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School Homes A FRUITFUL INVESTMENT Issued by the Committee of the Forward Movement of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Copies may be had on application. 956, Confederation Life Building, Toronto. PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL HOMES BY REV. COLIN G. YOUNG District Superintendent of Home Missions for Northern Saskatchewan R nearly eighteen years the Presbyterian Church has been trying to meet the de-mand for a more enlightened Gospel among the peoples who have come from the central and southern part of Europe. Through direct evangelistic effort, and through the kindly ministry of well equipped hospitals, much has been done to teach the people that there is a better way of life. But the missionary effort that promises to surpass all others in effectiveness and fruitfulness is that undertaken through the medium of the "School Home." The Story of the Venture The history of this venture dates back almost to the beginning of mission work among the Ukrainians in Canada. The first undertaking was the opening of Schools directed and controlled by the Church. These Schools were handed over to the care of the State just as soon as the State provided the organization necessary to direct them. At that time a few men advocated very strongly the erecting of residences adjacent to these Schools into which the children might be gathered from the outskirts of the colonies, placed under the care of carefully selected supervisors and given the best kind of religious instruction. The Synod's Committee of Manitoba and Saskatchewan failed to be persuaded^ however, and it remained for Rev. Dr. Arthur, one of the original advocates, who was just then being transferred to Vegreville, to induce the W.H.M.S. of that time to out into execution the plan which has proved such a great success. For a number of years a few of these Homes have been in operation and their wide-spread influence has been one of the great factors in stimulating a desire for better things among these peoples of non-British birth. A Simple Plan The plan is a very simple one and is directed on behalf of the children, whose care is always the special responsibility of the Church. A "Home57 is provided at a good educational centre. Into this "Home" the children from the frontier settlements especially are gathered under the best Christian influences, and are taught by practical demonstration what the Gospel of Jesus Christ has done in developing the Christian virtues which make the home the centre of love and comfort and health and happiness. The teaching so far as the curriculum of studies is concerned is done in the Public or High School, as the case may be, but the religious instruction and the practical Christian training are given in the "Home" by those carefully selected for this work. The State provides the means of education. The Church provides the religious training and Christian culture. This is as it ought to be. It is the duty of the State to provide the means of instruction for every child. It is the duty of the Church to provide the Christian environment so that every child may grow to the full strength of his powers before being subjected to the temptations which in earlier years so often prove his destruction. Educating the Away-from-Home Child So far the Church has only made provision along the line of "School Homes'7 for children of non-English speaking parents, but all who know the situation are firmly convinced that