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No.

46
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Supplement to the SVOBOPA, Ukrainian: Paily
Published by flic Junior Department of the Ukrainian National Association

JERSEY CITY, N. J., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1935 VOL. Ш


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УОиТН TODAY YOUTH AN і POLITICS Evening df Ukraifiian


It ie a curious anomaly that youth movements along , Literature at Columbia
TOO QUICK TO TAKK ACTION
ON WRONGS? political lines in democratic countries are for the most
An event to be looked forward
part of l|tUe strength. •to by ЬоШляг roadh and «Hereto
James < Graham, 22 yeare old. of France, for example, a land of preeminently elderly the u'Eitenmg at WkrainiaD litera­
New York City, was sentenced to ture," to be held under the
ten years in Sing Sing by Judge statesmen, ів: the weakest in this respect, but. this is
Koeuig for stabbing and killing auBpiees «I th* Cohimbia Ukra­
becauee 4$f=tti* French national psychology whieh regards inian Club at Columbia Unive»-
hie brother-m-law, John T. .Den­ youth as an unhappy period of turmoil and aiffiiessness. sily, in Scheizaerhorn Hull, Room
nis, 25, in August, 1934. "305, next Friday evening, Novem­
The killing was the result of England, however, despite its seeming hoary conservat­
ber 22nd; 'starting a t 8 P. Ж ;
the wrongful aceueation by Den ism has made its political eystem broad and attractive The -program1 wffl • open -witfe
nis that Graham stole a rare enough to lure youth of the finest families and highest
flfty-cent piece Dennis treasured. mtroduetery- 'remarks by • the
educat ion to take up politic* as their life careers. Chairman, Stephen Shumeyko, Pre­
Pint the white hope of democracy, that -youthful sident of tbe Columbia Ukrainian
•SOCIALLY ' QUICK TO TAKE Club, foil owing | which | there : will
BESPONSfBHJTT FOR OWN and great America, is the keenest disappointment oftfoem be a -statement by Prof. John
ACTIONS? . all in this connection, for youth in American politics is a Dyneley Prince, founder and pre­
Joseph Loguidice, a 15-year-oJd negative element. is і sent head of. the department ex
youth, of New York City, was E a s t e r n European Languages.
Mention the word "politics" to an average young Prof. Clarence A. Manning- win .
shot in the back on November 7th American and invariably you evoke a fleeting look of then deliver an address on Taras
by a patrolman as he fled from Shevebeek© and read excerpts of
the scene of an accident in which cynicism, or of contempt, or of utter indifference. •"Po­
the oar he wae driving had been hi* EegHsh translation «f the lat­
litics" to him represents not the administration .of public t e r * .^'OejxlamakL'V He «Ш be
involved. The yonth escaped but -affaire in the interests of the peace, prosperity, and followed by Dr. Arthur P. -Cote-
later admitted hie part in the ac­ man, who will deliver an address
cident when his father brought safety of the people, but rather electioneering campaigns,
him to a hospital for treatment. torchlight parades, rallies, and finally—graft. A -black on the Story of Ukrainian Iitera- •
His car collided with one operated • ture. ' -Concluding"- .remarkfl"' VH
picture, but a true one indeed. be made by Mr. Joseph Stetke- ;
by a patrolman off duty. Lo- wicz, fir., instructor of the Ukra!- ;
guidioe and his two oompaniona Of course, £here are some of the younger {[«aera-
leaped from their car and ran tion who do not lose sight of the real meaning of pontics, itrian •course a t Columbia. ;
in dBferent directions. Tliis program to the first of its
who perceive that despite graft and incompetent "public kind, and we strongly urge our
servants" progress is being made, and who are begin- 'youth as well as elders to attend.
THE NEEDS OF BBJDES Look into today's Svoboda for і
ning to realize the meaning of that paradox that not
Mrs. Gertrude Seward Mayer, "further dajtajjp. >iyr « -
eternal vigilance; bat corruption is the price of4iberty.
supervisor of homemaking courses '. і 4 V • • її і I ' l > •

