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JERSEY CITY, N . J L SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1936 ,;! VOL.

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YOUTH TODAY BEGOTTEN OF OPPRESSION .-i LESH MARTOVICH m


OUTSTANDING FACT It was with mingled feelings of sorrow at their This month of January, 1936Г
A survey of youth made by fate and pride in their Unflagging courage that Ukrainian marks the 20th anniversary of the
the research bureau of the Wel- people the world over met the news of the sentencing death of Lesh MartbvifeTi, one of -
fare Council of New York City at the Warsaw trial of the twelve; young Ukrainiatt the most р ѓ о т ї й Ш Western U-
revealed that there are Close to
390,000 young persons in New
students, including two girls, for alleged: COmplieity::m krainian writers о† tlie latter part'
York City willing' and able to the assassination last year of the Polish Minister Pie- of the 19lh century^ fie died oh'
work but unable to find jobs. racki. Three of them were given death sentences^ January -11, '-1916;. аіопе` and

A LESSON FOR THE YOUNG From the very outset of the %Паї it was evident1 friendless; 4n- a- war-stricken and
that the Poles intended to capitalizes it to its fullest -ftft- deserted' 'Galichfa vBlage7 ' Pohoi-- ''
Mr. Frank Reele, a sculptor 49
years old,, who has displayed his tent, and by the severity of the sentences^ meted out ryfika.
works at the National Academy to strike terror into the hearts of those Ukrainians who Lesh Martovich together with
of Art, the Montclair Museum; despairing in legal measures to obtain their -national4 Vasile-Stefairik- and Marco- Che-
Radio City and the Brooklyn . rights resort to desperate acts as a weapon! 'This 1
was ' remshsfaina (Ivan- Semaniuk-)- be-
Museum, which recently purchased loflged - to the so-called ;"new
obvious from the very start of the proceedings Бў the trio" (the original trio being -i
two of his pieces, turned away
from sculpture to bartending.
conduct of the court and by its refusal to grafftthe Shushkevieh, Vahilevich and Holo- -
He explained that it takes from defendants the right to testify in their defense in their vatsky) r - for all three of them -
-two to three months to turn out native Ukrainian language. . As a result no defense was came from the Pokutya4 district in
one piece of woodwork in the fine introduced into the record for them; excluding tfie two $ Galiota?,- were about the same age,
arts category and that $500 are тйіо "confessed." Yet this fact did not deter %е Pblisli born of peasant parents, close
needed to pay the price for such friends-, and -finally;- all wrote
work. "When people pay you 55
court from imposing the'heaviest possible sentences', еуЄЙ ; about Ukrainian peasant life.
and $10 for the same thing," he though it itself admitted that the assassination was of
"a-^political nature and that the actual assassin was not The earliest of them-'to start `
sighed, : "what can a man do? writing was -Mai'tOTich.'--It is-said
"You've got to live." in custody. -- that while still a gymnasium
- A BlLfc TO HELP -YOUTH Despite the importance of the trial it Was; not'its student he wrote "whole moun-
proceedings that attracted worM' attention but'the ld#ty- .career, taina'Vifr paper." His real literary
A permanent national youth however, did not begin
program is provided in a bill in- courage of the defendants. Polish newspapers' them- until 1889, when he was 19 years
troduced simultaneously in the seives admitted this, declaring that those onr trial-Weje old (born February 12th, 1871). ;
congress rby Senator Benson and idealists, who as Ukrainian nationalists acted accofdmg His vetty"first work was `'ИвЛИ?'' '
. Representative^ Amlfe of Wiscon-
sin. to'the dictate's of their conscience and patriotism' in lihe.ir -whicli -"' later"'' Michael PavlyR
efforts to secure freedom fur their ehsfeyed'country.' The chan^etHto ^echy4tt!nik (a4 peasairt
Looking to the future, when who `б`рро№І `іЬе "-enlightenment'
the presShrTIatibnal Youth Ad- New York Times correspondent at Warsaw affirmed this тЬуетеііЬ`"Іп Htf У І Н П ^ К Their
ministraUoh shall have ' expired, fact in-his cable (reprinted in our last week's issued when' foHowee,,ar Whole series 1 о ї worfee,'
the bill _ Would establish a per- he revealed the great Bdmirtition even among the Polish a l l wHtteft In the 9VS o f t h e last `
manent Federal set-up to aid un-
employed- youth through work
‚public "of the defendants''courage aTtid; sacrifice -m their century, of Which one of" the best
projects and also give1^a38istance fight for the freedtfm of their country." American" radio"' is probably Muzhitska smerts
(Tne PeasanV^'tifeattr).
to high school and college stu- ‚reports stressed upon this" phase too. And Лв it ahy-
dents.' wonder? What more could be inspiringi-for example, His best story, how'ever, is—
T h e : Work projects would be than to read'that tfpon quietly hearing the 1sentence vf1 ZWtyete'Istortya selyanWii-'firit- `
largely. In the nature of vocational sya flknata (Life : Hlsto?? r o f the ' п е ;
death-passed upott them''by the Polish-court, bbtff Ban^ '- Peasant' Gregory Banat). It tin- "
training.'" Payment of the pre- derai and Lebed'stiouted ill Ukrainian "Long live U-
vailing wage' would be provided, rolls 'itself' 1n a-very slmpler-b4ft ѓі'
and iri n6 case the wage be less krairia!" striking manner, moulding 4n : our
imaglnatieh1 a very 'clear -picture
than $15 a week plus $3 a week і Terrorism as a political weapon m a y b e somewhat of a peasant who consttmtly^faHfl
for each dependent. Students re- diffieiflt-to understand Ьеѓе`'т America. Even though— in eVerytHing``'Ш a'tttemptsi-wrotie му
ceiying aid would get not l e s s :
than -$25 weekly: The bill is this cOuntry is in the throes' of a social and economic one drltic Yet this sttry'-B not :tUt
sponsored by the American Youth" crisis, yet conditions are far from being such as to typicaf'of Mm, for all Ms worWs
Congress'.' provoke it. But in Western Ukraine -under Poland; how- are cKaraeterizeVi Йў wit, йегїзіойѓ
and mttckery. Ь all them'Mer-f :
D B E A M S O F YOUTff -
ever, the atmosphere is so surcharged-with oppression tovich ridicules' all the evil or 'і`.
