| Description | D. M. Andrew, Grammar School, 26 January 1925,
Offer of free etchings from the grammar school to decorate the new authority reception room.
D. M. Andrew, Grammar School, 9 March 1925,
Confirmation of 15 etchings having been sent.
Helen Allan, 42 Loanhead Terrace, 19 November 1925,
Expressing views on the variation of fees for music tuition and its subsequent effect on enrolment.
Jeanie C. Barrow, Westburn Road Special School, 16 March 1925,
Details of a staff member taking a parent to the hospital to visit his daughter (pupil of the school). Physical description of the father and attentiveness to child provided.
Jeanie C. Barrow, Westburn Road Special School, 2 April 1925,
Details of an ill pupil, Herbert Duguid (6.5 years old) staying in hospital and visit by mother, Mrs Raitt of Sandford Peter, who is now staying in town.
Alexander A. Cormack, 4 Brimmond View, Stoneywood, Bucksburn, 8 April 1925,
Appeal for higher salary based on years of experience, additional duties, and comparative salaries with colleagues and at other schools.
Margaret Gallbraith, Rubislaw Special School, 27 January 1925,
Notification of a report being made on pupil, Henry Morrison, as an ‘applicant for exemption’ and one on William Gillies, a pupil approaching 16 years old.
Margaret Gallbraith, Rubislaw Special School, 24 February 1915,
Notification that the parents of Ina Morrison, 14 John Street, and John Moir, 7 Donald’s Court, were refusing to enrol their children at the school and that meetings had been arranged with Mr Dawson.
Margaret Gallbraith, Rubislaw Special School, 3 March 1925,
Notification that Andrewina Morrison of 14 John Street has enrolled at the school.
Margaret Gallbraith, Rubislaw Special School, 4 March 1925,
Notification that John Moir of 7 Donald’s Court was admitted to the Ruthrieston section of the school the previous day.
Margaret Gallbraith, Rubislaw Special School, 2 February 1925,
Regarding pupil James Fyfe who was due to be admitted to the school and staying at Nazareth House. The Reverend Mother preferred the child to go to a Catholic Residential School in the South instead.
Margaret Gallbraith, Rubislaw Special School, 13 February 1925,
Report on candidates interviewed for the music teacher vacancy.
F. H. Hoggarth, St. Andrew’s Cathedral School, 30 January 1925,
Notification of the formation of a new class of junior infants under Miss Fenton, numbering 17 in total. 5 of these were readmitted due to large periods of absence the previous term due to measles.
Johnston, Holburn Street School, 26 February 1925,
Letter about the continued absence of 3 different pupils. The first, Evelyn Anderson, is claimed to have bronchitis by her sister despite being regularly seen outside. The letter cites a ‘dirty head’ as the explanation. The second, Margaret Jaffrey, is said to be ‘physically defective’ and the author suggests the issue is forwarded to Dr. Rose. The third, Forbes Strachan, had only returned on Monday of that week.
L. Jenman, Queen’s Cross R.C. School, 27 January 1925,
Request for the acquiring of 36 copies of ‘pictures in song, book 1’ for pupils attending the school living at Nazareth House.
R. M. Littlejohn, Kittybrewster School, 8 October 1924,
List of stock and equipment to be transferred to an intermediate school (evening school or woodwork room).
J.W. Murray, Hanover Street School, 5 February 1925,
Double attendance being made that day.
Moodie, Skene Street School, 6 February 1925,
Double attendance being made that day due to staff absences.
Miller, George Street School, 6 February 1925,
Notification that the Farquharson-Kennedy prize would now be confined to intermediate schools and advanced primary schools.
Miller, George Street School, 6 March 1925,
Draft of the new scheme for the Farquharson-Kennedy prize.
Miller, George Street School, 11 March 1925,
Essay topic for that year’s Farquharson-Kennedy prize and a request that in future that this is chosen by the 30th of September to allow pupils leaving school at Christmas, Easter and June to compete.
Pickford, Old Aberdeen School, 30 March 1925,
Request to admit 2 pupils, Joseph Irvine and William T. Moodie both of Hayton road, to the infants’ school before September when they were scheduled to be admitted. Both had older family members at the school.
L. L. Ward, Aberdeen High School for Girls, 23 January and 5 February 1925,
Pair of letters concerning the behaviour of pupil, Elizabeth Dron, of 17 Beaconsfield Place. The first is to her father and serves as a final warning, citing ‘carelessness and indifference to work’, along with not completing homework and being a disturbing element in classes. The second references the first letter and is addressed to the Director of Education, stating that her mother had asked for her to be withdrawn and despite Ward’s final appeal behaviour had not improved.
L.L. Ward, Aberdeen High School for Girls, 4 February 1925,
Detailed petition requesting a solution for shortage of space at the school following the sale of the building next door. Citing increased pupil numbers, lack of classroom and cloakroom space and lack of space for staff conveniences.
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