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No. 36. DECEMBER, 1964

Editor-Elspeth J. A. Gow. Advertising Managers­ Brenda Cooke. Sub·Editor-John J. Ward. Hilary Corpe. Ann Stuart. Staff Adviser-G. E. Donaldson, M.A., B;A, Anne Urquhart.

Editorial

N J welcoming readers to this the thirty-sixth the influence of the Merseyside cult is also edition of the Grammar School Magazine very much in evidence among our literary I would first like to convey my thanks to all contributions this year. contributors, editorial staff and staff advisers Highlights of the past year's activities who have assisted in this 1964 publication, incluC:e the record results achieved by our and also to all our advertisers, both old and Higher Certificate candidates, the inaugura­ new, who this year boosted our advertising tion of a School Debating Society, and the columns so considerably. final plans of the long awaited and highly Despite the general upheavai of the world controversial new Grammar School. at large with Mr Kruschev's sudden departure Meanwhile our numbers have recently from the? political scene (Siberia bound we been increased by the influx of Cromdale wonder ), Sir Alec Home's less unexpected pupils, the school hockey and football teams but more dignified departure from 10 Down­ have met with varying success, golf still ing Street, Mao Tse-tung's disturbing pre­ flourishes under the guidance of Mr Hendry, occupation with atomic bombs and Russia's tennis tuition has again proved popular and recent space adventures, at which no doubt the annual Glenmore outing was once more the Americans, surveying their mine of voted a great success. Olympic gold, can scoff, life at school is as In conclusion I would like to say that I tranquil as ever. Yet we are not completely have adhered to no set plan as regards choice immune to the trends of the outside world, of articles, asking only that they be for the sudden scarcityis of clients in the boys' original and interesting, and to wish all our Junior Cloakroom for the town's hairdressing readers a Very Happy Christmas and every esta,blishments causing some concern, an� success in the New Year, GRAlv.lMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE

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THE RECTOR'S LETTER

26th October, 1964. the end of last session, and you had the use of Dear Editor, books from the Exhibition of Careers Books at am happy to say that although the local library, to try, among other things, to the amount of money allocated by the Scottish overcome the haphazard selection of jobs which Education Department for school building in takes place at present in our area. It is hoped Moray and Nairn has been reduced consider­ to continue this experiment biennially if not ably, the building of our new school is to go annually, and. I hope that more parents will on and should start by 1st May, 1965. If take advantage of the service offered freely your teachers get what they have asked for, to them. then it will be a real pleasure to work in the This term we absorbed Cromdale Primary new school. I may say that your teachers are School-a change which I think has been so very much "with it" as far as modern trends far most successful; but the real test will in education are concerned, and I hope that come with severe winter weather and the we shall be given the tools to do the job and dislocation caused in the work of the class­ that money will be available for educational room. The intake has been largest at the projects which are so necessary to deepen the Primary 1 and 6 stages. It has not been interests of our pupils. possible to alleviate the problem of an over­ The eria of 'talk and chalk' could be ending crowded infant room; but two classes have and the era of the educational machine begin­ been formed· in the Church Hall for Primary ning. We have already seen the benefits to be 16·, and·· we welcomed Mrs Macrae at the derived from the right tools in the Technical, beginning of this session as our second Homecraft and Art Departments; and we are Primary 6 teacher. proving the benefits to be derived from prac­ Now that all our Morayshire country tical tools in arithmetic by the use of the pupils are coming up through the Primary Cuisenaire rods and the calculating machines, School here, the question of divided loyalties in French and Biology by the use of tape for them will no longer exist, as all their recorder and film, in Science by discovery school days will be spent in Grantown Gram­ through experiment, in English by getting mar School, and this should make for better into closer touch with the community and its teamwork. vocations, and in our everyday work in other In work and play I expect a high standard subjects. .; from you all. I am just as disappointed as The emphasis in education for the greater you when this standard is not reached, be it percentage of our pupils is on employment, in work or play. I am not expecting gold and the vocational bias will become more medals, but I like to see an effort made. apparent in third year in the years that lie Good luck in work and play this session. ahead. You will remember that we had the Yours sincerely, school used as « Youth Employment Centre at JAMES BAIN, GRiAMMAR S01tOOL MAGAZINE

SCHOOL NOTES

A School Debating Society was formed, on duration and, prior* to that, Clerk of the the initi!ative of the senior pupils, at the end School Management Committee. of October, 1963, with* Gillies* Campbell as president and Seonaid McLure a:s secretary. Margaret M. Stuart, Dux Medallist in 1963, was awarded a £30 bursary* * in the Aberdeen In addition to the normal Christmas Bursary Competition. parties, the season was again enlivened by the advent of a party of French scholars, domiciled in Grantown over the 'festive time. Mr Herd, Assistant Technical Master, Mr Smith, head of the Modern Languages received a gift from* the * staff* at end of session Department, was * again in * charge of organ­ prior to his marriage. isation. Captain Iain Tennant, Lord Lieutenant of Mrs Janet Moodie, M.A., resigned at end Moray, was principal speaker at the prize­ of first term. After a month's interim, during giving on July 1. His wife, Lady Margaret which Mrs Matheson helped* * out, Mrs Amelia Tennant, presented* the* prizes. Dr Joseph Oakes took over as teacher of Primary 6. Grant again presided.

A feature of the session was the number Harvey Dux Medallist for the session was of successes achieved in essay and art com­ Christobel G. Terris, with Elspeth J. A. Gow petitions. David G. Ma,cdonald, Ann Stuart and John J. Ward close behind. All three and Patrick Grant had top level awards in achieved the school possible* of five Higher the National Anti-Smoking Essay Competi­ passes in Secondary 5. tion, while Mairi Fraser had a top County Award in the Brooke Bond Essay Competition. Elspeth Gow and* James * Macpherson In the Brooke Bond Art Competition, Gillies qualified for the coveted Cairngorm Badge. Campbell had a top County Award, while he had a Silver Award* * for a* painting in the Gordonstoun Projects Exhibition. Two former pupils of the school, Iris Forbes and Betty* Kirkwood, graduated in Arts at Aberdeen University. The Certificate* of Educati@n* . examinations began on April 22. In the 1964 0-Level Examinations, the A party of scholars and teachers again entries were limited in Class 4 owing to the spent the week-end of May 8-11 at Glenmore. Education Department's recommendation that Owing to the Certificate of Education exam­ likely Higher candidates should by-pass the inations, Secondary* 3 pupils,* * instead of senior 0-Level stage. The 16 entrants thus had only pupils, benefit by this outing. 63 passes. The 33 Class 5-6 entrants added 63 Higher passes, 28 0-Level passes and one pass in Grammar School vocalists and instru­ Analysis to their 1963 quota. The number of mentalists had a large number of successes Higher passes again was a School record; in the Provincial *Mod *at Newtorfmore and in and the passes in English.... (1* 9) and in French the Badenoch Musical Festival at Kingussie. (14) were subject records on the Higher level.

As an innovation, the Empire Day Address The Rector, Dr Bain, was chosen by the was a conjoint lecture in two parts by Gillies teachers of Moray and Nairn as their new Campbell and Davis Thomson, two Higher * * History candidates,* *who performed very Secondary representative on the Education creditably. Committee. * Mr Corpe, Head of the Technical Depart­ School resumed on August* 25 with a roll ment, was re-elected to the Town Council in of 467 - 220 Primary and 247 Secondary. May, and topped* the *poll. Mr Liggat, who stood for the first time, also polled highly and School numbers w e r e supplemented was elected. through the closing of Cromdale School; and the South Church Hall, used as a classroom The School was used as a Careers Infor­ for the past three years,* was * partitioned so as mation Centre for* pupils• and• parents on the to accommodate two classes. evening of June 25. Two new teachers joined the staff in We gratefully acknowledge the long period Session 1964-65, Mrs Macrae, from Cromdale, of service of Mr Paterson, who was clerk of and Mrs Hawkesworth, who succeeded Mrs the Cromdale Area Sub-Committee during its Stewart as teacher of P.T. for girls. 4 GRAlvLJ.V.CAR SCHOOL iVIAGAZINE

On September 11 a fashion show organised Speaker on United* *Nations , Day was Miss by McCalls School* Service, London, was held Dorothy Wallace, M.A., of Darjeeling. in the Homecraft Department. Six Italian calculating machines have been Members of Class IIIb have had organised in use in various stages of school for some visits to establishments outside school to weeks. receive vocational guidance, and have also visited the T.V. Booster* Site at Laggan Hill Thanks to the Dick Bequest and the Moray to get instruction as to its operation. Educational Trust, Television has been made available in school. Scottish Swimming Badges for last session · were awarded to Susan Archibald, Vivian Mr Hendry is to be head of the Geography Corpe and Hazel McCulloch, all of Secondary Department in school, created as from la. October 1.

1964 SCOTTISH CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION RESULTS

Below are the complete results of Class VI Catherine MacGregor-H. Eng., H. Fr., H. over three sittings:- German and 2 0-Levels. Norman Breckenridge-H. Eng., H. Geog., H. Grant Mackintosh-7 0-Levels. Maths., Fr., Phys., Chem., Tech. Drawing, Mary McDonald-7 0-Levels. Arith., Appl. Mechanics. Jane C. McQueen-H. Eng., H. Maths. and 5 D. Gillies Campbell-H. Eng., H. Hist., H. Art, 0-Levels. H. Woodwork, Maths., Arith., Tech. Kathleen E. G. Miller-H. Eng., H. Fr., H. Drawing. German and 3 0-Levels. James A. Grant-H. Eng., H. Maths., H. Sc., Ann C. M. Stewart-Hr. Fr. and 6 0-Levels. H. Tech., Geog., Maths., Fr., Arith. Carol J. Stuart-H. Eng., H. Fr., H. German June M. Grant-H. Eng., H. Hist., H. Fr., H. and 4 0-Levels. German, Latin, Maths., Arith. Christobel G. Terris-H. Eng., H. Latin, H. Mona E. Grant-H. Eng., H. Fr., H. Maths., Fr., H. Maths., H. Science and 2 0-Levels. H. Sc., Hist., Fr., Arith., Latin. John J. Ward-H. Eng., H. Fr., H. Maths., H. Seonaid M. McLure-H. Maths., H. Home­ Sc., H. Tech. and 2 0-Levels. craft, Eng., Geog., Botany, Arith. Margaret E. Williamson-H. Eng., H. Fr. and James R. Macpherson-H. Eng., H. Hist., H. 5 0-Levels. Fr., H. Maths., H. Science, Latin, Afith. K. Lindsay Wood-3 0-Levels. Gillian M. Ross-H. Homecraft, Eng., Geog., Fr., Maths., Arith., Botany. THOSE WHO SIT IN HIGH PLACES Margaret M. Stuart-H. Eng., H. Geog., H. Fr., H. Latin, H. Maths., H. German, El. Analysis, Arith. CHRISTOBEL TERRIS (Head Girl and Jaclynn W. Wood-H. Homecraft, Eng., Hist., Hockey Vice-Captain) struggles manfully to Chem., Botany, Arith., Fr., Maths. keep order among her more unruly inferior Violet Murray added Higher passes in English members, aided and abetted by, some main­ "I and Science,11...... tosu - passesS H,previouslyf,ur;; . gained tain, the unru:iest of 1all, ELSPETH GOW 7. D�vis * at another school.* 4 ..o- �·1Lc.11 e.ls, (Deputy Head Girl, Athletics Captain and Editor) , who finds her lofty stature a decided advantage while attending to her coiffure at Below is a condensed account of Class V the communal cloakroom mirror, over the passes over two years:- more petite KATHLEEN MILLER (Hockey J ohn A. D. Campbell-H. Eng., H. Fr. and Captain and Athletics Vice-Captain) , who 4 0-Levels. belies her seeming fragility when leading her Anthony M. Cooke-H. Eng., H. Tech. and 5 formidable forward-line into batt:e. .JILL 0-Levels. HEPBURN (Secretary to the Prefects' Court) Dorothy M. George-H. Fr. and 5 0-Levels. has of late been seen feverishly scanning a well­ John W. C. George-H. Fr., H. Tech. and 5 thumhed copy of the Highway Code, while ANN 0-Levels. STEWART is still reputed to have a strange partiality for "kangaroo petrol." MARGARET G. Grant Gordon-H. Eng., H. Hist. and 5 WILLIAMSON, when not intent on endanger­ 0-Levels. ing the lives of her less athletic-prone col­ Elspeth J. A. Gow-H. Eng., H. Geog., H. leagues with her trusty javelin, is usually Latin, H. Fr., H. German and 2 0-Levels. producing remarkably life-like caricatures of Alasdair F. Grant-H. Tech. and 7 0-Levels. unsuspecting teachers. Our Inverness-shire Jennifer Grant-H. Eng., H. Fr. and 3 0- representatives include ROSEMARY McKIN­ Levels: NON, who is constantly surprising her less Jill G. Hepburn-H. Eng., H. Fr. and fi 0- learned colleagues with her ever-expanding Levels. vocabulary; the ever-cheerful DOROTHY E. Helen Macdonald-H. Eng., H. Fr. and 5 GEORGE, who, we were intrigued to dis­ 0-Levels. cover, was blessed. with the middle name of GRAM.MAR SOHOOL MAGAZINE ·.,5

