| Description | 21/12/1904-8/3/1905
John C. Anderson, Girls’ High Evening School, 7 March 1905,
Noting that the ‘Society of Arts examinations’ take place after the end of the school term and requesting that teaching duty is allowed to continue for those classes until the exams take place.
John C. Anderson, 12 Cairnfield Place, 23 February 1905,
Request to withdraw from an application due to an unnamed incident and to be allowed to continue on new duties, again unspecified. Also requests to be left in the hands of the board.
John C. Anderson, Girls’ High Evening School, 14 February 1905,
Apologising for the delay in completing the fees admission register owing to sickness.
John C. Anderson, Girls’ High Evening School, 18 January 1905,
Defending against the possible allegation that ordered materials are for examination and not personal use.
John Cruickshank, Mile-End Public School, 21 February 1906,
Letter from the headteacher discussing his staff members’ demands that they are granted a half-holiday based on a pupil, Miss Peters P. F., coming first in the entrance examination.
Duncan Clarke, Commerce Street Public School, 17 January 1905,
Appeal to the board for the reinstatement of an additional grant to fund the junior senior divisions, justified by the dedication to military drill and also pointing out that the teaching of drawing to the supplementary class should also allow for this grant.
Ducan Clarke, Commerce Street Public School, 19 January 1905,
Details of class sizes and ability at various levels. Also expresses disappointment at the ability of many of the pupils and makes the suggestion that class sizes could be reduced in order to facilitate a greater level of pupil-instructor interaction.
Ducan Clarke, Commerce Street Public School, 27 January 1905,
Details of 3 students admitted to the infants’ room that month who had not previously attended any school despite all being over 6 years old. They are:
Jessie A. Ritchie, 41 S. Constitution St., 3 times refused admittance at King Street.
Mary D. Smith, 60 ? St., suffered from rickets.
Constance M. Mathieson, 177 Constitution Street, admitted to children’s hospital 4 times, 5 operations, noted as ‘delicate child’.
Also included is an insert of infants not requiring particular note admitted that month.
Duncan Clarke, Commerce Street Public School, 17 January 1905,
Appeal to hold a pair of charity concerts in the Trades’ Hall, the first funding the school library and the second going to the unemployed.
Duncan Clarke, Commerce Street Public School, 28 February 1905,
Details on the money raised from the concerts.
D. Christie, 21 Beaconsfield Place, 2 February 1905,
Application for transfer from Frederick Street School to Ferryhill School stating that they are not happy with their current position.
Barbara L. Cameron, 333 Clifton Road, 9 January 1905,
Application for a school transfer (unspecified) from Hanover Street School due to their current long commuting distance.
James Findlay, Rosemount Public School, 30 January 1905,
Details of concert proceeds.
James Findlay, Rosemount Public School, 31 December 1904,
Details of an accident happening to a girl in the gymnasium resulting in a leg injury.
Alexander Forbes, Holburn Street Public School, 13 February 1905,
Concerning the behaviour of pupil, ? McGregor, who had been sent home for repeated ‘defiance of his teacher’.
James Findlay, Rosemount Public School, 8 March 1905,
Detailing hours of attendances for pupils of various classes before and after 12 years of age.
James Findlay, Rosemount Public School, 22 December 1904,
Notification of the gymnasium accident mentioned above.
M. Fyfe ?, Woodside Public School, 13 January 1905,
Request for an additional teacher so that a new class could be made for the senior infants to the junior division and occupy a vacant room.
George Fenton, 2 Loanhead Terrace, 14 December 1904,
Admitting to an incident earlier in his career in which he was offered more money to tach at Gordon’s College, remained in the board’s service and is now pointing out he is paid less as a result.
Goerge Fenton, 2 Loanhead Terrace, 28 July 1905,
Speculative application for one of the higher posts that are likely to come up.
Mary M. Gerrie, 7 Laurelwood Avenue, 1 March 1905,
Application for the position of assistant classical mistress at the High School for Girls.
Copy of replies to Miss M. Hadden, 387 Clifton Road, 26th & 30th January 1905,
Request for a refund of salary and subsequent apology for this request under the mistaken belief that Miss Hadden had fraudulently claimed sick pay while caring for her mother, this was revealed to be an administrative error.
M. Hadden, 387 Clifton Road, 28 January 1905,
Refutation of the first letter outlined above.
M. Hadden, 387 Clifton Road, 2 February 1905
Reply and acknowledgment of this mistake.
?, King Street Public School, 6 February 1905
Details of class sizes at the school.
M. Hendry, Westfield Public School, 10 February 1905,
Notification to the board that a pupil, William Dick of 17 Summerfield Terrace, had been sick in school with Typhus fever, which had been assumed to be a regular case of influenza. The notification is in case the board wishes to take precautionary measures.
?, King Street Public School,
Details of the number of students enrolled in swimming lessons for the previous session (1904).
?, King Street Public School,
Details of the number of students enrolled in swimming lessons for 1905.
John R. Jack, Walker Road Public School, 20 January 1905,
Reply detailing the success rates and subscription numbers for swimming classes.
William B. King, 40 Ashley Road, 16 February 1905,
Application for headmastership of Ferryhill School justified by length of service.
R. M. Littlejohn, 70 Mile-End Avenue, 4 February 1905,
Application for second master in Ferryhill Public School justified by length of service and promotions between different schools.
