Allan Glen's School Club

Newsletter December 2013

In This Issue Annual Dinner Report Tribute Lecture ReportThe Demise of the School The Educational Trust Sports Club Update News and Correspondence Professor John Paul Golf Report Merchandise list -

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Editorial Seasonal Greetings once again Fellow Members of the Allan Glen’s School Club. I am grateful to all those who have produced Reports and particularly to those who have been able to react to very tight deadlines. Mike and I are endeavouring to send out the letter in the week after the Annual Dinner, as one week today, on 2 December 2013, my Wife and I depart for our Annual Visit to our Daughter and Family, who live in Port Elizabeth in South Africa. This year we take in Christmas, New Year and Burn’s Night, returning on 5 February, in time for the Calcutta Cup. I can assure you that I shall be thinking of you all on a daily basis, particularly when I look at the thermometer and see a difference of about +25°C between South Africa and Glasgow. I am indebted to you all once more for the variety of fare you have provided for the Editor and the Cutter and Paster and Compositor in this months Edition.

Alan McLellan

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Dates for your Diary Second Friday of the month - Monthly Lunch-Mercure - (0141 942 2216) Last Friday of the month - Bishopbriggs Lunch (0141 357 0137) Monday 14th April 2014 - Annual General Meeting - Mercure Hotel Thursday 11th September 2014 - Annual Golf Match - Pollok Golf Club Saturday 22nd November 2014 - Annual Dinner Trades Hall

President - David Tanner MBE “Kirklea” 1 Craigmuir Road High Blantyre Glasgow G72 9UA 01698 826077 [email protected] Vice President - Allan McLaren “Lincluden” Methven Road Giffnock Glasgow G46 6TG 0141 639 5848 [email protected] Secretary - Dr Ian Dale 112 Speirs Road Bearsden G61 2NU 0141 563 8055 [email protected] Treasurer -Mike McCreery 1 Duart Drive, Newton Mearns Glasgow G77 5DS 0141 639 3340 [email protected] Newsletter Editor Alan McLellan 3 First Avenue Netherlee Glasgow G44 3UA 0141 571 7520 [email protected] Lunch Club - Ross Ballantyne 30 W. Chapleton Dr. Glasgow G61 2DA 0141 942 2216 [email protected] and - George Smith Newhouse Farm, Barrhead Glasgow G78 2SE Moneyspinner Draw - John Cochrane 23 Park Avenue, Bishobriggs, Glasgow, G64 2SN Dinner Convenor - Alan Garrity 17 Solomons View Dunlop KA3 4ES 01560 486879 Memberships - Mike McCreery 1 Duart Drive, Glasgow G77 5DS 0141 639 3340 [email protected] Allan Glen Tribute Lecture Gregor Egan 15 Lowndes Street, Barrhead Glasgow G78 2QX East of Scotland Club Ian Hogarth, 9 Blinkbonny Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3HY 0131 332 1503 Website - Callan Dick www.allanglens.com [email protected] Committee R Wright T Bell H R Graham J Kelly R Leckie I Valentine

J Bolton C Downie G Day

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Allan Glen's School Club Newsletter No 33 December 2013

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Annual Dinner 23rd November 2013

Willie McDougall

Bob Winter is Presented with a Quaich by David Tanner

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David Tanner presents the G J Kerr trophy to Russell Black