and firjusticeL that f(iich desperate' acts seem to be tfte ridicuTfous" features of peasant UPe,
T h e 1 twelfth quadrennial con-
-, ventidh 6F the Student Volunteer One" remaining weapon to fmpetuous "ybutR,—Which h a s " or even that of the inteШgeпt8І`в.^
Movement, which met at Indiana- found all national and international legal remedies sup- and nierdlessiy derides "all those
polis, Indiana, devoted A day's posedly safeguarding Ukrainian liberties nothing but a who $І their pwn-'free wDl are ;
session —to the World Student lazy Ш illiterate and etretiites of
Christian Federation. Its head, farce. - progress. -'
:
Francis P. Miller, told how a new In view of these circumstances, Is it any wonder Most of Martovich'e works revolve
universal church, now being born, that some of our Ukrainian youth in the old country,
would";override all sectarian as, ; around either the local enlighten-
well a s racial arid nationalistic disillusiotfed fcy such a-'parody of justice and made des- m^nt society o r - t h e "korahma"
considerations. "' perate by the' unceasing l
oppression Of them and their (saloon), the two leading and con;
If they knew more about the people,^finaUy resoft td act^0f terrbrlBm to bring forcibly flicting influences in the life of the
fate of efforts to establish" simple" peasant during the latter part of ,
religious tolerance withih certain to the world's' attention the tragic situation of †Лей'` the last century. How ably Mar-
races or nationalities, they would country? Ів there anything unusual in this? ' Did not tovich portray's this Influence, can
be more cautious in their dreams. and do not the youth of other countries do likewise under be best seen ђу reading MS wofks:
THE MARRIAGES 0 ^ I KKAIN- similar and better circumstances? And did not Polish
IAN YOUTHS PUBLICIZED patriots do the same'іп` former years when 'their country
The New York Times reported was under Russian rule? Did not the world applaud ;
lately: their acts?' And finally, did not the American public "James Bogan, 22-yeaMrtd fish-'
"George Kojac of this city, in- ing boat eaptauti who"^ rescued"
ternational swimming star and and even the American Government give material aid sixty4Sght "of the passangers of
1928 Olympic backstroke cham- to them to keep them out of the clutches of the Russian the HMated Моѓго Castle, married
pion, married Miss Katherine M. police?т—Most" certainly! yesterday Miss Pauline Mykity-
Fogsrty of 285 Fort Washington shyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Avenue yesterday in the niar- America and others should understand and sym-` Michael Mikityehyh of Jersey
xiage- chapel of the Municipal
Building; The ceremony was per- pathize with our young revolutionists. America should - City. _' The ceremony took place
in SS. Peter and Paul Ukrainian
tormfed by Deputy City Clerk go even further and help recall Poland to her senses Catholic Church in Jersey City."
.PWliBp `ЋР Hines."' and her nrterlbafiohal pledges guaranteeing to the seveh `
. .': A-..few." days later the same
newspaper I reported f

(Concluded lust column)


mijlion Цкґаіпіагів banded over tb her by the' Alliefe, `%
including America, their national rights. For '^desperate
youth knows no bounds.
^Today's Ikralnian Weekly con-
cluded hi the Svoboda)
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йШі UKRAJE}TCAN WEEKLY, SATURDAY, JANUARYJ2U-1036 No; 4
- BDkola Fednshka Ї And since his efforts have been
A SHORT HISTORY OF UKRAINIAi LITERATURE unsuccessful, a somewhat un-
Mikola Fedushka (M. Yevshan friendly spirit has animated his
By EBV. м. кшлая^Ш' —1889-1919) a literary critic, pub- attitude and that of his support-
fA free ШШшШШ 8. JELX. І Ш lidst, philosopher andtsoldier, is era in tins respect ' toward the
(W) also known for his;.exemplary youth club, despite the fact that
youth qualities and idealism. Be- the club has even made substan-
Khrystya Alchevsks DmKro Doroshenko fore the war (1909-1914)-;he.re- tial contributions towards the
Khrystya Alchevska itro Doroshenko (born 1882), presented the new trend in U- church, and its members are
ГД11882) is especially іШі^В)Оіі bar historian and "- bibliografer, is) krainian literary criticism, and good church goers. This un-_
four volumes of poetry: Tuha za also the author of many disserta- wrote articles on Franko, Lesya friendly attitude manifested' `^о-
eonteem (A.longing for the sun), tions on various historical, cul- Ukrainka, Olga Kobilianaka, Kot- wards the club would in ordinary
Vlshneviy tevtt (Cherry Blossome), tural and scientific subjects. From siubinsky, as well other works. cases be quite harmful were the
: Pisal eertsya і proetoriw (Songs of beneath. his pen there appeared dted club less strong or were it
{the Heart and the Open Spaces), articles about Kulish, Kostomariw, Besides all the writers mention- not for the fact that it has strong
jand Vstan sontse (Лѓіве, О Sun), Antonovich, as well as a Direct- ed thus far in the Ukrainian support among the older folks
besides lesser works. She also ory of Ukrainian Literature in Weekly we have also a host of of that Ukrainian parish and en-
jpejptteid in pedagogical studies. їђваііа, A Coarse of Ukrainian poets and writers-; whose short tire community. .as well.