D.B. Lothian, St. Clement Street Public School, 1 February 1905,
Notification form of intention to remove from the register (expelling) pupil, David Noble, of 28 North Square, due to absenteeism, lateness and uncleanliness. On the other side is a letter with full details and a suggestion of alternative schools. Enclosed is a further memo from G.G. stating that the action should not be approved.
D. B. Lothian, St. Clement Street Public School, 19 January 1905,
Details of numbers enrolled in swimming classes and attendance rates.
James R. Morrison, 114 Brighton Place, 25 February 1905,
Application for future position of teacher of phonography at the Grammar School. Justified by previous experience and educational qualifications.
Alex Matheson and others undersigned, 18 February 1905,
Request from a group of music teachers for an uplift in the scale limit of pay above ordinary level due to not being able to reach higher grades through promotion.
W. Keith Macgregor, Evening Constabulary Class Central School, 25 February 1905,
Notification that an upcoming class won’t be able to take place due to an upcoming annual forces’ meeting taking place on the same date and that absences have been unusually high at that time due to a sudden increase in house burglaries.
John W. Murray, Marywell High School, 2 February 1905,
Application for second mastership at a larger school, justified by length of service and having stepped up to acting in place of other positions (including headmaster) during previous staff vacancies.
Thomas Miller, 1 Ferryhill Place, 4 February 1905,
Application for second mastership at Ferryhill Public School justified by length of service and recent raising of parchment certificate to first class.
? McGregor, Old Aberdeen Public School, 1 March 1905,
Request that the school be exempt from limits on pupils in the infants’ department. Justified by being in an outlying district where they are not competing for pupils from other schools, individual classes not being oversubscribed and arguing that there would be a reduction in the board’s income if it was not made exempt.
William P. McLean, Kittybrewster Public School, 8 March 1905,
Letter outlining the objections many teachers had to the way the summer gymnastics festival had been organised.
William P. McLean, Kittybrewster Public School, 6 March 1905,
Reply to letter asking about general examination arrangements across different schools. Notes that arrangements differ quite widely between schools but that there is a general rejection of monthly or very regular exams being enforced as it would impact the level of teaching.
William P. McLean, Kittybrewster Public School, 21 February 1905,
Arguing for the widespread adoption of report/record cards across all schools in the board following a recent meeting where their use in one school had been discussed, though argues that they shouldn’t be standardised and adapted to each school’s needs.
Harry McCallum, Ferryhill School, 2 February 1905,
Application for second mastership of Ferryhill School justified by length of service and variety of experience including additional higher level duties.
Elizabeth Nisbet, Torry Public School, 29 December 1904,
Request for use of the cookery facilities for the hosting of a free dinner for poor children of the district.
William Ogilvie, Ashley Road Public School, 4 February 1905,
Application for promotion to second master justified by length of service and wide variety of subjects previously taught.
John Peter, Hanover Street Public School, 22 February 1905,
Notifying that there was a very large number (72) of students at that time with ‘sore eyes’ , suffered since the previous August. Details that many had had time off school for this and that many had been prescribed glasses as a result. Requests that the board send a doctor to the school to investigate the cause.
John Peter, Hanover Street Public School, 20 January 1905,
Reply detailing numbers of students that have learned to swim as a result of classes and request that the lessons be allowed to continue.
G. F. Peterson, 12 Lonsdale Terrace, Edinburgh, 27 February 1904/05,
Application for assistant Classical mistress highlighting that they could only take it on a temporary basis but pointing out that this may suit the board as the position was open halfway through the year.
? Rich, Girls’ High School Aberdeen, February 1905,
Details of costs of science sundries.
William Ross, Ashley Road School, 17 January 1905,
Application for headmastership of Westfield School justified by length of service, previous promotions and acting positions when other staff have been absent and dedication to following the updated curriculum.
William Stewart, Porthill Public School, 1 March 1905,
Request that the school be exempt from board rule number 2 about admission of infants.
H. F. Morland Simpson, Aberdeen Grammar School, 5 February 1905,
Enclosing a further letter detailing a new school inspector.
H. F. Morland Simpson, Aberdeen Grammar School, 15 January 1905,
Details of the number of examination papers required for various subjects.
William A. Stormonth, 9 Murray Terrace, 14 January 1905,
Application for headmaster position detailing educational career.
P. Smart, Frederick Street Public School, 30 January 1905,
Request for a fumigation of the entire school due to a case of typhus originating from 4 Raggs Lane.
P. Smart, Frederick Street Public School, 19 January 1905,
Details of the number of students enrolled in swimming lessons as well as a defence of the continuation of lessons and a request for a better registration system.
L. B. Spalding, L. B. Spalding, York Street Public School, 27 February 1905,
Request to combine attendance (with unspecified school) due to weather and poor attendance.
L. B. Spalding, York Street Public School, 19 January 1905,
Number of students enrolled in swimming lessons in addition to a defence of the continuation of lessons.
L. Skea, St. Paul Street Public School, 6 December 1904,
Appeal for higher salary.
Rob Valentine, Hanover Street School, 5 January 1905,
Application for headmastership justified by length of service and having previously stepped up during headmaster vacancies.
A.G. Wallace, Central Public School, 4 March 1905,
Results broken down by classification for students taking the King’s examination. |