryships of several supertluous Schoo l Societies. Seemingly strums a six-stringed instrument at Saturday social soir~cs.

"For we ore all like S\\. immcrs in the -<ea." ;\f. ,\rnol,l.

Ri chard C. Shirr cffs. \!though he play, the 'cello with some skill, this has no connection with the big fiddle he works to skive most afternoons. On the pretext of go ing on a Land Use Survey or something, he sets off in one of his cars for the countryside, and thus contrives to spend only one afternoon a week in School.

Despite these absences, and the long periods he sr<:nds on the roof, his academic performances continue to be distressingly brilliant. " ... all declared ho\\.· mucb he knew; 'Twas certain he could ,uicc, and cypher 100." 0. Goldsmith David W. Smith . This brawny (not brain}) second-row forward, who is to be cnngrarulated on being aw·arded a cap, is rumoured once to have gone co a physics class, but this alarming disclosure has nor been substantiated. Captain of the 1st X\', Dave gets his exercise hy playing the big drum in the School's much-maligned pipe b;md. Spends his many free periods sprawled over the couch in the prefects' room.

"But w•ho would fight this wondrous beast? I wouldn't for a kick-olT." J. Lennon. M.11.F..

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H. Oli ver Will . One c,f the 4uietcr \Ith yeac prcCec1s (a fact" h1ch distinguishes him from 1hc mass of the Great L,nwashcd), Oily 1s unique ,n being the only person this year to have won full colours for both cricket and rugby. 1\parr from the fact that he is a member of the Boys' Bti!(adc \\e don't know much about J 1.0. except that he was bitten by a dog m second year (Quesuon: I low did it pass the eleven plus?)

"The man recovered nf the bite, the dog it was that died." 0. Goldsmith.

Dav id K. Yule. Last but by no means least, Dave without question holds the distinction of being this year's tallest prefect. Ga¥e a moving performance in rhe School pla}-We congrntulate him on his great fccr. Keep, us highly amused by his rnlcnted mimicry of various non-scientific members of the staff. Sings, talks and laughs fonissimo. H is main vices seem to bea liking for the most unhygienic-looking mince sandwiches and a passion for losing at cards. "~o man who has once hc:trtily and wholly laughed can be altogether irrecla,mably bad." T. Carlyle. *

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"All's over, then; does truth sound bitter as one at first believes?"

R. Browning.

"Wir Musizieren Gemein sam" Scene the Railway Station at Regensburg: Date 12 Julr 1963. The train for Munich and Ostend is ahout to leave with a large group t>f young musicians from Aberdeen Grammar Sch,w,I \\ ho ha, c just come co the end of a \H1nderful holiday as guests of the ciry and Obem:alschule of Regensburg. Those on the platform tn sec us off strike up a song as the whistle blows and the traio move, 3\\ ay. Someone is heard to say that this is just a beginning but, all the same, we are not a little sad at saying "auf wiedersehen" to our ne\\ ly found friends, and we\\, ,nder if they will ever come to ,\bcrdeen, or we return to Regensburg to meet them ai-,-ain.

Now, ne.uly two years later, we can look back with pkasure on a fine sequel to this scene. for on the evening of 12 '>fay 1965, the skirt of the pipes could be heard at Aberdeen Station as the l ,ondnn train drew in bearing a large party of pupils and teachers from Regensburg here to pay us a return visit at the invitation of our 1.ord Provost. Their leader was J !err J laltcr, who had brought his wife and two sons with h,m. The remaining adults were I !err and Frau ',,lullcr, I"raulcin ,\chhammcr, and Herr Kessel. Six,:y-six German pupils and former pupils had come- 6~ boys and , girl' - and some of our pupils \\ere at the Station to welcome to ,\bcrdccn friends with whom they had corresponded since our visit to Regensburg in 1963.

On the following morning, the sun shone for their rour of the city. ,\fter ,·isiting Rubislaw Quarry, the party were otlicially welcomed to ,\berdeen by the Lord Provost at the Town f louse, \\ here, after morning co ffee, their ho,t \\-:Is sn delighted with the German choir's performance of Bavarian folk songs as to rc<1ues1 an encore.

Thereafter, Dr. Douglas Simpson conducted them round Old Aberdc.:n . .\n afternoon visit to Girdlene,s Lighthouse and the Beach pmvcd very popular, and 1hcir first day w~s brought to a most succc.ssful conclusion at an evening social in the School.

The week-end was largely devoted to rehearsal for the concert. Many of our Choir and Orchestra members cook a German boy home with them for lunch and tea during the week-end, and this wa~ imaluable in fostering deeper friendships. Two spec ial events were arranged for our vi~itnrs. On Saturda), 15 May, a sizeable crowd gathered on the from b\\ n of the School to listen to the Pipes and Drums of the pst(fl) Divisional R. \.S.C., and the ,\bcrdcen Schoob' M,litary Band conducted

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Monday, the day of the concert, saw che whole party, with a few representatives of the Gramm.,r School Staff and pur,ils, at the Town House by mvitarion of che Lord Provost for a Civic Luncheon. The concert in the evening racked the M usie Hall and was an unqualified success. Towards the end of the concert, Mr. Skinner presented to I fcrr Kessel two shields suitably inscribed co commemorate the occasion. One ,hield bore the arms and motto of the Ciry of Aberdeen, and the other those of the Grammar School. ,\fter a moving reply by I Icrr Kessel, he in turn made a presentation of a gold coin co boch Mr. Skinner and Mr. Ila\\ kswonh.

The following apr,rcciarion of the concert which appe:irt:d in Th, l'rol1ma11 following on the performance is printed with the happy consent of the writer, Mr. James Reid, and by the councsy of the editor of rhc newspaper: "The programme was framed by an extended excerpt from Haydn's 'The Creation' and Handel's Coronation anthem, 'Zadok rhe Priest', which brought forth the full splendour of the choral and orchestral ruui. "&tween those t\\u items we were shown many different aspccts of their musicmaking. The combined string sccnons gave superb performances of a concerto grosso by Vaughan Williams, ingeniously composed to include a part on open strings for beginners, some 'Festliche \I ustk' by Schroeder in a br.icmg Hindemithian vein, and the slow movement from Bach's Concerto for Two \iohns in "hich Alexander Wilson and \'folfgang Weidmann \\ere the accomplished soloists. \lisdair Mackenzie, with the combined orchestras gave a marvellously assured performance of che first mo,·cment of \fozart's Clarinet u,ncnto and, for good measure, there was some delightfully played ballet music from Schubert's Rosamunde.

"The Regensburg Choir contributed generously with two groups of German folk-songs. Here was highly disciplined singing, finely blended voices (their tenors and hasscs sound Ycry macure) and a keen sense of rhythm. The younger boys' cho ir was equally good and much more spontaneous than their widely publicised cousins in \ienna.

"The Grammar School is fortunate in having a composer among its former pupils, and one of the most interest ing features of the concert was the first performance of a work specially written for them by Martin Dalby 'l-'ludate Dominum' for teno r solo, four-part chorus :ind orchestra, with liberal extras in the percussion section.

Based on Psalm 1 50 with intcrr,olated passages chosen from Christopher Smart's 'Rejoice in the Lamb', ir embraces within its relacivcly short ~pan (ten minutes or so) cwo canrilenas for tenor voice, of somewhat Bnttcnish contours, a galumphing waltz and a quietly flowing pol)phonie coda which, at the end, allows the sounds of praise to recede into the innermost recesses of the unt\'ecse.

"These seemmgly disr,arate elements arc held firmly together by a recurring quaver figure which thrnws itself across the bar lines at various angles and keeps the orchestra on the hop. It is a very effective work indeed and makes considerab le demands on the performer. David Haggart made a good job of the solo part, and the Grammar Schon! choir and orchestra, with cool heads and enthusiasm in their hearts, presented the wo rk in a most convincing way".

It is regretted that lack of space prevents us from fully reporting on the remainder vf che nrious actinties arranged for our visitors. These, howeYer, included an excursion up Dees,de at the generous expense of the Corporation; appearances on B.B.C. and Grampian Television; a football match and a musical visit to Haddo I £ouse.

A large crowd gathered at the station on 20 May to bid fare\\cll to our visitors and we hope that we shall soon make music together again and that, i,1 doing so, we shall renew and strengthen our fricndshir, ,1,ith these wonderful people from Regens burg.

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School Societies Literary and Debating Society This year the !:>ociety cont nued to flourish and attendances especially for inter~chool debates were good. The first meeting in January was the annual Staff Debate in which '.'-kssrs. Caie, Kennedy, Duncan, and \fcLcod battled manfully and wittily with the motion "That the Government should spend more on the Arts than on .\rmaments''.

This year we have had inter-school debates with the I ligb School, the Academy, Gordon's, .\lbyn, and in March we were the hn,t school for the Six Schools Debate.

In April (with the "Highers" about a week away!) we held the Bishop Public Speakmg Competition witb Messrs. Skinner, King and 1fenson, as in previous years, acting as judges. \X'e tried out experimentally some new dchating techniques in our own debates this year, and next year it may be decided to alter the form of some meetings. No decision has yet been madeastowhethcrmeetings·will beheld in rhe Summer Term, but as the first half of that term is largely taken up with examinations, it seems unlikely that meetings will be held.

In conclusinn, l must thank Mr. Tait whose services to the Society arc appreciated by all members.

Dramatic Society On t, 2 and 3 \larch of this yeu, the Society presented an abridged version of " Henry IV", Pans I and II, by \\'illiam Shakespeare. This was the first productioo to be held in the new Hall and, despite the increased capacity, the Hall was "ell filled each night by audiences who had diffenng levels of apprcciat10n and vastly different ways of expressing their sentiments. But all seemed appreciative.

We arc hoping to present "The Long and the Short and the Tall" by Willis Hall towards the end of this term before an audience comprised solely of pupils and members of staff. It will be very hard work fur all concerned because of the shortage of time, but il has long been our ambition to establish the precedent of a second production.

It is my pleasure to thank ,\lcssrs. King, ;\forphy and Cramb for all their hard work and patience and let me say, on behalf of all departing members of the Society, that I wish the Society e,cry succc., in the future and feel great confidence in the wealth of young talent which I have seen emerge during the last t\l·o years.

R. .A. llARDir, 'irrrtlary

"Henry IV" Of all Shakespeare's I lmoncs "I lenry I\ " 1s the mo~t fluid. The formal and the ceremonious, uppermost in the earlier plays, are here at a minimum and in painting 1he picrurc of Order / Disorder Shakespeare has supplied us with a canvas of glowing characters . lndct:d, when we come to a presentation of I Ienry I\' h it not in anticipation of savouring decplr the gusto of Sir John Falstaff and his merry band rather than of h:wing unfolded to us the kingly type of the Elizabethan world picture in Prince I !al? In makinii; their adaptati•m o f the rwo pans of the I [istory fnr this year's School Dramatic Society prc,cntation on 1, 2 and 3 ;\larch, the producers ackno\1ledged this principle and prcsent<:d Falstaff as the central fi1,,'l1re, severely limiting the background of court and rebdlinn. The pit y ,ms that therd,v we were robbed of the fiery Ifotspur spirit but the nc.tr capacity audience of each night can still look back with pleasure upon a play of freshness .tnd vigour, a credit to the producers, \fessrs. king, Murphy and Cramb.

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The society is fortunate in having the considerable talent of Raymond Jbrdie to unleash upon the character of the Fat Knight. With a beautifully dilapidated face and a grotesquely enlarged paunch he (illed the stage, especially in the opening scenes at the Bo3r's Head, holding the attention of all with a "gravel-pit" voice which must have called for much sack to mainrain. This was an impressive performance but perhaps, in such an extended portrayal, a less one-sided character might have been attemp ted. Is Falstaff no more than a coward, liar and thief a "foolish compounded clay man"?