TH E SCHOOL D EBATING SOCIETY

"Matilda"; JULIA FRASER, who with truly admirable competence succeeds in keeping The inauguration of a school Debating order in that Slough of Despond of our self­ respecting prefects - the Junior cloakroom; Society, run by senior pupils with the able :assistance of the Honorary President, Mr and the incorrigible JANE McQUEEN, of Donaldson, Head of the English Department, debating fame, who it appears, is also an and numerous past masters in the art of aspiring John Lennon. IRENE EDWARDS, debating among the gentlemen of the staff, our lone Cromdale representative, her name­ has proved a great success. sake !REEN McCULLOCH, a confirmed aniseed ball addict, and the quiet, retiring The brain child of last year's sixth form, the Debating Society, was first established in MARY McDONALD, also add to the general November, 1963. Its most able President confusion of the Girl Prefects' Cloakroom. Gillies Campbell was assisted by Vice-Presi­ ALASDAIR GRANT (Head Boy) has, of dent Norman Breckinridge, Treasurer Chris­ late, 1assumed a highly dignified bearing in tobel Terris, Secretary Seonaid McLure, and keeping with his exalted position, while his committee members Jane McQueen, James more pensive deputy DAVID G. MACDON­ Grant and David G. Macdonald. ALD (Vice-Captain and Football Captain) , With a promising membership of twenty­ loses that deceiving air of the conscientious eight, the Society, after a somewhat tentative scholar when wielding his trusty golf club beginning, was soon in full swing with such along with that other budding Arnold Palmer, stirring debating subjects as, "Has Grantown BRUCE BAIN (Secretary to the Prefects' Had It?" "Should the School Leaving Age be Court), who is often to be seen in fierce Increased?" "Should Married Women Work?" combat on the golf course with ALASTAIR "Should the Voting Age be Lowered?" and MARTIN (Library and Museum Curator), the "Railway Closures." Highly successful varia­ only boy prefect, judging by the usual tions in the Society's programme took the peculiar noises which issue forth from time form of a Matter of Opinion, a Hat Night and to time from the Prefects' Cloakroom, blessed a Story Night. with a fine singing· voice. JAY WARD One of the highlights of our Friday even­ bt the ( Cricket Vice-captain), when not adding his ings' entertainment was without dou enj oyable quiz between a staff team and own most unmusical version of current pop teams of pupils representing Roy, Revack tunes to the babel of noise which greets the and Revoan. After an exciting tussle with the unwary intruder to the cloakroom, can Roy finalists, the staff emerged victorious­ usually be found working out new football we suspect much to their relief! tactics with that staunch Rangers supporter But perhaps the most successful and enter­ SANDY WATT (Cricket Captain) who, we taining of all our activities was our visit to suspect, is conjuring up artful devices for the Townswomen's Guild in January, when defeating the Staff Cricket XI. His fellow four of our most eloquent and skilful debaters Cromdalian GORDON SLAUGHTER must, -Jay, Bruce, Jane and Seonaid-were the we feel, frighten the life out of trembling speakers in a spirited and enjoyable debate juniors with his towering height which dwarfs on young peoples' fashions, with Vice-Presi­ fellow fifth year students. JOHN ROSS, the dent Norman Breckinridge in the chair. Due cloakroom comedian, whose wit is reminis­ perhaps to the overwhelming majority of cent of our late editor; DAVID M. MAC­ fashion-conscious ladies present, the moti on DONALD, our ski-ing enthusiast; JOHN FOY, was carried against Jay and Bruce, who an aspiring snooker champion, and our gallantly maintained that youths' fashions mechanical genius, JOHN A. D. CAMPBELL, were far superior to those of the fairer sex. complete the list of prefects. " Thus the school Debating Society has proved a highly successful and popular Officials outside the prefectorial staff venture, and, it is hoped, will continue to play include newcomer ANDREW SMITH (Foot­ an established part in school activities. But, ball Vice-captain) , who has heroically under­ perhaps what is most important of all, we of taken the arduous task of playing goalkeeper; the Debating Society have, I think, shown our that Bobby Brightwell of the Grantown track, ever-critical elders that the youth of to -day JOHN McINNES (Athletics Captain), and still have a spirit of enterprise and their fair DUNCAN ROBERTSON .(Athletics Vice­ share of initiative. captain) perhaps more commonly known as ELSPETH J. A. GOW, VI. "Yogi." THE TRO UBLE WITH GRANTOWN M U S1,c I N Y OUR E ARS

Come to Grantown, come to Grantown; I felt "Glad All Over" when "That Boy It is very, very nice. John" told me, "She Loves You." Suddenly I If it wasn't for the bobbies, felt all "Needles And Pins" because "I Saw It would be a paradise. Her Standing There," looking like "Sugar Build a bonfire, build :a bonfire, And Sp,iee." Just tihen the "Candyman" Put the bobbies on the top. appeared and I bought some "Sweets For My Put the teachers in the middle, Sweet." If you're "Bad To Me" and don't And burn the flipping lot. print this, "I'll Get You." IAIN GRAY, le. DUNCAN ROBERTSON, IV. 6 GR.AJ.vIMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE

THE NIGHT LIFE OF THE WARBLING YOB (by a "bird" fancier who cannot tell a boy from a "bird")

The night life of the Warbling Yob, a beast friends. He remains there till closing time, which was non-existent until mankind began when the Yobs form groups of six or seven to adore and copy a new species of beetle and head for the nearest cafe. As all these called Ringo-johni-paul-georgeous, begins at creatures are by then quite intoxicated, they about nine o'clock. The Warbling Yob, a long­ a,re rather noisy and argumentative. haired effeminate beast, is actually the When they are told to leave th cafe, they modern male teenager, who resembles the may do so, but they soon start what is com­ female of the species so closely that the two monly called a "punch up," in reality a sexes are actually indistinguishable. vicious gang fight. After this warm up they At approximately nine o'clock therefore, crowd into a darkened, already packed dance having already washed and home permed his hall, where short-skirted pop fans are shuf­ hair, the Warbling Yob has a quick bath, fling round the floor like so many Zombies. using rose-scented bath salts, dries himself, They join in this fiasco which they call sprinkles himself liberally with perfume and dancing but which is more like African witch commences the complicated procedure of doctors executing a burial dance. dressing. The attire of this strange and doubt­ Af,ter several hours occupied in executing less mad creature is a mixture of all fashions these senseless contortions, t,he Warbling Yobs since the time of the cavaliers. He wears a accompany the female of the species home, coloured, frilly shirt, with elaborate cufflinks· with transistor radios shattering the tran­ and a boot-lace bow-tie. Over this atrocity, quility of the night. Shouts of anger from he sports a suit, if one may call it such. If his disturbed sleepers bring forth derisive hoots jacket has any lapels, they are extremely of laughter. narrow and the pockets are in unusual posi­ Thus, his nocturnal sallies over, the Yob tions. The trousers, with slanting pockets and retires to catch up on his much needed beauty tight bottoms, only just cover the high-heeled, sleep, anticipating with pleasure the dawning pointed boots. of another day of sleeping, playing billiards, His hair tied with a bow, and having attending to his coiffure and damaging his extorted money from his "old lady," this already shattered lungs with Wills & Sons' demented creature leaves the house and goes highly controversial product. to the nearest public bar, where he joins his JOHN G. WARD, VI. THIRD (R1ATE) PROGRAMME "H I LLS OF HOME"

8- 9-"It's My Piarty-I'll Cry If I Want To." Hills of peace and windy loneliness, Tlhe Rt. Hon. A. D. Home. Silent sentries of the glen, 9-10-"Big Talk" - C. M. Clay (otherwise Brooding peaks against the skyline, known as Mohammed Ali). Brooding o'er the ways of men, 10-11-"Looking Back on Primitive Man (?)," introduced by Ringo Starr. Whose scattered cairns of crumbling stone 11-12-"The Party's Over," sung by Harold The green and brown of heather scar, Wilson (note breathless expectant While curlews' cries of lamentation atmosphere). Fading, seem to echo afar, 12- 2-"Foreign Affairs"-This week's romance Where misty carries of lasting snow from the Kremlin. Woo Father Time asleep, 2- 3-"The Good Old Days;' introduced by With naught to waken him Harry Macmillan. But the whistling wind 3- 4-A discussion : "'lihis Glorious Britain And the lonely bleat of sheep. of Ours," c ha i r e d by President Makarios and featuring Nikita ELSPETH J. A. GOW, VI. Kruschev, Lyndon B. Johnson, "The Vultures" and the members of the six. "TEAC,HER'S DELIGHT" 4- 5-David Jacobs meets "The Atoms" who sing their latest hit, "My World's in Fractions. (Sales are booming.) I would really like to know 6- 7-"Wagon Train," starring Dr Beec:hing. Where our impositions go, 7- 8-Latest "Sergeant Cork" ,adventure play, You must read so very few "On the Bottle." Of thousands that are given you. 8- 9-"Silence Please"; this week's pro­ i Do dustmen come for them ea.eh day gramme from the Mitchell Library. And take our punishments away? 9-10-That well known medical programme, Or do you wait with muCih delight "Your Death in Their Hands," starring Dr Kildare. And burn them all on Guy F,awkes Night? Or maybe when Christmas rei·gns, 10-11-Late Night Call from the Archbishop They are used as paper chains, of Canterbury, "The Irreverent Adam Faith." To decorate your Christmas tree. One -can imagine all the glee 11-12-"Big Night Out," followed by Close Down. Of teachers dancing round the tree! LYNN MARSHALL, IV. BRENDA COOKE, IV. GRAM.MAR soitoot MAGAZINE

CROSS I NG THE FORTH AN OLD SCOTTISH CUSTO M

A dream, an ambitious project, forgotten The Gaelic word "Ceilidh" means a gather­ and discarded, remembered 1and fought for, ing together of people. In the old days Wlhen that ,;::ontroversi,al Forth Road Bridge has now people were very isolated, ceilidhs used to be become a reality. held. Usually it was in somebody's barn, and What would the crossing have been called, all the neighbouring people used to triamp had the bridge existed in Queen Margaret's across moors and through fields to attend the time? How long would the Golden Age of ceilidh, which was usually started by some­ Alexiander III 'hiave continued, had his horse one playing the bagpipes. This performance been able to ,canter across it? Would Mary wias followed by someone else getting up and Queen of Scots have escaped imprisonment in entertaining the community. By the end of Lochleven, had she been able to flee over it? the evening, everyone present would have These are but a few fleeting thoughts whicih had a turn of amusing the people. raced through my mind as we inched our way This old custom is quickly dying out, but towards the bridge, one car in a queue of 25 has been preserved here in Grantown, miles. The anticipation of crossing this greiat although it does not take exactly the same engineering achievement, on its opening form as in olden times. Sunday, was an experience without parallel Ceilidhs are no long,er held in barns, but in my life. in halls or hotels. They 1are open to all who Almost immediately after having passed wish to go, but unfortunately are not free of a road sign, indi•cating that our objective was charge. Few ceilidhs nowadays are con­ a· mere three-and-·a-half miles ahead, we ducted in Gaelic, because hardly anyone tagged on to the rear of a seemingly never­ understands the language. ending double-line of vehicles. There certainly Very often it is still the piper who begins would have been no justification for a a ceilidh, or sometimes it is the chairman. complaint that we had not suflkient time to There is no music accompaniment, only the view the surrounding scenery. Travelling at tapping of feet and the clapping of hianqs. snail's pace, we saw receding, bridges, junc­ When a well-known song is being sung, tions of the appro:a,ch roads, which were also everyone joins in the chorus. Everybody, that "infested" with cars, and finally the terraced is, except the visitors, who do not know the cuttings through which the motorw1ay passed. songs as they are in Gaelic. If a performer After an eternity of expectation, we has been well-liked, he is asked to make a mounted the crest of a hill, and, gilded by the second appearance, 1,ater on. glowing ·::olours of the setting autumnal sun, Before a ceilidh finishes, the people lay the panorama of the Forth estuiary, responsible for the running of it are thanked. spanned by twenty million pounds' worth of So the ritual is not the same as in olden achievement - a flimsy structure compared· times, but a ceilidh still holds the same with its cumbersome octogenarian cantilever friendly atmosphere. counterpart. The most conspicuous features RHONA CAMERON, Illa. of the bridge are the towering flag-bedecked TH E LA I R l'G AN LU I pillars, bearing the slim cables which support the whole weight of the roiadway. Here, the Lion Rampant and St Andrew's Cross :alter­ The Lairig an Lui, connectin,g Abernethy nated-symbols of the gaiety and festivity with Bnaemar, is the longest of the Cairngorm and pomp of Friday's opening ceremony. p;issP.s, involving a total distance of 37 miles. Between the two roads forming the dual­ Although much of 1Jhis is rough going, it used carriageway is an elevated railing, through to be considered more suitable for tender which is visible the murky water, far below. c1alves' hooves than the boulder-strewn Lairig The cydists' l:ane was not then completed. Ghru, used for the mature herd's. Reflections in the water, of hills to the The Liairig an Lui 1;.rack runs from Nethy­ west, were broken by the outlines of ships, bridge through what. r-emains of the Aber­ diminished, by distance, to midget size. Below, nethy Forest to Forest Lodge, and from there, on either side, were the p,iers and buildings of on the right side of 1Jhe Nethy, in fairly the now obsolete ferry. To the east, beyond rough country, to the footbridge and bothy at the original Forth Bridge, the estU!ary widened the foot of Mam 'Suim. There it joins up with to a shimmering flame-a pleasant contrast the path from Ryvoan, and branches east to to the disappointment of the fog-bound scene climb 1Jhe crest of Bynack More. when Her Majesty performed the opening After passing through more rugged ceremony. country, the Lairig sweeps on to the green On reaching the south side, our toll of fl,ats of Glen Derry, and it is here, on : the two-and-sixpence became one of the coins in slopes of Derry Cairngorm, that Jar,ge herds the seven hundred pounds per hour, collected of deer may often be seen grazing. Then the that day. Soon we left the serpent of cars track continues through Derry F'orest, break­ which had snaked along for an hour, and sped ing out on to the broad grass plain of Glen towards Edinburg1h. For those crawling north­ Lui. Here there are dykes and piles of moss­ wards over the longest suspension bridge in encrusted stones - "Homes of the silent, Europe, we had a fellow feeling. Yet, despite vanished races ..." the frustrations of our drive, the crossing of Four miles further on is the bridge the Forth Bridge will remain in my memory spanning the Linn of Dee, and 1Jhe Lairig an for a long time to come. Lui tria,ck disappears. This is Dee-side. P ATRl,CK GRANT, IV,a. I. MACPHERSON, IV. GRAMMARA CRUEL SOHOOL SPOR MAGAZT INJ�

I doubt if I could have experienced so two small dart-like spears into its neck. This many different emotions anywhere else­ was done three times, and brought much ex•citement, disgust, amazement, admiration, applause from the crowd, as it- took ,great deUght and finally, overpowering pity. I had skill and judgment to carry out this extremely just witnessed the gruesome spectacle of ,a dangerous operation. These darts or bander­ bullfig,ht in Spain. illas were meant to further aggr1avate the Despite the strong ,and ever-progressing bull, although I doubt if it could :h ave been challenge of soccer, bull-·fighting is still further aggrava ted, having received so much regarded as the national sport there. Indeed, torture already. after Joseph Bonaparte re-introduced this While the banderillos were finishing their sport at the beginning of the nineteenth task, tihe matador made his appearance, and, century, it became so popular that many bull­ after bowing to the mayor, he vowed the bull rings were built in Spain. There ,are over to the most attractive young lady he could two hundred at the present time. Although see in the audience. After signalling the Madrid and Barcelona house the most banderillos to leave the ring, ihe made some spectacular fights, most of the provincial excellent passes with his small red clo1ak. The towns stage a contest every Sunday evening bull was now tiring rapidly, and in one fight throughout the summer. San Feliu de Guixols, the matador w as able to pat the bull on the on the Costa Brava, which I visited this forehead before making an artistic pass, while summer, is one such town and, while there, kneeling on the ground. Finally, after 1Jhis I took the opportunity of going to see ia bull­ most skilful s pectacle, ciame the kill, an ad fight. requiring great precision and much practice. The small but well laid-out ring reminded The spectators give him a g reat o�ation if me of a Roman ,amphitheatre, the only differ­ he kills the bull with !his curved sword at his ence being in the ,change of programme, 1a first attempt. Indeed, to sho w their a pproval few bulls being slaughtered instead of a of his skill, many t hrow their hats into the band of wretched Christians. The atmosphere arena. F 'urthermore, the bull's tail and e1ar was becoming increasingly tense ·as the are c ut off and !he throws the latter to the minutes dragged slowly on, but, after what lady of his choice, to whom !he vowed the had seemed to be an interminable half-hour's bull previously. If, however, he fails to kill wait, the massive gates were opened and a the bull quickly, he is liable to be jeered at horseman, entirely clad in black, whom I by the temperamental Spanish spectatorate. presumed to be the Sp1anish equivalent of our The final scene is rather ,an anti-climax, as Master of Ceremonies, led out into the arena the bull sags before d ropping lifeless to the the ,colourful procession of matadors, picadors ground, sometimes vomiting blood -before its and banderillos. After formally saluting the death. A train of mules then enter by the chief official present, in this case the mayor main gate :and drag the dead bull out of 1Jhe of the town, the procession made a swift exit, ring. and, with great excitement, I iawaited the My r ea·.;tions to the fig,hi were of a arrival of the first of six bulls. I did not have peculiar nature. At some stages I wished long to wait. that the sport ,could be abolished, that it After the barrier had been released, ,a big should be q alled "bull-slaughtering" and .not Spaniard pulled open the mighty door leading bull-fighting. Yet ,at other times I found it to the ",condemned cell," and, with a fiapp,ing extremely skilful and rather enjoyable. I motion of his right arm, induced the bull to suppose, however, it is fundamentally a -cruel ,::ome dashing into the ring. I shall never sport, and I think that, •given time, it will forget the awesome sight �o f that ferocious, become a spectacle of the past. Nevertheless, black beast with its mighty horns, charging I thought it was an unforgettable experience. into the arena. BRUCE BAIN, Va. The banderillos then made a few skilful A F ,OOTBALL FAN passes with their purple and yellow doaks before a tru mpet was sounded for the second part of the fight to commence. Then, two I'm football crazy, pioadors mounted on heavily-shielded horses, made their entry to great jeering and shouts I'm football mad, derision from the spectators. I was puzzled If there was no football of Oh, wouldn't life be sad? ,at this at first, but the reason became apparent enough in the next few minutes as Of course there's always c ricket, Or even rugby too, one of the picadors plunged his steel lance But when I think it over into the bull, causing blood to pour down its side like a gushing mountain torrent. This, Only a football life will do. in fact, is done to aggravate, tire and 'bleed My favourite team is Hearts, the bull. With Davie Holt and White; To m y relief, this barbaric torture h ad to They are the very best, come to an end, and when it did, further I'm sure you'll think that right. shouts of derision followed the picadors as I'm in the second eleven, they departed. Once again the banderillos An honour you'll agree; besan dodging and sidestepping the bull and We should win every game we play one of them, running straight •at the beast But fo r the referee ! jumped past it and, while in mid-air, plunged ALLAN G RANT, Ilb. GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAG AZINE 9

THE BELL TOW ER OF ARDCLACH

The Bell Tower of Ardclach was origin1ally metal, studying the proportion of each to be built, it is believed, by the Laird of Lethen used. At last the mixture wa s complete, and as an estate prison. A belfry rises above one the molten alloy bubbled in the furnace. end of the s].ated roof, underneath which is Drawing near the mouth of the cauldron, the a carved stone, bearing the date 1655, which stranger now took from ·his pocket a handful must refer, however, to the time of rebuildin.,. of gold and siiver coins. These he threw into the prison house, since such a tower existed the g'.owing mass. Before the master of the long before that date. foundry could dis-cover the object of this strange action he hrad disappeared as quickly Tradition tells of long dispute 1amongst the as he had come. folk of tihe parish who lived on either bank each sedion claiming the right of having th� When the bell was finished its tone and church beside them. Naturally, none relished resonance were unlike anything the founder ,f was the idea of the steep descent and climb before had formerly made. It delivered at reaching their place of worshio. As a com­ Ardclach, to be hung, as arran·ged, in t,he tower belfry. There its full beauty wa dis­ promise, the church was built half w,ay s between them, down in 1ihe hollow just on covered. Its rich, ringing tones were he,ard the north side of the river. It was found, over a wide area far past the confines of the however, th1at no bell-ringing down there parish. Even the citizens of Forres it is said could be heard by the parishioners across the could hear the musical chimes of th� Ardclach high banks and thus permission w1as obtained bell on peaceful Sabbath mornings. from t!he Laird to Ftang their bell on his Besides •calling the people to worship it prison-tower. Thus the old tower became the was decided to i utilise its widespread mess�ge church steeple of Ardclach - the highest as an alarm when ,cattle reivers were in tJhe bell tower in Scotland. The church authorities vicinity. When the bell was heard at unaccus­ determined to have a bell worthy of its tomed times, it was a signal to the inhabitants to gather their herds to safety. Naturally, exalted position. The order for its ,construction . was entrusted to a noted firm of bell-founders this arrangement was not to the liking of the in Edinburgh. The commission was given on thieving bands from the hills. After having the understanding that nothing but the best been baulked of their prey in this manner on bell the foundry could produce would be more than one occasion, the thieves deter­ accepted. The efforts of the master-founder mined to destroy the warning bell. Accord­ himself •and his most experienced workmen ingly, a few of the more daring reivers set out were therefore concentrated on its casting. one dark night and dislodged the bell from the The metals were being carefully selected, belfry. With great e'atisfaction ,at accomplish­ ing the deed, the marauders hurled 1t over the when a mysterious stranger, a tall man of edge of the knoll. Its final p,lunge was into aristocratic appearance and of a commanding the waters of the river, where presence, suddenly appe1ared in the work­ shop. He enquired of the master the reason, "The bell sank down with a gurgling sound, for such earnest .consultation, and was told And the bubbles rose and burst around." that the Parish of Ardcladh wanted the best 'I1here, in some dark pool, it found its last bell it was possible to cast in the foundry. resting place, and, though they searched The str1anger showed ,great interest in the endlessly, the parishioners never again found proceedings. He remained to watch each tl'ace of their beloved bell. process, ex,amining minutely each., bar of ALASDAIR GRANT, VI. "TH E REFUGEE" "UP THE 'GERS"

Motionless he stands by the wire In Scotland is a team they call Shielding weary eyes, "The boys in blue," some short, some tall, Eyes that tell of pain and fear, Who keep their opponents on the run, Aged eyes in a young fa.ce. A tower of strength is every one. What does he see so far away? Just wire and sand and space. With Willie and Davie on the wings The forward line then really swings, Hungry, he thinks of !his crust of bread, Though Hearts and Ribs may endanger Lkking dry, cPacked lips. The winning moves of every Ranger. "Water, water," cries his throat. •Parched throat and heavy eyes, Then there is the speed of Jim What do they see, those burning eyes? With nerves of steel and legs so slim Just dirt and sand and flies. And, being captain of the team, Alone he stands by the wire, He is held by all in high esteem. Clutching his aohing head. "Who is God?" he wonders, There is no team they cannot beat, "Heaven, where is tJhat place?" To watch them really is a treat; "Up in the sky," they tell him, There's Celts and Dons and all the rest, "Above fil1.e wire 1and sand and space." But Rangers are by fa r the best. ELSPETH G. A. GOW, VI. SANDY WATT, V. GR,AMtMAR SCHOOL MAGAZIN'E 10

STEPTO E AND SON

cut up the body into small. pieces, using his chopper. This ingenious fellow then pro­ Albert Steptoe and his son, Hia rold, have ceeded to mince the pieces in :his mincing joined the great company of Cockney machine. With this "minced wife" he mixed •characters. If you think this too sweeping a suet and a proportionate quantity of minced statement, consider how soon they became beef. This concoction he then arranged on a inseparable from the London scene. tray in the window, and sold at a shilling per They are -as salty ,and Britisih as jellied pound. Naturally there was ia great demand eels, Southend Pier, and the Caledonian for it, on account of its low price, and many Market. I cannot remember a series which came back for more, saying they had enjoyed has made a more rapid impact than has its spicy taste, due to his wife having been a "Steptoe and Son." peppery old woman-which was why ihe killed What is it about Harold and his Dad, her in the firstplace. joking and bickering in their incredibly junk­ The butcher was never suspected and_ thus clutterec! home, that has caught the ima,ginia­ . his clever plan went undiscovered. tion? It is, I think, something more than tJhe DAVID G. MAICDONALD, V. superb acting of Wilfred Brambell and Harry H. Corbett. In a matter of weeks, such is the C AREERS skill of their creators, I found myself in sympathy with Harold and his :fiamiliar cap, buckled belt 1and choker, groping for a fu1Ier life. But, dreaming ihis dreams of wealth_ and From the age of five to the age of nine, freedom, he is dominated by Dad. I know S.::hool days are pleasant, everything's fine; precisely what Harold is thinking when . he Unobtrusively then there begins to appear? -::asts his expressive eyes to Heaven in a mock The subtle enquiries-"A future career " agony of supplication. Dad has been ex,asper­ ating again. Dad, the anxious sparrow, Some lucky pupils know right from the start screwing up that elastic countenance, waving . The occupation on which they've set their mittened hands, boasting about his First heart, World War medals and coughing his First But others-like me-bave no inspiration; World w,ar ,cough. A blankness surrounds their ideal vocation. These tales are, in fact, studies in the personal relationship between two people. I studied the fashions and knew right away A model I'd be-fine gowns I'd display; When Haroldh plans a Continental holiday or dresses 'imself up "to go out with a bird" or But short-lived indeed were my hopes as to makes a vain attempt to modernise the shabby that, Steptoe business, this is British comedy at its When with mas,culine candour I'm told, best. "You're too fat!" The underlying theme, ihowever, is the An air-hostess then-and see the wide world, manner in which the soul of Steptoe, junior, But the thought of sucih heights-my hair seeks to be indeoendent of the old man of even curled. whom he is half ashamed, but to whom he is A nursing career was out of the question; against his will, wholly attached. To see people sick gives me indigestion. Good television is like gold, and so often those concerned have been tempted to oarry I could join the Wrens, 1and go to the sea; on a series until the well of inspiration runs But a life on the ocean-not my cup, o.f tea. dry. Not so with "Steptoe." I feel that the To join the Police For•ce I then heard the call; . But too bad, I'm short-you have to be tall. best has yet to come. .; CHRISTOBEL TERRIS, VI. �o just 1as I'm on the verge of distraction, MURD E R M OST STRA NGE There came to the school to give us direction, From all walks ol' life to advise and to guide, The -careers representatives to help us decide. It is possible you have read in novels, I've ,chosen at ]last-I hope I succeed, thrillers and newspapers of some several And ,gain all the knowledge I'm quite sure hundred murders. On studying this subj ect, I'll need. one finds it most fascinating. After counsel so wise as from a preacher, There are various methods of committing I've decided I'll try to become - yes - a murder, some horrible, some dever and some tea·.::her ! ! ! even amusing, but the disposal of the body is KATHLEEN MILLER, VI. always the deed that the murderer dreads most. The ways of disposing of dead bodies FATA L STEP are as varied as the methods of the actual murders. Burning the body, dissolving it in add, burying it or disseding it and depositing the pieces througihout the countryside are A certain young man from Dunphail, only a few of the devices which spring to Whose job was delivering mail, mind. One day met his fate Perhaps the most original method, how­ When he entered a gate ever, was devised by ia ,certain butcher, who, And stood on a bulldog's bail. after svabbing his wife to death, proceeded to GRAEME STUART, Ila. ' ' 11

