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...Band has a new bagpiper, and he's a natural. His name is Edward Rossiten '52, and his background is as Scottish as the bagpipe he plays...
...father's side of the family makes the Scottish tradition complete and certifies him an official member of the Clan Gordon, whose kilt he wears on parade...
...Conservative candidate.The Communists, after an all-out campaign, got 17% of the vote. Said one Labor Party official in smug satisfaction: "We've still held our record of never losing a seat at a by-election since 1945." In 1906 the Gorbals became one of the first two Scottish districts to go Labor. It has never wavered. Last week's victory, therefore, was no occasion for surprise-or cheers...
Hamlet in French. And there was drama. The Scottish Repertory's production of Ane Pleasant Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis, a Scottish morality play written in 1540 and last performed in 1554, was a high point of the festival. There was a production of the André Gide Hamlet. ("A moving experience," reported the New York Times's Dyneley Hussey of the famous soliloquies, though Hamlet in French, played by Jean-Louis Barrault, kept his voice pitched at "a tart oboe rather than the rich clarinet of English.") And for trimmings there was Highland music, bagpipe parades...
...Balmoral last week the birthday party was quieter than Margaret would have liked. It stopped at midnight Saturday to avoid criticism by strict Scottish Sabbatarians, who had been ruffled recently when Princess Elizabeth took in the races, theater and a nightclub in Paris on a Sunday. The King toasted his daughter in champagne. A helicopter brought thousands of birthday greetings. Britain wondered (and doubted) whether Margaret would settle down. Said an East End docker last week: "I bet she's a handful...