Scot gripped by N.Z.

Press, 30 August 1978, Page 1

Scot gripped by N.Z.

David Johnston, head boy at Robert Gordon College, Aberdeen, is enjoying the best vacation he can remember. “I’ve been ski-ing, gliding, horse-riding, floundering; things I never had a chance to j in Scotland. People have really turned it on for me, he said after his arrival in Christchurch yesterday. 'David (pictured at left) tries his hand against his

* host David Wilton last evening. The kilt is worn J by David Wilton because • he is a prefect at St I Andrew’s College. r David is nearing the ’ end of a two-month Otaki scholarship in New Zea- ) land. He is a top scholar s and sports..i n at Robert

Gordon College, which has a strong academic and sporting tradition. The private college was founded in 1732, and has a roll of 1200 boys. He has found New Zealander’s “freer,” friendly, and the climate a few degrees milder than Scot-

land’s. He had worn his kilt dutifully on a few occasions, but returned to warmer gea, when he caught cold, he said. Between visiting schools, meeting headmasters and mayors, and visiting New Zealand’s scenic spots, he has looked at teaching

prospects. “Tney are not too good in Scotland. I think I would like the idea of living and working in New Zealand,” he said. David is in New Zealand as the thirty-fourth Otaki student. Students from Robert Gordon College have come to New Zealand each year in memory of a former pupil —Lieutenant A. BissetSmith who died in action at sea when the freighter Otaki, was sunk.