| Description | 1/4/1924 - 31/5/1924
L.H.W. Adam: Central Secondary School: 10 April 1924
Requesting a reconsideration of salary, detailing reasons and experience
D.M. Andrew: The Academy: Aberdeen Grammer School: 23 June 1924
Accepting a position as rector with salary per annuum included
J.V. Baxter: St. Paul Street School: 13 May 1924
Requesting to keep a Miss Middleton from being transferred to Ashley Road School
J.V. Baxter: St. Paul Street School: 22 April 1924
Music festival competition details and times.
J.V. Baxter: St. Paul Street School: 2 April 1924
Adjudicators never showed up for singing competition held at the school. Waited for almost 2 hours. Trying to avoid a repeat situation the following night.
Isabella Barn: 18 June 1924
Requesting a position at Ashley Road, Woodside, or Kittybrewster
Jeanie C. Barrou: Westburn Road Special School: 29 May 1924
A note to Dr. Rose (the authority’s doctor): discussing the new soup that has been cooked by the new cooks at the school. Two weeks of the new cooks and meals has proven to do well in the school, especially for the boarders.
Jeanie C. Barrou: Westburn Road Special School: 2 April 1924
Discussing school dinners of soup for the last year as an experiment but the soup is “stronger, and thicker and more highly seasoned than is good for them, or they can digest”
Alexander A. Cormack: 8 May 1924
Information requested by the staffing committee in order to continue with an application for a salary increase. Includes: education, continuing education, research, etc
Path Hieks Cassie: 17 May 1924
Requesting leave to go to London, as advised, for special X-Ray treatments
William A.P. Cruden: Victoria Road School: 16 May 1924
Readmission letters for Nellie Guijans to Kirkwell School.
H.J. Cruickshank: Central School: 29 Jan 1924
Two letters regarding the refitting of a school to become an Intermediate school.
Lucy Duffus: Westburn Road Special School:5 April 1924
Recommendation of a Mr. Allen after interviewing him for a position at the school
James Davidson: Central High School, Grammer School, Rosemount, Fredrick Street: 27 May 1924
Regarding promotion of Latin in schools. 2 letters, one with handwritten notes of numbers
Scorgie: Education Department: 28 May 1924
Burns Club essay competition locations
W. Fyfe: Woodside School: 28 April 1924
Conduct of the Boys Brigade the week prior in regards to the lessons on the walls and the lack of supervision
George Fenton: Ruthrieston Intermediate School: 20 April 1924
Numbers of pupils by gender that are eligible to learn typewriter
George Fenton: Ruthrieston Intermediate School: 7 May 1924
Recommendation for a Georgina A. Whyte of 237 Union Grove as an applicant for the Central School, aspirations of being a teacher
George Fenton: Ruthrieston Intermediate School: 17 April 1924
Mr. Murray requesting the use of the gymnasium for 2 hrs 3 days a week for festival choir practice “if the choir is not to be a failure.”
George Fenton: Ruthrieston Intermediate School: 17 May 1924
Expression of praise and regret for the cancellation of placement for a Mis Pirie
W. Fyfe: Woodside School: 17 June 1924
Book request for bibles of various quality
William Fyfe: Woodside School: 15 March 1924
Retirement/resignation letter after 38 years in service in the city of Aberdeen
George Fenton: Ruthrieston Intermediate School: 16 June 1924
Regarding the manhole cover in playgroup, regarded as not dangerous. Also addressing the class for derelicts and its success and continuation prospects
Margaret Gallbraith: Rubislaw Special School: 28 M 1924
Reports of students reported to Dr. Rose: William Fraiser, William Buchan, James Henderson, Mary Murray, James Alexander, Thomas McRobb, George Davidson, Allen Linton
F. H. Hoggarth: St. Andrew’s Catholic School: 12 April 1924
Regarding a Miss Annie D. W. Ogilivie. No record of her there as a teacher or pupil teacher for the year of 1883. Missing or incorrect information suggested
William Johnston: Holburn Street School: 20 May 1924
Regarding the roof of a neighbouring building and its danger to the school and pupils. Response written on the letter post committee meeting
R. M. Littlejohn: Kittybrewster School: 29 April 1924
Addressing the congestion of traffic on Great Northern Road and the travel of students to school via certain routes and liability
R. M. Littlejohn: Kittybrewster School: 20 June 1924
Results of the Control Examination with list of boys and their background
Doyle Miller: Grammer School: 22 April 1924
List of students that either are outside the city limits or left school
John H. Mennie: Walker Road School: 24 April 1924
Fear that steam piles will cause the walls to catch fire, scorching present
Grace Mackintosh: Central School Former Pupils’ Club: 17 April 1924
Requesting the use of the gymnasium for a social evening on the 30th
Elcie F. Moffatt: Central School: 15 April 1924
Requesting the use of the gymnasium to host the Country Dance classes for 8 weeks
John H. Mennie: Walker Road School: 9 May 1924
Concerns of a Miss Margaret Weir as sewing teacher but praises for a student, Miss Margaret Cooper who took up teaching during teacher absences
J. W. Murray: Hanover Street School: 9 May 1924
Brief review of a Miss Hall as a teacher
Alex Moodie: Skene Street School: 28 May 1924
Miss Chalmers is dead. May have died two days ago
Alex Moodie: Skene Street School: 5 June 1924
Report on circumstances of Mina Jean and Isobel Petrie of 53 Skene Street
Duncan Macgregor: Grammer School: 6 May 1924
Request for a salary review with details of employment