at Pratt Institute, New York City, And there are some of the younger generation,-toojr
ansnuoced that a Park Avenue who enter politics not merely out of self-interest 5>r FOE WAE AT ANY; PRICE?
bntcher would visit the Institute's .. Ilaey thousande of .> American
School of Household Science and
vain-glory, but of a sincere desire inspired by youthful etudente took part, last Friday, in
demonstrate common errors in idealism to be of-real service to their country. j - i j t t p i r e e e j v e "mobilization for
meat buying. His talk will be It is this last «lass that America stands in-greatest peace." . At many of those .meet­
given to what is known as the ings resolutions vfere. passed in
"bride's class." need of. And yet we find, curiously enough, .that the which youth promised Ihey "would
Mrs. Mayer believes that the older generation gives very little encouragement to rts really refuse to support' tlWGor-
auerage debutante-bride's knowl­ youth seeking to take an active part in politics. College etnment of the United States ki '
edge of meat is limited to "squab, any war it might undertake."
students especially, are the chief sufferers in this jseepect. By this, a first wholesale пойое І
lamb chops and filet mignon."
They buy lamb ohope to out up It is argued that because of their youthf times s and was served upon its elders by ЛЬв і-
for stew and their purchases are their being away from the sheltering' influences o f home, young generation that it will not I
invariably confined to extravagant college students can easily be enlisted in crusades of voluntarily cooperate in war as a "
cuts of meat or higheet priced means of settling ioternaUonal '••
seafood» and poultry. "We wiah," every kind by interested and unscrupulous parties, bthera difficulties.
she said, "to help young wives say that it is the function of the student to study, лікі But the old.generation inquires :
and prospective hrides to avoid whenever political participation геріасев study the uni­ now how many 0І those parti- •:
these nristakee." «ipants -in the peace йетопагга- ;.
versity disentegrates or is closed, as so often happens tioaa WOBM really refuse "to sup- ••
NEW IDEALS OR OLD? in Europe- port the Government of the U- і
It is hard for us to perceive the wisdom of such nited States in airy -war it might
A student of Bennington Col­ undertake. <^ ;j
lege, a member of a Brookline, reasoning. Is college youth any more naive in political .-' The old generation know ISOJ-A&- і
Mass., family, married a young matters than that -great mass of aduit vomers that;-sees thing about that. They well re- •
night watchman at the college. nothing deeper in politics than the struggle of personali­ member the.days when In the be-
Ткав ie quite a step from the ". ginning of the WorM War they |
old ideal to marry tbe young • ties and extravagant election promises? Is this 'vatmtefl sang lustily, -"l did not raise my •
boss. home atmosphere so truly protective? Or is it not very son to b e » soldleiv*' aind aoon af­
often the very'.hotbed of political prejudices and.misoon- t e r s a n g ' just as hietfly, ЙТ not
CHILDREN EXHIBIT. move, " T h e Yank» are ooming
oeptionB? : Furihermore, would not a reasonable amount ^veiywheiB." ' --•«.'.-J
In the Mezzanine Galleries of of political activity on the part of stadjents bring *.
the RCA Building, in New York TOUTH IN FACE OF CRISIS
City, en exhibition has been ar­
greater sense of reality and more benefit t o the class­
room? And^^naBy, have not European universities been м American youth, although faced
ranges of the works by children with unemployment and uncertain­
from 5 to 10 years old. closed mainly, because their students ?,ould no longer ty, "neither understands nor de­
The. exhibition is for the benefit stand the eight of oppression and cormption ~aRrabout ~-, sires"' sympathy from an older
of . tbe Associated Experimental
•Schools, and is to continue till fiieinand revolted against it? ївпЧ the gs&twertii ihe j> gesieration and-to better able to
meet -.present1 'Conditions than ite
November 23. P.riee? :-- . . ' . , " * ? • " elders. Such to the opinion of
Take _ Ukrainian students in their enslayed>bo»ie- Henry P. Van. ..Oueenv dean 4Si
students at Union TJieak>gic»l
* FIGHT DEAFNESS. land, for example. Has not their struggle waged in and Seminary, as. expressed at th»
th efforts to safeguard the out the. classroom been greatly responsible for the ©mer- - closing session of the ninth an­
health of school ohildrep, -officials. gence of Ukraine from obscurity? Have not they suffer­ nual meeting of the New York
of 'the Board of Education in >Iew State Aseooatioh of Peans.
York City recognize a growing. ed .- imprisonment, tortures, and even death in their "Positively, it la my impres- .
need for a more extensive pro- -. defense of UkVainian liberties? And finally., where would віоп," be said, "that t h e youth of
g r a n r t o remedy hearing defects. the Ukrainian movement be today, if these students bad the present- generation, by and
fiarents who have looked to been content to blissfully devote themselves solely to large, are facing their (fate, the -
the- school as a place where their ;realistic outlook for their future,
children were sent for Ihe train- Z their; aeademie studies: while bell raged' outside their; with extraordinary honesty, poise
ing"of the mind only are now tak­ dowrt^red wuHe? -r-- ^ - I і f |-'. and .unruffled determination. They
ing; lessons from • then?: chfftbren •are certainly far mare prepared
4n<i following health a rules to :. | Y<rtt«i activity in politics has often b e & o r ^ c t h * $ (than .their, elders) to confront
which more attention 1s beingspaid $ ^ ^betiar'conditions. ' Our Anierican-Uk^ujfeiljyoqrtb r - ;: •the gravity: and profundity of their
today - than ever before:
ІПя the r teas: gaiticular reason to bear this m ,тШа>^ *^Ш^ц*? Society's crisis with realism, forth­
School «ystem. J H right and unafraid."
its "inspiration from its fellow kinsmen ftF^TkrifSie, ' # ? £ \ t" '
should play a greater and more constructive role- in
American pontics. CEodaj'g Ukrainian TVeukly Including
(Concluded test column) in tbe Hvoboaa)
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UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1935 No. 46
Hr*rr—•" •• • • '