As Hal, perhaps the least svmpathetic of Shakespeare's major characters, Malcolm Rennie struggled valiantly. Princely in bearing, confident in delivery, and employing great variety of voice and gesture he infused as much life as possible into the figure of the heir-apparent. D:wid Yule in the much more clearly defined role of the King was, indeed, every inch a king regal in speech and in dress. Of the minor courtly characrers this was the most convincing potrayal.

Of the remaining players a few brief mentions. John ;\fclntosh was a sufficiently mean Poins despite the handicap of a strange "Cockney" accent: Harald Gudim in the truncated part of l forspur had much of the force hut little of the soul of the northern rehel: Stewart Dorward ranted and foamed as Pistol, conveying all the meaning of the character without any of the meaning of the completely indistinguishable u·ords: and Francis as played hy Brian Tho mson , was an exquisite piece of Fli7.abethan "goonery". \nd what of the ladies? For me, the summit of the evening's entertainment was the scene in which Mistress Quickly and Doll Tcarshcet commandeered the Boar's licad. '\s Doll, \Ian Moir was magnificent in his dehauchery. Aided by a "beautiful" face, perpetrated upon him by the make-up ealent of ;\liss ;\fatheson, he winked and leered to perfection. And !\Iistress Quickly whether cajoling or bullying or simply clucking coyly in the wings was a superb characterisation by Denis Yule .

In the wholehearted submergence of self in their roles, these two boys epitomised the spirit of the entire cast of this fine production, the first to grace the boards of the new School Hall.

D. J. R.

Scripture Union Although attendance at our meetings this year has not been large, numbers have been fairly constant; and also, it has been good to see a good attendance from the Middle School. \Ve have had a wide variety of very interesting meetings this year including talks, quizzes and discussions. ln February, Mr. :\leiklcjohn, secretary of the S.L. Inter school Fellowship in Scotland gave us an excellent talk, illustrated by slides, entitled "Journey of a Lifetime". l wou ld like to thank Mr. Duncan and Mr. C. Stewart for their valued advice and guidance. f\11( , HALL

J. S1RUDWt( K, )urclory

Senior Discussion Group ,\!though this year so far has been fairly quiet, attendances ha\'C remained steady though small, and it would be heartening to sec some more boys, especially from the fourth year, coming along to our meetings.

Ours is neither a strictly constitu tionaliscd group nor docs it seek to establish itself as a rival to the Literary an<l Debating Society. It is a small informal group trying to establish contact between individuals through conve rsation and discussion.

Our thanks must go to ;\fr. Duncan whose enthusiasm and energy are an example and source of inspiration to us all.

M. F. R.

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Music N otes The Regensburg visit and concert over,hado\\ s c,cr)'thing else, but equall) exciting in a different" ay is the new C()mp<1sition"rttten for and dedicated to his old school by ~lanin Dalby, who is making a name for himself as a young composer of considerable promise. \Ye arc ,·cry grateful to him for the honour he has shown us in "riting this choral and orchestral u·ork, which makes few concessions to the )Oung performer and is in a genuinely contemporary idiom. \Ve were delighted that he was able to come nonh to hear its first performance, and rn conduct its second performance a few da)S later during an evening service at St. !\lachar's Cathedral.

Other musical activities since the last issue ,,r the .\lag,r:;:Jminclude the Annual Carol Service in Bcechgro'l"e Church, the Lower Concert, and the participation by about eighteen of our younger pupils in the performance of "Carmen" gi,cn at liaddo House in ,.\pril. The Lower Sch<>ol concert sa" the debut as conductor (so far as our school is concerned) of !\lr. Fca, who stei:red his young performers safely and well through Rayn1flnd \\:"arren's opera "Finn and the Black Hag". At this same concert, our Junior Orchestra Jl<:rfnrmcda group of pieces under the expert direction of Mr. Hunter, whose versatility as musician has been brought into full play this term, his varied activitb ranging from playing the bagpipes to singing the pan of the .\ rchangcl Raphael.

Our usual season of \1idday lusic Recitals brought a good number of boys into the New Hall where the recitals were being held for the first time. lt would be fine to see more senior pupils along at these recitals-besides gi, ing encouragement to the performers listening to music is a pleasant and ci\'ilised way of spending a spare half hour.

For the sake of the record, here is the list of recitals held during the Spring Term this year: 15 Jan .-Scring Quanet by David Stone: String Trio by Hummel.

2.2 Jan. Brahms L Aat Clartnct Sonata f J\lisdatr Mackenzie).

29 Jan. Mozart Horn Quintet (James Reid, rrench Horn).

5 Fcb.-French Piano \ 1usic (l'.Iarc .\br10u and Derek Buchan).

12 Feb. -Vivaldi Concerto fnr four violins and J-lnydn Trumpet Cllnccrto (Ian Hepburn).

19 Feb.-Schum,rnn Violin Sonata in A minor (Alexander \Xiilson).

26 Feb.-M usic for recorder and strings and fur Piano Trio (l\ei l Mackie, Recmder).

5 Mar . Bach's 5th Brandenburg Concrrto (directed by Mr. I luntcr).

12 J\iar.-Recital by the girls of St. Margaret's School.

19 Mar. Haydn's "To}" Symphony.

26 Mar.-Songs and Cello Music by Mr. and Mrs. Stilwell.

Motor Club As the session comes to an end we can look back on chc \'car with the sntisfac11on of seeing this new club firmly established amongst the older clubs of the School.

The programme has included regular film shmn on the technical and sporting s1<lc of motoring, talks by visiting s)lt:akcrs and technical instruction by a t1u:1lifiedmechanic.

This year .\berdeen City Police haYc kindly pro"ided us wich speakers, and we haYe had talks by two of \bcrdcln's leading rail) drhcrs as well a~ the regul.1r ,·isits of our technical instructor :\fr. \lclvillc to whom we are deeply indebted. Work on the Club car was susp,.:ndcd during the winter months hut it is hnpcd that this will restart after the c.xams are m er. The main e, cnt of the year was the Club Treasure Hunt which \I as held on Tuesday, 8 Jun.: and which as \\ c hoped pro,·ed a financial and sr,cial success. \\ c arc extremely ii:rateful to ~lr. Sutherland for all he has done for us and \\ itl, 111~ guid 111n: and the rrescnt nucleus of enthusiasts in chc School, the future of the Club should be assured. ,\. l . !>11L~RLR

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The Film Society has completed its thirteenth successful session with increased membership. In January "3.10 To Yuma" proved rather "slow" as a \Vestern for younger members in contrast with the March showing of the action-packed but also informative "H.M.S. Defiant " presented on our new full-scale cinemascope screen on which all future programmes will be shown . Behind the scenes much time and effort is being expended to acquire the best available projectors and equipment.

Perhaps a word of thanks to a generous Education Committee would not be out of place.

For the first time parents and friends were invited to attend (in bulk) the double feature "Serengeti Shall not Die" and "Boy on the Bridge" on 12 February. Miss Matheson, Miss Boyd, Mrs. Will prepared tea for the occasion. It was generally agreed that the event was a happy one-perhaps the first of many more to come.

On 18 June the School contingent of the C.C.F. is showing "Dam Busters" -a combined effort.

Thanks as always to Messrs. Hemingway and Baxter, to members of staff and to the Rector for his very real interest and encouragement.

BRIAN LAw, Secretary

Aberdeen Schools' Scientific Society The series of lectures which began in October has now ended, and only the outing remains to complete an extremely interesting session. It began with a lecture on Scientific Research in the new University Physics Department and was foUowed by a most interesting and amusing talk on the Histor y of Surgery by an Aberdeen neurosurgeon. A film programme was arranged for the December meeting and in January, members of the Society were shown round the new University Botany Department. This was followed in February by Profess or Fraser's lecture, "Some Experiments in Psychology" and in March by a lecture provided by the British Association entitled "Genes and Viruses". The series of programmes ended fittingly with what proved to be the best lecture of the session. It was provided by the Royal Institute of Chemistry who brought a lecturer from Belfast to give a fascinating and highly amusing talk on Forensic Science. The outing, bigger this year to make up for last year's cancellation, will take the form of a Geology excursion on Tuesday, , 5 June led by Dr. Pringle of the University Geology Department. In conclusion I would like to convey my thanks to Mr. Bruce for his ready help and advice and to Michael Wallace our Vth year representative.

A. F. SHEARER

Radio Club The club, augmented by many younger boys, has spent a very profitable year in the salubri ous surroundings of the new technical block. The highlight of this session was the visit by Princess Alexandra. For this visit the members feverishly embarked on a number of varied projects, most of which have since been completed. These hasty preparations proved in the event to be excessive, since her Royal Highness was unable to spend much time in the department.

We are deeply grateful to Mr. Murray, and also to Mr. Gordon who has taken a keen interest in the club and whose experience and knowledge have proved invaluable. \Ve regret that he has decided to leave School to take up other work, and we do appreciate the scope these masters have allowed us in pursuing our various tasks.

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Photo graphi c Soc iety ,. c. •·h scmor boy Wlh able 10 \\; 1th a ~ight re-shuffle of gr•"•P• 'II er Or concentrate on one particular a•pcct <>f photography. ' J his prm·ed to be a lx:ttcr s~srcrn, from the point of vie"' of both the instructed, and the instructor 1 In January, we \\ere dcliRhrcd to ht.-ar of }Cl another success in the "Junior Photographers of rhc Year"' competition. Sandy\\ ilson <>f \ 'I and ,\ndrc"'· Bennetts of I\' both had high Iv commended entries. (This \\ a, Andre\\ 's ccond such n"'·ard,} .-\mong the slide <hn\\< this term have lx:cn "Persley" hy :\lr. \\ ill and ... , rans• p0rt" by members of the SocJcty, the: latter coHring cv~ry aspect of transport from bus..--s 10 jcc planes. \ "Brains TruM" \\AS held 111 l"c:bruary "'hen a panel ofscmor boys attempted to ans\\ er the queries of the le s l'Xpcricnccd.

Prniccts for the summer han: 111cluded the coverage:of the visit, ,f the Regensburg boys, work for the Geography Department, photographing styles of hair and foot• wear in School, and the orchestra.

For me and the other sixth ) car committee t11l·mhcrs, this is perhaps the time to remember the: c:njoyahle hours we ha,e <pent at the Photographic Society mcr the last few years with Mr. \\ill.To him and to .\fr. , \nderson we exccnd our thanks for their help and advice so freely given.

JAMLS D. Run

Chess Club The membership nf the Ch<"ss Cluh " 1 <1\\ at ab-.,ut tifry alth,,ugh actual atten• dances have hecn much smaller. The tournaments have brought to light a few promising young play,·rs. So for this season 1wo matches have been played against Gordon's College resulting in a draw of s•s in each case. A team of seven also travelled to lnveruric .'\cadcmy, and won with :1 score of forty-two games co two, a few extra games having been played. Now we look forward to playing against Dundee High School and ,\bcrdeen Uni,·ers1ty, Our th~nks go again to \lr. Smith for his ,-aluablc assistance.

Dur,..c~:-1 D. Fow,, R, Pruidtnl

Arts Club Due co the S.C. I•. exams the,\ rts Cluh w·a~ dr.t\l n to a cl1,sc he fore Faster and after another succa;sful and intcre-,ting term. ,\!though the number,; tnterested in p.,intin1-tdiminished as the term drc\\ co an end, there\\ as as ever a keen interest in the cr.1f1s. , \s we look for\\ard to scssi<>n 1965-(,6 and hope that ou r members will he once ag:tin incrl-:t cd, our th.tnks go to ~fr. I km1ng\\ay and Mr.\\ ood for their \\1lltng assistance.

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Rail w ay Clu b Both the mo,klltng and phntugraph1c sides of the cluh have settled down to an organised routine. \!though the c,ams called a halt to any immcdtatc plans, an ncursion to Path i, pl.mncd for the summer. \Xc hope tO ,·1s1t the ne\\ signalling installations and the moch·c-powcr d,po1. This idea was welcomed hr the members as, in the \\ inter Term, the Oub had an cujoyahlc and mteresting visit to one cf ,-\bcrdeen's own signal l,oxcs.

