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tuimfupplement to the SVOB OPA, Ukrain ian: Pa i ly

Published by fl ic Junior Department of the Ukrainian National Association

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N o . 46 JERSEY CITY, N . J . , FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1935 V O L .

T O D A YTOO QUICK TO TAKK ACTIONON WRONGS?

James < Graham, 22 yeare old. ofNew York City, was sentenced toten years in Sing Sing by JudgeKoeuig for stabbing and killinghie brother-m -law, John T. .Denn i s , 25, in August, 1934.The killing was the result ofthe wrongful aceueation by Dennis that Graham stole a rareflfty-cent piece Dennis treasured.SOCIALLY ' QUICK TO TA K EBESPONSfBHJTT FOR OWNACTIONS?Joseph Loguidice, a 15-year-oJdyouth, of New York City, wasshot in the back on November 7thby a patrolman as he fled fromthe scene of an accident in whichthe oar he wae driving had beeninvolved. The yonth escaped butlater admitted hie part in the accident when his father broughthim to a hospital for treatm ent.His car collided with one operatedby a patrolm an off dut y. Lo-guidioe and his two oompanionaleaped from their car and ranin dBferent directions.

THE NEEDS OF BBJDESM r s . Gertrude Seward Mayer,supervisor of homemaking coursesat Pratt Insti tute, New York City,ansnuoced that a Park Avenuebntcher would visit the Insti tute 'sSchool of Household Science anddemonstrate common errors inmeat buying. His talk will begiven to what is known as the"bride's class."M r s . Mayer believes that theauerage debutante-bride 's knowledge of meat is limited to "squab,lamb chops and filet mignon."They buy lamb ohope to out upfor stew and their purchases areinvariably confined to extravagantcuts of meat or higheet pricedseafood and poultry. "We wiah,"she said, "to help young wives

and prospective hrides to avoidthese nristakee."NEW IDEALS OR OLD?

A student of Bennington College, a member of a Brookline,Mass., family, married a youngnight watchman at the college. ie quite a step from the " .old ideal to m arry tbe young boss.CHILDREN EXHIBIT.

In the Mezzanine Galleries ofthe RCA Building, in New YorkCity, en exhibition has been arranges of the works by childrenfrom 5 to 10 years old.T h e . exhibition is for the benefitof . tbe Associated ExperimentalSchools, and is to continue tillNovember 23.* FIGHT DEAFN ESS.th efforts to safeg uard thehealth of school ohildrep, -officials.of 'the Board of Edu catio n in >IewYork City recognize a growing .need fo r a mo re extensive pro- -.g ranr to remedy hear ing defec ts .fiarents who hav e looked tot h e - school as a place where theirchildren were sent for Ihe train- Zing"of the mind only are now taking; lessons from then?: chfftbren4nrvain-glory, but of a s incere d esire inspired by y out hfu lidealism to be of-real servic e to their country. j -I t i s th i s la s t la ss tha t America s tands in-grea tes tneed of. And ye t we find, curiously enough, . th at theolder generation gives very l i tt le encouragement to rtsyouth seek ing to take an active part in pol it ics . Collegestudents especially, are the chief sufferers in this jseepect.It is argu ed that because of their youthf t imes s andtheir being awa y from th e sheltering' influences of home,col lege stu den ts can easi ly be enlisted in crusad es ofevery kind by interested and unscrupulous parties , btherasay that i t is the function of the student to study, w h e n ev e r p o li ti ca l p a r ti c ip a t io n s t u dy t h e u n ivers ity disentegrates or is c losed, as so often happensi n E u r o p e -It is hard for us to perceive the wisdom of suchreasoning. Is col lege youth any more naiv e in pol i t icalmatters than that -great mass of aduit vomers that;-seesnothing deeper in pol i t ics than the s truggle of personal i t ies and extr ava gan t election prom ises? Is th is 'vatmteflhome atmosphere so tru ly protective? Or is i t not ver yoften the very'.hotbed of political prejudices and.misoon-oeptionB? : Furiherm ore, would no t a rea sonab le amou ntof pol i t ical activity on the part of s tadjents bring *.greater sense of real i ty and more benefit to the classroom? And^^naBy, have not European univers it ies beenclosed mainly , because their s tudents ?,ould no longerstand t he eight o f op press ion and co rm ption ~aRrabout ~-,f iie in an d r e v ol te d a g a i n st i t ? t h e g s & t w e r t i i i h e j>P.riee? :-- . . ' . , " * ? "Take _ Ukrain ian s tudents in the ir ens layed>boie -land, for examp le. H as not their s trug gle wage d in andout the. c lassroom been grea tly responsible for th e mer- -gen ce of Ukraine from obsc urity? Ha ve not the y suffered .- impri sonment , tor tures , and even death in the irdefen se of UkVainian libert ies? An d finally., wh ere wou ldthe Ukrainian movement be today, i f these s tudents badbeen content to bl iss ful ly devote themselves solely tothe ir; aeade mie s tudies: while bel l rage d' outs ide the ir;dowrt^red wuHe? -r-- ^ - I f | - ' .:. | Y ^ * ^ ^ * ?its "inspiration f rom it s fellow kinsm en ftF^TkrifSie, ' # ? \should play a greater and more construc tive role- inAmerican pontics .

