The name of our missionary paper is El Atalaya (The Watchman). Shortly after the outbreak of the war in Europe, special war numbers of this paper were published.
The school and the sanitarium decided to dispose of ten thousand copies. As we live in the country, nine miles from the nearest village and thirty from the nearest city of any size, sufficient territory for an extensive campaign of this nature is not easily accessible. For this reason it seemed necessary to spend a whole week in the effort. Miss Meda Kerr, our preceptress, and four of the girl students, with a similar company from the sanitarium, went to Santa Fe, the capital of an adjoining province, where they disposed of about three thousand papers. Another company, consisting of three boys and the writer, went to Victoria, a city of considerable size in the province of Entre Rios, where over five hundred papers were disposed of in about one and one-half days. A little later a much larger company canvassed Paraná, the capital of the province of Entre Rios. In all, the school disposed of nearly four thousand copies. The people were found to be intensely interested in the war, and were ready to listen to what we had to say.
Many of the pupils received their first experience in this effort, and some entered the canvassing work this summer. The accompanying picture is a group of all those from the school who took part in the campaign. Although the effort cost some sacrifice, we feel that it was a grand experience for our pupils, and we want to try it again sometime.
H. U. STEVENS.