111,,c outin'-,"icould not hav< been nude possible without the hdp of .Mr. Bruce and Mr. Smith of the xknce dcpartrr un. \\ c arc indebted to them for thi, antcre~t and help.

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The activities for 196~ began in an agreeable if unspectacular manner with a traverse of the Hill of Fare. This was followed a momh later by an outing to Ben Rinncs, which lies outside our normal climbing grounds because of its distance from Aberdeen. However, the ascent in April of Ben Avon proved, despite its comparative nearness to Aberdeen, to be one of the longest day's climbing we have ever had on a day trip. After the party had split up into two groups at Slugain Lodge, the ten senior boys present crossed the Quoich and proceeded to climb up to the snow covered summit of Beinn-a-Bhuird. Although it snowed for a while, the weather was clear both when we lunched on a Chioch, from where we had a Cine view of the others toiling up the valley, and when 1he two parties Jinall} me1 on the top of Ben ,\ von. The Middle School Weekend at Loch ::'\forlichagain pro,•cd a great success, and introduced many of the younger boys 10 the hills. There remain now only two more cx-pc:ditions-the most ambitious midnight hike for six years, and 1he June weekend at Cannich. If we manage to survive our nocturnal perambulations over Cairngorm, Ben MacDhui, Braeriach, Cairn Toul and the Devil's Point, I think it quite likely that we will be fit for the H ills of Glen Affric. finally, I should like to take this opportunity to thank all the masters who ha..-e helped, by their presence on our outings, to keep the club ali,·e; and I especially thank Mr. Will and ::'\lr. Stephen, without whose leadership it would not have tlou rished as it has.

HAMISII T. f:.. l\oRBROOK

Ski Club Unlike last year snow conditions 1his season have been quite favourab le. As a result the Ski Clubhire facilities have prospercd,enabling us probably to purchase more equipment. However, due to our honorary president's unfortunate mishap, the number of pairs of skis has been reduced 10 three.

Eight of our members attended the School's Ski Tuition Course, run by Mr. J Cunter of the Education Committee. This excellent scheme h.'ls introduced many '\berdeen pupils to this exciting hut initially expensive sport, and those who sanctioned and planned it arc to be congratulated.

Once again our thanks arc due to \1r. '\ndcrson for his help in running the club.

JAMES Scorr

C.C.F. Notes General We arc now nearing the end of what has been a rather difficult year. Initial recruitment has been good but there has been further up the School a legion of the faint heartcd. It has been an almost Herculean task to impress on some Cadets the virtue of regular attendance. With the officer strength now reduced to half, training has been difficult to carry through, but it is hoped that the situation will improve ne.xt session.

I fowc..-cr, what has been achieved in Proficiency Exams and Courses by both Officers and Cadets has been of a high standard and the possession of a three-con truck (shared, of course, by that other local C.C.F. Contingent) gives greater scope for field exercises than we have ever h,td before. In February, Mr. Brown finally hung up his arms as a votive offering on the wall of the Deputy Rector's room and the concmgent takes its leave of a valuable and trusted servant. The V. l.P. Inspection and the summer camps loom now ahead a~ fences to be taken in our stride.

"Angustam amice paupcriem paci robuscus acri militia puer condiscat."

R. McL.

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Promotion.~: G:lts. Long and Coulton to Cpl., and Cdts. ,\loir and Duguid to I.. Cpl. \\ e met with succe~s in this ,·c:tr's Cert. ",\" exam ,, i1h Long, C,,ulton and Duguid gaining credit passes, and Moir just missing a credit by a fc\\ marks. This exam was held at Rubisla\\' in February and as usual the cadets gaming a pass were promoted from the ranks.

This year's inspection will be held ,,n 18 June when the inspecting officer \\'ill be ~laj.-Gen. I. A. R,>bcrtson, ,uu ., ,1.A., General Officer Commanding pst Highland Di,·ision.

Recruiting figures have shown a marked improvement this year and with a larger number of interested younger c.1dc1s the training programme has progressed satisfactorily. The next few weeks will be given up to preparation for the inspection.

We have at present several junior 1',,C.0.s attending a Motor Transport Course, which leads to a Cert. "T" exam, at s1(11) R.E.M.I' .. workshops. Cpl. Long successfully tried the exam to which the course leads; he sar the exam before the rest of the cad~ts since he has to leave :\berdccn before the completion of the course. \\'c had ten cadecs at Gramown-on-Spcy for a week on ,\rduou, Training during the Easter holidays. ,\lso there was a weekend at .\!ford in .:\farch,when, as usual, the programme was planned by the junior '\.C.0.s. This is a most valuable experience for them.

This year's camp will be held at Cultybraggan in Perthshire from 3 to 10 July.

Four cadets have been on visits IO R.M.:\.. Sandhurst this year; Cpls. MacPhie and Johnston were there to watch the Sovereign's Parade at Christmas, and Cpls. Long and Coulton were 0n a three.Ja} visit during which they were sh<>\\n round the whole establishment. We arc indebted to Brigadier Proudlock, n.s.o. for arranging these visits to Sandhurst for members of the C.C.l'. throughout Scotland.

The Contingent had two teams entered in this year's C~dct Wapinschaw, but we did not fare as well as last yc.~r with the R.A .F. team coming in sixth and the Army team fourteenth in the All Comers' Cup. The teams were· \rmy- C./Sgt. Clark, Sgt. Christie and Cpls. MacPhic and Coulton; R.A.f.-F.t';gc. Clark, Cpls. Dorward, Campbell and :\kKcnzie. \X'e must thank our officers F.{Lt . .:\lacLeod and r.O. Sutherland for the rime and effnrt they give to the Contingent. Our thanks are also due to R.S.\L RPgcrs from T.,\. and \.F ..\. who helps keep our stores in order, and to R.S.;\f. ·\dams of the University O.T.C. who has helped with the drill side of the training.

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Throughout this session we have been greatly indebted to our two officers, F.{ Lt. McLeod and f.O. Sutherland, for the interest they have shown in the Section's welfare and training, and it would be safe to say chat without their help the Section could not have gained its 100 per cent pass in the proficiency exams. lt is regretted that only one senior .C.O., F./Sgt. Clark, sat the advanced exam; but it is hoped thar the others will follow his example in June.

Just before Easter F./Sgt. Jcrmicson left us ro take up work in London and Cpl. Davidson was promoted to the rank of Sergeant.

During the Easter holidays four members of the R.,\ .I'. Section (I'./Sgr. \'\ hire, Cpls. Campbell, Dorward and McKenzie) attended the Arduous Training week at Grantown-0n•Spcy from which they returned "bloody but unbowed". \t the moment, Thursdays arc being spent training for the ,\nnual Inspection in June. Gliding has been arranged for Friday evenings.

This year two N.C.0.s, F./Sgt. Clark and Sgt. Dwi<lson, h.'l\'c ~pplicd for Flying Scholarships and we wish them every success even although it may mc:in their absence from summer camp which is being held near the end of July, at R. .\.F. Al.AN \-.:'mTr, fl./Sgc. Binbrook.

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This year the band has a fairly large but inexpcoenccd piping section, and the usual full complement of drummers, who have all been preparing cnthusiasticilly for our usual engagements in June. In addition we had the pleasure of playing at the football match between the Regensburg boys and a team from our own choir and orches tra.

I would like to cake this opport unity of thanking a former pupil, Lt.-Col. J. M. Edmond, who dona ted a stand of bagpipes and a cheque for [,5 to the band. It is encouraging 10 receive this material supporr, which 1 hope we will justify in our performances this year.

Mr ..1luntcr and Russell Gray must again be thanked for their piping and drumming instruction respectively. Our thanks also go to ~1r. \fcLco<l for his running of the h:rnd finances. lfARRY .\hi.I.AR, Drum Major

Lower School Notes " My true love hath my heart and I have his, By just exchange one to the other given: I hold his dear and mine he cannot miss, There never was a better bargain driven.

My true love hath my heart and I have his." ,\n appropriate enough verse this for two ladies of Lower School staff to be singing in harmony, for both Miss l\fathesonand Miss Mackinnon are leaving us this term w be married. To our best wishes for their fururc happiness we add our thanks for the great good work they ha,·e both accomplished with their little boys during their period of service in the Lower School.

Though there are no outstanding successes 10 report in our sporting activi1ies, rugby, soccer and cricket have continued co be played in their appropriate seasons with un.1ba1e<l enthusiasm by our seniors, and swimming forms a most important part of 1he P.E. curriculum. The rugby XV had much 10 commend it in i1s stalwart and determined play, and in matches against Robert Gordon's College, Dundee 1ligh School and Blairmore the results were as follows Playd W'o11 Lo1t Drrn· Poin/1

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11 is worthy of record that not only have se,enty ~o-yard Llemcntary Swimming Ccrtiticitcs been awarded 10 Lower School pupils this session, but thirty-eight Elementary Life Saving Cerri6ca1es ha\'e also been presented to our pupils. Once again may I say how fortunate we are to have Dr. Rana Id Steven as a friend and how very graceful we are to him for devocing so much time, energy and interest in helping with the training of our boys at Rubisla w.

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One of the main highlights of nur second semes ter\\ as the Lower ~ch<K_>) Concnt ,d1ich took place on \'fcdncsday, 24 ~brch. The prernm, weeks of prcparatinn, often frustrating admittedly, "ere amply re\\'1lrdcd on the final night. ,\n audience of some 700 saw the Junior Choir and Orchestra at their best, the short sketch "FI Cafe de la Plaza" which dcmon.scratcd the standard of fluency in Spanish attained by our P VU A boys, was well received, while "Sea Change" and "Finn and the Black I fag" were a tribute to the unflagging energy of our ,\fusic staff and the natural ability of our boys in the .\ and B Sections of the Lower School Choir. It never cc.1scs 10 amaze me how they can contrive to sing such difficult, untunefol music with such a degree of aplomb, skill and tunefulness! I l'm so lacking in musical appreciation of course that I prefer Mozart to Raymond Warren or the uncomplicated cadences of the Reel of the 51st and the Eightsome. The spirited dancing of these two reels by our P Vll bo}'s, judging by the appL1use, I'm sure must have given tremendous pleasure to their audience, and to :.'111~ J !ill and Mr. Stevenson I chink it appropriate chat I should record here a word of thanks for the time they spent in coaching thedancers. l\ty grateful thanks arc also due to :.'lf iss Coutts who supplied the "uncomplicated cadences" in such expert fashion.

Much will have been written elsewhere hy ;\fr. 1fawks\\·onh concerning our concert with the Regensburg boys in the Music llall on 17 \ lay. Suffice it for me to say that here again the soprano voices and strings of the Lower School played a very important part, and on rhe afternoon of 15 May the nimble foot-play and swinging kilts of our Lower School dancers were displayed to full advantage on the School lawn and captivated e,·ery German heart (this rime to the rhythm of Mon:y\ Pipes and Drums I).

While writing this I have just been informed that the Juni_oc Section of the Lower School Choir has won the silver trophy for being first in their class at the .l\lusic Festival while Miss l\favor'sclass P III B were placed second equal in their group-strangely enough second equ:il with a class conducted by \fiss Mavor's mother.

This semester, training for seniors, leading to the gaining of Cycling Proficiency Certificates, has again been undertaken by ;\fiss Cooper and Miss Matheson -a worthwhile cask, the accomplishment of which i~ fully appreciated by the trainees l'm sure.

In exactly five weeks' time our camp ar Torphins school will bestaning and<1uite a large contingent of Primary VJ I boys have expressed the wish to attend. Let's hope that no typhoid outbreak occur, as happened last year to cause a disruption of our pbns.

