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No. 2.

The " Magazine " is issued under the auspices of The Former Pupils' Club, in March, June, and October. All communications with regard to the " Magazine " should he addressed to the Editor and Secretary and Treasurer of the Club, THEODORE WATT, M.A., The Rosemount Press, Aberdeen. *** Members of the Club are requested to inform the Secretary of any change in their address.

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Since the last Number of the Magazine appeared the War Memorial Fund has increased by about £800, the total either actually received or definitely promised now amounting to £3,009. 2s. 4d. This is certainly satisfactory, but it must not be forgotten that the sum aimed at is £5,000. So far, little more than 500 Members of the F.P. Club—representing about one-third of the Membership—have contributed to the Fund. In other words, almost 1,000 Members have so far contributed nothing. A great many of these, of course, are Junior Members, who perhaps feel rather shy at sending the small individual subscriptions that they are in the position to give, but if all these Junior Members would contribute, say, Five Shillings or Ten Shillings, their united contributions would amount to a goodly sum. One thing is certain, and that is that the scheme, so successfully initiated, must be carried to a triumphant conclusion. How is this to be achieved ? Those who have not yet subscribed must be again urged to give the matter their attention. Many are known to be willing to give, but for one

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reason or another (or more likely, without reason), they procrastinate. The response from F.P.'s resident abroad has up to the present been rather disappointing. This must not continue. Members who have already given might follow the example set by a few and send an additional subscription. Quite a number when sending a comparatively small amount have said that they would willingly give more, if required. More is required, so let them come along with the second instalment. Some when sending their subscriptions have obviously not taken into consideration the total aimed at, and have remitted the customary guinea instead of twice, five, or ten times that amount. One Member has offered to give £10 annually for five years, if nine others will give the same. Are there not nine of the 1,500 Members of the Club able and willing in this way to augment the Fund by £500 ? It has been suggested that some F.P.'s will gladly avail themselves of the opportunity of spreading their contributions over a period of years. This idea will not appeal to everyone, but to not a few £10 or £20 will appear a less deadly amount if spread over three or five years. To sum up : £2,000 approximately has still to be raised, and can, for the most part, be looked for only from Members of the Club. These number more than 1,500, and if 500 give 10/- each =£250 and 500 give £1 each =£500 and 50 give £5 each =£250 and 25 give £10 each =£250 and 10 give £25 each =£250 and 10 give £50 each =£500 then the £2,000 has been secured. Surely the Grammar School, for so worthy a cause, can do it ! Subscriptions should be sent to Mr. JOHN McBAIN, C.A., 11 Golden Square, Aberdeen, the ,Honorary Treasurer of the Memorial Fund.

The Roll of Old Boys. The second part of the School War Memorial Scheme— the completing and publishing of the. Roll of Old Boys—is now being proceeded with. The original idea was that the Roll should cover the 100 years from 1813 to 1913, and should be annotated from 1863, the year of the opening of the present School buildings. Had there been a delay of a few months in the commencement of the War, the Roll would have been published in 1914, and much trouble would have been saved. Publication had, however, to be postponed, and now the Editor is faced with a triple task : (1) the revision of all the matter already in type, (2) the annotation of those who have left School since 30th June, 1913, and (3) the compilation of a

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record of the war services of all Former Pupils. It has been decided to bring the Roll down to the date of the Declaration of Peace (which occurred most conveniently at the end of the School session). The names of all Pupils who did not return to the School after 30th June, 1919, will be included in the Roll, and a separate list will contain the names of those who resumed or commenced attendance in the current session. With this issue of the Magazine an Inquiry Form is being sent to every Member of the F.P. Club. It is particularly requested that these forms be filled up and returned at once. The Editor has certainly a very heavy task before him, but this will be considerably lightened if Members will obviate the necessity of his asking again and again for information. Even if no alteration or addition is desired on any entry as it at present stands in type, the Editor will be glad to receive definite notification of this. With regard to F.P.'s who are not Members of the Club, Inquiry Forms will be sent out steadily during the next few months. For a School Record such as is in contemplation it is essential that the annotations should include, wherever applicable, a brief record of war service, and to obtain this is one of the objects of the Inquiry Form. It has been decided that the War record will best appear in the printed Roll as a paragraph following the civilian record. It is impossible at present to say when the Roll will be published : a great deal depends on the assistance which Old Boys themselves render. -•

Making History. (From an Examiner's Notebook.) 1•. " Peels "—Policeman. 2. Jeddart Justice was when Jaffires judged the rebels of Edge Hill. 3. Claverhouse—one of Henry V1II's favourits he was of no high birth but he had charming manners later on the people began to cryout against him and Henry had him beheaded. " Put not your trust in Princes " was the cry wrung from Claverhouse as he was going to be executed. 4. At Bothwell Brig the Covenanters were literally swiped out of existence. 5. Ruddey and green [Rullion Green] is the place where the great fire was in London. Rullion Green is the place where a great many Scottish people got married.

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*** It is requested that the Editor be informed of all new appointments or interesting incidents in the careers of Former Pupils.

The dates given in parentheses after names indicate the session of attendance at the School.

WAR HONOURS AND REWARDS. O.B.E. (Military Division). Thomas Clarence Wilsone (1894-97), I.ieut.-Commander, R.N., has received the O.B.E. for services in connexion with operations in the Caspian Sea. John Elrick Kesson (1886-88), M.D., Captain, R.A.M.C., has just been awarded the O.B.E. He is at present serving at Batum with the 7th Sanitary Section. Robert W. A. Salmond* (1891-99), M.D., R.A.M.C. (T.F.), was gazetted in December O.B.E. as from 3rd June, 1919. James Forgan Grant* (1889-99), M.B., Major, R.A.M.C., attached 39th Combined Field Ambulance, has received the O.B.E. as from 15th November, 1919, for services in Central Kurdistan. He was also mentioned in dispatches. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER. Thomas Milne (1892-00), Major, 1/55th (Coke's) Rifles, Indian Army, has been awarded the D.S.O. as from 3rd June, 1919, for services in Egypt and Palestine. Archer Irvine-Fortescue* (1892-97), M.B., Major, R.A.M.C., was mentioned on 3rd February and gazetted D.S.O. (dated 11th November, 1919) for services in North Russia (Archangel). Some account of his work appeared in The Times on 14th May, 1919, and was reproduced in last Magazine (p. 12). He previously was awarded the Russian Order of St. Stanislaus (with crossed swords). At present he is on a special mission to Persia.

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M.B.E. (Military Division). Kenneth James Allardyce* (1894-95), Lieutenant (Acting Captain), Fijian Labour Corps, was gazetted M.B.E. in December for services in Italy. BAR TO MILITARY CROSS. William Grenville Irvine-Fortescue* (1910-13), M.C., Lieutenant, 55th Field Company, Royal Engineers, was gazetted on 21st January as having been awarded a Bar to his Military Cross while serving in the Murmansk Command, " for conspicuously good leadership in very trying circumstances at Koikori, on 8th September, 1919, and following days. On the 8th, when the attacking troops failed in their attempt and became disorganized, he took up his section with other reinforcements, and successfully held the line. He afterwards did excellent patrol work." His Military Cross for gallantry at Salonika was gazetted on 3rd March, 1917. MILITARY CROSS. Patrick Taldo Pine (1906-07), Lieutenant (Acting Captain), 1st Gordon Highlanders, was gazetted M.C. in December. Graham Henderson* (1906-12), Lieutenant, 1/5th Gordon Highlanders, has been awarded the M.C. as from 5th May, 1919. •

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ANOTHER F.P. KNIGHTED. Francis Grant Ogilvie (1872-74), C.B., LL.D., M.A., B.Sc., was created a Knight on New Year's Day. He rendered

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very valuable services in the course of the War, acting as Assistant Comptroller of the Trench Warfare Research Department (1915-17), and of the Chemical Warfare Department (1917-18) of the Ministry of Munitions. He was appointed Secretary of the Board of Education for the Science Museum and Geological Survey in 1910, and Director of the Science Museum in 1911. He is a brother of the Very Rev. JAMES Nicoll. OGILVIE* (1872-76), ex-Moderator of the Church of Scotland. George Herbert Mair* (1899-1902), M.A., was on New Year's Day appointed a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.). For several years after he left Oxford he was on the staff of the Manchester Guardian, eventually becoming joint London editor and political correspondent in London. He resigned the assistant editorship of the Daily Chronicle in 1914 in order to devote his full time to Government work. He served in the Foreign Office (News Department) and was afterwards Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Director of the Press Section of the British Peace Delegation at Paris. Now he is Assistant Director on the League of Nations Secretariat, and has charge of the giving out of news and official information regarding the League. Very few men, we are safe to say, excepting, of course, the political leaders, have a more intimate and accurate knowledge of the inner workings of the VVar— and of the Peace. We hope that the world will not have to wait for several generations before the Mair Papers are published, for he " could a tale unfold " that would make remarkable reading, to say the least. While in Paris he was appointed by the President of the Republic a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, and when President Wilson was travelling in this country, he sent for Mair and at the end of a long interview presented him with a gold cigarette case. Mair had the honour in Paris of " personally conducting " the Prince of Wales, and was given the opportunity of accompanying him in his recent American tour. Robert Scott Troup* (1888-91), lately Inspector General of Forests, Burma, and now Professor of Forestry at Oxford, and George Gall Sim (1892-93), of the Indian Civil Service, were on New Year's Day appointed Companions of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (C.I.E.). Andrew Skeen (1881-86), C.M.G., Temporary MajorGeneral, is Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Indian Army, and has been in command of the operations on the Indian Frontier. In a Reuter's telegram dated 19th November there appeared the following passage :—

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A few chiefs who were detained at Datta Khel were visibly impressed by the sight of the aeroplanes passing over to Ismail Khel. One truculent chief, who spoke boldly and almost insolently to Major-General Skeen yesterday, deeming the threat of aeroplanes idle, was seen wringing his hands as the sound of bombs came over the hills. The bombing operations against the Waziris have been so successful that further operations will probably be unnecessary, though the column may march through the Wazir country in order to impress the tribesmen. The submission of the Waziris was announced shortly afterwards. George Alexander Combe* (1889-95), M.A., was recently gazetted as from 1st May, 1919, H.M. Consul for the Consular District of Hangchow, to reside at Hangchow, but from a letter received a few weeks ago we gather that he has been transferred to Foochow, where another F.P.-WILLIAM ROBERTSON MYERS* (1895-99)—is in the Chinese Maritime Customs, and is President of the Foochow Club. As Combe occupies a similar position in the Recreation Club, the School is well to the fore in this part of the Celestial Empire. William Bulloch* (1877-80), M.D., C.M., F.R.S., has been appointed the first occupant of the newly-established Goldsmiths' Company's chair of Bacteriology, tenable at the London Hospital Medical College. Since 1897 he has been Lecturer in Bacteriology and Pathology in this College, and in 1912 the Senate of London University conferred on him the title of Professor of Bacteriology. Professor Bulloch is a brother of JOHN MALCOLM Bunnell* (1877-80), M.A., editor of The Graphic. Sir John Macdonell* (1860-61), K.C.B., LL.D., has resigned the Quain Professorship of Comparative Law in the University of London, after holding it for 18 years. He has also retired from the post of Master in Chambers in the High Court of Justice. As Senior Master of the High Court (having been appointed in 1889, sixteen years after his call to the Bar at the Middle Temple) he held the mainly ornamental, but traditional, office of King's Remembrancer, an official responsible for receiving in solemn form certain nominal rents, first fruits and tenths, still due to the Crown on an ancient feudal tenure. Sir John is one of the Honorary Vice-Presidents of the F.P. Club. Arthur Richardson Brown (1884-90), M.A., advocate, Edinburgh, has been nominated Junior Counsel for the Treasury, the Woods and Forests, the Commissioner of Works, the King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, and the Accountant of Court. He was called to the Bar in 1903, and acted as a member of the staff of the War Trade Intelligence Department during the years 1915 to 1919. During the latter portion of that period he was assistant to the Representative of H.M. Procurator-General.

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Henry Jackson Butchart* (1890-99), B.L., D.S.O., advocate, Aberdeen, was in December appointed Secretary of the University of Aberdeen, and subsequently, on the death of Mr. D. R. Thom, Secretary of the University Court. From 1907 until the outbreak of war, and after his demobilization in July last, he practised as a law agent in Aberdeen. He served with the Army for practically five years. Mobilized as a captain of the Scottish Horse, he was employed on regimental duty until the end of May, 1916. From 1st June, 1916, until demobilized on 11th July, 1919, he served continuously on the staff in Egypt, in Palestine, and in France. During the advance on and capture of Beersheba and Jerusalem, he was responsible, under the Assistant Adjutant and QuartermasterGeneral, for the transport and supply arrangements of the 74th (Yeomanry) Division, and after the Division was transferred to France he performed similar duties during its advance on the Somme in 1918. At the Adjutant General's branch he was responsible for keeping the Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General and the General Staff advised of the casualties sustained and reinforcements required and received by each unit of the Division. He also dealt with all questions relating to medical services, discipline, military law, courts-martial, courts of inquiry, police measures, personal services, pay, promotions and appointments, and billeting. It was his duty to draft all Divisional Routine Orders and to keep the War Diary of the Administrative Staff of the Division. He was twice mentioned in dispatches and awarded the D.S.O. and the Star of Roumania (officier class), while on 1st June, 1916, he was promoted to the rank of major. Brigadier-General Birdwood wrote of Major Butchart :— " I have much pleasure in stating that Major H. J. Butchart, D.S.O., Scottish Horse, served under my command from March 4, 1917, until March 18, 1919, as D.A.A.G. During the whole of this period, both in Palestine and France, he gave me entire satisfaction ; in fact, I had such complete confidence in his ability that he was the only Staff Officer retained to demobilize the 74th (Yeomanry) Division. He was a keen, active, energetic, and able officer—gifted with tact and sound common sense. His legal training was invaluable to me, as I handed him over the whole of the financial affairs of the Division to wind up. This he did so successfully that the entire demobilization of the Division was carried out without a single query arising. He was a sound organizer and administrator, and had no hesitation in taking responsibility and making decisions when and where necessary. I had at all times the most complete confidence in Major Butchart." Herbert Horace Eugene Wiseman (1896-1903), M.A., has been appointed Director of Musical Studies in the schools

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under the Edinburgh Education Authority. Since 1908 he has been teacher of vocal and instrumental music at Madras College, St. Andrews, and organist of the Restored Parish Church of St. Andrews. Francis W. Michie* (1885-91), M.A., Inspector of Schools for Dumfriesshire and Galloway since 1909, has been transferred to Aberdeen. Robert Bain* (1893-99), M.A., second master, Walker Road School, Aberdeen, has been appointed teacher of methods in the Central School, Aberdeen. James Bryce Clarke* (1896-99), O.B.E., who prior to the War was engaged in banking in Egypt, and served as a Captain in the Egyptian Labour Corps in Gallipoli and elsewhere, went to Belgrade in November last to open an agency there of the British Trade Corporation, which was formed under Royal Charter three or four years ago to help British trade in the Near East. Ian Anderson Clarke* (1902-08), M.A., has just been appointed a District Officer in the Eastern Division of Scotland under the Forestry Commission set up by Act of Parliament last August. He is at present stationed at Aberdeen. William Walker Lackie* (1885- 87), C.B.F.., managerengineer of the Glasgow Corporation Electricity Department, has just been appointed by the Minister of Transport, in pursuit of his powers under the Electricity Supply Act, one of four Electricity Commissioners.

Henry Durward McCombie (1861-66), Kemnay, and James Mowat (1868-70), Stonehaven, have been appointed respectively Convener of the County of Aberdeen and Convener of the County of Kincardine. Both have had long careers of public service. Alexander Morrison Williamson (1871-73), M.A., was recently elected President of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen. George Methven Angus* (1888-92), M.A., B.L., and Robert Pearson Masson* (1903-04), M.A., LL.B., were in February admitted members of the Society. Raymond. Verel* (1896-99), M.B., O.B.E., has been appointed by the Aberdeen University Court an extra-academical teacher in diseases of the ear, nose, and throat. Ian George Innes* (1905-08), M.A., B.Sc., M.B., who served as captain in the R.A.M.C. with the 86th General Hospital in North Russia during last winter, and lately as M.O. at Fovant Dispersal Unit, Wilts, has been appointed lecturer in Experimental Physiology at Aberdeen University.

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Robert Lindsay Graeme Ritchie* (1894-99), M.A., D.Litt., Professor of French in the University of Birmingham, Alexander " with is engaged collating John Barbour's " Buik of the " Roman Ages, Middle the of poem French famous the so far has not which latter, d'Alexandre," and is editing the student. any by tackled successfully been Robert Niven Gilchrist* (1901-05), M.A., Principal of Economy Krishnagar College, Bengal, and Professor of Political Indian Nationand Political Philosophy, is the author of " " It is," ality," a volume just published by Messrs. I.ongmans. a towards contribution able says The Times, " a timely and problems Imperial of urgent most the of comprehension better the general by a leading Anglo-Indian. Mr. Gilchrist discusses its various in nationality Indian and Nationality question of general His India.' and Rome aspects—with a chapter on ' making, the in still is nationality Indian that conclusion is unity—its clearly but the land does possess two elements of is British rule It personality.' ' its and defined boundaries nationality into that has brought the conception of Indian Gilchrist being and laid the basis of an Indian State. Mr. that contemplates the extension of self-government, but insists supplies Britain which (for efficiency industrial commercial and of India capital) is a condition of advance. The Government ; responsibility complete attains it before fitness must prove its the danger of a and all thinking Indians, he believes, recognize Federalism break-off from the Empire. Mr. Gilchrist sees in organization (discussed in a final chapter) the only reasonable of Indian nationality." ProAlexander Reid Gordon* (1884-88), D.Litt., D.D., Testament Old of and University, McGill Hebrew, fessor of is the Literature and Exegesis, Presbyterian College, Montreal, Evangelist," and Statesman : Isaiah of Faith author of " The Co. recently published by Messrs. James Clarke & on Henry Jackson Watt (1891-96), D.Phil., Lecturer his Psychology in the University of Glasgow, has followed up in 1917, with book on " The Psychology of Sound," published just published another entitled " The Foundations of Music," Dux and Gold by the Cambridge University Press. He was Medallist of the School in 1896. office Adrian Stronach* (1899-1902), who is on the head County Bank, is staff of the North of Scotland and Town and " F. E. coming to be recognized as a writer, his pen-name being very a had he Life Country of Clifton." In a recent issue He Scotland." in Fishing Salmon " on article interesting served in the War in the Machine Gun Corps. " At the performances (in English) of Sophocles' " Antigone taken were parts leading November, of end the at in Aberdeen

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by Old Boys. William G. Crai gen* (1894-1902), M.A., LL.B., filled with marked success the heavy part of Creon, King of Thebes ; Charles Davidson* (1882-86), M.A., was the churlish Sentinel ; Charles W. Walker* (1902-12), M.A., was an ingenuous Haemon ; Robert G. McKerron (1907-13) was one of Creon's Attendants, while other F.P.'s were Senators and Guards. Those who had the good fortune to be present will not soon forget the impressiveness and beauty of the production. James William Milne* (1884-95), C.A., whose name will always be associated with the secretaryship of the F.P. Club, is now a partner in the firms of Hodgson, Morris & Co., Chartered Accountants, Liverpool, and of Milne, Grundy, Hunter & Co., Chartered Accountants, Halifax. George Grant Thomson* (1910-12) has received an appointment with the Hong-Kong and Shanghai Bank and is stationed at Tientsin. His brother, James Ferguson Thomson* (1913-15), has gone to Calcutta to the firm of Thomas Duff & Co., jute merchants. Edmund Blaikie Boyd* (1900-12), M.A., Dux of the School in 1912, has been appointed by the Civil Service Commissioners, under the reconstruction scheme for ex-Army candidates, to Class I, Home Civil Service, and has been assigned to the Colonial Office, where he has been working on a temporary basis since 1st September, 1919. He served in France with a siege battery, and was demobilized in June of last year with the rank of Lieutenant. Alfred B. Valentine* (1905-11), M.A., the Dux of the School in 1911, has also been successful in the examination for Class I posts in the Home Civil Service, and it was recorded in the last issue of the Magazine that William R. Tennant* (1904-10), Dux in 1910, had passed into the Indian Civil Service in July, 1919. Robert William Macpherson* (1896-99), M.D., D.P.H., Assistant to the Medical Officer of Health for the County of Cheshire, has been appointed Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer for the Borough of Workington ; Medical Officer for the Port Sanitary Authority, Workington ; and Medical Superintendent of the Ellerbeck Infectious Diseases Hospital, Workington, Cumberland. William Douglas Simpson* (1901-13), M.A., is rapidly coming to the front as an antiquarian authority. Among subjects that he has been dealing with recently are Kildrummy Castle, the hill fort on the Barmekin of Echt, and the ancient earthwork at Invernochty, Strathdon.

