AGS Magazine October 1907 - Part 01

THE

©ta1n1nat School ITTaga3ine.

"En:H\" dog ltas Lut Iii:- day," nnd it \Y,l • in thf' dq1ths of a verT sPH'l'e wintrr that thP last hrn Eclitors of thi . 1lfaq11.zi11c had tltPirn. It would •ppm that thl'ir nwtenric sun affonle,1 light snf-ti<·i<>nt for thP :-C'J'ibhling of but onP ", chool XntPs," and tlien

" plunged to emlles night "

At aIJY ratP, within this sPsi<io11, WP al'P thP third to ~rasp 'the eYe1y-tlny pPn, tluh it editorial. an11 writP in fear and tre111hli11g that suprPn1r tP. t of litNar~· ability, our first "~rhrn,l Xotf-1,." ThP publi(• ma.,· rnmpluin of an,vthing Plst> it plPa 'Pi<, but lrnrr jmtirP 1h•111:1111ls that in this volnnw it hi> ~atisfipcl \\'itlt thP wnmtilih of thP Editor 's st~·ll'. •

Yarit>ty is thP snit 11f lit<> nowa(\ay .s, but a rnagazi1w is apt tn lnst' it.- saYour if its e1litor i chanw•11 too often. It. beron1es rliscmrnrrterl aucl incon ·istrnt both in worcl and in d1•e1l Tli<>rPfon•, hrforp clPfinitP PlP!'tio11, ns(•rrtain that the nu·ious officials will plough tht>ir firlrl to the last fut-row - W.P. "\\'i> feel nnl'~eln's tn haYr b<•en nt fault. Ill thi i; mait!'l', ancl would 1101 Jin\'<' nur s11C'C'f'. sor~ follow an ill l'X:tlllp]P.

Since Ins! tltis .ll,1r111::i111 appeared, th.it. " fol' tn peace and quiet sh1111lwr," the Bursa ry C'ompclitiou, l1:1s onre nrnrP dnrkC'nC'd out· livt's with its gloomy, wi<le-:;lrl'lching pinions. Th<' c·old-blocule<l•• Gra11ite C'ity" ma.,· 1111( han' bPt'll aware of tltP fort, but it ,,as, lll'YC'rthPIPss, the <·a,-p that, cluri11g the prng1·pss of this all-importa11t PX::1mination, the eyes of experta II t ('hristellc1om wcr<' <·<•ntre<1 on its tapPriug spires: that, i11 all parts nf the• empire, <-ro,nls t>ag('l'l:v awaited th_P aniY,11 nt the lnt·:d PYt'ni11g papers: aucl that tlw ex:c1te111e11t causc•d by t lw results thereof is 1111ly 110"· subsidi11g. Tht> Srhnnl did nol tlo n,- well as it has donP, hut Pal'h hoy, wc> c·:111 gu,nnntP<', clicl his hrsl to upho lcl its a111·i('nt fnmr. .l..nd, nftl'r all, th11ugh it dPmands ou1·ll<'sl work, thr llursnry ('0111pPtitio11 is not tlw Pn<l, but rathrr th<' bPgim1ing, of all thing~, as ,ye hopr certain utltC'l'S mn_,. in thP aftc-'r-tim<' realise. Our headiest cnngrntnlntions arP nfl'l'recl to all who wo11 n 111uc:h-c·owtPclplarr in thf' "List." \Ye look with hopP to such of tlH' Sixth as ,,·c•1·p thus clisti11g-ui,dwcl. Let tl1rm strain e,p1·,· b1·ain-c·dl for the honour of tlwir School, but, iII p,i°dic·ular, lPt 1hem prr,wn·c• tlwi r hC'altb and g-oncl spirit~, ]pst thPy bP .. weary Pl'f' thry run."

BPing, ns WP ,11·t•, upon thP cong(•ni:ll subject or examiuations, it may be better to sny all W<' nrnst uncler that hea<l, and lrnvr do1w. "\Ye hereby beg to iuform the ~ixih ancl Fifth (h:1t a cnnsitlernte GovC'l'lllllPnt has clrcre!'<l that uexl year, aftf'r being frizzled to a c·inder in thP frying-pan of tlH' "Cmup .,·· they shall straight,Yay be wholly and utterh· c·cmsurnecl in the fin• of the ·' Leavings," whirl! wiil bf' lighted on the tlth of .1..pril. In very truth, •Inciclil in :-:ic·yllmnqui ntlt ,·it.are Chal'_1·btlim...

As comprnsation, we hear that the '· Jlounm·s " arp in be abolished. W'e folly appreC'iatr such thoug-hHulnPss, but strongly objec·t to the horrible strain nf const'c11tiw C'Xaminatious for threp "·c•eks Pll Pnc1.

Il<'H<'P,_YP s1wrtr1•s 11f th<' ,,·intrr rnnuths, whose hPart's lilood is_ the m\tl11ight oil'. For is uot fop fair spring at last an1,e1l, ,,·1th warlll h1·prze, fr<'sh grPPn on firlcl ancl fl'C'P, ancl melTY -.:ong- nf f11p hinl,; :' ' r-.: 1101, in fad. a

t·old nut! 1tndh-easter bl1ll\·i11g-and till' rnin making- mi111ir thunder on the roof:- ls not r,·rrythi11g as grn,,·, ,lark, an,1 t!1•par ns it conlei br :' En•n s11, and _\'Pt ,q, haYr hopr.

Ourr morr cloP::i the c/((ck of tltP hat rrso1111el iu thl' firlcl, ant! the shrill ,oice of the }liclcllc>Seh1111l uplift itself in a lwsrrrhing ,Yail to .. ·a,E' time•." En•u thP lorcll~Spw11th, as it ;;au11tE'l'Slowarcls its c·1111srrrntrrlgr11urnl, is sometimes roiu1wlled to c·pn~P tltP ji11g·ling-of its srnall <'hange ancl" pnss up that ball thPrc>." No for, ,n• bPliPYr, uo Yl'I'). srrions 111ishnps to l'l'it'k<'l. nrntrrial ha,<' brP11 reported. This i~ as it should bP. If a frllow woul<1 nuly give the mattrr a nrnmPut's thought, hP n·onl<l 110! n~P the bat as ,1 snhstitntP for the th1·nwing-ha111mPI'.

This \'ear 11ur leadPr 011 the YPln•t turf i~ .\.. U-. Stewart, ;t fine, all-rcm11tl cricketrr, and Y<'l'Y ragc'r for his tram's ,·ict111·,·. Be kePn, Xl. Le>t P,u·h mc•mbPr of it _ tln his best to' srconcl his l'aptain's efforts nnd realise lus hopes. lu the> first match, intleetl, thl's(' Pfflll'b \\'ere successful; but how many of tlir SC'lwol lwcl first-hancl knowleclgp of till' \·ictory ~· How 111a11y \\'l'l'l' eyp-\\·itiws:ses of ou1· C'nptain's glorious "swi prs" 0 1· of Hobson·s legh,·eaking "s,Yifters." After due rnusidc'rntion a11cl a strPnuous e11d1'n,·ourto recall thP l"ni,PrsitY fiplcJ to our mental ,ision, "·e ,rns,n,,·, .. Two.·· l',1y ;1 littlP more attention lhPrr, Sc-hnnl, or go clll\nt f()(;t. Fmm trustworthy sources, wr haYC\ to report that thP (pa "·as thr most enjn~·nble part of tlw :sl'rnnrl 111atch.

Our football srason has long Pnclecl, the> sm·cPssPs nnd otherwisP of "·hich "·ill lw f;iuncl cletai!Pd furth<'r 1111. It is nnturallv with re()'ret that ,n• 1·eml'ml>er the \·ictnries '.'.f.''the nthe;· placp," lrnt l<'l .. it·· bear in 111i111l tlrnt we• )1,e to tight nnnthPr tla~·," ,rncl hope 11exL season to wmd up the cle,, nf war 11u f/111' g-oal-posls. 'l'hr "·iut1>r j1~s he~n n seYPl'<' one, anc~ n g:~m<l many of th<' ~natrhrs t,ive h,Hl to bP <leclarrcl •11tl. In tho~P wr cltd play, l~O\YPYer, \,e think wp ga,P a fair arc·ouut uf oursPh·es. ~lll'P]y, in thE" last t,Yo, 1lit! wc> mi~:s our ~t.1hnnt <'aptai11, • acrae, who, co11sidP1'atranti Pntlrn~in,;tic·, hacl h<'Pll found

constant nt his pn t ilirouglrnut tbP se,1so11. \\'ith all .1wecl ma_Y hr bP t·c> ·tore<l to hi · u,rnnl robu::;t state of 11 igh land hralth '. The outlook for Ul'Xi yrar is cli::;t.inctl_r hopdul, as thr most of ihP tn1m will likr ly return tn the Srhonl. ('ornr fonn1r<l, ~nu big frllo" · '. Fill up the gaps. and do your <luty i11 your <lay au<l grnrratinu, as o(hPl's haYP donr lwforr you.

At th,, br>gin11i11g n± this ,·ear, thP ~(•cretary of tlte F.P .':-, ('lub Yer_y kinrliy offrrrcl to C'OJUf' up i.n thr Srhool 1111 a \\.eclnesdnraHernoou allCI "coaC'h '' the ::S:Y. (h,ing, hn\\·p1·pr, tn snuw Irifii 11g 111isappreheusio11, his proposnl ,.-as not takell ndY,rntagr of th is ~eas011. If Jh-. )1 ilnP ('nulcl sPP his way io J"etlPII" his oftrl', wr nrr sun• that 1wxt _,·ear's X,. ~rnulrl ,ICC'<'pt it readily aucl grniefu1ly, an<l ,,onlcl soo11 .hmY "ihP other placP" hn11· murh 1,cnrfH i ltP_I" lwcl clrriYPcl horn his insIrndion.

\\"ith rrganl to thr F.P.'s C'lub, " ·p woulcl urge nll fellow;, lnn·ing j11°i um, to join it iuuuPdiately. }..long with the othPr wrrnbers, hr will £rd himself t-o he taking a ln>·al intp1•rst in his ol<l School, au<l will also, by mean o-f it, kerp in toueli "ith his <>lcl s<·hool--fellow•. J~vrr.1· se··sion a bny will be ·hose11 from thr highPst classes in repre e11t them in the nr:x:t >·ear's Committee of thr Club. Thus its offiC'ials will kno\\· thP 1rnnt8 ancl opinions of its youngest mrmbers, and bP the better able to ntisf~all. "\YP print a rPpril'i of the ypm-'s ,rnrk sent us br the Srcretary. It shnws a very 11rnsprrouR statr of affairs.

A. prnp11•,il that. mu_v not apprur ·11 acceptable to tlie awrage •· Leawr ·• is, that thr ubscripticm for memberhip :'hnuld be raist>cl. Turn ye not a,rn>· in sad regret; leucl us one morurnt more _rour drooping ears'. BPsidrs brcomiug a membrr of that illu triou an<l world-widP body, each subscriber will enjoy thP perufon pri,ilege of rpceiving this Ma_qa::ine nn -publication. The financial management will l)tlS wholly into thr lrnncls n± i.he C'lub, nncl all that the Nchnol Eclitor will haw to <lo ,,ill be to writr "Nchool :Sotes .. (a mere triflp) anrl collrd the not<-'R of the Y,ninu,· soC'ietirs nnd sports. Thr fkhool mmt giw

thi propo-al its hearty support, a11d m,1ke i1 a <·omplPtt' success. ,Ve are sure that it will ,;ee when it is well off. Future Business l[anagcrs will havp au Elysian exisienre, ancJ it will be a great reliPf to thPm tn fpeJ that tlw bu ·iness affairs of the J1a_qa::i111 are in tl,e hanlb of business men.

Once morp of .i fine \\·ed11esd,1y afternoou <lrws the eagrr Sw·imming ('lub rush iu a 1>,idy to the c,yde s~ed HJHl "Hcorcb" bv all k111m11 side-sirPets ln the ·orn1clrng ·ea. (lucp rnme· <lot'· !he shi,ering Lower School clutch the friendly bar as a g-nmting mou ·tel' of the C"ppn ploughs ]1is foamy ,rn:v into the three-feet encl. Unce more does :vour gn~· c1rnm, X, press gentl? on your hPad a you float at ease in e,Pn fpet of cool g-1·ePn. Once more is Y minimu unable to rlispost' of his (P,l, 011 ,H·c·onnt. of the ocean nf brine within him. ~,1 rnay it long- lir '.

Tbr Swimming f'lub i' in a ,ery prwperou: coudiiinn. Its member number oH'I' a ltundrt>d, and •• still tbl'Y come." Su1·ely, howc'YPl', ill S(l lnrge a :-\chool there might be yet more. Fellow · <lo not remember that, b_,,.. a great rnrieh- o:f acciclents, thP, mny one <la,· tinrl thPmsPln• in <leep \n1ter, unable• to ·makl; any eftpctual struggle for a£et • . J3esiclr. this, like running, :wimming is a primrval form n-f PXPrcisP, nn<l, aCC'ol'<lingl,Y, i in frrinr to nonP as such . Tlw ('luh has S('<'lll'e<l thc• se1Ti!"es of a mn. t. effirient i11strudor , ancl all bPgin11e1·snrny bP sure of his careful attention. \Ve <lo l10pe that the e11friP· for the approarhing S"·imming Sports will be mnu~-, uncl the rhnnl-boy section of thr au<liPnce partirularly large. EntPJ' f_rn the ·ake of the pl'ize-,,inners, an<l make up Y-0 111' mmd to be among t them. , omp new "event " ~ave b~en arlclecl to the progn1mll11'. One of these I a li~e-_avu~g competition, with a subject ;. all aliYr and l~irking. ' · AnothPr is a tPnm race befo·een ::\Iorlern anrl Cla ·iral.