Son Ukralnsboyi Notchl (Dream


A SHORT HISTORY OF UKRAINIAN LITERATURE of a Ukrainian Night) oa the
R&mbliegs of a Word-huater
By BEV. M. KINASH style of t h a t of the Polish poet "NATIONALITY" AND "НАЦІО­
(A free translation by 8. S.) Vlstyansky* but his. attempt at НАЛЬНІСТЬ"
. (90) pathos in it leaves the reader cold. ;. A great many misunderstand­
In another dramatic play, Sphinx ings have been caused by the fact
ІОТ;" Michael Yatsklw merely a caricature of the same,
of Europe, Paehowsky sought to 'that the Latin word "nationalitas"
Schael Yatakiw (1873—) be- filled with bitterness and anger. convince that the answer to the - h a s been adopted simply into all
'JBU^hiB literary career as an ex­ Such, .-for example, is the already vexing problem.of peace in.- Eu­ modern languages, but not in the
treme realist hovering on the mentioned Ohnl horyat as well as rope depends upon the just settle­ same meaning in each of them.
B rt in
borders- of naturalism. Hie per­ • l.%^ylWui i vh*r f Flashes), This fact has certainly caused
ment of. the Ukrainian .problem- a great deal of bad blood among
sonal [better, experiences and suf­ while" Adohal 1' Barbera or Blley
ferings left an imprint upon; bis VKpnik (Vfcbite Horse) are nothing' Peter Karmanftaky ^ ^ the older generation of Ameri­
works in form of a bitterness ' b v t literary hieroglyphics. How- P e t e r , KarmanitsSyv (187{r~j cans ofMJkralnian descent,-who
bo rde rin g on Wired towards' the ever, there are some fine and true remember well that this word as
poet-lyricist, far a ^writer of .an adopted into their native language
prevailing social order and ^portrayals' of life^in bis Bovorot unusually . sensitive-' "'•and' some­ as "національність" brings the
humanity itself. A good, «cajppte (Retreat K. or h i the symbolical what nervous .temperament." ;Hjs connotation of common origin,
•bf this diatortation is his npv£l Rltferary pictures presented in the poems, such a s Oy' hill smniku traditions,- and language, white the
j Ohni horyat (FireaSpte Flaming), cjjcle of „ n i p works known as (Sleep, О. Sorrow) '•%.. teki same- word "Nationality" in the -Eng­
dealing'with life among the (Sali- Daleki^" Shlakhi (Distant High- vblvtea (Prom: the Suicide'Ц Me­ lish . language first of all brings
• c'wn Ukrainians^-' He manifests-a* ways)^ "They help to disclose what moirs), are thought pcpvoking the connotation of the state, the
common government.
fine- talent^Jn hie - writings, bqgg appears", tp j ber the real Yatsi w and envelop the reader in" a feel­
tis a p i t j r t h a t a ^ ' d i s t o r ^ i t j e t and not the-one as presented by ing of sadness, і Reading them I noticed that the World Peace
Federation, of Hollywood, ^Cali-
* Like" ether adherento of: i p l t u n ^ : Us other .works. ' one cannot help but be impressed
fornia, while soliciting for Signa­
ism, he denies all evhienJa^'for^C " it" ІДО^ ^Mbowsky by the poet's - unusual sensitive­ tures for its nation-wide popular
spiritual .creative and npholdhig Vaaile; Paehowsky (1878—) be­ ness to human suffering. Another vote to outlaw war, asks the
'- ^ r i n c i p l e . & $ & £ ** i8 Abounded longs to the" school of later day collection of -his poetry,. Bludnl prospective signer to state his
jiessimism, however, leads him\to Ukrainian.:poets. His poems bear ohnl (Wifl-o-the-whisps) and Pll- "citizenship."
even greater extreme» in Ша$"-їШ rievidences -of- having their origin vem po mori tchmi (We sail on If this word were adopted in
regards life as merely а cessjgfioT in-.Ukrainian folk songs but are the Sea of Uarknees) are of a the American citisehship papers,
« ^ u g l i n e s s . and jhiustice, ш ^welbrounded out, -at times ap- sepulchral. паШгеГ verging on the a great deal of trouble caused by
exotic. Examples of his vigorous the differences of connotations in
concludes, therefore.V tha6;lt is ж . 'proaching virtuosity. Aside from the word "nationality" could be
duty ol _ЩІ writer to stir up this his' 'love song/) Bozslpani peril protest against*, intolerable social
conditions among Galician Ukra­ spared.
cesspool and bring to the surface, ^(Scattered Pearls) [some of which
all its rotten ess, for only in.tibfi ^descend to the very extremes of inians can be found in Krivavim THE UKRAINIANS HAVE
toanner ypll people recognlil ft naturalism, as the Na stotsi hir Shlyakhom (Along' the Bloody A WOBD FOB IT
a s such and seek to cleanse^.agfl -.(Qttri'the Mountain Slopes)] too Highway), Za chesch I volyu (For George Soule. writing in "The
Improve themselves. Accordingly, "т$Пу ,pf his poems are devoted Honor and Freedom), as well as New Republic" on the European
in the drama Burya (The Storm). situation created by Mussolini's
In many of his works we do not to 'dance and play. However, he campaign against Ethiopia, says:
see a true portrayal of life bnt ^triedj в? create a dramatic play, (To be continued) "Surveying the possibilities, one
shares the universal anger at the
Italian dictator, expressed by a
kept in a refrigerator, -has given Swiss printer, who said to me,
^ і і е і р с ^ ^ й Progress us an additional band of spectrum
of the heretofore imperceptible
"Mussolini let ein boeeer Mensch."
Boes—meaning both "cross" and
З^^Ж;*-"A Bibliographical Stndy,. In .Contemporary Thought waves. This additional informa­ "bad"—is more to the point, than
tion of the remote, transforma­ any single English word.
<3) This is an interesting search
tions thus obtained may explain
lAddrda^Hverifft'^the
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Third "Uk- Bt. Today- we are not a t all cer- the making.' and I h e construction for a word that has two mean­
fa^A?* "'-P'ofessioiullsfsr''Congress '-Щ 'tain that^this is J the case shv;e of elements. Another ingenious ings at once.
Amerlcaj' (petroit, September 1st ana we have discovered in addition to -The readers who know tlie.U-
\W\9iS) byN.Bunldb B. Sc. (E. E.) application -'oT~ the same instru­
the electrons.: neutrons, protons, • ment has been /nadfr in the study kj-ainian 'language know t h a t . it,
І ! ЄЙС^ОЩВІ; -Г g - * and photons which are created a s ' too, has such a word. ^'ЗлиЛ"
of ІеаЗ and other metalic poison­ means exactly ..both "cross and
.Scientific? man, aa^ іпкпіп < : the positive nucleus' captures the ings- In the human body.
alone, <can? show "^Ье Ш "bad"
electron and destroys the І electric Pylhagora^L observation of the
which f f 3 6 tbe goals i^cfl THAT MKCONSTBUED WORD-
§» Jioasible goals .and which <Ш &П(іТВУ> Ч?е h a w come tojn.pojnt
;
periodicity of notes in the musical "RU8SIAN*'
the leaders 'it trusW^ are^tftsf-^ 'Tvhere. the d e n s e s t metal, {hat for scale'- and of numbers in mathe­ A writer in The "NeW York
^.'.дУ' flTft?THJV0. рТЇГІ^і^ДИП if Quite im­ matics has given us the famous Times, who called the Ukrainian
edge is as dispassionate and in­ penetrable, has relatively as much wave motion. theory in the 18th sculptor Alexander Archipenko a
human as is the universe with void apace ras. there is between century, the subsequent applica­ Russian, brings again to our
wWt&^jt concerns itself, and. i f the planets of the solar system. tion of which has given us the memory the common misconcep­
can as little be ignored. Furthermore, the electrons are Wireless telegraph, radio, and tele­ tion of the term "Russian."
jDynamic forces of nature are rotating in their orbits around the vision. Successful attempts have Archipenko could be spoken of
as a "Russian sculptor" in the