Only one hill \\·alk as yet has been arranged for Primary\ II boys this term, and in the late afternoon of r6 June they will be viewing the Gadieand rhc surrounding landsc.1pc from the top of Be=,chic a landscape concerning which they were singing so sweetly at the Rcgcnshurg concert. ,\II boys who had Mrs. Booth as an Art t~s1cher cwo to three years ago will be happy to hear that on 9 May she became the proud mother of a baby girl-\'irginia ,\nne. ,\[rs. Booth says that \'1rginia ,,as meant to be a boy bur now has no hope of going ro the Aberdeen Grammar School. Obviously Mrs. Booth has not been reading our local news, el~e she might be entertaining high hopes for her daughter acrcnding a new "c~d" Grammar - this brain child of some of our visionaries 1 !'or many years now, Grammar School pupils have contributed towards Dr. Barnardo's Homes and this year the total realised from the Grammar School Box Opening was £ 111 17s. quite n record sum. Juhn Dennis of Primary \11 13 has alsn been conducting a fund raising campaign throughout the session for Oxfam in his own class. Since bst l ~1stcr the contributions from Primary \'II B boys (including proceeds from a class Jumble Sale) amounted Ill £27 13s. ;d. \Veil done, John!

Inspired by so much talk and "ricing concerning :.'lfarhcmarics in the Prinury School and with a new sylbbu, in the subject pending, se,·eral member~ nt Stall

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We were narurnlly elated by the recent news chat the two Open Competitive Grammar Schon! Bursaries had been awarded to two of our own boys Alistair G. Grant of Primary Yll ,\ and Andrew 11. \'i'att of Primary \'II Band th~t another presentation bur«at} l1.1d bce11 awarded to \\'ilfrid J. \1itchell of Primary \ "II l\. \X'c offer our very hc.1rry congrarulations co the boys concerned and wish them great success and happine<\ in their future scudic, and schooling.

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School Sporting Activities Rugby 1st XV. Played 16, \\"on 8, Lost 7, Dra\l·n 1: Points for 203, Points against 118.

The standard nf rugby was much higher than the fi1-,>urcs above might suggest.

Given a back division of greater physique behind the very excellent pack, this would surely have been an outstanding X \'. Courageously though the " wee chaps" tried, there was rarely any real penetration, and most of the attacks were isolated individual efforts. As a whole the side made strenuous effons to play open rugby when it wou ld have been so easy to foll into the morass of "touchline rugby". A keen, dependable, enthusiastic XV, they can look back with satisfaction on this past season. There was a very fine team spirit and much intelligent experiment in practice matches.

Socially a very entertaining lot, but the suggestion that they are to replace "Ingle Neuk" has been denied.

The 2nd XV had a very successful season against very varied opposition. Due to a low "mortality rate" in the Pin.t XV, few players had the opportunity of an outing in white shirts. B. Begg, a hooker of promise and J. .Adams a solid prop performed well in the pack, while M. Pcrguson, a comparative newcomer to School, was a very competent scrum-half. ,\, \fc,ay \\·as repeatedly asked to play out of position and ah,ays responded with maximum effort and a cheery(?) grin.

We acknowledge a debt of gratitude to the young ladies who so gracefully served teas to our visitors. \X'e arc also indebted to l\Ir. Marthews, our groundsman, who watches phlcgmacically the weekly destruction of his grass. \'fe hasten to assure him chat, although each week we play on beautifully prep:ired pitches and make no comment, the amount of work to provide these ideal pl:tying conditions is fully realised.

The 3rd and 4th XVs had satisfactory seasons. The strength of their opponents varies considerably and these results do not give a true reflection of furure success.

Though the forwards were on the light side, these teams were quite speedy and both had excellent team spir it. A 5th XV had two games against their opposite numbers from Gordon's. Doth were excellent games and honours were even.

In the middle schoo l, Colts and J un iors disappointed. They lacked the necessary qualities for successful XVs, yet among their number are boys of considerable talent who should show up well once they marure. Minors had a successful season, though here the "sorting out" procc.<s prnvide; some difficulties in the early part of the season.

It would not be possible for the school co have &o m.1ny games if it were not fnr che willing help and co-0pcration of members of staff, both in refereeing and travel• ling with teams. To all members of sratf who have assisted in this way the School offers ics sincere thanks; and this especially to Messrs. Stevenson, Paterson and Mortimer who looked after the senior sides. Juniors and \linor,; and to l\lr.

McCombie who looked after the Colts.

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D. Smith, H. Millar, S. Glover, I. Gray, G. Davidson, D. Inkson and R. Bissett, acquitted themselves very well indeed. In the fuse round they put out St. "\loysius College, and in the second a very strong Glasgow Ac.1.dcmyseven, but they fell to the Paisley Gramma r seven in the semi-final. Royal 1lip;h School w<>n the tournament.

1st XV Who's Who David Smith . 6 ft. 2 tn., r3 st. s½lb. Captain and second row forward. A phyer of experience, he set a magnificent example by his powerful scrummaging and energetic backing up. l las the physique and attitude co ensure a successfu l rugby career. Without provocauon, will recall with nostalgia his games as a hooker when young . .\w·arded 1st X\' Cap. Harry Mill ar. 6 fr., 11 st. 10 lb. \"ice-captain and lock forward. The be t player in his position School has had for a very large number of seasons .•\ thoughrful, supremely lit player, his dcfem1ve covering was sheer excellence .•\ssumes a "Puckish" expression when some piece of "gamesmanship" is imminent.,\ 1st X \ Cap. H. O. Will . 5 ft. 11 l in., 11 st. 9 lb. Full back . .\ wonderful all-round gam~, player, he more than offsets his slight lack of pace by sound positional sense. His catching and timely kicking cleared many dangerous situations . •\ prodigious goal kicker, he has scored over too pts. full colours.

J. H endry. 5 ft. 11 in., 1 t st. 9-i lb. Wing threequarter. A steady player who served the side well throughout the season. "-ot robust, he never shirked a tackle or hesitated to drop on the ball. Trained by carrytnp; a slip of paper round the corridors. I blf colours.

D . Inkso n. 5 ft. 1l in., 10 st. 1 }l lb. Centre thrcequartcr . •\ fast elusive runner, difficult to stop, he was the outsrandtng attacker. Tended to do too much so that he isolated himself. Taught himself to tackle late in the S<.,-asonand immediately became a more complete player. Should have a good season next year. Full colo urs.

R . Bisse t . 5 ft. 6! in., 10 st. 101 lb. Centre chrcequartcr. The irrcprcs,ible Richard is a most \\ hole hearted player who makes up for the lack of inches and pounds by sheer determtnation. I lis tackling, though not always effective, ranged from enthusiastic to impcruncnt. ;\n excellent team member. Saving for a haircut. l lalf co lours.

A . Daw. 5 ft. 9½ in. 11 st. 4 lb. Wing threequarccr. \Ian joined the side late in the season and showed great enterprise and directnes s in attack. 1'.ot yet completely dependable in defence he possesses a fine temperament. Stoically w11hstood the tcasing of a "ccr1:1in member of the games staff".

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R . Clark. 5 ft. 6~ in., 11 st. 1ol lb. Wing thrcequartcr. A young p layer from the 4th year he was a hard <lc1crmincdrunne r. I Its mexpericncc led him to he caugh1 wo often in possession. 'J"he kssons lc.irnt this season should produce a fine winger for next season.

G. Davidson . 5 ft. 8i in., 10 sr. 13 ! lb. Stand -off half.. \ very sound player who handled and kicked well. Forined the outside part of an excellent pair of halves. \ very powerfu l tackler he should use it more fre<1uently.Has not yec realised his own capabilities which arc considerable. Full colours.

I. Gray . 5 fr. l tin., 9 st. 10f lb. Scrum half. The most improved player in the side. A quiec linle chap he has all the attributes co make an excellent scrum half.

Quick of movement, very courageous and with the ahility to make a quick "break" he had a ve ry good understanding with his partner. Full colours.

D. Marr. 6 ft. 1 in., 13 st . 4½ lb. Prop forward. A large, cheery figure who was qu ite immova ble in the set scrums. Has a wonde rful high knee runn ing action and is a stirring sight when bursting through the line-out. Retains his well groomc, I appearance through even the most hecc:c match. Full colouh.

P. Collier. 5 fr. 9 in., 13 st. H ooker. Sw·itched from prop this season he fully justified the move, winning the ball on many vital occasions. Untiring in the loose, he backed up well and was one of the super fie. \ good looking Ind is usually concealed by food. I fas theories about wingers who will not crosskick. Half colours.

D. And erso n. 5 ft. 8 in., 12 sc. 3 lb. Prop forward .• \ comparative newcomer co rugby Denni, has <lone cxccpm,nally well. .\ tireless worker in the loose, he combined well wich his hooker. \\"ill be an asset to next yc.-ar's XY. Tr.iins t,, destruction. ls calling for tende rs for his haircut next week. H alf colours.

D. Yu le. 6 fc. 4! in., 12 sc. 3} lb. Bore the brunt of the line-out jump111g, and performed ad mirab ly. A g reat asset to the side, he hacks up well and has goo d hands.

Has tremendous School spirit, on one occasion trnine<lto the point of blisters. \Years a scru m cap whic h docs not really suit him, hue conceals two alarming "ca bbage" cars. Half colours.

S. Glover. l fr. 8 j in., 1 1 st. J J lb. \\:.ing forward . •\nochcr of the super fit, he possesses a devastating cackle which caused untold grief co the opposition. His presence \\"aS vita l as the defence of the backs was often suspect. \\'ill do well again next season. A cl.lssical scholar, he contrives to communicate with the rest of the side. Full colours.

A Gracie. l fr. 10 in., 11 st. 6¾ lb. \X ing forward. Also super fit, this quiet demure laddie can be transformed into a fight in~ fury. ,\ tircle.ss roamerof the length and breadth of the pitch Alistair accepts all situatin11s with marvel lous calm. Full colours.

D. Robe rtson. l ft. 10i in., 11 st. 8 lb. David was a back row forwar d who filled in on numerous occasions. \ master of the shady tactic, has been known to make the most outrageous sugges tions, in fact is always making suggestions. Is at present unde rgoing lengthy treatment to his knees which he bears" ich hi~ usual cheeriness. \\ call wish him a specdr recovery and return lO nnrnt1I.

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This has been a most d1sapp»iming •c:i~on. It is d,flicult IO pinpoint the reas,,ns for failure .\~ there \\Crc ~ome fine indi, idu:11 player, in the side, but pcrhap, it ":1> this ,cry indi,idU311ty tha1 was at the root of the team's lack of succc s. . \listair Oark was an emhusb tic- cir,tain \\ ho did his best u 1th the material :at his dispos.11 and he was dc,cn·cdly rcu·ardcd \\ ith Sc•>ttish Schools Caps against England and Wales. This en.1blcd the School to maintain its record of having had a c.1p every ye.1r in the Scottish XI since the inception of these matches in 1955. \\ c also had seven players in the 's;onh XI, which drew with Midlands, and \\ilson, Salter and llay reached the final trials along u·ith Cfark.

It was only occa innallr that this }Clr's side showed a courage and team spirit worthr of the Scr.o, I. Thi... \\as the m:iin source of critici,m, especially in the Sch ol matches ag:110.,t Stra; ftallan and Fettes. Ooc can forgive lack of skill but m : lack of spirit. It must, of course, be remembered that, unlike Gordon's College, wc do

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Abtrdt, •1 Gr,, wmar S,hool },fagaz.ine undertake a strenuous list of tixturcs agJinst adult opposition and ndvcr e results arc 1lmost certain to Pccur. Perhaps ns a stimulus 10 our morale \listair Philip.

Cap11in of F.P.~ h:i~ infnrrncd me th,r in all l,,rnl club marches. onh• School and one , •ther lc,cal club scored 31,!ainst the ist F.P. X I Regular Team: Crockford, Dewar, Clark, Dunlop, Wilson, McCraw, Leiper, Hay, '\1iller, Gray and Salter.

