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1913-14.] Opening Address by the President. 
John Macmillan, M.A., D.Sc., M.B., C.M., etc., Edinburgh, was elected 
in 1876, and died on 7th October 1913. He was a brilliant student, first at 
St Andrews, where he graduated as M.A., and afterwards at the Uni- 
versity of Edinburgh, where he obtained the degree of B.Sc. Later on he 
entered upon the study of medicine at the same university, and graduated 
M.B., C.M., subsequently passing as B.Sc. in Public Health, and finally 
obtaining the doctorate of science. With such an academic career Dr 
Macmillan could hardly fail to make his mark in his profession, and by his 
medical brethren he was held in the highest esteem. As Lecturer in 
Medical Jurisprudence in the Extra-mural School of Medicine, Edinburgh, 
he was much appreciated by his pupils ; while as a practitioner he endeared 
himself to his patients by his unfailing kindness and sj^mpathy. 
Sir John Batty Tuke, M.D., D.Sc., LL.D., was elected in 1874, and 
served three terms on the Council; he died on 13th October 1913. 
Born in 1835, in Yorkshire, he came early to Edinburgh, and graduated in 
medicine in 1856. Shortly afterwards he went to New Zealand, where he 
was attached to the colonial forces as surgeon, becoming senior medical 
officer on the outbreak of the Maori War in 1860. On his return to this 
country he devoted himself especially to the treatment of mental diseases, 
and soon attained eminence in his profession. He occupied many im- 
portant positions as a medical man, and was twice elected to represent 
the Universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh in Parliament. During 
his term of office he naturally took great interest in all educational matters, 
and for these services, as well as for his eminence as a physician, he 
obtained honorary degrees from Trinity College, Dublin, and the University 
of Edinburgh. As member of Parliament for the Universities of Edinburgh 
and St Andrews he was of great service in pressing the claims of the 
Society upon the Government during the negotiations in regard to the 
removal of the Society from the Royal Institution to its present premises 
in George Street. 
William Donaldson, M.A., was elected in 1896, and died on 16th 
October 1913. For over thirty years he was headmaster and controller of 
Viewpark School — a private educational institute in this city. He was 
devoted to his profession, and held in high esteem by all who knew him — 
and by none more so than his pupils. 