Fnr the srcnud and last time h:n-e ,,-p mHlergone the Ol'Ueal nf a , mith )leclal Yer ion. Yag-up rumour · a tn who tl • " . H' wrnuN· may he arp l1<n-ering nrnund, ~nmr poi11t- s1g u shnl·? forc>--fing-rr at the• "r·lP,t-'l' one·· nf the 1:v~ntb, other:- at thr_ '_· niio-ht •• of thC' Sixth . "\Yhoewr r 1., lw lu_ts our anhr1paln1 ·y. hut Hnllr lhP lrs, heart., , 011gn1h1 lni 1rrns.

By ilt<' ti111i• thi . appea1·s, the llreb11er Prize Examination in FrN1rh "-ill haYr been held . '\Ve <ln nnt knnw \,heu that in G-erman is to takP place . Tlw \Yinuer.- of llflili ]HlY<' fill!' warn, congratnlatinus "i11 a1lvaurP.··

TliP \n•Pk l,Pfot·<> la ·i., 11 i~ Jlajesl./s Iuspector" were rnamiug up and down amonO'st u , serki11g ,d10m they might drrnnr . ~o :far ns w1· can lPar11, tl1e School ha ma<le a u11, t sati factory ap1warnnce .

.\. rPport of thP Sl'ssiou·s work in the "Debater· • will l,p fmrn,l !Jp1·rafiPr. It has lwrn stlt<'PS·ful n11cl enjoyable, although, \q• think, a littlP mon• ,;eriousne s and fewer tr:t<•kptl win1]mq, might haYP l,p1•11 :111 nrlvantagr . Yer:· heartil~· 110 wp thank all "·ho gan' of thrir time nntl tro uhlr in instruct an<l ,1mu f' u::-.

\\'p lian• to t.P11<lt•r our Rin<·rrPst thnnks to Lieutenant J:>. B. Gal'rett, H.~., fnr the hand some flag he has presented to the,. ~dwol. 'l'hr flag is to adorn tbP rnom of thnt class ,Yhich, -for tl1r prN'elling month, ha anrngetl ibe b<'st nttel1lb11ce. '\Ye appreciat<' exc<'Nli11gl.,· i.hP ·trnug inierest LiPutnurnt Uarrett tnkrs in <1m· ~1-honl, ,rntl \\·ould rrrnind the latter tlini. it c,m bet sh,nY its gratitude b~· taking scrupulous <·are 0£ his gPnrr011~ gift an<l by each rlass being kPPn to pnss<'Ss it. Thi' cla ·s \1·itlt the highP i aYr1·age -for last 11wnth is )[nclP1·11 Y. It hu • our eongraiu lntinns. The Sen•nth i~ t<1 lw commi ·erntP,1 on it. position of SPC'Ond lnst. l'lenl'ly, tlH· Bmsary Competiiion w-a too much tor it. 'l'he •· clP,rr nnr ·• P11clea,ourecl to raisr its hea, .Y h<'art l)~· hanging· thP •• dusi.rr" on the tnp <1f the hlackbonrtl - hui in min .

111 thP prriw111 11nnilwr nppe.ir~ m1 nrtirlr Oll •• Longfellow," hY )lr . wm. Keiih Leask. He is p ·tremrh ki111l so nftPn to hrstow on us ihP pro<luct of his rrndi 1wn.

LatPr 111 ihesr pngrs wp print the first •· Xntural Jii~ton- ::-nciei·y Xotri::." )Inn~ · morr mny it gin n~ !

·For its lllembers arc enthusiastic and its officiab diligent. You are in c>arnest, vou llH'll of Science; but be not so much therein as to re.sent ,Ul? trifl ing jibes we may playfully fling- at _1·ou. You nre something ue,v, and, as such, must "face> the> rnusir •• for a time. ,,. P ,,ish you prosperity and long life, but the •• Hanclom :.\"otc>r•• must haYr a subjc>rt.

1YP are ,·e1-y ;;onT tr, u11dPr.~ta11dthat tlw ,nm ,,h ich :\Ir. A. :iiackiP 'iujm~d 1d1iIP !'eturn ing homr after having <leli,erPrl a lt>dun• to the abo,P SociPty ,,ill ne,er be quite itself ,1gai11.- ThP nigltt wa~ ven· host.,·, nnd )Ir. )IackiP slippe<l oubitlP thP i'rc1ni gatP of the> School. The .lfaqazine an<l thP .. J)ebater •• m1·p many " good things ., t" )fr. )larkir. \\'p hopr th.it in no wise ,,ill this injury impair thr e11joy111cniof his fanrn rih:' sport, fishing.

1\'e ltnYP io ,tpol11gise vc•ry hurnbl_1· to thP cnntributor '.'four pn('lll for the <lela_y hP ha~ pxpcriPnCP<l in sreing it m thrse pagrs. \\'p reo-ret to say tl1at it wns lost sight of <luri11g- thP trnublP<l ti~es of tlw last two Eclitors. It has now, hmYeYrr, rrcriYe<l its clur. an<l, sering- his work apµreciatrcl, ,,p lwpp tlw writPr "·ill fanrnr us again.

11! Yirw nf thP proposal of ihP F.P.·s l'lul> afnremr11till11ed, tht> 1ll11y11:::i11c ha~ <lPtPrmi11rd tn mnke a gigantic <'fiort to clear thr debt from its broacl shoulders. ,rr 1Yish to h,111d it oYl'l' tn the> F.P.·~ u11Pncumbered. Therefore, then• has occun-rcl to us tl1P itlea of recci,ing ~-oluntarr contribntions from thr ,ariuus societies. This 1s <_1uly fai r, IH' think, in n•tu rn for thP p1·ivilrge earh society ru joys of rPcnuling- its cloings in our pagrs . 1\'e ~rg you, thru, Trrasurer~, to p::,;aminP ~-cmr nccountooks, aml see t11 ,Yhat nmouul you c,m ai,l u~. 1Ye appPnl to thr Sphn11l aho lo suppo;"t its i1111qo:::i11c.

"' Ring out the nld, ring in the new.•, F or the last time let thP sea of shi ning mornino· face:, i:~id summpr hat; munnur in thc ,hall. For thr _la;t time t thP mo<lrst little frllr m , m 1',fou ,111ts <listnbutP thP

prnspectus1's. (It. is padiculad_y n•que ·tecl that uo aYaric·iC1u.· prize-w·i1111PrtakP JUCln' than threr r"pies of the snmr, hmn'Yer m:111y prosperou' n11cles hP ma:v ha...-e in forpign parts.) l!'or tlw last iirne lc•t. thP master·, in all thrir pauoply of .·chol.tt·ship, t'ntp1• n11<l i.akl' tltPir arcust111ue<l place·. (G-iw tltPw a ringing chc•c•1·, ~-ou fellcrn·•. You ""e thPm a little' m01·e than you will PYer be aware of.) For the last timP lPt the> hig]{ digiritmies ascP11<l tlw empmple<l platfnrru, aruicl t tlw -vocifernus applau e C1f the '' plPbs." For the last time> let thP s1we1·hP,:; ancl the 1·1'111ink, of our 11righbo\ns sou1lll af:t r i11 mn l'H1·s. For the last time let tho e joll?, carelf' ·:,;, goocl-fur-nnught bob their blushing bow· an1l cany off in triumph the trnphies of the drnse. (\V<\ care-wont, commo11 crowcl, let u ' give them a bit of a cheer. 'l'ht'_\" must be:' fairly gnocl, seeing how hard IC<' worked.) For tlw last time let an nnnouncPmPnt bP ma,lr, ~-hich, fnr tlw first. time, in no way cnnc•erns us. n,T{' USP<l to hiss lrnnler in O\ll' da)'.) For the last. time let us, a. boys of the> Grnmmar Nclwol, sing "Go1l Nave The E:ing-." • (A.ml sing out, ton, HPlllPlllber it is the last time.) For the l.1st time let us make a heate1l pa sage to the outer ,1i1·. For thP last tin1e let us admire the prizes of om· -mo1·e fortunateclu s-mates. For the la ·t time let u • pa.·· the granite gate ancl lo'. wf\ are n a peal nf the •• olcl familiar· • brll erhni11g to f;ilPnCP on the warm ~ummPr air.

)Iarks.

1. ])_ ('. Hep,- U-J ., "\Y. U-. ·\\'alkPr !)0 ::_ .l. A. Hifrhie 7(i -f.. I. ..1.. C 1 lark<-' . 7:} .j_ Erne t ::\lain . 71

1. / 'l'Jwm:i.~ .\..ncl1•1·M111 I 70 ' · l.James Ewing I

Thi• m\'tl,tl gops to "\\". G-. \\'alker, .1, I)_ ('_ Hees \rnn it last \"Par. Tl1r last five :il"l' awarclell .. ITonnura blr }1 Putlrn1."

WE note with great ·atisfaction the ucces • of .John Lain1 at Edinburgh Gni,er ity. lle is first in Rhetoric an<l Engli h Literature, for w·hich he get a rue<lal. 11e n1 o gets the prize offerecl by the :-:lcottisl1 Text tlociet_,·. For essays he takes second place "l\·ithn medal. In Logic ancl }Ietaphysic (Intermediate Il 011our ('lass ) he is ·econd. Ile i also fifth in }!oral Philosophy.

"TTTilliam C'lapperton, wlrn i ·1.udyiug at l-~haw Catholic College, lrn • got n £:JO prir.e nt Durham l'ni,ersity for Cla sics.

. ~he Tiev. ,,T. A. ,'tark, formrrly a C'ougregntioual mrn1 ter, has just bern admiHe<l as dencon in the Episcopal Church of Scotland. ReY. Logie Danson wa made prie t o.f the ame Church at the aurn er,ice.

"TT1e congratulate• ~- H. "\Yillinrnson, ('hri frhurch, Oxfo~d, on taking the C'room Uobrrt ou Fellow. hip in ('la ics. The value of the scholar hip is £:200, autl it is tenable for three year·.

The Re,. A. R. GordmJ, First Hur ar in 188,, has been nominnted to the Chair of ()J<l Testament Literature tnd E:s:ege i iu the Presbyterian College, }lontreal. lle a been CF. mini ter at 1lonikie for some time.

S -!- G. Kyd has pas e<l the final examiuation of the ' ociety of A.ctuarie .

-Toh"\Ve_regr~t to note, at thr age of !17 year , tl1e clrath of n G. Reid, of the. London arnl Lnnrnshite Insurance

CompanJ. Xeve!' or a ver,Y robust con titutiou, he had heen obliged to g-iYe up actiw work during- the last few ~-rars. 11 e C'Ontribu!Pcl a gnncl 1lcal to the lncnl pre:; , nnd <'Y<'n at School he founclr 1 l a magazine , a little handwritten prncluction, wbicli gnYr grrat s:disfoctinn to his dass-irllmn;. llnP or his ,rnrk, '' ~U. the ~ig-n of the Brush n111l ilir PP11," 11<• prr::n.>nted to our Librnry. He waR .Jnhn Tirid (minm) in 11~. .\.1111 now both "major " aucl •• m iuor" nrr clrnc1.

The HeY. AlPxander Yulr has c1ie,l in :lll•lboume. He TI"as pclucntrcl with u • ancl nl King's ('nll<'ge, a11cl afterwards at Edinburgh. Ile wns for t(•n yenrs mini ter of ihe Huthnford Frer ('lnu·ch, .A.hrrclern, a))(l nftnw:mls ,,rnt to Australia, whrrP hf' was )Ioclrrator of the FPclernl ~\.ssrmbly of Australia ancl 'l'a ·mania, in 18Ul.

'l'he death is nnnounct•1l nf William ~IehillP, Lanisternl-1.nr. .U nnf' timP 111• c,nried on lhe business of ironmonger in ..Abcr<lcPn, UJ](l on retil'i11g-lw "·rnt to Londo11, wherr Ji,, siuclied l.\\,, au,l wa;, callccl to the> Bar. Ile tlf'Yer rng-agrcl iu actiYe prndice .

Syrlne:, Smith, late of )fodpru ,I., ha taken 18th place in ihf' Bo_v ('lc-rkship Examination. He ,Yas first in .Arithmetic all(l srcnncl in English of all tlie c.mditlates from the l:11ited li.ingclom.

,V. ]). Scott has g-ot the secon<l Lums<le11 and nchs Fellowship at the r.F. ('ollrge, ALPrcleen.

Frank ,,·. -n·,1tso11 has rPeeiwcl the llipluma of Assoc·iate °Jiembf>t•of tlH' Socirty of CiYil Engiue<.>rs.

.Tohu )I•,Yilliam, )I.A., fo1·mrdv srhoolmaster 0£ Iusch, [ln<l aftenrnrcls sub-editor of thP Jfre11i11r, Ga::clte, J1a tliecl at the ag-e uf 01.