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Donald Fraser Proctor* (1908-12), who served in France in the earlier stages of the War as a motor transport driver, and was subsequently granted a commission in the Gordon Highlanders, winning the Military Cross, has leased the wellknown farm of Tillyfour, Tough, which extends to 650 acres. Patrick A. B. McKerron (1904-10) was in December declared one of the successful candidates for Eastern Cadetships. He was a captain in the Gordon Highlanders. Arthur Leslie Scott* (1908-14) has been appointed to a student interpretership in China. He is a son of JAMES Scorr* (1864-67), I.S.O., late Consul-General at Canton. Kenneth Reid* (1901-04), who was a Lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry and had the misfortune to be made a prisoner of war, has now resumed his pre-war occupation 'of planting in Tobago, British West Indies. His brother, Alan Reid* (1911-12), who was formerly in the service of the North of Scotland and Town and County Bank, has received an appointment with the Chartered Bank of India at Kobe, Japan. William Allan Laing* (1904-14) and Andrew Nicol* (1903-15) have been elected associate members of the Institution of Civil Engineers (A.M.Inst.C.E.). Alexander Godsman Catto (1895-99), M.A., B.D., minister of Inverkeithny, Banffshire, since 1910, has been elected to the parish of Aberdour. Soon after the outbreak of war he joined H.M. Forces as a private in the R.A.M.C. and saw service in France, Mesopotamia, and elsewhere. Towards the end of the War he was promoted to a chaplaincy, and his ministrations were much appreciated by the men, who realized that he, having been a private like themselves, could understand their position. James Westland Rose (1881-86) has been called to be minister of the Middle United Free Church, Perth. William Sim Cran* (1872-77), agent, West-End Branch of the Union Bank of Scotland, Aberdeen, has retired after 41 years' service. John A. Masson* (1879-80), agent at Turriff for the Commercial Bank of Scotland, has been appointed to the agency of the Bank at Comrie, Perthshire. Harry James Lamb* (1905-06) has been appointed representative in Hong-Kong of Messrs. Arthur & Co., Ltd., of Glasgow, with whom he has been since 1912. James McAllan (1903-08), M.A., B.Sc., M.R.C.V.S., has received an appointment under the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries in connexion with the administration of the Con-

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tagious Diseases of Animals Act. He returned in the autumn of last year from North Russia, where he served for twelve mond s as a Captain in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps. Alexander Macgregor Williamson* (1908-11), late Lieutenant, Tank Corps, is now in the service of the Cawnpore Woollen Mills Co., Ltd., India. James Murray Ross* (1903-14) has gone out to the Simpang Estate, Perak, F.M.S. Magnus Mowat* (1882-84), M.Inst.C.E., who prior to the War was an engineer in the service of the Port of London Authority, continues to hold the rank of Brigadier-General and Director at the War Office. Charles Gillespie* (1910-18) is in the service of the London Express Newspaper, Ltd. Colin Arthur M`Laren* (1902-05 and 1909-10) holds an appointment in the divisional traffic superintendent's office, Cairo Division, Egyptian State Railways. David Glass Larg* (1905-11), M.A., is at present the holder of a Carnegie Scholarship in Modern Languages and Literature. His special subject is " The Baron v. Bieleld : a contribution to the study of the literary relations between France and Germany in the second half of the eighteenth century." James Gordon Danson* (1894-1903), M.B., surgeon, R.N., is at present stationed at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, where he has been engaged for some time in an interesting investigation on a prophylactic for hay fever. " This curious complaint," says a correspondent, "is apparently on the increase and is, I believe, much more common in the south of England than it is in Scotland. Most of the work on the subject has hitherto been done in America, where they have two kinds, one of which occurs in the spring and the other in the autumn. The autumn one has been tracked down to one species of plant—a thistle, if I am not mistaken—and they have managed to get a serum which has been most effective as a preventive. The spring or summer variety, which is the sort that we get here is apparently due to a variety of plants, and the preparation of an effective serum, if such a thing exists, is a complicated problem. Anyhow some sort of a juice has been produced and cadets are going to be experimented on (with the sanction of their parents)." James McDonald Walker* (1900-06), who during the War was for two and a half years with the Flying Corps, holding the rank of Captain Flight-Commander and winning the Distinguished Flying Cross in 0ctol-er, 1918, shortly after

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which he was rather badly wounded, is now, at the early age of 27, head of the old and world-famous business of Messrs. E. & S. Livingstone, medical, surgical, and scientific publishers, Edinburgh. George Cruickshank Anderson (1912-19) has been apprenticed to the sea in the Booth Line, Liverpool to South America. George Alston Buyers* (1906-08) and William Nicoll Buyers* (1906-10) sailed last autumn to take up three years' agreements, the former at Shanghai, and the latter at Yokohama. Joseph Davidson Carnegie* (1877-80), Congregational minister in Leicester, has now returned from the British Army of the Rhine, which he joined after one year and nine months' service with the Army in France. John Greenlaw* (1884-93), 2nd Class Chaplain, T.F., has received the Territorial Decoration. He has over 20 years' service (including war service) as a Volunteer and Territorial Chaplain. During the War he was a mobilized Territorial Chaplain for four years at Aberdeen, Arbroath, London, and Norwich. Ernest Seyton Ducat* (1898-1906) is studying at the School of Metalliferous Mining at Camborne, Cornwall. Ian Cumming* (1907-14) has entered the leather trade with Messrs. Best & Co., Madras. Clifford Cuthbert Chance* (1905-06), M.B., Major, R.A.M.C., has been for some time D.A.D.M.S. at G.H.Q., Cologne. Alfred Scott Mackie* (1905-09), M.B., is now stationed at Lamu, British East Africa. Robert Ross Tennant*. (1910-13) has entered the service of the Pepeeke Sugar Company, Hawaii. Frederick Wernham Gerrard* (1905-06), Captain, 114th Mahrattas, Indian Army, who prior to the War was in the India Police Force (Bombay Province), is at present Deputy Commissioner of Police at Basra. He was mentioned in dispatches for his services in Mesopotamia. Arthur Hercules Peter Ferguson* (1905-14) has gone to Nairobi, British East Africa. Edward Wyllie Fenton* (1895-1908) has been appointed to the Botanical Department of the Seale-Hayne Agricultural College, Newton Abbot, Devon. James A. Ducat* (1884-87) now holds an appointment with the Barrow and Calcutta Jute Co., Ltd., at Barrow-inFurness.

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Lawrence Jaffray* (1909-14) left in December to take up a position as Assistant Engineer on the Looksan Tea Estate, Satgaon P.O., Sylhet, India. The tea garden belongs to the well-known firm of Messrs. Octavius Steel & Co. of 4 Fenchurch Avenue, London. He served his apprenticeship with Messrs. _ James Abernethy & Co., Ferryhill Foundry, Aberdeen, and was for about a year in the Royal Air Force. George Alexander Ledingham* (1894-1905), who was demobilized in May, 1919, is London Manager of the firm of John M. Henderson & Co., engineers and steel founders, Aberdeen. He is in practice as civil and consulting engineer in conjunction with JOHN M. HENDERSON* (1878-84), at 17 Cockspur Street, S.W. Charles Stuart Buyers* (1895-98) was appointed in May last engineer in charge of contract department to the well-known firm of Crompton & Co., Ltd., Chelmsford, who are one of the largest manufacturers of electrical machinery in this country. John Murray Easton* (1895-1905) is a partner in the recently-formed firm of Easton & .Robertson, architects, 168 Regent Street, London. Robert Fleming* (1891-98), C.E., has joined the Toronto financial firm of J. & L. M. Wood, which is being continued under the name of Wood, Fleming & Co. " The firm," says the Montreal Star, " will continue to identify itself with the financing of Canadian companies and reorganizations. Mr. Fleming, who has been in Canada for some years, is a son of Sir John Fleming, of Aberdeen, Scotland, and a nephew of Robert Fleming, the eminent Scotch banker and financier. He went overseas with the 37th battalion, and served in France with the 3rd Pioneers, C. E. F., and the Canadian Railway Construction troops. Before the War he was engaged in railway construction work in Canada as a general contractor." James Harold Sim* (1901-06), who entered the service of the Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1909, has recently been appointed Assistant Accountant of the Bank at its Lombard Street office in London. Robert John Harvey Gibson* (1872-76), M.A., Professor of Botany in Liverpool University, is the author of " Outlines of the History of Botany," recently published by Messrs. Black. George Adrian Carroll* (1905-12), who passed into the Indian Police in 1913, has been awarded the King's Police Medal in the following circumstances (as officially recorded) :— " On the evening of the 3rd June, 1919, a report was brought to Mr. Carroll, Assistant District Superintendent of Police, at the dak bungalow, Ellichpur, that a Pathan sowar of

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the 30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse) had shot his Ressaidar and was threatening to shoot others. Mr. Carroll took a revolver and walked over to the quarters where the Ressaidar had been shot and where the sowar, Wasiulla Khan, presumably was. It was dark with a slight moon. The sowar was standing under a tree and called to Mr. Carroll to stop, which he did about 40 yards away from the sowar, with his men 10 yards behind him. The sowar was in a very excited state and Mr. Carroll talked to him and soothed him down for about 20 minutes, finally inducing him to come up and hand over his rifle and ammunition. The pathan refused to be touched by anybody except Mr. Carroll and threatened to shoot anybody else. Mr. Carroll took him to the Police Station and there handcuffed h,im. Mr. Carroll acted in a cool, plucky way throughout and undoubtedly risked his life to prevent this man running amok and shooting anybody he met. His action has created a great impression among all who saw it and heard of it." John Rae* (1882-85) is resigning his position as Treasurer of the Bank of Scotland, which he took up in 1917, in order to become one of two chief general managers of the London County Westminster and Parr's Bank. Before he joined the Bank of Scotland three years ago Mr. Rae was a joint general manager of Parr's Bank, which was taken over by the London County and Westminster in 1918 ; he is therefore returning to an institution with which he is already very familiar. John Hall Ritchie* (1903-09), M.A., B.Sc. (Agr.), of the Indian Agricultural Service, is at present home for a few weeks' leave—the first in six and a half years. He has in India a province as big as England to range over. DOCTORS OF DIVINITY. The Senatus of Aberdeen University has decided to confer the Honorary Degree of D.D. on the following F.P.'s :— Gavin Elmslie Argo (1867-69), M.A., B.D., parish minister of Kincardine o' Neil since 1879. Alexander Fiddes* (1870-75), M.A., B.D., minister of St. Bernard's Parish, Edinburgh, since 1900, and previously of Cairney, Aberdeenshire. Robert Alexander Lendrum,* M.A., minister of St. David's U.F. Church, Glasgow, since 1907, and previously of Kirkliston, Midlothian. He was Dux of the School in 1878. James Ironside Still* (1871-72), M.A., minister of Banchory-Devenick U.F. Church since 1884.

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The Senatus of Aberdeen University has also decided to confer the Honorary Degree of LL.D. on the following F.P.'s :— William Bulloch* (1877-80), M.D., F.R.S., Professor of Bacteriology, London University. John Wight Duff* (1877-82), M.A., D.Litt., Professor of Classics in Armstrong College, Newcastle-on-Tyne. David Nicolson* (1856-60), C.B., M.D., a Lord Chancellor's Visitor in Lunacy since 1896. George William White* (1880- 88), in a letter from the Cape Orchard Co., Ltd., Orchard Siding, Cape Province, South Africa, written on 12th November, 1919, says : " It is a good long time since I left the Grammar School. The names of some of the fellows who were there at the same time have come back to me. Here are all those I can remember : George Catto, ' Kid ' Lyall (now in Ceylon), ' Stiffy ' and George Sinclair, Falconer Mahon (who went to sea) and his brother [M. C. J. Hartland Mahon;, two Dymocks (one of whom I have lately heard of as being out in China—he is an artillery officer there), the Popes, the Buyers brothers (all good gymnasts), Tom Murray (now at Penalonga, near Salisbury, Rhodesia), the two Crans, ' Cockie ' Ronald, James Crombie, two Ironsides, three or four Foggos, Antony Mitchell (who became Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney), two brothers Gillanders, two Bells, two Jobbernses (one being now Anglican parson at Carnoustie), three Mitchells—the fighting trio (if they were not fighting each other they fought someone else)—Johnny and James Kellas, Dugald Macdonald, Fiddes, Fildes, Curr, two Moncurs, three Heddles (of Hoy), Harry Coats, two Helmriches, Tawse, Tam Ogilvie (teethless Tam), two Moirs, Duthie, Brebner, James Reith, two Burnesses, Kelty, Sleigh, George Levi (now manager of a London business firm), James and Alick Robb, James Rust, Ian and Malcolm Mackenzie (who afterwards went to Natal), Sandy Brander and two brothers— Sandy I think went to sea, several Bullochs, Mores Barclay,. Frank Turreff, Pinckney, Charles Edward Stuart. " If any of the above would care to renew an old friendship I shall be glad to write in return. " The last-mentioned F.P. I met in rather a funny way. After serving in the Boer War I went down to the Docks at Cape Town to try to get a passage by working it. I went on board the R.M.S. Norman, and whom should the chief officer be but old C.E.S. I wanted to get home—how, didn't matter. " Many thanks for sending the Magazines in 1914-15, though they never reached me. I was on the war-path in German S.W. Africa, which explains matters. We were continually on the move."

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The Very Rev. William Mair* (1843-44), died at Edinburgh on 26th January at the age of 90. Since the death of Rev. John Fleming a little over a year ago, Dr. Mair had been the senior member of the F.P. Club. He was one of the leading personalities in the Church of Scotland and was Moderator in 1897. In the sphere of ecclesiastical law he was recognized as an authority, and his knowledge of law and precedent were of the greatest value in the negotiations on Church union, a cause of which he was a vigorous and untiring advocate, and to which he rendered the most important service. Dr. Mair was born on 1st April, 1830, in Savoch, Aberdeenshire. His father was schoolmaster there, and was a probationer of the Church of Scotland. He received practically all his education from his father, his only other teacher before he entered the University being Dr. Melvin, under whom he studied for a short time at the School. At Aberdeen University (first in King's College and afterwards in Marischal College), where he had Blackie for one of his professors, he had a distinguished career. He graduated M.A. with honours in 1849, and entering the Divinity Hall, was licensed by the Aberdeen Presbytery four years later. His first ministerial appointment was as assistant to Dr. Joseph Paterson, in Montrose, in the same year. But he had scarcely entered on this work when he was prostrated with serious illness. During the seven years that followed Mair lived for the most part at home, but he also travelled for part of the time, visiting Beyrout and Lisbon. He was ordained to a charge at Lochgelly in 1861, four years later was transferred to Ardoch, and finally to Earlston, where, from 1869 till his retirement in 1903, he carried on his ministerial work. During his ministry he was honoured both by his Alma Mater and his Church. In 1885 he was made a Doctor of Divinity by Aberdeen University. In 1897 he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly, and had the honour of conveying to Queen Victoria at Balmoral the congratulatory address of the Church of Scotland on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee. " Above all," says the writer of an interesting appreciation in The Times, " Dr. Mair was an ecclesiastical lawyer. It was his delight to answer gratuitously the inquiries of clerical and other correspondents, who must have numbered many thousands, and who consulted him on debatable points of Church and parochial law. The ancient handbook—Cook's ' Styles '— had long been out of date ; and ever since its publication in 1887 Mair's ' Digest of Church Laws ' has been the unrivalled

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authority on its subject. Its author was ever a prominent figure in the General Assembly and his chief interests there, apart fom his constant interpolations where law and procedure were concerned, were in the long disputation concerning the alteration of the ` Formula of Subscription ' required of ministers and elders, which culminated in the passing of Clause 5 in Mr. Balfour's Scottish Churches Act of 1905. . . . Mair's was an engaging personality. His frank and undissimulated egotism," adds this writer, " was matched by an equally marked simplicity, unselfishness, and piety. He was what Scotsmen describe as ' finnicky '—fussily solicitous of detail in such matters as dress, health, elocution, and the nicenesses of law. A sense of humour was not one of his chief gifts ; and he was the frequent butt of jests—which he always took good naturedly--on the part of his friends. He attributed his long life largely to his meticulous regard for the rules which he laid down for himself ; and it was one of the gibes of that irrepressible satirist, the late Principal Styry, that Mair was so enswathed in protective raiment as to be impervious to either heat or cold.' " In 1911 Dr. Mair published his biography under the title of " My Life," and in it he told his readers that although with his 5 feet 8 inches he was quite up to the average in height, he never at any time weighed more than 8 stone. " I have wondered," he says, " how it feels to be large-boned and full of physical strength." Dr. Mair was married in 1866 to a daughter of the late Mr. David Edward of Balruddery, and he is survived by his wife. The Senior Member of the Club is now Sir THOMAS SUTHERLAND* (1844-48), G.C.M.G., LL.D. A Moderator of the U.F. Church.

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Another ex-Moderator has passed away in the person of the Very Rev. George Reith* (1854-57), who died in Glasgow on 9th December last in his 78th year. He was pastor of the combined congregations of College and Kelvingrove U.F. Churches, Glasgow. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Aberdeen, and celebrated his jubilee as a minister in 1916. Dr. Reith was born in Aberdeen in a house in Chapel Street opposite Kidd Lane. His father was Mr. George Reith, who is remembered in Aberdeen as a pioneer of railway enterprise in the North, and was secretary and afterwards manager of the Aberdeen Railway, which was the first line to the city. Dr. Reith was educated at the Grammar School and Aberdeen University. He attended the New College, Edinburgh, and had the distinction of gaining the Cunningham Scholarship. After foreign travel, he was associated for some time with Dr.

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Howie, afterwards of Govan, in mission work in the wYnds of Glasgow, and in 1886 he was called to become colleague and successor to the famous author of " The Ten Years' Conflict " —Dr. Robert Buchanan. Dr. Reith, who was always attached to the evangelical side of his church, interested himself largely in mission work. At the same time he showed a liberal attitude towards theological thinking. On the occasion of Dr. Reith's appointment as Moderator of the United Free Church, a fellow-minister of Glasgow said of him : " Dr. Reith came out at the Disruption, ' carried out,' as he says, ' in his mother's arms,' and he inherited all the fervour and . devotion of that great time. From the very first he took a leading place among the ministers of Glasgow, and that place he has maintained with honour to himself and advantage to his city for nearly fifty years. But his pulpit is his throne, and all through his long ministry he has devoted himself with undivided mind and rare devotion to the preaching of the Word." died at Wellington, New Zealand, (1849-54) John Duncan on 26th November, aged about 80 years. On completing his education he was for a time in Ceylon, but for the greater part of his life was engaged as a merchant (Messrs. Levin & Co.) in Wellington. He was a son of the late JOHN DUNCAN (1812-14), advocate, Aberdeen, and a brother of DOUGLASS Du NCAN (18521854) , advocate, Aberdeen. John Keith (1849-54), M.A., senior minister of the United Free Church, Carmylie, Forfarshire, died at Aberdeen on 14th November, in his 83rd year. He graduated M.A. at King's College in 1859 and was elected to Carmylie in 1865. His ministerial jubilee was appropriately celebrated in 1915. Alexander Scott (1850-53), M.A., M.B., L.R.C.S. (Ed.), Staff Surgeon, R.N. (retired), died at Aberdeen on 17th February, aged 82 years. He graduated in arts and medicine at Marischal College, and thereafter took second place in the competition for entrance to the medical branch of the Navy. The most of his service was in Malta, the West Indies, and South America. He retired about 40 years ago. He was a brother of JOHN SCOTT (1856-61), M.D., Abridge, Surrey ; THOMAS SCOTT* (1863-68), M.A., retired Army Chaplain ; and BENJAMIN SCOTT (1872-75), M.B., Manchester. Andrew Jaffray Chrystall (1859-60), senior minister of Newhills U.F. Church, Bucksburn, died at Aberdeen on 2nd March, aged 75 years. He commenced his ministry at Auchterless in 1870, and in 1886 received a call to Bucksburn, where he laboured till his retiral from active ministry in 1911. His three sons, David M., Stodart M., and Andrew M., are members of the F.P. Club.

