An Comunn Gàidhealach Publications > Sruth > Volume 2 > No. 48, 23 January 1969

Sruth, Di-ardaoin, 23 latha de'n Fhaoilteach
Nine
Naidheachdan Mu IVa h-Eaglaisean
Air A’ Ghaidhealtachd
Le “ FEAR-FAIRE ”
NA
FAIRE
EAGLA1S NA H-ALBA
Leabhrcdchean
Mar thoradh air airgiod x
fhuaradh o Urras araidh
gheibh ministearan agus mision-
araidhean aim an sgirean diith-
chail cuideachadh airson leabh-
raichean a cheannach a bhios
feumail dhaibh. Faodaidh iad
fiach ceitheir notaichean de
leabhraichean ordanachadh o
bhiith aim an Dim-eideann agus
gheibhear a nasgaidh iad.
Ministear Mhalcdg
Air an 17mh latha de’n
Fhaoilleach chaidh an t-Urr G.
Ritchie a phosadh ri coimh-
thional Mhalaig agus Chnoid-
eirt. Tha Mgr. Ritchie air a
bhith ’na mhinistear ann an
sgire Bhatain, ann an Gallaibh,
o 1961. Tha eaglais Mhalaig
air a bhith ban bho’n leig an
t-Urr. Domhnall MacPhail
dheth uallach a’ choimhthionail
le dith na slainte.
EAGLAIS AIR A REIC
Tha beagan mhiosan a nis
bho’n chunnaic sinn sanas anns
na paipearan ag innse gun robh
an t-searm Eaglais Steidhte ann
am Beinn-nam-faghla gu bhith
air a reic. Chaidh a ceannach
bho chionn ghoirid le Cuideachd
MhicNeachdainn a Glaschu a
bhios a’ deiligeadh ann an
arnais-taighe.
Mgr. Seumas Domhnallach
Bidh ionndrainn mhor air
Mgr. Seumas Domhnallach,
fear de eilearan Bheinn-nam-
faghla a chaochail bho chionn
ghoirid. Bha e iomadh bliadhna
’san dreuchd agus b’iomadach
latha a bha e a’ togail an fhuinn,
am Beurla agus an Gaidhlig.
AN EAGLAIS SHAOR
Bidh an t-Urr D. MacGil-
liosa ministear Eaglais Chros-
boist an Leodhas a’ dol a
Bhancubhar airson sia miosan a
shearmonachadh ’san Eaglais
Ghaidhealaich.
Gcdrm Gu Inbhirnis
Tha iomadh ministear Gaid-
healach air ceann coimhthionail
’sa bhaile mhor, agus mar sin
’se annas a th’ann a bhith a
cluinntinn mu Ghaidheal a tha
a‘ fagail na Galldachd agus a’
tilltadh gu math. Tha an t-Urr.
Seumas Friseal air gabhail ri
gairm o’n Eaglais-a-Tuath ann
an Inbhimis, an deidh dha
bhith grunn bhliadhnachan ann
an Diin-eideann. Bruidhnidh e
a’ Ghaidhlig agus tha iiidh
mhor aige ann an ciiisean
Gaidhealach. Tha Mgr. Friseal
’na sgriobhaiche barraichte agus
’se a bhios a’ deasachadh
miosachan na h-oigridh. Bho
chiorm mios no dha air ais chuir
e leabhran a-mach leis an ainm
“Marriage is God’s Way.”
Moladh Roinn Na Gaidhlig
Anns an aireamh mu dheir-
eadh de mhiosachan na h-Eag-
lais tha iomradh air a thoirt
air 114 .tha aq? B.B.C. a’
deanamh ann a bhith a’ crao-
ladh seirbhisean Gaidhlig. Tha
am fear-deasachaidh a’ sgriobh-
adh mar a leanas: “Mr Milne,
the new Controller for Scotland,
is keenly interested in Gaelic,
and we feel sure that he will
give every encouragement to
AIR TUR ! Frozen Foods
Mr Fred Macaulay and his
assistants in the good work they
are doing for the Gaelic-speak¬
ing communities in providing so
many Gaelic religious services.”
AN EAGLAIS SHAOR
CHLEIREIL
Air Forladh
A bhos air laithean saora ’san
diithaich seo tha an t-Urr.
Domhnall Caimbeul a tha ’na
mhisionaraidh ami an Zenka,
Rhodesia. Tha a’ Mhaighdeann
Uasal Rhoda NicCaoidh a bhcs
air forladh cuideachd—tha ise
a’ saoithreachadh ann an
Ingwenya.
Orduighean
Air an 26mh latha de’n Fhaoil¬
leach bidh Sacramaid Suipeir
an Tigheama air a frithealadh
ann an coimhthional Inbhimis.
AN EAGLAIS
CHAIT LIGEACH
Coisrigeadh An Easbuig
Bidh an t-Ath. Urr. Cailein
Mac a’ Phearsain air a chbis-
rigeadh mar Easbuig Earra-
Ghaidheal agus nan Eilean air
an 6mh latha de’n ath mhios
ann an Eaglais Mhoir Chaluim
Chille ’san Oban. A’ gabhail
comh-pairt ’san t-seirbhis bidh
am Fior Urr. Hyginus Eugene
Cardinale, am Fior Urr. Gor-
dan Gray, Ard Easbuig Chill-
ribhinn agus Dhim-eideann,
agus an Sar Urr. Stephen
MacGhill, Easbuig Phaislig.
SOP AS GACH SEW . . .