History, Survey of Ukrainian His- portrayals and stories of Ukrain-
Volodimir Doroehenko Ї toriography, and An Illustrated Or let us take another case. A
ian life are a valuable addition new youth club is formed. Basing
9 Volodimir "Doroehenko (1879- ) History of Ukraine (1917-1928). to Ukrainian literature. 5
chiefly known as a bibliografer From April, 1917 to the retreat its' efforts upon'Ще. fact that this
The practically forgotten field' Club is Ukrainian, the UYL-NA
land an active public figure, is also 'of the Russian forces Doroshenko of historical writing in Ukrainian
; the librarian of the Shevchenko was the Governor of Galicia and seeks to have it' join its ranks. -
literature became greatly revived The UCYL; - however, basing its
Scientific Society in Lviw. He be- Bukovina, During Hetman Sko- by the writings of Andriy Chay-
Prongod to the Ukrainian Revolu- ropadsky's regime he was Minis- efforts on the fact that this club's за
kowsky (1857-1935) Vyacheslaw members are Catholic, also seeks
tlonary Party and as a conse- ter of Foreign Affairs, and daring Budzinovsky (1868-1935), Julian
-queoce had to emigrate from U- the days Of the Ukrainian Direc- ю enlist the membership of this
Opilsky (born 1884)J Osip Naza- club. The club is now in a real
kraine in 1608. Не' has bean for tory he was professor of Ukrain- ruk (born 1883) and Osip Ma-
many years a correspondent to ian history in Kamyanetz Univer- quandry. For both leagues offer
kovey (1867-1925). ._ to it beneficial and approxhnste-
various Ukrainian publications. sity. Since 1922 he has been
-Today he is considered as ther professor of Ukrainian History in In the field of Ukrainian history ly the 'same membership advent'
leading Ukrainian literary critic -the Ukrainian and Czech Univer- of literature the following- out- ages, with the sole exception that
He wrote reviews of Yefremov's sity in Prague. Among the more stand: Omelan Ohonovsky (1833-^ -the UCYL stresses the religious
. History of Ukrainian Literature, popular of his works are his 94), Alexander Barvinsky (1847-c .aspect, while the UYL-NA con-
articles about Boris HriAchenko "Memoirs From the Near Past 1927), Sergiua Yefremov (born, centrates its attention uportwhat
and Vasil Stefanik, bibliographies (1914-1918)," written in Lviw, 1878), Bohdan Lepky (born 1872), might be called Ukrainianism. 'Ви‡
of Shevchenko, Eulish, Pranko, Л923. Their first part deals with Michael Voznyak -(born: 1881) this latter' fact does not at -all
Hrushevsky, Olga Kobylianska, the "Galician Ruin—1914-1917," Dmitro Doroshenko (born 1882)" .mean that the UYL-NA slights
and others, a survey of ""ffijmr and Part П is "Beginnings of the and Dr. Volodimir Zalozetsky; the religious aspect for thisr is
ѓ history—-''Ukrainianism in Russia," Rebirth of the Ukrainian Nation (born 18983. -far from the truth. Now, the Sub
I as well as many other works. '—Period, of the Central Rada." has to make its choice, for it
(To be continued) cannot belong to two leagues.
TT1 And as it so often happens, the
I club joins neither league, with
U s Be Frank
(An open discussion).
' the consequence that both leagues
suffer and with them the entire
American-Ukrainian youth move-
ment Here, then, we have a.re-
petition of exactly the same
-v At" the ѓЩе of being accused of seems to be no real conflict among templated one youth league. Nor trouble that so greatly bjpdered
plagiarizing I am nevertheless thejmr. will it do any good - now to the progress of the older genera-
borrowing the above title from і And vat the true picture is not condemn the shortsightedness tion along organization lines. .
a talk given at last year's Third all so rosy; for if-we look closer of the various Chicago older
Ukraihlan Youth's Congress held Or let us take' still another set
we find that, of recent times an and younger generation "lead- of circumstances, as an example
.in Detroit because it best lends; unhealthy rivalry and. even con- ers" who instead of ; promoting of the confusion arising fготЃ the
` itself to a discussion of the sub- flict has arisen among them, unity among the youth helped to
ject matter of this article. conflict of the two' leagues—the
especially among the two largest, hinder it—as was brought out. at ijatter of youth congresses.
the Ukrainian Youth's League of the Third Ukrainian Youth's Con-.
Frankness гашишѓу to oar North America and the Ukrainian gross held in Detroit All.this is
youth Youth congresses s
Catholic Youth League. now of the past "^її
: И. frankness was ever neces- Because of this latter fact and This summer there will be two
sary for our youth, it is now. and in order to simplify the issue "fait accompli" American-Ukrainian youth coh-
This youth is now being faced involved I. shall devote my at- Instead of wasting timer on it- gresses, both in the same city,
hy some very vital problems, tention to these two leagues, and might-have-beens, it will be far"1 Philadelphia, and both separated
those arising of the various youth bear in mind the third one, more to our advantage to face Irom one another by only a' few
leagues that have sprung up League of Ukrainian Clubs, as ourselves with the "fait accompli" months. The first to be held, will
'among us within the past few falling within the category of the that these two' distinct youth-. be that of the UCYL, probably in
years. If these problems are not UCYL. leagues do exist and that there July, the third of its kind - The
solved satisfactorily, then oar is nothing better to be done at second will be the Fourth Ukrain-
'No use crying over spilt milk - present than to plan out and ian Youth's Congress to be held
youth's future prospects are Very
grave indeed. It is therefore ab- It will be of little use now to execute some sort of harmoni- Under the auspices of the UYL-
eolutely necessary that a frank bewail the existence of several ous relations between them in NA during the Labor Day week-
discussion of these-problems and distinct leagues among our youth, place of the rapidly-growing un- end in conjunction with Ukrainian
of their various complicated when one strong one based on healthy rivalry. For the:.danger: National Track and Field Cham-
phases be had. Diplomatic talk j non-partisan and non-religious from the latter is beginning to pionships, also sponsored by the
is all well and good, but only in lines, such as the UYL-NA, is grow acute. It is of secondary"- UYL-NA. At both congesses. no
halls of diplomacy, where its indispensable to our youth at this importance that the leagues may doubt there will be many of the
every implication and innuendo time, when our youth is in a suffer from i t but it is of prime .same topics discussed. At both
is as clear as a thunderclap, .and transitory stage' of development! importance that the whole Ameri- congresses, no doubt there may
not among growing youth. So it when- all- its strength, talents, can-Ukrainian youth will suffer be many of the same faces. And
is the purpose of these articles to abilities should be concentrated from i t at both congresses, no doubt,
start the ball a'rolling and pro- and directed as one powerful force there will be the same spirit
towards the achievement of our Unhealthy rivalry of seeking, to solve the many
voke other opinions on this so
important aspect of our present- common aunt and ideals. It will Wherein lies this unhealthy problems besetting our youth's
day American-Ukrainian youth be of little use now to harp 'upon rivalry. between the two leagues progress—not the least of which
І .ШеЖгіШ the harm done to the older at the present time? In importance is this matter of
American-Ukrainian generation by And the answer is—in the con- the two main congresses, not to
І: Ukrainian youth leagues its lack of unity, by the fact current but conflicting efforts be- mention the others.'