Col our A" .i.rds. Re-a\\ ard Full Colouh: A. Clark, K. H ,1>, W. Leiper.

Full Col our: J. Salter, C. Wil son. Re-a\\ard Half-Colour : G. Gr-.1), G. McCraw.

2nd XI. 1 his team under the excclknt capt:1incy of Colin Cameron ga,c a ,cry good account of themselves. The defence played some splendid matches and, if there· h:1d lx.cn :1 better r<.-spon~t•fr0111 the forwards, the results would have been much better. Cameron, C.1mpbcll, I lay and Johnston should do\\ ell in senior hockey ne~t season. It is ~cry unfortunate that Cnmcron should he lea'- ,e,g u, hecmse he \!/:'IS, undoubtedly, in g,»I the most rmpr<ncd phycr in the l Inckey Scc·t1nn.

Regular Team: Cameron, Yul e, Camphcll, Cook, Ryan, Hay, Scotland, Chri~tie, Co,, John ton and Youngs on.

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Re gu lar Team: Blair, Strudwick, Lamont, Caie, Fo rbes, Crail., \\ ii on, Dick, Batchelor, Henders on, Herbert and Fulton.

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C. XI. This is a fourth )c'3r XI and ,hey proHd 1oostrong for most of the oppo,ition that they encountered. One exception Wlb the inau~ral match u ith Frn5erhurgh ,\cadcmr, u hoi;e 1st X I prO\ 1dcd 1he oppo,mon. The C.XI did remarkably well against bo)s of ~th and 6th )C:lrs and onl} ucm down 2-4 10 a ream th.-it had not bcx-n beaten for two yc.irs. =-:cx1 yc':lr our 3rd XI \\ 111 t3chle fraserburgh. ScHrnl of this team should be in the runninl! for 2nd XI or cnn ut XI plac,'s nL-xt yL-ar. Pirie and ( ""11eff•tlwere selected fn1 the \hcrdeen Sch, nil· ,,, against Dundee.

Regular Team: Law son, W elding, McKenzie, Pirie, Whit.11..er, Barton, Wood, Wil ,on, Cameron, Stephen, Mas son :1nd Miller .

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Finally, we have to thank the numerous masters who make possible the running of hockey in the School, by giving up their time and energy to both coaching and umpiring .. \gain, we are indebted to Dr. lnnc, (now President of ?\:orth District I fockcy \s,, ,ciatinn) for his coaching on \'fcdnesdays and this year we were joined

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The School Sports ,\ttcr the break in the continu t) nf t~ e series of \nnual !:>chr,ol Spon~ meetings brought about by last year's typhoid-caused cancellation of the event, we had particular rcasnn to look for kind!> weather this )C.1r. The hope was nnt realised.

Friday and Saturday, u and 12 June ran for the most part to a common pattern, and that not an accommodating one. Rain during the night ,,as succeeded by da)S that promised further min. The ground ,vas very wet, affordiny; little grip to runner, jumper or hurdler, and the sky was depressingly grey. On Saturday the dankness th.it h.1d so l<mg hung in the air changed to a quiet but steady foll nf \\'ater, not sufficiently dist ressing or spectacular to compe l cancellation of eYcnts but enough co make conditions for competitors and spectators very unplcas;111t, No records were broken. 1n the circumstances it would have been minculous if any had, but the cheerful resolution of all who took part w.1s most commendable. \'fh.1t should perhaps be most remembered is Byron's almost successful attempt on the lfou<c championship, coming up from behind to overhaul Keith and tu 1<ct ,, ithin 5 p<imts of \1clvin who were alw·ays in the lead; and alsn, towards the end, Kdth's great spurting effort in the relay events. Melvin, consistent throughout, were worthy winners.

Results /-1011s1 Cba111piombip

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.\wior Cba111pi01uhip 1. Graeme D.1Yids,,n (I-.:) 14 points 2. Ian Thomson (M) 11 points Group 2: 1. Leslie .\1orrison (D) 17 points 2. Michael Shand (B) 9 points I. Kevin Carter (B) 1 I points Group 3: 2. equal: Gordon Smith(.\(); E,\ en Rc1U1ic (.\[); Brian Boyd (K) 6 points x. Roy Duncan (.\l ) 7 points Colin ~fiddleton (\I) 6 points , . Neil Emslie(.\[) !I points 2, equa l: Peter Brothcrwood (!...:); C1mphcll Pater~on (,\I) 7 points 2.

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Aberdeen Gra111fl1ar School h-Iagazi11e Swimming

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Steady progress has been made in the School's swimming activities. Last year-the first with our own pool the emphasis was on making every boy a swimmer.

This year, with that aim almost completely achieved, the emphasis has been on life saving. Life saving classes were held after school for the more senior awards, and among those gained were 7 Awards of ;\fcrit, ) Bronze Crosses, 31 Bronze Medallions, 3 Instructor's certificates. Much greater enthusiasm for after-school classes has been shown by the Middle School, where many intermediate and elementary life-saving awards have been won.

The Swimming Club has had another successful year with our 214 member,;.

Two evenings and Saturday mornings were allocated for its activities. The Annual Gala was held in the Bon-Accord Baths on Friday, zz January. It was a great success with Melvin House again winning the championship. ]n the Scottish Schoolboys Championship held at 1Iamilton, l. C. Smith who was second in the under fifteen )O yd. hackstroke, and G. Good who was second in the under fifteen 50 yd. butterfly, are to be congratulated. \'v'ith an eye to the future, and to the introduction of competitive S\\ imming, regular training sessions have been organised for promising swimmers. Jt will be some time yet before we will be n.-ady to take our full part in this activity, for concentration on a few outstanding performers can only come when all h:ne been brought up to a certain level of competence .

To the members of the Physical Education staff who have done the teaching and have borne the brunt of the after-school supervision of swimming, and to the other members of staff who have assisted them, we offer our thanks. ;\IARTTN ,\. 8.HCHLLOR, Captain

Tennis The increase in membership of the Club this year is a uelcome sign, and ju~tilic,, the purchase, during the Easter holidays, of plastic lines, which have proved very satisfactory.

The annual tournament for the P.P. trophy has been slow in starting because of the S.C.E. Examinations but it is hoped that it u·ill be completed before the Sports.

The large entry again re!lects the increasing interest in tennis in the School.

A match with St. Margaret's has already been arranged and it is also hoped to arrange fixtures with Albyn and the I Iigh Sch0<1I. The following oflici.11swere appointed at a meeting of the Club earlier this term : Captain, Brian R. Morgan; Vice-Captain,W. Gavin Gray; Scmtary, John F. Hendry.

Jo11N F. HENDRY, Sttrttaf)

Badminton The Club has suffered from lack of regular play,ng members. Though the membership of the Club is high, the numbers attending the Monday and Thursday practices are small. Younger members have been introduced to the Club in order to help to build up an experienced team in the future.

Last term we had an excellent mixed doubles match with the High School and, of course, ar ranged our own knock-out tournament. Unfortunately this could not be completed because of pressure of school work fnr the approaching I Jigher and O-le,·el exams. l\hcHALL 8. CoLVL'I, .lurttary

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Following last year's successfu l attempt in the Scottish Schools Championship, we entered a team again this year. The competitors in the 13-15 age group were too strong for our two boys, but we gained valuable experience for future years. In the 4 mile senior race, Colin Youngson and D avid Rober t~on kept up with the leaders for the first 2 miles, but fell away when the pace warmed up. Youngson finished nineteenth, while Robertson, running with an injured leg, did well to finish twenty-sixth . In the senior team event, we finished eighth out of twenty-five schCX>ls.

As a warm-up for the Scottish 01ampionships, several boys were entered for the Aberdeen Championships. Colin Youngson again starred and finished fourth in the 1 5·I7 age group. The conditions were ideal, with snow in the ditches and icy-water on the roads, and favoured R. Rae who finished third in the 17-19 age group, sprinting past Robertson in the finishing straight. Of the younger boys, Ewen Rennie was well up in fourth place in the 13-15 group.

All things considered, the season was enjoy.,d by boys of all age.~. and our thanks go to the members of staff who gave up their time to supervise the athletes. The follow ing colour awards were given: H alf-Colours: D. J. F. Robenson (re-award); C. J. Young~on,

Scout N otes xst Group A. Hunter C1irns, 4q Gt. \X.'csternRoad, Tel. '\.o. 36321.

1),fiss E. Slessor, 21 Viewficld Crescent, Tel. ~o. 36820.

M . L. Wolkoff, 37 Leggart Terrace, Tel. No. 24585.

A.R.S.L. T. Paton, 21 Harcourt Road, Tel. No. 35q6.

G.S.M. C.M. S.M.

The group cont inues to maintain its excellent tradition as a flourishing concern.

The records, which we arc still compiling, are shortly to be installed in a safe in the new part of Headqua rters and we arc anxious to contact former Scouts who have notes or photographs which they would be willing to contribute LO our "archivcs"in particular, material concerning the Group during the last war, of which we have virtually nothing.

Last Oiristmas, the Group Scouters' Dinner took the form of a reunion with the more recently departed Scouters, and a thoroughly good e\"cning it was. Such was the success, that this year's event is phnne<l to include some of the older e.x-Scouters.

The date has been fixed for Moncby, 27 December and any ex-Scouter ,,:ishing to attend will be made most welcome.

It was w ith deep regret that we heard of the passing of Scout "Boxo" llfarr as many former 1st Troop Scouts will have known him. We still have photographs and records of his years in the Troop before he journeyed south to the \ntarctic with Shackleton, and we take this opportunity of sending our condo lences to his family.

When the news of"Scout" 1Carr's death reached .Aberdeen (as he would have been pleased to know), another son of the 1st Group, Ronald Smith, a former Assistant Scoutmaster, and at present a member of our Rover Crew, \\·as following in his fontstcps and was actively engaged in research with the British Antarctic Survey in South Orkneys .

The Group's summer expedition this year is to Yugoslavia, and two car loads arc setting of£ for three weeks of sunshine (we hope) in July.

At the end of that month we look forward to the nuptials of fo.va Slessor, the C.M. and Robert Falconer former C.M. and A.S.M. Eva will be moving south afterwards and we should like to reco rd our gra titude for the work she has <lone as A.C.M . and C.M. over the last seven years.

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~ow a brief i<X>k at the three Sections. The Pack is really thriving and a busy programme of activities has hcen undertaken includinl-( a week-end camp at the end of May for the oldest boys in the Pack. The Pack's Open afternoon in January and the Troop's Open night in :\farch allowed a large turnout of parents and friend, tu have a glimpse at our wccklyaetivities. The Troop's r :as1cr c:~mpwns blessed,, uh almost unbelievably fine ,n-ather, and an excellent turnout of almost f< ,rtv Scout; took full advantage of it. The site for the Summer Camp is at Dcllicfure,a f~w miks outside Grantown-on-Spey. ·n1e Crew, with a membership of 1,, enty-fivc, held their customary expedition at Kew Year to the hills, their l,ase this year being at Glcndoll Youth Hostel. ,\t Easter eight hardy members of the Crew ventured to the wild wastes of the \Vest Coast and were quite obviously not so fortunate as the Troop in the choice of weather. The Crew's other activities ha,·e included a Burns Supper, a rugby match against an F.P. team, ski-ing, challenge hikes, v1sn to a Rifle Range and the stagini.: of an orphan's parry at Clinterry for the children of Primro~ehill House.

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

F. R. Paterson, 26 Osburne Pl~cc, Tel. l\u. j 1013.

Miss Joyce Park, 270 Union Grove.

John K. Blair, R Pitstruan Pl:tcc.

Prcp:1r:11innsf ,r our Summer Camp which this year is hcing held in Glen Pro,cn, .-\ngus, arc now well in h.~nd and iris expected that a good proportion of the Troop will auend.

