A COLLEGE WITH A BIG PURPOSE Canada has what many consider the greatest college in the world as measured by the good it is doing. It is described by an eastern paper as the Frontier college without buildings, campus or stadium, but with an enroll­ment of 20,000 to 25,000 students, and this explanation of how it operates is given: "The students work hard dur­ing the day and attend classes in the evening. Most of them speak little or no English. Among them are Slavs, Italians, French, Scandinavians and a few Ori­entals. "In 1926 the corps of instructors consisted of 62 men, most of them graduates of Canadian uni­versities, some of American, still others of British, while a con­siderable number were taKing col­lege courses themselves. The students of the Frontier college are laborers in the mines and log­ging camps. The classrooms are box-cars, shanties, barns, in fact any buildings available. Tiie in­structors go among them under conditions of location and weather that would daunt any but enthusiastic spirits. The pay is meagre. "It is usually necessary to win the confidence of these toilers. They are easily induced to learn English. The three "R's" are I aught, and talks are given on forestry, economics and even world politics. The object is not only to help these ignorant men but to make them fit for Canadian citizenship. "The Frontier college has been an institution for 25 years. Classes have been held in 1100 differ­ent places. Magazines .and daily newspapers are used to encour­age the students to acquire Eng­lish. But for the facilities af­forded by the Frontier college these workers in the Canadian wilderness might remain illiter­ate."