Description | Techers' letters to Aberdeen School Board, February to May of 1917:
• Letter of JD Anderson to Thomas Hector informing that the Reverend Mr Taverner had given Ferryhill Public School an address on Westminster Abbey, 28th March 1917. • Letter of JD Anderson to Thomas Hector informing of two visits to the school by Rev Taverner, 2nd March 1917. • Letter of Sarah Annand applying for the post in Qualifying Work vacant in Kittybrewster School, 19th April 1917. • Letter of Alexandra Adam to Thomas Hector supplying work information and references, 16th May 1917. • Letter of Alexandra Adam, retiring from the position of teacher at the Grammar School for reasons of health, 8th May 1917. • Letter of Margaret Beattie to Thomas Hector applying for promotion to Qualifying Work, 4th April 1917. • Letter of Mary S. Chiel to Thomas Hector requesting transfer from Victoria Road School to Walker Road School, 27th March 1917. • Letter of Helen Copland applying for the post of Qualifying Teacher in Kittybrewster, 18th April 1917. • Letter of Sylvia Cook applying for the post of Qualifying Teacher in Kittybrewster, 24th April 1917. • Letter of Duncan Clarke concerning educational outing for Sea Scouts of Victoria Road School to Blairs College, Roman camp at Culter, and Loch of Skene, 17th April 1917. • Letter of T. Christie to the School Board requesting extra assistance staff for the next seven weeks as the baby class at Skene Square School has reached 30, 14th May 1917. • Letter of Annabella Cumming to the School Board applying for the post of infant mistress at the Grammar School, 19th May 1917. • Letter of Jessie Donaldson to Thomas Hector, requesting transfer from York Street School where she has worked for 14 years, to a school closer to her home, 26th February 1917. • Letter of W.B. Duguid to Thomas Hector on the importance of the appointment of an infants’ mistress at Kittybrewster School,3rd March 1917. • Letter of Helen Elphinstone to Thomas Hector enclosing nine copies of application for the post of infants’ mistress at Kittybrewster, 21st April 1917. • Letter of George Fulton to Thomas Hector requesting payment of fees for lessons in piano undertaken by blind children at Ruthrieston Public School, 12th April 1917. • Letter of W. Mackenzie Forbes to Thomas Hector concerning pupils continuing in French Lessons, 14th March 1917. • Letter of Margaret Farquharson to Thomas Hector concerning application to the post of infants’ mistress at Kittybrewster, enclosing letter from school board of 1909 which she believes grants her the post in the event of it becoming available subsequently, 22nd March 1917. • Letter of George Fulton to Thomas Hector notifying the Board that Miss Williamson at Ruthrieston Public School has met with an accident and has a poisoned hand, 22nd May 1917. • Letter of Constance Grant to Thomas Hector informing him that she has been detained in London prior to embarking for France to engage in Canteen work for the army, 20th April 1917. • Letter of Jessie Garrow to the board, thanking them for their consideration in paying her a break-down allowance subsequent to abrupt resignation, 14th March 1917. • Letter of Henrietta Hall to Thomas Hector applying for the post of teacher at Walker Road Primary School, 5th March 1917. • Letter of I.V. Hyslop, Supervising Instructress of Domestic Science, informing the board that there are vacancies for Domestic Science students in Woodside, Mile-End, Hanover Street, and Skene Street Schools, 7th March 1917. • Letter of Corporal W.M. Henry, former teacher at the Grammar School, requesting that his separation allowance not be revoked while he is in the Army as his income is already reduced significantly, 22nd February 1917. • Letter of Isabella Kennedy to Thomas Hector requesting to be kept in remembrance as the duty to which she was posted at Kittybrewster School has finished, 17th April 1917. • Letter of May Leatham to Thomas Hector requesting a post of higher than elementary nature in school following seven years’ experience and university training, 2nd April 1917. • Letter of DB Lothian to Thomas Hector stating that slates from L. Smith & Sons have arrived at Sunnybank Public School but that they are of poor quality. Nevertheless he is glad to get any and shall make use of them. 9th May 1917. • Letter of John Mutch to Thomas Hector stating that he has been transferred from Infantry to the Machine Gun Corps which he prefers, and is Lance Corporal of 247 Machine Gun Company, 2nd March 1917. • Letter of Mary Milne to Thomas Hector declining transfer from York Street School to Westfield School, 8th March 1917. • Letter of Alexander Moodie protesting withdrawal of the Extra Efficiency Grant, 25th April 1917. • Letter of Anna E Manson submitting herself as a Permanent Qualifying Teacher, 19th April 1917. • Letter of Mary Mutch to the Board, requesting posting to a qualifying Senior post at Kittybrewster School rather than her current work at Holburn Street School, 18th April 1917. • Letter of SB Martin responding to complaints by the headmaster at school over regular absences owing to attacks of acute neuralgia, 8th May 1917. • Letter of Duncan Mackenzie to Thomas Hector concerning the organisation