GRAil.THE"1MAR HISTO SOROOtRY OF MAGAZ!N.ElSKl·ING

Ski-ing nowadays is a very popular and Engli!,hman, Arnold Lunn; as well .as being a internationally famous sport; it has been key figure in the introduction of downhill developed so much that one would hardly ski-ing he was the inventor of slalom ski-ing, believe that this thrilling and highly com­ and he also wrote several influential books on petitive sport htas been in existence in the sport. Scandinavian countries for hundreds of years The. first downhill race was held at purely as_ a mode of transport. Montana in 1911 and the first slalom race, a Ski-ing is believed to have existed nearly more organised race than the downhill three thousand years before i!he birth of through positioned gates, was held at Miirren Christ. The earliest mention on record is in eleven ·years later. The culmination of com­ the works of the Byzantine histori:an Procopius petitive ski-ing was when, in 1931, at the (A.D. 526-599) who descri,bed the use of skis in Winter Olympic Games at Miirren, downhill " the snows of Finland. While scientists probe and slalom races, ski-jumping and cross­ farther into the future in this space age, country races were included in the pro­ ar,;;htaeologists are literally digging farther grqmme of events. into the past and so appreciably more than Now with every winter people le,ave their was previously known about the primitive cosy firesides to flock in their hundreds to the history of ski-ing has, in fact, been discovered ski-ing resorts of Norway, Switzerland, quite recently. There is a remarkable collec­ France, Austria, Germany, Italy and Scotland tion of nearly five hundred pairs of skis to prove that ski-ing is really here to stay. housed in the unique ski museum under the ANN C. M. STEW ART, VI. ski jump take-off at Holmen11::ollen in Oslo. The skis there 1are of v1arying shapes and dimen­ MILK AND BUTTER sions ,some weig1hing well over twenty pounds and measuring twelve feet long. The oldest ski there is calculated to be about two thousand years old and is Finnish. The When you sit down to your breakfast, do Heiting ski, which was preserved in a peat bog, you ever think about the milk and butter is the most ancient ski on record; it is believed which are on the table? to be some four thousand five hundred years Both the milk and butter are produced in old. our .. own area. At Inverness and Nairn the M0re proof of t!he origin of ski-ing is the North of Scotland Milk Marketing Board 'has rock-carving discovered at Rodey, in the creameries for producing these things. The Norwegi:an province of Nord1and, of a man on milk is collected from all over the North of skis, believed to date from the Stone Age. In Scotland and 1arrives at the ,creameries in te n­ those ancient days the Scandinavian sagas had gallon cans carried on large transport lorries. their mythologi•cal god and goddess of ski-ing When the milk arrives 1at the creameries, �Ullr and Ondurrdis. Even the early kings it is first tested and sorted into different of Norway had ski scouts employed in wars groups. Some of it is bottled, some of it is ,and :as ambassadors. In those times, without separated and the rest is used for ,cheese ·and skis, many of the Scandinavians might have butter making. The bottling is all done by starved in winter. They even used this mode ma,;;hine; so the milk is untouched by humirn of transport to attend social occasions, their hand. Tihe separated milk is sold for pig and doctors and postmen even travelled on ski. cattle feeding, the cream being used for Modern ski-ing originates from the inven­ butter making or for table use. Surplus milk tion, in 1880, of the ski-ing �inding by a is dried iand ·packed into bags and cartons for native of Telemark, w!here also the first ski household use or for cattle feeding. .. turns originated. The world's first ski race A lot of work goes into producing a bottle took place in 1843 in Tromso, then with the of milk or a pat of butter ,a nd this, like so many other things, is just taken for granted. formation of a ski club the sport spread all over Norway. Soon ski schools and societies JOYCE TELFIER, Illa. were formed and early Norwegian emigrants became the pioneers of ski-ing all over the THE MOTO R AGE world. Natives of Telemark living in Canad,a and the States organised ski competitions in 1856, then the sport was introduced to My Daddy owns a Victor, Australi:a and New Zealand, and later to Of which he is very proud; South Africa and South America, Chima and It's washed and polished every week, Japan. '.European countries also showed keen To stand out in a crowd. interest in the sport. However, ski-ing was still useful for trtavelling long distances over My Grandad drives a taxi, snow and ice as Fritjof Nansen and Roald Of which he's very viain; Amundsen proved while exploring the Poles. He races through �he streets at forty, With the arrival of downhill ski-ing the To catch the London train. British seemed to steal the limelight, 1as in 1903 the Ski Club of Great Britain was formed, My Auntie ,bought a Mini, the world's first national ski-ing administra­ She thinks it's simply super; tive body. At that time an Englishman had And, to round off the family transport, also devised a form of proficiency tests. One My Granny bought a scooter. of the greatest pioneers of sk i-ing was the ANNE CAMERON, la. i2

LE MONT ST MICGRAMJ.HELv.[ AR SOHOOL MAGAZINE

how in the 8th century people managed to transport rocks of such stupendous mass from The village of Mont St Michel is built on the surrounding countryside to this mount. a granite ro•;::k, about 160 feet high, in the Over the last few years most of the abbey Bay of St Michel. This cove is also well has been renovated, but there is still a good known for its treacherous quicksands and for deal to be done. Now, of course, many of the its exceptionally high tide which sometimes relics have been removed, and the stained rises up to 45 feet. glass windows broken, but the abbey is still The Benedictine Abbey on the top of the beautiful, and although the very moist air in rock was built in 708 by the monks of that this part of Normandy has done a great deal order, but the present church dates from the of damage to the stonework, the Abbey of 11th century. Most of the architecture 1s Mor1t St Michel is still very durable and well medieval Gothic, but through the centuries worth a visit. other parts were added to the original abbey, HILARY C. CORPE, IVa. so that there is a very fine selection of different types of architecture. During one IAN BEAG MACAINDRA part of its long history, monks carved the columns which support the cloisters, and to­ day this is one of the most famous parts of In a little cottage at Dalnahaitnach, on the the abbey. The monks at this time depicted banks of the River Dulnain, a few miles above their every-day life on the stone, where Carr-Bridge, lived a gallant little archer figures can be seen picking grapes and work­ called Ian Beag MacAindra, or Little John ing in the fields. MacAndrew. The legend connected with him, During the French Revolution the abbey which is fairly well known in Strathspey, was used as a prison, and being as it was in begins while Ian Beag was on a visit to an exceptional position it was almost im­ Strathdearn. possible for a prisoner to escape. At high tide, On his journey Ian Beag encountered a the nearest mainland was { mile away, so band of reivers led by the Laird of Auch­ therefore a boat was needed, while at low luachrach, driving cattle which they had tide the land surrounding the abbey was stolen from the Rose of Kilravock. At this covered by quicksands. (There is now a point the raiders, who were looking forward causeway.) Even if a prisoner could over­ to reaching home in safety, were overtaken come these difficulties, he would have been by the Rose of Kilravock and his followers. seen from the island, because, from the abbey, Knowing of Ian Beag's skill with a bow land 20 miles away is visible. and arrow, the Rose asked him to join them When the abbey was being used as a in attacking the raiders. In the fierce skirmish prison, a large wheel was built, and six which followed, the little archer killed many to prisoners walked round inside the wheel_ raiders, amongst them their leader. Knowing turn it. This mechanism was used to brmg that revenge would be sought for the death of up provisions from the boats which came over the raiders' leader, the Rose of Kilravock from the mainland at high tide. drew attention to the fact that it was Ian Beag In World War II the Germans occupied who· had killed him. Le Mont St Michel and they used it as a head­ Ian Beag returned home, knowing that his quarters, its wonderful strategic position life would be sought as revenge for the death again being very useful. However, the British of the raiders' chief. As a precaution he succeeded in liberating this sacred place. sought a place of refuge in a great tree near During the six years of the war, not one to the door of his house where he placed his bullet or bomb ever fell .on this island, and bow and arrow. the local people believ"e that St Michael One day he saw a band of men some guarded it from the ravages of war. distance from his house and immediately Now St Michael's Mount is a place of pil­ guessed their errand. The men, not thinking grimage, which people from all over the that puny little fellow was the man they were world come to visit. The approach road is looking for, asked him . the way to the house lined with cafes and restaurants, and cars are of Ian Beag MacAindra. As the party entered parked along the side of the road for at least the house, his wife seemed to read the mind a mile, and when the tide is out, they are also of Ian Beag, and, as his wife entertained the parked on huge concrete areas of parking ·visitors with food and drink, Ian Beag sat by ground. It is impossible to go through the the fireside. Suddenly his wife cuffed him steep, winding roads, without sustaining on the ear and told him to go and see if the bruises, for the whole place is thronging with master of the house was coming. He immedi­ people, and courtesy is very quickly forgotten ately obeyed. in the race for survival. All that could be When he got out, he climbed to his perch seen, to the right and left of the road, were on the tree and waited. His wife then told souvenir shops and cafes, but as far as I the strangers the master had arrived and was could see, no one had a chance to enter any waiting outside. The men got up and went of these tourist traps. The peace of the abbey out, and as they did Ian Beag picked them off was wonderful compared to the bustle of the one by one excepting the last one whom he narrow alleyways. There were special guided told to go home and tell his tale. tours round the abbey, and one of these for English-speaking visitors. The thing that As from this time no other attempts were amazed me most was the construction of this made on the life of Ian Beag MacAindra. monument, and I am still trying to work out ALAN STUART, Illa. GlMMMAR SOHOOL iV1AGAZINE · · ,13

A DAY TO REMEMBER

Whilst on holiday in Worcester this year, marvellous sight, it stands about forty feet I was taken to Bourton-on-the-Water, a high and is situated in the public park. quaint English village in the heart of the After the peace and tranquility of the countryside. village, it was a great disappointment to There were two places of interest which return to the hustle and bustle of the city. we decided to visit, but, much to my dismay, JULIA FRASER, Va. hundreds of other sun-loving holiday makers had come to the same decision. A (Cautionary Tale (with apologies to The queue for the little model village was Hilaire Belloc) almost half a mile long, so we decided to go to the birdland instead, although it too had a SEBASTIAN PHUTTIT long queue attached. (who had to be up-to-date, and ended in a Once inside you are in a different world. Show-Tent) The habitats of the foreign birds were recon­ structed exactly, in the limited space. One of the first birds we saw was a very tame Sebastian Phuttit had such hair Cockatoo which clung to my bare arm like It made you turn your head and stare; grim death - they appear to be very Quite shoulder-length when he was liddle affectionate birds! It grew until it reached his middle, Some of the tropical birds had to be kept Until when he was twenty-three in specially heated houses, but the heat of the It reached down to the heels of he. sun on that day would have been enough for His parents wept with irritation anyone. The penguins, all brilliantly coloured, And consternation and frustration, seemed to be enjoying themselves splashing For he had hidden, it appears, about in the little burn that ran through their Their scissors and their garden-shears. playground. The birds were extremely Employers viewed him with dismay, dazzling in the brilliant sunshine, and they And weakly quavered: "Go away. truly showed themselves in their best colours. "Betake you to a yeti's lair, do, We managed to struggle through the maze of "We cannot cope with such a hair-do." paths in the space of one and a half or two hours. So, after many ins and outs, Very excited and happy, we crossed a tiny He got a job on roundabouts, little bridge across a very slow, lazy river, To work the engine, start the round, which ran through the middle of the village. And lift the Toddlers from the ground. Little children were in the dirty, slimy water, Now once, when they were having fun, cooling themselves, but looking at the colour Sebastian's shoe-lace came undone, of the water, I could scarcely believe that And as he knelt, his hairy sh eath they found much enjoyment. Caught in a .:,¥ooden horse's teeth, After our visit to birdland we queued up And round, at superso nic pace, again in the fierce sunshine to enter the model Sebastian Phuttit needs must race. village. On entry, I almost fell into a tiny The engine roared and screamed and popped, little garden. It was a replica of the village And nobody could get it stopped. itself with all its old-fashioned houses and Our friend continued then to run churches. There were little models standing Until the petrol was all done and sitting here and there, and. the village (And since it lasted for two months hall was placed in the middle of the model His legs were •both worn down to stumps.) community. The houses had thatched roofs, And when the roundabouts were still but the thatch was decaying, and, because of The foolish lad had had his fill. lack of money, no one was repairing it. Nor was that all. When he did see The whole village could have been fitted Sebastian was at last set free, into the school hall, but it was so marvellous The showman came with leaps and bounds And said, "You owe me ninety pounds a sight that it couldn't be missed. In the main street stood a little policeman directing toy "Since that's your millionth revolution." Sebastian fainted (on a cushion). cars. The exclamation of surprise which came from our fellow visitors filled the humid air. So since he could not find the dough, The guide told us all the things to take note Sebastian had to join the sh ow of and having conducted us round the town­ And he became Exhibit Eight ship, showed us out at the door and went to CA Genooine Hermaphrodite) receive another party of ice-cream devouring And when the show's at Timbuctoo visitors. The natives there will say to you It had certainly been a day of novelties, Fat ladies interest them less; and our escorts still had one thing of interest They go to gaze on Phuttit (S). to show us on the return journey to Worcester. In one of the towns which we passed So if you wear your hair long-CUT IT! through stood the jawbone of a whale, said Remember poor Sebastian Phuttit. to be about eight hundred years old. It was held by wooden supports and looked like a (This mighty epic is dedicated to our long­ tree because it was green with age. A really haired friends by a Member of Staff.) 14 GRAMMAR SOHOOL MAGAZINE

JAMBORETTE, 1964

In the early part of this year during the were taken by ,a very few very young Swedish month of July, I was selected as one of the boys, who gave a demonstration of "Flame five Boy Scout representatives of the County Th-rowing." You could imagine our surprise of Moray to attend the Ninth International as. a small thirteen-year-old boy suddenly J1amborette at Blair Atholl. This was to be ejected a twelve-foot sheet of flame from his my first experience of ,camping under id,eal mouth. In quieter moments, after the even­ conditions, in one of the most :beautiful and ing's entertainment, we practised this and interesting localities of our Scottish High­ found it was not too unpal1atable but rather lands, and my first e'.>:perience of acting as disconcerting, in fact so dangerous, I had host to scouts from all over the world, some better not give det,ails of how this feat" is as far tafield as Japan and the U.S..A. accomplished in case of a,ccidents to would-be As there were approximately six hundred ft.a.me-throwers. scouts attending from seventeen nations, a The evening's entertainment round the great deal of organisation had to be carefully fire qui,ckly moved to a mediae\'al Japanese planned beforehand. Their welfare, comfort battle scene, in which the p1articipants fought and entertainment had all to be taken inta with wooden swords, but, not understanding considemtion. This was a,ccomplished admir­ their tongue, we did not know which side ably, and everybody added his own contribu­ won. tion to the various activities, and fortunately From there the Austrians entertained us for us, the weather was kind. with hilarious comic sketches on all the I was gre,atly impressed by the evening we various national idiosyncrasies. We had to spent round the camp-fire. 'I1he soft sh1adows laugh at ourselves. At last, with aching sides of the summer evening flkkered round the and fixed grins, we crept to our sleeping tree trunks, and the dancing flames lit up the bags, and so ended one of many memorable faces of the various riaces surrounding it. The nights. scene was set; the voices hushed as the camp­ Daytime activities included deer stalking, fire master introduced the first item, which swimming in the ,cold, cold eddies of the tree­ was "Fire-making" by a troop of Danish fringed River Tilt, playing wide games with scouts. This made me think I was participiating all ·, the fervour and roughness of young in some Stone Age ritual, and if I could only blood, visiting Blair 1Castle 1and le,arning its learn how to perform the same ferat I would history, practising the old art of cooking, never be at a loss to make fire without the learning how to eat the produ-cts of our use of matches ! efforts and forcing smiles to our :fJaces when Quickly the picture changed to the natives the "mealy puddings" ruptured and turned of Libya, dressed in white robes with red into porridge ! sa�hes. The light of the fire showed up their . Reluctantly we withdrew the last tent peg, brown faces topped by the fez of their native wrote down the addresses of new-made liand. As they performed a dance which friends, and, shouldering our packs, trudged entailed the use of wooden batons and tom­ dolefully towards the station. tom drums, it w1as ex-citing to watch their I •am only sorry that no more Moray intricate weavings in and out, punctuated by scouts joined in our fun-but roll on 1966 and the sharp clap of wood against wood. the next Jamborette. As the dancers left the arena their pl:aces FREDDIE ANFIELD, IVa.

