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Thursday, 25th February—
" This Society considers that the Royal Air Force
is the best service."
Proposer A. Morrice, Seconder M. Scoggins.
Opposer A. Kay, Seconder R. Newman.
The motion was defeated by 5 votes to 4.
Thursday, 4th March—
A " sharp practice " was held. 9 motions were
discussed.
Thursday, llth March—
" This Society considers that blood sports should be abolished."
Proposer A. Kay, Seconder A. Warwood.
Opposer D. Marshall, Seconder R. Newman.
The motion was defeated by 6 votes to 2.
EXERCISE "BRUCE SIXTY-FIVE."
At 8.15 a.m. on Sunday, 30th May, the Headmaster and forty boys left the School by 'bus, to take part in a Civil Defence exercise. Until that time, we had known nothing about the exercise, except that we were to act as casualities. On the 'bus, the Headmaster handed round copies of the orders of the day, which helped to enlighten us. The orders were headed " Exercise Bruce Sixty- Five." The exercise itself was to take place at the Civil Defence training ground, Bishopbriggs, and its object was to give practice to C.D. volunteers. In addition, we were given the following fictitious
information :
" Following a series of frontier incidents,
combined with hostile troop movements, a state of emergency has been declared. The U.K.C.D. has been put on a war footing, with all Civil Defence controls manned and all mobile forces concentrated at their depots. At 0732 hours on Sunday, 30th May, a ground burst 500 KT nuclear weapon exploded at Bridge of Allan. The target was believed to be a B.M.E.W.S. on Sheriffmuir. Area control survived with some slight damage, with no casualities, and is still operational."
U.K.C.D.—United Kingdom Civil Defence
B.M.E.W.S—
Ballistic Missiles Early Warning System
As soon as we arrived at Bishopbriggs we were shown to a dormitory and given refreshments. It was only 10 o'clock, and the exercise began at 11.30. Just as we were settling down. Major MacKenzie, who was in charge of the exercise, asked for volunteers. Another boy and I volunteered, and were told to build fires and make smoke, to make the exercise more realistic.
A thunderflash heralded the start of the exercise at 11.30. The rest of our party had already been placed in their positions, suitably and more often than not too realistically made up, to wait for the C.D.
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workers to find them. Some were allowed to shout, but others were supposed to be unconscious, and had to stay silent. N. McConnell, was so well trapped in a small den of concrete blocks and iron bars that an oxy-acetylene cutter had to be used on the metal bars to free him. Casualities were taken to the first-aid posts to be swathed in bandages, and gulp down cups of tea. C.D. volunteers carried around labels which had such morbid details printed on them as ' Time of death', ' Whether found dead or alive,' ' Description of injuries'. At one point we two ' fire-raisers ' were invited into a first-aid post for tea, and were nearly mummified by the enthusiastic first-aiders. As well as our own party, there were scouts and Stirlingshire schoolchildren taking part.
The exercise finished at 2 o'clock and after lunch we returned to School by 'bus. There were a few complaints about not having had anything to do, but most of us had enjoyed taking part in exercise ' Bruce Sixty-Five.'
HOUSE APPOINTMENTS, 1965
Cunningham House
Monitor : M. J. Owens
Prefects : A. I. Warwood, C. McLaughlin
Haig House
Monitors : D. C. K. Robertson, A. C. Kay
Prefects : D. I. Marshall, J. R. Welsh
Trenchard House
Monitors : E. D. Gillespie, N. S. Donaldson
Prefects : N. McConnell, A. W. Morrice
Wavell House
House Captain : B. R. Murton (Abercromby)
Dormitory A. J. Martin (Abercromby)
Leaders : 1. Burgess (Lynedoch)
I. A. Robertson (Lynedoch)
J. S. Murdoch (Moore)
A. Hewgill (Moore)
SCHOOL COLOURS
The boys now in the School who hold School
Colours are listed below :—
J. Allan—Cricket, 1965.
I. Fraser—Cricket, 1965.
E. Gillespie—Rugby, 1962-63-64-65. Cross Country Running, 1965.
D. Marshall—Cricket, 1965.
N. McConnell—Rugby, 1964-65.
A. Morrice—Rugby, 1964-65. Shooting, 1965.
M. Owens—Cross Country Running, 1963,1964,1965. Rugby, 1963-64.
D. Robertson—Rugby, 1962-63-64-65. Cricket, 1963, 1964. Cross Country Running, 1965.
R. Newman—Swimming, 1965.
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