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constantly-' working and trans­ nucleus similarly, to the planets been reported of using short radio
meaning that he was born in
forming the order of things. The rotating around the sun. There waves in the treatment of certain Kiev, when that city was under
solidification, of the celestial is also a prevailing opinion that types of paralysis and the exter­ J Russian occupation. In that
bodies,, the erosion of mountains matter and -energy are one and mination of insect pests. I meaning, however. Masaryk could
and rockS, the. formation of воіі- the same thing, which makes Pure science has. been constant­ I be spoken of as an Austrian,
and river beds, and' the arisal of matter immaterial. These new ly extending the - boundaries of I Ramon de Valera as a Britisher,
man, are. only a few.- examples of conceptions in physics have shat­ our knowledge .while applied I Pilsudsky as a Russian, and many
Vt the everchanging forces of "na- tered the stable foundations of science has been at the service ( Armenians who fought against
. t a r e at work. It is neither science. It is fortunate that this of human needs. In chemistry, I Turkey as Turks.
did not occur before the 18th Haber has accomplished the fixa­ Perhaps, even the writer who
possible' nor desirable -to oppose uses his words so loosely would
century; otherwise science would tion of the atmosphere, thus as­
these inevitable changes. Rous- not have attained its complete­ see the whole nonsense of such a
seaus* going back to nature, and ness, and', present progress might suring humanity of an inexhaust- nomenclature. At any rate, if
. Tolstoi's idea of reverting social have been precluded. able supply of food by separating he had given a serious thought to
progress back to the peasant nitrogen from air. Synthetic pe­ the term "Russian" at all, h'e would
stoge, were only dreams and Il­ The combined use of the re­ troleum has been made In Ger­ have expected his readers to un­
lusions of. the actual realities of cently built 200 inch telescope and many to provide us with a plenti­ derstand this term to mean: pe­
life. Humanity can only direct the electron tube known as the' ful supply of fuel as the coal culiar to the Russian race or Rus­
fields and natural petroleum are sian culture. A "Russian sculp­
some of the changes along the' '•electric eye" -with 131,000 fila­ tor" means, therefore, something
; y channels necessary for its pro­ ments in- it to' take the place of becoming depleted at a rapid rate. like a "Muscovite sculptor." He
gress, by Increasing human knowl- cones in 'the human eye, which The application of mechanics even speaks of Archipenko's "Mus­
: edge through constant research has 33,000 of them, will take us and thermodynamics has produced covite eyes."
and discovery. Into space millions of light years automobiles that have attained a And those "Muscovite eyes" of
Human knowledge has been a away from the earth. Panorama speed of 300 miles per hour while the "Russian sculptor" are the
gaining momentum. Mon> has of 1930 could be seen on' the only 30 years ago an auto could writer's undoing. The Russian
been added to it from 1900 to nearest star, while a man on the do no better than 12 miles an character of Archipenko's sculp­
1925 than:, in any other century. great Andromeda nebula conld hour. Airplanes of which I>eo- ture or the Muscovite appearance
- -We have gone from the infinite see Chicago as it was a million nardo De Vlncl left us a sketch of his eyes can be proved only as
much as the suggestion that if
to Ute infinitesimal. In Kepler's years ago. Historical events in his Bcrapboiik as early as 1505 you smoke a certain brnnd of
could be seen reenacted, providing did not really come into use un­
time the ^determination of the cigarettes you will beconii as ir­
we could overtake the speed of til 1914. The first time the aero­
orbits of the celestial bodies was light rays and go sufficiently far resistible to the opposite sex as
• n.great achievement hi astronomy. into space. So many conditions, plane was up in the air for one the movie actor who tells you to
' «Sbday we have been able to de- however, would have to be satis­ hour was In 1908. In a short smoke it.
' tennlne even the- orbits of the fied before such a thing was made period of 20 years thereafter the In all probability, to call by
• electrons in the atoms of the possible that further elaboration Hunter bothers stayed In the ah* the term "Russian" an artist who
-tttars and,' study the chemical of this theory would take us to for 23 days: Wiley Post made a is not a Russian is a misguided
trip around the earth, and Lind­ effort to utilize the popular fad
f composition of them by a spec­ the door of a pseudo-scientific for Russian things, a fad that
troscopic method, something for fiction. bergh made a non - тир trip
across the ocean. It would not is already decidedly on the de­
'Which 'A. Compfce held no hope cline even among the least think­
less than a hundred years ago. An ingenious use of the spec­ be at all surprising if in the ing and the most suggestible
v МНУ recently we adhered to the trograph to break up the light future an aeroplane was making a classes of Americans. er.
conception that positive nuclei of rays from stars into ultra-violet trip without a pilot but controlled
atoms-were ail akin to the nucleus and infrarjed rays, and the re­ by relays and electrtm tubes which tlie machine making the flight. An
of the hydrogen atom, with ne­ cording of heat waves on a photo­ would be receiving their nirssnfres attempt Ivis already been made in
gative electrons rotating around graphic plate, which has to be hundreds of miles away from this direction. (Ти V f'nnrluih-il).

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No. 46 _UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1935