HYSTERIA THE BEATING

Rushing madly round a·bout, I'm home from the beating at last, People everywhere, And the time didn't pass very fast. Running to the doorway, There were midges and mud, Crowds are even there. Moving by the hundred And feathers and blood, Towards the city hall, And guns going off with a blast. Rockers, mods and teenagers, IAIN CUMMING, Ia. Five thousand folk in all. Waiting for the minute, When everyone'll shout, Then, here comes the car, And four young men step out. There was an old fish from the Spey, They dash into the cinema Who saw a fat worm one fine day. And disappear from view, He took a big bite, At last, I'd seen The Beatles! And got such a fright, If only it were true!!' That he found himself "carried away." MAIRI FRASER. Ila. SIMON MACAULAY, Ila GRA.1\ICMAR SOHOOL MAGAZINE 15

MY TWO PETS A MOST AMAZING MEAL PRIMARY MAGAZINE

I have two pets-a cat and a rabbit. My We visited our French girl's parents in rabbit has a small hutch in which he lives, Paris while we were on holiday and we had and a run which it uses to get exercise. My a most amazing meal. We sat in their living­ cat is called "Mickey." Every morning he room for half an hour talking to Madame comes upstairs and lies on my bed. Some­ Dayant and we were offered champagne or times if we leave the hutch door open tomato juice. We, of course, had tomato juice deliberately Mickey goes in and plays with and little savoury biscuits. Madame Dayant the rabbit. then took us to their dining room for dinner. JOHN CRUICKSHANK, Pr. 5. To begin with I had a bowl of soup and three bread biscuits, followed by half a water A FUNNY BUNNY melon and a glass of iced water. We took this for we were very hungry. Two delicious plates of hot roast veal, tomatoes, and mush­ I have a pet rabbit, rooms were next on the menu. With a very funny habit, The slices of goose meat that followed I'm sure you won't guess­ came from the South of France where It's playing chess! Madame Dayant's mother lived. We were given a plate of lettuce in oil, WENDY WATT, Pr. 5. which was very nice. Madame Dayant finally HEAVY HAIRSTY LE rose and treated us to a plate of biscuits and cheese and a plate of peaches and greengages. The greengages were home grown at their country house in Normandy. In all, this l'here once was a girl from Port Said, wonderful meal took us from one o'clock till Who had pigtails made of lead. four fifteen! In windy weather, CATRIONA JOHNSTON, Pr. 6. They banged together, MY SUMMER HOLIDAY And sparks came out of her head. ELIZABETH STUART, Pr. 5. MY PET For my summer holiday I went to Hert­ fordshire. One day my uncle took me in to London. We went, first of all, to St Paul's Cathedral, My pet is a bantam with one leg. It lost then to the Monument, and then to the Tower the other leg when it was caught in a mouse­ where we saw the Crown Jewels. trap. My father made it a wooden leg, but In the afternoon we sailed up the Thames it kicked it off and now it hops about on to Westminster, seeing many interesting one leg. things on the trip. We then walked through ANN TELFER, Pr. 6. St James' Park to Buckingham Palace where THE SEASONS we saw the changing of the guard, and then to St James' Palace where we saw the Horse Guards leaving. Afterwards we took the underground to my uncle's works and drove Some people like the Winter .,· home. When the snow is crisp and white, Another day we went to London Zoo and Others like the Spring time, in the afternoon to Madame Tussaud's. The evenings long and light. Altogether it was a· very enjoyable holiday. Children love the Summer MALCOLM WALLACE, Pr. 7. When the sand is warm and brown, MY KITTEN But how I love the Autumn 'Cause I don't live in town. FIONA LEDINGHAM, Pr. 7. I had a little kitten, AN OUTING Her coat was soft as silk, And every time I fed her, It was with creamy milk. One day we went away, My kitty's name was Darky, Upon a sunny day, Oh, I did love her well, To a place called Crathie, near Braemar, But now she's gone and left me, To see the Queen in her big car. It is so sad to tell. To Ballater we next did go, My kitten was run over, The scenery was great so we went slow, Her mistress was so sad, But when we came back in sight of the Spey, I've lost her now for ever, we soon made the miles go whizzing away. But my pup is jolly glad! DUNCAN GRANT, Pr. 6. JEANETTE C. MACDONALD, Pr. 5. 16 GTuAilVIiM AR SOHOOL MAGAZINE

SPIDER IN THE BOWL A VISIT TO CAPTAIN C,OOK'S COTTAGE

During the cold weather last winter I had When we were sight-seeing in Melbourne, the most extraordinary experience. The Australia, we went to Captain Cook's Cottage water in my dog's water bowl had frozen which was transferred to Melbourne, stone solid, and firmly wedged in the ice was a by stone, from England. medium-sized spider. Only about a quarter In the cottage the caretaker showed of its body was clear of the ice, the rest of its where Cook and his sisters used to sleep. We body was completely wedged in. I expect also saw his boots, some books, a bed, a sea its body liquids were also frozen. chest, his log and some maps. His cottage I decided out of curiosity to thaw it out. was white and had a thatched roof. Several I placed the ice and the spider very carefully articles of clothing were there, along with a in a sieve, with a large plate underneath to pistol preserved in a glass box. catch the water. After about two hours the ice had melted, and the spider was still alive CHRISTINE MATHESON, Pr. 7. and none the worse for the experience. I was amazed that such a small creature could sur­ MY BEDROOM WALL vive such a low temperature. CHARLES SCOTT ROSS, Pr. 7. My bedroom wall is covered with pictures; ROTORUA Pictures of aeroplanes, boats and all. I have football teams, rugby teams, and pictures of horses, When we were on our way home to Scot­ And also a picture of my little dog, Jess. land from New Zealand, we had to stop at On the shelves I have models of all different Rotorua for a few days. kinds. One day, after we arrived at Rotorua, we I have spitfires and hurricanes, battle-ships went to see the thermal region. There, we saw .and tankers. bubbling mud and geysers and boiling hot And to round off the lot, a picture of HEARTS. water pools. All round these pools are large IAIN BROWN, Pr. 7. deposits of sulphur. Later we bought some souvenirs from some Maoris in native dress. SKl·ING DOUGLAS MATHESON, Pr. 7. A DAY FISHING Give to me the slopes I love, Let the leaves go by me, Snow flakes in the heaven rabove, One day my little brother was fishing and Instructors all around me. lost a hook. Another hook was put on the line. He caught another fish and when he Give me ski-sticks, skis and glove . came home he opened it and the hook which Food I'll get in the shieling, he had lost was inside it. We have never been Off to the slopes that I just love, so lucky since. Oh, for that wintry feeling! WALTER STRACHAN, Pr. 7. FIONA A. HENDERSON, Pr. 7. 'f GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZTNE 17

SPORTS SECTION FOOTBALL

tuition. As a result of this, more enthusiasm llies Campbell's team of 1963-64 was a was shown than in previous years, and Gi altogether the session can be regarded as one team of hard but unsuccessful triers. The of great advances for young players. chief trouble was that Gillies had to recruit • • • too many of his players from junior classes SKl•I N G and the team lacked weight. The results sound depressing-double and decisive defeats at the hands of Elgin, Forres and Fochabers, a solitary win against Nairn As it wa s a comparatively mild winter, it Second XI and a defeat in a hard fought follows that it was a poorer ski-ing season. game against Nairn First XI. Mr Corpe, back in action after his Norwegian mishap, was again keen to encourage the The intermediate team played five league sport; but he found greater difficulty in get­ matches, losing four and gaining their only su:cess against Hapeman. ting sufficient numbers to hire a bus to take a ski-ing party to the Cairngorms. The first year boys looked a promising side For all that, ski-ing proficiency wa s high; to begin with. In all they played nine games, and Grammar School pupils took part in the w:nn:ng three and losing four with two Cairngorm Junior Challenge Cup, Scottish drawn. Junior Championships, and some other races. Six first team players-Gillies Campbell, In the Girls' Section of the Scottish Junior John George, Norman Breckinridge, James Championships, Sherie Sutton was first in the Macpherson, Grant Gordon and Donald Mac­ Downhill and Gi•ll Ross• firs•t in the Slalom. leod-have left; and the new captain, David Macdonald, tackl•es an• onerous• task of team­ SWIM M I N G , CRI C K ET, TENNIS building. HOC K EY The autumn and summer bus trips to Elgin baths again produced a number of swimming The hockey story of June Grants' First XI certificates. The cricket season this year was is also rather depressing. The season started short and uneventful. Grammar School pupils with high hopes; but double defeats also again received t•ennis • coac•hing at the local marked the hockey encounters with Forres courts. and Fochabers. The only notable success was S C HOOL SPORTS a win against Kingussie. The chief performances of the junior team might be classed as average-a 3-3 draw with School Sports were again organ'ised very Rothes, a narrow defeat at the hands of efficiently by Mr Liggat; and pupils, teachers, J Fochabers and a narrow w in against helpers and spectators enjoyed a pleasant Kingussie. afternoon in the picturesque little sports field. The team has lost a considerable number In 1964, Revack annexed the Boys' Cham­ of veteran players; but the rec·ord of the pionship Cup, and Roy the Gir,ls'. younger girls suggests that the new captain, -· Kathleen Miller, has reasonable material to James Macpherson, speedy on the track, draw from. was the Boys' Champion with 12 points, and • • • Gillies Campbell the runner-up. Gladys Grant, G O LF light and fleet, was Gir:is' Champion with 14 points, and Elspeth Gow the runner-up. The Intermediate Boys' Champion was David McGillivray with Patrick Grant second, while Our Golf Section was weakened by the Moira Grant was Intermediate Girls' Cham­ loss of several good players; and a somewhat pion, with Beatri ce Oliphant and Helen Grant jun:or team failed to win a match in the Doig cl ose behind. The Junior Champions were Shield County Competition. The team's only Denis Grant and Judy Collyer. The Primary success was in the annual six-a-side friendly Champions were Johnnie Grant and Patricia match with Huntly, which we won 3;}-2;}. Praties, while the Under-10 Champions were Mr Hendry again devoted much time to Michael Cruickshank and Yvonne Grant. the organisation of competitions, both 9-hole Among many keenly contested events the and 18-hole, the former section being re ­ obstacle races, always marked by new introduced this year for the beginners ;ind ingenuities, were spectacular; and so were the the g'.rls. Efforts to arrange coaching by the relay races, in the last of which, the Senior Nairn professional, Gregor McIntosh, were Boys' House Relay, James Macpherson put in sv.ccessful, and some twenty pupils received a terrific sprinting finish. l8 GRA,MMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE

INTER·SCHOOL SPORTS

Almost as a matter of routine, our Primary Grant; Junior - Barbara Alexander, Judy team was second to Rothiemurchus in the Collyer, Denis Grant, Allan Grant and Michael Badenoch and Strathspey Primary School Macgruer. Sports. Our Primary team also competed in Really outstanding were the performances the Moray and Nairn Primary School Sports. of Margaret Williamson, who was first in the In the Moray and Nairn Secondary School discus and, as in 1963, first in the javelin Sports at Lossiemouth the following pupils event; of Mabel Stephen, so outstanding a obtained places:-Seniors-Margaret William­ son, Jill Ross, Mary McDonald, James Mac­ runner in her Primary days, who was first in pherson; Youth-Christobel Terris, Elspeth the Intermediate javelin event; and of Gow, Anne Urquhart; Intermediate-Mabel Barbara Alexander, who was first with the Stephen, Beatrice Oliphant, Jane Ross, Patrick Junior cricket ball and third in the hurdles.

