Inclined to eccentricity, he was known to declare in terrible tones that ‘I’ll tear you limb from limb and splatter your brains across the room’, before banging his 36 inch ruler on the desk so that it sometimes broke. For students not easily intimidated, MacGregor kept a heavy leather tawse, providing an alternative punishment to the Headmaster’s more traditional caning.”
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