charge was especially noticed for such things as organization, discipline, and also for each teacher's individual method of instruction. There were (on the average) 20 to 30 students being taught at the school during any one time, with the average age of the students being nine years. The students spent approximately seven months of the year in school and tended to complete their ten required grades in five to seven years (since they were allowed to progress at their own individual rate of learning). A few of the required books to be studied were Lennie's Grammar, Sullivan's Spelling, Bullion's Latin Grammar, and Caesar's Commentaries. Many visitors expressed both interest and delight in seeing that the school has been brought back to life in the way it has. The majority of visitors (to what is now a community centre) have attended a similar type of school during some part of their earlier years, and upon a visit to the Baltic School, they are reminded of how it was in their younger days as students. The majority expressed only positive remarks, encouraging the use of the school rather than seeing it being closed down as so many rural schools are on Prince Edward Island . Although the consolidation of various school units has proved favourable in many respects, the binding ties that once existed between school-mates and the communities as a whole are not as strong today as they once were. Community links tend to be more loosely bound in the society of today, possibly since our younger generation go to various schools, going their separate ways and never really getting to know their neighbour. This problem never existed while children of one com¬ munity went to one common school, where they were taught to work and play together. The official opening of the Baltic Community Centre in August 1978 was attended by a large number of former teachers and pupils. Don Wood M.P . for Malpeque cut the ribbon assisted by W. Keir Crafer oldest pupil and Jean MacFayden teacher in 1916. i J._____—It: 14