Allan McLaren Vice President

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Report on the Annual Dinner 23rd November 2013 On a dry but chilly evening, our Annual Dinner was held in the Trades Hall Glasgow on 23rd November. Ninety nine members and guests attended, including a top table of 10. Most had arrived in good time for a prompt 7p.m. start accompanied by Murdo MacGregor on the pipes. One, who shall be nameless, had even arrived an hour early because they had lost the details! President David Tanner MBE and Vice-president Allan McLaren were joined at the Top Table by our Guest of Honour and Old Boy, Mr Bob Winter OBE (class of 1949 and ex Lord Provost of Glasgow), our Raconteur for the evening, Willie McDougall MBE and representatives of the Incorporation of Wrights, The Glasgow High School Club, Kelvinside Academical Club, The Glasgow Academical Club, The AG Sports Club and the AGS East of Scotland Club. The other 6 tables seated 67 members and 22 guests. The representative of The Aloysian Association had to cancel at the last minute due to family illness. The President welcomed all present, introduced the Top Table and invited the Rev. Alan Garrity to say Grace. The caterers this year were again Corinthian, this time under the direction of Alessandro, who served an excellent meal in a slick and efficient manner. Traditional toasts were proposed to ‘The Queen’ by The Chairman and to ‘Allan Glen’ by the oldest OLD BOY in attendance, Donald P. Lindsay (1940). The Guest of Honour then gave us an insight into the work of Lord Provost and the history of the post, mentioning his involvement with such things as the successful Glasgow bid for the Commonwealth Games and the thriving cultural life of this vibrant city. On reflecting on his schooldays, he admitted his teachers would be surprised to learn of the multitude of Doctorates and Fellowships with which he is now honoured, especially his Technical Drawing teacher! It is particularly appropriate that he now sits on The Court of Strathclyde University, bearing in mind its former supervisory role for Allan Glen’s School. After the interval, piper Murdo got the proceedings underway again. The President presented Russell Black with the G J Kerr Golf Trophy and we learned that his uncle was a former winner. Vice-President Allan McLaren then proposed a toast to “our Guests” before introducing Willie McDougall MBE and inviting him to respond on behalf of the guests. Willie, in robust fashion, entertained us with stories of life in Glasgow, the Policeman’s lot, his time as football security expert for Scotland and Europe, including life with The Tartan Army (Live, Love and Laugh). He told a story of a Genie of the lamp, who would only do one wish, but accepted to build a bridge to Australia rather than read a woman’s mind. A tale of the old days of Glasgow Policing when they would be able to persuade a brown bear that he was a white rabbit! Willie concluded by asking us to charge our glasses and drink a Toast to the ‘Allan Glen’s School Club.’ Immediate Past-president Ronnie Wright rose and expressed thanks to all those who had participated in the organisation and running of the function. Twelve bottles of Scotch whisky, generously provided by Raymond Miquel CBE, were raffled and realised £485 from 85 participants; the best raffle return yet. A second case from Raymond will be used to generate more money for the Trust at the monthly lunches. There was a particularly loud cheer when the monthly money-spinner Draw was won by our piper, Murdo MacGregor. The President then declared the Dinner officially over but, as is customary, the members and guests were free to circulate and chat for a while longer. Final costings are not yet available but the subsidy required from the club funds is expected to be slightly less than the estimated £1600. This being my 4th and final year as Dinner Convenor, I wish to thank Mike McCreery for all his good work printing the programmes etc and I wish Alan Garrity, your new Convenor, a successful period in office. John Bolton