SCHOOL OFFICIALS

BOYS GIRLS School Captain-Alasdair Grant. Head Girl-Christobel Terris. Vice-Captain-David G. Macdonald. Deputy Head Girl-Elspeth Gow. Football Captain-David G. Macdonald. Vice-Captain-Andrew Smith. Hockey Captain-Kathleen Miller. Athletics Capta:n--John Mcinnes. Vice-Captain-Christobel Terris. Vice-Captain-Duncan Robertson. Athletics Captain-Elspeth Gow. Cricket Captain-Sandy Watt. Vice-Captain-Kathleen Miller. Vice-Captain-John Ward. Games-Secretary-Jill Hepburn. Secretary to Prefects Court-Bruce Bain. Librarian and -Museum Curator-Alistair House Captains:-Revack-Kathleen Miller; Martin. Revoan-Dorothy George; Roy-Elspeth House Captains: - Revack - Bruce Bain; Gow. Revoan-David G. Macdonald; Roy­ Additional Prefects-Mary McDonald, Ann John Ward. Stewart, Ire e n McCulloch, Jane Additional Prefects -John Ross, Gordon McQueen, Rosemary McKinnon, Julia Slaughter, John Foy, John Campbell, Fraser, Dorothy George, Irene Edwards. Davld M. MacDonald. /"1 . w: tt;2,.,.5c1t.

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Crantown Grammar School girl prefects. Standing (I. to r.)-Anne Stewart, Mary Macdonald, Margaret Williamson, Julia Fraser, lreen McCulloch, Irene Edwards, Rosemary Mackinnon ; seated -Dorothy George, Jane McQueen, Christobel Terris (head girl), Elspeth Gow (de:mty head girl), Jill Hepburn, Kathleen Miller.

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The 1 st X I hockey team. Standing (left to right)-Ann Stewart, Margaret Williamson, Dorothy George, Christobel Terris, Moira Crnnt, Mary Macdonald and lshbel Maclean ; seated - Jane McQueen, Elspeth Cow, Kathleen Millar, Julia Fraser, Irene Edwards and Ann Urquhart. Z2

OLD GUARD MEMBERS, 1964 /65 Exiles Office-Bearers John L. Beaton (1944-49), Schoolhouse, Dulnain-Bridge; "Hove To," 10 Wayside, *Honorary President-Thomas Hunter, O.B.E.. Mendip View, Worle, Weston-Super-Mare; M.A., B.Sc. (Glasgow), 185 Forest Avenue navigation instructor. Aberdeen; Rector (retired), Grantown *Iain C. Burgess (1946-52), B.Sc. (Hons. Grammar School. Geology) , F.G.S., The Lard1es; Geological • Honorary Vice-President-Robert Wilson, Survey Office, Ring Road, Halton, Leeds, M.A. (A·berdeen), 37 Braeside Terrace. 15; geologist. Aberdeen; classics master, Aberdeen "D. James Cameron (1935-38), 37 The Squiare; Grammar School. first assistant county officer, Cowdenbeath. *George M. Catto (1935-38), 16 Ladeside Road, President- Port Elphinstone, Inverurie, Aberdeen­ • Albert M. Hastings (1942-46), 42 High Street: shire; storekeeper, Aberdeen County partner, J. K. Hastings, Butchers, Council. Grantown. *Donald C. Collie (1934-39), B.Sc. Agricultur,c: (Aberdeen), Tullochgruie, Aviemore; 4 Vice-Presidents- Carden Terrace Aberdeen; assistant in­ William G. Templeton (1942-48) , 7 Boswell spector, Department of Agriculture for Terr1ace, Portree; accountant, Nat.-Comm. Scotl:and. Bank of Scotland, Portree, Isle of Skye. GeorgeW. S. Coutts (1951-57), Bank Cottage, Frank iCalder (1941-43), Elmgrove; forester. Dava. Seafield Estates. J. Cruiokshank (1933-35), 61 Park Avenue South, Hornsey, London, N.8; sorting Secretary- clerk, Western District, G.P.O., Wimpole Street, London, W.l. Treasurer-A. Martin Grant (1931-35), High Street; c y c 1 e agent, High Street, *Duncan Davidson (1931-37), M.A., B.Sc. Gran town. (Edinbu:r,gh), 33 High Street; Stonebyres. F:airlie, Ayrshire; physicist, · Imperial Committee-Messrs G. W. K. Donaldson >and Chemical Industries, Nobel Division, I. C. Burgess (University representatives); Ardeer. Messrs J. C. Bruce, J. Duncan, J. McLeod *Walter Dempster (1949-55), M.A., Allt and I. MacPherson. Druidh, Aviemore; teacher, Echt School, Aberdeenshire. *G. W. K. Donaldson (1949-54), B.Sc. (Hons.), WITH THE FORCES_, M.B., Ch.B., Morven, Grant Road; 4 Doune Terrace, Edinburgh; junior lec­ turer, Edinburgh University. *David D. Fraser (1948-53), 74 Grigor Drive, Alan Anfield (1959-62) , Aldersyde, Nethy­ Inverness; Tax Officer, Invernr:-ss. bridge; Army A p,p r entice School, Beachley, Chepstow, Monmouthshire; A/T. *Robin J. Fraser (1951-57), M.P.S., Belville Cottage, Boat of Garten; Glenfinnan, 17 John S. Clark (1956-59), 130 High Street, Donview R_o ad, Woodside, Aberdeen. Grantown-on-Spey; R.E.M.E., 9b Shaw *R. J. Douglas Gibson (1940-45), M.B., Ch.B., Close, Weyhill Road, Andover, Rants., Glenwhern; Victoria Villa. Allerton, England. Bradford, 9; medical practitioner. *P. McNicol (1933-35), 85 High Street; chief Alexander Gordon (1947-53), M.A. (Hons., petty officer, R.N. Modern Languages), Achnahannet, Du!­ Brian McKerron (1955-59), Ivybank, High nain-Bridge; Apartment 5, 6 Roslyn Road. . Street; R.A.F., Valley, Anglesey, Wales: Winnipeg, Canada; lecturer, University of junior technician. Manitoba. •John Grant (1928-33), B.Sc. (Agriculture), 14 *David Ross (1948-53), 4 Station Cottages. Vidoria Drive, Inverness; North of Scot­ Diava; No. 4 School of Technical Training, land College of Agriculture. R.A.F., St Athan, Glamorgan, S. Wales; P.T. sergeant. *Donald Gunn (1933-36), 6 Castle Road E.; 13 Fingal Road, Dingwall accounts section. *John H. Stuart 0954-57) , Aird B:ouse, High Mackay's Garage and Agric. Co., Ltd. Street; R.A.F. Station, W·atton, near William J. M. Hair (1943-48), 10 The Square; Norwich, Norfolk; corporal technidan. 5 Ian Road, Billericay, Essex; Customs Ian Walker (1950-54), 1 Kylintra Crescent; and Ex-cise, London. 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, Caterham *John Holmes (193�-40); technician, Fairey Barracks, Surrey; sergeant, Scots Guards. Aviation, Sidney, Australia.

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George Cameron (1930-32), 38 The Square; Ian D. Macpherson (1930-35), Lynstock district clerk and burgh treasurer. Crescent, Nethybridge; foreman 'in charge. Wi.JliamDunbar 0937-39), Castle Road; s•ales­ R.A.0.C. man, Messrs Mackenzie & Cruickshank, "Alan McTaggart (1952-56), S.D.A., Easter Ironmongers, The Square. Gallovie, D.ulnain-Bridge. "John Duncan (1942-47), Dunallan, Woodside James B. Marshall (1941-47), Homefield; Avenue; bus driver. clerk, Post Office, Nethybridge. Angus Gordon (1943-45), Aohnahannet; Ian R. Mortimer (1932-35), Ettrian, Grant f1armer. Road; plumber. Herbert Grant (1942-45), Topperfettle; *Edwin M. Munro (1928-33), B.E.M., B.Com. farmer. (Edinburg,h); proprietor, Coppice Hotel, Hugh J. B. Hogg (1944-49) , Burnfield; coal­ Grant Road. man, Messrs James Bruce & Sons, John L. Paterson (1927-29), Ivy Bank, High Grantown. Street; master plasterer. .Johnston Innes (1945-46), Heiathbank; Mohar ''' George J. P1aton d943-45), 19 South Street; Cottage, Boat of Garten; Automobile driver, R.E.M.E. Association patrol. *Charles& E. Ross (1924-26), Ivy Cottage, Gordon W. C. Jack 0935-37), Silverdale; Dulnain-Bridge; partner, Messrs J. Ross postal officer, G.P.0. Co., Electrical and Mechankal John A. Kennedy (1945-48), The Dell Farm, Engineers, Dulnain-Bridge. Nethybridge; farmer. l)avid Ross (1936-37), Benmhor Hotel; William Kerr (1943-45), Kylintra Crescent; hotelier. & linesman. Robert Ross (1928-32), Monadhliath, Spey • Alexander Ledingham (1936-39), The Bridge; partner, Messrs John Ross Co .. Clachan; photographer. Dulnain-Bridge. *T. Donald McIntosh (1934-39), Rosehall; Angus Shand (1940-42), Mackay's Hotel; hotelier. storeman, R.E.M.E. •w. Colin McIntosh (1934-39), Rosehall; civii ''Lan Grant Smith 0943-46), Auchernack; servant, 24 Command Workshop, R.E.M.E. farmer. Angus Maclean (1941-42), Westwood; forestry James Angus Shaw (1951-54), Lochindorb, worker. Dava; gamekeeper, Seafield Estate. Peter McGregor (1942-43), Castle Road; John R. Stuart 0933-38), 1 Spey Avenue; blacksmith. bookseller, Messrs Angus Stuart, High R. Grant Ma,cGregor (1949-52), Grange Street. Cottage; motor mechanic, R.E.M.E., Alan Taylor (1942-43), 8 Castle Road; postman Grantown-on-Spey. and telephonist, G.P.O., Grantown. 'James McLeod (1927-28), The Bea•chan; *Roderick J. D. Thomson (1934-36), 8 Kylintra master builder. & Crescent. Alistair M�Leod (1956-59), The Beachan; •J,amei-' Winchester (1924-26), Glengyle: clerk, Messrs Jame3 McLeod Sons, manager, local .Ministry of Labour and building ,contractors. Ni:i.tional Insurance Office, Grantown. ---* Life :::::Members. ---

OLD GUARD NOTES Another yeiar has passed, another magazine that trout take much better after 10 p.m. (my about to be published, as I again rush to report apologies, gentlemen). lian McPherson was the main sporting activity of the "Old Guard," again a worthy winner of the trophy, much the Fishing Competition at Lochindorb. to his wife's disgust-she has to keep it dean This year the attendances were better than for yet another ye,ar. Ian's sideboard has ibeen ever before, with ,a goodly number of visitors free of this trophy only three seasons since joining in the fun, and along with the regulars the competition began, quite a record, and a they enjoy it so much that all vow to return definite pointer to Iian's prowess as a trout next year. From past experience many do, it angler. is therefore flatteringto think that our humble In conclusion, while again we offer our night's fishing is encouraging visitors to return congratulations to Iian, may I thank those to the town. who took part so sportingly in this competi­ There are, of course, the usual fishy stories tion and helped to make it such an outstanding one could tell. Conditions not ideal, fish slow success; ,and to our good friend Simpson Shaw to take, just didn't have the right type of fly, may I express the thanks of the club for all etc., etc.; but it .did happen one evening that his help and the tolenance he extends to us certain fis:hers were so keen they did not hear during the nights the "Guards" and friends the final gun •being fired at 10 p.m. and turned take Lochindorb by storm. up at 11 p.m. Ahem! this establishes the fact A. M. GRANT. 26 GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE

FORMER PUPILS' CLUB MEM.BE.RS, ' 1964-65 MINUTES OF TH E ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL FORMER PUPILS' CLUB It was agreed that the price of the Grammar School Magazine should be 2s and theAfter secrebry considerable reported discussion that free it copieswas reluc­ have beentantly sent agreed to 142 that exiled owing life-members to the ingre 1963.,atly Dr Bain presided over the Annual General increased costs involved no free copies could Meeting which was held in the Grammar be se·nt out by the Club after 1964, The School on Wednesday, 11th November, 1964, at 7.30 p.m. Apologies for absence were 1964 magazine would contain a leHer to this received from Mr and Mrs Hunter, Mrs effect and exiled members would be able to Archibald, Mrs Chapman and Messrs J. G. order copies of the 1965 and succeeding issues Bruce, J. J. Grant ,and F. Calder. A letter from the secretary on payment of 2s 6d post expressing good wishes and gre·etings from free. The 1965 questionnaires would also Mr and Mrs Hunter was read to the meeting. include a reminder to this effect. The meeting The president referred to the loss sustained very much regretted that this decision had by the Club in the deaths of two of its older become necessary but the Club's finances members, Mrs J. G. Macdougall and Mr could not continue to bear the very high Charles Munro. expenditure involved, The se�retary read the minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting and their approval was moved by Mr A. M. Grant, It was urnanimously approved that seven seconded by Miss J. M. Paterson. Arising prizes would be awarded to the Grammar from these minutes Dr Bain informed the School in 1965 for English, Latin, French, meeting that it was hoped that the building German, Mathematics, Art and Technical of the new secondary school would commence Subjects. Dr Bain expressed the school's in the spring of 1965 ,and although no final thanks to the F.P. Club for these prizes. decision on the swimming pool had yet been , Mr A. M. Grant reported that the reached, the pool could actually be added to Christmas Reunion would be held in the the building at any time. Reg,arding Further Education, the president reported that classes Palace Hotel on Tuesday, 29th December, 1964, :and the ticket would again be 15s 6d. were being held in Grantowri this year although objections were still being raised Mr Grant was reappointed Reunion ,convener against the increased fees. and was empowered to call on the assistance of members as required. The finial report showed a credit balance It was agreed that a Biennial Reunion of £68 6s 5!d, but this reflected a loss of Dinner be held in 1965. All arr,angements, £13 6s 6d on the year's working. The :adoption of the report was moved by Miss Paterson, including the date of the function, would be seconded by Mr A. M. Hastings. made by the following committee : - All offk:e-bearers were re-elected as Dr Bain (convener), Miss J. M. Paterson, follows :- Mrs A. M. Griant, Miss J. I. Munro, Messrs G. E. Donaldson, J. G. Bruce and Honorary President - Ex - Lord Provost J. J. Grant. Duncan Fraser, C.B.,E., LL.D., D.L., J.P., Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. The question was naised as to whether it was desirable to continue the Former Pupils' Honorary Vice-Presidents-Mr T. Hunter, and Old Guard Clubs as two separate organ­ 0.B.E., M.A., B.Sc.; Ex-Pro·vost W. A. isations. The F.P. Club members present were Glass; Miss J M. Paterson; Ex-Provost . agreeable to an •amalgamation and it w,as H. G. Cumming. proposed that the matter be considered at a President-Dr J. Bain, B.Sc., Ph.D. meeting of the Old Guard Club early in the Vice-Presidents-Mr W. F. Cruickshank, New Year. Mr H. W. Dixon; Mr J. G. Bruce; Mrs Dr Bain expressed the Club's indebtedness J. D. Archibald. to Mr Donaldson and his ,assistants for their Secretary and Treasurer-Miss J. I. Munro. work in compiling the magazine and