,Yr l1u,P got picture- p11't rnnl from ('anacla from Herbert ,Yil ·on ,nal '\Yillin111 Hae, both of whom ha.ve

gone 011t to the Canadian Bank 0£ Commerce. Both v1·ill be much missed in Aberdeen, the one in 'C"niversity circles, the other in Yolunteering. Jla: they both tlo well.

We noticed an interesting lecture giYen b~· )fr. Calder Lawrence in GbsgmY thP other <h:L The subject W"US" Jarues PPny, the Father 0£ Parlimnentary Reporting. " Perry, it seems, W"as one of ours, and well acquaintetl with Burn and Dickens al](l othrr lesser lights.

ITarry )Ii<ltlleton, )I.ll., has joine<lthe staft of Stanley Ilospital, Li-verpnol, as n resi<lrnt surgeon. .J. .J. P. Wilso11,)I.13., has got a similar appointment at Croydon, and Norman Gilchrist, Jl.A., )I.E., at Aberdeen.

The ReY. Stanlev Rus ·ell, }I.A., formerly Editor 0£ this Maga::inc, has bern eledetl miuister or the Congregational CJLmch at .:\lidiel<l, Yorkshire.

Bertie R G. Russell, }I.TI., "ho 'llon the Anderson Resean:h Schobrship for Aberdeen r ni-versiiy, has got the Fellowship for Cancer Research rece11tlyinstitute<l iu the University by the Hon. A. }['Robert. The value of the £ellmnhip is·£200 per annum.

The members 0£ the :E .P. Club are tlelightetl to hear 0£the piece or good luck that has fallen to one o:f i.ts most popular members. .J. )1. Pirie has been made junior P~rtner in_one of the large London firms or nrnnufacturers of decorative brass work, etc. '\Ve understall(l that the ap:poi~tment is a very lucrative one. "That is )Ir. Pirie's gain ls our loss, for he was a most enthusiastic F.P . To Mrs. Pirie and himself the most cordial wisl1es for future success go out from our Club.

th Br the way, could not something- of great value to re Nchool be done b-v means of F.P.'s who leave our c1str~ct ~nd sueceecl i:r'i. other places? )light our Club bot 1nst1tute in quite an informal way an employment ureau £or clever deserving boys ,rho leave School, but

1l111gazine.

have no particular goal to aim for? If a boy wished to go to London, :for example, we could write to So-and-, o if anything could be done. Already in thi direction 0111ething has been done, for SP\'eral of our promising boys, mostly 011 the }foclern side, ha,e got excellent places in an En t India merchant's office in London. "\"e haw to thank }Ir. ,Jume>s Davi.<lsoufor ki ntl offices in thi,;.

R.1.:XDOl[ :XOTES.

Trm cricket season has come rnuntl again, a11<l 1,e hope lhat the School will be verv success-ful in their matcht-s. But 1,e hould ju t like to "mention that the way to "·in the matches, especially tho.·e playt-cl away from home, is not to come <lnwn to the Station fh·e ru inutes after the train has sta1·te<l.

In one of ihe early matches of the spasou, pla~·ed at the School wl1ich, by the way, i a woutler:ful ground for hitting boun<laties in- the spectator were sutlcle11ly horrified at seeing the wicket-keepPr literally tl11'o"·ing him elf on the wickets. ITP was pvideutly trying to stump a mnn, but he took rather a. clangerou wn)- of doing so. For an instant the stumps were lost to ,iew, and we all fully expected to see> them emerging from his back. But, i:>O ! The School property was afe, anc1 we breathPCl more freely! Certainly, he looked exadl,\' like a Greek hero folling on hi· o-wn sword. Great sympathy, howe,er, is to be extended to this unfortunate indiYidual, and we hope he di<ln't. hmt 11imself ,el'y much. "\\e 1111 thought that it wa going to be anothPr case of -

Here lies poor old \V. v,r. \\'ho will nn more trouble you, tl'Ouble you!

Alas! the good old days of the janitor's bell are now a thing of the past. How often have we waited an:s:iously, especially near four o'clock, to hear that inspiriting .ound go thunclering ihrough the School- such a sound that, ,,ere you anywhere in the corridor, you were nearly cleafenecl! Xow, however, we hn"e electric belk "\Vhcn they were fir t introduced, we were forcibly remincled of Gray's line-

And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds.

Thev certainly resembled sheep bells tinkling in the distance, now lost to our hearing, now borne on the l1reeze. Atany rate, fivetimes out of every ten we failed altogether to bear the "bell." Uo"l"l"ever, we are glarl to say that they are now imptoveJ, but we still long for the goo<lold huncl-bell. Besides, what will the janitor do now for e:s:erci.-e?

The Xatural History Society seems to be flourishing. Certainly, it has got a more stylish book for keeping the minutes of its meetings than any other School societ~·. Its e:s:cursious have been rather unfortunate; hrn out of thre~ have had to be put off on account of the weather, whieh, we think, wnulJ have been considered a very unfavourable omen, had this famous Society e:s:iskcl in ancient days. ,,~e have heard rumo1us, which, however, we do not put forward us authentic, that at the excursion to Scotston ~loor, the ~ociety captured one <lead and one living tallpole. Graphic accounts have been given of the chase and capture of the latter. '"\Vebelieve that it macle a splendid fight, when at last it was brought to bay. The other pecimen, we learn, "·as secured without much difficulty, and was caniecl home by four stalwart members of the 8ociety.

~\..week or twn ago a noticr, which excited some amusement, appearecl on the board in the corridor. After giving ~he cricket team for a certain match to be played away from home, the notice stated '·The train starts at 12·.J0 a.m.'' Rather too early a start for such young :fellows'. Heally, the captain should not be so harcl on his team'.

. ~ow, gentle renclers, "e bid you auieu for some little ~~me, to re-appear, we expect, at a not very distant period. In .our colleagues "·ho are lea,ing at the encl of this ~e:~ 10!1, we give our best wishes for a pleasant year at the 'nrs1ty, before we join them there.

GE)IS FHO)I nrn E:S.A)IIXATIOX noo~IS.

Chicago, S.'"\Y. of Lnited States. This is where that row about bee£.

Leecls i •the port of Eclinburgh.

('anlift is in hrlaud, and possesses a railway.

:-lwau eu is an nrm. of the sea.

J>uke of ·wellington was a great general, a11cl much regretted hifl death.

Gulf Stream liPs in :X. nf Canacla. Thi gulf i~ full of icPbergs au1l floating ice. It is wry large ant! wry <laugerou sailing in the gulf, for some icebergs might eome- ailing up agaiust the side of it anrl make a big lwk.

Floclclen Fielcl was u, battle fought m'ar Iuvrrucss. It wa •the " Bony Prince Charlie•· ,Yho was beaten bv the Duh of C'umlJe.rland, nnd after that battle i.hP "kilt,. ,Yas tnkPn from the Scotch, ancl they hatl to wear trouser:lil-:P the Eug·lish.

Duke of ,Yellington wris born in , ancl won many bnttlP • for the Spanish. lie £ought again t at "\Ya.tPdoo with Blutcher, and won a great Yictory.

Xopnlli:m 1·c Duke of ,vellington. <In that ame clay he sai<l nr rather crie<l thf' e Xotcable ,Yorcls- '' The whole line will achance.''

The Gulf Stream flows into the pneiti.r, and hn wry healthy summer resorts.

Kirkcaldy ha a tine uniwr ity.

Kloud,ke is away in X. of Cnuatla, note<l fol' it" Klon<lvke· bii;c11ts. •

('apP Horn i 011 a islan<l in the South of Englantl. ~ir '1\tlter Tialeigh stole bar· of gold ancl silnr from a ha1·bom that belonged to Philip of Spain. They ratchet! the leader lUlillf'd Guno:s:.

The· Gulf StrPam fiow in Canada, ·it is Yer,,· hig-.

Luckno" is a tmY11 in Afrirn which wa•• beseigecl by Boers. ThrrP. is a piece of poetry 1111 it callecl .. Tht> Pipes of Lucknow.

:\Iacaroni The inve11i.n1· o-f wirelP. s telegrn11l1Y.

Electricity in,euterl by l[. lhnimo, • Lnzzarnn1 (1) tiled p:1wn;ien'ts (te .erae r)

(2) a fevl'I' which grow· nn the people of Italy.

(:{) nasty c1'.eatmes.

Khnrtnum; the ph1cP to which Lnnl :Kitchener wnlkecl ,,ith his arnn- from l'abul.

,Yanen i'iasting , a leader of the nnblf' a11tl peopfo in the reigu of King -Tolin a111l bl'Otlte1·of l{ichanl Coeur ck Lion.

Bunker's Hill: a battlefield of the late Tioer War.

.Johannesburg has a. slaw market for selling cattle.

Port Saitl is ;30 to (i0 miles from Cairn. ,now-line, n place for )pclging.

·wutershecl, a shecl at the end of a 1·i,er to hold water. Tropics are pieces of laml coYeretl with bea.·ts and brier·.

Sir \\'alter IlalPigh was the 1st to Jrink beer and smoke fobacco.

.A. Lagoon is a Doer camp.

Uhoice spellings: -

Gueebic ((~uebec): Chaolices (Catholics). Bahr Sea; .,Halie Ocean; }let1itenean Sea; Caspain Sea. (i11 one question).

Trnpics is a place d<n,n in the south 11£ Perth fome<l for its sceuery it is lakes.

Lagoon, a kind n£ auimal.

t:ledau, notetl for the great foll of General Gordon by the .A.rubs.

Sir ""\:faHPr Haleigh "·as the first to invent potatoes au<l tobacco.

In referPnce to the Armada: - 50 buUPred bulks reached Spain.

LOXGFELLCrw.

Therefore J hope, as 110 um,·elcome gncst, .Atyour warm fire icle, 11·hen the lamps are lighted, To have my place reserved among the rest, Xot stand as one nn ought and nuinvited.

""\Vhen the centenary of Longfellow's birth "a· celebrated on '27th Febntnry, every little poet "ho hntl never been known outside the area of his n"n fond conceit, and e_v~ry newspaper writer beni. on showing his own superficial cleverness, hunied to tell the public how thPre was really nothing in hi work, arnl that he w·asonly the poet of the schoolbook. I £ear I have little sympathy with such lofty-souled 1wrson . There are many books I could but I do_not thinl- I.shoul<l like to do_ with~u~ a 111mg copy of Lougfello"· s mn·ks, bought m 18uD-10, 1hen I was in the 1-,econclClass nf the Grammar 1-,chnol. t never wnsa Ycryimpnsiurr thino- in the way of priutino· or f b• 1- • " o o 0 merng, an<l I see it ,,as publi.-lH•c1 in Glasgo" by

1Iessrs. Cameron &. Ferguson. But I ha,e never been without it since, and I should feel very strange to waken up some morning and find that book missing. Dr. John Brown, author of ..Hab and his Friends '' - the book abrmt clogs by a writer that Longfellow greatly admired, and which every boy should know-said he had been bitten by a dog when he was four years oltl, and had remained ever since bitten by, or taken with, these engaging friends of man. The line had been given out for parsing, or, rather, analysis of sentences, ·'Homeward thPn went Iliawatha," and wp all took it clown"highwater," for at that time the sound, more than the s!'nse, of a liue satisfied all. ThP master at the tim!'- now Professor A. F. Jlurison, T:niversity College, London, F.P., and First Bursar in 1863was strangely perplexed at it all, saying Longfellow was a favourite of his. I bought the book, accordingly, and read some of it that night. I ha,e reacl it often since. Long£ello~·, though the best known in this country 0£ all American ·writers, "as ne,er really a stro11gAmerican at heart. He macle his necessan· concessions to the feeling-s of his countrymen, but he'ne,er TI"as very much of them. IIe was of nn ol<l English Puritan stock, and was descended from t"o of the original settlers in the bayState of Jlassaclrnsetts. It is the supposed ambition of eYery goocl American - it is, fortunate ly, a thing beyond Pven the powers of millionaires to purchase-to trare his family to the pilgrims 0£ the " Jlayf:l.ower,'' who lande<l on Ph·mouth Rock, " the cornPi--stone of a nation.'' But Longfellow coulcl honestly do this on the side of both fathe1· and mother. llis father was lineally descended from "\Yilliam Lougfello~·, and his mother, Zilpah "\l'adsworth, from .John Alden and his wife, Priscilla Jlullrns, whom all the worlrl knows in his "Jliles Standish." Lo11gfello"· ne-er forgot it, and "·us as proud of it as Sir "\Valter Sr,ott TI"as of bis descent from olcl ,Vat of Harden ancl the Flower of Yarrow. The wry air of tbe. old colonial days is i11 tbese opening liurs of the poem; and the bre~th of the "·oocls,..where the blue birds and robins were building,'' is for e-er felt in the thircl part, "The Lover's Errand ··; the sea, with the ")fayflower •• at anchor in thP offing, is finely handled in ·''l'he Nailing." '['hen, ho" e:s:quisitE-and sure is the local colour both in the old aud the new homes'. I never felt the beauty of it all till I saw a little street in an Oxfonlshir{' ,illagepossibly little chaugell all through the long years-and

110le1l lhP hrclg·Prmn, lhai prruliar· fr:i!ure of n lh11roug-bl_\ · :111cl lypi<·nll:· English lan<l~<':qw. 'l'hPn I 1·pp;11lPd iltr linPs, 1d1Pl'P Priscilln snrn to .J11h11 .\.lclcn slrP harl beP11 drraming nil 11ighi of tli'r olcl honrn :1nnss ihe sc•ai;:

'rhey an• in blossom nm,·, ancl th" country is all like a ganlC'n: Thinking of lanes and fields. ancl tlw song of the lark and tlw linnet,

Rt•ring thC' village i;treet , ancl fnmiliar faces of nrighhonrs

C,oing ahont as of olcl, and slopp ing to g-0ssip togrthPr .\11d. at thfl C'ncl of the strPc>t. the village, chnrch 11·ith thf' ivy Climbing thf' old gray toll"e1·. and tlw qniet graves in tlw chnl'ch_vard.