The seventh Allan Glen Tribute Lecture

On Thursday afternoon of the 21st November the Club promoted a lecture titled “Engineering in Balloons and Airships” in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. This was the seventh lecture since the original idea of an Allan Glen Tribute Lecture was first floated by Jack McGuinness. Jack opened the lecture by speaking briefly about Allan Glen, his life and the times he lived in, which obviously played a part in forming his resolve to use his legacy to help to educate young people from less fortunate backgrounds. The invited lecturer was Dr. Donald Cameron, a former pupil of Allan Glen’s and current Club member who travelled up from Bristol to explain some of the finer details of designing, constructing and flying hot air and gas filled balloons. At the commencement of his lecture Don used a domestic fan heater to show the effect of blowing hot air into a large canopy enclosure. The balloon shaped canopy quickly rose to the ceiling of the lecture theatre when released. This demonstrated that it was not the velocity of the air from the fan but in fact the increased temperature of the air within the canopy that was responsible for the lift. Attendance was as expected after sending out 147 tickets to 13 schools although it was regretted that 61 pupils were turned away because there were insufficient seats to accommodate them. As usual, representatives were available from the Club, and this year we were pleased to welcome Dr. Alex Galloway, the Associate Dean (International) Faculty of Engineering from Strathclyde University to talk to the young people. As in previous years the lecture was well supported by Club members acting as stewards for the day. Ross Ballantyne, John Bolton, Bob Leckie, Mike McCreery, John MacDonald, Jack McGuinness, Alan McLellan, George Smith, David Tanner, Ronnie Wright and Eddie Yde all attended and ensured the success of the event. Dr. Galloway acknowledged the difficulty in accommodating these increased numbers in the current venue and confirmed Professor McGregor’s suggestion that the lecture theatres at Strathclyde University would be better placed to handle this level of attendance. This alternative option will now be actively pursued. The lecture concluded with the presentation of an Allan Glen’s Quaich to Don Cameron by Club President David Tanner.

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Bruce Barrie’s Speech at the 1974 London Club Dinner During the latter part of 1971 and the early part of 1972 the Education Committee of Glasgow Corporation made it clear through the Minutes of their Meetings and statements made to the Press by members of the Committee, in particular the Convenor, Dr. Daniel Docherty, that it was their intention to abolish in its then form, forthwith, Allan Glen's School along with The High School of Glasgow, Hillhead High School, The Girls' High School, St. Mungo's Academy and Notre Dame School, being the Corporation financed fee paying selective entry schools in Glasgow. The Committee in the person of the then President, Mr. A. Roy Duff, wrote to the Town Clerk enquiring that he acknowledge the special position of Allan Glen's School under the Local Acts of Parliament passed when the endowments of the School were taken over by the Corporation of Glasgow. No satisfactory reply was received and in March, 1972 an Action was raised at the instance of an Old Boy who had a son attending the School. It was necessary to raise the Action in the person of a parent in order to meet the legal requirement of having a Title to insist that the Allan Glen's Act. be adhered to. The Allan Glen's School Order Confirmation Act was passed as a Local Act of Parliament on 25th June, 1912 and provided the authorisation for the Royal Technical College to transfer Allan Glen's School and its management and endowment to the School Board of Glasgow. The Act provided a number of conditions and in particular stated that the name 'Allan Glen's School "should be retained and that the School should be carried on as a science high school pari passu with the High School of Glasgow for Boys as far as possible on the lines under which it had been carried on by the Governors but only so far as that could be done consistently with the provision of the Act and the Education Acts and the ordinary practice of the School Board and so long as be converted by the School Board into a primary or intermediate or a secondary school or other school of whatever kind as determined by the Education Department. The School Board is now the Education Committee of Glasgow