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*Elizabeth C. Phimister, Woodburn, South THREADGOLD.-On 24th January, 1964, to Street; postal and telegraph officer, Mr and Mrs Alfred G. 'Dhreadgold (Elizabeth General Post Office. H. Campbell), 14 Station Road, Condover, *Mrs Ernest W. Oakes (Amelia Edwards), Shrewsbury-a son (David John). Market Road; teacher, Grantown WESTON.-On 11 th April, 1964, to Mr .and Grammar School. Mrs Roy F. Weston (Sheina M. Donaldson), *Mrs Thomas S. Robertson (Mary E. 49 Hummersknott Avenue, Darlington - a Hastilow), Achnagonaln. son (Ian Richard). * Alison Ronaldson, Strathallan, Grant Road. * * *Jessie D. Ronaldson, Strathallian Grant MARRIAGES Road; postal and telegraph officer, General Post Office. ''Sheila M. G. Smith, B.Com. (Edinburgh). BREMNER- M.A!CKENZIE. - At InveraHan Auchernack; secretary, F. A. Ritson · &6 Church, Grantown-on-Spey, on 23rd July, Co., C.A., 117 High Street, Elgin. 1964, William J. Bremner, B.Sc. (Hons.), *Mrs Peter G . . Spalding (Isobel M. Gunn), Portsoy, to Elizabeth Mary Robertson Macgregor Avenue. Mackenzie, Gowanlea, Woodside Avenue, *Mrs John Stuart (Marian N. G. Paterson). Grantown-on-Spey. .. M.A. (Edinburgh), .32 Kylintro Crescent: CAIRNS - GRANT. - At Chelsea Baptist teacher, Grantown Grammar School. Church, London, Ont

[Readers will recollect that, because of a you. My name is Brown, 1and I am an old mysterious underground force controlled by pupil of your father." Professor Black, the GJ:iammar School has "Thank you so much," said. Susan; "and, if been evacuated. Two foreign Secret Service my father is playing his hush-hush games, I agents have been sent · to Grantown to am sure there are two Secret Servi·ce types investigate.] on the train. I think* they would* be worth It must be admitted that the two agents looking after." were not at all lucky in their quest. The first piece of ill-luck was when ,a young l1a dy Martoff and Mihailovitch were still more entered their compartment at Perth. unlucky in their encounter with Hamish In the author's youth, the young lady's Giiant. appearance would have evoked disapproval. Hamish Grant, by the way, was recognised Floppy sandals, tartan trews, a lemon sweater, as the most difl'i-cult pupil who ever .attended a snub nose, heavy-rimmed glasses, a mop of the Grammar School. Comoining a complete untidy lhair-these were the chief features of lack of concentra,tion with a complete her personal appearance. Yet, in a modern unwillingness to: · learn, he· made his way way, she had a definite attraction, of which through school1 like a destructive tornado, more will be heard 1anon. Actually she was reducing teacher after teacher to a state of Miss Susan Black, daughter of our friend the nervous prostration. Legend has it that a professor, and a senior student of anthropology rather young inspector once attempted to at Edinburgh University. She deftly swung her teach 'him simple subtraction and was eventu­ ·::ase into the rack, sat down in a corner and ally led away, completely unsuc,cessful and was soon absorbed in a textbook on her chosen begging for a refreshment which the school study. The journey to date had been ,a dull could not provide; one, .and Martoff decided that the time had Eventually Hamish Grant left school. He come for diversion. Employing an immaculate was apprenticed to a plumber, who went out English accent · and a smile of studied charm, of business a year later. he remarked, "Your scenery in Scotland is At the time of our story, he was assistant magnificent." In some undefinable way he porter in the Gleh1beg Hotel, and, as such, was seemed to imply that Miss Black was carrying Martoff's cases up a fairly steep responsible for the beauty of the scenery. stair. Susan Black dropped her textbook into her It was unlucky that Martoff noticed the J,ap and looked across at her fellow travellers. mther careless way in which Hamish was She was deaf to accent and impervious to swinging one of lhis ca�es-a case which charm; but she was a keen student of racial contained two bottles of Skodka, a rare and differences. In a moment she had identified precious liquor unprocurabJe north of London. the men opposite her as brachycephalic, p1auci­ To Martoff, Skodka was a daily necessity; and capillarious, Euro-Slavic types. Her reply was he said sharply · to Ramis�, "Be careful with incisive. that case, boy." "I hope you two gentlemen are enjoying Now, all his life. Hamish had had a bitter your holiday in Britain." dislike of rebuke of any kind, and his reaction Martoff started; but his reaction was was violent. The case flew out of his hand, it swift. "You are mistaken," he said smilingly. hurtled down the stair and it crashed on to "We are British. We come from Plymouth." the landing. As· it happened, Donny Mackay, the senior porter, was on the spot; and he He had selected Plymouth �·as being just quickly retri�ved the ,case. In a matter of about the most remote city he ·could think of. moments, the two visitors were alone in their Susan Bl.ack retaliated with a lightning room, and, with trembling fingers, Martoff riposte. "Plymouth !" she said. "How interest­ investigated the daqfage. H was irrepiarable. ing! Do you know of my old friend, Sir Both bottles were broken, ,and the precious Francis Drake?" fluid was spilt. Martoff was out of his depths, but he made Martoff's command of the English language an attempt_ to meet the question. w,as unrivalled, but the catastrophe was so "We have not met the gentleman you shattering that he felt that only his n1ative mention," he said. tongue could match the oc<:asion. Fervently Susan Black smiled for the first time. "I he fulminated upon the iniquity of Hamish am not surprised," she said enigmati,c;.ally, and Grant. In his agitation, he did not notice a returned to her textbook. The pair opposite knock on the ·door; and, a moment or two sensed uneasily that something was wrong, later, Mr Murr,ay, the proprietor, entered. and for the next two hours they mulled His words rocked the two .agents to the uncomfortably over newspapers in which they cores of their being. . "I am sorry you two hia d no inte.rest. At··Aviemore they made sure foreign gentlemen have had this trouble. Is of getting into a compartment some distance there anything I can do?" away from Miss Bl.ack's. Martoff pointed to the door. "Go away," At Grantown Miss Black was met by a he said. "Go away." young man whom she did not recognize. Mr Murray discreetly withdrew, and "Excuse me," he said. "I tih ink you must Martoff turned to •his companion with a be Miss Black You strongly resemble your despairing gesture. father. 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Skodka ! What are we to do? We cannot stay thing important is there. Next morning we here." shall return to London before suspi-cion is Mihailovitch's reply came quickly. aroused." .·. "I have a plan," he said. "I have studied [And so, gentle reader, our tale rises to a a map of Grantown. The alarm is not yet climax of mystery, adventure ,and (I know you given. At once we shall reconnoitre the have guessed it) romance. Is another instal­ school, and we shall soon find out if some- ment necessary?]

TOURISM RUN RIOT

Once upon a time, before the coming of But even they will eventually succumb and ski-roads and chair-lifts, the Cairngorms were be debased-the victims of tourism gone mad. a challenge. Those who had penetr,ated their From bitter experience we know that there fastnesses h'ad achieved -something of which will be no reprieve, that when the flood-gates to be proud. The ,climbers of those halcyon, are opened the trickle will soon become a pre-boom days really climbed, and walkers torrent. There will be no happy medium. And really walked. There was no cheating. Will­ in the long run only those who gainwe'. financially/� power and physic,al fitness were as necessary will g,ain anything at all. as strong boots. The hills, until very re•::ently, are,as From the old Glenmore Lodge one looked of recuperation where one found peace in upon the northern corries and wondered if solitude. Where the madness of a nuclear age the c'.l ay would be long enough. :Between the could be forgotten and one's personal worries Lodge and the Cairn lay miles of lung­ put into perspective. bursting, leg-wearying, lonely miles. Lonely True, there are still unexploited places. because, incredible as it may now seem, the But they are doomed. Sooner or later someone hills did not then give the impression of will "discover" t'hem and re,alise their financial having been taken over by Billy Butlin. possibilities. Those inevitable mechanical aids Where curlews once glided and called to modern mountaineering will be brought up hauntingly "tr-ansistors" now dispense the lest the darlings of the ski-tow be exposed to frenzied wailing of long-haired extroverts. danger or fatigue. The goose that lays the Where determined enthuiasts once struggled golden egg must be kept •healthy and con­ over cruel terr

Donald B. McIntyre was dux of ciur school smashing into the earth. Now the Canadian in 1941. His presence in Grantown was government is going to drill 4000 feet into the through the curious chances of wiar : he was bottom of the lake to test my theory." evacuated from Edinburgh to Boat of Garten More recently Dr McIntyre has conducted in 1939, and later his brother and he stayed a study of rock formations in the San with Mrs Paterson at Park.burn. w.as it the Bernadino Mountains in Southern California. influence of the Strathspey mountain country, He has also published papers on the n1ature of one wonders, that embarked him on his fornlting in large earthquakes. In 1962 he was career 1as ·a geologist? one of three recipients of the £1000 Wig At any rate, he took his degree as B.Sc. at Distinguished Professorship awards. Edinburgh University, followed up with To turn to the more human side, we quote : doctorates in science and philosophy, served " on the teaching staff of Edinburgh University .Proud of his Scottish nationality, he still wec1rs a kilt dress for formal ocClasions and from 1948 till 1954, ,and then, while on research b\ows a wild bagpipe." He is married with study in California, was made Geology Profes�or, at Pomona College. one child. Professor McIntyre, eminently pr,a-cti,c,al in Professor McIntyre's latest work has to do his chosen study, has received generous with statistics ,and computers, and he is doing financial support at Pomona, and has sur­ research work in chemical anialysis ,by X-ray rounded himself with "a host of e·{pensive, fluorescence. Naturally he is in demland for sophisticated geological gadgetry." In 1961 he special lectures and consultations in various did a gravitational survey in Newfoundland parts of the U.S.A. by aeropl,ane, during which he discovered a F.P.s, I am �ure, will be interested in the round lake in a crater of rocks that were story o:E the 1939 evacuee, who loved the rocks stnmgely fused together as if by nuclear and mountains of Striathspey, and wh o has explosion. . As he said, "Discounting the gone so far in the ·c areer of his choice; and possi:bility that Newfoundland was the Bikini we are much obliged to his mother, Mrs of some previousi civilization, I concluded that McIntyre of Nethybridge, for making informa­ the cr,ater was formed by a massive meteor tion about his career available to us. "BAGPIPES IN THE BAHAMAS "

For most people, the word "Bahamas" shock when, five minutes before the Boeing 707 conjures up pictures of golden beaches, blue touched down in the pitch dark night ,at sea ,and palm trees, the happy hunting-ground Nas�,au Airport, the ,;:aptain announced that of American millionaires and of modern the ground temperature was 81 °. So much for mythology's supreme hero, James Bond. It is stories of the -cool of the tropical evening ! easy to understand, therefore, that wihen The following day was very much a case of offered a chance to go there with all expenses "out of the frying-pan into the fire," since it paid, Glasgow University 0.T.C. Pipe Band had been arranged for the band to play with showed a certain amount of interest. The the local police brass band in Ba y Street, the band was to be the mainstay of a 28-strong main street of Nassau. For some unknown Highland Games party which hta d to perform reason this took place at 1around 2 p.m., just in Nassau, the -capital of the Bahamas, for two when the sun is at its hottest. The tempera­ months in _tpe summer of 1964. The Highland ture. lower than nor.ma!, was 94'. One still Games are, of course, a complete novelty in shudde,s at memories of standing at attention that part oif the world ,and this was one flactor in an Army piper's uniform with the pave­ which was hoped would appeal to the tourists. ment burning through the soles of one's the majority of whom were from the Florida shoes, ,a nd _with the great Highland warpipe region of the U.S.A. The programme com­ emitting the most ·horrible dying noise in :a prised most of the orthodox items found in vain attempt to produce "Scotland the Brave." games at home; piping, dan,:;ing, Cumberland Curiously enough, the music rceived great wrestling, caber·-tossihg and throwing the acdaim and prospects of good attendances at weight for height, but there was the !addi­ the evening shows seemed bright. These tional attraction of go-k.arting, a Scottis

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same day ,as he 1had got up, found himself radio .commercial was produced, three pipers summoned by telephone, around midnight, to and the girl dancers g,ave gatecrash perform­ appear dressed and with .bagpipes so that the ances in night-clubs (to the great delight of U.S. ·Consul ,could be entertained and he,ar all except the steel bands who ceased ,about the Games. This m·easure invited retalia­ abruptly to be the centre of attraction) , and tion, and it is with delight that one recalls a it was announced that the show was on its group of Americans in tails and evening last three days. This had ,amazing effects, dresses collapsing in a heap after ,a rather not only on a local policeman who could only fast eightsome reel. stand and gape when he:-was passed at mid­ One of the most effective methods of night by the "night-club troupe" giving an publicity was simply to wear the kilt all the inspired rendering of "Highland Laddie," but time. Most of the band h1a d ,c ivilian kilts with also on the .evening performan-ce attendances them ,and these provided a pleasant change · which incre,ased fourfold. In the end, how­ from the very heavy, dark MacKenzie cloth ever, it ·became clear thiat owing to the bad issued by the Army and estimated to last a preparation in · Nassau for the Highland hundred years. The civilian kilt, in fact, Games, return to· Scotland would be soon (the proved to be the most comfortable clothing in announcement of this happened to coincide the Bah1amas, · the only disadvantage, of with the publicity manager finding himself course, being the fascination it held for that swimming fully clothed in the pool of the obnoxious creature, the· American tourist, who, Nassau Beach Hotel). Many of the group were with the aid of his iF1evitable camera, tongue happy to be on tJhe pl1ane back home, but, on and geneaology, made it well nigh impossible the other hand, everyone was loath to leave to travel ten yards without being photo­ the palm trees, the golden beaches, the warm graphed, interrogated, wondered at or merely coral sea and the rel,axed atmosphere which insulted. In spite of the indignity whkh symbolises the Bahamas. Thus ends a tale niational pride suffered ,as ,a result of this, the which had its beginning, for the writer, not in audiences did increase in size, but, unfor­ June, 1964, but fifteen years ago on a Saturday tunately, not greatly enough to warrant evening in Grantown Square, when first he continuing the show for its expected nine came under the spell of the bagpipe. weeks. In a last franti,c effort for publicity, a GILBERT MACKAY.