As the situation stands at pre- that where one strong organiza- ing made by the two leagues to In the eyes of any rational be-
'sent, there are three Ukrainian tion was- founded others soon enlist the membership, "support ing, is this situation not a trifle
youth leagues here in America:— arose to compete with it, even and cooperation of the self-same peculiar, to say the least?
the Ukrainian Youth's League of though there was not the slight- American-Ukrainian youth clubs, (To be continued)
North America, the Ukrainian " est need for them; or the further and towards the attainment of
Catholic Youth League, and the harm caused by the disruption practically the self-samo goals,
League of Ukrainian Clubs, ex-
cluding the other organizing and
among our people along religions
lines. Furthermore, it will be of
asido that of religion.
MY YOUTH
centralizing tendencies among little gain at the present time Some examples
our youth. The first is based on to dwell upon the fact that the Let us take one instance of the It's gone.
non-partisan and non-religious one and same Chicago youth com- above as an example. And only yesterday
lines. The latter two are of .a mittee—that was formed back in In one large Ukrainian com- I'Слиясwa3 so glum
man-hood would not come.
religious nature, Catholic and 1933 as an outgrowth of' the pre- munity there exists an active I used to pray,
Pravoslavny respectively. parations for the coming Ukrain- youth club. Tt is already a mem- Impatiently, for years to hasten
At first glance the picture that ian participation in the World's ber of the UYL-NA, but since its past
these three leagues present дгіптп Fair—was responsible through its members are entirely of the ! They did, youth passed; and now
quite all right Each league disruption for'`ЧЯів1 formation of Catholic faith strong e^orts are Г т overcome ' -"
seems to have a definitely as- the two leagues, the UYL-NA end beiui, made by tne local priest . Because it'r. gone".
signed field to labor in and there the UCYL, instead of the cou- to have this club join the UCYL. MYRON, MALANCHUK.
UKRAINIAN WBBKIiY, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1936

RAMBUN6S OF A WORD-HUNTER THIS MATTER OF CHANGING ОЦЕ'$ NAME ш


O -яІЙ `'А—==—о—r4itMa
IOW THE UKRAINIAN CALLS Of ‚ a l l : the bright stars the NOTE: An editorial two weeks ago Finally since when has the uhi-
THE BODIES IN THE SKY word зоря is most often applied on "Changing One's Name" provoked verse, adopted the standard of
to Venus; the brilliant planet of a number of replies, some of which judging a good Ukrainian by the
A very. Interesting field for we print below. What's your opinion
comparing the naming methods of our solar, system, which appears in this matter, dear reader^-—Editor. name he bears? Cannot Mr. Jones,
the English and the Americans near the sun at the sunrise and at HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT formerly Czyz ski, be just as
with those of the Ukrainians is the sunset. Venus at sunset is Й Щ . О Р THE N A I l f ^ good a Ukrainian as one who has
` astronomy, 'which is the science called.з,оря.вечірця, з р р я вече- ' I have read the editorial en- not changed his name? For if it
that deals with heavenly bodies. рова, вечірня. titled "Changing One's Name" in is argued that he cannot, then
In distinction from зоря, bright your issue of January 11th, and it must be argued that the Ids'
І The Sun star, a less luminous star may be wish to express my views which tory of the changing of one's
Beginning with the heavenly called звізда, as in the well- are diametrically opposed, to name for many centuries back is
body which appears the largest known Ukrainian folk-song about yours, incorrect.
to our eyes, we .find its name 'in the beginning of the world: ' ' A brief history of the signi- It would be interesting .to- read
English to have something in Та нам ся стане ясне небонько, ffcance of a name is enlighten- the views of your other readers
"common with its name in Ukrain- Світле сонінькд, ясний місячиќ. ihg at this time. on this subject.4^ljK;;
ian. The word сонце will surely Ясна зірниця, дрібні ЗВІЗДОЧКИ. In the early life of all races rVTLLIAM SELNICK.