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Robert Adam (1866-68) died at Aberdeen on 19th December, aged 67. For 46 years he was cashier with Messrs. Reith & Anderson, Kittybrewster Auction Mart, Aberdeen. George Garioch Dalgarno* (1870-74), M.A., died at Arbroath on 19th February, aged 62 years. After graduating at Aberdeen University and qualifying as a solicitor, he went in 1884 to Arbroath, where he became one of the leading lawyers. He was a son of the late Rev. James Dalgarno, minister of Peterculter Free Church. William Dyce Stewart (1874-77), M.A., son of the late Sir David Stewart, LL.D., of Banchory-Devenick, died at Aberdeen on 1st January, aged 55 years. After graduating M.A. at Aberdeen University in 1885, he studied engineering, chemistry, and other subjects in Germany and the United States. He entered his father's business of comb manufacturing and was latterly joint managing director with his brother, D. B. D. STEWART* (1874-77), of the Aberdeen Combworks Co., Ltd., devoting his attention mainly to the practical side. He was for many years an officer in the Aberdeen Volunteer Artillery, and later was Major in the Forfar and Kincardine Artillery (Militia). Claud Hamilton (1876-77), chairman of Messrs. Claud Hamilton, Ltd., electrical and motor car engineers, Glasgow and Aberdeen, died at Sidmouth, Devon, on 24th December, aged 55 years. He served his apprenticeship as an engineer With Messrs. James Abernethy & Co., Aberdeen, and then was appointed assistant in the Glasgow firm of Messrs. Norman and Son, electrical engineers. Eventually he was assumed a partner, and in 1893 the name of the firm was changed to Messrs. Claud Hamilton, Ltd. Alexander Stephen (1881-82), son of the late Alexander Stephen, Mains of Inkhorn, Auchnagatt, died at Aberdeen on 15th December, aged 53 years. He served as an apprentice with Messrs. Pratt & Keith, warehousemen, Aberdeen. Thereafter he went to London and became manager to Messrs. A. W. and W. H. Fletcher, South African merchants. For the last ten years he had been sole partner of this business. David Mitchell (1881-84), son of the late Charles R• Mitchell, Aberdeen, died at Streatham, London, on 16th January, aged 47 years. He served as an apprentice with Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co., shipbuilders, Aberdeen, and became a marine engineer in the service of the P. and 0. Steamship Company. An Indian Educationist. Alick Allan Gardiner Wright* (1881-85) died at Baillieswells, Bieldside, on 6th November last, within a few m eeks of

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his 47th birthday. Born at Fordyce in 1872 he was a son of the late Mr. William Wright, Portsoy. An older brother, James, held a distinguished position in the Indian Civil Service. Alick was a pupil at the School for four years. In due course he entered Aberdeen University, and there, and subsequently at Cambridge, he had a brilliant academic career, carrying off all the leading honours that were open to him. In 1898 he entered the Indian Educational Service. He was Inspector of Education in Sind, with his headquarters at Karachi, and afterwards he was appointed to the important post of Director of Public Instruction in the Central Provinces. As an administrator and reformer he did work of the highest value and he was recognized as an educational authority whose opinion carried weight. He was frequently consulted by the Government and his experience and judgment were relied upon in coping with many of the difficult and delicate problems that arose in the course of Indian administration. Holding broad and liberal views, he was always eminently sane and practical in outlook, and he had a deep understanding of the complexities of the native character, which enabled him to estimate at their real worth the often extravagant demands of extremists. Illness, unfortunately, compelled him to leave India, and for long he kept hoping that he might be able to return to the work in which his heart was, but this was not to be and his last years were spent on Deeside, where he owed much to the devotion of his friend, Dr. George Smith. He was a student all his days, an omnivorous reader, no mean literary critic, and a brilliant conversationalist and delightful companion. He was one of the most loyal F.P.'s. Readers of the Magazine will remember his charming article on " A Day's Sport in India " (Vol. XVI, p. 36). That gave a glimpse of another phase of his character. He was one of the keenest of sportsmen and he revelled in the opportunities he could snatch from the cares of work in India to indulge in the joys of a shooting trip. William George Davie (1881-86), civil engineer, died at Turriff on 6th January, aged 49 years. He joined the Indian Public Works Department in 1890, serving in Burma as an assistant engineer, and in 1901 was promoted to be executive engineer. Louis Rennet* (1881-90), youngest son of the late David Rennet, LL.D., Aberdeen, died at Johannesburg, South Africa, on 14th December, aged 44 years. After leaving the School he served five years with Messrs. John Sheed & Co., sugar merchants, Aberdeen, and eight years with merchants in London. In 1903 he went to South Africa, and was latterly assistant catering manager, South African Railways, Johannesburg.

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Vincent Alexander Loeclyffe Dawson (1894-97) died at Aberdeen on 11 th December, aged 30 years. On leaving the School he entered the Aberdeen Harbour Treasurer's office, and subsequently joined the National Health Insurance Department of the Aberdeen and Northern Friendly Society. During part of the War he served with the Royal Scots. Frederick Charles Mutch* (1895-1905), shipmaster, lost his life on 17th January by the sinking of his ship, the s.s. Macona, off the west coast of Sweden. The vessel was on its way from Copenhagen to Methil when it struck a rock and went down, only one of the crew of 50 being saved. Captain Mutch, who was 29 years old, served his apprenticeship in Messrs. George Milne & Co.'s s.s. Invercauld, and obtained his master's certificate when 23 years of age. Later he took the American navigation certificate, and was in the U.S. mercantile service at the time of his death. During the War he captained the Fairhaven and other vessels carrying war stores in the Mediterranean, and had many narrow escapes from enemy submarines. He was the only surviving son of Mr. James Mutch, ironmonger, Aberdeen, and was married in September of last year. William Turner* (1915-18), elder son of William Clyne Turner, 111 Brighton Place, Aberdeen, died of meningitis on 10th December, aged 16i years.

Marriages. Greif; (1882-87).---At the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, W.C., on 29th December, J. RENNIE GREIG,* A.M.I.C.E., Major, Royal Engineers, T.F., elder son of J. Milne Greig, of 117 Bedford Court Mansions, W.C., to Dorothy, youngest surviving daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Griggs Bacon, of Chelmsford and Anerley, S.E. Hay (1898-1900).—At the Church of Mary Immaculate, Manly, Sydney, N.S.W., on 19th November, ALEXANDER LEO HAY, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hay, 18 Gladstone Place, Aberdeen, to Vera, youngest (laughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D'Arcy Burke, Kooringal, Addison Road, Mahly, Sydney, N.S.W. Howie (1906-08).—At the Haughton Arms Hotel, Alford, on 19th November, GEORGE HOWIE, M.R.C.V.S., son of George Howie; M.R.C.V.S., Sunnyside, Alford, to Alexandrina Elizabeth, eldest daughter of William M' Combie, Smithfield, Alford. Middleton (1899-1903).—At the South Parish Church, Aberdeen, .on 20th February, HUGH F. D. MIDDLETON,* telegraphist, to Caroline Allathan, eldest daughter of Mrs. Allathan, 8 Wallfield Place, Aberdeen. Middleton (1888-94).—At Ferndown, Dorset, on 1st December, Major JAMES MIDDLETON, C.E., late Royal Engineers, youngest son of the late Alexander Middleton, Belmont, to Florence Dulcie Booth, fourth daughter of Mr. L. W. Booth, C.M.G., late Ceylon Civil Service, ?Morrison (1903—W.—At Castlehill U.F. Church, Forres, on 30th December, Rev. ALEXANDER J. MORRISON, M.A., U.F. Church, Portree; to Isabella, younger daughter of the late A. E. Stewart, factor, Raasay, and the late Mrs. Stewart, Glencairn, Percival Road, Inverness.

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Nicol (1899-1900 ).--A t British Embassy Chapel, Constantinople, on 18th December, CHALMERS NICOL, Major, R.A.S.C., son of the late Alexander Nicol, St. Helens, Aberfeldy, to Mary Dorothea Murray, M.B., Ch.B., eldest daughter of the Rev. John Murray, Cupar-Fife. Reid (1905-11).-At St. Mary's Chapel, East Parish Church, Aberdeen, on 16th January, HENRY WILLIAMS REID, engineer, to Elizabeth Bryden, daughter of George Bryden, 59 Cotton Street, Aberdeen. Taylor (1904-06).—At Union Church, Tientsin, North China, on 7th February, JOHN CAMERON TAYLOR * (of Messrs. Jardine, Mathieson & Co., Ltd., Hankow), son of the late Wm. Taylor and Mrs. Taylor, of Cairnfechel, Udny, to Dorothy Isobel Bryson, daughter of Rev. Thos. Bryson, Tientsin. Thomson (1894-98).—On 9th December, by special licence, at Cape Town, ANDREW PEARSON THOMSON, of Lubumboshi, Katanga, Congo Belge, son of the late George Thomson, of Banchory, to Alfreda Mary, widow of J. I. Corrie Boswell, of Newport Pagnall, England, and daughter of the late Alfred Walter Hurlie. Williamson (1904-07 ) .—At Saint Michael and All Angels, Croydon, on 5th February, NORVAL STEWART WILLIAMSON,* son of the late John Williamson and Mrs. Williamson, 20 Beaconsfield Place, Aberdeen, to Margaret Eleanor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Lassam Keene, " Lynedale," Elgin Road, Croydon. Wisharl (1901-05).----At Grand Hotel, Aberdeen, on 10th December, LESLIE WISHART, Minnes, Foveran, to Mabel Katherine, daughter of Alex. R. Strachan, Auchrynie, Strichen.

Horace.—Car. 1, 34. PARCUS DEORUM. I hadna crossed the Aul' Kirk door for mony a year an' day ; Quo' I, " When a'thing's fore-ordained it's little eese to pray," But noo when Sunday mornin' comes I hearken for the bell, An' few set oot in runkled blacks mair eager than mysel'. For God Almichty in the past micht fyles forget his ain When craps were connached noo an' than wi' weet or want o' rain ; But Sirs ! o' late while hoastin' men are warslin' wi' the flu Frail wives in soakit shawls an' sheen are stervin' i' the queue. An' owre the sea it's waur than that, the Marne is rinnin' reid, The lang canals an' saughy burns are dammed wi' German deid; An' bonny Wipers, braw Louvain, an' France's fairest touns, Cathedrals, ay an' hospitals are levelled to the founs. But noo the Kaiser an' his Kings are skirtin' fae the lan', They seen got youkie roon the chouks when God put tee a han', An' Fortune, like an aeroplane, comes loopin' doon the blue An' kills a Czar to place in pooer some raggit Russian Jew. 1918.

CHARLES MURRAY.

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Lord Meston of Agra and Dunnottar.

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The conferring of a peerage on Sir James Meston on his resignation of his appointment as Financial Member of the Council of the Viceroy of India has been described by one of the most experienced London correspondents as a remarkable event. " It is an event," he says, " of which his native city of Aberdeen might be proud. I do not at the moment recall any precedent." It is an event, too, which we chronicle with peculiar pride and pleasure in the pages of the Magazine, and which has given the greatest satisfaction to Grammar School boys, past and present, especially because, amid the heavy responsibilities of his official career, Lord Meston has always kept a warm corner in his heart for his old School, and has shown the liveliest interest in its welfare and in the activities of the F.P. Club. When the official announcement of Lord Meston's new honour appeared on 10th November, the Secretary of the Club telegraphed " Heartiest congratulations from the Former Pupils' Club of your proud old School," and in a letter written the same day, said— It is a proud day for the Secretary of the Aberdeen Grammar School Former Pupils' Club to address one of its members by the title of a Baron. Not since the days of Byron, I think, has the School counted a Peer among her sons, and you can hardly imagine how proud and delighted we all are at the great honour which the King has just conferred upon you. I sent to you by telegram this morning the congratulations of the F.P. Club, but neither telegram nor letter can convey the real feeling of every son of the Old School on this outstanding event in her history. Your old school-fellows, and all who have succeeded them, have followed your career with the greatest interest, and they will now unite in congratulating you most warmly on the honour which your great work for India has so well merited.

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It had been hoped that Lord Meston would be present at the Annual Dinner of the F.P. Club. In a letter to the Secretary at the beginning of November, he said—" If I can possibly come upon the date on which you determine, I will use every endeavour to do so. If I cannot, well, you will have me in the spirit and my sincerest good wishes. Let me take this opportunity," he added, " of sending you my most hearty thanks for the friendly messages which you have sent me, as from the Club, on many occasions. If I have not always responded, you must accept the excuses of a man who has been uniformly hard worked in recent years. I see more leisure in front of me now, and hope soon to be capable of being of some service to your delightful organization."

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When the day of the dinner arrived, affairs of State kept Lord Meston in London. He had important duties in connexion with the passage through the House of Lords of the Government of India Bill, and it had been arranged that he should sail for India, immediately after Christmas, on a special mission. For these reasons, Lord Meston wrote, " it will be impossible for me to take any part in the work of your Club until next year. I hope to be in England for good by April and shall then look forward to being an active member of your organization." Former Pupils will await with the liveliest interest the fulfilment of this hope. No F.P. has been keener than Lord Meston, and he has set a standard of loyalty to the School and practical interest in its affairs which cannot well be improved upon. On 3rd December the new peer took his seat in the House of Lords under the title of Baron Meston of Agra and Dunnottar. The former name, it has been explained, recalls his long service, culminating in the Lieutenant-Governorship of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, and the latter recalls incidents in which an ancestor of his participated in Jacobite days. The new peerage is not only personal, but is a tribute to the great work of the Indian Civil Service at a time when considerable restlessness prevails in its ranks. Eight days later Lord Meston made his maiden speech from the crimson benches. One description of the occasion may be fitly reproduced here— The deba,te on the India Bill in the House of Lords, says The Liverpool Post correspondent, disclosed that the elevation to the peerage of Sir James Meston has added a most attractive and forceful personality to the House. Lord Meston comes from India with a great reputation, and it seems likely that he will maintain and increase that reputation here. He has been associated for thirty years with the India Administration, but he looks astonishingly youthful. He speaks in a pleasant voice, and his argument is as clear as his utterance. The House of Lords has many Indian administrators of distinction, but their experience is not so recent as Lord Meston's, and he will put them all into the shade.

" At the close," another observer remarked, " the peers were as nearly enthusiastic in their cheers as they ever are. Lord Meston's modesty, as well as his arguments, won their f avour. It is matter of history now that the Government of India Bill has become law and Lord Meston's name will always be associated with what has been called " India's Charter." We have not attempted any appreciation of Lord Meston's notable and, indeed, epoch-making career. That must come on some other occasion and from some abler pen. It is fitting, however, that the Magazine should add its quota to the universal chorus of praise and approval which has greeted the high honour that has been conferred on one of the most distinguished of our Former Pupils.

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A " Grammar " Explorer. Dr. Chalmers Mitchell's African Flight. The Times has rendered a great service to the development of flying by its enterprise in arranging for a flight from Cairo to Cape Town, or rather from London as the starting-point, and our readers have a special interest in the adventure seeing that the passenger and observer on the machine was

Dr. PETER CHALMERS MITCHELL (1879-80), C.B.E., D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S., one of our most distinguished F.P.'s. It is true, unfortunately, that the flight failed. The machine crashed on Friday, 27th February, at Tabora, to the east of Lake Tanganyika, when taking off from the aerodrome there, but that does not detract from the merit of the enterprise. The failure, as The Times says, is only apparent and comparative. The achievement has been great, and many useful lessons have been learned which will be of the utmost value in the further development of flying. The purpose of the flight was to make a definite scientific exploration and to test the practical utility of the Cape to Cairo air route. The flight was

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not to be " a race nor a merely spectacular performance, but a serious attempt to show whether Africa can be traversed easily and safely from end to end by proper aircraft in ordinary conditions, and a pioneer effort in exploration from the air." It was appropriate, therefore, that an eminent man of science, of the calibre of Dr. Chalmers Mitchell, should have been selected as passenger and observer on the machine. This was a Vickers-Vimy commercial aeroplane, adapted from the Vimy bomber for :peace service, with the exception of the body. It is interesting to note that the machine was similar to those used in the great Atlantic flight last summer, and the recent flight to Australia. The pilots flew it out safely from London to Cairo and from there to the Cape the journey would have been 5,206 miles. To prepare the numerous landing-places, accumulate stores, and carry out other necessary preliminary work occupied a year. To adopt a recent phrase, it was " a dark and difficult adventure " which Dr. Chalmers Mitchell and his companions were engaged upon, and that has been made plain by the series of telegrams which came through from the Doctor from day to day during the journey. The first day was " an absolute pleasure," and, with reference to this, it must be remembered that Dr. Mitchell is no longer young and has had no special flying experience. At Assuan, during an enforced delay, he employed his time " tracking jackals and wolves in the desert." Another halt at Khartum was utilized to make notes of a volcanic field, with great flows of lava and many craters, and this has proved to be a new discovery. " I am delighted," said Dr. Mitchell, " to find that my notes, taken under bad conditions in a bumpy aeroplane, are precise enough to identify localities and make geological observations." Jebelein 1,252 miles from Cairo, saw more engine trouble. This place is 24 hours, " by fast camel," from the nearest telegraph. Another 538 miles brought the adventurers to Mongalla, and in a dispatch from that spot the doctor said :— I consider the Cairo-Khartum part of the route satisfactory if relays of

aeroplanes are available. The arranged landing grounds are good and forced descents fairly practical. The stage from Khartum to Mongalla is extremely dangerous, as the arranged aerodromes are difficult to locate and forced descents require luck and unusual skill. Bush fires destroy visibility and render the smoke fires on the aerodromes useless as guides. The positions of the wireless station and the telegraph wires at Mongalla are extremely dangerous. The pilots, the mechanics, and the Vickers-Vimy machine are excellent. We hope that the worst of the trip is over, but must proceed slowly.

The worst, however, was not over. On the way to Jinja engine heating forced a landing at Nimule, in Northern Uganda, and owing to other troubles, the party had to camp out and " were disturbed by lions at night." This was on 20th February. Next day the heat was so great that the aeroplane . could not get up beyond a height that was dangerous and the

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pilot " just succeeded in making a safe landing." With an early start on the 22nd Jinja was safely reached. Kisumu, 113 miles on, where the explorers arrived on the 24th, provoked the remark that " the mechanical side of the trip has been worrying," and Dr. Mitchell added that " actual flying is possible and even enjoyable for good travellers, but engine defects and forced landings in dangerous areas require some philosophy." Three days later came the crash at Tabora, 2,628 miles from Cairo, and the extent of the damage to the machine put further flying out of the question. Luckily none of the occupants was seriously hurt. Thus ended a great and gallant exploit, which will always be remembered in the history of flying. Many difficulties were met and surmounted, and though the final breakdown could not be overcome, the results achieved are of the highest importance. Our block of Dr. Chalmers Mitchell has been made from a photograph kindly supplied by the Editor of The Times Weekly Edition.

A Visit to the Belgian Battlefields in September, 1919, I had a most interesting trip—shall never regret but always remember it. We left London a party of seventeen, and we were seven all told when we got back to Waterloo Station. A few went to look for the graves of their relatives who had fallen in the field of battle, and these left at the first opportunity ; others did not wish to complete the fixed programme, while five of the party took an extended tour through the French Battlefields. It was Cook's trip for six days from London and back, and we did everything very comfortably, and great credit is due to that firm for the success of their arrangements. From London to Dover we travelled by Pullman Car, stayed at the best hotels, were provided with . private motor cars for whole and half-day trips, and with open carriages when " doing " towns. An intelligent courier accompanied us, looked after our creature comforts and acted as our guide. At the chief Battlefields we had the services of a retired Major, whb had a personal knowledge of all that went on during the severe fighting in these districts ; this, of course, added very much to the interest of our short holiday. Leaving Dover for Ostend on a Saturday forenoon in September, we steamed straight for Calais, until within a mile or so of it, and then skirted the French and Belgian Coasts. The mine zone prevented us steering straight from Dover to Ostend.