T h e Aspirations of Our Youth


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[Excerpts from address deliver- Ukrainian Churches and which seeks to bring together these perils of the big dty are)
ed by Stephen Sbumeyko, at the Furthermore, we are beginning all these youth clubs into at least very real to our youth which lives
annual meeting of the Executive to see-mors pf our youth at some semblance,of unity, to give in them. They are real iaf4$a&'~
Board of Obyednanye (United U- various .Ukrainian occasions, con­ them a better understanding of youth not in the physical sense,
krainian Organizations of Amer­ certs, plays, mass meetings, and the ideals, problems, and aspira­ but rather in the sense that the) .,
ica) held in Jersey City, October mass demonstrations. The. Ukra­ tions of the Ukrainian race, and big ctty by its very nature, Щ^??'^
26, 1935.] inian churches, too, attract more to help them realize their inherent myriads of distractions and coJttr'rV"
young people -today than before; future possibilities. It was upon plexities, its hurrying throngs of-'" '
(Concluded) such ideals that the League was panting, .humanity^ .its jangle, •
which-іаї important also, for our
All these disturbing questions churches have been in many in­ founded at the First Ukrainian c l a t t e r and roar of the Йа-л .
lead but to. one inevitable conclu­ stances the sola link that has Youth's ' Congress of /America chine,'its squalor of the tene^-йчг
sion. Our Paul will do his bound our youtn - to Ukrainian held in Chicago, in 1933, and these ments and the hot-house atmo­
best in this American environ­ life. Vet our youth cannot help ideals have been the basis of the sphere -' of palatial apartmeht%yr^
ment in retaining those Ukrainian but greaUy~regret that its parents League's two subsequent con­ often benumbs and paralyzes onr> *
traits and characteristics of have divided themselves so disas­ gresses, held in 1934 and 1935; in faculties of perception and і р ^ л
which he can well be proud. He • trously along religiouS lines, for New york City and Detroit, respec­ preciation of the deeper and finer'.'
will seek to perpetuate them here had religious unity been preserved tively. How much this typical na­ values in Ще.- І
in America, make them a part of among them there Is ho doubt tion-wide youth organization has ac­ -For^ QU#J American-Ukrainian
the American scene. Further­ but that much greater progress complished thus far and how much you th.- dwelling in I the cities, the •
more, his duty to his kinsmen' in would have been made up to this it will accomplish -in the future, only "perils" oT the big. dty"-in-this
Ukraine struggling for that free­ time. The more advanced of our time will tell, for its "movement? sense -are even "more dangerous
dom which he is so fortunate in youth also regrets- that' some of rather than "organization" char­ than perhaps : in-the case of the
having here is too great to be our young people forsake their acter makes it impossible .for its youth of other nationalities. For
ignored or alighted, and there­ native churches and attend those influence upon our youth'a de­ very few of ua. ere dty dwellers,
fore he shall" do his best to be churches' where the Ukrainian velopment to be open and ap­ by nature. ' Mrat of^»?ere"*fcttfcij.»
of aid to them. And yet, he language is not- heard. Admitting parent It is this latter fact that one; generation removed frora-дЖЖ
shall not forget his duties as an that there are faults within our perhaps causes some . people" to J^^tojries-oldriine ^ ^ e a s a h f i r y t ; '
American born citizen. churches, that perhaps they are- regard it as somewhat inert in- And therefore, being strangers to
not as beautiful to tin eye as its life and activities. And yet, the! d t y v . * e are all the moreP
Thus reasons our Paul and to­ others, that artificial religious dif­ it can truthfully De said that the overwhelmed and confused by it,
gether with him many others like ferences have disrupted them in League through its standing, t h e even to =epite\M v hitman adapt­
him, boys; and girls, young men some localities, still is that reason principles it advocates, and through ability "tb"?its environment As al
and young" women Americans of enough to forsake them? They the medium of the individuals. consequence, we -try to take life fax
Ukrainian descent. should be dear to us, for they are connected with -it, has - exerted' a mlghtjrifirantic leap, or v dee wo -
Now, hdW in practical everyday our own. If they have any glar­ some very beneficial effects upon take] the other extreme andmere-
life, how do these young people ing deficiencies, our young people the American - Ukrainian - youth ly foil alongside' the t-road and
transfer these fine resolutions into should roll up their sleeves and 'movement, both nationally and. lazily watch the world gO\by. Per-1
actual being? remedy them, instead of wasting locally. . And numerous examples haps, this is one' of the main
time merely criticizing. can be cited In proof - of this reasone why our dty American-
"Hurrah Patriotism" fact... Ukrainian youth does' not mani­
First of all, they seek to gain Older Organizations Youth Congresses . > fest anywhere near the active»
a better knowledge of their U- A "final encouraging feature of The three congresses held] nn-' interest-In American-Ukrainiau
krainian background, of Ukrainian our youth's • growing interest in der the auspices of the League life that It should '
history, traditions and customs. our American-Ukrainia» life is its I are truly milestones, in the Ameri­ Beligious totoleranee.;.^^a -
For they know that to live infiltration into our .older societies, can-Ukrainian youth movement; Religious intolerance is another/
creatively, one must know him­ both local and national, built by as anyone who has the -youth's: and
self. They realize that they can­ its parents. True, this infiltration interest at heart must admit.' JaW even, more dangerous factor
not have any rightful claim to of young blood ioto .the older spired and conducted solely : by that threatens the foundations of
ouiC;youthV present and fujntfcjfjj
their Ukrainian nationality with­ societies is rtiot as. grcatrvrlas it the youth, attended by youth front
out at least a rudimentary knowl­ could and should D*-ffar from if, development 3 t is . not jofffTbeft^ J
all parts of the country at their'' ye.uU's'Jnjandiwork,
edge of. their Ukrainian back- in fact.' But this "-is due-Яо natural -own cost, these congresses taflyr h№?i|im^.flg"fip^
i ground. They * realize that they Oausea in-most instances; fhj pre-". are. a credit to our Ameriqan-,^. thtr older generation. HaVi$|g.aonf *^,
gfh&t-damage to the older *kenera-3jj;.
can be of lasting service to U-
kraine only V they are armed
aent-day depression .being not the. Ukrainian youth.
least "p/ them. '.If 'the' tempo of
They nave Son!*- development, this'
strengthened the bonds of mutual*' intolerance religions Щ. f
with this knowledge, and that our American -Ukrainian life pro-. •interests among our young peo-;. "now, threatens some of
