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Pupil Records 1914 - 1946

The table below lists items relating to the above theme and era. If there is an enlarged image available for the item, it can be viewed by clicking on the picture. 

Title of item

Class No

Date

Description
 

Photo: D & W Prophet, Edinburgh & Dundee

 4-155 about 1915

Back:
Alistair Shepherd, James Robertson, David Hardie, Peter Adam, Ian Hendry, Alec Brown, Jimmy Brown

2nd Back:
Miss Robertson, Kate Morris, Nancy Duncan, Edna Mackie, Wilson Caird, Malcolm Ritchie, Charlie Freeman, Bertie Singer, Will Anderson, Miss Finlayson

2nd Front:
Rita Morris, Nancy Anderson, Elsie Douglas, Annie Crichton, Flora Glam, Muriel Glam, Alex Wilson, Betty Smart, Anna Spencer

Front:
Dorothy MacDougall, Alice Reid, Lizzie Anderson, Alan Foster, John Carmichael, Billy Douglas, Davis Balfour, Mary Bennett, Millie Singer
 

 4-680 abt 1918 Back Row:
?, ?, Jimmy Douglas, John Howat, Jas. Robertson, ?, ?, ?, Geo Millar, A Paton?, Alan Ritchie?

Middle Row:
Mr Lessels (Art), Jessie McNally, Nessie Roberts, Roberta Macrae, ? Doig, Jenny Smith, ?, Ella Smith, Winnie Call, Mgt Stewart

Front Row:
?, ?, Mary Smith, ?, ?, ?, Mr Moore (Rector), ?, ?, ?, Edith King, Marjory Burgess, Daisy Ridley, Mr Carmichael (Maths)

On ground:
?, Peggy Baird, Winnie Greig, Tony Brean, Connie Brown, C Auchterlonie
After the War

 4-153

and

4-1809

 1919 ? Robert Brown, Agnes Good, ?, Betty Smart, David Hardie, Mary Bennett, Ian Hendry, Lee Moore, Alister Shepherd, Dorothy Macdougall, Alina Spencer, Jimmy Brown
Class III 4-120 May 1919  
Madras Primary

   1919
to
1920		 Back Row:
Tom Alexander, Walter Melville,
- Cochrane, Alex Thom, John Glencross, Alex Mackie, Willie Dewar, Jim Terris, David Philip, ?, - Grant

Middle Row:
?, ?, ?, Billy Forrester, Musgrove Nicholson, Davie Anderson, ?, ?, Wattie Graham, ?,

Front Row:
Stewart Robb, ?, ?, Bunt Wilson, - Harris, Jim Hunter, George Thomson, Robin Baxter, - Dredge, Norman Quigley
Prep Classes 1 - 2.

Photo: P A Buchanan & Co, Croydon

 4-519 Sept.
1919		 Back Row:
Miss Finlayson, Jean Craig (student), Charles Robertson, Andrew Duncan, Edwin Haxton, Earl Gillespie, Ian Morrow, Duncan Hill, Douglas Ferguson

2nd  Back Row:
Grace Low, Rankine Brown, Herbert Haxton, Ronald Greig, Dolly Morris, Millie Bridges, Molly Anderson, Miss Lessells (Infant Teacher)

On Bench:
Rhoda Glass, Bunty Duncan, Betty Breen, Gordon Christie, Fred Christie, Willie Duncan, Tom Evans, Walter Bridges, Douglas Low

Front Row:
Alastair Inglis, Ena Leitch, Robert Breen, Myrtle Bowman, Betty Shepherd, Martin Crichton, Ruby Duncan, Flora Wilson, Christo Douglas, David Hendry, Rose Fairweather

NOTES Fred Christie and Martin Crighton  are both named on the 1939-45 Memorial Plaque in the College Quadrangle.
Miss Lessells was the daughter of Art Teacher Mr Lessells
 
Prep Classes 3, 4, 5, 6

 4-150
&
4-518		 1919
to
1920

Back Row:
Miss Finlayson, A Cumming, A Foster, B Douglas, J Fairweather, M Adam, A Rutherford, J Morris, J Carmichael, D Douglas, Miss Scott

