Professional Documents
Culture Documents
VII
No. 6
"jfXJL BASKETBALL LEAGUE >.
OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER
COAST GUARD SERVICE
The \tJnited States Coast Guard
R UT I
Of the many heroic exploits in the Ukrainian 4war
^$E^ : 'championship awards will.,
be made to the U.N.A. teams,
providing* all eliminationsr^bave
will hold competitive examinations been completed prior to April 1,
on JuneVl4, 1939 for appointments for independence (1917-20), few are as striking!* that of 1939. THe|leaders of the Metro
of Cadetg'tg the Coast Guard the three hundred Ukrainian students3§io attempted to politan and Pennsylvania Divisions
Academy at^Iew London, Conn., will contend for the Eastern Cham- •
reports Joseph Melnyk of New check the advance of a whole Bolshevik army at Kruti, pionship, while the four Detroit
Britain. This examination is open near Kiev. ;*j|«t§» teams, two in Olffifc'and two in
to young men between the ages of wejjtira -Pennsylvania, will furnish
17-22. The-mental requirements in ЩЇ This took plaW JanuaryЩ, 1 9 Щ ВиШ& better a cha&pion f&'tho 'Middle West.
general are those required for ad understand it, let us turn-back the pages о|ЩЩ.Іо 1917. Duej^fee late start of most U l ^ ^ l
mission to an engineering college. teams there will >e no national
The Coast Guard Academy offers The scene is Ukraine under czarist Russia, j u | F after championship.
both an education and a career to the breaking out of the Russian Revolution. The ^ЩФ ggiSlJNA Athletic Direcfett^v-
candidates who are able to meet
the high standards it has iestab- • country is seelffig like a sea in storm. Hopes run w j | j |
There is talk that up nbrth in Russia .proper the czarist POLlSH-HUNGABi^N F R ^ f e
lished. The four year course of
instruction is basically scientiflc TIER NO LONGER SOUGHT
and engineering in character. Each
government has b e l l overthrown, and its J&ce taken Igg
summer cadets make a cruise to the liberal;^Jcial-RlSpJutionaries. The peoj||eannot сЖ§; рвмРНРі&
European or South American ports. tain themselves in their joy.; Oppression is of the paeg.1Sa- Apparently reassured bjr^Sraa^S
The pay of the cadet is $780 per tional f r e e d o m ^ l a s t ! . . . Butjpiat's this? More-'fieWs. 1
ances from Germany that she
year. After graduation a cadet is wSulcf not encourage the Pan-' .
eligible for a commission in the The Social Revolutionary g o v e r n m e n t ' s been ovism IJkfaine campaign, Poland seems',
Coast Guard as Ensign. Further thrown too. By whom? By a ^ r t y that call t h e i n s w ^ to ha^e abandoned the idea of a^
information can be obtained by
writing to Thy Commandant, United
the "Bolsheviks."; B i t do not f||K Т п ?ЗІ|р|Ір 8 Є П І t h e m " common frontier with Hurigary at
the, expense of C^rpatho^0traine,
States Coast Guard, Washington, selves as a government oi the "wdrking ifgple a j g | accordihg to a Warsaw wireless to
D. C. peasantry7|§An audjble sigh of г е І і е ^ ^ Ш Ш о і Л fgjg The New York Tupti last Thursday. |
THE TRIDENT REAPPEARS country. Surely, a party that has thg|[ntei^|p- of the SPEAKS ON UKRAINE OVER
An attractive 48-page English- oppressed classes at heart will noigmder the oppressed НАЮО
language magazine, The Trident, Ukrainian people in tip|r endeavors to build t h e f i j | | | | | | Professor Stephen..W. Mamchui^l
made its initial appearance this chairman of the Sociology Depart
