LINKLATER

(1941-2008, Teacher, Writer and Broadcaster), thanking him and saying I am glad you liked my introduction, he knows something of the perils of teaching... your school motto might well carry a sub-motto for the masters' common room: 'Boys agitant mentem' , with Linklater's typescript signed and dated saying A choir of young voices is always delightful... it's an excellent idea to let the owners... write their own carols, and then put them on exhibition. In the 1964 anthology there was a great deal of wonderfully fresh writing with the unsullied feeling of natural soloists, he is sure the new volume will again be filled with pages as bright as April and... very occasionally - as tearful as April; which as T.S. Eliot reminded us, can sometimes be cruel, though he probably exaggerated, as poets do, and sending his warm congratulations... to every young genius behind his desk and to the terrifying masters who so tenderly nurture that genius..., 1 side 10 x 8, no place, January 1965, the letter 1 side 9 x 7, Pitcalzean House, Tain, Ross-shire, 3rd February