Corporation and the Education Department is the Scottish Education Department, it being one of the Secretary of State for Scotland's functions to administer and, of course, speak for that Department. The Court Action was directed firstly to stop the steps being taken by the Education Committee to abolish the School without the Secretary of State having had an opportunity to state his opinion as to whether the School could be carried on in its present lines and secondly to ensure that at no time the Education Committee would act against the School without the Secretary of State's permission. In the first instance an Interim Interdict was granted by the Sheriff preventing the Corporation from taking any steps to abolish the School. That Interdict was confirmed by the Sheri: but subsequently withdrawn by the Sheriff Principal on appeal by the Corporation. The Interdict, however, had its effect and the School admitted a selective intake in the year 1972/73. In the course of electioneering and on many other occasions the Conservative Secretary of State for Scotland permitted it to be believed by all concerned with the Glasgow selective schools that it was Government policy to maintain schools with a strong tradition and established identity and attention was now directed by the Club towards the Secretary of State giving, as he did, what was considered to be a sure understanding that the selective schools would continue. The Scottish Education Department, however, regularly and consistently refused to commit themselves to a firm view and after incidental procedure in Court, including debating the relevancy and the competence………….. 1973, subsequently altered to 1st June, 1973. It is proper to comment that during the incidental procedure the Education Committee were represented by two Q.C.'s and a Junior Counsel who, to say the least, struggled to present a facade of legality on the Education Committee's acting’s and in particular its Convenor's comments prior to and during the currency of the Action. By a peculiar coincidence a few days after senior members of the Scottish Education Department had been cited to attend Court to give evidence for the Allan Glen's argument, the Secretary of State made his decision on 29th May, 1973 that in his opinion Allan Glen's School cannot be carried on as specified in the Allan Glen's School Order Confirmation Act. No acceptable explanation was given for the reasons leading up to the Secretary of State's decision and, despite requests that Allan Glen's be allowed the same opportunity of presenting their arguments to him as he had allowed the Education Committee, the Secretary of State refused to meet the School's representatives and stated that it was considered that a meeting with him or a senior official in the Education Department would not serve any useful purpose. That statement was made in April, 1973 Many detailed and cogent arguments were put to the Secretary of State and the Education Department in correspondence, including reference to the tradition and success of the School; these arguments were presented in course of debate in the Sheriff Court at which a representative of the Scottish Education Department was in attendance taking full notes. There is, of course, no guarantee that the Secretary of State heard the arguments or was even interested in considering them. The reception afforded Mr. Gordon Campbell at the Scottish Conservative Party Conference in 1973 created a precedent in that no previous holder of that Office and in fact betrayed many thousands of people who had looked to him to introduce a note of common sense into what was a bitter left-wing political decision. He could have done so by living up to what had been thought to be his undertakings and exercising prerogative under the Allan Glen's Act by the simple stroke of a pen. None of the other Glasgow selective schools had the vehicle of a Local Act on which to take the decision to the Secretary of State and therefore not only was Allan Glen's affected by his failure to act but also the other schools It is interesting to note, however, that while The High School of Glasgow is being completely phased out and will no longer exist in any form as a school, and Hillead, The Girls' High School and Allan Glen's are to become local comprehensive schools, St. Mungo's Academy remains a school for boys only and Notre Dame remains a school for girls only. The decision of the Scottish Education Department completely destroyed any argument in law open to Allan Glen's and accordingly the Action was withdrawn from Court on 30th June, 1973.