2nd Back Row:
K Bruce, W Forbes, C Thom, K Greig, ? Good, ??, J Levack, M Mitchell, P Adam, A Campbell, I Ross, D Millar

Middle Row:
E Foxon, F McKenzie, S Spencer, F Keyes, I McKenzie, A Crichton, M Singer, E Wilson, I Brown, A Wilson, ??, M Doull, A Spencer, C Breen, F Elam, A Thom

2nd Front Row:
B Symon, M Elam, I B Brown, M Kennedy, D Gullen, L Spence, D Breen, A Moffat, N Anderson, P Kennedy, F Millar

Front Row:
S Garrad, M White, E Morris, E Low, C Fisher, N Duncan, H Birrell, M Freeman
 
Miss Finlayson's Class (ages 7-9)

 4-674 1920 Back Row: Miss Finlayson, Seymour Greig, Alastair Inglis, James Knox, ?, E Gillespie (?), A Thom, J Fairweather, F McKenzie, A Cumming (?), ?, R Greig, ?, D Douglas, D Millar, ?

Second Back Row: M White, M Bridges, N Fairfoul, D Morris, L Hamilton, L Knox, Ian Morrow, D Philp, A Duncan, E Haxton, K Bruce

Seated: D Caton, ?, R Glass, ?, R Fairweather, M Anderson, G Low, A Morrison, ?, C Douglas, L Kennedy, J Stewart, Berty Breen, ?

On Ground: H Birrell, ?, E Morris, Bobby Breen, M Crichton, A Haxton, C Robertson, M Freeman, C Fisher, E Low
 
School Photo

 4-382 June 1921  
Prizewinners

Photo: Fairweather, St Andrews

4-116

1921
to
1922

 

VI Form Snapshot

 4-145 June 1923 A Snapshot of the sixth form saying goodbye to a much loved master, Mr W W Thomson, Head of the English Department.
School Panorama

4-586

 1923  
Class IIIA

Photo: D & W Prophet, Dundee & Edinburgh

4-520

 1924
to
1925		 Back Row:
T Warren, H Howat, Rob Kerr, Ken Greig, J Morris, A Anderson

2nd Row:
L Davidson, A Rutherford, J Wilson, J McMichen, A Stewart, B Douglas

3rd Row:
N Robb, M Pearson, D Gullen, I Brown, Molly Scott, Cathy Carstairs

Front Row:
Helen Geddes, B Robson
College Duxes

Photo: Fairweather, St Andrews

 4-134 1925  
School Panorama

 4-732 1926  
Special Prize Winners

Photo: Fairweather, St Andrews

4-522

 1927 Back Row:
Alex. Anderson, Ailsa Biden, Thomas Warren, Margaret Nicholson, Alex. Stewart, Isobel Brown (Good Fellowship Prize), Robert Warren, Katharine McLaren, George Todd, Mary Cunningham

Middle Row:
Mary A. Thomson, Margaret Robb, John Carmichael (Dux Science side, Dux in Mathematics and Good Fellowship Prize), Agnes I. Balsillie, Mr J. D. McPetrie (Headmaster), Cecilia M. Edwards, James C. Liston (Dux of School), Florence D. Cullen, Catherine I. Carstairs, Mr W. W. Thomson (English Master)

Front Row:
Herbert Haxton, George Bell, Alfred Whyte, Ethel Davies
Special Prizewinners

Photo: Fairweather, St Andrews

   1928 Back Row:
Donald Douglas, Hamish McPetrie, Alex. Stewart, Alex. Anderson (Dux on Science side), Mr W. W. Thomson (English Master), George Todd, Robert Cranna, Charles Anderson

Second Back  Row:
Marjory Anderson, Mary Lindsay, Jean Wilson, Ailsa Biden, Alex. Thom, Charles Griffith