month after a six months absence. national Ше:' ' ^Ш^й ment of the College of S t ^ g i j f f i v i
It is dedicated to the establishment The Ukrainians return to t h e . ; д Ш | building their St. Paul, Mmn^sotair, dolivered' br
of "one independent sovereign U- own state with redoubled vigor, ТЩІ^/there is disjpier, | lectaire on the. "Plorainjiaix Sittt??;
krainian state," and published by tion'^over radio s t k t i o a l J I ^ ^ ^
the younger element of the Organ arid there arfe dissensions among some of them, but t ^ r e | at 3:45 P. M. February ^ - ^ n ^ p ,
ization for Rebirth of Ukraine. The is to be expected. The Ukrainian goj^hment, headed February;^'
present issue is for January-jpifir by the venerable Prof. HrushevskY; busies itself in м У chur gavei^^efi.,,
ruary. It features What Ukraine the same subject Ь
Wants, an editorial by V. S. Dush- sidering various social reforms for the Ukrainian people. national Relations
nyck; A Message from the YUN Raise an army? What for? Ndfine will attack ' u s . -
President, by Olga Zadoretzky; The
Rise of Carpatho-Ukraine, by Mi Socialism is in ascendancy, in Russia and Цкгашщ||Щ~
•'. S f e ^ S ЕІ)ЇТОК\0^ BRCIWN
chael C. Lapica; Soviet Foreign oialists won't fight M e *hother. They have too much > | | | DAILY
Policy by/Roman Lacyk (Lapica), common. But just for safety let's have a few reg|ffi|nts
and articles on Kdhovaletz and One pf-the four news editors-of
Melnyk, and on Petlura and the anyway. pp ^ ^ B r o w n Daily iJerald, published
Jews. An ethnographic map of Such were the feelingi of the TO&ainian Deopte at a t Brown University; Providence, j
Ukraine is contained" on its back R. I. Is Joseph J. Рагадйсу. Ukrain
that critical time, instead of P ^ v i d i i i g ^ ^ ^ a t i d ^ p ian-American whose parents reside
' cover. .
Sent to us for геуДе#г, ..we. are.
defel&e, they played with socialistic theories. Instead of at"464 E. '159th Street, І І Ш Ж к
happy to state that the entire con building-a strong eehtfe^orermnent, providing a g o ^ g City. The January ^Pth..issue ot
the Herald beatsvthe capflobvon
tents of. the magazine boar evidence - natggial deface, fofflNlebated upon^iow much land each its masthead: "News editor for
of careful preparation, and its staff ?
should be commended for a good ped§afct
1
was* to Ш^^Ш^фщ^0І ^ЩШІ*¥^^ШШ£* fflb teshei ;Н^піЬІгу.^Йе Щ afeo
job done well. Especially good, the Muscovite, no matter what editor he bears, be i t white ' literary chairman of the '.Brown
however, is the article on the Rise Network, student broadcasting sys
or red, always dreams of destroying the Ukrainian people. tem. Шйй
of Carpatho-Ukraine. Editorial of І The Reds took advantage of this chaotic and blissful
fices "of the magazine are at 149
Second Avenue, New York Bjffc'h state of ai^irs^toeif^ptepagaridistS swarmed tiuJat^h-;
Its staff consists of V. S. Dush- out UkramW с ^ ^ В Д Щ | ^ й е І і ^ ^
nyck, editdr-ih-chief; Olga Zado
retzky, circulation, manager; Wal When thetime was ripe the ВоІвЬеУШ^щегпт^іЩІ^Ш
ter Didyk, Emil Hryshko, Roriian off Ш т а в Ш ^ о й Ш ^ ^ І І г toc^welM&Jown features of~the^
Lacyk, Michael Lapica, Edward Muscovite. An attack waS.lauiicMd agaiilst U K r a i n f e ^ ^ ^
Seredynsky, associate editors; Bbh-
dari Buchak, busmess manager; Red armies advanced. jjjBMKgf Щ^[)Ш&^ *°ЩЯЙІГ Ш English translation
and Pauline Riznyk, associate busi &iev by way of Kursk-Vakhmach-Kruti.