'l'lrfl snm1<lest of 8rots nrecl not gruugc> the English villngpr his heclgn·ows, for I then• founrl olcl men aml \\Omen who hacl never sern the SPa, or any extent of 'IYate1· larger than a <luck-pool. •

Long-fellow is full of the sea, as a grrrninr east coas1 nrnn. His friend Lm,Pll snicl thr lines on "'l'hP Secrri of the 8ra '' about Count. Arnnldos nrP tlw secre1 pass'i'l"or<l of ,Ill poPtry about it, and form thr haunt ing 111rnrnriPsof its powrr. Tfe lookecl bark "·iih plrasure to l1is boyish cln:n, in thr littlP town of Portlanr1, in 1fainr :

l remember the black wharves and tlw slip~ Ancl the sea-tidPs tossing free; .\nd Rpanish sailorn ,,-ith lwanlecl lips, And the beauty and mystery of the ships . .\ncl the magic of the ~ea.

IncleP<l, in Pverv pnge of his \'\"Ork the sea appears, an<1, together with ,rnorls, forms thr chief field for his thought and simi les. At one time it is the sPn in motion or storm, as in the fi1w lines on "~eawrec1•• 011 San Salvador, thr lancl first touchNl l1y ('nlumhus on his first vo~·age in 1+92; at another, it is thP sea at rest or far off, as in his "_Fire 0£ Driftwood ," which gives with such charm the au and rnlour 0£ tllP old "·ooden housrs of the timP, ancl the open firrs, bPfore tlw AmPrican took to stoves ancl ~he patPnt range. Ilircls form the third sourrp 0£ his unagery, then flowers . Hr is Amrrican so far as to mention thP oriole, that bird which is likely to have becomp known, by namr nt least, in Aberdeen through the modern ballad of "ThP 8hade 0£ thr Old Apple Tree.'' Lo1;1gf~Uow was happy and prosperous all his clays, and his lmes were truly cast in pleasant places. He graduated when eightPen, in 182-5, at Bowrloin College, at Brunswick , nrar bis own homP, and after a thrPe years'

f)(i T/11 (.;./'/1111111111· 8r/l()o/ ,lf/l(Jll ::i111.

l11111' i11 EurnpP, lwr:\lltP, ,d a11 r,nl~· .,gr, Profrssor of :\fntlrrn L,rnguagrs in HC1111]11in, stH'<'recling Tid,nor, the hisl()ri,111 (If Spanish litrl'aiu1·r , i11 ]~:\.\ ,it 11,nvard. II(' iwver beramr ,·rry 111ucl1 (II a sc·lrnlar, tlwugh l1is trnnslntion8 from mcHlrrn l.inguagrs arr of tltr highest <'x(•rllrncr. ()nlY oncP, ancl "ith fail' srn·cess, 1loes he c•ssay a Gl'rrk sl1bjert in his .. ll,rn111 to thr Xight." I c·r1ntr8s I rrgrrt 1lrnt in bis .. :\lilrs Rtanrlish," "·herr hr dPsnili <'s f'arsal''s grPat hnttlP with tllP Xrrvii ('' Bell. Uall.,'' ii. '20), llP ronfusrs tltr .. immortal T,~·elfth LPginn,'' 1"11irh 1Yas in1lrrd in tlt.1t YPr.v hot cnrnr1· nncl tight plarr for lhP Hnm,rns, '1'ith tltP Trnth. But that scPnr, ('lll'iously rnougb, is fatal nlsn t() ShakspPre. In ·•.fulius ('.H's:11·," iii. '2, 17-+, hr says i11 Hpnssagr PYP1'_Hll1Pknows:

Yon all rlo kno11· this mantle. J remember TllP first time PVPr Ca!.'sa1· put it on; 'Twas 011 a snm1ner'R pv0ning in hii-- h">nt That chi,v lie ovprc·anw tliP :\ervii.

It is ,tu ex<]uisite touch, but Antrmy 1Yns not iu the ~Pl'Yi,rn cnrnp:.iign nt nll: uor \\·as (';1rs,n , a great dandy, the man to 1,e,n· a ten ?ears' nlcl rnat '. Xor am I perfectly ,1t easr ovel' tlte Latinity nf "Excrlsior." It is nl'igin:c1lly the motlo of the srnl of Xew York. "It is not to be interpretetl," he ~ai1l, "' ascPnde suprrius,' but 'scopus mPus rxrelsior rst.' This i~ \1·hy I say •Excelsior,' arnl not • Escelsius.' " IIe saicl that in 1H7-b, but I £enr it was :111 aftrrthoug-ht to snw his Cl'Pllit. But thPsr :ur reall)· small point.s: be never prrtendrcl to e:s:act scholarship, antl hr had nnly the n\'Prag<> AmerirHll eclurntion, for his l'f':I l strength lHy quitP in anothPr clirection.

\\'hen Longfellow Yisited Eurnpr in Hflo, thr shttr of thP ('ontinP 11t '-':1S ypn· clitfnent from wh,1t it hacl beP11. ~hellry aucl Keai.s ·11ad romr to thP enrl 0£ their pagan tethPr,· and even the star of Byron thrn :.iurl now by far thr best known and most infturnti nl Bl'itish writer ti'1 thr rest of Rurnpe was beginning to pale. The wild outburst ni' the Frrnch Revolution ancl tlw Sapoleonic Pm hacl pFcHluce1lthe natural ancl inevitnhlr rr:.iction, ancl rven in Germany Goethe had practically been clethroned. It was seen nn1l fr lt that religion was really in the uature of man, indestructible and indomitable, and that all New Theologies have to go the way of all okl ,nxworks. "\Vhat Longfellow thr11 saw "·as the reviving of the old ancl inilividual life of tlw nations n11 thr Continent, and this

attitude he nevel' lost. Little there was in his country that was C1ld, aml to " do·· Europe was not then the orrlinary p,1stimr of tlw American. Thr word "nlrl '' nccnrs all through his work, as it clors in \"irgil, with whom he sharrs a fon<lurss -for thr use nf proper names with hauutiug- assoeiations in hitilory. Lougfel11Jw interpreted to his rnnntr,vn1c•n wha t lie saw illlrl tPH, as Yirgil in the haH-1lecaying an<l confusr<l Augustan age interpretecl tn his mn1 contrmpnraries the great hisiorir al past of the H()ntan Hepublic. Iu Bruges, nr<·11['(liugly, ••the quaint old Flrrnish eit~·,'· he hears the bells of a vanished past Ile sumn1ous up fr()m his reatliug all the associatirrns iu history of the plucr. The memories of the )[i<l<lle Ages abi<le with him in ·' Kuremberg the ancient,'' ,vhen he s<•Pi; the bluC' Frnu('on ian mountains rise in the vallry of tl1P Prguih, an<l the rooks '' haunt the poinlP<l gahlPs"' in lh,d .. quaint ol<l town of art and song·." 'l'hPrP in its street~. hP, "the 11·an<lel'er froru ,1 region far away," think,; nf Alhrt•t:hl ]hil'P J' an<l lln11s ~aclts. ThP l'ivers tliat luueh 11 i1n at·r not tl1<' lIndson nr the (>hifl, or P\'Pll tltl' rnight ,. }liss issippi, hut thP slre.ims l'~und tlrn Flemish cities, or " the rui;hing }lol<luu," i11 bis hue linrs 011 the •• BPleaguPrPd C'ity •• o[ Pnig-ut'.

11<! thus 1111,vPs nbout iu a s<>d (It rPYPrrntia I alti!udP, for hi · foy11uritP 1·id.uPs arl' c-altuuess, c>ncltuancc, and resignation.

J,c-t 11;, be 11afil'nf .' Th<N• spvere afliiction, ;\ot from tlw gron nd ari,e. lint o l'te11-tinws ce>lestial bc,wdictious A1,;;nrne thi, dark disguise.

IIP J1ad noup of thr lJn·ouie seowl 111· <·,q1ac-it_1·of lia1e. Ile was" rPmote frnm touch ot PllYi1>u~ passi(ln," and was nttPdy uulikP PoP in hi:; i11diffrrPn<·<' tc, •• lliP lalll'els nf .Hilti,;dPs" thut so atfretPcl thP j<>alous i111ap;iuntirm 11f 'L'hcmistnele~. 11is verv se1·c11i!v nt ti11ws is ~ulmosl PXas_pe>ratiug, anrl has actc,cl as a Lan iPI' to his appreeia(iun with many w lw expP<·l to foul n pnet ,II war wi(h tlit> worl<l antl manki11<l. Socialist:; dPlPsi him, for his 1n1~·s are_ '"a:vs of plPnsautnPss uncl nll his palb~ are peacP. It 1s not prrtenr lecl hv his truest adrnirrrs that he is u gre.it or origin al 1ui1{<l, for hP lrrats best an orcliirnry t~1eme, antl he lloes 11111 :;ii t111 lite peaks wiili tlw grPtd singer~ nf t]1p ,Yodel. ::'\one tliP IPss has l1P ,1 11oiP 1wruliai-ly his 0"·11, as a sort or·• cit_y-missi1111,1ry•• lo lnunaniiy, as he has no! unaptly be<'ll st.rktl. IIP ha~ spuk<'JJ 1o

the great mass of mankin<l, who IIJUst otherwise have .~pokrn prose all their lives, and gone to their grnvrs withou1 thr lea ·t su pil'ion that there i~ a rnnst vital tliffereJH'l' between prnse and ver e. II i rauge is therefore ve1·y limited; hut withir it ]1e is admirable, nncl stancl • t1uiLc li.,· him ·elf. Those who t1ecry him as the poet of the mull on the ·treet, tlw writer in the schoolbook, really fail to sPr the cxtrni. of that reputation, which cun be reache1l on1)· by peculiar excellence The poet who is in the schoolbook is safe. Brow11i.ng never wus in, exrept in a few things, arnl Byron's best passagr. are preri.sel.\' tho ·r in the schoolbook. Longfellow no cloubt wrnte too much for hi.s reputation, for his admirers rlamourecl for all he cnultl write. I like, ueconlingly, the volume that does 11ot go beyoncl hi. 1858 \York. I kncn, that the " Reaper ancl the :Flower •• is not wry high art nor tlo I carP £or it; bui tlte fact, a1Hl it 78 a fad, remains, that it has spr,ken comfort tCJ thou. aud ·, nucl you ofteu see it frame,l and lrnug up i11 hCJusc• oYer the ti!'e-place. \Ye should re111emhP1· that mu fathen; antl gm11tlfothe1·s "·ere really ,·pry sP11iimentnl pPoplP, and ,Ye at·<• upt to forget that, 11·he11 Jlickl'u •• "llomlw,Y ancl :-;(Ju .. 11 a:; ruu11iug i1~ 1·11ursP i11 parts, irnpu1.ient t•1·01nls ,1duall.\' waited (J1t' arriYal i11 Xew York of Yl' •·d1< with copiP • to lP,u·n if Paul was ·till ali\'l, . J>icke11• ,Ya~ tio(l(ll'd with letil'l'S frorn people wb11 1,rote to hirn that they t.l1PrnsclvPs bud lost ju ·t sueh childreu a · Paul Dombey .incl Litlle Xell. .\.fler all, le, toueh the bea1·t~ of poor aJHl very aYerag-1' pe"ple is gteui. fame, fol' the Wl'iter mu ·t strikP n sure nnttin the --;-ery <leepe·t chcmls of huma11 11ahn·P. \Vhal c1icl Longfp[lo11· great harm 1--;-a1,; that .Arneric:111 instit.utio11 the reciter . 'l'hat pest to socidy, who ought h, be under cou ·taut police supervi ·ion, would i11 ·ist 011 ll!'nriug himself cir other~ in tlte •· Psalm of Life.'' Ii is saicl that the lines nu the ")Juilding of the Nhip" are tht> silPnl joy of all ..i.meric:rn old e110uO'l1 to lip balcllH'aclrcl; but when }Ir. Charnberlaiu, who is not a well1·racl rn,u,, oncP 11·olrnd up a speech \\·ith !he t·n111·lucli11g li11Ps ot thP JHWD1, thP Briti,:J, public did 111,l take Yel'," ki11cll_,. to ii: 'L'he11, tlw "B1·i1lge al :lii<l11in•ht" haH lH•ell ,rnuµ: (llCJ oHPll, thoug-11 ibt• .. ,·mage Hlueksmith .. lH fres11 as <•,·p1·. T]1p nwn 11·ho wrntP ii is »Pf'lll'l' of his fa rue: for, a~ tit(' pn11 t C..:owpe1·, to whom Lnugfel111w has rest•tnblanc·es, says. tlte 1J1nst (liflicult. st_vle ot ct11Dpositin11 is that ,vbicL tremblei:i between a hit un<l a mi· · , the comlllo11 theme

fi11ely touf"hed, or the comIDonplace mad!' hopelessly "·orse. This is seen in his PneIDs nu i::ilaYery,"·here, out of humhe<ls of American writers, his lines nn ·• The ~nave's DrE>am,""'l'Jw Good Part, ''" The quadroou Girl," remain the cbssic rxpressio11, "·hilr "'l'he \fnrniug •• is mm-e :11111 more heing 1·eeog11isE>d by thr • eonsciousn<'ss of Amrrica to-lby. Longfellow has safely, w ry safely , entwined his reputation rnurn1 ilnee distinct periods iu the national story. '' Evangeline " llrals with the old French srttlers i11 XoY,\ Scuti,1, ")liles Stan<lish •• with the Puritan eolonizatio11, an1l " 11 iawatha •· with the Indiam. Each poem has its own atlmirers, but the last is, prrhaps, too long, aud the metre becomes monotonous. In "Bvangeline •· he reaches his highest and most artistic noh', an<l the whole thing begimiing, miclcllr, ancl l'lHl - coulcl noi br i11 beitr1· hands. Lo\,·ell well says:

Your modern hcxanwter verses arn 110 more l,ik,, Greek ones than sleek :.\Ir. l'ope i,, like HonH•t·. B11t set that aside---a11d "tis trnth that I ~peakHad Theocritus 11Tittf'n in Engli~b. 11ot Ureek, 1 lwlicvC' that his exqni~ite ~ensp \\"Ol!ld scare(' cltang<' a !inf' 111 that rare tender. virg in-1ike pastor aI " Eva ngeli IIP.' • That·s not ancient nor modp1·11: its place is apart \\"here Tim" has no sway , i11 the realm of pnrp Art. 'Tis a shrine so retired fro111 ~]art!, ' ~ lrnltbub and striff' .\s gentle and cha.tc- a, the a11thor's own life.