Miller: George Street School: 2 April 1924
Adjudicators showed up over an hour late for the Jaffrey Medal Competition
John H. Mennie: Walker Road Public School: 28 April 1924
Bringing attention to the teachers at the school: Mr. James McGregor and Mr. William Milne and who should take on what classes and why
John H. Mennie: Walker Road Public School: 28 March 1924
Agnes Sanders tripped and broke her arm in the gymnasium
D. MacKenzie: King Street School: 28 May 1924
Not bothered with the date of the essay competition as the subject is beyond the students (Poems od Burns)
James MacLeod: Rosemount School: 22 May 1924
Electric iron fused and burned a garment and ironing blanket worth 10/- to be claimed on insurance
H. McCallum: Causewayend School: 29 May 1924
Football team got the “Shield” and they will be giving double attendance to celebrate
D. MacKenzie: King Street School: 11 May 1924
High praises for a Miss Elizabeth Lunan, Junior teacher of Needlework
Mrs. Moira McCormack: St. Mary’s R.C. School: 1 May 1924
Application to be assistant teacher as a married woman[point of interest, social history]
MacLeod: Skene Street School: 23 June 1924
Gossip regarding arrangements for teachers and their reallocation to other schools. Looking for enlightenment of the situation so adjustments can be made
D. MacKenzie: King Street School: 28 April 1924
Question over photography and photographers in general but in particular for the choir for the Festival and competition
D. MacKenzie: King Street School: 24 October 1924
Requesting a new piano as there isn’t one for 2 rooms
A.B. D. Ogilvie: 13 April 1924
Giving dates for when she started as a teacher at St. Andrew’s R.C. School [cannot be verified according to previous letter by F. H. Hoggarth]
John Ritchie: Sunnybank School: 1 May 1924
Berry Smith is withdrawing from the Central School examination as parents deem too heavy a work load
William Ross: Broomhill School: 13 May 1924
Gas leak in the school that is worsening and hasn’t been repaired
Jeannie Roberston: Central Secondary School: 24 March 1924
Requesting a salary increase with reasons and history given
Charlotte M. Rice: 7 May 1924
Requesting a position in a school with a doctor’s note stating that she is again fit to work in another school [previous school unclear]
Farquharson-Kennedy Essay Competition writing prompt: Sprin 1924
“ What it means to be a citizen of Aberdeen.- State what you know about the management of the City- its various public departments; mentioning briefly some of the local Boards and Institutions and their work.”
E(?) May Simpson: Victoria Road School: 28 April 1924
Applying for a post of Cookery and Laundry at Sunnybank and Middle School. Qualifications included
Marjory Rose Smith: 10 May 1924
Applied for a position teaching French and misunderstood the new requirements of living abroad and wished to make amendments to her application for time spent outside the UK
J. Sutherland: High School for Girls:
Requesting that the authority raise her pay by £50 for the last year of service before she retires in September. Reasons given
A.L. Wallace: Central Secondary School: 1 May 1924
Schedule of when the typewriters are used at the school
L.L. Ward: High School for Girls: 13 May 1924
Requesting a Miss Matilda Ewan as a substitute for Miss Ross
A.L. Wallace: Central Secondary School: 15 April 1924
Discussing the admittance of Mr Thomas’ daughter at the age she is (15) into a first year class, from outside city limits poses an issues of fairness. Suggestions are made for mitigating the situation until a decision can be made
Peter Wood: Sunnybank School: 3 June 1924
With redistricting, parents are wondering which school is best suited for their kids, especially given the traffic circumstances
L.L. Ward: High School for Girls: 4 June 1924
Leaving certificate examination candidates, medical certificate for exemptions. Jean Litser, Rhoda Marr, Elizabeth M. McCulloch, Annie White, Winifred Sharkey, Ena Henderson
L.L. Ward: High School for Girls: 18 May 1924
Scholarship money in the amount of £2,000 handed over to Sir Thomas Jaffrey at the bequest of the Former Pupil’s Club for investment. Trying to make an appointment to discuss a permanent investment of the money
A.L. Wallace: Central Secondary School: 9 May 1924
Miss Edith J. Stephens recommendation
Edith Viccars and Miss Richards: May 1924
Application to teach French and a letter of recommendation/verification of previous experience [in French]
L.L. Ward: High School for Girls: 9 May 1924
Recommendation for who should be the First Assistant French teacher at the school based on consultations with one of her professors.
L.L. Ward: High Schol for Girls: 12 May 1924
Refusal to hire Mlle Richards.
A.L. Wallace: Central Secondary School: 28 June 1924
Regarding a Allan Kinloch’s results in French compared to his other subjects. Discussing his time in that class and absences from the previous year due to “dislocation of the heart” and multiple collapses at school
A.L. Wallace: Central Secondary School: 26 June 1924
Students put forth for an apprenticeship in Engineering . John McN. Davidson, Alex K. Forrest, John McP. Lee
David Simons: Central School: 13 November 1923
Request for drawing models by school with responses written in margins
D. MacKenzie: King Street School: 13 May 1924
Some sort of misunderstanding between a child, a parent, and the subordinate of the director. Lack of elaboration on the incident in question but seems to be a surprise and deemed a waste of time.
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