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AGEST: The Allan Glen’s Educational Scholarship Trust A good turnout of AGSC members joined David Tanner, President, and other Trustees at the City Chambers on 22nd October 2013 for the presentation ceremony to the three successful engineering students. Marcia McSwegan from Whitehill Secondary (Biomedical Engineering, Glasgow University), Taha Cetinkhaya from Lourdes Secondary (Chemical Engineering, Edinburgh University), and Adam Gaffney from Rosshall Academy (Chemical Engineering, Strathclyde University), were also joined by a few proud family members. Ian Valentine, one of the assessors, reported that these students had been extremely impressive in what they had already achieved and in the way that they had presented themselves at interview. After a brief description of the Trust’s origins the students were presented with a copy of the history of the School and the School Club and their first scholarship cheque. Councillor Allan Stewart, representing the City Council, congratulated the students whilst lamenting the demise of “such a great school”. The councillor had grown up in the Montrose Street area. It was gratifying to see that the ethos of Allan Glen lived on through the Trust and he wished the students and members of the School Club continued success. David concluded by thanking all those in attendance and Glasgow City Council for organising the day’s ceremony in such a prestigious building.

Sports Club Update - Bob Leckie The club is surviving the huge turndown in social activity which is sweeping the country and closing many pubs and club throughout. Whether this due to a lack of money or a change in socialising habits is anybody’s guess. The Sports Club has suffered a considerable drop in turnover the last two or three years but is counteracting this by minimising ground and bar staff hours and by promoting functions, christenings, funerals, local company meetings and other possible managerial projects. The Rugby is thriving in quantity if not in quality by running two senior teams three secondary school age teams with approximately eighty kids from the age of four to eleven. It is interesting to note the Glen’s 1st XV is in the same division as old rivals Glasgow Academicals and GHK(a combination of ex pupils from Glasgow High School and Kelvinside Academy). The former pupils of Hutchesons Grammer have combined with FPs of St Aloyisous and Glasgow Southern to form what is known as GHA. They are in a higher division but only just. Other clubs currently in Glen’s division are Kilmarnock, Irvine, Newton Stewart, Annan, Helensburgh, Lenzie and East Kilbride. 90% of the Glen’s team come from boys who have come through the junior rugby sections the remainder coming into the area to work or to study at university. We, the former pupils of Allan Glen’s, are often complimented about the fact that we have managed not only to continue rugby but also to maintain a standard to compete with opposition similar to that of the days when the school existed. The club has produced several players who have represented the West, and Scotland and have produced the occasional professional player like Alistair Kellock and Nick Campbell. Allan Glen's School Club Newsletter No 33 December 2013

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Correspondence Sir Frank Whittle's jet engine blueprints drawn in WW2 expected to fetch £30k at auction | Mail Online Alan, I sent a link to Herb, referenced to the Daily Mail story about Sir Frank Whittle’s papers being auctioned and this is the reply I got. Perhaps some of it might be useful for the newsletter? Gregor (Egan) From: Herb Saravanamuttoo Date: 23 October 2013 16:09 Subject: Re: To: Gregor Egan Thanks very much, I would hope they would fetch more than £30K but would even more hope that they not fall into private hands.As you are no doubt aware , Reginald Mitchell was the designer of the Spitfire. One of the main buildings at Cranfield is Mitchell Hall and I always make a point of telling the students why it is called Mitchell Hall. On one of my visits to San Diego, where I run courses for Solar Turbines, I came across Mitchell's slide rule in their aviation museum. It struck me that Cranfield should try to get hold of this, and my engineering colleagues were very enthusiastic about this. Shortly after I gave a major lecture to the RAeS at Cranfield and had dinner with the Vice Chancellor, where I raised this issue. I was absolutely floored by his response, " Why would we want that?" Some people have no sense of history. Unfortunately I can't make the Dinner this year, I will still be teaching . It is now VERY difficult to get to Scotland with Air Canada since BMI went belly up, and you need to fly via Toronto and New York with change of terminal, or airport. You will be glad to know , however, that I am flying down to Toronto on Nov 1 for the AGS Lunch; get the 11:00 down and fly back at 19:10! Ken does a great job of organizing things. Sadly, a number of our older members seem to be unable to make the trip any longer, but Murray MacKinnon, at age 93, will be with us. He built the very strong group in Toronto in the mid 50s . I was over in Scotland for my 80 th in June, spent at Culzean Castle. Excellent, but two nights cost me what I lived on for three years as a student! All best wishes,

Herb (Saravanamuttoo)

PS I met both Whittle and Von Ohain and went down to Washington for Whittle's funeral, which attracted a huge crowd. I was appalled a couple of weeks back when I gave a lecture to our grad students and told a young colleague that the Tom Sawyer Award had previously been given to Whittle, and she did not know who he was! With a PhD in engineering, NOT from Carleton!

From: [email protected] Subject: Mosspark School and Miss McFarlane To: [email protected] Dear Alan, I was interested in the earlier correspondence about the success of Mosspark boys winning bursaries to AGS. Ken McLennan reported on the impressive haul of ten bursaries in 1944 and paid tribute to the dedication of Miss Fannie McFarlane. She was still in her prime in 1951 at Mosspark when Eddie Docherty, Donald Johnstone and I gained bursaries; and her methods remained constant: highly competitive spelling and arithmetic games backed up by the judicious use of the belt. I wonder if Mr Gove would like to introduce an award in her name. Harry Marsh