In L()ngfellow thPrr is 110 depth of passion, nor is hr moved by the spectacle of life; much less is he swayecl by an eye or ear for" o1c1, unhappy, far-oft things and battles long ag·o.'' 11e rnoYes in an air of pel'petual peace, but In knnw his exact limitation ancl his e::rnei stn'ngth is thP touchstone of a r<'al judgP i II poetry. He live<l in thr hrnad su11shi11<' of lifP, an<1, as one Aber<leen graduate who k11ew him \, p.11 sn_vs, hr possesse<l all ihe <'anliual vidnes, aucl tlH' blinds on iii<' \Yinllm,$ of his house wet·<' never clrnwn. lie has 110 message f?r people ,Yhn brlieve poetry should pp1·ppiuall_,·br setting questions ancl solvi11g problrms. lle himsrlt thouo-l1t his liues on the "Evening ~h~r" (" ,Ins( :ihuve _vou sar~l_v l>ar '') his mos( chnractert~hc shorter passagr. If I \Yere nskC'c1 to na111r· a few 11!1es that erubrncr all his tnuchPs, his favouritr a<1_irctivr, his lorn of prnpPr na111es, ancl his historical imagination for past ~<·eues, tll<'llHll'iPs, ancl associai.ious, I shnulf1 ~.<'lrct I.ti~ beautiful nn<1 prrfectly <'Xpressed line~ un thP 01<1 Brnlge ai Florrucr " :

Gru11111wr , 'cfwol .lluga::ine.

Taddeo Gaddi built me. 1 am old, Five centuries old. I plant my foot of stone "Cpo11 the Arno, a~ l:::it. Michael's own Was planted on the dragon. Fold by fold Beneath me a1; it ·truggles , ] behold Lt. glistening scale.. Twice hath it overthro\\ ·n .\Jy kindred and comp nions. Ille alone lt moveth not, but by me is controlled. can remember when the .\Ledici Wero driven from Florence; longer still ago The final wars of Ghibelline ancl Guell'. l•'lore11ceadorns me ll'ith her jewellery: But \\'hen l think that .\lichael Angelo Hath leanl'cl on me, I glory in myself.

Pean'. Thi is the uote of Lougrcllo", a naiiYe of the East ('oast. 'l'o £1,el the full spell of tl1e "\\'est, the Sea of ~1agellan, of .. the nltl CoDquistndol' of Castile,., like Pir.ano ancl othel'8, ~·e lllUSt go to my olll friend Bret Ilarte. 'l'he rPstle ·snes.- of the oue fiuelv contrasts witl1 t.he placidity of the other. 11r 'l'l"rnte, i1~ L fi!), at Sauta ('rm, the li11Ps " 'l'n a 1'i<'a Birll: -

~:rnntcring liithcr on li,5tle.g 11·ing. Carcle. s vagabond of tl1e sea. Little thou heecle t the ,rnrf that sings. 'l'he har that th1111der the shale that ri 11g~. Givf' me t-0 keep thy compa11,y.

Litt)(' thou hast. old fri<'ncl. thnt'1, new, Htorms aud \\Trck. a1·eold thing lo thcr: I-lick a111 I of these changes, too; LittlP to cure !'or, little, to rne.1 -011 the hor(', and thon 011 the sea.

\II of thy waudering.s far and near, Bring thee at la t t-0 .hore and n11•: .\II ol' my journeyings end them here, This 011r tether 11111st be our cheer.I 011 the shore. ancl thou on the se.1.

Lazily rocking on ocf>an's breast. Souwtbfog in com111011, old friencl. havl' 11 !': Thon 011 the shingle eek'st thy 11e;l. 1 111 the wnf1•r.s l11Pk fur n•s/,I 011 thP slion•, and thon 011 the sc,a.

Seckiug rest on the ,Yatl'l's. Th is i;, the vetT opposi ll' to Lnng-fellcl\,. Ill' would nevrr haY~' Wl'iHe;1 them; but tliP11 Ilic> antl111r of l11e:;P line · 11Pver coulcl ba,·c written Lung-fellow\; c1n "Heaweec1."

'l'IIE l>EA'fll OF ('ATIC:S

Carnpecl upon the Persian coniines, lay Home's legions bai tle-tri rel, Carns in his royal purplr sat within his teut, their pride.

Prrsi,t's PllYOVs in obeisancr 'fore Home's rewon prestige brnt, • l3rggecl for peace, but Caesar prou<lly chose war's stern arbitrament.

Eager for the fray, the legions wPre dismissed each to its post;

From trn thnus,mcl throats exultant thrilled this prean through the host:

",Voe, n Persians, for thr Ilonrnns by quick marches 0{1ward spred, -vengeance for thy cleath, Yalerian, Yengeance 011 the clastnnl deed'.

Thou didst bow to :,oke barbarian, treachen· and fate defy, Thou didst perish in thy dungeon, but the avenger clraweth nigh '.

Artaxerxes* rode his charger, pride in e-ery glance expressed, And his foot the haughty monarch on Yalerian's neck impressed.

Yea, and Rome in her debasement, she erstwhile earth's over-lord, High Olympus for one hero, for one man the gods implored. A11d in sooth me11 lmw arisen, \l·ho to battle leacl (he brave, Scipio, Marius, and Pompeius have arisen from the graYe.

Our good Empi>ror .l.urPlian hath the 6:-othic armies crush eel, Whif'h thy marvellous temple levelled, Ephesus, even with the dust.

Our good Emperor Aurelian that proud womant overcame, Who in peaceful Tibur brooding nurses still her grief and shame.

• A mistake in the German for Sapor, King of Persia . t Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra.

Probus letl his Afric IPgion~ drPp iuto ihP Xortl1 lanrls horP, .\inP G-e1·m.111ir· ki11g-~ i11 l10111ag-P knPlt h(•fo1·r Homp's Emprror.

l'arus, our br.tve Impen1tor, nn"· wipes out the last rlisgraee: liProes follow him our her~, rnarchi11g·on witl1 dauntless facP."

Thus tlw prcnu. cloud arise, .1,..nrl for!111,ith, lo'. boding uanks of lhnkurs s, like a pall funrrcul, overspreads the stnrm:v skies.

Hain pours rlown in mighty deluge, thunder pealeth fierce and loud, \our his neighuom can distinguish, all a1·rrn1Hl in gloom is shroud.

i:>udden£alls a bolt from heawn; meu in 1,ild alurru rush by,

For wi~hi11the Emper01·'s tent, hark'. erhoes lornl a pierrmg cry.

Slain, alas, is Carns'. All now dreams oi' ,,nr .md Yengeaucr banish, Blank despair tl1e army seizes, cnnfirlence aml higl1 hopes vanish.

(-!nickthey scatter; all the triumph of the camp is changed to grief, An<l thr sorrow of the legions in loud wailing finds relief. For the gods our doom h,tve spoken, rlirr destruction is our lot, ITP, the f'apitol's dread ruler, his fell tlnmrlerbolt has shot!

Shame and ruin's fl.oo(l resistlrss close around our cursed head; Bm, thPP, Ilome, in clerp ,tbasrment, numlwr thee amongst the clea,l'.

(Frmn th1· Grrmrm.)

:\Lrnrn l(i.- The thinl match with Gcll'(lon's College tonk place at King's. Gordon'· kicked oft again. t the wind, an<l presse<l from tlw tart, but F. E:. Ilnbson a,e<1 again n11.d again by finc1i11g •• touch." .At length they got thr11ug-h as fol' as tiYe :rnnl horn thP line, Ull(1 then they WP1·e kept nut, for soon nHl'r Rob nn cleare<l :hom the ,·en1m. Gonlon' got. a pl.ir·P kick, but .Johnston faile<l tn sc·ore with it. Soon thP Gnunrnar boys were dow·n the firlil, an<1 a :f'on,an1 ru:h nearh· rPsultec1 in )lcAHan sccning, but, uu:tortuuately, he fa°ilC'rl, an1l Gordon· · "ere bad, again ancl pre ·siug hard on our goal. 'l'hi • time onp nf 0111· tram got oii-,·ide, anil thP pPnnlty kirl· that followed resulted in a goal scorecl bv .Tollllston. The ~rhnol rnntinued to play up, tmcl yet 'they <licl not score. Ai. half-time the srore stoocl nt ;J-0 in fa,our of Goeclnn's, but it rli<l not repr<"·pnt thP play of thP game. 'l'hf' Gr,1t11nicn· ]rn<l hacl by far thf' be t of it. The,· '\\ere grea1l_y hauclicappe<l i"n thr maul by not ha,ing :.\Iacrae, wl10 _ was ab e11t tl1rough iH'tte8s. They nl o lacke cl the P1T1ces of )Iilne ancl "\YalkPr, ancl hacl the e men been playing, the re ult rd the game woul<l hn,e been far different frnru 11·hnt it was. The Gi-ammar kicked off after half-time; the "ind seemec1 to han• changPcl some"hat, blm,mg- across the fielcl more in teacl of rlon·n. The •'chool IJre setl at the opeui11g, but did not get through,

and it ,Y,ts not long hefm-e a fo1·1Yal'(1 rush by Gorc1on's rPsuHP<I in L. Grant dropping- a goal. The scorr now stnn<1 at i points to 11i!. It ,Y,1s lwginning to look mther srrious, antl more so ,,hen, a :fe1, U11nutes aftrrwarcls, 1l'Kinty scored frolll another forward 1·ush. .Johnston -failec1 to eonYrrt. .A:f'ter th\s the Grammar seenwcl to lose heart, Hll(l but a feeblr resistance 1,as o:ffere1l. There seernecl tn be 110 grPat clifficultiPs to be o,ercome, ,rnd -Tohuston was soou over the line, an<1 P.rott c-n11Yrrte<l. Thrn the Schnol begun to wake up, nrnl gn,:e them a ,,nrm timr nf it, but Jfoir got away, and after a splentlicl run scm-ecl behiucl tbP. posts, and Pyntt c01rvertetl. There ,ms a gooc1 cleal of kicking up and down the fiel cl, and nothing nry exciting for a whilr. .\..ftenvanls ~\.. Grant nlll oYer the 1i11e, an<l Pyott conYertec1 from a <1iflieult position. 'J'hrrP was no more scoring beforP timP, a11cl so the game fo1islied at 25 points (1 penalty goal,:; points; 1 clmpped goal,+ points; :J goals, Li points; 1 try, :; points) to nil iu fayom· of Gorc1ou's CollPge.

Looking bark upon the sPascm's play, ,Ye fincl that the 1st XY. haw played l+ matchPs, won :S, anrl lost 9. The 2nc1 :X.Y. ha,e ,·rnn 3 matches and lost 1. 190G.

Oct. " 20. ,, 27. XoY.10. ,, 17. " 2-J.. Ure. 1.

FIRST FIFTEEX RCORES.

Prnctice, :2ncl G.S.F.P. 's-Rchool . 1st (1ueen's Crnss Rchool 2nd Qtieen's C'ross- School . 'Yarsitv .A.- :--;clrnol 1st Go{·don's ('nllegp 1:\chool 1st Xnmacls Rchool :2nc1 'NhirP :--;chonl PaJ1rnm·e A -Fnrthill, lhrnclee . 8. 1st Gorllon's C'ollPg-P F.P.'s- School 1907. .fon.1:2. Zncl Gramm::u School F.P.'.~ School ,, 19. :2rnl (--l.ueen·s Cross ~ummerhill . ,, 2fi. 1st Gonlou·s College King's )for. :2. :211(1 (hieen's t'rnss ~nmmerl1ill ,, l(i. 1st Gorclon ·s College School

~c01·Psfor season . -won, 5; lost, !l; (lrnwn, 0. POI~TS.

