Aliant missionaries who, the great majority at least, are strangers
to our country, and who have learned the language, embraced the rite
and for the last twenty years have been doing our work for us? Their presence is a stimulating lesson and an abiding
reproach. A dozen or so of young English-speaking priests would be a great boon to the Ruthenian mission, particularly in the West with its
present mentality. The _School_ is the great melting pot. One has to read "The New Canadian," by Dr. Anderson, to understand the full meaning of this statement in its relation to the Ruthenian problem. The schools among the Ruthenians in the Western Provinces are practically all public schools. The number of Catholic teachers is exceedingly
small and yet, were they available, the Ruthenian trustees would be at liberty and glad to give them the preference. Only those who know the influence the teacher wields in a Ruthenian settlement will fully appreciate the presence of a Catholic teacher. Were a good Catholic teacher to give to this cause a year or two of her teaching life she would be doing a great missionary work. If the Baptists, Presbyterians and Methodists can get girls and young men to go, surely we could also, were we to organize and try it. This is the reason why the foundation, in Yorkton,
of the English speaking Brothers of Toronto, is one of the wisest moves in the right direction. The idea
is to prepare teachers for the Ruthenian settlements by giving them the benefit of a higher education under Catholic