remind "you. of the English word surnames were unknown. At first, New York Ctty,
'SUN,' as it would remind you, if That word звізда is interesting
from the standpoint! of- the hls- many centuries ago, surnames Щ1І1ШІ
you know the respective Ian- Verb used some times for an !$у ; , ' : ІѓЗ
guages, of the German SONNE, tory of }languages. A. Shakhma-
tov, the famous Slavic philologist, easy method of identification, and ' QUITE "BURNED UP" ABOUT
:,T ^ t i n SOI^ and Sanscrit SVAR. at other times from accident,
speake-`' ^ ^ t 4 a ^ ^ a u - a T m p 6 r t a n t THE MATTER
In. various regions j of Ukraine document in the history^bf Slavic caprice, taste, and a multitude-of
the. sun carries various descriptive other, causes. Later, the place of The following- letter was not meant
races and languages.v This word
nicknames or .titles. In some it corresponds to .th#j: Old-Slavic birth or residence, the name^-of it,for sopublication. -However, -It deserves
^ here goesiSSpr' -$І$$І ^Ше#І
is spoken as цар неба, the "sky's word ^Звизда, to ;ihe Russian an estate, the business pursued,
tsar," which is the main luminary: physical characteristics, mental 'or So .changing one's name is such
зв"БЗДв. (which is pronounced as
body of t h e ' earth's horizon; it: a word written in Ukrainian' let- moral qualities, and the like, were a deplorable practice. That's what
is imagined to circle around the ters звьозда), Serb'Sah звіїезда, turned into surnames. The ear- you s a y ! You undoubtedly can
earth} round, shining high in the while 4n Czech it 'is' HVEZDA name in its origin was not as. a see my letterhead. Well, my friend,
sky during the day, and rushing and in Polish GWIAZDA.(r Shakh- rule inherited from the father, X am rather proud of my new
around earth during the night to matov-arrives at tihjd conclusion but was either adopted by ..'the name. ..Still I think I'm as much
appear again in the east in the that t h e Western Slavs (Czechs, son or bestowed upon him by the a Ukrainian as you - are! So
) morning. In other sections of Slovaks, and - Poles)_ fcroke away people of the community, where the excuses that we offer for
- Ukraine it is inmghynl to be a from 4)ther Slavic -tribes before he lived. Later by custom all changing are name are flimsy!
. woman, in others as a man, with the latter broke up into Southern males bore the names of their That's what,you think!! .Oh! the
a bright face, the rays of which, and Eastern Slavs.-"?;Hence the parents; but no law prohibits spelling and pronunciation of our
illumine the whole' world. There Westefp. : Slavs retain in their lan- them, from taking another name names is so simplified ifjtre just
are also many old folk-tales, prob- if they choose. follow your unique solution. Try
guages. the combination of„-the
ably of Oriental origin, in which sound#! k, ,g t h ) with " w , while Rembrandt's father had .^the it . with "Данилишин" j as you
the sun is described as a super- in various Southern and Eastern surname Gerretz, but the g b r i wend'your way through a recep-
natural being of human form, Slavic"^ languages tirese., sounds changed it to Van Ryn оп%с-і tion line, and I hope you won't
which lives where the earth meets changed into "s" оѓСХ'г".Ц (Vide: count "of its greater dignity^ A be embarrassed at its mutilation.
the sky, which has a mother and A. Shakhmatovj A Short? Outline predecessor of Honore"de Balsac I could send you fifty envelopes
sister and_ selects himself a wife of t h e History of fhe Ukrainian was,hoax a Guez. Voltaire, kMo- with - excellent l1 l
exhibits of how
l ^,
from among the people; when, pre- Language; in. Wow^fev and Hru- fUer.7 Dante,.-j-retrafch,4 Richelieu, Tnjjr.^srn^ ;^j Шѓffl^"^jP" should be
paring .foiL his daily round on the. .Loyola^;. Erasmus .and Linnaeus apellecV You probably didn't ex-
j shevsky: . The Ukrg3$tian p e o p l e '
- sky, he dresses into a robe that! in their Past and Present.) were 5tssumed names^ John Row- perience four years on a small
sends brightness and warmth to lands would never have 'become college, campus—all other fellows 3
all sides. . ІЗ: : ' З ^Groups of w a r s . a grea^v explorer unless he .bad -being called "Mister So and SO,"
The sun is spoken of with love For-ia group of Stars, the U- first changed his name to. Henry in class, while "yours truly'' was
M. Sta^ueyr^' jusV''Steve." -pYou probably didn't
and respect. Hence his name is krainiah language has'ethe terms: experience a year at post-gradu-
often used in diminutives: сонеч- група зір, купа зір', громада This information and I; th^, lan-
gUage used was taken from a re- ate school, being-.called to recite
KO, соненько. In this and in such зір, сузір'я, созвіздя, or uses ported case .In the New York just three times in all the classes.
sayings as: Бодай ся на тебе яс- the Latin term known "in English: courts. . ^'^``'Ре^ђ'Щв. Was the professor's and my face
не сонічко не дивилоІСонце би констеляція. The most com- In modern times, instances of red, at that Such things kept
тя побило! Шаную день ясний mon names1; of- the various con- persons changing names. are too on repeating so much that I call-
І сонячно ясне...and the taboo stellations, fin Ukrainian, are: numerous to mention, nor are ad quits. Why. even at Chicago—
against pointing out the sun with квочка, косарі, Волосожар, че- they limited to any one national- at tiie First Congress .of the U. Y.
the finger are the remnants of піги, стіл з гістьми, кошара, ity nor to any one class. L. of^N. A.—the Ukrainian re-
. those days' when the sun was коси, красна 'діва,; дівчина з The irresistible conclusion, there- gistrar, no less, actually snick-
revered as a god,—of which deifl- відрами, дівка, `і, у fore, remains that a name in and ed atrmy monicker. Not surprised
cation we have a remnant in the of itself ordinarily has no real I hope. -ІЩІ
English language, namely -in' the As you can see, the names are significance. In view of this, one Pecuniary. Values! Bah! Since
і name of the weekly holiday, SUN- taken mostly from agriculture or need no excuse for changing his when were we a money-grabbing
DAY. village Ше.` In a way, the Ukrain- name. His mere desire- to do so nationality—our characteristics are.,
ian peasant, who is, for the most is a sufficient reason. not in that class—we're too. easy'''
The Moon part, the creator of the Ukrain- My opinion, therefore, is that going and satisfied with comfort.