UsLY two of last Yetu·s ht ::S::I. lwve come li.1ck. These are A_ G. Ste,,art ,m,l F. llobson. 13ut, in spite of that, it is hoped thr XI. will haw a gnnd season.

Aftrr one or two prarticr ganH's, ,1 u1ntcl1 wns played at King·:; l'ollrge nn ~1\"eclHes<la~·, 15th :\lay, against the 'Yarsit_Y 1\'anclnrr~- Tlir School batted first, ancl as onr or bnJ of the ·,arsity team had not turned up, School boys fiehled for them until they aniYed. A_ G. Stewart and Conk opened the l-:,chonl batting, and after two li.1<l been a<lderl, Cook sent a catch to mid-off. ,J. Stf,,Yart C'ame in next, and the score began to rise. 13y rnraus ot :;h•ndy pla~,, :28 runs ~Yere compiled bcforr he was bowled by Anderson. Jfp had scored nine runs. F. 11obson follmn•cl to thr wickets. and began tn liYe11 things up by his hard hitting , lrnt A. fitewart fell a Yictim soon afterwards to :\Iunay's bowling. 1Vhen he came out ,Yith 17 to his c1·rdit, the scon• ::tood at :3-J- for thrN' ,Yickets. 13annochir was tbr next to hat. and when 1e and F. Hobson wel'e i.n, there ,rn~ a .strong par_tnership which yieldetl :21 runs. After nn innings in which he srnred :.W runs, Hohsnn was howle<l h~- :\lnrra~-Fi£ty-five for four was then thi> scnrr. Ingram then went i.n, and aHrr -playing steadily for a whtlc>, he began to play more freely. Bannnchil' also had more frc>erlom than beforr iu his play, th<' result being that thi• sc>ore rose from 55 to {j!J, when 13aun(lrhir ,ms howlerl after ntaking 1:3 runs. La,Hence came to the wirkets , hut. was bowled by Murray before scoring. \\"alker then

p1ayecl himself in, aud settled down to work, but only hrn runs had been ac1ded when Ingram, who had made six, wa stumped by Johnston. \Yhen ,Johnston and \\Talker were together the score rose rapidly tn SG, whe>n \\'.dker (7) was bowle<l by ~Iurray. llilchie came> in nutl ,cored one before .Johnstou, whohad made ntne run , "·as bo"letl by Ander on. J3rown wa caught at quareleg first ball, so the School innings ended with 87 runs. The 'Yar itv -n·anderer opened their innings well, and a good many·runs were cored before the fir i wicket fell. In fact, for the first hnlf 0£ the innings thP partnetships ,,rregood, and it took a long time to break them. Howe.er, the bo\der were persevering, ancl at length th<' wickets fell lllorr rapidly, all the si<le being out for 55 runs. Thu the School won their first match b, 22 runs. :M.n 18. 1'he ne:s:tmatch was played at Jm~n against the Ellon Gor<lon C.C. After a few minute's' practising, the Elion captain ,,on the toss, and the School had to takP the field first. Pirie and ~Iilne opened tll<' bat1ing for El1011,A. Stewart the bowling for the Sclrnol. In the first o,er that was sent clo-wn, .fohnston , -who was wicketkeeping ,rn hit on the nose ,,-ith a rising ball. After a short break he was able to resume play. Both the Elion batsmen played carefully, hitting out -when opportunity orcuned, .o that lG runs we>re .con><l bPfore Pirie ,,as bowlrd by A. Ste-wart £or 10. Gibb came in next, but only one run ha<l been addecl before he wa bowled b)· -Tones. \Yhrn C. Jiarr camp in, he began to hit oul. Aftt>r \Yalker had caught )Iilne (7), thr('e wicket wNe down for Ul. l{oberts and 1forr mndC>thing ·liwl~·- Their partner hip brought the .core> up to -rn, w]wn the> lattrr, -whoharl made 12,was caught by Duncan. Jl'Hae follow·ed to the wicket ,but Robert wa bowleclb,· A. ~tewart for 11 when the score was till the same. Coutts aucl Jl'Ilne advaucerl it to ~-(i, when the latter was l.b.w. to :·He-wart. Six wicket were down. Thr tail end 11idnot ofl'p1·much opposition, so that all the i<le \Yereout for 5!>. ])uncn11 Ullll Bro,Yn opened thr School inning . The trial ball took Brown's leg tump, but in the fir t owr he succPeded in pulling Pirie to lPg for thrPe. )!'Rae took his wicket in th<' next o,er. Lawrence followed, and marle one run before he was run out. ,J. 8tewa1·t w,\s next iu, and then ])uncan wa bowled by JI'Har. 'rl1r scorr ,ms six run· for i..ltre('·wickets. A. ,'tew-art came to the> wickets, anr1 bC>gan to hit out. He soon compiled L1 runs, the top

score of the match. 'When 18 runs ha<l been mn<k, .T. Stewart was bowled by Pirie. H. Jones came in, but was also bowled by Pirie without scoring. ,Valker followe<l, an<l A. f:,tewart was caught by :i\Iiddleton when the srore was 21. T. Tait was next in, aml hi.t up five in a few minutes. Hr was out when the score stood at '2U for seYPll wickets. .T. Law followetl, and returned ,vithout the scorr · bei.ug altere<l. .Tnhnstou arrived next, but ·walker left when only one ha<l been a<ldecl. ,J. Ritchie was last. man in, arnl he sta.yecl with .Tohnston for a good time, while the score was advancecl to 37, when ,Johnston wa caught. He ha<lmade ix runs, and Hitchie had made four. A a second innings was not given, the Ellon Gonlon ('.C. won by19 runs. The School's achievement was not a bad oue, cousiclering that the match was player1 without the services of th1ee of the team, ,vho <lid not go to Ellon at all. It would go a.long way towan1s maintaining the honour of the f:,rJ1001if all the members would make u. point of arriving in time to play at the matches.

PmlXE'l'IC SPELLIXG OF ·'S('l[()OL."

h these clays of spelling-reform, it is of interest to note the many Yarieties of the "l'l"'ord•·school," as they may be collecteJ from tbe book of ..Dou Recnnl.'' The extrnrts there given are specimens of spelling mostly by 'l.'!mn Clerks of Aberdeen, e<h1cateclmen, cnveriug five centuries. The~e nre ;lQ ways nf spelling the word, vir..- in sequence of hme-scules (1-!79), a remiuiscen ce of scholae; srnlis, scoy11(15:21),the first inst,rnre of the local pronunciation "sq~eel ," over which Byron, in 1821, makes meny ; skull, ,chl~11I, skui.11, skoull, scu~-11, skuiU1ill (''tlw Gmmmar Sku1lhill ''), skuhill, kuill, scui.11, schoilhill, schuile, schuil, schulis (pl.), sr·huill, scbule, scule, schoill, school (first in 1590), srhonle, scholr, schooll, scholl (pl. schollis, 1G09), scole, coole, scoolle, s<·oo11, scool.

.Yim 111bc,- 9. On thi cwniug the Nociety met in Room I. tn lir>ar a lrehue 011 "llumor01.1s Parolh~,·• bv Uev. T. S. l'nrgi 11. The lecturer commrnrec1 by giY0i11g his clefinitiou of pa10<1~-, ancl inte1·sprrsecl Lis ledur<' by nmnrrous e:strac-t,, all nf which kept the aucliencr in fits of laughter. 'fhe tragie fate of Higg-iubnltom, and the pathos of hi List word~, moved ihr lisl<'llPl",' tn k,1rs - crf mirth. .\.t iliP <·ln,.;r of thr pap('l', )fr. :\1idclleto11 prnposrd a Yote of thank" to )Ir. C'argill, an<l after a Yote of thanks to )Ir. :\liddlt'ton, ihe lrcinre1· a111l chairman retired. )Ir .E,Yi11g lhc>n tonk thP chair, and a ,; Hat Xight" was held, which hrokr up at!)":!() p.lll.

Xrm 111hu· l(i. - ( hi the aboYe eYeniug thr Society met i11 Hnom I., the 1rnsinrss for thr pwniug being ,i debate •• Dor,.;Sc-nttm Diekens r:serci~e the Gre,drr Fa ·cination ?'' Fo1· Srntt, )lr. ])_ ('. Hres; for ])ickrns, )lr. G. 8. La\\Tl'UCP. )lr. La\l"rPnce lrcl off, uucl iu ai1 excellent papr1·rxtollrcl all the brauties of Dicke11s. )It-. ltees then ch•liw1P1l ]fr· paper, finishing up by replying to )Ir. Lawrence\; arguments. :\lr. Luwrrncc theu got an opportu11ity 1o D11swrr )fr. HrPs, ancl the clel;ate w·as thrn\l"U open ·10 the 11H:>Pting. The Yntp rP.,;ultNl in fnynur of )lr. HPP<; }fr. 1Incrnr \\"as in ilte chair, and a .ucres ful meeting broke up at the usual lime.

.Yorcmln·r :.2:J. (h1 the abnYP eYrniug the Society met in ltoom Y. lo henr a lE>cture upon ' A Day in Canton," b~- HrY. D. H. Ke~·- :\lr. }[ackie, )I.A.., kindly consented to pn•siclr. 'J'hr ('ha irmnn introclucrcl the lrdurer, and ,mill that )fr. Key should be called the Lrdurer in (;l-pography to the Society. }[r. Key' lecture ,ms illustratecl l,y highly ucccssful lantern slides. ::\fr. Key

describerl the Yoyage, Jlong-Koug, an<l, fiually, Canton, and his splendi <l lecture wus much appreciafr<l by thosP prese11t. .Jlr. .Jlackir, at il1P close, propose<l a Yote ot thanks to .Jlr. Key, who, in his repl:·, proposed a Yotr of than ks to .Jlr. }Lickie .

.Y11i-r111lil't:10.- On tlw abnw e.ening thr Society met in H1H1rn I. lir. ::\lacrne in the ehair. The business for the rHniug ·IYns-" Jfag((:::i11e Xight." Although thr Mar;11::i11c "·as nn ex<·eptionally goo<l one, the rrit.iriRm lastP,l nll PYening, roninu·:· to usual custom. Xothingmaterinl ,,as said or don<', except that a proposal ,,as marlr to haw a special editor for ~,,imming. The merting tlismissetl at !J·:1().

Dm mhu· T. On thr abow rwning tile Society met in Room I. Thr <lebatf,fm thr en•ning was-'· Does )Iodem Dres~ Xre<l Heform:' "-~lff., )Ir. K )lain ; .Ycq., )Ir. -T. ?I'.Alla 11. ::\Ir. ::\Iain cnnunenced, ancl gaYr his argnmrnts rn a short pnper . ::\Ir. ::\I'Allan rcplird, an<l ihP rlrbatc l"l'as macle opc>11 to th<• meeting. The Yntr rPsultP,l in :f:ayour of )fr. )lain. .A " ]lat Xight ·• was then held, which resnltrd in thr fonniug of the Xatural History Snciet.'"- •

. D£cc111l1n 21. The imprnmptn mPeting was hel<l on th!s eYe.aing. The only thing lacking was the piano. After thP music,il ( :') programmP had been g-onr through, a ('mnersazioue was ht>lcl. 'l'hr mePting broke up at 9·;:io.

.T111111r1ry ll. - -Tl1e clebntr upon "E:nly Rising," ht>t1,ec~1 "\ress1·s. Ewing ancl ::\Iackrnzi<-', ,Yas helrl on this evenrng. lir. 11nin "·n~ in the <'hair. )h. E,,ing, who snppo_rtPtl eaI"ly rising, y<>t confessecl that hr himself ditl not nsr earh. Thr Yott' rrsultcd in fayour of earh· risi11g. A "!lat Xight" was afterwards hel,l. • . .lumwry 18.- -On this pyening the fiocirty met in Room ' ·, "·hen one of thr best lectures of thr session "·as del~vered by Professor Gilroy. )fr. )Iirlrlleton, "·ho presided, introducerl the lecturer , who ha<l as his subject-" Life and Scenes in Palestine." Professor G~lrm·'s descriptions were YiYicl, ancl he supplernrntecl thrm b): a large number of l:rntem slirles. 'rhe usual ,otes of t 1 hankR were giYen, and a '' Hat Xight" was heltl after t e lecture.

The Grammar 8l'hool .111/gn::ine.

.Ja11111u·y 25.-As Dr. lLacleod wns unable to givr his lecture this evening, }Iessrs. 'rhnmsou and Forgan agreed to give their clebate a werk earlirr. }Ir. }Iain presi<lccl, and the subject 0£ the rlebate was "Ghosts." ~fr. Thomson, wlin suppnrtecl ghnsts, lwgan the clebate, and }Ir. Forgan answerecl his '-•~·gumentsso well that the Yoteresnlterl in a majnrity of se..,-enagainst the'' pook~.-,

Febmary 1. On the abow rveniug Dr. }Iacleorl cle1ivered his po·tpo11ed lrcture upon •·'Ihe Romance of Astronomy." 'l'here -was a gonrl attemlance, ancl }fr. }Iacrne was in thr chair. Dr. }Iaeleo<l coU1IDe1weabv gi..,-inga diagram 0£ the sun and thr phmets, and t.hr~1 nu:ule a ±ew rc>mnrks about A tronorny g·enerally. The lect11reall tlnough was ,rry interrsting, e,;pecially when Dr. }facleod explainetl sound arnl light wnve··. :'.\Ir. }Ltcrne proposed a votr of thank.· to Dr. }Iacleorl, w-bo, replying, tlrn11keelthr ~ociety £or attrmhng to the lecture so well.

