1908 was the most dramatic in the nine years that the championships had been running.   Comment has been made of the absence of Glasgow Academy and other schools in recent years but the comment below from the Scottish Referee of Friday 15th May, 1908, on the meetimg to be held the following afternoon.

It says that efforts to bring Watson’s and others such as Dollar back into the event had failed but stops short of saying why this was the case.   Nevertheless the sports went ahead on the Saturday and the Edinburgh Evening News reported as follows on that day’s procedings up to their ‘going to print’ time.

However, the ‘Scottish Referee’ on the following Monday followed the theme of the article on the Frida (above).

There was no team contest despite nine schools contesting the meeting.   That was certainly a step back.   The Edinburgh Evening News followed this up on the Monday with the following comment.

Make what you will of that but Fettes does not emerge well, nor do the other private schools who decided to boycott the meeting.   We know that the inter-scholastics were still doing well in the SAAA half centenary in 1933.   What made the change?    Meanwhile, the results in full were only printed by the ‘Glasgow Herald’.

There being no team winners, the individual winners are noted below.

OPEN EVENTS

EVENT	WINNER	SCHOOL	PERFORMANCE
100 Yards	L Crombie	Glasgow High School	11.6 seconds
440 Yards	D Seath	Dundee High School	59.4 seconds
One Mile	W Hislop	George Heriot’s School	5 min 12 sec
120 Yards Hurdles	N Mackay	Allan Glen’s High School	18.4
High Jump	N Mackay J Bryce	Allan Glen’s High School George Heriot’s School	5′ 1″
Broad Jump	W Brown	Glasgow High School	18′ 3″
Throwing the Cricket Ball	A Smith	Glasgow High School	89 Yards 0 Feet 01 Inch
Putting the Weight	T Hotchkiss	Glasgow High School	30′ 1 1/2″

UNDER 16

EVENT	WINNER	SCHOOL	PERFORMANCE
100 Yards	I Douglas	George Heriot’s School	12 seconds
880 Yards	G Mc Gillivray	Glasgow High School	2 min 29.6 sec
120 Yards Hurdles	JC Rennie	Allan Glen’s High School	20.2 seconds
High Jump	W Mackay	Allan Glen’s High School	4′ 8″
Broad Jump	J Morrison	Stewart’s College	17′ 6″

UNDER 13

EVENT	WINNER	SCHOOL	PERFORMANCE
100 Yards	I Stewart	Stewart’s College	13.4 seconds
300 Yards	G Irvine	Bellahouston Academy	42.4 seconds
High Jump	J Lang	Allan Glen’s High School	3′ 11″
Broad Jump	J Lang	Allan Glen’s High School	15′ 4″*

There were six schools represented on the winner’s rostrum including Allan Glen’s High School, Bellahouston Academy, Dundee High School, George Heriot’s School, Glasgow High School and Stewart’s College: three from Glasgow, two from Edinburgh and one from Dundee.