ness manager. ІШЙЙ
• PREPARE FOR YOUTH
|ІІ|І|І?У Т^^ЩШ^К
Щ$г CONGRESS defend i t s e l l - i t i a d no army yet. t h e danger g r e w m j p g
A meeting of members of ^Ші^ ІШІШГ gre$8Srl ]Ш desperation the government i s s u e d | g
club's whose delegates comprise the
Newark Convention Committee took call for hjBlp.'f^p
place last Sunday afternoon at
Hotel DoUglas, Newark, N. J. for
Their call did riot go unheeded. Three hundred y o ] ^ f ІВІ
the purpose of reviewing prepara Ukfalniari students threw down their schoolbooks ario! d ^ AT.DTMTR SEMENYNA
tions made thtts far for the Seventh cided to save theit motner икгаЩШ They took a ровШой get her with an account of
Ukrainian Youth's Congress to-be at Kruti. Hardly any of Л ^ ^ Ш І І І ^ ^ Ш ^ ^ Г а £Єк* the Ufe and works of
held under UYL-NA auspices in Ivan Franko
Newark oyer the Labor Day week
befowp? T h e R e d Afthy> weU-e<|uipped, advanced upon
end this year. It was presided over thena. A fierce battle followed,. Had not t h e | j r a | | | been Щ§Ш
. by Michael Hynda, chairman of so busy just then, it would have undoubtedly stopped STEPHEN в Н и М Е Т К Ш
the Convention Committee. Reports "Moses" is a poem that is
were given by him and the other
in awe before ЧЙІЙ Heroic sight: three hundred boys regarded by many ай being
officers, including Victor Romany- fighting agairist If* anriy!... The result was foregone. worthy "to stand besides the
shyn,. Michael RogowskyjpHarry -The heroic defence was wiped out. A few escaped, 27 great creations of world lit-
Kowadlo, Stephen Kowtko, vice- were takeri prisoners and immediately shot, and the rest e^tura/ Through the medium
presidents; William Choma, treas !ofT the biblical Moses,, the
urer; Anna Dubas and Anna Ewan- —died in ЬаШе'іІріІ ШШ ІШІ famohS. Ukrainian poet and
sky, corresponding and recording Later, afterdate Bolsheviks had beeri driyeaf away, patriot poignantly portrays in
secretaries, respectively. G u e s t the bodies of most! of these young heroes were reori^ered. this ' poem his own bitter
Speaker ^was George R. Sommers, struggle to lead .his people-
former' U. S. Commissioner. The They were takeri Ж Kiev and buried on Askold hilt over into their promised land of
committee will sponsor a dance looking the scene of their heroic e x p l o i t — ^ г а ^ ^ Ш Ш freedom,
this Sunday at the Slovak Hall on Ш Ш і І І &§ШІіР (Reprinted by request) . 50 cents ^ Ш |
Morris Avenue*|o help swell the j • Щ " -/;• •'' " ; І • -" ' і ia~or" 8V0B0DA BOOKSTORE
convention fund. I 81-83 Grand Street
J O I N T H E U K R A I N I A N N A T I O N A L ASSOClATIglf** I 'Jersey OUgr* N. 4u-'•'.,.'
* UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1939 No. 6
§шшт|§ш
Ittya Repin, f а пі о u s Russian
painter, was in a reality a Ukrain
ian, a fact he admitted himself in
а letter written, to the government
of the Ukrainian National Repub
lic. Born in 1844 (died 1928) of
: Ukrainian parents in the Kharkiv
disirict of; Ukraine, Repin wentRoj
Г study paJntmg =in ,St. Petersburg^
when he twenty.one years of age. ]
Since Ukrainian cultural life was
severely repressed tthen, it was #
, Only natural for him and "many'
other talented young Ukrainians
to seek fame and fortune not in
their bwh land but in the land of
the Czare. ^Although eventually he
became known as the great artist
of Russia, with his art-national in
character, yet his Ukrainian origin
and love of his homeland finds ex-"
pression in a number of paintings
whose spirit is not of Russia but KOZAKS' REPLY TO THE SULTAN —BY ILIYA REPIN
truly that of Ukraine.^ІШІ
Among the best of hie "Ukrain Crimean parrot, Egypt swine
ian" pictures is the famous "The Such were the Ukrainian Zapo Champion of all the' world,
jlpKozaks' Reply to Sultan Mahom- rozhian Kozaks, the defenders of And Tsar of Tsars: herd;
med IV."!*^ ft portrays a~ large Ukraine, one of the finest military Tsar of Constantinople, :1щШ Owl of Jerusalem!