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Arriving at Ostend in time for dinner at the Hotel Splendid, we afterwards spent the evening as we liked. It was a fine autumn evening, and the town was crowded. The Sea front is one of the finest, and there were thousands of children on the beach, while the sea appeared to be crowded with " mixed " bathers. The following morning private motor cars (for three or four persons) were provided, and we drove to Zeebrugge, along the Coast Road. Every few yards we passed the German big guns, 150 in all, pointing towards the sea ; all but one had been destroyed by the enemy before they evacuated the district. En route there were several small villages and private houses in a terribly shattered condition, our Navy having given the inhabitants a hot time during the German occupation. Zeebrugge itself was highly interesting. We saw the great gap in the Mole made by our intrepid Navy on the night the Invincible made such a heroic attack (the Invincible, by the way, was seen with its broken back, and half submerged, at Ostend Harbour) ; the spot where our brave fellows landed on the pier and fought and died, and also the Thetis, Iphigenia, and Intrepid, all sunk by our Navy in the attempt to block the entrance to the Bruges Canal. Captain Fryatt's steamer, the Brussels, had been scuttled by the Germans before leaving Zeebrugge, but she has since been floated and was lying, a miserable-looking wreck, inside the Mole. At Bruges, visited later on, the wall against which poor Fryatt stood in the early morning and was done to death, was pointed out to us. On the following day, Monday, we left early in cars to do the Battlefields (en passant, these cars, I believe, cost Messrs. Cook £15 each per day !). It was then we began to see evidence of the horrors of war. Nearly all the villages were in ruins. The first town of importance was Nieuport on the Coast. It was in a terrible state. From there we drove to Furnes. It also had borne the brunt of bombardment. All along the road we passed every now and then solitary cemeteries crowded with wooden crosses. It was a sad sight, and I often felt grateful that my mission was not the same as that of many. The map shows a long, almost straight, road from Furnes to Ypres, which we next visited. On both sides of the road there had been, during the four and• a half years; heavy fighting, and the fields were studded with shell holes; some of which were full of water, and in the earlier shell holes long rushes were growing. These fields seem interlaced with old, rusty, barbed wire, and it will take many months before they can be made of any agricultural value. Gangs of German prisoners were working, and also numerous Chinese labourers ; these were collecting old iron and levelling up the ground. The dug-outs had been all covered with corrugated iron with limber supports, and these were being collected and piled up

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alongside the roads. There were miles of scrap iron (selling, I understand, at £4 per ton), and in one district derelict Tanks were very prominent. At one of these we stopped. It had suffered from a direct hit, and had been disembowelled. On reaching Ypres (a town with a population before the War of 20,000, and many years ago, 200,000)---what a scene ! Absolute devastation ! Not a single house standing! The fine old Cloth Hall and the Cathedral with hardly one stone standing on another were a melancholy sight, and to think that under these ruins the bodies of 700 of our men (200 of them, I understand, Royal Engineers), who were in the building when the steeple fell, are still there ! While all was devastation, it was not desolation. There were hundreds of tourists arriving (many with cameras) in motor cars, motor bicycles, and all sorts of conveyances from all quarters, and there were many wooden estaminets being erected along the streets to provide comfort and cheer for the inner man. In one of these an excellent lunch was served. We afterwards examined the ruins of the town, and as I was keen on curios, I picked up a few. I could have got a dozen rifles, but they were rather unwieldy and rusty to take away. We were allowed to go anywhere, although there were many notices " It is dangerous to dig amongst the ruins." The Cloth Hall and Cathedral were both fenced off by barbed wire, and in front of the Cloth Hall a large placard was posted :-"NOTICE. This is Holy Ground. No stone of this Fabric is to be taken away. It is a heritage for all civilized people. " By Order, " Town Major, Ypres." As we stepped out of our car on arrival at Ypres, the first thing we noticed was an open cart, driven by an Indian. On the cart were four dead bodies with a Union Jack covering them. This gruesome scene goes on all day, I was told, and can one wonder, when there were 252,000 casualties round Ypres from the beginning to the end of the War ? I think it is very likely that soon the whole place will be fenced off and that tourists will not have so much liberty as we had. Every month will see a change, as thousands of men are working amongst the ruins and trying to put things right. We left Ypres in the afternoon and went eight or ten miles further south to Kemmel, saw Mont Kemmel, and " Hill 60 " was close by. Kemmel was our furthest point south ; returning through Ypres again, we saw not far off the Messines and Passchendale Ridges, where so much desperate fighting took place. We stopped at the roadside near Passchendale. I picked up bits of shell, a fuse, a rifle, etc., but did not add to my collection a boot and its contents, which I saw lying on

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the roadside. A visitor in our hotel, on the outlook for relics, found a German helmet lying in a field close to the road and picked it up. The interior of the helmet was ghastly ! From Passchendale we drove through the Forest of Houthulst, where many a bloody battle was fought. Not a whole tree now stands ; there are many stumps, but all blasted by the fumes of powder and gas. Dixmude was the next town we passed, and it was in ruins. Here we had afternoon tea. We also examined the heavy concealed gun at Moere. This was the gun which the Germans concealed in a copse about 28 miles from Dunkirk and shelled that town daily. At 80 degrees it carried an immense shell into the town. The Germans' idea was to take Dunkirk, move the immense gun there, and then shell Calais. I took a lot of " snaps " of the different places and scenes, but, unfortunately, owing to bad light, these were practically all " wash-outs." We arrived at Ostend in time for dinner, and a very good one too ! Our airmen had played dreadful havoc with the roads, and consequently we tourists found travelling a bit uncomfortable. On the trip to and from Ypres my car had three punctures ! On Wednesday we left Ostend by train for Bruges. There carriages awaited our arrival and our courier acted as our guide. We visited various places of interest. It was here that Captain Fryatt was tried by court martial at 5 a.m. and shot at 7. We had lunch at Bruges and joined the train in the afternoon for Ghent. There we saw what of interest was to be seen, had afternoon tea, and then joined the train for Brussels, arriving in time for dinner at the Hotel Metropole. The town seemed to be gayer than ever, and there was little evidence of the Great War anywhere. Next morning cars were again provided, and we drove to Malines, and from there to Antwerp, where we lunched, and visited the Cathedral, etc. There was not much sign of destruction, although I noticed that the hotel in the square near the Cathedral, at which I had stayed several times in pre-war days, had been blown to bits. That, however, was a small detail. From Antwerp we motored to Louvain, where the Germans did so much wanton mischief to many old and historic buildings, including the world-famous Louvain Library, with its priceless books. We returned to the " Metropole," Brussels, at seven o'clock. Thursday forenoon in Brussels was spent in carriages doing the " lions." As I had seen most of them, I remained in the " trap " and read my Free Press, which had been delivered at the hotel that morning. In the afternoon we were free to do as we liked, and next morning left Brussels for London, arriving there at nine in the evening. After spending a few days in London I left for Aberdeen, having had a splendid time from beginning to end. The experience is unforgettable.

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Marooned on Elephant Island.

[Robert S. Clark* (1894-1904 M.A., B.Sc., was biologist to Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition of 1914-17. In his recently-published " South," Sir Ernest Shackleton refers several times to Clark and his work. On page 8 we read : " The quaint little penguins found the ship a cause of much apparent excitement and provided a lot of amusement aboard. One of the standing jokes was that all the adelies on the floe seemed to know Clark, and when he was at the wheel rushed along as fast as their legs could carry them, yelling out ' Clark! Clark ! ' and apparently very indignant and perturbed that he never waited for them or even answered them." Again, on page 4a : " We heard a great yell from the floe and found Clark dancing about and shouting Scottish war-cries. He had secured his first complete specimen of an Antarctic fish, apparently a new species." Clark contributes to the volume a paper on " South Atlantic Whales and Whaling." He was one of the party of 22 who were marooned on Elephant Island, in the South Shetlands, from April to August, 1916, and has kindly sent the following account of their life there.] We landed on Elephant Island at Cape Valentine on 15th April, 1916, on a strip of beach that just held us and our three boats. Our tents were pitched on the shingle, under overhanging cliffs of black metamorphic schistose rocks, a position by no means enviable. Frank Wild, the indefatigable second in command, discovered our future permanent abode ten miles round the island to the North-west —a sandy*" spit " (in summer) stretching out from the mainland and guarded at its Northern extremity by a steep, conicalshaped Ailsa Craig rock. This promontory now bears his name. On either side of this low, sandy " spit " the sea played havoc, but winter brought relief in the shape of an ice foot and abundance of snow. At the head of West Bay lay the Lord Furness glacier, a continual source of trouble to us during the whole period of our imprisonment. Huge " bergy bits " calved with the report of heavy artillery, crashed into the bay below and raised mountainous waves which washed across the " spit." The inevitable would have happened but for our " ice foot." The hut was primitive. Two parallel dykes ' 18 feet apart and about four feet high were built of boulders from the beach. Two upturned boats rested side by side on the top, while the walls and roof were covered in with canvas, the remnants of our faithful tents, which had borne the brunt of many a blizzard. The floor was strewn with small pebbles, by no means soft and comfortable to lie on but they were all we had and we were thankful. Some lived in the attics,

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between the thwarts and the bottom of the boats, and adapted themselves wonderfully to the cramped surroundings. Better conditions gradually evolved. The stove was transferred to the interior of the hut, but the torture of smoke blindness was awful. Still our clothes dried. A funnel (chimney) was made from the tin lining of a provision box and at last the smoke escaped to the outer air. Darkness prevailed inside the hut even in daytime, but the glass frame of a box-chronometer was sewn into the canvas wall and daylight was admitted into our dismal abode. Sardine tins with seal oil and with cotton wool or medical gauze as a " wick," gave us artificial " reading " light, but the number of these tins was limited owing to our scarcity of seal blubber, which also had to serve as the more important medium of cooking fat. One night-lamp flickered continuously. By this means we economised in our small supply of matches, and the faint light was sufficient to prevent us, when moving about the hut, from stamping on the sleepers' faces. The situation was aptly parodied by one of us to the tune of " Solomon Levi."

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" My name is Franky Wildo and my hilt's on Elephant Isle, The wall's without a single brick, the roof's without a tile, But nevertheless, we must confess, for many and many a mile It's the most palatial residence to be found on Elephant Isle."

Elephant Island lies roughly in latitude 61° S. and longitude 55° W., much in the same latitude, though in the southern hemisphere, as our Northern Shetland Islands. It forms the most northerly island of the South Shetland group, which extend south and west along the western coast of Graham Land, almost due south of South America. The island was first charted in the early years of the 19th century by the sealers (among others), William Smith of Blyth (Northumberland), and Edward Bransfield. The climate is rigorous to a degree, and the island itself is forbidding and inhospitable. It is more or less a succession of lofty rugged peaks and attendant glaciers, many of which are of the overhanging type. Navigation is extremely dangerous, as it lies within the region of the break-up of the pack-ice, and it is always in danger of being held tight in the compact grip of the ice, as our Leader experienced on three of the four fearless and historic attempts at our rescue. Bitterly cold south-westerly blizzards alternate regularly with damp north-easterly winds. Of these the former were preferable, though highly dangerous to the safety of our hut. Many a night we have lain in our sleeping bags, swayed gently to and fro and listening to the crash of thin sheets of ice on the rocks outside, while every moment we expected our roof to be stove in or the whole edifice to be lifted bodily into the sea. At such times, the cheerfulness of Wild and Hussey's banjo dissipated further thoughts of disaster. We arrived at the beginning of autumn, when animal life

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was abundant, but already the Ringed and Gentoo Penguins were assembling in regular battalions preparatory to marching off to the sea and to other latitudes. For the short time they remained, the noise was deafening, but nothing could disturb our sleep in these days. The beach was still free of snow and ice, but winter conditions burst on us with appalling quickness and severity, and we were treated to a fortnight's snowblizzard straight off. Pack-ice arrived from the south and soon surrounded us. An ice foot began to form all along the beach. This is an agglomeration of stranded bits of berg and broken bits of floes, cemented with snow and sea spray—the whole being frozen into a solid platform which increases in depth as winter advances. The Penguin rookery was now deserted, and the scanty vegetation of the spit and Hut hill, a vegetation of a few miserable-looking lichens and green liver worts, was completely covered. Sir Ernest Shackleton and five men left us on 24th April in the James Caird on what proved to be the most hazardous and thrilling of antarctic voyages. We settled down for the long winter nights. Wild soon had the house in order and the general routine became more or less easy, if at times unpleasant.. Breakfast, 9 to 10 a.m. ; lunch, 1 p.m. ; dinner, 4.30 to 5 p.m. There were sixteen sleeping hours, but these we soon contrived to pass quite agreeably, with sing-song, reading, or a soothing pipe, as long as tobacco lasted. Long reading was out of the question as our supply of oil was too limited and the night-light favoured only a few, though that was on the small side and even negatived Wordie's gallant efforts. He had the luck to be up against the box on which stood the night-light and so manoeuvred his sleeping bag that his head was within a foot of the glimmer. Thus he had the advantage of a few extra hours' reading while the rest of us were lost in dreams. Our library was small and well " thumbed." The Leader wisely decided to carry on our marches sufficient literature to ward off mental monotony, the prelude to that fatal disease, scurvy. Penguins returned in small batches, coming ashore on the ice foot generally after lunch time and before darkness set in. Off marched the gallant army of men, armed with sticks and shovels. The birds were driven along the spit and up the face of the snow slope at the base of " Mount Frank Houlder." We spread out in a semi-circle on the spit, with uplifted implements, while one man detached a few of the birds at a time and drove them down for slaughter. Many a bird ran the gauntlet, tobogganed across the ice foot and disappeared in the sea. Sheath-knives quickly detached the skin, the livers and hearts and the breast muscles. These were laid singly in the snow and left to freeze before being cached. The skins were our only source of fuel and were

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carefully looked after. Penguins, however, were not secured in sufficient numbers for our needs, and one hot meal a day was our limit. There were several periods, generally of a fortnight each, when the bays were a solid mass of ice floes and then no penguins appeared. Such periods were nearly our undoing. The species of Penguin were the Gentoo and the Ringed, though the latter species was rarely present after the evacuation of the rookery. These birds are a little over a foot in height and their weight may reach about fifteen pounds. We used as food only the hearts, livers, legs, and breast muscles but finally when things became desperate, we used to boil up the skeletons, and pick the bones. We continued to eke out an existence by snaring a few of the flying birds, Paddies (land birds similar to Ptarmigan) and Dominican Gulls, but these in turn deserted us and left us in undisputed possession of this part of the island. Seals were extremely few, and only a dozen were killed during the four and a half months we were on the island. Their blubber supplied the necessary fat for cooking our penguin steaks and for rending down into oil for our lamps. The island belied its name, so far as we were concerned, for we killed only two Sea Elephants and these were young ones. The other seals were Weddells, while an occasional Crab Eater, along with many Weddells, floated past the island asleep on the top of floes. Such was the way of things. Blue-eyed Shags flew over us in huge flocks at intervals during the winter. They organized definite and regular fishing expeditions in the bays, when these were clear of ice. We were powerless, however, for our stock of ammunition was reduced to a few rifle cartridges and there were other uses for these. The elegant Snow Petrel kept us company the longest, but our craving for food rarely disturbed this fragile feathered friend except when inroads were made on our seal and penguin larder. The most interesting Zoological specimen which the writer secured was a minute wingless insect which was discovered in large numbers in the crevices of the rocks in a cave on Hut hill, frozen solidly in a coating of thin ice. A few, encased in their icy covering, were transferred to the hut and thawed out. They returned to active life and crawled over my bunk with their three pairs of legs, sideways in crab fashion and so alarmed my bed-mate Greenstreet and the other members of the hut, that the animals were soon despatched in methylated spirit, a supply of which Wild was good enough to let me have. The fauna of Elephant Island would well repay further study. Fish of the Notothenia type (allied to the bullheads of our shore pools) are plentiful, as instanced by the contents of the Penguin stomachs and by the regular fishing of Shags. Our total catch of " fresh " fish amounted to six individuals, but this is not surprising in winter time when one considers

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that a shallow submarine ledge of rock ran all round the island and that the ice conditions were never stable enough to allow journeys to be made out into the deeper water of the bays so as to sink lines or fish traps. This method of fishing has been adopted with success in nearly every Antarctic Expedition. We were more fortunate with Limpets--the polar variety, and these made excellent eating. Unfortunately for our hands, they were never found above low-water mark, but we adopted the method of scraping them off the underlying rocks with shovels and sticks and guiding them to the surface of the water. It took the best part of a day for most of us to collect a few hundreds, and these naturally did not go very far among twenty-two men. Still they supplied a variety in flavouring to our hooshes and this, in itself, was a godsend. Red Sea weed, a southern species of dulse, gave still another welcome flavouring to our food and was highly esteemed. On rare occasions it was made into a pudding, for all the world like a plastic yellow " blanc-mange," and was served up with a little sugar. Needless to say, this was rather expensive and exacting, as our supply of sugar per man per week was only nine lumps. Lichens were evidently common. The vertical western face of Hut hill was a felted mass of this growth in many places. A species of moss, similar to our " dyke moss," was discovered in the crevices of rock outcrops by the geologist Wordie, in one of his occasional rambles up part of the precipitous mainland slopes. Further search in August month by the writer revealed another species. All these specimens are now in the hands of a specialist. The geologist found much to interest him in the story of the rocks. There were red and grey granites, dolerite, and the pervading metamorphic schist. Frank Wild, our respected Leader on Elephant Island, led the company in grand style at every sing-song, and Hussey accompanied in his usual polished way on the banjo. We had our " Sweethearts and Wives " every Saturday night but now, perforce, we drank in cold or occasionally in hot water, and then it was coloured with a little of our scanty supply of milk powder. Tobacco soon ran out and only a careful few had the will-power to restrict themselves to a pipe a day to eke out their supply. Wordie acted up to the traditional Scottish thriftiness. For the benefit of interested readers, an excellently-written article on " Sport and Past-time in the Antarctic " appeared in the Glasgow Academy Chronicle, Volume XI, No. LXXXI, published in October, 1919. This is by the geologist of the expedition, J. M. Wordie, and is well worth reading. R. S. C. 5th February, 1920.

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Only Side Shows. I A little column is marching along a dusty track into the setting sun. The road winds its way amongst walled vineyards towards a gap in the ring of hills that surrounds the plain. The men, at first cheery to be out after a three months' siege, have settled down to the steady swinging pace which betokens seasoned troops. The mules are stringing out as is their wont, with their bells jangling in pleasing discords and their drivers yelling encouragement, punctuated by shrewd blows with a piece of chain on a leathern thong. Ahead a grizzled and lean Pathan raises his reedy tenor in a love song for the delectation of his comrades, and when the dust reduces his vocal efforts to a hoarse croak, his neighbour takes up the lilt in the same high-pitched nasal tones. The sub-tropical twilight is fading rapidly, and the dust cloud becomes blurred, and darkness descends. Here and there a cigarette-end glows or a match flickers for an instant lighting up a weather-beaten face as the smoker pulls at his pipe ; then the crunch of boots on the stony track, the tinkling of the mule bells from the baggage column in rear, and the great hills ahead looming imminent and black. The men tramp on, with shoulders hunched under the weight of equipment, and their faces vacant from the chilling effect of the cold night air. How unutterably boring war can be A flash in the darkness ahead, a report and the high-pitched whine of a bullet, then a series of flashes and a rattle of musketry ; a sharp order passed down the line and cigarettes and pipes go out, but the men tramp on. Nobody knows what has happened, nobody cares much, nobody has been told to halt, so the men tramp on. An officer gallops on to the advance guard commander and presently gallops back. The column halts, moves on, halts again, while ahead the rattle of musketry dies down and ceases, and the bullets no longer fling up the dust in angry little spirts around the main body. The column drags itself to its feet and marches nearer the hills, a mile farther on leaving the road for the joys of a perimeter camp with a ruined watchtower for its central point, and of strict orders against showing a light. The night is cold and uninteresting save for some desultory sniping, and a flare up when an enemy party blunders into an inlying picket. Ere the first glimmer of dawn the camp has been struck, the pack mules loaded and some food has been eaten, and all are ready to march—they know not where ; they only wish somebody would do something, as it's devilish coldjhanging about ; the very mules are kicking and squealing to keep warm.