Seated:
Maud Cunningham, Mary Thomson, Agnes Berry, Mr J. D. McPetrie (Headmaster), F. Doreen Gullen (Prox. acc. to Dux on Classical side), Catherine I. Carstairs (Dux on Classical side), Jean K. Moffat

Kneeling:
Jack Grieve, Herbert Haxton, Robert Mitchell, Edwin Haxton, Ian Christie
 
Special Prize Winners

Photo: Fairweather, St Andrews

4-524

 1930  
Centenary Fancy Dress Ball

 4-452 1933  
The Choice and Master Spirits

Photo: G M Cowie

4-527

 1934 Back Row:
Kenneth P Morris, Catherine R Niven, George M Bridges, Isabel E P Menzies, John C S Paterson (classics dux), Agnes S Brown

Front Row:
William R B Hynd (science dux), Margaret Mary Brown, David Murray Alexander, Myra Haxton (modern languages dux)
Choice and Master Spirits

Photo: G M Cowie

 from MCM
June
1935		 1934
to
1935		 Back Row:
Alice M W Robertson, Hugh B Steele, Margaret J Ramsay, Helen M Watters, Michael G Green, Grace S Geddes

Front Row:
George M Bridges, Isabel E P Menzies, William C Smith, Agnes S Brown
Madras Duxes

   1935 Left:
Isabel E P Menzies, Dux on the Classics side

Right:
Helen M Watters, Dux on the Science side
Choice and Master Spirits

Photo: G M Cowie

 from MCM
June
1936		 1935
to
1936		 Back Row:
Charles L G Stobie, Janet R Marshall, George Downie

Front Row:
Agnes G Gullon, John Davidson, Margaret J Ramsay, Michael G Green

 
School Panorama

4-731

 1936  
Choice and Master Spirits

Photo: G M Cowie

 from MCM
June
1937		 1936
to
1937		 Standing:
Douglas Graham, Thomas Drysdale, Dorothy M Hutton, James C Davidson, Catherine P Niven, John B Caldwell, Lena G McIntyre, William T McCall

Sitting:
George Downie, Janet C O H Provan, John W Main, Elizabeth B Hughes
2 Madras Pupils

   c.1937 Connie Auchterlonie and Alan Maig.

Alan went to South Africa. He was becoming blind and taught troops who had been blinded in battle.
Choice and Master Spirits

Photo: G M Cowie

 from MCM
June
1938		 1937
to
1938		 Standing:
David R Snodgrass, Ena Rothnie, Ellen C Dickson, Andrew E Scott, Frances M H Fordyce, Wm S MacKenzie, Lena G McIntyre, Eliz M Thompson

Sitting:
Eliz B Hughes, Thos A H Drysdale, Isa M Anderson, James C Davidson, Janet C O H Provan, Stephen N P Stobie

Inset:
David H Provan
Principal Medallists and Prize-Winners

Photo: Fairweather, St Andrews

   1937
to
1938		 Back Row:
Harold Pallin, Nancy Thomson, Ian Davidson, Andrew Scott, Jack Picken, James Stewart, Noel Stobie

Second Back Row:
Jean Morrison, Alexina Rothnie, Margaret Louden, Janet White, Rita Harrison, Nancy Roy, Anna Williamson, Sarah Watt

Second Front Row:
Alex Kirk, William S MacKenzie (Dux in Mathematics), Ellen C Dickson (Dux on Classical side), Mr J D McPetrie (Headmaster), Betty Hughes (Dux on Science side), Mr J Blue (English Master), Betty Thompson, Euan Robertson, Lena McIntyre, Norman Niven, Janet Provan

Front Row:
Irene Redford, Connie Auchterlonie, Kenneth Inglis, Flora Thomson
 
Choice and Master Spirits

Photo: G M Cowie

 from MCM
June
1939		 1938
to
1939		 Back Row:
Thomas N Valentine, Elizabeth J Bayne, Sarah M Watt, Victor W M Francis, Isabel M Stobie, Alex H C Kirk, Mary M Brown, Elizabeth Y Smith