A Wee Tidy UP During the summer, Ross Graham,John Bolton and Mike McCreery visited the grave of Allan Glen in the Southern Necropolis. It had been 2 years since the last tidy up and the pictures show the before and after the gardening. Allan Glen's School Club Newsletter No 33 December 2013

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News Items and Correspondence Lord Smith of Kelvin (AGS 1956-1962) “Scotland on Sunday (April 2013) understands that he will be leaving the (Weir Group) Glasgow-based FTSE 100 firm at the end of the year and that a statement will be issued at this week’s Annual General Meeting. A successor is expected to be announced. ..Lord Smith, regarded as one of Scotland’s pre-eminent business leaders, is also chairman of Scottish FTSE 100 company SSE, formerly Scottish & Southern Energy. In 2008 he was appointed chairman of the Glasgow 2014 organising committee for the Commonwealth Games… “, We also note that Strathclyde University has announced that Lord Smith is the new Chanchellor of the University. (ed)

Re the late Billy Hunter Hello Ross Thank you for publishing such a nice tribute. I shall send an electronic copy to my sons and friends. Billy would have been delighted. Would you please also send my thanks to everyone who attended the funeral, left messages in the condolence book and sent cards, etc? I am still in a bit of a daze and unable to be in touch with everyone. Thank you for your help and I do hope to see you one of these days. With best wishes, Ann (Hunter)

Gerry McGrath Your recent reference to Gerry, and to Friday's fulsome Obit. in the Herald have brought back one or two memories. Both were connected with Rowing events. The first was in his Glasgow Baillie days, when he represented the City Council at one of our Regattas. It was obvious then that he was no ordinary "Cooncillor". The second was in the mid/late 1980s. Scotland had been selected by the International Rowing Federation [FISA] to host one of the most prestigious events in the sport - The World Veterans [now Masters] Meeting - and the protocol was that in the year before hosting the organisers had to send a full delegation to the current event - to provide information on and to answer questions about the forthcoming plans. Gerry came with the delegation, since the event was to be held on the International-standard Rowing Course at Strathclyde Park, then owned by Strathclyde Regional Council. He was representing SRC, and he did it very well. I was there also, since I was an International Rowing Umpire and was to officiate in the racing - on a lake in Sweden.. One of the unofficial standards was that the next host had to lay on a bit of a party. Given the cost of alcohol in Sweden, we were all asked to bring in a bottle of duty-free, and this was duly done. The Swedes had laid on a marquee right at the water's edge, and there we poured out our national liquor in great profusion. Gerry was a great host, and enjoyed himself so well that he ended up paddling in the water - but collected himself together and carried on with his duties! We had a very good International event the next Year. I regularly see an old Rowing colleague, who attended St Mungo's Academy with Gerry. He has fond memories of him also. Gerry's Obituary shows the quality of the man! Yours, Jim MacRitchie.

Further to Gregor and Jim's enlightening information about Gerry I offer the following small item:On 2nd October 2013 George Smith and I represented the School Club at the funeral service of Dr Gerald McGrath JP at St Simon's Church, Partick. The actor John Cairney, a close personal friend of Gerry's, delivered a moving eulogy to a packed audience. Gerry was a member of our School Club having attended 6th year Engineering Drawing Studies at Glen's in 1940, a class not available at St Mungo's Academy along the road. A very personable fellow, Gerry made lots of friends at AGS and was a regular attender at our Annual Dinners. Subsequent tributes and obituaries endorse his talents and versatility in professional, political, sporting and musical circles. John Cairney described his friend as the "best connected man in Glasgow" and several of our Past Presidents confirm that he was instrumental in promoting our 2003 Civic Reception at the City Chambers. Over the years George Smith and Gerry met weekly with a group of old friends for lunch at the University Cafe in Byres Road. Indeed, several of them including the Glasgow-Italian proprietor attended this memorable service. Yours, David Tanner

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Professor John Paul 26th June 1927 – 13th November 2013 John Paul attended Allan Glen’s School from 1939 to 1944. Following School he studied aJt The Royal College of Science and Technology for an external BSc degree from Glasgow University. He obtained his PhD by the same method. He has stayed with the “Tech” for his entire employment, graduating from Research Assistant to Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering and from Senior Lecturer to Emeritus Professor in Bioengineering at the now Strathclyde University. He had a Sabbatical Year at West Virginia University.

