| Description | 1/10/1906-30/11/1906
• John Anderston, Ferryhill Evening School. 19 October 1906. Letter to the School Board with details of the enrolment numbers for nine subjects.
• Isabella W. Angus, Part-time Teacher of French, Central School. 2 November 1906. Ms Angus writes to the School Board from Lille, France to explain why she had not returned after summer but had stayed on to take up a teaching position in Lille. Ms Angus advises, in detail, that she thinks pursuing this opportunity will improve and extend French teaching skills for when she returns.
• Isabella W. Angus, Part-time Teacher of French, Central School. 4 December 1906. Ms Angus writes to the School Board from Lille, France in response to their reply to her letter of 2 November 1906. Ms Angus expresses her concern over not having received the grant that she had expected from the School Board.
• Mary J. Bisset. Teacher, Torry Public School. 22 October 1906. Letter to the School Board to advise that the school had asked her to make it known to the School Board that her lack of musical ability made her unfit for the position in the Infant Department. Ms Bisset supports this decision and would prefer to be transferred to a school nearer her home at 311 Hardgate.
• James Campbell. Head Teacher, Marywell Street Public School. 10 October 1906. Letter to the School Board to suggest that a catalogue be made of the 427 books in the library. The catalogue would then be sold to the pupils at 1d each to support their choice of book to read and encourage reading.
• James Campbell. Head Teacher, Marywell Street Public School. 26 October 1906. Reply to the School Board about a complaint made by Mr George McRobb, a parent of a girl attending the school. Mr McRobb alleged that his daughter was suffering from “nervous shock” due to excessive punishment from a teacher. Mr Campbell disputed this and thought that “underfeeding may explain the condition.” Mr Campbell added that Mr McRobb was in debt to the school and that this was the real cause behind the complaint.
• Duncan Clarke, Head Teacher, Commerce Street Public School. 1 October 1906. Letter to the School Board explain that the parents of a pupil transferring to his school should be excused if not happy as the child had in her possession The Junior Reader (Mc Dougall’s Alexandra Readers) as this was not the Reader used in the school’s corresponding stage.
• Duncan Clarke, Head Teacher, Commerce Street Public School. 5 October, 30 October & 3 November 1906. Letters to the School Board regarding the musical education of the blind child Elizabeth “Lizzie” Reid.
• Duncan Clarke, Head Teacher, Commerce Street Public School. 15 November 1906. Asking for permission to clear of furniture and use an unoccupied room as a Playroom for infants where they would be taught to play games of various kinds.
• Thyia Dagmar Christie, Teacher, Infants Department of Middle Public School. 2 October 1906. Request to the School Board for a transfer to a school nearer her home address of 19 St Swithin Street.
• William Duguid. Head Teacher, Kittybrewster Evening School. 19 October 1906. Letter to the School Board with the distribution of his 273 pupils enrolled across eight subjects ranging from Trade Arithmetic, Comm. Arithmetic to Freehand Sketching.
• George Fenton. Head Teacher, Grammar Evening School. 17 October 1906. Letter to the School Board with the distribution of his 420 pupils enrolled across thirteen subjects ranging from Trade Arithmetic, Physical Training, German to Political Economy. Mr Fenton express concern about the fall in numbers and suggests handbills are placed in Banks and shops on Union Street
• W. Fyfe. Head Teacher, Woodside Public School. 21 November 1906. Letter to the School Board asking whether an approach to reduce the level of disease could be introduced as it is having an impact on attendance. The illness he lists includes eye-troubles, ringworm, eczema, various forms of wet and dry skin diseases affecting the scalp and face and lice on hair and person.
• Isabel Jane Fraser. Sewing Mistress, Commerce Street School and St Clements School. 6 June 1906. Letter to School Board requesting a transfer to Sunnybank School as she would prefer to work in one school instead of two, also she has moved to the same area as Sunnybank School.
• William Hendry. Head Teacher, St Clement Street Public School. 17 November 1906. Letter to the School Board regarding a complaint received from the parent of Alexander Guyan. The letter, in detail, explains the complaint that the boy has not received a Merit Certificate and why this is the case and asks for advice regarding resolution of the matter.