Front Row:
Frances M H Fordyce, David H Provan, Helen M McColl, Andrew E Scott
Principal Prize-Winners

   1938
to
1939		 Back Row:
Helen Fraser, Wm Watson, Mary MacNiven, Alex Kirk (Science Dux), Olive Mitchell, William McCabe, Connie Auchterlonie

Second Back Row:
Helen Pratt, Margaret Louden, Irene Redford, David Provan, Flora Thomson, Andrew Scott, Rachel Brown, Ian Davidson, Jean Thorburn, Ina Mitchell, Isobel Hay

Second Front Row:
Helen McColl (Classics Dux), Mr Blue, Sarah Watt, the Rector, Mary Brown, Ismay Stobie, Ida Williamson

Front Row:
Elsie Cunningham, Elizabeth Moig, Norah Fitzgerald, Alice Fyfe, Sheila Edmond, Audrey Kirk, Katherine Anderson, Doris Kennedy

 
Choice and Master Spirits

Photo: G M Cowie

 from MCM
June
1940		 1939
to
1940		 Back Row:
W Wallace Watt, E Jean Morrison, W David Paterson, Elizabeth J Bayne, James Anderson, George A Bathgate, Irene Redford, J Gordon Cooper, Brenda Schwalbe, L William J McCabe

Front Row:
Frances M H Fordyce, Alastair C Hill, Jean M Seath, Ian Davidson
Burgh School

   1940s  
Air Training Corps 1302

   c.1945  
Sixth Year

 4 127 1944
to
1945		  
Madras Pupils

  

1945

  
Class 2A

  

1945

 Back:
I.Turnbull, P.Polson, J.Dall, M.Raeside, A.Cant, E.James, A.Law

Middle:
B.Taylor, R.Rodger, R.Kingsland, I.Glen, L.Angus, G.Allison

Front (1 name missing):
H.Johnston, A.Purdie, E.Brown, N.Thomson, E.Somerville, N.Gilmour

Seated:
R.Hamilton, D.Carstairs
Class IIIA

   1945
to
1946		 Names including:
Doreen Campbell, Tom Robertson, Norma Thomson, Betty Bisset, J Philp, Rosalind Hutchison, Margaret Spittal, Renate H F Freundlied, L Crosthwaite, William Vance, Elizabeth Menzies, June Muir, Hamish Anderson, Lizbeth C Meldrum, Margaret Harrison, Erik G Duncan, Margaret Fyfe, E David, June C Mitchell, Lilian Swan, Ian D Jack, Mary Hutcheson, James Paton,  Charles Whittet, John C Murray, Margaret Bairner, Keith R Neilson, Eleanor L Nicholson, F Armstrong, Jack Brown, Norman Waugh
Class IV

 4-126 1945
to
1946

Back:
R Fernie, J Pallin, J Swan, G R Mitchell, C Scott, F White, N Fuller, E Williamson, J Sinclair

2nd Back:
R Fawkes, J Chrystall, E Christie, H Dawson, M Rae, I Graham, D Lock, H Walker, I Gerrard, J Rough

2nd Front:
A Purdie, C Rizza, A Mitchell, E Brown, M Mitchell, E Dobie, M Mackenzie, A Weston, N Paterson, I Macaulay

Front:
M Mair, J Haddow, J Terry
 
Class V

 4-149 1945
to
1946

Back Row:
R Downie, J Cole, J Waters, M Law, A Bonella, J Lorimer, J Mitchell, W Hunter

Middle Row:
I Melville, E Mair, N Watt, J Ashton, M Anderson , H Menzies, A Latto

Front Row:
M Braid, E Cole, S Brown, D Scott, E Skene, M Johnstone, D Findlay

 
 

1946

  
The Choice and Master Spirits

 4-130 1946
to
1947

Back:
I Melville, J Anderson, H Menzies, W M Law, M McKenzie, J S Cole, I M Anderson, I Rough, W Thomson

Front:
D Mackay, H Dawson, Mr N McLeod (Rector), R Downie, D Scott

 

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