group of Kozak (Cossack) leaders bHSpBea the world has ever seen, Tsar, of Macedonia, -ШШ No help of Christians are thou,
of the famed Zaporozhian Sftch, whose exploits attracted respect Greece, Serbia, Moldavia^ but a fool;
replying to a demand made upon: ful attention throughout both the Tsar of Babylon, Podolia and No protector of our God. •
them by Che Sultan of Turkey, Occident'and the Orient.'шї&Ш Halych |&& Thou^ue not worthy to kiss
Which was the most pewerful em The incident that Hiya Repin And glorious Crimea; anywhere —
pire at that time, to stop raiding portrays in.the painting is a true Tsar of Egypt, Arabia, Jerusalem Nor worthy to hold our Zaporo-
bis cities and towns, and to surren one, and the letter they sent to The Keeper of the Tomb in Jeru zhe.
der themselves to-himu The nature the Sultan, eventually found its salem, - "We shall fight,thee
of the Kozak reply to him can way ;to|p|^museum in Russia, Апй-Щтиг God; By land and sea!, "V«,-
be readily seen from the picture . where it is said to repose now. ^At I am the Sorrow and the Help We do not fear thee,
itself. r l|;4s insolent and bold. The present we have no information on Of all Christian men —1 Thou son of a dog!
man in the center, the* "pysar" hand as to which museum it is in. I say to ye, Kozaks, . J§p« Such is our answer!
(secretary)j£iRrho is doing the ac- Surrender!
j Although we have no copy of Or expect no good from me."
tual writing,, has evidently very the letter, we have a translation. We know not what year this
little to do with its composition, ("by E. R, Livesay) of a poem by may be, ЩШ$
although he is obviously enjoying Stephe#VRudansky (1834-1873) In the same year the Zaporozhians Because we have no calendars in
j much. It is being dictated .based upon it. It will give our Read the Letter our Sitch —
_e.^ Kozaks around him, each readers an idea of the contents of And said to their foe, the Sultan: Our Missiatz* is now in the
one of whom has something to add 'the. letter sent by the -Kozaks to
t o it,- The insults and the challenge heaven; >^£JiJL"
they are hurling at a ruler before the Sultan. It runs as follows: "Thou, Sultan#gP?&e devil's This day is the same day as with
whom most of Europe was trem-. son, ііщі'**' you. s
bling then; is not inspired by any Inr the year 1600, in that God's The grandson-of Haspid* himself, Then, Turks, after these-words
mere bravado. They are fighting ^year, And thou, a horned chortt** Try to take us!'t
men, as the painting vividlyj^jfiwis A letter came from Akhmet I"
trays, and know well what ^Kfdur Zaporozhe: "Thou art but a wretched inn
are doing'. TheyV know .Щ§^ІЩ& |Ш keeper * An unnamed colored reproduction
letter "3$U intensify tttggpavage "I, Sultan, the son of Moham- . In Constantinople; of this famous painting can be obtain-
warfare, -but the love of fighting . ' med, A Macedonian brewer, ed at the Svoboda bookstore. Size:
^fia^Cheir blood, and just as they The grandson of the one God, Greek and Moldavian' swine,
And Babylonian blacksmith; гг'ххУ. Price *i.oo.
lumbled many a Turkish and The brother of the Crescent
host in the past, so they, And even of the Sun; * Hasptd—Basilisk and Haspid were
prepared to humble it again, Vbr Knight. strong and great, "Thou oppressor of Serbia and serpents. Chort—a swamp devil.
die in the attempt. '*&Ш King of Kings, Podolia, '*4ЙФ* MUiUtz—month, or crescent.
і ^Jfbe NeT^r«gt£^mesvgBrrent
History magazine pubPshed- in. its
J n l y , i ^ t e l питЬесЬіШ|*ШриЩ
inar. mcjde to deny thp existence
ofb a Ukrain'an гясе. During the
l st few years the most absurd
and unfounded' statements abort
Germany?
" . . . We are creatures of habit,
blissful in our ignorance; end so
This statement will be sthenuously
denied by propagandists, but I be
lieve that the facts in the case
support the statement."