He was a Chartered Engineer ; European Engineer (FEANI) and a Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering; The Royal Society of Edinburgh; The Institution of Mechanical Engineers; The International Socirty for Prosethics and Orthotics; The Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine; A Companion Fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association. On leaving School John played rugby in the Former Pupils 1st XV as a prop and 2nd row forward for many years into his 30’s and, after that, as a referee. David Reid, who was some 3 years younger than John, gave me information about his playing career.

John Paul in 1997 with Strathclyder of the year

( Ed’s Note : I can remember, probably at a time when JP was refereeing rather than

cup The cup was presented to Strathclyde University By Allan Glen’s School Club.

playing, he would come to the post-game bath which, depending on the number of play-

ers who had used it before you, was somewhat murky/muddy. He had a scrubbing brush and a bar of soap joined by a length of string. So as long as he held one of them, he didn’t lose the other ! ) From his obituary in the Herald ( 27/11/13 ) I read that JP had four hip replacements and one knee replacement, so he practised what he preached. His Wife Bette predeceased him and he is survived by his three Children : Gillian; Graham and Fiona and five Grandchildren on all of whom he was an enormous influence. I am indebted to Gillian for a copy of the Eulogy which she delivered at her Father’s Funeral. She is a well-known author (see www.gillpaul.com on the web). As she stated in her Tribute there were a number of lessons that the Family learned from him : Firstly : “you can achieve anything you want in life if you work for it.” John Paul was hugely egalitarian. He treated everybody with the same courtesy, whether they be: black or white; male or female ; gay or straight ; Janitor or the President of a Major Corporation ; they were all equals. The Family also learned altruism. If you are ever in a position to help anyone, why would you not do so? John Paul always set an example to his Family of total honesty and transparency. He served on the University Senate for 12 years where he was known as “Honest John.” He always got on with everyone and never made an enemy. John Paul never pursued personal wealth. Where there was a potential copyright on something, he always attributed it to Strathclyde University, arguing that he had been employed by them and used their facilities. The next lesson they learned was how to rise above physical problems. He had congenital problems with his feet and always had to have his shoes specially made. Latterly, he used elbow crutches and pushed himself to achieve mobility. Gillian went on to say that the final attribute of her Dad that she was going to mention was his ability to restructure his life in the face of adversity. When his Wife Bette died, he rebuilt his social life with amazing strength and dignity. Gillian finished her Tribute by saying that Graham, Fiona and She would never be able to achieve the same high standards as set by John in his life but, that at least they all knew what it was to be a good person.

Annual Golf Outing 13 September 2013 at Pollok -(John Macdonald)

Russel Black Winner of the J G Kerr Trophy with Brian McAlister and President David Tanner

Jim Sinclair Runner Up with David Tanner

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Sixteen members assembled under the stewardship of Brian McAllister.to play for that most treasured trophy the Dr. John Guthrey Kerr Cup, upon which are .inscribed the names of Old Boys some of which achieved the highest honours in Amateur Golf. At the match we were joined by the President, the Editor, the Treasurer and two others. .After a high tea the winner was announced as Russell Black. .Russell the son of Jimmy Black and nephew of Lewis Black all three members of the Society who had supported the Club over many years and represented the club in the Queen Elizabeth Coronation Tournament at Barrnton. .It was a most gratification occasion to see Russell receive the Trophy. James S.Black (1928) father, Lewis S Black (1930) uncle, J.Russell Black (1956)

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