FORMER PUPIL ON THE WOOLSACK

In ,a year in whk;h the Rector of the the clear, deliberate tones of Ross Douglias Grammar School has taken note of our called forth an exclamation of pleasure from "direct contact with the Woolsack" ,and in Mr Munro-Ferguson of "That was c'ha-aming," which there hias been a Parliamentary General pronounced with an attractive lisp. It was a Election, it may be of interest and appropriate p'.easant interruption of the Datin class. to recall ,an incident of an Election year of With their initial advantages one would long ago. expect two such able men to obtain hig>h One morning, at the time of the "Landslide honours. Mr Williamson was eventually Election" campaign of 1906, Mr Roderick r,aised to the Peerage as Baron Forres of MacLennan, Rector of the Grantown Grammar Glenogil. Mr Munro-Ferguson, after filling School, was busily copying Latin prose on to with distinction several important posts in the bla·�kboard, as his pupils trooped into the House of Commons, wia s appointed his room. They were settled in their seats Governor-General of Australia and, later, and the lesson had begun, when the door Secretary for Scotland. He w,as raised to the burst open and Mr George Harvey hurried Peerage as Viscount Novar of Raith ,and in, followed by two t.all men, who seemed to became a Knight of the Thistle. fill the small room. Mr Harvey, donor of the With ability, appliclation, perseverance, will Dux-Harvey Medal, was the local Liberal and a certain amount of luck, no one is Party agent iand those pupils who had been debarred from reaching a high position in this at the Election meeting on the previous even­ country. The schoolboy, f Francis Campbell ing recognised his companions, Mr Archibald Ross Douglas, took a cegree at Glasgow Williamson, the good-looking, popular Liber,al University, became a journalist 1and partner in candidate for the constituency and his a firm of solicitors, entered Local Govern­ supporter, Mr Munro-Ferguson of Novar, the ment, became Mayor of Battersea, was elected distinguished Member of Parliament for Leith to Parli,ament in 1940, became Governor­ Bur·g,hs. General of Malta in 1946, a K.C.M.G. in 1947, When the visitors · had chatted for some and wlas raised to the Peerage in 1950 as time with the Rector, Mr Munro-Ferguson Baron Douglas of Harloch. He was recently asked if he could hear a little Latin. 'Ilh e ap1)ointed Chairman of Committees in the Rector turned to the boy nearest the black­ House of Lords. Hence the ·contact of board and said, "Douglas, will you read that tli.e Grantown Grammar School with the Latin on the board." It was an excellent Woolsack. choke. The reading of the Latin passage in F.P. GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZINE . ·.,37

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We extend our best wishes to all our Let us first glance at our F.l'. lists. readers and hope that the following gleanings We congratulate Mrs Anderson (Shona of news will be of some interest. McDougall) , Mrs Birrell CJ ean Donald) and We welcome several newcomers to our Mrs Berry (Elizabeth McWilliam) on happy numbers-Alan Anfield, one of our promising events. young soldiers; Davis Thomson, now studying Mrs Bremner (Elizabeth Mackenzie) has Art at Aberdeen; Gillies Campbell, now an had an eventful year. Her move to Kinloss Art student in Aberdeen; Mrs Friend (Betty brought romance and a summer wedding. Sim) , whom we mention elsewhere, and Mrs Cairns (Violet Grant) , also married Gilbert Mackay, formerly of the Baptist this year, takes up residence in Ontario. Manse, who retains happy childhood memories of Grantown. We feel sure that many other Mrs Clark (Jannie Barclay) has been old Grantonians toy with the idea of joining blessed with a daughter. the Club. Why not? The more, the merrier. Margaret Donald, who qualified as R.G.N. We are also grateful for articles received. in 1963, seeks further qu,alifications in Glasgow Lan Macpherson's comments on the latest Royal Maternity Hospital. developments in the Cairngorm area are most Mrs Drummond (Kay Hepburn) graced apposite. Miss Cameron's flash-back to the Grantown with an autumn wedding to a early days of one of our most distinguished fellow hotelier. F.P.s is also pertinent. Gil'bert Mackay's Mrs Friend ( Betty Sim) has married article illuminates one of th e many fa,cets of another member of the medical profession. the modern student's life. We remember Betty as a rather tiny school­ As to my own serial, written mainly for girl, and then as ,a loc,al bank clerkess, before my own diversion, * I hop*e readers still sh e found her chosen profession in nursing. remember what it is all about. Mrs Gilchrist (Jean Mackenzie), recently married, takes up life with her husband in O F ST U D E NTS A ND LEAV E RS Assam. We congratulate Mrs Gordon (Ann P,aton) on her husband's promotion to be ac•countant We have tried hard, throughout the years, at Huntly. to follow the fortunes of young Grnntonians Mrs George Grant (Jane Stewart) has in distant places, particularly the seats of married back into Stra1Jhspey. learning; but, in 1964, the numbers seem to be Margaret Grant of Tullochgrib.ban now too great for detailed coverage. teaches in L-Ossiemouth. We wish, however, to •congratulate those Vve congrntulate Mrs Hamilton (Evelyn who have successfully completed courses. Mackintosh) on the birth of a son. Iris Forbes and Betty Kirkwood have both achieved creditable M.A.s at Aberdeen Fresh honours have come to Grace Kirk, University. awarded a scholarship to tour Scandinavia two months in order to study nursing Gladys George from Moray House, problems and techniques. Margaret McLennan from the .,P.T. College, Douglas Mdnnes from Jordianhill, .and Dr Mabel Lawson, still active in retire­ Catherine Dougltas from Athole Crescent, have ment, had the honour recently of handing all taken up teaching posts. over prizes and .awar.ds to out-going nurses We ,are pleased to hear of Duncan at Aberdeen Royal Infir.rnary. Chisholm' s A.M.I:C.E., of Pat McMillan's gold Mr and Mrs Lugg (Jean Burgess), whose medal on ,completion of her nurse's training adventures in Cuba and the �ar Bast ihave at Stirling, and of Mary Noble's qualifying as been recorded in our numbers, plan retire­ a nurse. ment in this country. We must have nearly tw o dozen students Morna Ma,ckenzie was on holiday here at the Scottish universities, dispersec;l. through recently, but has returned to her dazzling Arts, Science, Medicine, Law and Engineering. life in the Bermudas. Some- seven Grantonians represent us at We learn, bel1atedly, of Mrs Matthew the Colleges of 1E'duoation for Training of Mackenzie's transfer from Alford to Aberlour. Teachers. Her brother, Charles Campbell, also once at Pharmacy and Art each have two students this school, died in Inverness this spring. from Grantown. From Insch we hear from Evan Mackintosh, Industry, th e Army, Banking, Domestic who thinks he must be one of the oldest F.P.s. Science, Nursing and Secretari1al Work have all claimed others of our leavers. Marj ory Mackintosh has trnnsferred to There are others, fortunately, still with us London and to school dentistry. in Strathspey; but so many of our leavers Sandy McLure is now a Forestry student must, of necessity, seek th eir fortunes else­ in that ch•arming Snowdonian nook, Betws-y­ where. Coed. 38 G�it sattoot MAGAZINE

Mrs Mitchell (Judy Stuart) thrives in Keith McKerron, another ·returned colonial, Killin, teaching Music and the Control Class, has set up as hotelier in Findhorn. while her ,husband supervises the golf course. Angus Mackintosh has moved yet again, Mrs John O'Connor (Dorothy Cameron), to Arbroath, still as R.N. Instructor. after being whisked romantically ,away to the Donald McTaggart, we ihear, is now a north of Ameri,ca and to marriage, is now Geography 1 e c t u r e r in Kuala Lumpur settled in Seattle. University. Margia ret Ross, whom we remember .as a His brother, Neil, is, of course, also member of the delightful 1945 L.C. class, has married. been promoted Senior Woman Assistant in a We congratulate Ron Philip on attaining Glasgow S·chool. She has to deal with welfare; his Medical Degree. His hospital year is being and, as she says, it is a challenge. spent in the sunny Bahamas, with facilities Mrs Scott (Alison Stuart) , recently blessed for all kinds of sport. with ,a daughter, is now a near neighbour at Alex. Ross follows in brother Walter's Kincraig. footsteps and is now ,a trainee policeman in We have a note from Catherine Smith, who London. There is a prospect that Walter may rejoices that Cairngorm developments enable be posted to Scotland in the New Year. her to ski in this country. We congratulate another policeman, Gordon We also have news from Mrs Squires Smith, on promotion to serge.ant. (Isabella Moyes), who tells us of the creation Nicholas Spence is now a s,ales engineer of an artificial island at Montreal in prepara­ with British Air,;;mft Corporation (Guided tion for the World Fair of 1967. Weapons). Mrs Tetley (Mary Hogg) has set up a hair­ John Stuart, now settled in this country, dressing establishment in Kingussie. has had an eventful year, with marriage at We congr,atulate Mrs Threadgold (Elizabeth the beginning, a son at the end, and promotion Campbell) and Mrs Weston (Shein1a as well. Donaldson), eac·*h of whom* has been blessed We ,also congratulate William Thomson on with a son. promotion to manager in the S.C.W.S. Ian Walker, after an enjoyable spell in Kenya, was recently on leave here. He is now Now .for a few notes on Old Guard Exiles. stationed in Surrey. We heard lately of Mr and Mrs Hunter, Stanley Wright has landedin a nice job as both looking well, at the National Mod in electrical 1'aboratory technician in the West Aberdeen, where· some of our school vocalists Country and now residesLOCAL Somerset. did well. We were pleased to hear more directly from Mr Wilson·, whose keen interest in the A few brief notes here. Magazine we appreciate. We congratulate Mr W. Templeton on his We congratulate Sandy Calder on being promotion to :be accountant in the Portree allocated a council house in Grantown. bran·.:h of his bank. John Duncan, with a change of abode. ,John Cl,ark, · after a spell of service in looks like entering the ihoteTier ranks. Aden, is back in Britain. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Angus w,alter Dempster has joined the ranks of Gordon on the birth of .a daughter. the married, and �ith Donaldson of the Jimmy Grant's new home looks like engaged. improving the appe,arance of Woodside Duncan Howlett, we ·hear, after slow initial Avenue. progress, is recovering from ;h is severe motor­ Mrs Edith Mackintosh and Ian Mortimer cycle accident. have both erected new houses in Grant Road. We congratulate, very bel.atedly, members Ian's is ingeniously n1a med Ettrian. of the Innes family of Carndearg on promo­ Congratu1ations to Mrs Maclean (Helen tions ,and successes. Walter is a regional Calder) on- a happy event and to Mrs McLeod transport supervisor with Wimpey, Arthur is (Elizabeth MacGregor) on marriage. a transport supervisor, and Fraser has recently acquired his own business. John, now the Roy MacGregor, recently married, sets up father of four, loves to holiday on the house at ·Grange Cottage. Grantown golf course. We condole with Mrs Maclaren (Jeannie Gordon Jack, after an adventurous and Nicoll) in two heavy bereiavements, and with not unprofitia:ble roundabout, is back in Isa and Sandy MacPhail in their sad loss. Grantown Post Offi.ce. Edwin Munro and family also experienced Gordon Ma,cGregor is now settled in bereavement this year, though it ended on a Alyth. happier note with Pat Munro'.s marriage. GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZiiNE · ·3fl

OBITUARY

MR CHARLES MUNRO

servin,g as manager on a sheep farm, serving A famihar summer figure in Grantown was in the Australian Air Force, teaching in an that of Charles Munro, the retired banker. A ,agriculturial college and running his own degree of difficulty in hearing made him a sheep farm. MR FINLAY CUMMING r.ather solitary figure, but his step was light, as befitted a former all-round sportsman, his quiet greeting was friendly, and he had a w,ay Finlay Cumming was educated at Paisley with children. Grammar School, but, like his father, Mr H. G. He began his bank service in the National Cumming, he loved the mountains of Scotland Bank in Grantown, but spent most of his and especially of Strathspey. The climbing service with the Standard Bank in Durban. accident which involved his death seemed a His health failed rapidly this year, ,and he blow to the whole community, the premature died in hospitalMR CHARLES at the H. ageCRUICKSHANK of 82. end of ,a promisingMRS JESSIE career. A. MACDOUGALL

Charles Cruickshank, of Leantack, died in Mrs Macdougall, who died this year, was Freemantle, Western Australia, on 1st August, one of a distinguished local family, the at the age of 53. Ma,cLennans of Craggari, and, in her OWI? It was 35 years sin,ce his emigration to right, a sweet and gracious lady. She ialso Australia, where he had a varied career, will be remembered in Grantown.

IN CONCLUSION

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