65?) translated "Litters of a U- the Ukrainians have been circul- we have readily believed the pro- " . . . the misfortunes of the U-
No. 6 UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1939 3
T H E 'WEEKLY F O R U M
TOWARD A BETTER UNDER- the two groups: the older genera Familiar Quotes such honest and productive labor
mm STANDING tion can be gradually induced to "Johnny got a 909& average last as that of making or mending
accept some of the better qualities year, ahe*ns| "Joey will graduate shoes, and so on ad infinitum et: ab-
(~|UR interest was awakened by of our youth's make-up (i.e., demo surdum et nauseam. (And : еиІЙ
I p Theodosia Boresky's "Yo.ung with high honors in J u n e . . .just here it was a case of necessUyMcjg
cracy, broadness of mind, vision, think, at the top of the class!"
versus Old" not merely because it practicability, etc.); and the young "Oh, my Mary's got a- wonderful it was felt that ah incapable leader
was the most fearless indictment er generation can gain the wealth job. She's an assistant manager!" is better than no .leade^^tj
of the older generation in a journal of the elders' heritage of centuries "Oh, that's nothing, my boy's got a*" ^ j l o r ' i t is thex[uack leader, jealous
as conservative as The Ukrainian of experience, custom, ideals of a law degree." "Did you hear? Spn- of his power or afraid of losing his
Weekly, but also because it con non-material nature, faith and de ny'll be finishing college soon." "Oh • prestige or income, who has none
tained statements which do not run votion,- Such an'association would yes."He's got a good job. Olga or few of the#tjualifications for
parallel to our experience and con insure all those advantages which won't have*0 "pinch pennies as we leadership, that provokes most of
victions. arise out, of any "intercourse be did." Do these sound at all fam our younger generation ^ ^ і ш м
Having read'the said article, we tween two such groups," aj^at-the iliar? Is that "oppression" or self • its hands up into the air in despaii^
couldn't help avoiding the impres same time we, the youth, would be ishness. It's the most obvious ob It is precisely that kind of leader
sion that its. author must have suf- very instrumental in the process of servation that a student of the eld whose actions,if^5r lack thereof,
• fered a series of let-downs arising rehabilitating the old, some of er generation could name. bring about such charges as tbosj£
out of relations between the two whom still regard themselves as of Miss.Boresky. That is whjup^
generations. We have been often immigrants and many of whom, as Undoubtedly, our generation! is must clamp down with the fbr^|S£
prompted to shed ink on the sub Miss Boresky points out, "are the nqt as "free" as it would like 'to a Bismarkian "mailed fist."
ject in a vein similar—if not more least orientated in this vast new be. There are tendencis to domin-'"
Щу ''upstartish''—to that of Miss Bo country.,rv ЩЩІІІ ІШІІ ate the youth (some of our "youth'.' Definition and Consolidation
resky's. And we offer no guaran could stand a good spanking, not Before any hot-headed'move' to
tee that some future incident, series Let's not Be Foolish mere "domination"). We all know replace our poor leaders is launch- і
or combination thereof, will not Let's avoid the foolish thesis that it. But under the circumstances, . ed, however, it would be wise to
provoke us to tip our normal bal because we are American we are what else can we expect? The aver consolidate our forces and talents
ance of emotions in that- direction beyond reproach and beyond every age Ukrainian immigrant believes in order to make some clear defini
which inevitably results in an un thing, and that because our parents that he has a right to make cer tion of our ideals, aims,4 and goal.
conditional indictment of the elder are European they are something tain demands upon the second gen For, despite everything that has
generation. comparable to creatures who would eration. "Whether he is right or • been said or written, we are still
be more at home'in the Pleistocene wrong, at least he is sincere. His hovering in the darkness looking
Understanding the Elders Age.- Let's avoid the idea that' make-up is of the kind which does for the suriipWe; have yet to de
But in our present mood of de "Americanism" consists of glorifi not readily accept the ideals, prac termine some clear-pattenLof our -
tached observation we are urged cation of race and vilification of tices, and mode of life with which group Ше " and relations,* which
to say that Miss Boresky's descrip everything which, according to we are familiar. During the for would be at the same time altru
tion of the older generation as an persons like Senator Dies, is "un- mative stages of his being he lack istic, practical and progressive. Sev
"acutely pathologic" patient does American." None of us are eligible ed many of the obvious advantages eral vague, incomplete, conflicting
not tally with fact (which should to membership in the D.A.R., any and blessings of American demo and "one-and-only" panaceas have
be quite obvious to any well-in way. cracy. He is, in many respects, still _ been suggested. But we still don't
formed observer). We therefore Let us also recognize that an a stranger in a strange .land. He, know what we want, that is, col
suggest that the young lady—with immigrant is not a chameleon cap had never intended to remain here.4 lectively as a group.