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A single crack, a rattle swelling to a roar, and the air is sizzling with bullets : for a moment there is confusion. But a few sharp orders restore discipline and everyone is too busy to worry (although a surprise attack at dawn in the open isn't pleasant). The hired mule drivers are splendid ; they go about their business tightening a rope or easing a load as if it were the most ordinary thing in the world to be fired at by magazine rifles at 700 yards' range. But the others are not idle. A regiment of infantry is already deployed for a frontal attack, and cavalry are off to a flank at the canter. Bang ! Half the mule drivers fall on their faces with loud cries to Ali and Hossain for help. This noise is new, and the puff of white smoke on the hillside a second or two later has no meaning for them ; but the fighting troops know that the " screw guns " are in action and that the smoke is our shrapnel bursting over the enemy. A clear young voice calls out a list of figures with something about " one—degree—more—right—three—rounds—battery— fire " in it which calls forth a series of high-pitched barks from the little guns ; while from the flank comes the spluttering stammer of a Hotchkiss the cavalry have brought into action. A " Vet " shoots a couple of wounded mules, and stretcher parties shuffle to a hollow in the ground where the doctors are busy. In half an hour it is all over, and the enemy are galloping off across the pass. The little column is marching along the dusty track with the rising sun on its back. But the spare mules carry some good men and true whose last fight is fought. II He was only a Persian youth, and when it was all over he probably got a month's pay and a medal, but he undoubtedly saved the lives of some twenty white men and about three hundred Indians. There was a group of buildings in a Persian town, hundreds of miles from anywhere, where a handful of British officers and a double company of Indians were stationed during a part of the Great War, trying to raise and train Persian troops to keep law and order in the country. A renegade Persian officer, knowing that there was trouble brewing among the Persian levies, and that there was much bullion in the Indian quarter-guard, engineered a mutiny with the help of some local scoundrels, and the " foreigners " found themselves besieged by well-armed and numerically superior forces, under a resolute leader with a life-long experience of petty warfare. Surrender was unthinkable ; in any case it meant death or worse. The nearest help was at Headquarters some two •

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hundred miles away, across many mountain ranges ; and after a fortnight of fighting day and night, a volunteer had to be got to carry a message through. Everyone was clamouring to be allowed to go, but' no Indian or white man could pass unrecognized through the enemy lines and escape from the town, nor could he have crossed the mountains, as the caravan road was hostile and the messenger would have to keep to the hills. So one of the few Persians who had remained faithful was entrusted with the message, and one evening he slipped out of the gate, and the little garrison settled down to wait and to hope against hope for relief. But they were not idle by any means. Day and night they tried to establish a moral supremacy over the besiegers. They made jam-tin bombs. They had a store of shells and charges but no gun, so they used the shells as bombs and the charges for the jam tins. The enemy dammed up the irrigation water, and when they had a sufficient volume let it loose against the wall of the fort, which, being of sun-dried brick, would soon have fallen had not the garrison made a sally and diverted the stream. The enemy mined and they counter-mined, and all the time the besieged counted the days and hoped, and fought the cholera which was thinning their ranks. Four days after the Persian youth slunk through the enemy's lines, a dishevelled wreck staggered into Headquarters. He must have done over forty miles a day on foot across the mountains, without rest or shelter, and with little or no food. At dawn on the following day a column started to attempt the relief. It was pitifully small—but no more men could be spared. It was one of those desperate ventures which so often are successful in mountain warfare. It could have been cut to pieces a dozen times by an energetic enemy, but in its speed and secrecy lay its salvation. There were twenty-eight miles a day to be done and a week of such days to be put in, with all the wayside wells dried up and the hot weather at its worst. But more terrible than thirst or exhaustion, cholera was raging at every halting place, and we knew the beleaguered garrison were down with the dread disease too. Some died by the way of heat stroke, some of cholera, but the column buried them and pushed on, eating up the dry dusty road yard by yard, mile by mile, till at last, after an exhausting day of heat, there were but fifteen miles between them and their goal. Silently the word went round that we were to move again, and in the darkness we fell in for the last lap. Our column commander was racked with pain, so he travelled in a springless cart as he could not ride his horse. We tramped on in silence, with no lights and the bells removed

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from the mules, and the spectre of cholera stalking at our sides. Dawn found us on a rocky ridge overlooking the city. Our force was hidden in a hollow of the ground. There was nothing showing save a signal party with a helio and two mountain guns. An emaciated staff officer was endeavouring to cudgel his tired brain to the task of enciphering a code message, as the wily commander of the besieged force would not reply to an ordinary signal. He had trained some of the enemy to use a helio, and after having just missed a V.C. in France he wasn't going to be taken in by a trick as simple as helloing to him to open his gates. Even a cipher message left him careful of his charge, and although the besiegers had withdrawn and our cavalry were now pursuing them, he did not yet know what had happened. He rode out almost alone to meet us, as immaculate as if on a general inspection. Though no white man in the garrison had lain down from dusk to dawn for a month, he was alert and keen, and as he shook hands with our commander his greeting was less effusive than if they had met in Piccadilly. He was full of plans for our housing and comfort—not a word of the living hell he had been through. Only some cheery remarks about a gun they had made out of a telegraph pole, and how topping his men had been, and would as many of us as possible have breakfast with his mess. They hadn't much left to offer us • but it was ordered and ready if we would join them. We were only just in time. The enemy had a mine under the wall of the fort, and although we had a counter-mine ready it was probable that the explosion of either would have brought down the frail defence, although the garrison had built a barricade to cover the possible gap. . . Of the Persian youth I can tell you no more. Knowing something of blood feuds I can understand his not advertising. Probably he wished to live a little longer. But the British Raj has a long memory and I have no fears for his ultimate future, but I don't fancy he will go out much after dark for some time to come. R. R. M. P.

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We again take up the editorial quill and bite the feathers from the tip in our search for Notes. The. Christmas Exams. passed quietly—the only thing we remember of them is the remark, " The Lowers will resume their seats and stand in their places." We have the pleasant prospect of the Leavings before us, and to all entrants we wish the best of luck. * * * We are sincerely sorry that the Rector has had to leave us for some time through illness. We hope to see him back after Easter in perfect health. * * * The Upper School were present at a very interesting ceremony in the Hall some time ago. The occasion was the presentation of the F.P.'s Trophy to the best all-round boy in the School last session—R. D. Strachan. The Rector, in introducing Major Charles Watt, said he considered the Trophy was the " Blue Ribbon " of the School. Major Watt, in presenting the Medal, said most of the Duxes of the School developed livers while still in their twenties, and referred to Strachan, though not a Dux, as a happy example of the combination of brawn and brain. Strachan was heartily cheered, and in response to a cry of " Speech," thanked them all for their reception and proffered some defence of the Duxes as far as he knew them. * * * On Armistice Day the School met in the Hall at eleven o'clock and observed two minutes' complete silence, all standing at attention. They remained standing while the Rector read out the names of all the Old Boys who had made the great sacrifice. It was a stirring and impressive scene, and will cling to our memories for a long time. * * * On the Monday before the holidays the Upper Classes met in Room I to present Mr. Edward with a silver cigarette case on the occasion of his marriage. A. G. Walker, on behalf of the School, wished Mr. Edward every happiness in the future. Mr. Edward thanked them all for their kindness. * * * The Literary and Debating Society is having a very successful season as far as lectures are concerned. A report, of the

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meetings will be found on another page. The sing-song was what one might describe as a howling success, but the serenading of the masters was rather spoiled by so many of them not bring at home. Judicial Night proved much better than was anticipated, largely due to the advertising power of H. Morgan, as shown in his beautifully illustrated notice. * * * Talking of the " Debater," we were rummaging some time ago in an old desk belonging to the Library, and came across the Minutes of the Society for the first few years of its existence. We found the names of various well-known men in it, which proved very interesting. Truly there is nothing new under the sun, for we were amused to see that the questions we discuss nowadays are very similar to those over which our predecessors worried. * * * With regard to the Library, which is flourishing, we have to thank John Pirie, Lower Va, for two books, " Young England, 1913-14 " and " Wonderland of Curiosities," which he has kindly presented. Among the new books purchased from the funds are—Jacobs' "Deep Waters," Buchan's "Greenmantle," " Mr. Standfast," and " John Burnet of Barns," " Mud to Mufti," by Bairnsfather ; " The Captain, 1919," and " Raffles." * * * Rugby is progressing well, and everything is being done to foster the interests of the best game going. A Second and even a Third XV have been chosen, thus increasing the interest of the lower Classes. The Lower School have been playing Association and have even had matches. To improve the quality of the play—and there is much room for it—the Games Master has started meetings in the Hall every Monday, where he gives a short lecture on various noteworthy points. * * * The XV's are also expected to put in some training at the Field through the week, though the hours prevent much being done in this direction. The practices are held on Wednesdays, of course, when we get off half an hour earlier for Sport. *

One thing which is contributing more than anything else to the development of physical fitness in the School is the renewal of proper Gymnastics under Mr. Summers. After a hard forty minutes' exercise under him we have only one desire, that of lying on the mats and gasping. But in quarter of an hour or so comes the feeling of improvement—the slackening of muscles which have been neglected for so long. The return of Gymnastics is indeed a welcome one. * * * enough to present us with a copy good been has Mr. Millar

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of the Sketch Book of his- Art Club. There are some delightful little sketches in it, and though making no pretence of being art critics, we admire most Robert J. Walker's " Cot Town, Balgownie," H. Morgan's " Lodge Walk," and A. Cruickshank's " Cumberland's House, Guestrow." These sketches say much for Mr. Millar's teaching and the skill of the pupils. * * * With regard to the proposal to present German guns to the School as a fitting reminder of the great sacrifice made by it, we can assure any doubters that, as far as the School is concerned, these guns will be absolutely respected, because we realize for what purpose they are given. * * * A small School Dance was held in Kennaway's Rooms in January, and was very much enjoyed. P. J. M. Walker is to be heartily congratulated on his success, and our thanks are also due to those who acted as chaperones. * * * We have to congratulate the Boy Scouts connected with the School on the success of the Cafés Chantants held by them • lately. * * * The other day Mr. Middleton, our Classical Master, informed us that he had just completed twenty years as master at the School. We offer him our heartiest felicitations (to quote himself) on attaining the completion of these twenty years' service, and sincerely hope that he may long be spared to continue his work in the School, for what we feel about it is— Aut Caesar aut nullus. * * * For this number we had the great good fortune to obtain a translation of a few lines of Horace, by Mr. Charles Murray of " Hamewith " fame. Mr. Murray's only fault, as far as we can see, is that he is not an F.P. ; but he himself can hardly be blamed for that. * * * Further on will be found two poems from the pens of members of Classical V. Many thanks are due to Mr. Murison for going over the poems and also for writing a short introduction to them. * * * The Literary and Debating Society " Finale " has been revived again this year in the concert and play given in the Hall on Friday and Saturday, 5th and 6th March. The whole proceedings were immensely successful, thanks to Mr. Davidson (without whom any School play would fall flat), Mr. Mackenzie Forbes, who took charge of the concert, and Mr. Millar, who did the making-up with the hand of an expert—the whispers of " Who on earth's that ? " on " Dulcie's " entrance, were

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quite sufficient proof. Mr. Charles Walker was also of great assistance in the making-up, prompting, and management of the curtain. Former Pupils are always welcome at School functions. * * * The one disappointment of the whole affair was the disgraceful lack of interest on the part of the School. The Upper School was not so bad, but the Intermediate Classes showed a poor spirit in totally neglecting a performance which, after all, was for their own future benefit. When a Society consisting solely of members of the School gives a performance, half the proceeds of which go to the Memorial Pavilion Fund, one might reasonably expect a huge turnout of the School. Thank goodness, however, "Vice-Versa" was a glorious success without this support. * * * We sincerely trust that our critics of Magazine Night will be lenient, and with this hope we shall close. Voila tout.

Random Notes. Time-Saturday afternoon. Scene—The touchline. Crowd of spectators watching a match at the New Field. " Oh, father dear, what can that be ? It looks like ' Bottled Plum ' " " Hush, hush, my boy, it's poor old Walked over by the scrum." * * * Despite the success of our dance last month, some of our 1st XV are not satisfied. During a lull in the game last Wednesday, two players were to be seen practising the latest dances. Is this a good example for them to show ? Do they wish the juniors to learn how to twinkle-dribble ? Why not bring in a rule that the three-quarters should not be allowed to run but must ragtime-crawl down the field ? By the way, I thought the three-quarters were meant to be runners not Walkers. * * * One of our classes was getting a history lesson a week or two ago in which mention was made of the battle of Nectan's Mere. One youth was dreaming, and the master noticing he was inclined to drowsiness asked him what a " mere " was. " A kind of horse," was the quick reply. * * * Another class was getting a lesson on punctuation. It was punctuated by some as follows : " Caesar entered on his head,

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his helmet on his feet, sandals in his hand, his trusty sword in his eye—an angry glare." It will be seen that a small rearrangement gives a very different meaning. * * * We had a game of Hockey at the New Field last week. One of the players thus tells his experiences : " I had never played Hockey before, but I was told that anyone who knew the rules of football could easily manage to play. So I boldly borrowed my cousin's Hockey stick and tried to look unconscious of her amused and contemptuous smile when told for what it was wanted. I soon found myself with the others on the field, and the game began. The two centre forwards weren't up to much, as they both took three shots before the ball was hit. When it did start, it made straight for my right foot, which I used to give it a good kick up the field, feeling I had done a good piece of work. To my surprise the whistle sounded and I was told the ball had to be hit with the stick. I was determined to be on my guard after this, and when the ball again came my way, I raised the stick high above my head and gave the ball a mighty swipe towards the goal. Alas, the whistle sounded and the referee cried ' Sticks.' Anxious to be the first to obey the call for handing them in, I threw my stick with all my force at the referee. He narrowly escaped being hit, and I learnt from his remarks afterwards one thing, namely, that I was not a born hockey player. I retired to a quiet part of the field and succeeded in keeping out of the ball's way for the rest of the game." * * * We were pleased during our " serenading " to find some of the masters at home, and each gave us a hearty welcome. In each of two cases the master's place was most worthily filled by the lady of the house. Our progress through the streets was likened by a wag amongst us to the passage of the Israelites through the Red Sea, when they had a light in front and darkness behind. A policeman in blue filled the role of the pursuing Egyptians, but unlike Pharaoh's, his heart was not hardened. We: heartily recommend this officer to the Chief Constable for promotion, not less for his sense of humour than for his solicitude with regard to the lighting amenities of the city. Our orchestra, in its still undeveloped condition, may have seemed in sad contrast with the " Carol Singers " of that evening, to whom we owe an apology, but in our great " Night off," when we are out for fun, frolic, and festivity, and the shackles of exams. are off, our hearts are at peace with all men ; and albeit with some boisterousness, we danced a dance of good will to all the world under the stars and round a lamp-post. * * * Some time ago the electric bells broke. The doors of the Hall were shut at the usual time but less than half the School

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was inside. When we were dismissed from the Hall we found in the corridor outside an assembly as big as an ordinary queue for a " second house." A critic strongly advised us to discharge our School poet for his mediocre effusions, but we could not resist his entreaties to have his latest inserted— Ben Grammar is a pupil keen, But used to clock alarums. A strike rose in the striking parts And the " lates " came in in swarms. Too many " lates," I am afraid, for our second house at 11 a.m. * * * A modern touch has been coming in to some of the classical reading of the Sixth. For example : " The taverns round the forum were closed " (Mr. Pussyfoot) ; " est—he is a wash-out" (Anon:); "Ti)s Oka& asap—the house by the roadside" (Chronicles of the Four-mile House). * * * Magazine Night has come and gone and the editors were left unscathed. The worthy members of the Debating Society found no fault with the Magazine except with the advertisements. " Why," said they, " should there be advertisements in a boys' school magazine of engagement rings and of girls' schools ? Why not put in as well a Matrimonial Bureau and a Servants' Registry column ? " * * * To finish up with, a gem from the Christmas Exams. : " Cowper wrote ' Tne Loss of the Royal Charge.' He lived at Birkenhead and his house is now the Victory." And still another, this time from the Applied Maths. Classroom : " A motor bicycle is going due north at 15 m.p.h. In a few seconds, without changing speed, it is going due east. Investigate the problem." Answer—" The rider would go West." •

Experimentum in Corpore Caro. The highest English classes in the School have lately been studying Coleridge's " Christabel," and, as an exercise in imaginative composition, they were asked to write a conclusion—in prose.—to the unfinished poem. Three members of one class, however, Classical V, presented their conclusion in verse. From these we reproduce here two extracts —the first from George Wilson's work, the second from Christopher C. Barnett's. Readers will appreciate the borrow-

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ing from " Christabel " and the repetitions in the old ballad style. 1.—The Coming of Christabel's Saviour. It passed through the hall, that echoes still, Pass as lightly as you will, The brands were flat, the brands were dying, And in their own white ashes lying ; But when it passed, there rose a flame, A tongue of light from the ashes came; And you might have seen a woman's eye And little else you had seen thereby. In the depth of that eye a glow was seen, A glow of care for loved ones, I ween ; For 'tis the eye of a woman kind, Who watches the path of the inly blind. When from the safe, sure path they stray, She guides them back to the straight, safe way. Softly she crosses the dark hall floor, Softly she opens the chamber door, Softly she bends o'er the troubled bed, Softly caresses the troubled head— The head that she loves, yea, loves full well, The weary head of Christabel. Her sleepy lids the maid upraised, Sleepily on the eye she gazed. if

I am thy mother, Christabel, I am thy mother, that loves thee well ; Oft have I watched thee stumble in pain, Oft have I watched thee rise again, Oft have I smiled when laughter gay Sprang to thy eyes. Ah, well-a-day ! Laughter springs no longer now, Pain and anguish wring thy brow.

Now, hear this charm, 0 Christabel, And see thou use its power full well, To rid thee of this living hell Wherein this evil woman dread With evil spells bows down thy head. Take thou this twig of elder wood, ('Twas once dipp'd in a dead saint's blood And steeped in holy water pure That stood beside the chapel door). . .

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2.—The Happy Ending, and the Moral. Now in the chapel fair there stand The happy lovers, hand in hand ; It is the pleasant month of May, With voices sweet the choir is singing, With merry peal the bells are ringing In honour of the wedding day. And then they hear the castle bell Strike twelve, in tones both clear and gay, As the dying mother of Christabel Foretold would happen on her wedding day. Now in the past it has ever stood That evil friends corrupt the good ; And so in the future ever beware Of those whose comradeship you share. Again, this lesson lay to heart That friends-in-youth should never part ; For life is sweet when they are near ; But when they sunder, its paths are drear ; Joy and pleasure fly away, Ne'er to return another day ; Soon we miss the smiling face, A haunting phantom takes its place. These the morals I have to tell Of the story of Christabel.

" Vice-Versa." Old friends of the School will be pleased to learn that we have had a revival of the pre-war dramatic performances by the Literary and Debating Society. On Friday and Saturday, 5th and 6th March, " Vice-Versa" was performed in the School Hall on behalf of the School War Memorial Fund and the Aberdeen Girl Guides. The play was preceded by a concert. . The concert was opened with a selection by the School Instrumental Quartette, Messrs. Crombie, Marr, Munro, and Wood. Mr. J. Mackenzie Forbes sang " Bandolero." Other soloists were Miss Margaret Emslie, Miss F. Coutts, Mr. George Wilson, and Mr. J. I. C. Crombie. The best part of a most enjoyable concert was the singing of several quartettes by Messrs. Gauld, Sykes, Anderson, and Henderson. " A Catastrophe " appealed specially to the audience. It was most unfortunate that three of the cast for the play should suddenly take it into their heads to have a dose of influenza. Mr. P. J. M. Walker, who had the part of Mr. Bultitude's Body, was laid up only a few days before, and

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Mr. C. C. Barnett was chosen to fill his place. Mr. G. T. Simpson, who was to have represented Dr. Grimstone, the Headmaster, became ill on the Thursday evening, and, as there was no time for anyone to learn his large part, Mr. Charles Davidson came to the rescue on Friday night, and although he had to read some portions he kept things moving, and moving well, as he always does. Mr. J. E. Anderson, one of the schoolboys, was also unwell. We offer our condolences to the disappointed invalids. Mr. A. G. Walker, who had the principal part, Dick Bultitude's Body, was very good all through. He portrayed well the indignant father's spirit fretting in his son's body and at his wit's end to explain his situation before Dr. Grimstone. Mr. Barnett must have made very good use of the three days at his disposal to get up his part, and deserves the gratitude of the cast for the manner in which he got them out of an awkward predicament. His acting and speaking were both excellent. Mr. Charles Davidson made a very imposing Headmaster, and rolled out splendidly the worthy doctor's ponderous utterances. Mr. Simpson, at considerable personal risk, appeared on Saturday and gave a splendid representation of the stern character of Dr. Grimstone. For instance, he depicted finely the Headmaster's horror as he exclaimed : " . . . and . . . Turk—ish De—light." Mr. Stirrat's Mr. Shellack was good, though he might have put more of the just anger of an old friend into it. Mr. Morgan acted the drunken cabby splendidly, and it was a pity that he had to appear so little on the stage. His artistic talents were shown to good effect in the manner of his get-up. Mr. D. W. E. Gauld was inclined to speak the part of Tipping rather than act it. His fight with Dick Bultitude's Body was very realistic, as was evident from the anxiety shown among the female part of the audience. Mr. Ronald MacDonald, with the help of an excellent make-up, acted the sneaking Chawner to perfection. Mr. A. G. Hutchison as Dulcie was charming and gave good voice to the girl's tearful utterances. Mr. H. A. Munro made a very sprightly Eliza, and his lightning change from dressinggown to apron, from a musician to a maid, deserves special commendation. The schoolboys were all very good and their grouping was natural. Mr. C. McLeod's " Pleath, thir, no " deserved the hearty applause it received. The others were Messrs. J. R. L. Cruickshank, W. D. Ironside, J. S. Ogg, G. Wilson, N. Wright, Munro minor, and G. Clark. The overtures of the School Instrumental Quartette were greatly appreciated, especially the one composed for the occasion by Mr. J. Mackenzie Forbes. Mr. Charles Davidson is to be heartily congratulated on the great success of the play, which was due in great measure to his excellent management.