Since the last i,sue, the Group have acquired a cottage at Monymusk, and a number of successful and enjoyable week-ends have been held including one over the New Year when fifteen Scouts attended and had a tremendous timc,even although the ground was deep in snow. The Pack too have made use of the cottage and over the Easter week-end the sixers and seconds were taken there on a Pack Holiday. So succe:;sful was it th3t another is hcing phnncd for the July holiday week -end, \X'c have gained yet annthcr Queen's Scout badge. Our heuticst ct>ngratulations to P.L. Gregory Strange on achieving this award.

Romance has blossomed bctwccen Troop and Pack when , ,n Saturday, 29 .\tay, ,\Ian Rurkc, ,\ssistant Scoutmaster and ;\fi,s Freida Leslie, .Assist.~ntCuhmastcr were married in llolburn \X'est Church. t:nfonunately for the Group they arc to he resident near Plymouth and they will hoth be sadly missed here. I fowc, ·er wcoffer thcn1 our very best wishes for the future. The P.L.s and Sixers were delighted to form a Guard of I fono ur for two ,·cry popular and respected Scoutcrs.

Another loss to the Troop is \X'illiam Kemp who, having finished \'ahity, i, no,, working in 1.ondnn. To him also we offer our very hc,t wishes for the future.

1be Pack is still very active, and despite the faci that ten Cubs mcl\ ed up into Scouts in March the nurnhcrs arc once again up to f"rtY, with boys Mill on a \\-airing list.

The Pack inter-six Totem Pole competition was won this year by the Blue !:>ix, and we offer our congratulations to Gordon Buchan and his Six. The end of the year sees the retiral as S.M. of John Blair. Por the last twentyfive years John has been associated with Scouting in .\berdecn. He was S.:-L of the 1st Troop in r939 before leaving for \X'ar Service. On his return to .\berdeen he once again took nvcr the 1st Troo p and was their S.:-L to 19p. The 17th Troop was indeed fortull~te in p.:r<uading him to cnme h~ck once again, and J11hn has hecn the S ..\L since 19B , In 19i9 the ChrcfScQut recognised his work when he was presented with the Medal of .\krit. The pr<.<Scnt healthy state of the Gmup is due in no ,mall \\ay to his unstinting devotion; and his position as S..\l. will indeed be hard lO fill.

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Letter from Australia The Rector, Aberdeen Grammar School.

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Dear Sir, I've never been much good at writing, but I'd jusr like to suggest that you tell your pupils that they should emigrate out here after they've finished their education.

At a time like today when the skills of professional men are at a premium, Australia offers more opportuniries than any other country. Despite what folk think about Australia being just one huge primary producing country, it has got considerable secondary industry and even greater potential: there are the steelworkers of Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd. (the largest steel producer in the Commonwealth), the huge copper and lead complexes of Broken Hill and Mount Isa and they've also discovered oil in Queensland while l.C.I. and some other firms have started plastic and petrochemical iudustries.

So far, Australia hasn't gone in much for shipbuilding although they have some big shipbuilding yards in \'v'hyalfa, South Australia, which have built a ship of 22,000 tons and also about a dozen 18,000 ton bulk carriers, which means they're larger ships than any built in Aberdeen. :t-:!ewcastle,in New South Wales, has built quite a number, one being the "Princess of Tasmania",a 4,500 ton ferry boat (more like a small passenger boat, larger than the "St. Ninian" or "St. Magnus") which goes between Tasmania and Melbourne. Adelaide builds tugs and Brisbane builds some larger ships too.

The largest deposits of bauxite have been discovered in Cape York Peninsula in the far Nortl1 of Queensland and these, I think, are the largest aluminium ore deposits in the world. This is taken down to Tasmania to Bell Boy not far from Launceston for smelting, since Tasmania has unlimjted hydro-c lccLric power, and they're bu ilding another smelting plant in Gladstone, Northern Queensland. Lately, too, there have been discussions on botl1 sides of the Tasman Sea as to 1':ew Zealand joining Austral ia as another state. At the moment we're sending several million tons of coal to Japan, now out best customer for making steel. In coal too, they have several d ifferent varieties, from the anthracite of New South Wales to the brown coal of Victoria. Up in the Snowy Mountains of Victoria they're building the greatest hydro-electric complex this world has ever seen and reckon it will be one of the modern wonders of the world. Around Gippsland, the brown coal area of Victoria to0 is expanding, using opencut methods with dredges cutting out 2,soo tons per hour each. The holes they've dug arc such that you could drop Rubislaw Quarry in and you'd never notice it. Besides these, vast new deposits of iron ore have been discovered in West Austra lia and Japan is now buying several million tons of that per year too. Japan, by the way, is now our best customer supplanting Britain which is a close second. Other minerals being mined include tin, gold, silver, molybdenum, sapphires in Northern Queensland, zinc and uranium: in fact this count ry has everything .

The main reason I sent this letter is because 1\ ustmlia needs as many skilled men as possible, and a grammar school is the training ground of the professional men of the future. Here too they would have opportunities undreamed of back home; doctors would get between £A5,ooo and £A10,ooo per year, and all kinds of engineers, chemists and scientists in general are on a good wicket. Even I, after being here six years, have now a car and a bank account in four figures. Taxation is much lighter, even the supertax only taking 66 per cent but that's only if you're f(Ctting over £16,000 per yc.:ar. Cigarettes cost between 2s. 10d. and 3s. 4d. Australian per 20 and petrol is about 3s. 6d. per gallon. Person:1lly I think you can buy about as much for an Australian pound as a British. Rcnt5 are dearer here rhan in Britain but most folk are buying their own houses. Since my family and l came out, my uncle,

Aberdeen Gra11Jn1ar School Magazine who was a works man.,ger in Britain getting £2,500 per year, has come out and he is now getting £A4,5 00 per year and says he'll never want to go back. Likewise my cousin, who came out, about a year ago, \\ as getting £1 s per week as a toolmaker in Britain but is now getting £ \ }O per week and, despite the fact that he has a family of two , he's managed to get a car and he's paying ofT his house.

I think I'm doing fine too and am s:n ing up co buy a farm. So far l'\'e been to most of the main ,\ustrali :m cities apart from Gerald ton and Darwin. You've no idea of the beauty of sailing along the Queensland coast seeing sundrenched beaches kissed by the scn with the Glass Mountains looking like something out of the Brothers Grimm and the sun beating down on limpid waters with dolphins frisking in the waves thrown up by the bows of the ship, or Caims, which at times resembles nothing so much as a cow town just out of the Western movies although the palms don't quite fit in with that picture.

Actually, I think the Australians have a terrific inferiority complex for you can't tell them what still need5 to be done here and, if you do, they're inclined to think you're denigrating their beloved motherland. Jn other words they find it very hard to take criticism, not like in Scotbnd, where we just agree with most of what they say and go off without saying much but knowing fine whoever says anything against Scotland is absolutely mad. ,\dmincdly, this country has some problems but not many. Austr.llbns and Scots normally get on fine. They seem to look on Scots as just -\ustralians who were unfortun.1te enough to be born in another country. They don't like Italians, looking on them as "useless wops". They reckon Dutchmen arc dead arrogant with nothing to be arrogant about. Englishmen they think are whingers (in orher words moaners). Irishmen arc nice blokes but "no hopers".

Peculiarly enough, they get on O.K. with Germans but I think they like the Scots best, which is reallysaying somcth ing,considering theinsularcharacterof Australians .

Teachers are among the qualified personnel who are much ncc<led and, if you decide to tell your pupils what I've written, please impress on them that they shou ld get some degree or diploma before coming out, for otherwise they won't have much chance of getting anywhere out here.

Yours sincerely, Terence Lunan, Radio Officer, M/V "\\'yuna", Queensclilfc, \ ictoria.

School Holidays School Commences Autumn Holiday Mid-Term Holiday Christmas and Ne,, Year Vacation Easter Vacation Session Ends

Session 1965-66 Tuesday, 24 August 1965. :\Ionday, 27 September 1965 Friday, 29 October to Monday, 1 ~o, embe r 1965.

Thursday, 23 December to \\ cdnesday, 5 January 1966 (both dates inclusive).

Monday, 4 April to l\londay 18 April 1966 (both dates inclusi, c).

Friday, 1 Jui) 1966.

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Former Pupils' Club Section (Club Fou nd ed II Septem b er 1893)

Club Office-Be arers, 1965-66 Honor ary President: J o n N V Ass SKINNE R, ~t.A ., B. Lil'T ., DIP. e D. ( R ec t o r since 19J9)

H onorary Vice-pres ident s: H E.S:RY J ACKSON B UTCH ART ( 1890-99) , D,S.O., 0,11.P.., T,D,, 11,L., L1 .D., D.L. DOUGLAS PATERSON CoC HRAN (19o6- 1 J), A LEXANDE R G RAY (19 10-u), M,A,, LL.11.

Tun H ON, LoRD }OIINSTON ( 19 13-26). } Aims GRAY Krn (1891-98) , c.e.E., r.P.A,, r.R.s.n.

J onN ADAM L ILLII! ( 1 893-1903), M. A., Lr.n. , Q,C. ERIC L INKLATER ( 19 13-16) , C,B,l!,, ll. A., LL. D., T.D. The Rig ht I Ion. Lord MESTON ( 190 1-02.) .

G EORGB GORDON NICOL (189 4- 1903), D,S.O ., l l . l ,C.B., l l ,CONS.B. J OH N L ENNO X RmDELL ( 1907-16).

Sir j Al,IBS JA CKSON (Recto r 194 2.-J 9).

R OBERTSON, •

0,8.B,,

LL,D. ,

M.A.,

B.D.,

P.R.S,E.,

P. E.1.S.

UCIL A. G. SAVIDGE (1913-24), M.11.C., M.A. WI LLIAM DOUGLAS SatP,ON (190 1- 13), C . B,E. , lf.A., LL,D, , D.LITT., P,S.A.(SCOT,), P,S, A. Sir JOHN W I LLIAM TAYLOR ( 1906-u), K,B.E ., C.M.C. Sir WILL IAM ROBERT TENNANT ( 1904-10), C,l.l!,, M.A . , LL.D. Sir J o11N :-.IAcKA Y T HOMSON, C.B., M.A., P,R .S.IJ. (Rector,

1920-21) .

Sir L ANDSBOROUCII T 11o~ISON ( 1899-1908) , c.11. , O.B.l! ., M.A ., D.SC., P,R .S.P. , LL.D,

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RO Bl!RT i3ERT RAll \V'U. LIAl4S0N ( 1906-18),

O.S.O,, ~I .A., LL B,

President : I.AN GowANLOCK M cPu.LRSON

(1910-17)

Vice-Pre sident of Club and Chai rman of Executive \'VJLLIA~I LLWIS CoNNON (1930-40),

B.L,

Interim Secretary and Treasurer : URIAN

K. CROOK)HANKS u

Bon-Accord

(1934-46),

T.D., M.A., LLB.

Square, Aberdeen.

Genera l Editor of Magazin e : RAl! C. BARTON (19 4 2-H), M.A., LL.D., 2.0 Delmont Street, Aberdeen.

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Aberdeen Grammar School Magazine Sec retar ies of Ce ntres : Benga l and Assam-DR. \\ n 11AM GLORGI' MAcJ\!11r AN (1916-22), c ·o Indian Jute l\lills Re~arch Institute, 3 Taratala Road, Calcutta, 27.

Cen u al Afric:a-G1·011c,1.!\ftTClll'l.L GROAT (1927-40), P.O. Box 394, Salisbury.

Dundee

-RouLRT S. Rn 1.F.Y (1946-5 5), c o Bank of Scotland, Blackford,

Perthshire.

Edinb urg h-Ar 1.AN CA\ILRON F'RAZFR (1925-30), M.A., w.s., 10 Atholl Crcscc,nt, Edinburgh 3.

Glasgow-Jo11N GoROON l\hcHrn B1Rss (1926-;8), ~1.c., M.A., A.C.W.A., 99 Essex Drive, Scotstoun, Glasgow W.4.