The name of the second largest ian language, sees in the sky his a person who feels that by chang- Or do you suppose that by chang-
luminary, the moon, also carries own life.. ЛІпіу і ‚I ing his name he can derive some ing our „jiames^wealth will, just
in Ukrainian the name which The MILKY WAY is called . benefit either artistic or material- roll into yours and my lap? You
would remind you somewhat of молочна дорога, о Богів путь,' istic, or 'that he caniavoid prc- may change your name to Roose-
its English 'пате: місяць. It, і. є. God's way. І"-; judices, either natural or imagin- velt, but that doesnlt make you
too, forms diminutives for poetic ary, is justified in d o i n g president—or Ford.. .After all —
COMET, a word of Greek origin, so. Actual experience 1shows that you still have to produce for
expressions: місячок, місячно, —'Љоте" means "braid,"—is used there is no question' that - such everything that you get.
місяченько, місяць-місяченько. clso in Ukrainian: комета, though prejudices do exist.
there are also original Ukrainian ' As^ for parents—suppose the
The phases of the moon are That some names are unpro- parents do not object—why should
called in Ukrainian квадри МІ- words: мітла and віха (Мітла nounceable, are misspelled, and anybody else. As long as the
місяця, кватири місяця. They denotes BROOM, .віха—a wisp of -cause one's tongue to twist" just individual realizes and appreciates ;
are: new moon—'Молодик, новик, straw stuck on-a stick, and used a trifle, should be conceded even his family ties and i s worthy of
новак, нів; the first quarter— as a kind of mark o r standard). by those who argue agalnBt the his parents, they, no doubt, will
п е р ш а ќвати pa, пере крон; Interesting Derivatives policy of changing a name. be proud of him, when he is sin-
full тобѓі—повня, повний мі- cere in his work, honest with
Of special interest
сяць; the last quarter—четвер"ИГ" rivatives of the words mentioned are the de-
intnimtar and them. My offsprings,
кватира, старик. Still more interesting are d r if any, shall not go through what
above. The ability of the English rivative verbs. Зоріти is^ffir I've been through.
Stars to form hew words out of. nouns rived from зоря and means: .to
is well known, but in Ш з group rise (of the morning j starj , to Is it a liability to try to help
The star is called звізда or this renowned freedom seems crip-
зоря. Their diminutives are: pled, if not lost. Compared with
dawn. From the word ."звізда oneself. Don't you realize that a"
the Ukrainian has formed a pic- man with a foreign name has to
І
звіздочка, зірниця, зоря'на, з о - it, the Ukrainian language dis- turesque verb визвизДитися-т$р be almost twice as good as the
s
ринка, зор'яниця, and others. plays here .much more ability to. be strewn with stars (of the sky); one with the Americanized name. 4
Зоря means usually a large, or form new words than the English. And perhaps, of all the most We aren't all geniuses! Maybe
luminous, star. Hence it is usual- There are first с‡ГиІГ many interesting derivatives are- the I'm only an -average individual!
ly spoken of as ясна зіронька. interesting adjectives, such as: various adverbs formed out of Everything helps when you're
The moon and these bright stars сонців, соняшний, сояшний; the names of stars: соняшно, c o - trying to get a start and when .
together are often spoken of, in місячний, місяшний, місяце- яшно; місячно, місяшнр`; `зоря- it is every man for himself.
the Ukrainian folklore, as sym- HO, зорешливо. They mean: in And to detach oneself from fam-
bols of the father of the family, вий; Звіздатий,' звіздовий, зві- the manner of the particular- star, ily ties and national roots—that's
surrounded by his челядь, his здяннй, звіздяненький; зорній, or when the star is visible. When certainly an argument for the,
nearer and distant family and яорігниГі, зоряпин, зорешли- the sky is illuminated'by the star,
servants. вий, з'орешнип. or stars.'. er. (Concluded jpags .4)
'-' '4 UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1936 No. 4

THIS MATTER OF CHANG- to her folks. Richard Dix is Er- !


YOUTH PROGRAM IN NEWARK
ING ONE'S NAME nest Brimmer. Nancy Carroll is
Nancy La Ній and SUe Carol is
(Concluded from p. 3) Evelyn Lederer. Ann Harding was It is a fashion among some of member and the editor of the
christened Dorothy Gately. our people of militant tendencies local Central High School student
books.—The паліє itself means to point down with scorn upon publication, in clear and faultless
And those famous Spanish act-
you're a good '' Ukrainian. This the various Ukrainian youth so- Ukrainian spoke on the import-
ors, what about them? I mean
argument (not yours, though) cial clubs that have sprung up ance of developing Ukrainian cul-
Raquel Torres and Don Alvarado.
reminds me of t h a t "knlekered" like mushrooms after rain. Such ture in America and of the im-
Well, Raquel is Paula Osterman
gentleman from a certain organ- clubs are regarded by them as portance of such interest in it as
to t h e postman. And Don is Jose frivolous, shallow, of little use to manifested at Columbia University.
iz at ion who was very gracious to
Paige. anyone, particularly to the U- Some fine club male chorus
m y friend because of organiza-
tional ties, but claimed I wasn't On the other Band, get a load krainian people. singing was the next hit, com-
:
a Ukrainian because I didn't be- of names w ;
h a t are names. Read- Perhaps the charges are true prising: "Oy u luzhi chervona
long. I've seen instances Where that ing from Ieft to right, Gilbert in some cases, yet it is a fact kallna" (arr. Koshetz), "Chuyish
1: brate miy" (Lepky-Koshetz), and
organization has done more harm Roland - is , DeAlonzb Louis An- that even this primitive type of
organization is indispensable to "Tchokh, tchokh," (arr. Hayvo-
t h a n good! Stiir he was considered tonio Damoso: And Dolores del American-Ukrainian life—іЃ the ronsky). Those who sang were
a good Uke! After all, my wise' Rio iS'Lolita Doldres Asunsolo De latter is to be perpetuated for Adam Prychoda, Michael Shkira,
editor, doesn't' the character and Martinez. And Karl Dane, re-
any considerable length of time. Michael SUrma,' Walter Magdych,
make-up'of the person mean any- member'him? He once was a babe The very fact t h a t our young and Stephen, Anthony and Daniel
t h i n g a t all? Isn't expression of called Rasmus K a r l Thekelson people meet socially should be ap- Shumeyko.