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Evening df Ukraifiian, Lite rature at Columbia

An event to be looked forwardto by roadh and Here tot h e u'Eitenmg at WkrainiaD li terature," to be held under theauBpiees I th* Cohimbia Ukrainian Club at Columbia Unive-sily, in Scheizaerhorn Hull, Room" 3 0 5 , next Friday evening, November 22nd; ' s tart ing a t 8 P . ;The -program 1 wffl open -witfemtroduetery- ' r em ark s by theChairman, Stephen Shumeyko, President of tbe Columbia UkrainianClub , foil owing | which | t h e r e : willbe a -statement by Prof. J o h nDyneley Prince, founder and present head of. the department exE a s t e r n E u r o pe an L an g ua ge s.Prof. Clarence A. Manning- win .then deliver an address on TarasShevebeek and read excerpts ofh i * EegHsh translation f the latte r* .^'Oejx lamakL'V He befollowed by D r. Ar thu r P. -Cote-man, who will deliver an addresson the Story of Ukrainian I i tera- tu re . ' -Concluding"- .rem arkfl"' V Hbe made by Mr. Jose ph Stetke- ;wicz, fir., instructor of the Ukra!- ;itrian course a t Colum bia. ;Tliis program to the first of itskind, and we strongly urge our'youth as well as elders to at tend.Look into to day's Svoboda for

"further dajtajjp. >iyr -' . 4 V I ' l > FOE WAE AT ANY; PRICE ?. . I la ey thousande of .> Americanetudente took part , last Friday, ini j t t p i r e e e j v e " m ob il iz at io n f o rpeace ." . At m any of thos e .meetings resolutio ns vfere. passed inwhich youth promised Ihey "wouldreally refuse to support ' t lW Go r-etnm ent of th e United States ki 'any war i t might under take ."B y t h is , a fi rs t w h o le s al e was served upon i ts elders by -young generation that it will not Ivoluntari ly cooperate in wa r as a "means of sett l ing ioternaUonal 'difficulties.Bu t the o ld .genera t ion inqui res :

now how many 0 those par t i - : i pa n ts -in th e p ea c e - ;.t ioaa W O B M really refuse "to sup- port the Government of the U- nited States in airy -war i t mightunder take .

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UKRAINIAN W E E K L Y , F R I D A Y , NOVEMBER 15, 1935H r * r r " ' No. 46A S H O R T H I S T O R Y O F U K R A I N I A N L I T E R A T U R E

; " Michael Yatsklw

By BEV. M. KINASH(A free translation by 8. S.)

Schael Yatakiw (1873) be-'JBU^hiB literary career as an extreme realist hovering on theborders - of naturalism. Hie personal [better, experiences and sufferings left an imprint upon; bisworks in form of a bitt ernessbo rde rin g on Wired towards' th ep r e v a i l i n g social order andhumanity itself. A good, cajpptebf this diatortation is his npvlj Ohni horyat (FireaSpte Flaming),dealing'with life among the (Sali- c'wn Ukrainians^-' He mani fes ts-a*fine- tal ent^Jn hie - writings, bqggt is a pi t j r that a^ ' dis tor ^i t j e t* Like" ethe r adherento of: i p l t u n ^ :ism, he denies all evhienJa^'for^Cspiri tual .crea tive and npholdhig'- ^ r i n c i p l e . & $ & ** i8 Aboundedjiessimism, however, leads him\to