L ond on-P. G. M. MACP11rn (1930--41),Ranger, 34 Dukes Wood Drive, Gerrards Cross, Bucks.

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M.alaysia-DRtAN Sco-r1 GRAY (1943-49), n.sc., P.O. Box 207, Bantin~, Selangor, Malaya .

Yorksh ire-ART HUR ] Alms ADAMS (1919-30), "GuyscliJfe ", Clara Drive Calver• Icy, Pudsey, Yorks.

Irela nd-Ar-.DRLW M. M. STEPHEN (1936-50) M.A., LI..D., 28 Elmwood Avenue, Belfast 9.

Secretaries of Sections : Crickct -AU:XANDER MUNRO DAVIDSON (1937-45), B.1.., 18 Golden Square, Aberdeen.

Gol (-CF.ORCE ALcxANDt.RCRAIG \\?ALKER ( 1917-13), 164 l\larket Street, A bcrdeen.

H ockey-II. K. LAWSON, 114 H amilton Place, Aberdeen.

Rug by-C1L~RLllS RITc1m . (1945-5 1) 348 Hardgate, Aberdeen.

Execut ive Committee : The Vice-President of the Club, Chairman.

Vicc-Chainnan-JOHN MORTI\ILR (1923,27).

The Secretary and Trca~urcr, and General Editor of Magazine, ,x oj/i,111.

The Rector of the School, tX oj/icio.

HECTOR 1fAcQl!El!N AIRD (1946-61).

Jom-i WI. CRAOOCK (1940--46).

A.]. M. EDWARDS (1908-21).

Dot:GLAS R. IIARPJ'R (194.l'58).

JouN McP . MUTc11 (1932-45).

Dr. RANALD fYFil FINDLAY STP.VEN {t9H·4;). \'\'11.J.JA.M Mn.NE EwLN (1932-44).

A. l'R0ST TAYI.OR (1919-;5), Dot:GLAS Fow1.rn (1950--64).

ERIC DOUGLAS WATT (1937-50).

GORDON HARVl:Y IILNO!lRSON(1921-34). HAROLD l\lURRAY ROBERTSON \\' ATT (1926-38).

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Sec/ion R,pr11tnlalfrt1 Crifktl-lAN D. F. Tno~tSON (1944-48).

Go!f-GroRGP. ArP.XANDFR CRAIG WAI.UR (1917-23), 1lo,hy _-\11'T.UR H. PmuP (19.n-56). fu~b-7-C11.\Rt 1, Rm mi.(1945-51). s,.,ff-ALEXAND"-R BRucE, T.o., M.A., n.sc.

S1rimmi11~ Mi J.\ 11.11 r. \\ .\ r,os (1942-1(,).

Hon. Audi tors : Messrs. BoWER and SMITH, C,A,

F.P. Ch1b Pruidmt

The Club President

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Elected President of the l .P. Club for 196s-66 at this year's Annual Genera l Meeting was h, GO\"\,A:--LOcKMcPHP.Rso:-:. J\ pupil at the School from 1910-17, Mr. McPherson was the son of a former pupil of the School, \\ illiam Milne McPherson ( r 878-79), master baker, who owned two well-known bakery shops in the Queen's Cross area of Aberdeen and who was an outstanding figure in the bakery trade in the city. It was not surprising, therefore, that it was into that trade and the family business that Mr. McPherson was called; nor was it surprising that the first of the many elected offices which he was later to hold should be that of Deacon of the Bakers' Incorporation, to which he was appointed b) the Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen in 1942. Since then, Mr. \fcPherson has held other appointments in the Trades, including the two principal posts of Deacon Com·ener and Master of I fospital.

In September 1944, our new President was co-opted to fill a vacancy in Aberdeen Town Council, thereafter proceeding to serve the Council and the city in the most distinguished and conscientious manner for the next sixteen years. Indeed, the beautiful and well-kept appearance of the open areas of the cit~ today owe much to the period of live years during which .\fr. McPherson was the Conyener of the Links and Parks Committee. In addition, he was a magistrate for four years.

Prior to the retira l of his father in 1946, he and the President were in partnership together in the family business, which the latter carried on until 19S4 when he became local representatiYe of a Glasgo\\ firm of manufacturers. Rotary has also had the benefit of his seryices for fifteen vears. :\fr. ~IcPherson has, furthermore, happily found, in the midst of all his other activities, time to devote to the School. A member of the Executive of the Club during the post-war years, he was elected \'icePresident and Chairman of the Executive for the period 19p-53.

During the past few years Mr. McPherson has been enjoying a wellearned rest from his more arduous public work but it is with pleasure that we renew our acquaintance with him in the Club. I le is a worthy recipient of the highest honour which we can bestow on an F.P. and we trust that he has an enjoyable year of offi.ce and is able to participate as fully as his immediate predecessor in our actiYities.

Aberdeen Grammar School Magazine

Annual General Meeting The Sixty-third ,\nnual General Meettng of the Club "as held in the Caledonian Hotel, Aberdeen, on Thursday, 25 March 1965. There was a very poor attendance, only twenty-t,\ o members being present.

Executive Report The Report by the Executive Committee of the Club for the year ending 31 December 1964 was submitted by the Chairman of the Meeting, Mr. Alan C. R. Watt, the Vice-President of the Club and the following are extracts from the Report.

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Membership The following is an analysis of the membership of the Club as at 28 February 1965 "1th comparable figures at 28 I'cbruary 1964.

Lift Mmtbmhip Partially Fully Paid Paid Ordinary

28/2/64 28/2/65

1,242 1,197

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1,107 -i

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Honorary 10 10

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Scaff

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31

32

2,398 2,347

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Losses by Death During the year the deaths of forty-six F.P.s, of whom twenty-~c,en were Club Members, have been recorded in the MagazJ11,. These included Professor David Landsborough Thomson (brother of a former President), Sir Patrick,\. B. l\fcKcrron and Robert Bain, who was for some years secretary of the .\l:x:rdeen Branch of the Educational Institute of Se< ,tland.

Social The Annual Dinner of the Club was held in the Douglas Hotel, Aberdeen, on 23 October 1964 when ten Junior :\1embers and Guests and 208 Senior Member~ and Guests were prtscnt apart from official Guests. The President, :\fr . Cecil.\. G. Savidge, was in the chair and the principal toast was proposed by Mr. J. R. Clark, the Director of Education for the City. The Annual Ball was held in the Beach Ballroom on 23 December 1964, and was attended by fifty-two Junior Members and Guests and 473 Senior Members and Guests. 'J'he surplus on both functions amounted to the princely sum of r 3s. 7d.

School The usual \lccbls were presented at the Prizcgiving and the \nnual Grant made co the Sports Prize Fund. The alierations and additions to the fabric of the School arc now almost complete. It is unfortunate to report that the education Committee haYe finally decided the Primary Department will be discontinued, despite all the efforts of the Executive and the other interested bodic.s who by every means at their djsposal, including public petition, fought co aYert this decision. The School and Club are indeed grateful for their work.

General Bus iness

The Accounts for the year duly audited and certified were submitted and approved.

(They are reproduced elsewhere in this issue.)

Reports on the year's activities of the various Athletic Sections were submitted and it was noted that the~ were continuing their activities successfully, some more

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so than others. It was hoped by the Swimming Section representative th.u they might ohtain more acci\""elyparticip~nt members.

The appointment of office-bc.uers then took pbcc and the Ch:iirman th:\nkcd .Mr. Savidge, the rettring President, for his interest in the Oub's activities and for his attendance at the Dinners of the London, Glasgow, Leeds and Dund.:e Centres, he having been unable to atten d that of the Edinbucgh Centre. The new Chairman of the Executive, on taking the chair, paid tribute to Mr. \Vatt for his services to the Club during the past t\vo years .

It was noted that the retiring President, Mr. Savidge, had suggested that as the present School history "Bon-Record" by the late Dr. Morland Simpson and a small booklet by Mr. Fenton Wyness were both now out of print, it might be appropriate that a new History be printed. It was agreed to remit this matter to the new Executive. A suggestion had also been made by .Mr. H. )\f. R. \Vatt that theexistmg Roll of Pupils (179~-1919) be brought up co date and this was also remitted to the new Executive.

Finally, Mr. Alan Watt reported on a Meeting of the Chairman's Committee which had considered Reports by the Director of Education on the question of the proposed change of the educational system in .\bcrdecn to incorporate the comprehensive scheme. (This matter is dealt with fully elsewhere in this issue.)

Centre Reports Malaysia The Annual Dinner of the Centre was held in the Adelph i Hotel, Singapore, on 2.7 :\(arch. There was an attendance of eleven l'.P.s and six guests, the chic[ guest being a Gordonian, Angus McKay of the Singapore Port Authority.

The following F.P.s were present : Loo Yew llooi, B. S. Gray, V. G. R. Stephen, D. L. Cowie, R. Jones, J. R. G. Smith, G. Fcarby, R. Booker, M. Milne, N. McLean, G. G. Benton.

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The Annual Dinner of the Edinburgh Centre of the Club was held on Friday, february in the Roxburghe Hotel, Edinburgh. Douglas Reith, Q.C., presided genially over a record attendance of sixty-seven members and guests. The principal guest was 2\lr. Alexander Thomson, Q.C., Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, who proposed the toast of "The School and the Club" with the felicity one expects from the holder of his high office. The replies by the Rector and l\Ir. Alan C. R. \\'att reached the same level. The toast of the Guests was responded to by Dr . .Albert Christie, the Prc.~ident-Elect of the Glasgow Centre, whose witticisms convu lsed the company. Mr. James Craig paid trihutc to Douglas Rcith's services to the Cluh in a speech which had both warmth and grace.

The following members of the Club attended the function: E. Ros Birkett, Esq., C.A.; :-..iclsonC. Bmnnan, Esq.; Stewart Boyd, Esq; David I. C~ldcr, faq.; D.R. B. Cay, Esq., M.A., I.L.e.; T. Gordon Omtts, Esq.,LI ..B.; James Craig, Esq., w.s.; Dr. A. il. Donald; James Fiddcs, Lsq., B.A., LL.n.; A. C. frazer, Esq., w.s.; J. R. Guy, Esq.; I. lfenden;,,n, Esq; Douglas Jamieson, Esq.; The Hon. Lord Johnston; Sheriff J. R. Lillie; D. I. K. Macl.co<l, Esq., M.A., LL.B.; George A. .\facnab, Esq., A.K.1.11.A.;A. S. Matheson, Esq.; \v. Ferrier Maver, Esq.; Dr. G. M. l\1. .\[enzies; Peter C. Millar, hsq., LL.B., w.s.; Michael F . .\1orison, Esq.; A. S. .M. Porter, Esq; C. Duncan Rice, Esq., M.A.; George A. Robb, Esq .; Revd. George Sangste r; R. G. C. Smith, bq.; .\fajor A. Spark, M.c.; Alastair Tosh, Fsq.; Roy A. Wilson, Esq., w.s. The following were Official Guests: Alexander Thomson, Esq., Q.c.; the Rector; Alan C. R. Watt, Esq., M.A., LL.B.; Dr. Ronald Gordon (Edinburgh Gordonians); Dr. '\Jberr Christie (Glasgow Centre) and Robert S. Rilley, Esq. (Dundee Centre).

Aberdeen Gra111111ar School Magazine London The \iumal Dinner of the l.ondon Ccmr~ was held ,,n 4 Dccc111l,er 19(>4, ' I he principal speeches were given by the Club President, J\lr. Cecil \. G . Savidge (certain nf whose "comprchcnsi"e" remarks arc noted elsewhere in this issue) and .\1r . J. Scott .\lacl.achlan, both in their usual genial style. ,\nncHd arc the names of those F.P.s who attended the function and official RUC,cs from mhcr .;conish l'.P Club, were happil)' ,,clcomed.