Gottleib. Richard Arleh whose plauded, for better socially than Ivan Franko's famous poem
good faith'-anytHing? Write the , ^ ^ l l k e fjM rf an
no contact at all. "Kameniari" was then recited by
U . S. ‚Immigration Bureau in Alger Hero,- was known in Min-
Washington, D. C. and ask them And yet, it is a fact that there Palagia Prychoda. Suffice it to
neapolto as Richard Van Matti- are social clubs that though de- say here than those who have
how many Ukrainians there were more.! voting considerable time to social heard this poem recited many times
in U. 6 . at the l a s t - C e n s u s ; Yes, the movies gave our radio events nevertheless are able to everywhere, declared that Miss
They'll pick out the names and stars a good (or bad if you'd boast of accomplishments that Prychoda's delivery of it is the
tell you about 67,000 ііі the whole rather) example when they starts even the finest youth organization finest of them all. It is really a
America. The census takers must ed turning Peters into Lombard would be proud of. pleasure to hear Ukrainian as
be mistaken—why there's at least A good example of this is the spoken by her as well as Miss
and Osterman into Torres. Ukrainian Social Club of Newark. Kalakura.
35,000 in Detroit alone. Mister^—
And why?' Well'I'm told that In the year artd a half o f ' i t s Another member of the club,
your name doesn't mean so much.
it is because of the sound of the existence this club has cut quite Philip Chuy, then appeared and
—It's - your actual acknowiedge-
name. A man likes or dislikes a wide swath in Ukrainian life in played a violin solo Of Ukrainian
ment t h a t you are of Ukrainian Newark. Not only has it banded songs that aroused wanri applause
a name-. So doee a woman. Ac-
descent: Ойе isn't rmmt-il Гкгаіп- together - a group (fifty) . of from the large audience" that filled
cordiriglyV a harsh sounding one
!an—one feels Ukrainian 1 ' T h e selected and Ukrainian-conscious the hall.
is banished for one that trips
problem is to get the majority of young people (many of whqni Then the guest performers of
through-a loudspeaker like Wayne
Ukrainian youth to get t h a t , feel, belong t o no other Ukrainian or- the evening, the previously- men-
King's^ or Guy Lombardo's music.
why bother with us small minor- ganizatiort as yet), not only Has tioned dancing group, in a whirl-
Take this line: "You've been it become a definitely positive wind and skillful fashion cap- -
ity.
listening to the old maestro, Ben- factor in local life, but it lias lured the fancy of the audience
Those -government officials,
jamin Ancel, ladies and gentle- also helped to produce a . snj^H with their performance. Due
those - doughboys fighting for
men. Benjamin Ahcel, ladies and host of young people who j p y credit' must be given them for
America—"get out the life and
gentlemen; who is speaking for their initiative and courage h^ve their part in the program.
drums boys and play us a piece" definitely shown that they ban
his alma malta, ladies and gentle- The second part opened with'
—it sound so flourishing—so big. be depended upon to carry on {tlie a humorous comedy' skit "Persha
men. Yowsa.--.." Catch on? The
- Write the War 4 Department and works and tasks of their parents lubow," which evoked gaje? of
guy's пате` is Ben Bernie. It's a
ask thenr about our American when the proper time comes. GJn- ' laughter. It was well played by
lot easier to say and hear, isn't
Ukrainian ' World W a r Veterans. sider, for the moment, a fewj;of Dan Shumeyko, Adam Prychoda, '
' W e haven't any, though I know
it.- ' І the clilb's accomplishments':- Tillie Paraschuk, and Katherine
And A r t h u r Tracy, the Street During the year and a hal{lof'
a couple even here, and they-have Bahney. Here again our Ukrain-;',
SingeV- ѓ' K you know him well its existence it has managed{'to ian language was spoken very "well...
Ukrainian names.' Then take
enough.'^you can call him Arthur maintain a club program interest-1 It was followed by . t h e "club
your foreign named officials' and;'
Prazawitsky. J David Ross who ing enough t o ^ h a v e a jnajoritjfjof girls chorus, r which ably #arig
get the percentages. My arith-; its members meet practically every
read poems and announces, with "Mayewa nichka" (Lepky-Yar6-" :
matic is not so good. Monday evening. It has ;spbnBbr-
one of; the best voices on the slavenko)," "Yak strilchi yshll z'
I'm quite burned up and think ed lectures on Ukrainiatr"topics,
air, w a s , Dave Rosen thai several Ukraini" (Lepky-YaroslavenkO),
some of your arguments and given by its advisor, Stephen
уеагз ago. 1 Al Jolson, the mammy and " Т а т na hori snih bilenky
points are superficial. Look on the Shumeyko. ' I t has sent its de)le-. (arr. Hayvoronsky). One verse of
singer, is Asa Yoelson.
other- side" of the fence: gates to the 2rid arid 3rd Ukrain-- the last song was sung in E n g -
Vaughn De Leath made a curi- ian youth congresses held urjder
STEVEN G. DANIELSON. .oUs switch. Her family name was lish as well.
the auspices o f ( t h e UYL-NA.,; It The next number was. : 'a dra-
Hfimt ramek, Mich. Von der Leath: Get it? has contributed over $15(400
О —
matic recitation in English by
Will Osborne, the orchestra for the benefit of various Ukrt^ri-' Olga Nastiuk Of "Autumn Leaves
leader, was baptized William ian institutions, both local' j i i d Are Falling"—a story of a U-
. "DONT GIVE ifOUB RIGHT ` Olophant. otherwise. And finally (ajidjiin-` krainiari riiother whose son was
NAAlE""' Virginia Rea, the songstress, is this respect, it probably hail аѓг taken away and shot by the Red
unique record) it has presented' Chekists, which had appeared `Й
One -of the secrets of radio down in her tiaby book as Vir- entirely on its initiative, with-its year ago in the Ukrainiari WeeK-
success is- to change your name: ginia Murphy. own talent, and under its own ly as a translation by S. S. of A.
