The remarkable feature of the Caledonian Club today is not its 
     
     popularity, but its very existence. It is a part of a Scottish society that has 
     
     endured on this Island for almost two hundred years. Its longevity is 
     
     unmatched by any other Island social group, its prestige almost 
     
     unequalled. Even the fury of the temperance crusaders was not enough 
     
     to quell the spirit of a group that so dearly loved to raise its glass 
     
     whenever it could to “gude St. Andrew” and the land of the heather. 
     
    

    
     The members of the Caledonian Club today are as enamoured with 
     
     their role as Scotsmen as were their forebearers. They mightn’t be as 
     
     vigorous, as zealous as the Scots of old, but they look upon their nation 
     
     and their past with as much pride, as much respect. It is still an honour to 
     
     be a Scot; equally, it is an honour to be a member of the Caledonian 
     
     Club. The Highland Games may not be performed with as much splen- 
     
     dour as before, but on St. Andrew’s Day the wines are as excellent, the 
     
     haggis as tasty, the speeches as eloquent as those of 125 years ago. For all 
     
     that has been accomplished by this group in two hundred years, credit 
     
     must be given to Scotland’s glorious past and to the successive genera- 
     
     tions of Caledonian Club members who kept it alive. 
     
    
   
   
    
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