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• J. Anderson, ND [supposition 1902]. King Street School. Letter to Mr Hector in response to a request for a statement in writing regarding the unpleasant feeling between J. Anderson and the Master Mr Hynd. The dispute related to time keeping.
• J. D. Anderson, Head Teacher, Ferryhill School. 28 July 1902. To School Board regarding parental cross examining Head Teacher about diphtheria scare. Head Teacher reports 25% absentees that day.
• J. D. Anderson, Head Teacher, Ferryhill School. 16 January 1902. To Mr Hector, School Board. Reporting on the number of children being sent to work, by their parents, prior to school in the morning e.g. “4.30- 8,” when they should be in bed.
• John C. Anderson, Ferryhill Evening School. 12 February 1902. Request to hold an exhibition to increase interest in dressmaking, millinery, cookery and woodwork which are subjects were attendance is apt to drop off.
• J. D. Anderson, Head Teacher, Ferryhill School. 27 July 1902. Letter to school board reporting an ongoing situation with Mr Michie, a parent, who is on a mission to make parents and The Press believe that there is something “rotten” about Ferryhill School’s sanitary conditions.
• J. D. Anderson, Head Teacher, Ferryhill School. 7 July 1902. To School board reporting on the falling attendance and providing figures.
• J. D. Anderson, Head Teacher, Ferryhill School. 7 January 1902. To Mr Hector. Request to change Miss Adam from a temporary post to confirmed as successor to the late Miss Scott.
• Mabel Anderson, 8 January 1902. Writing to Thomas Hector following the request from the School Board for information on the expenditure and loss relating to cookery demonstrations and practice at Day and Evening School sessions.
• Jas. C. Barnett, Head Teacher, Middle Public School. 10 March 1902. Letter to School Board to propose an extra Assistant in the Infants’ Department. Lots of details about the number of pupils and their distribution between classes is included to support the proposal.
• Maggie Bain, teacher Ashley School. Wednesday 19 [month and year not given, presumption 1902]. Letter asking Mr Hector to present the teacher’s complaint about unfair change of classroom to the School Board.
• W. Brown, position not stated. [Undated, presumption 1902]. Old Machar School and Woodside School both noted. Letter to School Board in reference to a request about costs relating to cooking expenditure.
• James Campbell, Head Teacher, Walker Road School. 21 February 1902. Letter to the School Board in which Mr Campbell disputes the medical assessment relating to the pupil Sophia Godney, which the School Board used to insist Sophie be given a place in Walker Road School.
• J. Carmichael, Grammar School. Position not stated. 3 March 1902. Letter to School Board requesting the printing of exam papers instead of being cyclostyled. Also, a request for initials C.M.I. (Certified Manual Instructor) to appear after the letter writer’s name. Associated separate letter requesting pay increase.
• Duncan Clarke, Head Master, Central Evening School. 19 February 1902. Letter to School Board to requesting the Palace Hotel to facilitate a request to show a dinner table fully set out to the students and suggesting perhaps Cookery Staff could be included in the opportunity.
• J. Carmichael, Grammar School. Position not stated. 24 March 1902. Request to School Board for money to refund Evening School fees. As a P.S. J. Carmichael reports Ruthrieston School has been broken into.
• Duncan Clarke, Head Master, Central Evening School. Letter raising concerns about the lack of accommodation to meet the demands of increasing numbers of students, providing figures of previous three sessions to illustrate increase in demand.
• Duncan Clarke, Head Master, Central Evening School. 6 March 1902. Follow up letter to School Board requesting they contact the Palace Hotel to advise Mrs Hyslop will attend to learn about table setting.
• James Campbell, Head Teacher, Walker Road School. 7 February 1902. Letter to School Board on behalf of a parent, Mrs Johnson, who is requesting her daughter Isabella can be relieved of school attendance following the disappearance of the St Oswin the ship her husband was working on.
• James Campbell, Head Teacher, Walker Road School. 22 January 1902. Letter to School Board regarding teachers Misses M. Hay and Mackintosh regarding their attendance at Drawing Classes.
• Duncan Clarke, Headmaster, Central Evening School. 19 February 1902. Letter to Mr Hector, School Board requesting details of numbers of candidates who proposed to enter exams on various subjects. Letter further advises exams will take place in the Central School except for Drawing which will take place in the Grammar School.
• Duncan Clarke, Headmaster, Central Evening School. 21 February 1902. Letter addressed to Mr Smith giving details of the shorthand qualifications and speeds of the teacher Mr W. Gill.