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SCHOOL RUGBY. 1st XV Fixtures. 1st November.—School v. Grammar School F.P.'s 2nd •XV (League). This was the School's first league match. F.P.'s scored twice in the first quarter of an hour through Thomson. Then the School began to hold their own, finally succeeding in scoring, the try being converted. In the second half the School got through twice, but their opponents began to show their superiority, scoring twice in succession. The School forwards all worked hard, while Walker played well at three-quarter. Result-2nd Grammar School . F.P.'s 22 points ; School 11 points. 22nd November.—School v. 2nd XV Gordonians (Friendly). Gordonians had on a very strong team but the game was nevertheless very close. Their forwards were rather heavier than the School forwards, but the School were superior behind. Cruickshank opened the score with a drop kick. Walker shortly afterwards got through, the try not being converted ; but Gordonians recovered towards the end, scoring twice. The best for School were C. Walker, Crombie, Moir, and Yule. Result-2nd XV Gordonians 8 points ; School 7 points. 29th November.—School v. 'Varsity Wanderers (League). The School form showed a marked improvement. C. Walker scored towards the beginning of the game, P. Walker getting through shortly after. In the second half the School again scored twice. Among the best for the School were Brown, C. Walker, and P. Walker. Result—School 12 points; 'Varsity Wanderers 0 points. 6th December.—School v. 2nd XV Gordonians (League). The Gordonians' team was not so strong as in the previous match. They were kept in their own half for a good deal of the game, but at times made dangerous rushes. The tackling of the School, however, was sound. After good dribbling by the forwards, Spark touched down. The try was converted. In the second half Cruickshank dropped a goal. Towards the end of the game a Gordonian three-quarter, intercepting a pass, succeeded in scoring far out. Spark, Edwards, and P. Walker were among the best for the School. Result—School 9 points ; 2nd XV Gordonians 3 points. 13th December.—School v. Gordon's College (League). The School were unfortunate in having to play this match without Spark. Gordon's kicked off against the wind and play continued in midfield for a time. Throughout the game both sides made raids towards their opponents' line, but neither were able to get over. A penalty came to the School near Gordon's " 25," but Cruickshank failed in the kick. Time came without any scoring, the result being a good indication of the play. Crombie played well at back. The three-quarters were not up to their usual form, but all the forwards worked hard, Dean, McLeod, and Gauld being prominent. Result—School 0 points ; Gordon's College 0 points. 10th January.—School v. 1st Gordonians (Friendly). This match had to be put off, none of the Gordonians turning up. This match 24th January.—School v. 'Varsity Wanderers -(League). was played at King's College Grounds in a slight rain. School had early the better of matters and continued so throughout the game. P. Walker 2, A. Walker, C. Walker 2, Stirrat, and Cruickshank scoring quickly in succession. A. Walker, Margach, Dean, Spark, and McLeod were among the best for the School. Result—School 26 points ; 'Varsity Wanderers 0 points. 21st February.—School v. Gordon's College (League). This match, like the last with Gordon's College, was very evenly contested. Both sides pressed in turn during the first half, the School finally succeeding in scoring through a brilliant try by Cruickshank. The try was not converted. Later the School were awarded a free kick but failed to make use of it. Just on half-time Macpherson scored for Gordons. The try was not improved on. There was no scoring in the second half, though the School had hard luck several times. The best for the School were P. Walker, C. Walker, and A. G. Walker. The forwards worked hard throughout the game. Final Result—School 3 points ; Gordon's College 3 points. 28th February.—School v. 2nd F.P.'s (League). The School kicked off against the wind and immediately began to press. F.P.'s, however, cleared. The first score came to the School through Dean. The try was not converted. After hard play in the F.P.'s twenty-five, Spark scored. This try was converted. In the second half the School again kept their opponents pretty much in their own half. P. Walker, after a brilliant run, scored. A. G. Walker got over shortly afterwards, while towards time Margach scored. Bestfor School were Dean, Ross, and P. Walker. Final Result—School 19 points ; 2nd F.P.'s nil.

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17th January.-2nd XV School v. 2nd XV Gordon's College. The 2nd XV showed themselves to be slightly superior to Gordon's, though the School passing was weak at times. Barclay at three-quarter opened the scoring but the try was not converted. In the second half Cochran got through, Pirie converting. Just in time Paterson got the ball and after a good run scored. Best for the 2nd XV were Davidson, Barclay, Morgan, and Topping. 7th February.-2nd XV School v. 2nd XV Gordon's College. This return match was played under good weather conditions and the Gordon's team had 'considerably improved. The School Seconds were without Davidson at back. Play was very even, the School three-quarters missing some good opportunities by bad passing. Morgan, however, scored towards half time, Piric narrowly failing to convert from far out. In the second half, after a good piece of work by the forwards, Menzies touched down. The best for the Seconds were Barclay, Morgan, and Menzies. Result-2nd XV School 6 points ; 2nd XV Gordon's College 0 points.

3rd XV Fixtures. 7th February.-3rd XV School v. 3rd XV Gordon's College. The School Thirds showed that they were easily superior almost immediately ; the passing and tackling of the three-quarters being particularly good. Mearns, Grafton, Brown, Savidge, Cowie, Paterson, Matthews, and Bain all had a share in the score. About the end of the game Mearns narrowly missed a drop kick from far out. Result-3rd XV School 39 points ; .3rd XV Gordon's College 0 points.

Notes on the School 1st XV. At the opening of the season 1919-20 the prospects of the 1st XV were far from bright. Of the former season's team all but five had left School, and the absence of a 2nd XV during the years 1914-19 left the playing possibilities of the younger boys practically unknown. The initial practice games, however, evidenced that the situation was considerably better than anticipated, and a 1st XV was formed which, if far from brilliant, at least contained the requisite physical qualifications for a sound team. This XV, with but two changes, has by regular practice, keenness, and attention to coaching, so vastly improved as to be a really good School team, which would compare favourably with most of the better-known School sides in the south of Scotland.

Criticism of Members of 1st XV. FULL BACK. Crornbie—Good tackle, sound fielder, fair kick. Sufficiently speedy.* Lacking in resource. Needs more power in kicking, especially with left foot. THREE-QUARTER BACKS. Walker, P..1. M.—Excellent tackle, good fielder, fair kick. Very fast. Better in defence than attack. Should not trust to speed alone. Walker, A. G.—Good tackle, good fielder, fair kick. Fast, resourceful, elusive. Must improve kicking and passing. Yule.—Fair tackle, good fielder, fair kick. Fast and resourceful. Must cultivate confidence in his own ability and never hesitate where possible to go through on his own. Kicking and passing leave much to be desired. Walker, C.—Fair tackle, good fielder, fair kick. Fast, but lacking in resource. Should cultivate other methods than speed alone to beat opponents. •

HALF-BACKS. Moir.—Must determine to tackle low, good fielder, fair kick. Not enough resource. Slow in getting up speed. Much improved since opening of season. Crulekshank.—Excellent tackle, excellent fielder, good kick. Very fast, resourceful, and elusive. Must cultivate confidence in his own ability both in running with ball and especially kicking.

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FORWARDS. Maronelo.—Shoves well and breaks up quickly. Must determine to tackle low. Lacks speed, weight, and strength, but makes up for these by keenness. Lacks resource. Brosso.—Very heavy, strong, and keen. Lacks speed. Shoves well and breaks up quickly. Good both in " tight and open. Good kick. Knows the game. MeLeod.—Shoves well and breaks up quickly. Always on the ball. Dribbles well in loose and never hesitates to make most of his weight and strength in mauls. A whole-hearted player. Must practise kicking with either foot. StIrrat.—Shoves fairly well but must break up more quickly. Keen on the ball in the loose but must never hesitate to apply his forces in a maul. Must determine to tackle low. Needs practice in kicking with either foot. Quite fast. Gauld.—Strong and keen. Shoves well and breaks up quickly. Must always tackle low. Lacks resource. Needs kicking practice with either foot. Spark.—Very strong, keen, and heavy. Lacks speed. Shoves well but must break up quickly. Good tackle. Improving in dribbling and general knowledge of the game. Must practise kicking and passing. Should determine to avoid off-side. Ross.—Strong, keen, and heavy. Quite fast. Shoves well and breaks up quickly. Must tackle low and improve kicking. Dribbles well. Strong in mauls. Dean.—Strong, keen, and heavy. Quite fast. Always on ball. Good in mauls and dribbling in open. Must remember to pick up ball when possible in open and indulge in short passing with other forwards. Quite good kick. Should always remember to keep both feet on ground till ball enters scrum. As a whole the team is strong, keen, and fast, but lacking in resource and kicking power. The three-quarters and half-backs leave much to be desired in their passing and the forwards should use their feet less in the open and pick up the ball more, to indulge in bouts of short passing.

Literary and Debating Society. 17th October.—" Ought Sport to be Compulsory ? " was the title of the debate between A. G. Walker for the affirmative, and C. McLeod for the negative. Both papers were very convincing in their arguments, though rather short. When the vote was taken it was found that the negative had won by a small majority. 31st October.—Mr. Murison, M.A., delivered a lecture to a large audience on the subject of " Witches and Witchcraft." He first dealt with the treatment meted out to witches in various ages and told of some remarkable trials and forms of torture. Then he went on to discuss the witches' Sabbath, their different medicines, and the methods by which witches were discovered. After reading extracts from " Tam o' Shanter " the lecturer concluded by telling an adventure of two Grammar School boys with a witch. 7th November.—On this date the Rev. F. J. Rae, M.A., lectured to the Society on " Robert Louis Stevenson." After describing Stevenson's various kinds of books, Mr. Rae read extracts from " Aes Triplex." In discussing the style he said that the most striking thing about it was the perfect use of words. 14th November.—Mr. G. M. Fraser, Public Librarian, gave a very instructive lecture, the title of which was" Historical Names of Aberdeen and Neighbourhood." The lecturer examined various place-names in turn, and showed how they were corrupted. He pointed out how every name was descriptive of the place to which it was applied. 21st November.—The subject on this date was a debate between D. Brown and G. Allan, entitled" Ought a Referee to change his Decision ? " Mr. Brown, for the affirmative, read a paper full of very good arguments. Mr. Allan's paper was also very interesting and showed signs of careful preparation. When the vote was taken it was found that the negative had won by a narrow majority. Magazine Night was afterwards held, Mr. Brown taking the chair. 28th November.—The Society met in the Hall, when Mr. W. Douglas Simpson, M.A., delivered a lecture entitled " Excavations at Kildrummy," illustrated with lantern slides. Mr. Middleton very kindly consented to take the chair. Mr. Simpson explained how the large and strong castle of Kildrummy came to be built in the valley of the Don. The second part of the

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lecture was illustrated by slides of the castle, parts of which have been excavated by Mr. Simpson and a party of Grammar School boys. 5th December.—Mr. Charles Davidson presided over the Society when Mr. James Hay delivered a lecture on " Experiences in Palestine." Mr. Hay first related his experiences on the journey out to Palestine, including the sinking of his ship. He then vividly described the towns of Jerusalem and Jaffa. Speaking of the people he characterized them as the most expert thieves in the world. 12th December.—" Out of the Mouths of Babes and Sucklings " was the title which Mr. Charles Davidson chose for his lecture. In explaining it he said that he was going to describe the lives and books of two very young authoresses. These two girls were Madge Fleming and Daisy Ashford. Mr. Davidson read extracts from the letters of Madge Fleming and from " The Young Visiters," written by Daisy Ashford. 19th December.—The Annual Sing-Song was held on this night. C. McLeod occupied the chair. Among the artistes were Crombie, Walker, Macdonald, and Anderson. Various classes rendered choruses during the evening. Munro and Wood played the accompaniments. The meeting broke up about 8.30 p.m. to wish the masters the compliments of the season. 9th January.—The first meeting of 1920 was a debate between H. Morgan and P. Walker, entitled " Is a Policeman's Lot a happy one ? " Morgan, for the affirmative, thought the policeman's life ideal considering the high pay which he now gets. Walker, in reading his paper for the negative, pointed out the bad hours which a policeman had to work, especially those on night duty. When the vote was taken it was found that the affirmative had won by the small majority of two votes. 16th January.—Mr. Gourlay's lecture was entitled " Some Scottish Yesterdays." It took the form of a drive through a Highland valley with an old Scottish postman. During the drive " postie ' told many humorous stories. The lecture in fact was a succession of stories which kept the audience in fits of laughter. 23rd January.—On this date Judicial Night was held, an account of which appears below. 30th January.—The Society met on this date in Room 9, where Dr. McLeod delivered a very interesting lecture with electrical experiments, including Wireless Telegraphy and X-Ravs. The lecturer also showed a model electric car which was made to run on two copper wires. Two small wireless sets were placed at either end of the room, one being made to ring a bell in the other. 6th February.—" Mark Twain " was the title of the lecture which Mr. Knox delivered to the Society. He read extracts from some of Mark Twain's books keeping the audience in a constant state of mirth. 13th February.—On this evening the Society met in the Hall, when Mr. William Henry, M.A., delivered a short lecture on " Savoy Opera." Afterwards numerous selections from Gilbert and Sullivan Opera were rendered by a quartette from the Madrigal Choir, the School Instrumental Quartette, and Mr. George Hay. Among the songs were : " The Duke of Plaza Toro," " I've got 'em on the list," " Is life a boon ? " " Poor wand'ring one," " Faint heart never won fair lady," and " A regular royal queen," the last three being heartily encored. The School Orchestra delighted the audience with " The Gondoliers " and " lolanthe." 20th February.—This evening Rev. J. C. Ormerod delivered a lecture on "Undergraduate days at Oxford." He first dealt with the social side, which plays a great part in Oxford life. The lecturer then described the athletic side. Between certain hours every afternoon it is not considered right to study ; everyone has to go in for games of some sort. Mr. Ormerod concluded by giving a vivid account of the scenes at the Oxford boat races. 27th February.—Mr. Forbes's lecture was entitled " Concerning Utopias." The lecturer first discussed the book " Utopia." In this book all worked, or if they did not, they received no food. Mr. Forbes then took up " Looking Backward," by Edward Bellamy. This book was really an anticipation of Bellamy's ideal socialistic community. Julian West, the hero, was supposed to fall asleep in the year 1887 and wake again in the year 2000 A.D. Mr. Forbes concluded his lecture by discussing" A Modern Utopia," by H. G. Wells. This book was supposed to represent life in a distant planet. 5th March.—On this date " Vice-Versa " was held, an account of which appears on another page. 3 •

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Judicial Night. " Whereas Killem Olofski, a Russian Jew of Bolshevistic tendencies, is charged with the most heinous crime, namely that of murder, with malice aforethought, in depriving his wife of her life on the night of 31st December, 1919, or the early morning of 1st January, 1920 "—so spake Lord Gravels at the meeting of Judicial Night, held on 23rd January, 1920. A brilliant poster had foretold to all in general the advent of this great luminary, and now, with the counsels on his left, four benches of witnesses on his right, and a wig on his head, he sat in judgment against the aforesaid Killem Olofski. The first witness was another of the many who had entered into nuptials with the prisoner. Mrs. Polly Gamous Olofski was her name, to which her character well corresponded. After giving her feline and catankerous evidence against the prisoner, evidence which threw a lurid light on the manners of Olofski and his harum-scarum associates, she modestly took a seat beside the judge. Mr. A. I.. Froth, of the Wade Inn, who testified to the potency of the beer he sold by the colour of his facial protuberance, was next called. " Killem," he said, " entered the inn late that night with his wife. Next morning early he left the inn, carrying a big travelling bag and a small parcel smeared with blood, and said, as he departed, that he had sent his wife out early to catch the CharM' Cross ferryboat." " Has the fellow a pretty wit ? " said the Judge, solo vote, and turning to his female companion asked if the prisoner was fond of classical allusions. " Yes," said she, " ' Killing is no murder' and ' Whatsoever thy hand findeth to take, take it with all thy might,' were two of his favourites." The witness was asked by the Counsel for the Prosecution whether he did not think it possible for him to mistake for blood the reflection on the paper of his own rubicund organ. No reply was made. Mrs. Tare M. Uppe testified to having found an incisor tooth in the room occupied by the prisoner and his wife. Impossible," said the prisoner, " for each of us had lost our front teeth a week or two before in a drunken brawl." Signor Spookey Diddlums held a seance in which he told the events of the fateful night as portrayed in a spirit bottle held between his knees, the contents of which he sipped occasionally to give him inspiration. " Certainly," said he," the wife had incisor teeth which would have chewed the toughest foreign meat sold as prime Aberdeenshire." Dr. Sam Buck and Ball R. McPaperie (newsboy) gave incriminating evidence. The Counsel for the Defence raised the spirits of the prisoner by a powerful speech in his favour. The evidence for the prosecution was proved, by his arguments, to be as near the truth as the price of carrots was. The Rev. Ecclesiasticus Pussyfoot, D.D., testified to the prisoner's good behaviour as a boy in his Sunday School class and to his generally temperate habits when he wasn't overcome with liquor. Chop McSuet, butcher, then came forward with his knife dangling at his side. The force of his evidence was lost in the excitement caused by lifting him on and off the witness table. Countess Barrel Owski, the prisoner's present wife, extolled his devotion in a speech which moved counsels, jury, judge, and witnesses to tears. Evidence was given in the prisoner's favour by his daughter, Fifi Olofski, a friend Kock O. Knutts, O.B.E., and an undertaker, Mr. Naile M. Downe. The jury, after a very short absence, took no heed of the evidence for the defence and pronounced the prisoner " Guilty." He was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the Rev. Ecclesiasticus Pussyfoot's hospital for mental cases in the wilds of Africa, and was led out repenting of his misdeeds by Inspector Kysse Cooke, assisted by Coppers Oxhide and Sullfate.

Notes on our Scouts. The 9th Troop broke all records by the success of its Café Chantant in the School Hall at the end of January. The takings amounted to £110, which will go a long way towards clearing off the very heavy debt which the Troop has incurred in the acquisition of new Headquarters. The Army Hut which habeen bought for the purpose is erected a few hundred yards from the Heads quarters of the 1st Troop at Rubislaw. It is a splendid building, commodious, and well fitted, with a Patrol Leaders' Room and Scoutmaster's Office. Nothing

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more could be desired for a Troop Headquarters, and now that it has at last a place which it may call its own, the Troop should look forward to a period of even greater success than has attended its work in the past. The excellent results of the Café Chantant are largely due to the splendid work done by the parents of the Troop, and Scoutmaster Bisset is to be warmly congratulated on the fact that he has so large and influential a body of interested friends at his back. Particular notice was attracted by the two handsome model bridges exhibited by Patrol Leader A. G. Hutchison and Second A.M. Rose. These were made entirely without instruction from the drawings in the Army Handbooks' and Captain J. H. Hall, who inspected them at the Café Chantant, declared them thoroughly workmanlike and correct models. A number of Scouts from both the Grammar School Troops are attending Captain Hall's class in bridge-building, under the County Scout Council. Both Troops are proposing to send up exhibits in the Prospector's Badge to the Jamboree at Olympia in August. The exhibits will consist of a series of diagrams, drawings, photographs, and specimens illustrating the geology of selected areas round Aberdeen. It is proposed that the 1st Troop should do the coast between Nigg and Cove Bays, and the 9th Troop the Bennachie district. To deal with the latter it will be necessary to hold a camp at Bennachie about Easter. About 15 Scouts from both Troops have joined the Prospector's Class for this year, making the largest attendance on record. It is hoped that it will also be possible to conduct classes in the Surveyor's Badge, as these two go hand in hand. Leader R. B. Williamson, of the 1st Troop, has been appointed Assistant Scoutmaster. He has been a member of the Troop since .1912, and has had much experience of scouting in many branches. During the War he was for some time on Admiralty Service at H.M. Coastguard Station St. Abb's Head. Instructor Gordon Grant, of the 1st Troop, has joined the office staff at Main Headquarters as Quartermaster. The Wolf Cub Pack of the 1st Troop, under Scoutmaster D. P. Cochran, is making good progress with the training of sixers and seconds. Fretwork is also being taken up as a subject of indoor work. In the February and March issues of the Imperial Headquarters Gazette, the Scottish supplement will contain an illustrated account of the camp held by members of the Grammar School Troops last summer at Kildrummy Castle. The last issue of the Magazine contained an account of the gallant action of Leader J. W. S. Marr, of the 1st Troop, during the Banff drowning tragedy in August last. Since the account was written the Chief Scout has awarded Leader Marr the Silver Cross in recognition of his conduct. The medal was presented by Sir John H. Irvin, K.B.E., on the occasion of the 1st Troop's Café Chantant in December. About £75 were taken by the 1st Troop on that occasion, the amount being sufficient to wipe out the small portion of debt remaining in regard to the Troop Headquarters erected in 1915, and also to leave the Troop in a very comfortable financial position for the future. A debt of £120 was incurred by the erection of the Headquarters at Rubislaw, and all of this has been paid off by the Troop through its own exertions : a result for which those in charge are much to be complimented. Now that there is no longer any necessity for parsimony in obtaining equipment, the activities of the Troop should rapidly expand. \V. D. S.

