Aberdeen Education Authority: Teachers' Letters [150] 1/10/1923 - 21/12/1923 B.B. Blair: Marywell Street School: 8 Nov 1923 Juvenile Unemployment Centre numbers. Boy and girls listed separately Elizabeth S. Cardno: Mile End School: 14 Oct 1923 Letter expressing why she should not be one of the teachers displaced by the merging/closing of school. D. Christie: Ferryhill School: 22 Oct 1923 Requesting readers or books from Ruthrieston for use Joan H. Calder: Ferryhill School: 22 Oct 1923 Requesting a transfer due to transportation issues and also be she is “undoubtedly, at [her] best amongst scholars on the threshold of life” Mary S. Duncan: 14 Oct 1923 Had last of remaining teeth removed for health and allowed to go out if there is no wind but will be off for another month George W. Duncan: Central Evening School: 23 October 1923 Feels his reputation has been damaged but the Staffing Committee deeming the work of the Builders Class unsatisfactory. Requesting an audience George Fenton: Ruthrieston Intermediate School: 13 Nov 1923 Library Report for books needed George Fenton: Ruthrieston Intermediate School: 12 Oct 1923 Urgent letter regarding the salary and its potential effect on staffing and their work Christina M. Forbes: Mile End School: October 1923 Multiple letters requesting not to be transferred due to mother not taking it well. Doctor’s note included George Fenton: Ruthrieston Intermediate School: 19 Nov 1923 Bring the matter of the poor quality of “coal material” directly to the Authority as going to Mr. Mackie has proven fruitless George Fenton: Ruthriestone Intermediate School: 26 Nov 1923 Regarding student James Buchan and his issues at school, attendance, and health (kidney issues) George Fenton: Ruthrieston Intermediate School: 10 Dec 1923 Regarding Irene Scott (DOB 16/9/09) and her and her mother’s interaction with the Labour Exchange Representative permitting her to leave school and the issue that may arise from that. W. Fyfe: Woodside School: 17 Dec 1923 Asking for guidance on dealing with parent Mrs. Munroe who frequently exhibits “ill treatment of teachers” and “much vulgar insolence.” Annie C. Grant: St Clement Street School: 5 Nov 1923 Applying to the special class at the City Hospital with reasons why she should be allowed to attend. F. H. Hoggarth: St. Andrew’s Catholic School: 5 Oct 1923 List of girls to presented in December and ones to be presented in June L. Jenman: Queen’s Cross R.C. School: 20 November 1923 Urgent list of things to be added to weekly and periodic “scrubbings” list Doyle Miller: Grammer School: 29 October 1923 Questioning how much is allocated to library and printed school lists. Thomas Miller: George Street School: 3 Dec 1923 Regarding a boy (John Leiper) withdrawing attendance from the stammer class and a note from the mother Hellenore Thrichie: Seondary District: 2 Nov 1923 Regarding the Modern Language Control Board and the control examinations Alex Moodie: Skene Street School: 20 Nov 1923 Stating that the pens are too sharp for scholars Doyle Miller: Grammer School: 30 Nov 1923 Empathically objecting to the hall being used for a political meeting John A. Mennie: Walker Road School: 4 Dec 1923 Claim regarding Mary Jane Law, who broke her leg after slipping in the hall. D. MacKenzie: King Street School: 1 Oct 1923 Regarding overstatement of pupil per class with the restructure H. Mcgrath: St Mary’s R.C. School: 29 Oct 1923 Inquiring what to do about the 1st of Nov holiday D. MacKenzie: King Street School: 15 Oct 1923 Debating where to put more children. Includes room measurements James MacLeod, Mile End School: 21 Oct 1923 Discussing Evelyn Strath’s abilities as a student as she missed entrance exams. Details on the back as to how well she would do at Central School D. MacKenzie: King Street School: 10 Dec 1923 (2 letters) Conversation over necessity of sewing cooking aprons D. MacKenzie: King Street School: 11 Dec 1923 Letter and response regarding students per room James MacLeod: Rosemount School: 21 Dec 1923 Requisition for textbooks for the Control Exam H.J Pattison: St. Margaret’s Episcopal School: 22 Nov 1923 Play Centre numbers: boys v. girls and which centre they attend William Ross: Broomhill School: 28 Sept 1923 Attempting to keep the books in the library John Ritchie: Sunnybank School: 1 Nov 1923 Wondering why the sign posts hadn’t been put up yet as a van hit a lamppost across the school. Insinuating urgency Annie Sturrock: Ashley Road School: 1 Oct 1923 Passed over for a vacancy after being promised when she had taken up the position. Being transferred to a school she doesn’t want to go to due to Rheumatoid Arthritis acquired when there last. George Thomson: Ruthrieston Intermediate School: 24 October 1923 Requesting an update and urgency for the wall maps that were ordered. George Thomson: 31 October 1923 Requesting if the previous rule of holding a position of 5 years before promotion, regarding headmastership of Porthill P.S. George Thomson: Ruthrieston Intermedial School: 24 Oct 1923 Materials ordered and the apparent delay in the order. List of material and company ordered from Norman A. Scorgie: Education Office: 10 Oct 1923 Requesting the use of High School for Girls’ hall for a lecture by Masefield (poet) L.L. Ward: High School for Girls: 1 Oct 1923 Letter and response regarding a repair to the school, turning out to be an ice cream machine A.L. Wallace: Central School: 16 Oct 1923 Regarding Annie C. Gillander (12) of Dee Street and her multiple Bursaries L.L. Ward/ N.A. Scorgie: High School for Girls/Education Office: 9 Oct 1923 Regarding Shakespearian plays being studied in preparation for the Robert Courtneidge’s Shakespearian Company visit L.L. Ward: High School: 7 Dec 1923 Music Teachers’ Association never removes the chairs from the school prior to the students arriving at 8:45 the next morning. Asking for assistance A.L. Wallace: Central School: 28 Nov 1923 Regarding number of students per class, per teacher, including information on periods per week. L.L. Ward: High School for Girls: 24 Oct 1923 Seats sold for the Scottish Orchestra Concert, numbers and money raised L.L. Ward: High School: 3 October 1923 Requesting two books: “From Grieg to Brahms” and “Study of Modern Music” to be supplied out of what is owed the school Helen Watson: 11 Dec 1923 Requesting that matter of her salary be dropped because she doesn’t want it minuted or discussed 1923