all this "Hurrah for Ukraine! ceeds at an even .pace and encoun­ pie scattered throughout the *om*-yottth"'tDO)' end ш heraшl*:зg,/
Ukraine above everything! Down ters no unexpected snags, there is country and they nave also hap-. of-•tthe older - generation,^ which! v,*
with her enemies'" sounds very good season to hope^ibat with the ed to focus their attention upon: seeks to foist this cankerous evil*.1І?
inspiring, no doubt, and perhaps
calls out a fleeting phase or intense
coming of better times our young
people will be joining these older the many problems besetting their.., Чиє youth:'unwilling
upon the shoulders 'of.. /.
It to ray firm belief.
patriotic feeling in a certain type societies in numbers large enough development. based upon' dose observation.Vwtfjbjj
of people, but it is of no lasting to warrant a fine future for these Of course, it must be admitted among our youth a person's" •IJSTV'
effect; it has no permanent value; societies. that despite these beneficial in­ ligious bdlef is • hte or her own
for it is based upon pure emotion fluences which the-UYL-NA has "private affair and no bar to
unalloyed by the strength-giving "Youth Organizations exerted upon our youth, it has.
realized *ita J ' Mendly •' contact and cooperation.
elements of an understanding of And finally, we come to the not. by far, fully
the background and principles in­ third and hut step in our youth's latent possibilities. And yet this- f It is therefore meet regrettable
that the qlder generation isolates)
volved. This "hurrah-patriotism" immediate program, in respect to is nothing strange when we realize
leads but to jingoism and narrow American-Ukrainian life: that the League is young and -our youth into religious groups.
chauvinism that does Ukraine that it is venturing upon hitherto" The evil results of this artificial.
more harm than good, And* there­ 'Although our yCuth realises uncharted territory, that it. relies.' -isolation, are too apparent to bear
fore, the more progressive Ameri­ that the various ^Organisations entirely' upon ' its own' strength, repetition here. It is really Use­
can-Ukrainian youth first seeks which .its parents have built are and powers and is not subsidized less to call upon the older gen­
to obtain a good knowledge of its a firnr^Toundation for It to build by any older organization, po­ eration to mend.Its way in <thia
Ukrainian background and the and flourish upon, yet practical litical or otherwise, that it has respect, and the 'one and only
principles involved before anything considerations demand that it build certain structural defects that remedy lies in the youth itself—
else. In the process, of course, it its own organised life as well, need remedying, and finally, that that rt will realize to what disas­
has to neglect somewhat any im­ such as will give our youth splen­ it has no treasury worthy of the ter it is being led bv this religious
mediate aid to the old country, did training in self-government, name. Give it time and oppor­ intolerance and will take proper
that is true. But eventually it and answer its needs and de­ tunity. Give it a fair chance and steps to save, itself.
will be of far greater value to mands more fully and effectively don't throw hindrances in its way, Unwarranted Attacks ;•
Ukraine and its cause than this than is possible for the organiza­ and eventually it will develop its But: then there are other hin­
"hurrah-patriotism" can ever be. tions of its parents; excluding, of Inherent powers and capabilities drances that beset' our youth's
course, the fraternal orders which to their -fullest extent devdopment, The highway, our'
are business institutions and easily most progressive youth has un­
Now, we come to the second adaptable to all needs. With the Summary dertaken to travd upon, a high­
step in our youth's program, aid of organisations of Its own Bearing all this In mind: (1) way of its own making, is strewn
namely, taking a greater active making, the youth's sphere of our youth's realization of its two­ witivmany natural obstacles. That "Xr-j£
interest in American-Ukrainian possible activities will be greatly fold mission, L e., building of is to be expected. But that to ^
life. widened. It will be able to do America and helping . Ukraine hot the-worst of i t For within,
many things which would be well gain its freedom—that double- recent times we find that ob- 'ifJ0
Ukrainian Choruses nigh impossible otherwise. Ac­ edged sword that our youth can stacles are being thrown in its
cordingly, numerous American- wield in the cause of finer and way, and from the - meet - sur-
Numerous examples can be Ukrainian youth clubs have prising quarters,.top.—from ш ш
cited of this, but one which more equitable human life upon
sprung up throughout the coun­ this earth; and (2) the. means very own people, by some mis- ™
bears worth mentioning Is the try. No, doubt, in most cases it guided American-Ukrainians .off .
fact that more of our young the youth is taking to fulfill.this
was the social factor, the desire mission, i. e., getting a better the older generation. And all be­
people are joining the various U- to meet others of one's kind, that cause the youth refuses to be
krainian choruses, not so much knowledge of its Ukrainian back­
was i*snonsible for the founding ground and by promoting organ­ led off its highway into the by­
out of sense of duty as out of of the club rather than some high ways, and alleyways of the vari­
the pleasure derived. These U- ized life amongst itself—summing
altruistic aims. But that is to all this up—we can see that our ous political conceptions that exist
krainian choruses play an im­ be expected among youth. Fur­ among our people here in Amer­
portant role in arousing love and American-Ukrainian youth is de­
thermore, ; via- are witnessing the finitely on the move forward—at ica, byways and alleys which, i t
respect among our young people arioai vpf , city youth, councils in is tp be greatly feared,- eventual­
for the Ukrainian nation and its least the vanguard of i t
vtiriouj cities, striving to bring ly will lead but to dead ends, to
culture. And they too can be the abouto-more • jjarmonious relations There are, however, many dis­ blank walls. At first when the
* gateway to greater interest in the amonjt. the„l№uth clubs In their tracting factors that greatly in­ youth was just beginning to ОГ«/<АІЖ
Ukrainian nation among Ameri­ locality. And- finally, we have also terfere with our youth's develop­ ganlse and manifest an awakened! fe
cans as well, particularly when seen thejkrfsal of such organiza­ ment And not the least of them life, ah then.' it was indeed man» ш
they preeent such concerts as tions as the ліоп-partisan Ukrain­ is dty life. velous how' the Ukrainian political 4
that given early this year by the ian Youth's. League. ot . -North groups in Дтегіса rushed• to ."Ів "*"
* combined Ukrainian choruses of America, which really Is more of "Perils of the Big Cltf"
(he metropolitan area under the a movement that an organization' Very often we remark facetious­