. (90)merely a caricature of the same,filled with bitterness and anger.Such, .-for example, is the alreadymentioned Ohnl horyat as well asBl.%^ylWui irtvh*rinf Flashes),while" Adohal 1' Barbera or BlleyVKpnik (Vfcbite Horse) are nothing''b vt literary hieroglyphics. However, there are some fine and true^port rayals' of life^in bis Bovorot(Retrea t K. or hi the symbolicalRltferary pictures presented in thecjjcle of n ip works known asDaleki " Shlakhi (Distant Highways)^ "They help to disclose whatappears", tp j ber the real Yatsi wand not the-one as presented byUs othe r .works. '

" it" ^ ^MbowskyVaaile; Paehowsky (1878) belongs to the" school of la ter dayUkrainian.:poets. His poems beareven greater extreme in $"- rievidences -of- having their originregards life as merely cessjgfioT^ ug li ne ss . and jhiustice, concludes, therefore.V tha6;l t is .duty ol _ writer to stir up thiscesspool and bring to the surface,all its rotteness, for only in.tibfitoanner ypll people recognlil ftas such and seek to cleanse^.agflImprove themselves. Accordingly,In many of his works we do notsee a true portrayal of life bnt

in-.Ukrainian folk songs but are^welbrounded out, -a t times ap-'proaching virtuosity. Aside fromhis' 'love song/) Bozslpani peril^(Scatte red Pearls) [some of which^descend to the very extremes ofnaturalism, as the Na stotsi hir-.(Qttri'the Mountain Slopes)] too" $ ,pf his poems are devotedto 'dance and play. However, he^triedj ? crea te a dramatic play,

Son Ukralnsboyi Notchl (Dreamof a Ukrainian Night) oa thesty le of th a t of the Polish poetVlstyansky* but hi s. attempt atpathos in it leaves the reader cold.In another dramatic play, Sphinxof Europe, Paehowsky sought toconvince that the answer to thevexing problem.of peace in.- Europe depends upon the just settlement of. the Ukrainian .problem-Pete r Karmanftaky ^ ^P e t e r , KarmanitsSyv (187{r~jpoet-lyricis t, far a ^writer of .anunusual ly . sensitive-' "'and' somewhat nervous .temperament." ;Hjspoems, such as Oy' hill smniku(Sleep, . Sorrow) ' % . . teki same-vblvtea (Prom: the Suicide' Memoirs), are thought pcpvokingand envelop the reader in" a feeling of sadness, Reading themone cannot help but be impressedby the poet's - unusual sensitiveness to human suffering. Anothercollection of -his poetry,. Bludnlohnl (Wifl-o-the-whisps) and Pll-vem po mori tchmi (We sail onth e Sea of Uarknees) are of asepulchral. verging on the

exotic. Examples of his vigorousprotest against*, intolerable socialconditions among Galician Ukrainians can be found in KrivavimShlyakhom (Along' the BloodyHighway), Za chesch I volyu (ForHonor and Freedom), as well asin the drama Burya (The Storm).(To be continued)

^ ^^ Progress ^^ ;*- "A Bibliographical Stndy,. In .Contemporary Thought

lAddrda^Hverifft'^the Third "Uk-fa^A?*11 "'-P'ofessioiullsfsr''Congress '-Amerlcaj' (petroit, September 1st ana\W\9iS) byN.Bunldb B. Sc. (E. E.) ! ^ ; - g - *.Scientific? man, aa^

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No. 46 _UKRAINIAN W EEKL Y, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1935

T h e A s p i r a t i o n s of O u r Y o u t h[Excerpts from address deliver-ed by Stephen Sbumeyko, at theannual meeting of the ExecutiveBoard of Obyednanye (United U-krainian Organizations of America) held in Jersey City, October2 6, 1935.]

(Concluded)All these disturbing questionslead but to. one inevitable conclusion. Our Paul will do hisbest in this American environment in retaining those Ukrainiantraits and characteristics ofwhich he can well be proud. He will seek to perpetuate them herein America, make them a part ofthe American scene. Furthermore, his duty to his kinsmen' inUkraine str ug glin g for that freedom which he is so fortunate inhaving here is too great to beignored or alighted, and therefore he shall" do his b est to beof aid to them. And yet, heshall not forget his duties as anAmerican born citizen.Thus reasons our Paul and together with him many others likehim, boys; and girls, young menand young" women Am ericans ofUkrainian descent.Now, hdW in practical everydaylife, how do these young peopletransfer these fine resolutions intoactual being?