February 15.- Thr Dramatic Performance took place on this tlate.

Jfrl!'rli '2'2. On this eYening }fr. :-:,rtnnP. Gorclcmgaw the lcetme upon ..Hin1s" ,Yhieh he hacl tn put nit the previous week owing tn indisposition. }Ir. Charles Davi<lson ,,as in the chair, ancl the Rector "·as alsn present. 'Ihe feature of the lecture -wasthe photogrnphic virws, all taken bv }fr. Gor<louhimself. 'rhr lecture was extremely interesting all thTough, aml wheu the 11ector proposed a Yote 0£ th<mks to }Ir. Gor<lon, it was llf,,trtily accnnlecl.

Uue feature ofthe past session 0£ the Debating Soc-iety has been the large number 0£ enthusiastic young membe1·s --too enthu iastic sometimes. The melllbership nest year ought to be a recor<l one, for it \\'as almost that this year.

At the General lLeetiug, all the patrons and honornr)· office-bearers were re-elected, and Jlr. Jlacrae, thr nul~· one remaining 0£ last year's e:s:ecutive, ,n1s elrde,1 President.

'l'he Society has been fortunate in ;ts lectmes this session, anrlwemust.thank those gentlemen ,..,-hosokincll,'7 conscntetl to help us in this way.

11L

The .. ilClCJJ'S •• fill ... Jurli<•inl -:\ight. " did ,·ery \,(>U iLLdet->d, <·onsidrriug tltnt so many l1nd to rr:-,· ot-l' owing to sirklH'S , ,rnrl th.it thP sub ·iitutrs hncl so litilr tillH' to prepare in. As la ·t year, hmn•vt•1·,1'1<' 1·pc•Pipts,,·rre 1·t•r.Y ruurh lr ·s thau thP Pxpr111lih1rr.

'l'h€ FinalP this y<'a1· surpnsst->d all '-l' liaYt' yri s<'PlL 'l'br prrforrut•1·s 111ust he rongr,dulaird upon so splP11<lid ,, ]lt:'rfo1·111a11er, aud tlw tl1a11k1'l 11f tlti> Soeit't)· ,11·p 1lut-> to ~J 1. ('harks l),n-i<l.·nn, ,Yhw;p in1rrPs1 iu 11H' ~nciPfr 111'\"Pl' sN'llls 111 lrssPn . •

Al1lrnugh iliP oflirP ol' •• ('hurl,:Pr Out, ·· institutP<l last yeur, ,1·ns tl1i:-. nnr ,·pstl:'d iu i.ltl' [lPr·1iu 11f tile lnnl~- ~li-. E1Ying, >·pf disturb,rnces at ihl' lllPPiiugs were b·r<Jllt-'lli, ancl tllf' senior lllP111l1C'1's h,1rl 111 rnnic•11t. thPmsp lvrs 1yith ·cathingl5· sar1·asiir l'Pfrrr11c•p~t11 •• ki1ls .. an1l "small f1·.1·."

Thr clrbatt>sthis 1·par 1YPl'P not YPI'\" sucrPssful. Thosp ili.,t 1YPrP g-i1'P11, r:-.11Pcinll5 ' thnt (If ilr:-.st·s. Fc1rgan nnd Thom"o11 upon •• G-hosts,"· 1Yrrr good. bu1 "l"l"P ma<lP ihP mistakr of nnangi11g sOIUP for nHer thi:> ('lni ·tmas lwliclan;, autl pressll!'P of work frnTPcl us In ahauclou tltr la ·t 011P .

()u tltr whoIP, i h1' st>ssinn lws brP11 a. g-nod one, ,111d th<' mrPtiugs hnYP nn tloubi lmmgh1 snln1·P a11cl rrliPf io thr ,n,an· bl',tin;,; of thr lllPmbrrs comiuo•, as tl1ey clo ' ' t, , t1fip1· thr WPPk of toil. Wr linisu h:-,' thn11kiug al'] our collPagues who, by ,Hh·icr m h~ ,nqwrio1· "isclum, ha1·p hrlprrl u,-; 111 thP all-h10-,tl'(lt1cllls task nf S1,crl'tary .

\\-. G. 'IY .-ILl,1-:H, 81 t 1·1•fary nn,/ 1'1·,·n.-..u,-,·,-.

XATl ' lLU, III~'l'<IHY ~IH'IETY -:\"OTE~.

l•'elJl'l//11·y'2"2, l!lO,. -Tl1t> ~nciri.y mrt nn this clatr iu Roo111 1. to lwnr h,o short papPrs Cllll' 011 •• (htk TrPf's," ~\: B. ~Y. Fr_nton : _ fop 1111H'I', '.>u •• The Sur:-,·i-..alof t~lP t1test, by L. .\I.1111. .\.. L. l hornson ,,as Ill tltr cha1r. ancl, atirr thr mi11ult>s of 1h<' List. lllPPtiug h.ul hP<'ll l'Pn1l, rallec~ on Jfaiu to clrliwr hi · pnp<'t'. H dPalt 1-..ith tl1P 9:ue·hon •• IIow clo 1,pa kt:>r aIIinrnls prrsc•1·1·e thrrn:,wh·rs ?the sfrugglr for exi~trnc·P:' •• )Iain 11-t>ah'dihP C[l!Psiinu i·nm many sidrs, .rn<l shm,rd man, spcrin1r11s au1l photog-rnphs to ~11pport his ~tatPJll<'llt.~." 'L'hPs< ' s1lPc-i111r11s i11-

dudrd tm, -from t]1p School }luseum, ki11<lly leut by the HPctnr. FPnton·,; paper was t•xcee<liugl:· instructiY<'. lie rnrnti1metl e,Pr.1· poiut of interrst in co11nection 1,ith the oak, a111l gave a slim·t lifr-histor,1· of the trr<'. llr treatrtl p1·Cl',1·drtnil 11-ith great a<·curn<·)·,and made evcryth ing so pbin that then• 1Yas prnrtic.illy uo t1iscussin11. ThP rest of tlw PYP11i11gwas n(·cupir,l with the tliscus,;in11 nf intNr~ting <1t1Pstio11s. Amo11gst tlwse w,\s thr School ::'lluseu01, a11<l though most of thP mPmbPr s lrnrl nothing but prni~P for ll1r :i"atura l Ilistnry Srction, ~,,111P tlun1g-ht that the binb lllight be classihr<l on u np1n•r systPm. .T. E1Yi11g tonk tbP chair towards thP P11<l.

.lfo rrlt 1, l!)(Ji. (ln th is datP a wr., iuten•sti 11g lecturP IY:\~ dPlin•rr<l t11 the Socirty bY }lr. Tait, of InYPrnric•. Thr subjrd wai; "llnw to ::,t11,I:· :lll(l Photograph Birds ." Thr ('liairmn11, }lr. ('ha~. J):n·i<bn11, inhoclucr<l to us }lr. Tait , wlin, first nf nll, 1lrficribe1l his (':tmera, e:--.plaini11g thr working of thP n1rious pnrts, nn<l showing how important Plrctricity hns bPCOll1P in thP 11atul'r-phntogrnpher Tlll'll hP sh1>wPrl us rnany sli<lrs ot ilitl'c>n'ut binls puliins , gulls, woodcock, curlrws, ri.r. 'rhe pl10tngra11hs were very fi11t>, an<l tlio sP of thP ri<lN tlurks :111cl tPrns hl'nuglit bnrk to ,Pn'rnl mr111brrs YiYi<l L'PCollrdions of Yisits iu Junf' lo a c;rrtai11 placP. _.i_ll thc> p lwtogrnphs ,YrrP }Lr. Taif~ 011-11 11·ork, :mil aftrr the la~t 11nP had lwrn HP<'ll, thr memb(•rs shmw<l their appreciation nt thr lecture by Jip:uty ,1pplau,.;p_ Dr. }larLrn<l prnpnse<l a YlltP of th:rnk~ to }lr. Tait, :111'1 this ,,as giYPI\ 11·iih a will. ,\.ftpr thP h•ctnr<', )fr. 'l'ait ,lllsW<'rr<l nny q1wstion s 11·hich il1P llH'llllwrs t'arc>d tC1 ask, n111l a Y<'r_l" p11jn,1·ablPmrPti11g rlose<l about K.1.·, p.nt. JJ,,nl, 1-i, lDOi. Th<> busiJ1e~s for this pwning <'tlllsistPrl nt hrn p:qwrs ".\Jicl-SummPr :m<l }fi<l-1\'intPr 011 tl1P YtL:111,··b1· "\__ L. Tho111~011::rn<l " (lrga11ic Evnlutinn," b~- .). E11·ing-. Tho111son·s pnprr ,,·:1s excPe<li11gly interPsti11g, and ~hmtltl ha,P br,·11 li~h'lll'tl to 1Yitli more nttentio11 b.1· thos'e pn•se11(. 11P <leserihe<l bi rd-1itc• on t]JP Yth:rn YP1'_1· minut<,ly, and ~Pt forth 1'YPrything in a mn~t inshur1 iYP 1Yay. Ilr a-ftpnYar<ls shn wP<l snmr specimeus a11<l pliotogrnphs . So11w <li~russ-i1111follo,,Pd the paper, but 1t 11·as 1'1111hnrtl to onh- n fow nu>mbrrn. Ewino· then drlin'rP1l liis p:qw1·. If<' !rPatP<l his suhjPrt i1~ a simpl<' :nHI g'l':lphic n1nn11c•r, tnwing lifr ho111 thP lo,;,pst forms l'igl1t up to man, 11·ho is, hr sni<l, tlw most. 1w1·fed crPnturr ihat !'Ycr h:1s hrPn nr r,P1· ,rill hr'. "(ll'ganie En,lntinn ••

is a mo~t i1tirt·Psting ~ubjcd, arnl E"·ing crrtuin l_Y fr<,ntPcl it in a rnnst intrrrsti11g "-".'·- ..:i Yotr of tlwnk~ lo tlif' t"·o ,~rntlPmP11 fnl' thPi1· paprrs, prnpose<l b~- E. ,,-_ FP1lio11, H·as gi,Pu, awl tliPn•,ifkr an "< !pen l>isrussiou .. "·,1.-; J,rld.

JJ/1,-cl, :2'!, UJOi. Thl' last 1J1Prli11g for tltP session ''""~ hPld 011 tliis clnk ,i. L Thomson i11 i.hP elwir. }lr. ('h,1~. lla,i<ls1111 l'PlutP<l to us ~Ollll' of his .. "\Y,uu]Priug~ 011 lhP ('ontiurnt." 11I' tir:;t took us to ~pain ,incl Portug,11, an,l <lesrrihecl ,i,i,lh- tlw 111an1· curious c·1·paturp~ to hP foun(i thPrP. Thesl' deseripti1111~·,n•l'(' all grPPted ,,ith applausP, and }fr. Da,ith,111 1•,rnsPcl g-rrnt lnugl,ter b_\' tPlling· of snnte exriting iuridrnts al n pic·11ir-p,1rty in the ~iPnas, i11 whirli a dig-1tifa•cl lad_,·, a Fr<'11rh grnilPm:m, a 111ulP, all(l an ant-hill pla_,·1•d c:011spiruons pnrts. }lr. D:1Yid~o11 wrnt 011 fr11rn suhjPd to suhjPct in a most c]p]ightful ,n1y, ancl rwryo11<• frlt disappointr-cl ,dwn :it last hP hncl to stop, o"·ing to \\·,111t of tirn(•. \ \' <' cPrb inl~- must gd :ur. D:n·idson t11 c·o1di11ur his IPcturr 11Pxt :,;ession. .f. E"·i11g propose(] a TotP of thank·, and this ,ms gi,<•11 ,Pr_,. ltrnrt ily. :ifr. Da,ic1sr111 briPfl_Y rPplir1l, ,111d th<• lllPPting t<'nu i11:1tP<l nt I JJ.lll.

1.Hoy lK, l!)IJi. Th(' first Pxrur :;ion took placr on thi~ datr, \Ylte11 a portion of tlw :---rwiPt.,· wp11 t to ~c-otstnu 11nm. This exc·ursirn1 ,,as rhipfh· for tl1P lwurfit of thP bohtni\'al 11tPmhrr~, a11d n gone! m;rny s1wrimP11s of planls, ~tc., \YPre ohtainPc l .\. ,pn· plPasnut nftPn1oon ,,as spPnt , 111 spitP of thP \\·Pntlu•r, whirh \T:ts ,n·PtrhPilh roltl and clnll. I. G. I111ws wr_,· kiucll_Y idP11tifiPcl thP. pl:111is tor fop 111r111lw1·s, ,111cl n111~t bP thn11kt•d for his srn·i<'PS in thi, lllattPt·.

Sl'n-il11ry's N, jlli/"f.