—чаїьа
matchless leadership of Prof. Ko- ІЛ the strict sense of the word. ly of the "perils of the big dty."
shetz. Yet how little do we realize that
UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1935 No. 46

THE ASPIRATIONS OF OUR


WANT TO KNOW ABOUT UKRAINE? YOUTH WINTER SPORTS
(Concluded from p. 3) .Now llial summer is etuhtl ai.il
The Ukrainian Cultural Ceuter, state in the 10th and l l t b cen­ the tiiids have all wended
a division of the Ukrainian Youth's turies. praise and encourage the youth, Their way to then winiei ie
^League of North America, has although, to be truthful, there sorts
t a k e n upon itself to answer In January 1918, when the U-
krainian National Republic de­ was very little then to grow The lads and lassies Will Wool-
questions about Ukraine. Несе are rhapsodical about. But now, pad their chassis
some questions sent in by Wallace clared its independence, its gov­
erning body at that time, the when the youth is really begin- And struggle with wintery sports.
Solarz, manager of t h e Glaston­ nining to make some progress, Some intrepid lunatics, with bats
bury . Ukrainian A. C. i n Con­ Ukrainian Central Rada, adopted
the trident as the official symbol when it has corrected some of its in their attics.
necticut: errors, when its activities are Will jump off of muunrains on
of Ukraine, as it was the connect­
Qaeetica: What to the t r e e U- ing link between Ukraine's ancient producing some concrete results, skiis.
kramian •emblem, the Hon or tjhe and present glory. The trident is at such a time, instead of help, While other fanatics will catch
.trident? Where did they. 'origin- now recognized as the Ukrainian we And the worst itfrra of cri- the rheumatics
Ate? What is their меявкмг? p4wh)pm1
ticism and even invective being By hiking through snow to their
Whioh •emblem do t h e u k i „ poured upon the youth, and by knees;
people a s a whole reaped Question: What emblem would these very same people who usu- , Still other bold creatures help
recognize? it be more proper for Ukrainian ally are the most vociferous in doctors and preacher»
4
і Answer: B o t h t h e lion and athletes to wear an their sport asserting how much they care for By skating on ice that's too
•the trident are true Ukrainian jackets?. the youth,. The only;, reasonable | thin,
• emblems. The Hon i s usually as­ Answer: The trident.
conclusion, to draw from thin is
that this former interest in the I
And some will try coasting and
sociated w i t h Western Ukraine go around boasting
or Galicia and dates back to the Reference:—Ukrainian Weekly— youth of these pre*Jent-day critics How they broke an aim and
January 26, 1934 issue. was only prompted by the hope
- •13th century, t h e trident w a s
used on coins by Volodimir the that eventually the 'ybuth would
a shin.
In i h i s toe-freeamg season these
•Great during his - veigsT Х9?Є- • Address your questions to the lend itself to their plans, would mugs lose their reason
1015) as his official coat-of-arms- Ukrainian Cultural Center, Mary become willing and «useful tools ; And rush through the snow­
.and therefore w a s also the em­ Ann Bodnar, Secretary, 341 E. in the furtheiraiioe of. their party I drifts in droves,
blem of the mated Ukrainian ITth St., New York City. aims. But now that the youth | While thus they're disporting,
has exhibited clearly its deienni pneumonia courting,
.• nation t o hew •out its life in its I fervenUy give thanks for
• own inimitable way, we find this stoves.
- V1 Gokitam interest of some of these elders a
thing of the past. Ifc has been
Now this may be treason but
during this season
(3) replaced by unwarranted, unjust I go big Tor these winter
.: work on ships of the seventeenth and baseless criticism, and even events:
Thanks t o the cooperation of calumny. That is indeed a shame! і Pinochle and rummy -and filling
y e n readers, we present below two t o t h e twentieth century.
і more articles on hobbies. Wo will —'Making model airplanes is an­ my tummy,
other interesting hobby comini; Demoralizing Meddling The rest is all hallow nonsense.
. continue to publish t h e s e f h o b b y
. articles as- long as you hobbyists under mechanics. Picking out isolated sentences MIKE MALLON, age 12.
contribute to this column. Thus I have made many things froiA out of the public utterance of
far articles on physical training, Wood. With a few simple sharp tools some representative of' the young-
• collecting and tennis have been one can derive a good amateur er generation -and tjien roundly minds are born with the crow's
. published. . .and we now present workshop. My aim ia to collect attacking that person for the sen- feet and the wrinkles of sapless
. articles, on crocheting and me­ many useful tools and convert them timents expressed in- that one conservatism chiselled on their
chanics. W s would appreciate to a regular workshop. 1 am read­ sentence is not only 'unfair but every move and opinion. They
receiving articles on things U- ing all the Ьоокв I can get en preposterous as welL|:The entire are creatures of reflex aotion.
k rain і an, L e., Ukrainian em­ mechanics. speech sheuW be reajl, and then Their philosophy and manner of
broidery, Ukrainian p o-s t a g e If any persons are interested that one or two sentences will life they accept from their elders