• Duncan Clarke, Headmaster, Central Evening School. 9 January 1902. Letter to Mr Hector, School Board advising enclosed copies [not with letter] of syllabus for Telegraph Messengers attending the school.
• Margaret Clark, Northfield Public School. 20 January 1902. Letter to Mr Hector, School Board accusing Skene Square School, Skene Street School and Westfield School of actively notices to parents to leave Northfield and join their schools instead.
• Mr A. L. Dunbar, Senior Manual Instructor. 6 Mount Street. 22 February 1902. Giving in detail the reasons why he feels the terms of his appointment did not cover beyond initial training of new instructors, but further supervision and organisational support was needed. [Included in School Board Minutes 23.1.1902 – 23.12.1902, March Minute, page 63].
• William B. Duguid, Old Aberdeen Evening School. 12 February 1902. Letter to School Board proposing an exhibition displaying the work completed at the school. Mr Duguid and his colleagues felt such an exhibition would promote the classes to others who would benefit from attending.
• G. J. Duthie, Head Teacher, Kittybrewster Public School. 12 February 1902. Letter to School Board regarding the setting up of a savings scheme with the Aberdeen Savings Bank.
• Peter Edward, Aberdeen Grammar School. [Undated, presumption 1902]. Letter to Mr Finlayson advising that as most of the pupil in the Elementary Magnetism and Electricity class were Telegraphists it would be advantageous to them if they have the Science and Art Certificate. This was suggested to him by Mr Ewan, Inspector.
• George Teuton, Holburn Street Evening School. 5 February 1902. Letter to advise the School Board that teachers and pupils are looking forward to their exhibition at the end of session. It was felt this will promoted the work of the evening school.
• George Teuton, Holburn Street Evening School. 10 February 1902. Request to the School Board to use the gymnasium to hold a “At Home” social evening with music, games and dancing.
• George Teuton, Holburn Street Evening School. 3 March 1902. Letter of reference for George Birse regarding his shorthand as taught over 3 years by Mr C. M. Lawrence who was a specialist in this subject.
• George Teuton, Holburn Street Evening School. 3 March 1902. Addendum to letter of reference for George Birse adding that Mr Birse had qualified as a reporter and had been appointed to the staff of Aberdeen Free Press.
• James Findlay, St Clement Street Public School. 23 January 1902. Letter to the School Board providing attainment statistics for pupils over 13 years.
• James Findlay, St Clement Street Public School. 23 January 1902. 13 February 1902. Letter to School Board to thanking them for the privilege of pupils and staff having a holiday to mark his 25 years of service in the school.
• Alexander Forbes, Head Teacher, Skene Street Public School. 22 January 1902. Letter to the school board to advise that they had enrolled pupils from Northfield Public School but had not sent messages to parents to encourage them to move their children which had been implied to the School Board. He advised that the pupils lived locally.
• Alexander Forbes, Head Teacher, Skene Street Public School. 24 January 1902. Letter to school board to advise “the rain, the dull day and the falling barometer,” had impacted on attendance.
• George Teuton, Holburn Street Evening School. 3 February 1902. Request to School Board for at least 2 or 3 prizes to the exhibitors from the Technical Classes.
• William Gauld, Head Teacher, St Paul Street Evening School. 29 March 1902. Letter to School Board regarding instructions for the posting of “the works drawings” to reach London by 1st April. Mr Gauld also gives his proposed dates for elementary and advanced exams.
• A. Green, Skene Square Public School. 7 February 1902. Concerned raised with the School Board regarding the discrepancy between the date of a child going ill and the date of a medical confirmation. The school are only able to confirm the absence as due to illness from the medical date although the children could have been off well before that. He sites the case Alexander and Mary Christie of 31 Richmond Street.
• John Gordon. High School [Undated, presumption 1902]. A proposed, well presented “Scheme of Drawing for the High School,” complete with a sketch of a blackboard for freearm drawing.
• William Gauld, Head Teacher, St Paul Street Evening School. 29 March 1902. Letter to School Board enquiring although the Department have now discontinued payment for Examination of Works Drawings, it is still in order to send them to London by 1st April.
• A. Green, Skene Square Public School. 23 January 1902. Letter to the School Board providing attainment statistics for pupils over 13 years.
• A. Green, Head Teacher, Skene Square Public School. 22 January 1902. Letter to the school board to advise that they had enrolled pupils from Northfield Public School but that it was utterly false that they encouraged parents to move their children which had been implied to the School Board.