Thr =:;;aturnl I[istm·,· Soriph- c-an look bark on a most surc·e1-,sful tirst sessic111'. 'l'hP ;npmlwrship nurnliHP<l -30, ancl tlw aYrrngP aHP1Hln11c<' :1i th1> lllPPtings ,\'as~.. ..\Iorr 111Pmber s \"\"onlclclouhtlPss ha,P C'Olll(' to thP 11weti11gs, wPrP lt not tor thP i11rn1IYPniPIH'Pof thP hour at whirh wp cnmnwncr. Il(J\\-PYP1·, this <·anuot hP 1·<•rneiliecl, ,llld, after all, to turn up nt ,"j_.+."j ]l.111. sb11ulcl not lw such a "bo1 p •• ns 1uan~- mernlwrs srrm to think

IYP ,,err rralh· \'PIT fol'tuna!P in o·dti110· lrdur<•s -fwn1 $U l 1• • • • • "' " • cl 1stlllgt11shP<l geutlPuwn a~ lJrofpssnr Trail, Jfr..-L Jiavkte, }fr_ T. 'L':lit. ,111<1 Jlr. ('_ ])a,icl~nll. and it is tr, lH'

lrnppc] t!Htt thP SneiPt~· "·ill br as fortunatr next yc•,n. .\11 t]ip lPehurs wrrr splrnd icl, an<l thr other papers clPm·ly ~lt,1,YPcl that thr mPmbPrR haYP thP intPrrsts of thP SociPh ii t hPart.

ThP bPh,n·iour at thP JUPPtiugs ,n1s lllPst gratifying to tlw cdticials, and e,lllSP<l great snrprisr to thosr of us 'llhn lrn,l hern accustomed t11 thr l)rbating SociPty·s meetings . The. SociPtv·~ foncls ,ire i11 ns healtbv ii condition ,1, might bP Pxpectf'cl. Though this is our· Til'Rt SPssio11, \Yf' haYP bc·Pn able to lPHYP a ,Yorkable lrnla11re for next VP,n. Ihu· tha11ks arf' clur 111 thP HPdnr for )p111li11g·,prri111c>HS fr11m thP :.I11sP1rn1 "·hen we ,i-antP<l them: to :\fr. ('hns. lhffidsnn , "·ho hns all ,do11g: sho'lln a rPcil intPrP,t in onr "·ork, ancl has al"·a~'S hf'Pll rracl_v tu hdp us wlwn \Tl' \\·Pn' in <lifliC'ultiP~: t11 .\lpssrs. G. & '\Y. Fraser , "·J,o ,·<'r_y kincll.\· p1·i11tf'1l our s~·lhtbusPs: nllll to tlw .fonitnr. 1Yhom \\'P hnYP pu1 to 1111 ~mnll amornrl· 11f Pxha troublP ,111cl 1.ibnur.

I must thank thnsP nf m_1· cnllragues "·ho han' h<'lprd Ille 111 mY \York.

ERxi-:~T :.\Lrx, ,...,·,,cr,·far11 and '.fr,•ns1trPr.

J..TIER1>EE::'i GlLUDL\.H S('WHlL FOlDIEil

PC-PILR' ('Ll.B.

Tm: Annual J3usillPSS :.\Ieeting of thP ('lnb was lwld in the Librm·." of tlw ~chnol 011 the ewning of Thursd,1y, :2.jth ~\pril, Ul07. 'l'hPn' "·as a good atten<lancp nf mPmbers prPsPnt, 1Yith :\fr. 11. F. }Iorland Simpson, tlw HPctor, in the chair.

Thr .\.n11ual Hepm-t showc>tl that thf' total mrmbersbip of thr ('lub , inch1<1ing onlin,n·~· and lifP mrmbers, was no,1· G:2:2, rompar!'rl 'llith :Hj:j last :,rn r, ancl th is was consi<lf're:1 YPJT satisfarton·. .U tlw same tinH\ it -was poi11ted out· that therf' 11111st he a '.'er~· l:u·ge number of fornwr pupils f'tltirelr um\\rn re of thf' existpnc-p of the (']ub, and wl10, werr th<'y askPd to join, ,,oul1l ,,-illingl_r cl,1 so.

The Club has, n., urnnl, hl'i<l cluring •thr yPar ~pypral sorial fundio11s, whi<'h ,,.('l'(' nf a Yer_1· <'njoy;ib]r naturP, nn<l ,1 romplet e surcess.

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It was al o poi11tPcl out that tlH' rnc1 of the tiuancial _\·earhacl bePn changecl to 1-'lth .A.pl'il, in orcler to faeilitntP thr• arrn11gr1tlPnts ±or tl1e "·intl r pad nf thP session, an<l th<.' exr<·utiYe arr nlso enilt'aYouring to formulate a schemp wl.tpreby thr ach-antagr~ of th<.' School nta_Y be mad!' k110,Y11 rnore wi1leh·, both at horup and abi-oacl.

A :'.llusi~al Section of thr ('luh ha · bee11 formerl, and thp ·uh-committee entruste1l "·ith tl1r arrangement:- haw sc•currcl thP ~er,icPs of Jlr. \\'nrreu 'L. C'lPmrns , .A..lU'.11., n~ ('onducior. 'l'lit• crmrn1ittrP intend to takP up berth ordtP ·ti-al anil chornl work, nncl all forrup1• pupils i11tPrrslell are ill\·ite<l to aHen<l n meeting which will be hl'ld at tlir PtHl ot autumn, nut! of \\·hich clup notice "·ill lH' g'IYl'll

•\. lh,1rnatic Srdion of tlw ('!uh has also hre11 -fnn11<•d, :md thi> cnrnn1ittrP intP11<l t11 stngp a play snmP tim1• in DP<'emliPr of tbi.· 1 Plll'.

Tl.it> Footbnll ·:-;Pdirlll of thP ('luh haYP had a foirhprnspProu • ·ea nu, but, unfortunatPIY, thPv ha,P hee;, unablP to retain tlu• _-orth of :-;cntla11<l C'nJ). Tlnwrver, apart from this, both .XT".' hHYP <lone well, ancl luwr krpt up the rPpufation of thP ('lub.

Thr Trpa urer's Report how·p1] that the l'lub was, financialh·, in a healthy conclition, and stated that a hon~ en;lParnur wn tn be madP cluring the Pnsui11g yrar to hrmg up thP balanrP i11 Land to the totnl of th<' lifP lliPmbers' sub ·cripi.ions.

'rlw follmYing office-bearers ·were elected for the current year:

ll,m . Prrsic/,,nf- H. F. Morland Simpson , ]~sq. Flr,n. r ic,•-Z'r1•.~idmts- B1·igadier-Ge11eral l\1acclo11alcl, C.H : Sir 'rhos. 8utherland, G.C.11.G.. LL.D.: ..\dmiral Hi,· ..\rtliur Farquhar, K.C.B.; the Right Hon Lord Htrathcona. G.C.11.G. : Col. ,'ir Wm. Sinclair Bisset, K.C.I.E.; G. B. E..·lemont, Esq.. !\J.P.: the Lord Provost of Aberdeen; the Chairman of \hc>r• deen Rchool Board ; Professor David Ferrier. i\I.D.. LJ..D.: Dr. -n·. H. \Yilliamson: Emeritns Profr~sor 1£as.,on. LL.D.: Dr J. C. Ogilvie \\"ill: Alexander :Hartin. Esq.. :\1.A.: A.lexander Duffns. K q.. Advocate; P1·ofessor\Ym. L. llavirlsnn, LLD: T. H. Oillies. Esq., Advocate; Alexander Le<linghnm,E~q., 8.s.c.

E.,'l'Cltfi,-, :l'rr.sicfr11t - D1·. J. Scott Riddell. :\I.Y.O. l'ic,•-Prr.~ic/,•nt- Charle~ David~o11. Esq. Flu11• ' '.ecrcfary and Tn•nsurr ·r- ~lr . Jami'~ "·· :\lil11c>. C...\.. -Hi.\ t 111011 ~treet.

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(',,11,111ilf1•1·-:llt,i,s1·s. H. J. B11tchart. .\rth11r Ch·11e,.\. ,Y. gch·ards, HC'nry KPllas. \Y. K. T,ea,k \lex. L~·oi,. Jr.. ,J. C. L~·on. EsplHnatle: P. B. ~1111p~o11, .\ltrecl Hmith ..\. (;. :S:icol .'mith. \\'. K Wallacf'. Cha~. ,Yntt. 'l'hc'Odore ""alt. Ian Ogilvie "'ill, h:c•nneth I'. :ll ·K<•nzi{'. .I 1ulif,,r., - :\le~sr,. B,o\\·pr & Smith. C..-\. j"''111J- C,,111111ifl, ,,,,'i :-

JJ,11,rr- ).!es . rs..\. :II..fohnston. Alex. Lyon. Jr .. HC'nry f.;:('lia~. l'. H. Si111riso11. W. K "·,dtncc•. Chas. Watt . .l/11~ic-:\Jes~r~. ,J. l'. L,·011, _.\ F. .'.llilne, ,J,,rnes \Y. :llilne, R. Buchanan .'.llonou. • fl, ·,1111aliC'-:>l(•ssr., . .J. H. ~. Craige11. J. ll. l'r>pC', P. B. Birnpson. .\. :II. Shin11ie, Cl,arles Da.·iclso11. L. • .:'.llerryJprs.

Thr 11ri11r1rar_,·SrcretmT will hr ,ery ple,1secl to giw a11y infol'nrni ion J'f'ganl ing thP Cl uli, a ncl in hra r from any ,,f the mem hrrs nr an:, foTmPr pupil ~ "·hn a1·p not at p1·pse11i sulJs<·l'ibrrs. ! >1•1{ ! '( 1XTK~IP<>lU.RIE!-:.

\\"1-: lwg to aekumdPclg<' ,, i(lt !lurnk~ thP rrcPipt nt the follmYiug magazines: " (lla,iau," "Pnrkulli.· ·, (:2 ), "~c>llp 11·. ]>i-np;o11," .. (+la~gow Tligb ,-.;chool :\I:\O'nzitH',., .. :\ rbcrnian," .. Pndmutlti.111 •• (:2 ), •• :-;t. .\.ncln•\\·',; 0 f'nllPO'f' :\lag-azirn•:· .. Tl1P lligl1 Scho11l ('il'clP •• (:21, •• Gia g<~\\Ar,1c1Prn.\'('hr1111i,·IP,'' "}l r1·cer·s Scl\Clol }lagazi11e, 1• '· Tl1f' Bla1le (:2 ). "BPlfosi :-;rhool °XP\\',;, ThP ('lnonicle, Xiag~1l'a Falls,···· ThP 'l'{111ter (+), E<linburgh Ac,Hlt>m~· ('l11·1111iclP,".. Fdtr:;inn," •· }Ja11cht>stP1· t·11i,·er ifr )InO'a· zinr,'' •• Thr Krro .. (:2). ThP abn,e ha,!' heen ])lacel'in tlw HPnrling-Ho0111.

Pre.l'life II I, H on. Secretary, J. C. Ki\OX , Esq. \V, l::-;GRA1\I. J.E. LAW, G. 1\1. J OH:-.STOX.

Capt.tin, Secret,iry,

Games Committee . Cricket.

The RECTOR. JA~!Es O.\1·II,so'.'I , Esq F K. Ronso:s:.

J. A. Sn:w \RT. J. S. STEll ',IRT.

F. MACR.H :.

1\. C. STE11· I In J. S. STF.11' \RT

Literary and Debating Society. Pnside11/, Vice-Pres1it,·11ts,

F. M .\ Cl{. \l·.. {J. E,nNc;.

E. i\IAl:S: . Secrdnry ,ind Tr,msurer, Committee . \\1 G. \\' .\I.KER.

D. C. REES . _I .\l 'A LL.\K. F. K. RoI1s0:s:. K. P. '.'IIACKENZIE.

A. L. TII O~IS(1X C. S. L \\\'REK('I• : Swimming Club. Captain , Vz'ce-Captai11, Secrctmy, Hon. T1w!sl(rer,

A. G. DA VlDSON. G. S. LAWRENC E.

Reference,

Committee. I I F. '.'11ACR.\F. Library. L, ·11rti1~~--

\\' A. \VILL l.UISO:S:. F. K. Ron ,0)i ll. T. S..\UNUl rns. i\T. H. MACKIE , Esq . R Lrnx . J. l'. C \:II ERO:S:.

F. l\lACR.\E, E. MAIN, G. S. LAWREN CE, and \Y, C. \\.ALK ER. Natural History Society_ !'re sident, Vice -Pre sident, Secretary and Tre asurer

Committee . A. L. T1-10,rso:--. J. Ewrn c:. E. i\L\r:s.

A. G DAVIDSON, E W. FENTON, \V MACKI:S:TO .~H. Editor-in-Cltief, Literary Editor ,Sports Editor , Business ilfanager , R T. S.\UKDERS. Magazine.

G. S. LAWREXCE. IAN A. CL.IRK E. J. BR OW!\. R. LYON.

SWIFT . CYCLES.

ROVER , CYCLES.

HOCKEY STICKS and BALLS.

Large Selection of Sticks from 3/- upwards. Balls from 1/6 upwards.

W. J. ANDERSON, Furnishing Ironmonger,

253 UNION STREET, ABERDEEN.

ABERDEEN GRAMMAR SCHOOL CRICKET CLUB 1st XI. Season 1907.