of Miss Elizabeth Crichton’s class in George Street Public School with additional supplementary information, 23rd February to 1st March 1917. • Letter of Duncan Mackenzie noting double attendance throughout school at George Street Public School as class rooms were intensely cold and many pupils suffered from it, 9th March 1917. • Letter of Duncan Mackenzie intimating George Street Public School will be closed at 1 PM due to poor attendance on account of the weather, 2nd April 1917. • Letter of Duncan Mackenzie intimating that George Street Public School will hold combined attendance, as attendance is poor and the children are arriving at school with wet footgear, 3rd April 1917. • Letter of Duncan Mackenzie regarding waste paper collection methodology, 10th May 1917. • Letter of Duncan Mackenzie regarding possible conflicts of interest between the school and the Distress Committee in waste paper collection, 14th May 1917. • Letter of Duncan Mackenzie regarding repeated casual absences by Class Teacher Miss Martin, 23rd April 1917. • Letter of Duncan Mackenzie informing the school board that Miss Martin is once again absent, citing the cause as an accident she was involved in during October 1916, 24th April 1917. • Letter of Duncan Mackenzie demanding that the school board take notice of the absences of Susan B Martin over the last two or three years, 20th April 1917. • Letter of Mary Macdonald to Thomas Hector concerning the absence of Mrs Chapman, the school cook, with influenza, and her replacement with Mrs Adams at Rubislaw Special School, 26th February 1917. • Letter of Mary MacMaith to Thomas Hector along with physician’s note, explaining that she is suffering from nervous breakdown and requires at least two months’ complete rest and total change of scene, 19th March 1917. • Letter of Mary Macdonald to Doctor Rose, querying whether Wilfrid Morrison might be moved on from the Physical Defective Class at Rubislaw Special School, 8th April 1917. • Report of Mary Macdonald on Jane Ann Keith from Rubislaw Special School, April 1917. • Report of Mary Macdonald on Duncan Ironside from Rubislaw Special School, April 1917. • Report of Mary Macdonald on James Farquhar from Rubislaw Special School, 2nd May 1917. • Letter of John Peters in answer to a letter of Mr. Bain, stating that – according to his investigation – the boys who broke the railings at Albyn Place were not pupils of the High School. According to police the railings were weak and easily damaged without evil intent, and were broken by accident. 22nd March 1917. • Letter of Nellie Piper with enclosed testimonials recognising her work as a teacher of the deaf and blind at Kingsdown School in Bristol, 11th May 1917. • Letter of Will Robertson concerning the state of the reduction in the Infants’ Department of Causewayend Public School following the transference of pupils to St. Paul Street and Kittybrewster Schools, 26th February 1917. • Letter of John Ritchie to Thomas Hector, expressing the gratitude of Miss Mitchell, teacher of the “baby” class at Old Aberdeen Public School, for the temporary assistance of a teacher with musical ability, 15th May 1917. • Letter of John Ritchie to Thomas Hector claiming the School Board’s reward for the attendance of Robert Duncan who has missed only 3 attendances over eight and a half years, 14th May 1917. • Letter of James Rose to Thomas Hector detailing the circumstances under which a little girl was injured in the King Street Public School Gymnasium, 1st May 1917. • Letter of HJ Morland Simpson to Thomas Hector, reporting progress of efforts to paint over indecent scribblings on the lavatory wall of the Grammar School following their discovery by Mr. Hattie during his visit, 2nd March 1917. • Letter of HJ Morland Simpson to Thomas Hector informing him that Mr George Hay has been passed fit for Garrison Duty by the Medical Board at Castlehill Barracks, 23rd March 1917. • Letter of HJ Morland Simpson concerning scriptural education and Bible Lessons given in the Grammar School, 24th March 1917. • Letter of HJ Morland Simpson to Thomas Hector concerning an inquiry into a recent “case of discipline”, 30th April 1917. • Letter of HJ Morland Simpson on the case of Miss Adam and complaints raised against her by the parents of Ian Pratt, 3rd April 1917. • Letter of AG Wallace to Thomas Hector requesting that he fill out a form for exemption from military service for Mr. Law – a teacher at the Central Higher Grade School, 6th March 1917. • Letter of AG Wallace to Thomas Hector alerting him that WP Law and LHW Adam are called to military service as part of a recent Circular, which he believes to be a mistake, and that two junior students have been recruited to Navy Signalling and Wireless Operations, 5th March 1917. • Request of LL Ward, of the High School for Girls, that the bursary of Leila Chatterji be revised to another pupil as she has left the school, 20th April 1917. • Letter of John Watson to Thomas Hector detailing his work as a member of the Aberdeen Civilian Ambulance Corps, and requesting that he be allowed to keep to this work in addition to his work at St. Paul Street Public School, 16th March 1917.
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