THA Comunn Dion Latha
an Tighearna ann an Leodhas
agus na Hearadh air cur an
aghaidh “ Highland Fling ” an
taisbeanadh Gaidhealach ann
an Lunnainn a bhith fosgailte
air an t-Sabaid.
CUIRIBH naidheachdan eag-
laiseil gu Fear-deasachaidh
“Sruth.”
GUTH O NA LINNTEAN
A DH'FHALBH: —
Tha cuibhleachan iiine
Gu dliith a’ dol seachad:
Dean mo sgeadachadh sgiam-
hach
An aodach iasaid a’ Ghais-
gich;
Anns am faigh mi a‘ bhean-
nachd,
A cheannaich e daor dhomh;
Cha b’ann le ni truaillidh
Ach fhuil uasal ’ga taomadh.
“Bean Torra Dhamh” (Mairi
Nic a’ Phearshn, a Baideanach,
a rugadh c. 1730).
Scots Pupils ‘Taught English History’
Most of the history taught in
Scottish schools is English his¬
tory, said Dr William Taylor,
principal lecturer in history at
Dundee College of Education,
addressing a 1320 Club sym¬
posium on Scottish education
in Dundee University on Satur¬
day.
In his work, he said, he
visited schools in Dundee,
Angus, Perth, Fife and Clack¬
mannan to see graduate and
diploma students teaching pri¬
mary and secondary pupils. If
he asked particularly to hear a
lesson on Scottish history more
often than not it caused acute
embarrassment, ana was some¬
times so full of gross inaccur¬
acies that he wished he had
asked for a lesson in English
history.
He found it alarming and de¬
pressing that youngsters at an
impressionable age were reared
on a false historical philosophy.
In the primary school
teachers tended to use the most
readily available books which,
being written for the larger
English market, were in most
cases almost entirely English in
content. There was nothing
wrong with these books as Eng¬
lish history books; but they were
very much out of place in Scot¬
tish schools.
Our youngsters were told how
we thrashed the men of Spain;
how Alfred burned the cakes;
how the Normans won our land;
and how the princes died in the
Tower.
In the secondary school the
curriculum tended to be domin¬
ated by the requirements of the
external examination system.
He could not see that there was
any place in a Scottish examina¬
tion set for Scottish pupils resi¬
dent in Scotland for such ques¬
tions as the social and economic
effects of the Black Death in
England; the Domesday Book;
or “ with what justification can
the eighteenth centry be de¬
scribed as an age of elegance in
England?”
But the root-cause of Scor-
tish teachers not teaching Scot¬
tish history went deeper.
Secondary teachers of history
were graduates; and graduates
were products of a university.
There were now eight univer¬
sities in Scotland, but only two
chairs of Scottish history. The
result was that the number of
graduates who came into teach¬
ing with any knowledge of
Scottish history was woefully
small.
Dr Taylor said that, with the
support of his department, they
were trying to do something to
redress the balance. Ninety
per cent, or more, of the gradu¬
ates who came for their year of
teacher-training had no Scottish
history at all.
Therefore, with the approval
of the principal, he had for the
nine years given graduates who
sought a qualification in teach¬
ing history a content course :n
Scottish social history. This
class was unique in colleges of
education in Scotland, because
they were not supposed to teach
graduates history, but to teach
them how to teach it.
Mr William Neill, Edin¬
burgh, who spoke on “The
teaching of Gaelic in schools
and universities,” said one of
the problems was the lack of
teachers. Part of the attitude
against learning things like
Gaelic or Scottish literature
was the “training for export”
psychology which affected the
Scottish teaching profession.
Factory Opens At
Inverness
A new Inverness company
will make a vital Highland con¬
tribution towards the export
market in venison, game and
fruit.
Clansman Frozen Foods, Ltd.
have opened their £60,000 30-
job project, which has been
assisted by the Highlands and
Islands Development Board, at
Dell of Inshes, Inverness.
The Earl of Cromartie pulled
a lever to switch on a giant
blast freezer, the most modern
of its kind in the Highlands.
The company’s managing
director, Mr Graham Thornton,
said principal output was for ex¬
port to Germany, Italy and
Holland—and even before they
had got into their stride they
were planning an extension.
“Our cold-storage and freez¬
ing space is already far too
small for our immediate future
requirements. We shall have
discussions with all the direct-
tors with a view to building au
even larger cold storage chamber
with a possible capacity of 1000
tons.”
Mr Thornton paid tribute to
the assistance which the Board
gave to get the company off the
ground.
Assist in Arranging
The Earl of Cromartie refer¬
red to the Invergordon smelter
development, which he hoped
would go a long way to assist
in arresting deponulation in the
Highlands, but stressed: “Let
us make no mistake, howevci—
the smaller projeas such as this
are every bit as important as
the bigger schemes.
“I would like to see consider¬
able expansion of the smaller
industries in suitable centres in
the Highlands. It is particularly
welcome to most of us that this
firm made sure they employed
all local labour and would in
future also employ local labour
in their works. I hope this ven
ture will be of great benefit to
everyone who works here and
to those who supply venison
and also be a great help to Scot¬
land by exporting the produce
of the Highlands.
Appointed
Editor
Mr David Christie,
formerly assistant editor
of the “ Evening Express,”
Aberdeen, who has been
appointed Editor-in-Chief
of the Highland News
Group.
A native of Inverness,
Mr Christie was educated
at the Royal Academy,
and is married with
two grown-up daughters.