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"When Miss Alice Ferguson became principal in 1892-95 she had upwards of 40 pupils.However when Walter Rolling came in the fall of 1895 there appeared to be a heavy enrolment thereon.
During the early years of his 41 years of principalship, when the Davis Tannery was at its height, he had an enrolment of 83, with an average attendance of 55 in winter time. In those days he taught first and second form high school grades when many young men and women from farms graduated their junior high school leaving examinations."
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SS 23 Kinghorn class1909
King Township, Ontario
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"It was an unwritten law under Mr. Rolling, that the small children would be protected by the older pupils on the playground, during his teaching career. For that reason little children"cried" when weather was too cold and the country roads were filled with snow, and they had to remain at home."
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Anecdotal memory by Mrs Crossley5 November 2004
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SS 23 Kinghorn class of 37 students1920
King Township, Ontario
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"Examinations are not the biggest things in a teacher's life." he said. "The greastest achievment a teacher can have is the knowledge that he has built character and instilled the traits of good citizenship within his pupils through their respect for him and the confidence of the parents and trustees."Success of a school depends on co-operation between the pupils, the parents and the teacher, he said. Success in academic work depends largely on success in other departments such as sports, he said, revealing that he took an active part, especially when younger, in the pupil's sport activites.
A quote from Walter Rolling in the Era Banner July, 1937
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SS 23 Kinghorn class of 28 students1924
King Township, Ontario
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"Teaching 40 years ago was vastly different from the comparatively calm life of a pedagogue to-day, he recalled. "At times I had between 80 and 90 pupils, with an average attendance of about 55. The school was so crowded that temporary desks and seats were provided and if a pupil was absent for a day he lost his desk."Walter Rolling, from an article in the Era Banner July, 1937.
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SS 23 Kinghorn class of 17 students1929
King Township, Ontario
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"He would have pupils four and five years of age at school at the same time when young men 18 to 20 years of age were in the same classroom. Mr. Rolling taught many a small child on his knee at his desk when it was too young to understand much about seat work as there was of course, no kindergarten class.This same child would be told to have a sleep in the afternoon by Mr. Rolling, who would see he or she was made comfortable in his seat or in the teacher's arm chair, curled up on a coat for a cushion. The tiny tots had the same advantage as the oldsters, and woe betide the big boy who did not "father" the small children in the classroom and enroute home from school."
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Kinghorn Girls Baseball Team1924
King Township, Ontario
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Mrs. Crossley's memories: part 2July, 2004
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Miss Bessie McBride taught at Kinghorn after Mr. Rolling retired1936
Kinghorn, Ontario
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Miss Bessie McBride took over teaching at Kinghorn after Walter Rolling's retirement. |
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