The Museum. The Rector desires to make grateful acknowledgment of the following valuable and interesting gifts :— From George Davidson, F.P., Malacca walking stick, silver-topped and engraved J.B., the walking stick of Prof. James Beattie, " the Minstrel " ; also " Oeuvres de Boileau," in 2 vols., published by Robert and Andrew Foulis, Glasgow, 1759, inscribed with the poet's autograph, " J. Beattie," on the titlepages ; also key of the house in Broad Street where the poet Byron spent his early boyhood ; also a MS. with seals of witnesses appended, dated 13th Jan., 1550, being a deed of transfer of heritable property in Aberdeenshire. For the transcription of the crabbed XVI century handwriting we are indebted to Mr. P. J. Anderson, University Librarian. From T. R. Davidson, F.P., Singapore, a Malay Koleh, the large model of a native boat, with sail and outrigger ; also photographs illustrating such boats

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and coast scenery ; also a brass box, used as a sort of dice box and captured by the police in a Chinese " gambling-hell." From George M. Gordon, F.P., sheet rubber from the Wadoi Rubber Estate, Lami River, Fiji. From the late Mr. King, of Singapore, 22 native cigars, 22 inches and 14i inches long, of a brand specially reserved by the Sultan of Brunei for his guests. STAMPS ; an Appeal to our Old Boys.—For lack of suitable means to show what we have, it is not generally known that the School has for years possessed the nucleus of a small collection. The study is one of much interest to many young collectors, not to mention such notable collectors as King George, Queen Maud of Norway, General Birdwood, Signor Caruso. The collection of the late M. Ferrary, reputed the greatest in the world, is now offered for sale by the French Government, and is valued approximately at £1,000,000. But at little expense the young collector may derive much pleasure and instruction from this fascinating hobby. Many stamps are objects of great artistic beauty, exquisite specimens of miniature art, full of history, heraldry, and geography. Recently our good friend, Mr. R. W. Fenton, to whom we owe so much already for our fine collection of birds' eggs, has sent us a large number of stamps, British, Colonial, and Foreign, including many of recent issue by the states of " Neurope." Our collection now, with some recent purchases, numbers nearly 2,000. The problem of exhibiting these to the best advantage, in the minimum of space, with the maximum of safety and accessibility, is difficult. For the present a case of novel design has been devised to meet these requirements, as they have already been met in our ingenious egg-cabinets. Meantime our aim is first to strengthen the collection in its exhibits of Great Britain and the Empire. We are very weak in stamps of India, Indian Native States, and the Straits Settlements. As a temporary beginning over 200 war stamps are now exhibited in the Museum. Of some 183 states comprised in the Empire only 88 are as yet represented, and most of these very imperfectly. As the Rector has many duplicates, he will be glad to exchange with collectors at current valuations.

Our Contemporaries. We have received the following since our last issue :— Gordon's College [Aberdeen] Former Pupils' Magazine (December). The Edinburgh Academy Chronicle (November, December, February). Schola Regia (Christmas 1919). The Watsonian (Winter 1919). The Merchistonian (December). The Fettesian (December and March). Stewart's College Magazine (December). Glasgow High School Magazine (December). Glasgow Academy Chronicle (October). [Contains an interesting article on " Sport and Pastime in the Antarctic " during Shackleton's recent expedition. Special mention is made of our F.P.—Robert S. Clark, " whose career at soccer, hockey, and cricket had been a notable one. Naturally, therefore, he took over control of all the outdoor games." The Academy War Memorial Fund amounted on 23rd October to £11,522.] Kelvinside Academy Magazine (Christmas 1919). The Portmuthian (November). The Boltonian (December). The Edward Alleyn Magazine (December). The Olavian (December). The Magazine of Foyle College, Londonderry (November). Royal Belfast Academical Institution School News (December). The Erasmian (High School, Dublin—October). Coleraine Academical _Institution Magazine (September and November). South African College School Magazine (December). The Scotch Collegian (Melbourne—August and December). The Nelsonian (New Zealand—July). The Dart (Ashtabula, Ohio—Christmas).

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Life Membership £5 5 0 Ordinary Membership— For those under 21 years of age on 16th April 0 2 6 For those of 21 years of age and 0 5 0 upwards All subscriptions and all communications regarding the Club or the Magazine should be sent to the Secretary and Treasurer— THEODORE wArr, M.A., THE ROSEMOUNT PRESS, ABERDEEN.

The Annual Dinner. The School and the War. In abeyance during the War, the Annual Dinner of the Former Pupils' Club was held in the Grand Hotel, Aberdeen, on Saturday, 6th December. About 80 members and guests were present, and the chair was taken by the President, Mr. James C. Glegg. It had been hoped that the guest .of the evening would be Lord Meston of Agra and Dunnottar, but, as is recorded elsewhere in this number, circumstances prevented his attendance. The arrangements for the dinner were in every way admirable, and the small committee responsible deserve high praise for the success of their efforts. THE COMPANY. Those present included— Sir H. M. W. Gray, K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., F.R.C1S. ; Dr. H. Edgar Smith, Mr. Charles Murray, " Hamewith " ; Mr. Alexander Duffus, Mr. George Davidson, general manager, G.N.S.R. ; Dr. H. F. Morland Simpson, Principal Stewart, Gordon's College ; Mr. Kazin Hosain, 114 King's Gate ; Mr. Ernest Rennet, Mr. F. K. Smith, Mr. W. A. Cameron, Mr. Win. Allan, jun. ; Mr. Charles Watt, Mr. J. D. Munro, advocate ; Mr. George J. Allan, Mr. H. S. Tawse, Mr. J. Vass Lorimer, Dr. J. F. Christie, Mr. J. Duncan MacDiarmid, Mr. Wm. Tennent, Mr. Alex. J. Christie, Mr. J. R. Flockhart, Mr. A. G. Nicol Smith, Mr. Stodart M. Chrystall, Mr. W. Douglas Simpson, Professor G. Pittendrigh, Mr. (now Sir) Thomas Jaffrey, Dr. T. S. Slessor, Mr. D. R. Macdonald, Mr. J. H. Eddison, Mr. Charles Davidson, Mr. Wm. Smith, jun., artist ; Mr. Alexander Ogilvie, Mr. Gordon Ogilvie, Mr. John M`Bain, Mr. Wm. M. Sellar, Mr. C. J. Davidson, Mr. Theodore

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Watt, Secretary of the Club ; Mr. Edward W. Watt, Mr. George Murray, Mr. John E. Henderson, Mr. John H. Ducat, Mr. James Robertson, Dr. A. G. Anderson, Mr. D. Falconer, Mr. Henry G. Edwards, Mr. James J. Williamson, Dr. Macphee, Mr. J. Minto Robertson, Turriff; Mr. W. Reid, Upper Balfour, Alford ; Mr. C. 0. Morris, Mr. T. R. Gillies, Mr. A. S. R. Bruce, Mr. George W. S. Walker, Mr. Alan M`Bain, Mr. H. Norman Macbeth, Mr. Ian M`Bain, Mr. S. Shepherd, Mr. L. L. Shepherd, Mr. William Shepherd, Leith ; Mr. W. G. Craigen, advocate ; Mr. Harry Townend, Mr. John Crombie, Dr. W. Clark Souter, Dr. Wm. Brown, Mr. Alfred W. Marshall, Mr. A. R. Home, Bonn-na-Coille, Murtle ; Mr. J. Alexander Davidson, Mr. J. Inkster, Lochnagar, Peterculter ; Rev. Maxwell J. Wright, and Mr. James Davidson, Grammar School. Apologies for absence were intimated from Lord Provost Meff, Lieut.-Colonel Dawson, D.S.O. ; Mr. George Duncan, advocate; Mr. John Craigen, advocate; Mr. James B. Davidson, advocate ; and Mr. R. Gordon Nicol ; and a telegram conveying best wishes for the success of the evening was read from Mr. James W. Milne, C.A., Liverpool, the former Secretary and Treasurer of the Club. After an excellent dinner, the Chairman gave the toast of the King, which was loyally pledged. THE SCHOOL. Dr. H. Edgar Smith, submitting " The School," said that like the majority of those present, he came back after five years' absence. During those years it was a matter of wonder to him how well the Grammar School had done. Never, he said, has our motto, " Bon Record," flamed higher than it does at present, and the honours are not diminishing, because thrice yearly the magazine of the Club shows an ever increasing list. We should remember, however, that seven-eighths of Grammar School boys never achieve a distinction sufficient to entitle them to mention in the magazine beyond that of marriage. (Laughter.) The School lives not by titles but by type. The type the Grammar School is producing now is not inferior to that of former days ; nay, more, it is changing under changing circumstances for the better. (Applause.) I am proud to ask you to associate with the toast the name of our Rector, Dr. H. F. Morland Simpson, who ever since coming to the School, has stood for type as against title, and has been out for the many rather than for the few. (Applause.) ABERDEEN'S OLDEST TITLE. Dr. Morland Simpson, in reply, said if ever there was an occasion on which a man might magnify his office it would be an occasion such as that, when he looked round and regarded with satisfaction, as far as he was able to trace the careers of those present, those men who had done honour to the School

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and to its teachers. He was the proud holder of the oldest title in Aberdeen. Before Provosts were known in Aberdeen there was a Rector Scholarum de Aberdene. Judge then of his surprise when he took up an extremely useful and entertaining little guide recently published by one who deserved well of the city for his researches in the historic past, and on searching its pages from cover to cover found no mention of the Grammar School. He was far from being like the Yankee who imagined that his own particular cabbage patch was the hub of the universe—(laughter)—but he had information that, after looking into the question of the disputation regarding the position that should be allotted to the Byron statue, which was to be erected in the centre of the city, entitled him to maintain that the Grammar School, of all public buildings, was nearer the mathematical centre of the city than any other—(laughter and applause). It was not only the mathematical centre— the actual centre was in Rose Street—but the oldest institution in the city, beside which all the antiquity of other institutions, including the University, fades. THE SCHOOL VALHALLA.

He regretted very much that the distinguished guest—a former pupil of the School—Baron Meston, whom we had hoped to see there that night, was unable to be present. He had been honoured by a visit from Baron Meston a fortnight ago, when he snatched a breathing space from his heavy duties in London in connexion with Indian legislation to visit Aberdeenshire, and he had consented to add his portrait to our Valhalla in the School Hall—(applause). Another former pupil of the School, in whose honour we rejoiced— the Secretary for Scotland— (applause)—had interested himself in securing something in the nature of a war memorial, two German guns perhaps, to be placed in the Grammar School. The Lord Provost had taken the matter up and forwarded a request to the War Office, and he was hopeful they would come along—(applause). We might fairly claim that the School had earned something of the kind. Over 1,500 boys had served during the War, and with its honoured Roll of 216 who had given their lives for the country, the School might claim consideration even from the highest in the land. (Applause.) Like all the secondary schools in Aberdeen, and elsewhere, the Grammar School was benefiting by the largely-increased interest in education, and the 707 enrolments had far outtopped the highest that had ever been obtained, which was the record last year. (Applause.) He hoped that before he made his bow to the public as Rector of the School they might possibly reach what had been estimated as their maximum number— 800. In conclusion Dr. Simpson said he and his colleagues would continue to do their utmost to maintain the reputation of the School, because if there was a great inspiration in a

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historic past there was also a great responsibility. To try to live up to that record of the past, to maintain it, and, if possible, to improve it, was a very heavy burden on the teachers, and they could only do it by generous consideration on our part and from the public, and he hoped in some degree to deserve it. (Applause.) It was a great pride to him to think that he had lived long enough amongst us to enrol sons of his old pupils in Aberdeen, and in the remaining years before his retiral was due he hoped to enrol many more. (Applause.) OUR GUESTS. The Chairman gave the toast " Our Guests." We regretted, he said, that we had not with us that evening Lord Meston, who had been very anxious to attend the dinner, but had not had his expectations realized that the House of Commons would have got rid of the Government of India Bill before the end of last month. The House of Commons, however, never did what any reasonable man could expect. (Laughter.) We were all proud of Lord Meston. (Applause.) He was one of the most distinguished pupils of the Grammar School, and had risen, by his own genius, from quite humble circumstances to be a peer of the realm. (Applause.) He was the only Grammar School boy who had attained to this distinction since the days of Lord Byron, more than 100 years ago. We all knew that the British Empire was composed of Aberdonians and mostly of Grammar School boys. (Laughter and Applause.) Lord Meston entered the School in 1876, and had risen by his powers as an administrator and grasp of finance to be one of the chief advisers on the great Dependency of India. (Applause.) He had carried off all the prizes at the Grammar School, had gone to Oxford, and later had entered the Indian Civil Service, where his promotion was very rapid, and now he was a national asset, and we were all proud that he got his education at the Grammar School. (Applause.) We had some distinguished guests with us, and we welcomed the presence of Mr. Charles Murray, of " Hamewith " fame, and Sir Henry Gray, our eminent and noted surgeon, with whose name he coupled the toast. Sir H. M. W. Gray, replying to the toast, alluded to the power which he observed the Former Pupils' Club exercised in Aberdeen, not only in stimulating esprit de corps among past pupils, but among the present boys of the School. He appealed to the company to provide the means to give a Christmas dinner to the sick and wounded soldiers who were still in hospital at Torry. In concluding Sir Henry asked that the name of Mr. Charles Murray, of " Hamewith " fame, should be bracketed with his in replying to the toast. HAMEWITH'S " STORIES. Mr. Murray, who had a cordial reception, said the call made upon him to speak brought to his mind a conversation which

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took place in a Glasgow tramcar. Two men were sitting opposite each other, when one startled the other, by inquiring " Ha'e you ever seen me afore ? " " No," was the reply, " I canna' say that I ha'e." " But ye saw me come into the tram ? " persisted the inquirer. " Ay, I saw you fine when you dam' in." The questioner, however, did not seem satisfied, and, to the amazement of his fellow-passengers, stood up and exclaimed, " Well, if ye never saw me afore, hoo did ye ken it was me ? " (Laughter.) As the previous speaker had never seen him before, he was perplexed to know why Sir Henry had called upon him to speak. (Laughter.) He was a bit disappointed to see so few there who had been boys with him at school. He could not remember any of his old classmates by their proper names, but he could recall their nicknames very distinctly. Two stood out prominently in his mind—one who was called " The Puddock " and the other " The Poet." The latter was now a tram-conductor. (Laughter.) When he now met a nice-looking girl in the street, he did not ask himself " Who is that ? " but " I wonder who her mother is." (Laughter.) He thanked the Club very heartily for the hospitality which it had extended to him. THE CLUB'S FUNCTION. Mr. John D. Munro, advocate, proposed the toast of " The Club." From the point of view of the Education Authority, of which he was a member, the Club was fulfilling a most important function, and one that was capable of great develor me nt in the future. He was glad to learn that the Rector of the Schcol would not be a party to mere cramming and " forcing " among his pupils, but strove rather to develop the all-round grow th of the boys in body and in character. Mr. Glegg, the chairman of the Club, was a gentleman who was highly esteemed in Aberdeen. He was a man of great force of character, ability, and energy, and had given most valuable service in the cause of education and commerce in the city. (Applause.) THE SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL. Mr. Glegg, who responded, said that among the ccmpany present, he could claim to have been longest away from School. Although practically all the Greek and most of the Latin which had been instilled into his unworthy head had evaporated, the impression that the building had made upon him remained. He was proud to learn from the Rector that Sir Garnet Wolseley had had the same impression. (Laughter.) Recalling the time when there were three secondary schools in Aberdeen--the Grammar, the " Gym," and the Old Town " Barn," Mr. Glegg said that in those days they were en- n- mai full of Latin, but the teaching of English was conspicuously deficient. The curriculum was totally devoid of science in any of its branches, and the arts and physical culture were neglected.

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The marvel was that they had survived so long after it all. (Laughter.) One of the functions of the Club was to see that the War Memorial Fund was brought up to the required amount. The sum of £2,500 already collected was just about half of what was required. We had reason to be proud of the record of the Grammar School in the War. Most of our boys had enlisted as private soldiers, and had earned honours and distinctions from the Victoria Cross downwards. The memory of those men would not be forgotten in the present generation, but we wished to show our appreciation by erecting a memorial which would keep their memory fresh for many years to come. The Town Council, the churches, and other associations were erecting memorials in the city, and it was the duty of the former pupils of the Grammar School to perpetuate too the memory of the gallant lads whose efforts allowed us to meet that evening in peace and in comfort. (Applause.) CHRISTMAS DINNER FOR SOLDIERS! In response to Sir Henry Gray's appeal on behalf of the soldiers in hospital at Torry a collection was made, and the chairman was able to hand over £20 to Sir Henry. Writing a few days later to the Secretary of the Club, Major G. F. Dawson, R.A.M.C., commanding the Military Hospital, Balnagask, said—" I am extremely grateful to the members of the Grammar School Former Pupils' Club for their handsome gift to the patients in hospital. They wish me to send their thanks with my own and to ask you to convey to your members how much they appreciate the thoughtfulness and kindness shown. We all hope that your members will have as pleasant a time at Christmas as they have ensured for those here." [We are indebted to the excellent reports in the Aberdeen morning newspapers for the greater part of the foregoing account of the dinner.—Ed., A.G.S. Mag.]

Club Notes. To all who have left the School. The Executive of the F.P. Club invite every boy who has left the School to become a member of the Club if he has not already done so. The objects of the Club are to promote educational and social intercourse among Former Pupils, to keep them in touch with the School, and to assist them and the School in whatever way may seem advisable to the Executive. The Club has various Sections devoted to athletics and other interests, and membership of the Club is necessary for admission to any Section or to any Club gathering. A copy of the Magazine, which is issued three times a year, is sent, free of charge, to every member, whether resident at home or abroad.

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Members' Subscriptions. The Club year ends on 15th April. All Ordinary Members who have not yet paid their subscriptions for the year 1919-20 are reminded of this lapse, and of the amount due, by a slip attached to the front cover of the present issue. It is particularly requested that all outstanding subscriptions be paid before the end of the Club year so that the accounts may not show a debit balance. Those who wish to reduce to a minimum the trouble of remitting will prepay their subscriptions for one or more years in advance, or else become Life Members. The Increased Life Membership Subscription. Very few F.P.'s who were admitted to Life Membership at the low figure of £2 2s. or £1 ls. have so far seen their way to send to the Treasurer the balance required to bring their original subscriptions up to the revised rate of £5 5s.. To print and send the Magazine to these members now costs a great deal more than the free income from the investment of their subscriptions, and we suggest that they send the balance referred to and so enable the Club to continue sending them the Magazine without making any charge on the existing funds.

F.P. Rugby Football Club. 1st XV RESULTS. 1919. .. Oct. 25. Against lst 'Shire (L.) Nov. 1. „ 1st Gordon ians ( L. ) „ 8. „ 1st 'Varsity (L.) .. Dec. 20. ., 1st Queen's (L.) .. 1920. ,, 'Varsity" B" (L.) Jan. 10. .. ,, 1st 'Shire (L.) ,. 17. „ 24. ,, 'Varsity " B" (I..)

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The F.P.'s were well represented in the North Trial, played at King's College on 22nd November, the following members being selected : John T. Sorley, L. Leslie Huss, G. N. Gordon, D. Davidson, J. C. Duffus, G. C. Whyte F. R. Sleigh, J. H. Bell, A Berry, and J. I.indsay. Out of those J. T. Sorley, L. L. Huss, G. N. Gordon, G. C. Whyte, and J. C. Duffus were selected to play for the North against Midlands at Dundee on 6th December, Duffus being chosen as captain for the North team. Result of match-10-9 for Midlands. J. C. Duffus, 3. T. Sorley, G. N. Gordon, and D. Davidson represented the F.P.'s in the International Trial at Galashiels on 13th December. J. C. Duffus was again selected as captain for the North team. — 21st February.—F.P.'s v. 'Varsity, played at Newfield. 'Varsity lost the toss and kicked off against the wind. Play was very even for a time, with both sides pressing fairly equally. During one of the F.P.'s rushes, Gordon had a good try at a dropped goal, but this was not allowed. Shortly after Duffus got the ball from a line out and scored ; the try was converted. 'Varsity then took up the attack, but were unable to score. Half-time—F.P.'s 5 points ; 'Varsity 0. After the interval, 'Varsity, favoured by the wind, commenced to press. For some time a determined defence kept them out, but eventually they secured a try which was converted. Then, with F.P.'s a three-quarter short, owing to Davidson being injured, they added a further try, almost immediately followed by Joss dropping a goal. F.P.'s then rallied, but failed to score, and just before time 'Varsity gained two tries, one of which was converted. Final score— 'Varsity 20 points ; F.P.'s 5 points.