• Thomas. C. Hynd. Head Teacher, King Street Public School. 2 October 1906. Copy of a timetable of Sewing Class with the number of pupils in attendance.
• William Johnston. Head Teacher, Central Evening School. 19 October 1906. Table of enrolment to the School Board advising a total of 675 pupils have enrolled pupils enrolled across ten subject areas. Mr Johnston includes 2nd and 3rd Year numbers for each subject.
• Louisa H. Jack. Teacher, Victoria Road Public School. 15 October 1906. Letter to the School Board requesting a transfer on the grounds that Victoria Road School is too far from her home address of Duthie Terrace.
• Maxwell H. Mackie, Teacher of French, Grammar School. 25 November 1906 and note of 27 November 1906. Report to Mr Simpson in response into an inquiry, by the School Board, on the unsatisfactory nature of the French Class results (Board Minutes, November 1906). The report is very detailed and compares results with comparator schools. It also includes opinions on H.M.I. Inspectors. There is also a note to Mr Hector from Maxwell Mackie advising he does not want to appear in person at the High Schools’ Committee, to explain his report.
• Jessie Mearns. Teacher. Completed Aberdeen School Board Application Schedule. 19 November 1906.
• W. Reith Macgregor. Central Higher Grade School.
o 13 October 1906. Letter addressed to The Members of the Aberdeen Evening Schools’ Committee. A request for access to “a certain amount of apparatus” to carry out the proposal to provide a Science Scheme in the Police Constabulary Classes.
o 17 October 1906. Letter to Thomas Hector, School Board. The letter provides enrolment numbers on Science Scheme in the Police Constabulary Classes – Senior Division 19 and Junior Division 20. Mr Macgregor also requests the services of an assistant.
o 30th October 1906. Letter to Thomas Hector, School Board advising that the Senior and Junior class will be held on the same evening instead of two evenings as usually happens. The reason for the change being that all available Police were required on full duty on 31st October for the Annual Market in Old Aberdeen.
• John McKenzie. Head Teacher, Ashley Road Public School. 21 November 1906. Letter of confirmation (addressee not given) to confirm that Robert B. Clarke had perfect attendance for the years 1901-1905.
• John McKenzie. Head Teacher, Ashley Road Public School 21 November 1906. Letter to the School Board regarding high level of absences in the school, almost half the pupils, due to whooping cough, measles, colds and other illnesses.
• J. M. McGregor. Head Teacher, Old Aberdeen Public School. Not dated. Note [addressee not given presumably the School Board], advising of perfect attendance of Robert Philips, for 6 years and Sarah L. Thom, for 5 ½ years. Follow up memo to the School Board, 21 November 1906 to confirm the pupils had been presented with the “Board’s reward” for perfect attendance.
• John McBain. Head Teacher, High School for Girls. 8 October 1906. Addressee not given [presumably the School Board]. Report on each subject area referenced to education directive.
• John McBain. Head Teacher, High School for Girls. 8 October 1906. Addressee not given [presumably the School Board]. Information on Bible instruction across the school including examination format.
• John McBain. Head Teacher, High School for Girls. 6 November 1906. Addressee not given [presumably the School Board]. Query, presented to Mr McBain by parents, regarding reduction of school fees for third or fourth child attending the school.
• John McBain. Head Teacher, High School for Girls. 6 November 1906. Addressee not given [presumably the School Board]. As a considerable advance had taken place in the Sewing and Drawing Departments of the school, Mr McBain requests that the periodical Ladies Home Journal, published monthly in Philadelphia be purchased to support teaching of these subjects.
• William McLean. Head Teacher, Kittybrewster Public School. 22 October 1906. Letter to the School Board to advise of the perfect attendance, for over 5 years, of Jeannie Keir, 12 Clifton Road.
• Susan McHardy. Sewing Teacher. 15 May 1906. Letter to the School Board asking to be considered as a Sewing Mistress candidate in Sunnybank School or any other vacancy. Ms McHardy advises she has a First Class Certificate, City and Guilds of London Institute in June 1905 for Plain Needlework and Cutting Out. Ms McHardy advises she has been a temporary teacher in Rosemount Evening School, King Street School and Skene Square School.