• etampe, Ukrainian handicraft and to any branch of mechanics as a have an entirely different mean- (their elders m death) with the
- s o forth. S o If any -of you -have hobby and are^in need of help, I ing attached 4o it. Pra»Ung a last- meekness with which a dogs laps
hobbies on things Ukrainian don't would be more than willing to be nrroute attack againit the exe- food from one's hand.
hesitate in writing about them. Of service. Thank you. cutive body of a loading youth's « « »
:. Strangely enough no articles ' ; . ' • _ • -» » league by a well кпу-wn Ukrain­ However, the American-Ukra­
on s t a m p s collecting:' have been . We now have an article from ian newspaper in America ;and dis­ inian youth will conquer all such
. «lArdlHjM -oe l u t .,T jrnf>W f o r а Hlae Kathryu g u n of Waldo tributing .copies of -ithis paper obstacles, natural and artificial,
m a n y stamp Ave.. Greerivale, N. Y. Kathryn's among the youth gathered at the that are placed in its pathway
. . t h e Ukrain­ article is a s follows: league's •congress bv the chief towards the attainment of its
ian Weekly and I cannot under- representatives of th^t organ is goals. 11 Is blazing its own trail,
• s t a n d . w a y somebody hasn't writ- CROCHETING unwarranted and demoralizing seeking abundant self-realization
. ten about the subject long be­ My hobby is crocheting. This meddling with the yooth. for itself and freedom af thought
fore this. Well, perhaps the next hobby or pastime occupies my and aotion for Its kinsmen across
- mail will bring an article on stamp time after school or in the eve­ Misguiding Elements Among
Youth the seas in Ukraine. It is bound
collecting. Remember, however, ning. I selected crocheting from to make miBtakee, for youth is
. that we are interested in receiv- other hobbies because it appealed And yet, this is not the only inexperienced, often therefore, the
. ing articles o n all sorts of hob- to m e most. danger to our youth! movement. pawn of the willy, the deceitful.
. bies, ю irregardless of what your I crochet such things as pot- We have among the youth itself Youth knows neither its strength
. hobby-, may be, write about it holders, doilies, collars, laces and certain misguided elements, hap­ nor weaknesses. And yet, I can
and submit your article to this many other things. I enjoy cro­ pily in a distinct minority, who offer to this and all our youth,
column. Your cooperation will be cheting. One's spare time isn't would fain wear the,, purple of no toetter advice than that as ex­
greatly; appreciated. wasted when one crochets. leadership among t l » і youtfh and pressed by one student of youth,
And now we'll get to an article Crocheting is a profitable hob­ yet who by their coriduot, their paraphrased as follows:
submitted by Michael Swanioki of by, a l s o . . .that is to say that I public utterances, and by their American j Ukramian youth! You
- 522 West 4Dxfoed Street, Philadel- can crochet many different things baseless attacks upon constructive face new tasks and new respon­
• phia. Pa. Michael's contribution to use as gifts or presents. Cro­ youth activities bring only harm sibilities. New opportunities and
< reads as follows: cheting is simple when one be­ to the youth and shame upon the
Ukrainian eause they profess to new temptations are yours also.
MECHANICS . comes used to it. Uife'8 Highway Btretches out be­
Every ояе I know who crochets support. Because of personal,
petty ambitions they have the gall fore you with its constant hazard­
T h e field which, is interesting "says that they lik-e it because it ous, challenging climb. Now and
to m e a s a hobby is mechanics. is of advantage to t h e m . . . and to attack and call; і "bluffers"
From this source there are many those who are neglecting their then you will be tempted t o take
that i s Why I crochet, too. some short cut in this Highway,
- subjects to please any m a n or N » » » personal well being ( and their
boy. There із, for instance, craft future in the cause of American- only to find out that instead of
work; which is one of m y likings. All coqtributione to The Hobby Ukrainian e»utb progress. They leading you to a glorioue summit
Column should be addressed to publicly propagate sue* startling view, it leads by devious ways In­
. There are many abounding' in- to a blind alley that ends even­
i terests held under this beading THEODORE XUTWINJAK. and demoralizing theo*ne4 as the
one follows: .'-It i s giheralry a- - tually in a rubbish heap." If this
, - which are apt t o please those in- „ «1-88 Grand Street, should happen t o you,.-'as- it has
• tereated in mechanics. cepted that # . one w i n t s to do
Jersey City, N. J. something, фвг,.саП, and will jdo lit, to a host of other yoiith, d o not
The creative period . i n w h t e h be too ashamed or t o o proud bo
one's interests .and energy -is . :
^"." і' -i • , • . ~ •providing fcete-want Is powerful
i-nough. If «ne wants to have a right-about face and come back
.--turned- towards making things NBw" ТГОЙК CITT to the main -Highway. You Jieed
- ". never ends because of the sn- million doHats he mtjy have it
•4- j.tersst one Win absorb f r o m i t FALL t>XNCE sponsored try Young providing ,#tet he earnestly*- ійп- have no reason to be permanettbly
Ukrainian Democratic Club M Inter­ cerely wants It. "With a sincere ashamed of getting into a blind
Jjj- \ Every: iboy is susceptible t o sng- national Institute, 3-1-1 East 17th St., desire in obtaining this amount, alley; but if you. are еопіеді to
. gestion. The desire to build and New York CHy, SATURDAY, NOVEM­
.<- j . construct - objects usually results BER K , 1ЙЗВБ. Commencement «t 8:30
having enough intellectual re­ remain there, you will soon : be
p: M. Admission 50 cts. 261,7 sources, the person wfll, without ashamed of youraeH, .and . your
•• in one's career o r profession. A t h e slightest -of slight -doubts,
\1 modem boy is bound to be m-- friends ashamed of you, because
•іші і "i " I " aa = conceive of a method ф c&tainkig that will mean that ybu; enjoy the
' terested i n m a n y t h i n g s . . .hob- it- -even If. He must?' s+eal ttoe
• bics o f different kinds, i t may be JERSEY CTTY, N. J. "rubhiah heaps" ої Bfe.
money5" .What m dto ree T of So wake up, American-Ukrain­
• calisthenics, stamp collecting), an- HRST FALL DANCE sponsored by reasoning is this! -ВайЧ the
• tique 'collecting and s e forth. «be Ukrainian Athletic A»»'n (Chorno- ian youth! The future beckons
moiak» Sitch) at tho Ukrainian Center, writer of UJtese nhef a n y : con­
Getting back to mechanics, ception of t r y rrrepajjabfe ;harm to you in form of a^glerious, fall-
18V-183 Fleet St. (near Five Corners), life here in America; as well a s
- however, w e come to a beading Jeney City, N. J„ SATURDAY Evening, to' the youtb" to all ;bur people
• which is appealing to nearly American eyes,* to the' Ukrainian for our -kinsmen in -our -dear
NOVEMBER leth, 1955. Admission native land—in a free, and in­
• every one who has ingenuity to it) c. wKh hat check. Music by Gene cause, suchtjublic prd^agjdtion of
• construct things. One o f . m y hob- Saks and Ills Orchestra. 267 dishonest ta«ties may have. 2 dependent Ukraine. - r
' bies in the line of mechanics is (The End)
• model ship building. This is cre- I h o s e who^so baselijsly attack ,1 jj. д aj '' g
7". stive work which requires a great £ ; CARTERET, N. J. the American - икгаійальг: South
•deal of patience. When one of " T*e list'-iotthe series! FALL DANCE 1
movement, who pSopaj a t g aemo- .. BAVONNE.rL І . Г „
« .' these model boats is completed §resented by the Ukrainian Social Club ranzlng teaching* sf сЬіз "people DANCE sponsored hv-'Uki-ainiiur Ath­
^ it makes an excellent ornament UNDAY Evening, NOVEMBER 17th, are enemies of t f e ja utS move­ letic Club (Basketball Team) •» Uk-
' for any mantlepiecej . Although at tho Greenwich G»rdcni, Wheeler ment, whether they realise :it- or тпілп Hr.ll, 33-55 W.^lUth.St, ita-
Avtmi-.. Music will be. famished by yonrte, N. J., SUNDAY Evening, NO­
. a t the moment I am a,novice at the Hollywood Dance Orchestra. Ad- not. They may be young in years, VEMBER 17th, 1935. Music will be
model ship building, I have in­ mission 2.5 cts. An enjoyable evening! but certainly very edd in spiriL furnished by Ed Wells & his Top Hat
tentions of doing more detailed Is assured everyone. 267 They must realize that some Orchestra, Tickets 2 5 cts. 267

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