The tiny one room school stood directly beside the McGowan property. My father often said that attendance by those who went to school in his day was governed by seasonal conditions, when time was allowed off from working. This applied to anyone having the size and strength to be useful in working the land. When there was work to be done, school came second.

This new availability for basic education would produce creative scholars whose talent would generate profound quotes of the time such as those found in the local tabloids of 1898.

-"No man can fall very deeply in love with a woman who won't let him lie to her."

-"As between love and a cigar, they both burn out too soon."

-"Probably women would understand men better if they had a crying spell every once in a while when they couldn't tell what they were crying about."

A number of my younger siblings attended this school in the early 1960's. We often took the job of cleaning and painting the school when required prior to September each year and also fired the wood stove which was the only source of heat during winter months. These jobs were a good source of earning spending money for older students. During the 1966\67 school year, my youngest sister Susan, went here for grade one. This was the last year the school was used. Four or five years later the school house was removed. Today, the site is part of a large hole in the ground forming a gravel pit.

The school may be gone as have some other landmarks however, in Rollingdam, little has changed since the turn of the century.