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While the score hardly represents the run of play, 'Varsity deserved to win. Behind the scrum there was little to choose between the teams, but in the forwards there was a marked difference. The F.P. forwards worked hard but aimlessly, did not combine well, and were in strong contrast to the 'Varsity forwards, who were heavier, combined well, and let the ball out behind far quicker.

2nd XV RESULTS.

1919. Oct. 18. Against 2nd Gordonians .. „ 25. „ 2nd Gordonians (L.) Nov. 1. „ Grammar School (L.) „ 22. „ 'Varsity Junior XV (L.) „ 29. ,, 'Varsity" B " .. Dec. 6. ,, Gordon's College (L.) „ 22. ,, 1st Gordonians .. 1920. Jan. 17. ,, 2nd Gordonians (L.)

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The F.P. Cricket Section. For many years the Syllabus of the F.P. Club has mentioned " Cricket Section in season," but until 1917 the Cricket Section existed only on paper. Occasionally a team of Old Boys would gather together to give the School a game, but there it ended. This state of affairs was regrettable, and the success of the Cricket Section, now that at last it does exist, is most welcome. In 1917 some F.P.'s under military age, assisted by a few " crocks," joined together, and during 1917 and 1918 a fair number of games of a more or less scratch nature were played. The F.P.'s were easily the strongest eleven in or near Aberdeen, and the record of the first two years was 1917—Games played 15, won 13, lost 2. 1918— „ „ 13, „ 11, „ 2. The first public game played at the new School Recreation Ground saw a very large crowd watch the F.P.'s whack a strong scratch Aberdeenshire side by five wickets. This was in August 1917. In 1919 the Section was formally approved by the F.P. Executive, and a much more ambitious programme was undertaken. The Aberdeenshire Senior League and Cup Competitions were entered, and in these the F.P.'s did extremely well. Reaching the semi-final for the cup, they were knocked out by Huntly, the only local club which always proved too good for the F.P.'s last season. In the League Competition the F.P.'s finished third, and very nearly came first, only a breakdown in the fielding allowing Aberdeenshire, with the odds 20 to 1 against them, to win the deciding game. The results in 1919 were Games played 41, won 25, lost 13, drawn 3. A good many of the games lost were evening matches against Junior teams, the results of the matches against the strongest opponents being highly satisfactory. The programme included a most enjoyable tour in the North, and a game at Balmoral Castle against the Royal Household. The pleasant and successful working of the Section has been very largely due to the efforts of Alan Mcl3ain, who has acted as Captain, and to Lennox Riddell and James Lindsay, Secretaries in 1917/18 and 1919 respectively. The business meeting of the Section, to elect office-bearers, etc., for 1920 will be held in the Grammar School on Thursday, 18th March, at 7.30 p.m. It is hoped that there will be a large turn-out as if a sufficient number of F.P.'s join, it will be possible to have two teams entered for the League and Cup Competitions of the different grades. Any who wish to join the Club and cannot be present at the meeting are invited to correspond with James Lindsay, 9 Gladstone Place, the Secretary of the Club for 1919.

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New Members of the Club. LIFE MEMBERS.

Campbell, Dr. Andrew (1902-04), F.R.C.S., 9 Merchiston Gardens, Edinburgh. Davidson, Henry (1873-78), 46 Don Street, Old Aberdeen. Ledingham, George A. (1894-1905), Leverton House, Leatherhead, Surrey. Elmslie, W. A. (1904-10), c/o John G. Elmslie, 44 Mount Street, Aberdeen. Macdonald, D. R. (1895-1903), 98 Queen's Road, Aberdeen. Scarth, Robert (1910-12), Binscarth, Finstown, Orkney. Ducat, Ernest S. (1898-1906), cf.) Mr. James Fraser, 1301 Union Street, Aberdeen. Gerrard, Frederick W. (1905-06), Schoolhouse, Bucksburn. Cumming, Ian (1907-14), c/o Messrs. Best & Co., Madras. Bulloch, Professor William (1877—80), F.R.S., M.D., London Hospital, Mile End Road, London, E. Mackintosh, W. Y. (1902-07), Nakiadeniya Estate, Nakiadeniya, Ceylon. Macrae, Alexander (1893-97), M.B.E., 26 Ferndale Avenue, Wallsend-on-Tyne. ORDINARY MEMBERS.

Stuart, Ian G. (1908-19), c/o Mrs. Findlay, 50 King Street, Aberdeen. Chalmers, Alan (1915-19), 55 Gladstone Place, Aberdeen. Grant, James A. S. (1889-91), M.A., M. B., Ch.B., Montrose. J. Alexander Chambers—Hunter, (1906-07 and 1911-14), 8 Queen's Aberdeen. Terrace, Williamson, Norman S. (1915-19), The Schoolhouse, Kingswells, near Aberdeen. Thomson, Keith (1913-19), 128 Osborne Place, Aberdeen. Angus, Alexander A. (1914-19), 318 Great Western Road, Aberdeen. Hopkins, Herbert O. (1914-18), 196 Great Western Road, Aberdeen. Blake, Douglas M. (1914-19), 8 Loanhead Terrace, Aberdeen. Galloway, Eric J. (1908-18), Gordondale House, Gordondale Road, Aberdeen. Fraser, Stanley M. (1908-19), 11 Belgrave Terrace, Aberdeen. Duncan, Cecil A. B. (1915-18), 47 Beechgrove Terrace, Aberdeen. Ferguson, Williim R. (1913-16), 63 Cairnfield Place, Aberdeen. Semple, Robert (1898-1905), O.B.E., M.D., 24 Balmoral Place, Abdn. Marshall, Alfred W. (1876-81), 6 Queen's Gate, Aberdeen. Lawrie, John S. (1913-19), 38 Mount Street, Aberdeen. Crichton, Francis F. (1916-19), Rosebery Villa, Banchory. Duncan, Alexander R. (1912-19), 66 Hamilton Place, Aberdeen. Williamson, A. M. Macrae (1906-16), 22 Rubislaw Den South, Aberdeen.

Fraser, George K. (1907-08), M.A., B.Sc., 50 Victoria Street, Stonehaven. Cox, Harold C. M. (1913-19), Fintry, Turriff, Aberdeenshire. Rennie, John M. (1916-19), Upper Anguston, Peterculter. Cursiter, James W. (1864-66), 26 Dublin Street, Edinburgh. White, George W. (1880-88), c/o Cape Orchard Co., Ltd., Orchard Siding, Cape Province, South Africa. Ewart, Ernest A. (1882-83), O.B.E., 10 Pembroke Studios, Pembroke Gardens, Kensington, London, W. 8. Milne, Douglas G. (1904-08), 26 Brighton Place, Aberdeen. Walker, J. McDonald (1900-06), M.C., 12 St. Catherine's Place, Edinburgh. Anderson, Cecil W. (1911-12), Lynne Cottage, 160 Broomhill Road, Aberdeen. Walker, Charles W. (1902-12), M.A., 24 Rubislaw Terrace, Aberdeen. Lindsay, Alastair B. (1915-19), 77 Beaconsfield Place, Aberdeen. Forbes, Alexander T. (1917-19), Cuminestown, Turriff. Hay, John, jun. (1915-19), Casilla 908, Valparaiso, Chile, South America. Kirk, Dudley W. (1914-19), 2 Marischal Street, Aberdeen. Scott, Arthur L. (1908-14), c/o James Scott, Esq., 54 Birch Grove, West Acton, London, W. 3. Hervey, Robert S. B. (1913-19), 54 Gray Street, Aberdeen.

Members residing in or near London are requested to communicate, U they have not already done so, with Mr. T. J. Wilson, C.A., 59/00 Old Bailey, E.C. 4, who is organizing the Loudon Section of the Club.

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THE SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL. Subscriptions received from 1st November, 1919, to 9th March. 1920. £2 2 0 .. .. Aitken, William, Beech Cottage, Cults .. 1 0 0 •• •. Anderson, John, Commercial Hotel, Tarland Anderson, W. M., Clooncamey, Henderson Road, Troon, in memory of Lance-Corporal fhomas Anderson, 1/4th Gordon .. 2 2 0 .. Highlanders .. 100 0 0 .. Anonymous 5 0 0 .. Anonymous 1 1 0 .. Arthur, Alex. T., M.B., Blair Devenick, Cults Arthur, Alex. T„ M.B., Blair Devenick, Cults. Additional 1 1 0 subscription .. .. 1 0 0 Benton, W. S., Lochhead House, Westburn Road, Aberdeen Bisset, Mrs. J. H., Mrs. F. T. Jarvis, and D. G. Bisset, Bloemfontein, O.F.S., South Africa, in memory of H. M. Bisset, South .. 10 0 0 African Horse, East Africa .. 0 10 6 Bisset, Rev. John H. J., United Free Church Manse, Rothes 1 1 0 .. Bisset, V. O., 38 Albyn Place, Aberdeen Black, Lieut.-Colonel W. Rose, Commanding 6th Seaforth Highlanders, Elgin, in memory of John Mackintosh, M.A., LL.B., 3 3 0 .. Captain, 6th Seaforth Highlanders .. 1 1 0 Boyd, E. B., 68 Hamilton Road, Dollis Hill, London, N.W. 10 .. Brown, John, of Redhall, 10 Marine Terrace, Aberdeen, in memory of his son, Captain John Brown, 1/4th Batt. Gordon High.. 105 0 0 landers .. Brown, Thos. D. H., Esboum, Lawrie Park Crescent, Sydenham, .. •• 1 1 0 .. •• •• •• •• .S.E. 26 .. 1 1 0 Bruce, J. Mitchell, C.V.O., M.D., 23 Harley Street, London, W. .. Bulmer, George G., 81 Duthie Terrace, Aberdeen, in memory of 1 1 0 .. .. three classmates who gave up their lives " .. 1 1 0 Burnet, J. R. Wardlaw, Advocate, 6 St. Vincent Street, Edinburgh 10 0 0 Edinburgh Campbell, Dr. Andrew, F.R.C.S., 9 Merchiston Crescent, 0 10 0 Carnegie, Rev. Joseph D., " Fir Dale," Wentworth Road, Leicester .. 3 3 0 .. .. .. Clarke, Ian A., 7 Chanonry, Aberdeen Cook, R. Haldane, M.D., World's End, Winchmorehill, London, N. .. .. 2 2 0 21, in memory of Sidney G. M. Cook, N.Z.E.F. .. 1 1 0 .. Cooper, Charles, Balgownie, Hoole Road, Chester .. .. .. 2 2 0 Coutts, David A., 54 Rubislaw Den South, Aberdeen .. 1 1 0 .. Craig, Alexander, jun.. 23 Fonthill Terrace, Aberdeen •• •• ' 1 0 0 Craig, Andrew, 57 Rubislaw Den South, Aberdeen Croll, George, 1 Great Tower Street, London, E.C., per J. C. Glegg, .. .. .. 10 10 0 Aberdeen. Additional subscription .. .. 2 2 0 Crombie, James W., 18 Rubislaw Den North, Aberdeen .. Aberdeen, North, Crombie, William, Rostrevor, Rubislaw Den in memory of A. Douglas Wisely, who was killed at Houp.. 10 10 0 .. .. .. lines on 11th September, 1916.. .. 3 3 0 Curr, Alexander Y., 17 Rubislaw Den South, Aberdeen .. .. .. .. 3 3 0 Davidson, A. A., The Briars, West Cults .. Davidson, Norman, M.B., D.P.H., Captain, R.A.M.C., 59 Queen .. .. 2 2 0 .. .. .. .. Street, Peterhead .. .. 2 2 0 Drummond, H. G., 154 Market Street, Aberdeen .. Duff, Captain C. W., The Aerodrome, Cramlington, in memory of .. .. 1 11 6 Lieut. Allan S. Milne, 5th Gordon Highlanders .a .. 5 5 0 .. .. Duthie, William, Collynie, Tarves .. Dymock, Lieut.-Colonel A., R.A.O.C., A.D.O.S., 10th Corps, .. .. .. .. 1 1 0 .. British Army of the Rhine .. .. 1 1 0 Easton, Captain R. M., I.M.S., Mhow, Central India .. .. .. 1 1 0 Easton, Mrs., Ill Hamilton Place, Aberdeen 5 5 0 .. .. Falconer, Harvey G., 14 Albert Street, Aberdeen .. Ferguson, Captain J. F., 1st Durham Light Infantry, Lucknow Barracks, Tidwortb, in memory of his brother, Lieut. A. S. H. 5 0 0 .. .. .. .. Ferguson, Gordon Highlanders 1 1 0 .. Fiddes, Rev. Alexander, 28 Inverleith Terrace, Edinburgh Mosul, Indian Army, Fiddes, Lieut. J., 1/88 Carnatic Infantry, 3 3 0 .. .. .. of Garry " memory " in Mesopotamia .. 2 2 0 Fiddes, W. O., Marchmont, Rubislaw Den South, Aberdeen

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Saunders, Captain B. T., R.A.M.C., Baghdad, in memory of The Fallen .. Saunders, C. E., F.L., R.A.F. Depot, Halton, near Bucks The School, per H. F. M. S. .. .. Scott, George Brebner, 410 Brixton Road, London, S.W. 9 .. Sellar, James, Bucksburn House, Aberdeenshire, in memory of William Ritchie Sellar, 2nd Lieut., 98th Squadron, R.A.F. Shepherd, George, Jun., 6 Marine Terrace, Aberdeen .. Sim, James H., Canadian Bank of Commerce, 2 Lombard Street, London, E.C. 3 .. .. Simpson, Mrs. Morland, " Amatola," Great Western Road, Aberdeen, in memory of Major H. Graham Simpson .. .. Sinclair, Edmond, 13 Bridge Street, Aberdeen .. Sinclair, G. W., British India Marine Service Club, Calcutta, India Sinclair, Dr. William, 9 Bon-Accord Crescent, Aberdeen .. Skeen, Mrs., 10 Bladud, The Paragon, Bath, in memory of her son, Major Oliver St. John Skeen, D.S.O., 62nd Punjabis .. Slessor, Dr. R. A., M.B., D.P.H., 24 Saltoun Place, Fraserburgb.. Smith, Dr. H. Edgar, Wellington House, Alford Place, Aberdeen Smith, Lewis, McCombie's Court, Aberdeen Smith, R. K., 50 Queen's Road, Aberdeen .. .. Smith, W. Mitchell, 245 Union Street, Aberdeen .. .. Souter, Rev. R. M., B.D., The Manse, Birsav, Orkney, in memory of Lieut. Hector R. Macdonald and Lieut.-Colonel George A. Smith.. Spark, Dr. Ian R., Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Aberdeen .. Stephenson, Mrs. A. Irene, Ayton House, Great Ayton, Yorkshire, in memory of her stepson, A. F. Vere Stephenson .. Stewart, Donald S., View House, View Terrace, Aberdeen .. Stewart, J. A., Kyankse, Burma .. .. Stewart, Dr. James S., View House, View Terrace, Aberdeen .. Stronach, Adrian, Jun., 2 Union Terrace, Aberdeen Sutherland, Sir Thomas, G.C.M.G., LL.D., 7 Buckingham Gate, London, S.W. 1 .. Tomory, J. Murray, Llandour, Helensburgh Walker, J. McDonald, 12 St. Catherine's Place, Edinburgh .. Watson, Herbert I.., 53 Aytoun Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow, in memory of William Ledingham Watson, 4th Batt. Gordon Highlanders, T.F. Watt, Major Charles, 172 Union Street, Aberdeen (as previously intimated) .. .. Watt, Major Charles, 172 Union Street, Aberdeen. Additional subscription .. .. Whyte, George G., C.A., 4 Carden Terrace, Aberdeen .. Williamson, James J., 88 Fountainhall Road, Aberdeen .. .. Williamson, Captain W. B., 20 Carlton Place, Aberdeen .. .. Wilson, Major Alexander Morice, R.A.F.," Beechwood," Rubislaw Den South, Aberdeen, in memory of J. E. and J. B. G. .. Wilson, Raymond G., 54 Carden Place, Aberdeen Wilson, Robert Louis, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. •• . •• Wisely, William, 447 Great Western Road, Aberdeen, in memory of Alfred Douglas Wisely, 2nd Lieut., 4th Batt. Gordon Highlanders T.F. Zarnek, Alfred, 40 Lindfield Gardens, Hampstead, London, N.W. 3

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and Cigar Importer.

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Agents for Ordnance Survey Maps. Booksellers, Army and Navy Stationers.

Circulating Library in connection with Mudie's, of London. Engraving, Bookbinding, and Printing of every description. Fountain Pen Emporium.

Premier House in the North of Scotland for the sale of Scottish Publications. Publishers and Proprietors of " The Aberdeen Book-Lover."

All kinds of Smokers' Requisites. Varied Stock of Walking Sticks by best London Makers. Agent for the

FAMOUS DUNIIILL PIPES. Established 1814. Telephone 402. Telegraphic Address: "Wyllie, Booksellers. Aberdeen."

478 Union St., Aberdeen

ABERDEEN GRAMMAR SCHOOL. (Founded previous to 1256.) Rector—H. F. MORLAND SIAIPSON, M.A. (Cantab.), LL.D., F.S.A. Scot.. The School, which is one of the Secondary Public Schools of Scotland, provides for Boy, a complete course of study—Elementary and Secondary, Classical and Modern. The Lower School receives Boys of the Infant stage and upwards. The School contains excellent Laboratories—Chemical and Physical, Art Room, Work shop, Botanical Garden, Gymnasium, Library, and Reading Room. The situation of the School is open and healthy, within ten minutes of the Railway Station. There is a Cricket Field, and there are separate Playgrounds for the various departments. Boarders are received by several of the Masters. Information as to Fees, Scholarships, etc., is given in the School Prospectus, which may be had free on application to the CLERK of the ABERDEEN EDUCATION AUTHORITY, 22 Union Terrace, or to the RECTOR.

ABERDEEN HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Head Mistress—Miss Lucy L. WARD. B.A. (Land.). The School, which is one of the Secondary Public Schools of Scotland, is organised in Three Departments—a Junior, an Intermediate, and a Secondary—the last combining Modern The Art and Music Departments are under highly qualified and University Sections. Masters and Governesses. Pupils are received from the age of Five Years. The School contains an elegant Hall, Cookery and Laundry Rooms, and a Suite of Laboratories of the most approved description for the teaching of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. A Library and Reading Room and Luncheon Rooms are provided. The School occupies a spacious site in the West End of the City, within twelve minutes of the Railway Station. The Head Mistress can arrange for the Boarding of Pupils from a distance. Information as to Fees, Scbolarships, etc., is given in the School Prospectus, which may be had free on application to the CLERK of the ABERDEEN EDUCATION AUTHORITY, 22 Union Terrace, OE to the HEAD MISTRESS.

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Established 1864.

THE SIGN 01' GOOD TEA. Lists oll appiLation. Head New llooklet — - The Scandal of the , , l ohle - (gratis).

• John E. Esslemont TEA Many Blends to select from

L1 Large Variety to suit all tastes

Including the S1111,71 Tea for the li ot,ehold

Small Good as Gold T,PPY Tea

JOHN E. ESSLEMONT, 16-22 King St., ABERDEEN, Specialist in Fine Teas and Coffees.

'[he House for Quality

JAMES DUGAN & CO. biob ,- Clase Uatlor6 448 UNION STRI h I

HI I-\ 'PUONE 94.

GEORGE ANDERSON, "THE"

IRONMONGER,

19 BROAD STREET. •

THE HECOCAISELli STonr: FOR I•EltliS AND FEARER'—ALL KINDS, ALI, SIZES Incandescent Lifililinu a Speciality'.

THE ROSEMOUNT PRESS PRINTERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS FARMERS' HALL LANE, ABERDEEN

TELEPHONE 1035

R. K. SMITH, Ltd.,

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1 13-1 19 Union Street, Aberdeen. , Hoif,e• ',kWh the Alter& Perfect Fitting Suits for Boys and Youths.

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OU -naturally do not wish to fray more for your clothui.., than is necessary. At the same time yon won't to ta.! correctly fitted and get a suit that will hold its slim, • for months to come. -

R. K. SMITH'S service of READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHING is so well-known that We have no hesitati0n. in asking you to call and see the big variety of stiles and fittingS we otter at prices that enable you to dress with economy and good. taste.

Ou name on your suit is a dependable guarantee • quality and style --and there is no guess work about the workmanship either.

Tr I. phone Nn. :43.

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JOHN A. DUNN 26

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