• Annie Nicholson. Teacher, High School for Girls. 22 October 1906. Letter to the School Board to request a transfer to Higher Grade School or an Elementary School as due to changes in regulations these are the only schools she will be able to obtain her Parchment Certificate.
• John Peters. Head Teacher, Middle Public School. Note to the School Board with the enrolment numbers for each of nine subjects, including Photography Elementary, at St Paul Street Evening School.
• John Peter. Head Teacher, Hanover Street Public School. Undated. Response to a letter from the School Board, of 20 October 1906, requesting names of pupils with perfect attendance for over 6 years. The name of Robert Fraser, 5 Cross Street is given as having had perfect attendance since his date of admission on 21 August 1900.
• John Peter. Head Teacher, Hanover Street Public School. 31 October 1906. Letter to the School Board asking if the School Board continues to apply for grants for attendances lot through infectious diseases.
• Will Robertson. Head Teacher, Skene Street Public School with additional accommodation at Northfield School. 1 November 1906. Lengthy letter to the School Board to complain that there are a number of problems with the school being split over two sites. The problems include accommodation, concerns with parents and teachers that Northfield is not a healthy school and loss of income to the School Board as a result of necessity to split classes to fit the two locations.
• Will Robertson. Head Teacher, Skene Street Public School. 22 October 1906. Note to the School Board to advise that Lily Simpson has had perfect attendance since August 1900.
• Will Robertson. Head Teacher, Skene Street Public School. 15 November 1906. Letter to School Board forwarding a Braille letter and the translation from a blind pupil James Linton. James is thanking the School Board for the knitting frame they have provided and telling the Board of his progress with it.
• Joan Shand. Teacher, King Street Public School. 19 November 1906. Request for a transfer from King Street Public School to Sunnybank School in the hope that the School Board will promote her to “Senior Work.”
• H. F. Morland-Simpson. Head Teacher, Aberdeen Grammar School. 26 October 1906. Letter to School Board requesting financial assistance to arrange for framing eight prestigious pictures. Pictures included “Old coloured print (1815) of the Radcliffe Library, Oxford designed by Gibbs the Architect (F. P.).”
• J. L. Skea. Head Teacher, St Paul Street School. 3 October 1906. Memo to the School Board to advise that “the boy Wishart has not been in attendance.” Mr Skea suspects that Wishart is expecting to be admitted to the Middle School. However, Mr Skea’s opinion is that “he is only suitable for Oak Bank.”
• Charles Stewart. Head Teacher, Gordon’s College. 14 October 1906. Letter to the School Board providing information on the decline of numbers in enrolment in Building Courses and the increase in number in Mechanical Enquiries Course.
• Annie Sturrock. Teacher, St Paul Street School. 13 November 1906. Letter to the School Board to request a transfer to a position in the Senior Department in a school nearer her home of 71 Bonnymuir Place.
• Isobel J. Walker. Teacher, Ferryhill Public School. 11 October 1906. Letter to the School Board to allow Ms Walker to have a bleaching green as she is unable without one to deliver full Laundry Work curriculum.
• A. G. Wallace. Head Teacher, Central H. G. School. 3 October 1906. Letter to the School Board to highlight omission from the recorded qualifications in drawing of Alice M. Duthie and Beatrice R. Riddell.
• A. G. Wallace. Head Teacher, Central H. G. School. Letters to the School regarding attendance of certain pupils.
o Jane S. Milne, perfect attendance since entering the school on 14 August the previous year (letter dated 25 October 1906).
o Isabella Peters, perfect attendance since entering the school on 26 August 1901 (letter dated 20 November 1906).
o Helen Stewart, no absences since the first day of session 1904/05 (letter dated 20 November 1906).
o Robert B. Clarke, perfect attendance since entering the school in August 1905 (letter dated 23 November 1906).
o William O. Webster, Aberdeen Business College. 20 November 1906. Letter of resignation [on detailed company headed paper] as a teacher of shorthand at four Aberdeen City School. Mr Walker was taking up a position at The Smith Premier Typewriter Company at beginning of 1907. |