So, a t any rate, it seems—for Mildred Bailey is just a sing- coaching and direction, two pVo- Kurdydyk's story. Miss Nastiuk's-
there's hardly a performer on the ing name for Mildred Rinker. grams worthy of mention,- recital was particularly dramatic
a i r who is known to one by the Fred Allen signs I.O.U.'s as The first of these two programs and spell-binding. Even men-,
name on his birth certificate. Frederick Sullivan. was the observance df the Novem- were seen furtively brushing aside'-
The best recipe for success is Little Jack Little, the baton ber First Holiday, given in Novem- a tear.
simple and quite effective as the wielder, started' life as John Leo- ber, 1934;, an account of which Then again the male chorus,'
appeared then in the Ukrainian
evidence gathered will prove. It nard. Weekly.
with understanding- and verve,
is j u s t this: Don't give your right Abe Lyman, in his forgetful sang: "Vi zhertvoyu v boyu,"
moments, answers' t o Abe Simon. The second was the recently "Reve ta stohne" (arr. Hayvor.) '
names held (Jan. 12, 1936) "Ukrainiari
Freddie Berrens, conductor of and the final rousing number
What - formula do our radio, Youth Evening," a program com- "Urah, u biy! (Vakhnyanin)-.
s t a g e and screen stars choose for a half-dozen orchestras, was a posed of songs, music, recitations, Concluding the program was a
converting their monickers (names, school boy named Fritz Bernstein. talks, a comedy skit, given j en- particularly effective talk given by
t o you) ? Do they go in for num- Jaques Renard, to his best pals, tirely by club talent, together # i t h Mr. Dmytro Halychyn. Drawing
erology, crystal gazing, or lifting Is still Jacob Stavinski. a set of Ukrainian folk dances a parallel between' our yoUth'striv-
slips out of a h a t ? What's in a Paul Douglas', announcer extra- given by the invited group from ings Here in America arid the old
name anyhow, the one you're ordinary, is actually Paul Fleisher. the local Sitch Dancers Club, plus country youth sacrifices in the
Russ Columbo was down in his the main . talk of fHe evening cause of. freedom, the speaker
born with or the kind of name given by Mr. Dmytro Halychyn,
you choose when you're climbing j ї а т і 1 У B l b l e ^ Ruggerio Rudul- commended the youth movement
the Supreme Recording Secretary here, as examplified, for example,
t h e ladder of fame? There must J? ho Columbo. of the Ukrainian- National As-
A n d there by the Ukrainian Youth's LeagUe -
be something, for во many p e o p l e ! Уои a r e - J u s t a s m a 1 1 sociation. The entire proceeds- of of N. A., then dwelt on the role
a r e doing it. list of famous people who' became this affair (not yet fully obm- the Ukrainian National Assocla^
, Eddie Cantor; for instance. His successful due to a c h a n g e , of puted—probably close to $30.00 tion has played in our life here,
home folks know him as Edward their names. So I would advise after payment of c6sts for hall, especially, in respect to the youth,
Iskowitz: And Ed 4Vynn. His all Ukrainian" b o y s ' and girls, advertising and hiring of a piano) and finally called upon all, old
real name iB Edwin Leopold and ! whose careers mean anything to have been assigned for the and young, to cooperate in the
he gets the Ed Wynh t a g by - t h e m ' t 0 change their names, if- fund to purchase Ukrainian pursuit of our mutual aims a n d '
books as a gift to the library ideals. The talk made a fine im-
dividing his first name. Have you . t h e l r own doesn't please the pub- of Columbia University in New
kver heard Ann Leftkowitz play l, l i c - Remember:'Don't^ give your preseion upon the youth present
York City. The program lasted as well as elders.
the o r g a n . . . beg pardon, I mean right name. It doesn't seem to about two hours, and was un-
pay. The entire club again appeared
A n n Leaf. Or the celebrated usually well performed, with sev- on the stage. Miss Prychoda
comedy team of Nat Birnbaum By a Ukrainian who changed eral outstanding hits. All the ar- stepped forward and publicly
and A l l e n . . . N a t Birnbaum, be- his name to, rangements of the songs sung, thanked the club's advisor for
lieve it or not, being the genial BUDDY HARMON. excepting the first and the last of his work in coaching of the club
George Burns who is G r a d e Al- course, were original in the sense performers, and also thanked
len's husband. that they were not, in the me- Mary Sawitzky-Shumeyko for her
NEW YORk CITY. mory of the youth, sung before assistance given as well as piano
Maybe these radio people got it FIRST' ANNUAL DANCE sponsored in Newark by any other singing
from the movies. Hollywood "by Ukrainian Uriivrrsily Soci.-ty SAT. accompaniment. Amid t h e а р `
group or chorus. plause of the audience the. cur?
changes a name without even bat- URDAY, JANUARY 3 5 , 1938 at the
The program was opened With, tain came down on .-"another:
ting an eyelash. I'll bet ўви didn't
know that the glamorous Carol J ntrrnntiennl Institute, 341 East 17th
Hi Commencement at 8:00 p. tA.
Featuring John Miidry and his Udo
the singing by the entire club of
"Live Ukraine!" (Hayvoronsky).
chapter in the activities bP the
Ukrainian Sbcial Club of Newdrk:
Lombard is jmrt plain Jane Peters Club Orchestra. ' 8,14,20 Then Evelyn Kalakura, a h active A FRIEND.

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