• Jessie Garrow, Teacher Central School. 29 January 1902. Request to the School Board for Ms Garrow to take her friend Miss Cleland, a teacher of French at the E. C. Training College, along to the training course on Saturday morning at Ashley School. Dr Scholle was giving a series of lessons.
• William Hendry, Causewayend Evening School. 4 January 1902. Request to the School Board for the pupils to have a Social Evening with tea, songs and games.
• R. Hynd, Head Teacher, King Street Public School. 17 January 1902. Letter to School Board with proposed timetable for Cookery Classes.
• R. Hynd, Head Teacher, King Street Public School. Letter to the School Board admitting that Mr Hynd was aware of a case where he had broken a rule, and he was aware he had been misinformed of the date of birth of children.
• Guntar Hein, Aberdeen Evening High School. 8 March 1902. A letter to the School Board suggesting that the German Evening Class should not be continued as per the prospectus because the absences due to flu continue to be high which would impact on the grant allocation.
• William Hendry, Causewayend Evening School. 1 March 1902. Request for the funding of 750 copies of a musical programme for their closing score.
• Thomas Hynd, Head Teacher, King Street Public School. 19 February 1902. Letter to the School Board regarding an annual grant for a blind pupil.
• Thomas Hynd, Head Teacher, King Street Public School. 13 February 1902. Letter to the School Board requesting the report on King Street Public School for current and previous year including the “money columns.” Mr Hynd advises that he is to make no public use of these.
• Thomas Hynd, Head Teacher, King Street Public School. 14 January 1902. Letter to School Board regarding the poor behaviour of a pupil called James Porter. 55 Urquhart Road aged 11 who was in the class of Mr Smith. Mr Smith gave James the strap and the incident evolved and Mr Hynd had to be sent for. As a consequence of this Mr Hynd requested the withdrawal of the pupil from the school register and for his admission elsewhere.
• Thomas Hynd, Head Teacher, King Street Public School. 22 January 1902. Letter in response to a letter from the School Board regarding James Porter. Mr Hynd is not happy about the School Board’s communication and feels that a serious charge against the school could be brought about if the Board do not take the school’s comments more seriously. A strategy is suggested by Mr Hynd to deal with the situation.
• Thomas Hynd, Head Teacher, King Street Public School. 27 January 1902. Letter in response to a letter from the School Board regarding James Porter. The letter from the Board shared with staff. The letter notes that James Porter’s father had written to the school which pleased Mr Hynd and the matter now ended. However, Mr Hynd wanted to point out to the Board “The boy Porter mauled 6 boys.”
• Wilma Hendry, Causewayend Evening School. 4 January 1902. Letter to the School Board regarding the registration of the “considerable number of students” who wanted to register for the City and Guilds of London examinations in Cookery and Millinery.
• D. B. Lothian, King Street Public Evening School 11 February 1902. Letter of reply to the School Board acknowledging they are happy to hold School Exhibitions but not necessarily annually particularly as they are “handicapped” by not having a Cookery Class.
• D. B. Lothian, King Street Public Evening School 11 March 1902. Letter to the School Board requesting that the weekly Saturday drill of the St Clement’s Parish Church Boys’ Brigade could be changed on the week of their King Street Public Evening School Exhibition.
• Isabella C. Lyon, Teacher of Cookery at King Street, St Paul Street and Hanover Street schools. 8 January 1902. Letter to the School Board advising of expenditure, tweaks to the curriculum “to occupy” the pupils’ time and the difficulty storing perishable goods.
• John McBain, High School for Girls. 10 March 1902. Note to the School Board with requesting permission to add “The School World” monthly magazine to the library magazines. The School World card attached with details of contents.
• Robert McLord, parent of Isabella McLord pupil of the Girls’ High School. Mr Lord writes from his address at 68 King’s Gate. Mr McLord wishes his daughter to remain under the musical tuition of Miss Cran instead of being promoted to the class of Mr Dawson’s class as under her teaching his daughter has made outstanding progress.
• John A. W. Hardy. Woodside Public School. 17 March 1902. Letter to the School Board regarding the moving of a class including desks to the Free Church Hall to accommodate “new school buildings” work by the mason.
• William D. McLeod, Hanover Street School. 3 March 1902. Request to School Board for trees to be planted in the playground to improve the amenities of the school.
• John McBain, High School for Girls. 4 February 1902. Request to School Board to promoting a course of 12 lectures on the subject of Physiology and the Laws of Health to be taught by Dr Watson.
• J. McGregor, Head Teacher, Old Aberdeen Public School. 9 January 1902. Letter to the School Board explaining “double attendance” records on the occasion of the Aulton Market when there had been double the usual level of absences.
