Musis Respublica Floret
President's Message
Unlike the other pampered sons of the Edinburgh bourgeoisie, I did not attend the Royal High Junior School and so the first time I wore the distinctive black-and-white uniform was on Monday September 13th, 1965, as an extremely nervous first-former or ' gyte' as we were universally known. I was very fortunate to be part of the generation who had their time at the High School equally divided between Regent Road and Barnton and even more fortunate to be appointed School Captain for 1970/1971- it must have been a very poor year.
After four years reading French and German at Southampton University, I arrived in London to seek my fortune in October 1976 and I'm still looking. Since 1983, I've made a sometimes precarious living as a freelance journalist/writer/interviewer/broadcaster, specialising in drama both on stage and screens large and small.
After two decades of failing to act on good intentions, I finally contacted the RHSCL in the late 1990s and I have enormously enjoyed organising the events and helping to build up the membership. In my book, the RHSCL is primarily a social organisation, in which we are bonded together by our shared High School experience. Elected President in May 2007, I hope to continue to build on what we've achieved during the past few years-increasing the membership and doing what we do even better each year.
- Al Senter, the Club President