a strain on her patience and a able of changing color upon the He always wanted to return "home." Much of our programs have been
reasonable reliance on her sense shortest notice. You can't repudi Is it fair, then, to expect of him based upon a materialistic motif.
of impartiality — make an honest ate the impression of a dozen cen the kind of treatment and consider And, quite contrary-to Miss Bo
effort to understand the "peculiar turies of custom, tradition, and ation one would demand, without resky's statement, it is the youth,
ities" of the oldsters. Having done background overnight! Or as quick second thought, of an American and .not the average Ukrainian im
. this, we further suggest that she ly as they say a woman can convert who has a fuller education, wider migrant, who is more prone to ask,
read her article, say, six months a man into a monkey. viewpoint, and an entirely different "Whese's I it going - Зте 'get ШЩ£&
— from now. If this attempt on her make-up—with which we ourselves WhatTg&get out of it?"
part is sincere and extensive enough, We have got to accustom our have become identified?
selves to these recognitions, and And so, let us be a little more
we're quite certain that she her to take them into consideration tolerant and understanding of the \
self will challenge some of the Comparison Unfair
when making a stab at a solution older generation's plight. Let lis ~ •
statements in "Young versus Old." of our problems. All considerations The Ukrainian immigrant, or his not indict the elders for imagined
(We assume, of course, that her must include back ground, environ equivalent, is in many respects' crimes. They have done their best.
"belief in cooperation as a means ment, training, natural instinctive comparable to' an American hill No. human being could do more
, towards ultimate progress" is more tendencies, emotions, temperament, billy—and this is no thrust at de tnan t h a t Ш'.their "best" is not
than a rash statement.) attitudes, the various mental, emo rision. Let us not, therefore, make g enough for ив,Щ£^мв make „the .
We particularly stress the idea tional, and in-born associations and such demands upon him as are be- - necessary changes or innovations. '
that an atempt be made to under- habits, and all other conceivable yond his grasp and capacity. Let Let us not defeat our acquired \
! stand out immigrant generation be elements of individual and group us, instead, trace his background, sense of fair play, but rather, let
cause we have done just that, and differences, with their various in determine what makes him tick, us capitalize on ouF~acqujsitions -
because we have found that' under ter-relations. Of course, this sounds try to understand -him, and aid him and work toward a better under
standing and cooperation are pos like a complicated device. Yet co in the process of orientation within standing between the generations,
sible between the two groups and operation and accompanying ady the pattern of American life. an impeachment and removal of
that they can be made workable vantages cannot be achieved with Above all, let us not lose our the ruinous and reactionary forces
and mutually beneficial. However, out effort, or without a- proper selves in such self-admiration and from within both generations, a de
we of the younger generation must study of the group with which we such, self-conceit as to become finition of and tangible action Vf^^^
be realists enough to recognize that are dealing. priggish over the older generation's' ward the attainment of a con
absolute cooperation can never be want of qualities and character ceived and planned Shangrilah.
achieved, and that therefore we "Domineering" Tendencies istics which we all say are a part lip, STEPHEN^Wa^OBOi^g
must continue to develop our group The "domineering" tendencies of of our very essence. Let us re
life in accordance with our very the elders over their off-spring are member that liberalism is more CAROL ON "SCHEDRIY
own ideas and ideals. .This process probably less of a-manifestation of than a topic for a freshman theme.
oi development does not necessari attempts to .overcome inferiority It may be pertinent to bear jin ^ш^ясяш^^шй
ly mean, as Miss Boresky suggests, complex than an expression of the mind that the average Ukrainian January the 18, 1939 proved to
N і " that the two generations "must various components of their foreign immigrant is quite sincere in his be a real "Schedriy УесЬігі'-;||»|»Щ
ч forever remain seperate entities."
make-up, which center about a deep- desire to permit the youth "to take many Ukrainians in Wilkes-Barre.