• John McHardy, Head Teacher, Woodside Public School. 8 January 1902. Letter to the School Board requesting an additional certified assistant. The letter gives fully details his reasons for this request and includes a table of class composition across the school.
• John McLachlan, Ashley Road Public School. 21 February 1902. Letter to School Board to advise than neither Mr McLachlan nor any other teacher in the school had the least concern to avoid the investigation into the matter which Miss Bain [Miss Bain was a Music Teacher at Ashley Road Public School] had written to the School Board. [The details of the matter are not specified.]
• John McKenzie, Holburn Street School. 21 January 1902. Letter asking if the School Board had authorised a “gentleman” to speak to pupils in schools on Temperance as Mr McKenzie had been contacted by such a gentleman.
• John McBain, High School for Girls. 9 January 1902. Letter to the School Board advising that 10 of the members of his staff would be glad to attend Dr Scholle’s demonstration lessons in French teaching.
• John McBain, High School for Girls. 31 January 1902. Letter to the School Board requesting to teach Drawing instead of Lower Latin giving the reasoning behind this request.
• John McBain, High School for Girls. 14 January 1902. Letter requesting accompanying phonetic sheets for the French and German textbook Elements of Phonetics by Dent & Co., Bedford Sheet, London.
• Elizabeth D. Nisbet, Torry Public School. 22 January 1902. Letter to the School Board explaining why two assistants had not completed their Drawing Certificate.
• Elizabeth D. Nisbet, Torry Public School. 7 January 1902. Letter to the School Board confirming none of the pupils, as far as could be ascertained, were casually employed “after P.M.”
• John Peters, St Paul’s Street Evening School. 15 March 1902. Letter to School Board detailing the qualifications of following staff
o Mr William Gibson
o Mr George L. Black
o Mr William Gauld
o Mr John Davidson
o Mr Reid
• John Peters, Commerce Street Public School. 22 January 1902. Letter to the School Board querying the 60 hours attendance required at Free Arm Drawing Classes. This had not been anticipated by himself and the nine other teachers attending they had expected 30 hours.
• James Rose, Head Teacher, Causewayend Public School. 28 March 1902. Response to the School Board’s letter of 14 March 1902 asking how it was intended the school would address the issues raised in the recent H.M. I. inspection of the school Mr Rose gives a detailed explanation of his view of the findings relating to school attendance.
• Will Robertson, Westfield School. 23 January 1902. Reply to the School Board following a complaint, from Miss Clark of Northfield Public School, that parents of pupils were being encouraged to leave Northfield Public School in favour of other schools.
• Maggie Ross, Walker Road, St Clement Street, York Street and Torry schools are all referred to. 8 January 1902. Ms Ross was responding to the School Board’s request for expenditure information in Cookery Classes. Ms Ross includes other pieces of information of interest in her reply e.g. most children in Walker Road School provided their own fish for lessons as so many parents belonged to the fishing industry. She also advised that when the children were unable to purchase ingredients she set them to do scullery work tasks so they were not idle. Ms Ross also complains about the burden of paperwork on teachers linked to purchasing ingredients.
• Ms Skea, Head Mistress, St Paul Street Public School. 4 March 1902. Complaint to the School Board that school had been reduced to 60 places when had been built for 65.
• Ms Skea, Head Mistress, St Paul Street Public School. 12 February 1902. Letter to School Board to advise that due to severe weather and the electric lighting three of the classrooms are below 40 degrees. Ms Skea suggested additional pipes are put in these classrooms before the following winer.
• H. Simpson, Rector, Aberdeen Grammar School. 17 March 1902. Letter to School Board to suggest that Grammar School should finish on Thursday 27 March instead of the Friday as many Episcopal and Catholic pupils would be off for Good Friday and there was also a Bursary Competition.
• H. Simpson, Rector, Aberdeen Grammar School. 26 March 1902. Leaving Certificate information and additions sent to the School Board in relation to the following pupils
o Alex Bain
o Willilam R. Dunbar
o Alex E. Monro
o Cecil B. Simpson
o William S. Catto
o Thomas McLean
o John Norris
o James Urquhart
o Peter Webster
o Alfred J. Williamson
• J. K. Spalding, Head Teacher, York Street Public School. 14 February 1902. Note to School Board advising as a result of extreme cold morning attendance was very poor therefore the school wanted to make a combined attendance return.
• Ms Skea, Head Mistress, St Paul Street Public School. 28 January 1902. Note to School Board reporting that the Ms Skea had been forced to do a double needlework exam because of the poor electric light conditions.
