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THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
Committee, J. Baldwin, M. Evans, R. Nesbitt, H. Boyle,
Members, J. Blake, D. Rutherford, W. Carter, J Murray, D. Watson, C. Tweedley, S. Milner, T. Pearson, G. Griffiths.
The Society had a very enthusiastic if not alto-
gether successful year. The younger members of the club were soon interested and began to work very hard. They developed film after film after film. The trouble is we have a lot of tanks for developing, but we only have one darkroom. This meant that the printing of photographs was not practiced so much, although some of the younger members were in there more than the senior members. John Baldwin, our chairman, said of Rutherford :
"I think he's hibernated for the winter." And he nearly did.
When printing was done it usually had quite a high standard as proper procedure had been taught well by Mr. Paterson, without whom the club would hardly function. The different cameras this year, ranging from Zeniths to Kodaks didn't make a lot of difference to the finished prints which seems to indicate that the standard of printing is very high.
M.E.
DRAMA
This year under the direction of Mr. Moffat, the
school put on a highly successful play, "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder. Unlike plays or shows of previous years, which were solely to make the audience laugh, "Our Town" was a semi-serious play about the life of an ordinary town in America at the turn of the century. Each act in the play dealt with a different theme, the first act dealt with birth, the second with marriage, and the third with death, the overall effect being an insight into the thoughts of the characters in the town and how these events affected them.
Not surprisingly there were actually parts for the ladies in the town, but alas much to the displeasure of those playing male parts no suitable ladies could be found, so for two nights five masculine figures had to don wigs, dresses and other things, attempt to make their voices shrill, take abuse from many of their ex-friends and act the part of the fairer sex. Although this must have been extremely difficult, they played the parts so well that they had some of the audience guessing as to whether they were or weren't "real." But it wasn't only the ladies who put everything they had into the play, the men, the choirboys, the lighting manager, the props people, the prompter and the spotlight manipulator all contributed their utmost to make "Our Town" one of the best plays that the School has seen.
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Next year, if Mr. Moffat decides to produce another play I hope it has the success that "Our Town" had.
S. Dalziel (Editor Webb)
FIRST AID
This School year we again organised two classes for the subject, both classes were conducted by ladies from the British Red Cross Society, Dunblane, The Juniors by Mrs. Eadie and the Seniors by Mrs. Eadie and Dr. Gray.
The British Red Cross Society Junior Certificate in First Aid was gained by
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Barry Heeps
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G. Morrison
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R. Boyd
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A. W. Lambie
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A.W. Lambie
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S.M. Miller
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D. Ross
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I. Smith
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T. Reynolds
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P. Carson
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M.J. Smith
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C.W.B. Gordon
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I. McGregor
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A.F. Bertram
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C.S. Fraser
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W.H. Wilson
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G. Leonard
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A. Pearce
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J.M. cairney
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D. Edmunson
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