For there is much to be gained rooted conviction concerning the over the leadership." Perhaps he A group of former Bapdura Chorus
from association and cooperation of "sparing of the rod" and the child. has not yet fully realized that the membe- з gathered and went around
Nor is there anything surprising younger generation is no longer a -caroling. The night was ideal :Щ*£я
about parents who feel that "the dependable child, that it is an in "schedrovanie,"-' for a light snow
YOUTH .RALLY child might stray away from them." telligent, mature and sincerely pro was falling, blanketing everything
Instances of the elder, "appalled at gressive entity. But since Time is in white, and stilling the night -
Everything, is under control for the weakness" of his "oppressed" an excellent physician, and since air for our songs to be heard. |
Saturday, February 18th, the day child may also be many, and, in our youth is very resourceful, mat When wej came to .jS^>Ukrainian.щ
of the Ukrainian- Youth's League some cases, they may "call him a ters are bound to evolve smoothly. home, wc grouped ourselves beneath I
of North America, Eastern Region product hot of their • flesh and If we must direct a campaign the kitchen window and started off. .
al Rally which is being held in blood." They may, in some cases, against the "domineering elders," it with the carol, "Dobriy Vechli*:^
Philadelphia. This affair is being even "supress" and "oppress" a should be understood that the TohjL" After singing a few stan- •
conducted under the auspices', of child, but for the reason that "he bull's-eye of such an onslaught is zas, we entered the house, humg^R
the United Ukrainian. Youth Clubs may not grow up to outwit or out not the innocent bystander — the ming "Boh Predvichnyi** while pneі •
of Philadelphia. The numbers of distance the parents"? Some of Ukrainian immigrant who can be of our members', who has recently j
the committee have been working them may try to dominate the lives converted to our way of thinking, returned from - Europe, stepped I
diligently and everything points to of their children even .after mar once given the proper encourage forward and extended to the'"hos^--•?
grand and exciting time for you. riage,' but such things are quite ment and opportunity -Г:^Щ that p o d a r " and ^oepodynya" the "
Give' yourself a brief mid-winter universal. .'Щ$- the real target is the irresponsible 'season's greetings. Then we con
vacation by attending this Rally. and scatter-brained and incapable tinued on our way,, our group .
•You'll be glad you came. For-fur- Insofar as our experience is con -usually augmented by the young
cerned—and we think it is as wide) leader, both young and old. person in whose home we had ju3t
ther details, see advertisement be
low. ••• if not wider, as Miss Boresky's— % Incapable Leaders * ж - ?catooled. bt this fashion we pro
D. C. we have fond the reverse true. ceeded from one home to another. .
With very few exceptions, we have It's impolite to point our finger Everywhere we were at first greet- -
noticed that parents are proud of at particular "leaders" of loud -,j& with surprise • and then with!
krainians have come from the fact their children, \that they would mouthed and empty-brained varie ^pleasure. Tears glistened in the .
that the independent existence of make all conceivable sacrifices for ty. They are all known to the well- eyes of some of the older folks,
their nation was an obstacle to the their children's h a p p i n e s s and informed. We all know, for instance, >or our caroling brought recoJleo |
political aims of all the rival forces welfare and happiness. How many that some of Jfia£ |"mteUgenfeia--' tions to them of the old country, |
contending for supremacy, and at life's* savings have gone into the would have made skilled carpenters of the time" when they were young
the same time proved an irresistible education of the generation to or clerks, that much of our clergy tod aud went around caroling
magnet to the occult powers be which we belong?.How many years would have performed a human- through the Ukrainian village.
hind armies, which hist for ol and of toil and sweat under the rotten- itarian and patriotic deed had they ^Щж proceedsv^our caroling, .
coal and iron and monopolies of est conditions have most of our become blacksmiths or paper-hang- *$5в.3б, we wfll to send to С"Г4 |
food stuffs and. raw materials." parents sacrificed so that we might ers,' that many bt our orators and . patho-Ukraine. ШШ І Ш І
(To be continued) be more fortunate than they? politicians should have never left • Шт Olga Shpur. ІШ
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