G. J. .\nderson, J. Benzie, G. \V, Bowes, R. D. Bruce, G. \f O>ehran, J. K. 0-,lky, fan Cumming, \\. \ I. David5nn, I \ L Duguid, Sir Da, ,d I d"·ards, II. G. l.d\l.mls, ,\. G. Esslemont, r:. R. Gauld, \\alter Graham, John Innes. J \I Macdonaltl, G. L. !\1cEwan, J. S. \laclachlan, P. G. \ I. \ lacPhec, \X1• R,,bs,•n, I D. Robertson, T. Robertson, C . .\. G. Savidge, D. Sherman, ..\. l .. Simpson, G. T. Simpson,\\. E. F. Simpson, J. E. Smith, D. S. Stewart, ,\ . Y. Stirrat, G. T Strachan, Sir John Tavlor, J. L. S. Th )mpson, S. G. \'filli.1mson, J.\'filsnn, \\'. Yule.

Glasgow Along with the Glasgow Branch of the \bcrdeen High School Club and the Glasgow and \\'esc of Scotland Gord,,nians, members of the Glasgow Centre attended a successful Theatre and Buffet Supper function in October.

On 17 ,",farch the \nnual Dinner took place in \l ore's Hotel. The principal Guest was Mr. T . L. Chapman, and his proposa l of "The Schoo l and the Club" was made most acceptably and with many humorous anecdotes. Mr. Skinner, ,, hose unbroken record of attendance at Glasgow Dinners is grL-atly appreciatcd, and .\I r.

Savidge, who travelled specially from London to attend the Dinner, made suitable replies, the Rector giving his most welcome annual report on Schc~JI acti\'icies, and the President of the Club indulging in some enl ightening reminiscence.

At the Annual General .!\fecting held just before the Dinner the following elections were made President, .\lbcrt Christie, \'ice-President, A. ,\. R~c Smith; C.,mmittee, B. D. D. Emslie, \v. 0. l'iddes, R. D . .!\titchcll, J. H amill, and R. L. Crom.1r; !Ion. Secretary, J. G . 1\[. Birss.

A golf outing with the Edinburgh Centre is being arranged for 17 October, and Members of either Centre who wish to take part shou ld let their Secretary known a, soon as possible. For the hesitant let it be stated that golfing ability 1s not \'ery important :is these outings always produce some good g,)Jf hue much char is not at all good. It is also proposed that a second golf outing with the Gordonian, be organised this year.

Although the activities of the Centre invariably pro\'c to be most successful attcnd.1nccs :ire frequently rather di,appointing, and it is hoped that current :\lcmbers will continue to cndca\'our to support the Centre and that any F.P. coming tn live in the area will make his presence known in order th:lt he may he kept infornwd of ncri, itics.

Dundee The Second ,\nnual Dinner r,f the Dundee Centre was held on Thursday, 2~ Fehruary 196) nt the Queens IIotcl, Dundcto.

The President of the Centre, Mr. Edward I'. Anderson, again occupied the Chair and skilfully controlled the company of twenty-five memhcr, of che Club. le\\ as :i pleasure co h:wc as principal guest, .'\(r. J. \'.Skinner\\ ho kindly accepted our invitation to this function, and in calm and deliberate mnn11cr, he gn\'c :i refreshing insight into the comp lexity of the large senior secondary school with its great curricular r,1nge and responsibilities.

The evening progressed into one of complete informality with h:tpp)' thoughts c,f that ancient place being the m.-iin source of com·ersation, and thus our Dinner ended leaving everyone content and with a feeling of good fellowship.

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C. \1. \f. ~Lnc:r \, \l.11iland l ln11. fu1111 1,n IIH 1' Ro\\.

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Section Reports Rugby Results

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Full Colou rs were awar<led to: M. G. Gibb, G. G. Hutcheson, P. . Love, C. Ritchie.

H alf Colours were awarded to: R.R. Comber, R. A. Craig, G. W. Fraser, J.M. Jeffrey, W. D. Mitchell, H . \YI. L. Thomas.

The end of September and the beginning of October was a very bad spell and 6ve of the 1st XV's fourteen defeats were during this time.

As far as the 1st XV was concerned Rubi slaw was once again in very good condit ion, only one game having to be cancelled. It is difficult to be sure about the othe r two X V's as, although there were games cancelled at Rubislaw, some of them we.re because of the opposition's inability to raise a team.

This season Glasgow Academicals were played after four years cancellations in a row: the result was a draw.

All the usual fixtures ha\•eonceagain been arranged. Nextscason,however, Daniel Stewart's College P.P.s 1st and znd X \I's will be coming to Aberdeen on the Edinburgh Holiday Monday so it is hoped that this can settle down to a home and away game.

Officials for Season 1965-66: Captain, G ordon Milne; Viet-Captain, Robin Craig; Hon. St&rtlory, Charles Ritchie; I !011. Trtai1mr, George Walker; Hon. Ttan, Stmlary, Alaister Maitland.

Spring Fair ln aid of Section funds, a Fair was held in the Music Hall, Aberdeen, on 15 May 1965, at which a total of £430 was raised. In additi on a raffie and donations further realised more than [,zoo and, after expenses, the estimated total profit is over £65 0.

This figure handsomely exceeds the target of £500 and the Section's most grateful thanks are extended to all those who gave so generously-of their time and o therwise-to make for such a successful Fair.

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Golf The Golf Section commenced their new season with an outing at Ballater on May. The attendance was exceptionally good but unfortunately the weather was not too kiod with rain in the latter part of the day.

The draw for the Gibb Team Trophy match-play competition has now been made and circulated among members. The following are the arrangements for the season: Outings to Peterhead on 4 July and to Ballater on 1 August, 5 September and 3 October.

The Annual D inner will be held in the •orthem Hotel, Aberdeen, on 12 November.

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A/JmJm, Grnm111nr Slhool Magazine Hockey This season has been successful at all levels of activity with teams and individuals doing well. Formjdable reserve strength contributed in no small way to the winning of the North Disuict First and Second Leagues. 'Ibe 1st XI in winning the First League became the 6rst winners o f the David Wood Memorial Trophy, presented to North District by the parents of the late David Wood. It is very appropriate that the club for whom he played should be the first holders of the trophy.

At the time of writing the season is not yet nver, for once again we have reached the final of the Scottish Cup. Whether we win or lose, F.P.s have, by their cup tie successes, become 6rmly established as one of the premier teams in Scotland.

Cup tie hockey seems to suit the F.P. style of play in which fitness and team spirit act as a foundation for the profitab le use of individual skjll.

Fewer goals have been scored this season but this has been balanced by a magnilicent defensive record. Of the twenty-seven rst XI games played there have been no fewer than eighteen in which no goal has been scored against us and only nincreen goa ls ha-.e been scored against us: lowest on record since the war. In view of the harde r opposition encountered over the past two seasons our record is indeed impressive. The 2nd XI lose their first two games and thereafter rcmajned undefeated.

An enthusiastic yet skilled side, they can hold their own with any rst XI and the problem of travelling is the only obst"lcle to a better fi.xrurc list. The 3rd XI as always suffered from the usual difficulucs, unsettled teams and the demands of the seruor XI's. Despite this they did quite well and enjoyed thcmselvcs-ftn aspect of the game which is sometimes forgotten in first team circles.

Two weekend tours were arfllilged during the season. In October w·e attended the Girvan Tournament and in May w·e played three games in Edinburgh. On both occasions players drawn from all levels of the club took part and enjoyed themselves immensely.

John Bell resigned after several seasons as Treasurer and thoroughly deserved the thanks of the Section for his excellent work.

Individually F.P.s have done well; E. D. Watt played in all this season's internationals and how has forty-nine caps. Along with C. L. Forbes he also played for H ome Scots against Ulster. As notc<l in the December edition of the Mogaz.i11t seven F .P.s played for the District. E. D. Watt, F. K. S. Lawson and A. E. Philip played for Picts and the latter two also for Thistle.

The following co lours were awarded for season 1964-65: 1st XI Colours C. L. Forbes J. G. Bell, \. D. Milne, J.C . .Milne.

Section Colours As always the Section 1s keen to welcome new members and training will begin at Rubislaw at the end of August. Thanks arc due to Mr. Ste'l'enson and Mr. Mathews for their co-operation and help during the st-ason.

Scottis h Cup Final Result: A.G.S.F.P. 1, Clydesdale 2 Team: W. Dick, T:. D. Watt, A. Cromar, A. K. Campbell, A. W. Hampton, D. F. Ross, C. L. Forbes, J. C. Milne, F. K. Lawson, A. E. Philip, J. Leiper.

F.P.s travelled to Grangemouth with high hopes of retaining rhe Cup for the experienced side included eight of last season's successful ream. [nan excellent game with both sides playing open hockey at a cracking pace, victory, however, went to a determined Clydesdale side but only after 20 minutes of extra time. Unforrunately F.P.s, who for long periods dominated play up to the circle, failed co capitalise on this good outfield pla}'·

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Swimmin g The Swimming Section continues to thrive and since the last Report for the Magazine was written more new members have joined the Club. The nomina l membership now stands at over fifty and the number attend ing nightly on Tuesday evenings is encouraging.

The Section has not so far arranged any fixtures or meetings with other swimming clubs but when this does happen the prospects for the club are good and there appears to be no reason why, in years to come, and with the influx of new members from School, the Section should not compete with other swimming clubs on an equal footing, as is done in the Cricket and Rugby Sections.

The Section is always looking for new members and will be happy to welcome any on Tuesday evenings between 7 and 9 p.m. As stated previously, however, the Swimming Club does not meet during the School holidays since the pool is then closed.

New Membe rs of the Club (15 N ovemb er 1964-15 May 1965) Life Members EssLEMONT, Norman (1948-52), 9 Forest Road, Abe rdeen.

STEVENSON, John Redford (1913-19), 150 D owling Avenue, Apt. 304, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

WISELY, William Angus Troup (1948-58), 86 Queen's Road, Aberdeen.

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ALLAN, Robe rt (1946-48), 567 George Street, Aberdeen.

ALEXANDER,Donald Edward (1950-61), 5 Oakdale Terrace, Mannofield, Aberdeen.

DENHOLM, Bruce Richardson (1952-59), 28 Gray Street, Aberdeen.

FORREST, Neil Davidson (1949-64), I Donview Road, Aberdeen.

GRAY, Norman (1956-61), II Haywards Road, Cheltenham.

LORIMER, James (Jnr.) (195 8-64), 87 Middlefield Terrace, Hilton, Aberdeen.

LYNCH, Michael (1954-64), uo Willow Park Crescent, Aberdeen.

MoIR, Ivor Joseph Alexander (1959-64), 4 Eden Place, Aberdeen.

Murn, Keith Turnbull (1960-65), 4 Seafield Drive West, Aberdeen.

NORTON, Royan (1951-64), 70 Gladstone Place, Queen's Cross, Aberdeen .

RITCHIE, Michael John (1958-63), 86 Ashley Road, Aberdeen.

SHIRREFFS, George David Garden (1952-64), 71 Leggart Avenue, Aberdeen.

SMITH, Gordon (1958-62), 9 Ruthrie Terrace, Aberdeen.

STRACHAN James Wood (1958-63), r ro Polwarth Road, Aberdeen.

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HOW TOAPPLY FOR ACOMMISSION IN THE ROYALAIR FORCE As an officer in the R.A.F ., you are a member of one of the most important, well paid a nd most trul y satisfying professions. You will see the world, you will always be in the best of company, and your work will be absorb ing. S o it is only sensible to read this advertisement with some care.

If you expect to ga in Higher Grade S.C.E., you may apply for entry to Cranwell, the R.A.F . College which trains cadets for a full career in the Service. When you enter Cran well, you must be berneen 17½ and 19½, ,,ith S.C.E. in English, mathematics, science or a foreign language, arithmetic and two other acceptable subjects. T hree subjects must be at Higher Grade.

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