• H. Simpson, Rector, Aberdeen Grammar School. 28 January 1902. Reply to a query sent by the School Board regarding lapsed bursaries.
• J. K. Spalding, Head Teacher, York Street Public School. 24 January 1902. Request to the School Board to make a combined attendance due to the bad morning attendance [presumably bad weather although not specified].
• Ms Skea, Head Mistress, St Paul Street Public School. 6 January 1902. Note to Thomas Hector urging his visit to inspect the premises across the street for a Cookery Room, Manual Instruction Room and Janitor’s house.
• H. Simpson, Rector, Aberdeen Grammar School. 28 January 1902. Letter to the School Board explaining that Leslie Marshall had left school in June due to family circumstances and with the promise of an appointment in the Post Office. Mr Simpson appeared to be requesting a Merit Certificate on behalf of Leslie Marshall.
• J. K. Spalding, Head Teacher, York Street Public School. 31 January 1902. Request to the School Board to make a combined attendance due to the prevalence of colds among the pupils and consequently the attendance was very low.
• Ms Skea, Head Mistress, St Paul Street Public School. 17 January 1902. Letter to the School Board query the attendance figures in October - December and giving details of her calculation of the figures.
• R. C. Watson, Head Teacher, Broomhill Public School. 24 March 1902. Letter from the School Board and reply from Mr Watson regarding the clarification of organisation changes following a visit to the school by H.M. I. Inspectors.
• R. C. Watson, Head Teacher, Broomhill Public School. 18 March 1902. Letter from the School Board and reply from Mr Watson, following visit from H. M. I. Inspectors, regarding improving the number of pupils taking Merit Certificate and also implementation of suggestions by the Inspectorate.
• A. G. Wallace, Central Public School. 10 February 1902. Letter to the School Board explaining why it would be undesirable to present any pupils, in the current session, for examination in Drawing in connection with the Leaving Certificate.
• Kate Wilson, Violin Teacher, Ashley Road School. 22 March 1902. Ms Wilson request to be considered for post as Violin Teacher, High School for Girls as the applicant understood Herr Erkmann the current teacher was returning to Germany. Applicant included testimonials [written by her] from Herr Johan Halvorsen [Court Musician to His Royal Highness the King of Livedeu], Herr Erkmann, Herr Johannes Meirsch (of Paris Conservatoire), Mr J. Jackson and Mrs Clarinda Webster.
• Central Public School [author not given presumably the Head Teacher]. 4 March 1902. Memo to the School Board providing information on the qualifications of Mr W. A. Keys, Mr Peter Edward and Mr Alex Spiers.
• Jessie S. Wilson, Teacher Walker Road School. 8 March 1902 and 21 March 1902. Letter to the School Board to request that her sister Helen Jane Wilson, Teacher Frederick Street School and herself exchange schools. The request is made as her sister has had very bad health, implication being because of some situation at Frederick Street School, and needs the change. The second letter withdraws the exchange application following a letter from the School Board to reassure her a transfer will be found for her sister.
• A. G. Wallace, Head Teacher, Central Public School. 11 March 1902. Letter to School Board as a follow up to reference by them to the Science and Art Grant for Session 1900-1901. The letter contains tables with numbers relating to exam results in the subjects of Physiography and Hygiene.
• Helen Jane Wilson, Teacher, Frederick Street School. 6 March 1902. Letter to School Board requesting a transfer to an airier as her health had deteriorated since moving to an “east-end” school.
• R. W. Watson, Head Teacher, Broomhill Public School. 6 March 1902. Letter to the School Board to request that the area in flowers in the front of the school be used to advantage and a few shrubs be provided.
• A. G. Wallace, Head Teacher, Central Public School. 3 February 1902. Letter to School Board requesting requisition for books for 3 pupil teachers [not named] who had been awarded the King’s Prize and were entitled to books or instruments to the value of £2 each.
• Elizabeth M. Watt. Teacher. Letter to the School Board including testimonials, including one from the Chairman of the Stirling School Board, as part of her application for a teaching post.
• Isobel J. Walker, writing from 41 Osborne Place [presumably her home address]. Letter to the School Board reporting on expenditure for cookery classes. Ms Walker expresses a wish that the School Board provide the materials as she has to depart from the curriculum as in poorer districts the pupils’ parents do not give them money for the ingredients.
• A. G. Wallace, Head Teacher, Central Public School. 10 January 1902. Letter to the School Board with details of the Leaving Certificate Exams passed by Miss Mary Emslie. He further adds that the qualifications obtained exempted her from the second year Pupil Teacher Exam.
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