"Hurrah Patriotism"First of all, they seek to gaina better knowledge of their U-krainian background, of Ukrainianhistory, traditions and customs.For they know that to livecreatively, one must know himself. They realize that they cannot have any rightful claim totheir Ukrainian nationality without at least a rudimentary knowledge of. their Ukrainian back-i ground. They * realize that theycan be of lasting service to U-kraine only V they are armedwith this knowledge, and thatall this "Hurrah for Ukraine!Ukraine above everyth ing! Downwith her enemies'" sounds veryinspiring, no doubt, and perhapscalls out a fleeting phase or intensepatriotic feeling in a certain typeof people, but it is of no lastingeffect; it has no permanent value;for it is based upon pure emotionunalloyed by the strength-givingelements of an understanding ofthe background and principles involved. This "hurrah-patriotism"leads but to jingoism and narrowchauvinism that does Ukrainemore harm than good, And* therefore, the more progressive American-Ukrainian youth first seeksto obtain a good knowledge of itsUkrainian background and theprinciples involved before anythingelse. In the process, of course, ithas to neglect somewhat any immediate aid to the old country,that is true. But eventually itwill be of far greater value toUkraine and its cause than this"hurrah-patriotism" can ever be.

Now, we come to the secondstep in our youth's program,namely, taking a greater activeinterest in American-Ukrainianlife.Ukrainian ChorusesNumerous examples can becited of this, but one whichbears worth mentioning Is thefact that more of our youngpeople are joining the various U-krainian choruses, not so muchout of sense of duty as out ofthe pleasure derived. These U-krainian choruses play an important role in arousing love andrespect among our young peoplefor the Ukrainian nation and itsculture. And they too can be the* gateway to greater interest in theUkrainian nation among Americans as well, particularly whenthey preeent such concerts asthat given early this year by the* combined Ukrainian choruse s of(he metropolitan area under thematchless leadership of Prof. Ko-shetz.

$2 )Ukrainian ChurchesFurthermore, we are beginningto see-mors pf our youth atvarious .Ukrainia n occasions, concerts, plays, mass meetings, andmass demonstrations. Th e. Ukrainian churches, too, attract moreyoung people -today than before;which- important also, for ourchurches have been in many instances the sola link that hasbound our youtn - to Ukrainianlife. Vet our youth cannot helpbut greaUy~regret that its parentshave divided themselves so disastrously along religiouS lines, forhad religious unity been preservedamong them there Is ho doubtbut that much greater progresswould have been made up to thistime. The more advanced of ouryouth also regrets- that' some ofour young people forsake theirnative churches and attend thosechurches' where the Ukrainianlanguage is not- heard. Adm ittingthat there are faults within ourchurches, that perhaps they are-not as beautiful to tin eye asothers, that artificial religious differences have disrupted them insome localities, still is that reasonenough to forsake them? Theyshould be dear to us, for they areour own. If they have any glaring deficiencies, our young peopleshould roll up their sleeves andremedy them, instead of wastingtime merely criticizing.

Older OrganizationsA "final encou raging feature ofour youth's growing interest inour American-Ukrainia life is its Iinfiltration into our .older societies,both local and national, built byits parents. True, this infiltrationof young blood ioto .the olderso cie tie s is rtiot as. grcatrvrlas i t

could and should D*-ffar from if,in fact.' But this "-is due- naturalOausea in-most instances; fhj pre-".aent-day depression .being not the.least "p/ them. '.If 'the ' tempo ofour American -Ukrainian life p ro-.ceeds at an even .pace and encounters no unexpected snags, there isgood season to hope^ibat with thecoming of better times our youngpeople will be joining these oldersocieties in numbers large enoughto warrant a fine future for thesesocieties."Youth OrganizationsAnd finally, we come to thethird and hut step in our youth'simmediate program, in respect toAmerican-Ukrainian life:

'Although our yCuth realisesthat the various ^Organisationswhich .its parents have built area firnr^Tound ation for It to buildand flourish upon, yet practicalconsiderations demand that it buildits own organised life as well,such as will give our youth splendid training in self-government,and answer its needs and demands more fully and effectivelythan is possible for the organizations of its parents; excluding, ofcourse, the fraternal orders whichare business institutions and easilyadaptable to all needs. With theaid of organisations of Its ownmaking, the youth's sphere ofpossible activities will be greatlywidened. It will be able to domany things which would be wellnigh impossible otherwise. Accordingly, numerous American-Ukrainian youth clubs havesprung up throughout the country. No, doubt, in most cases itwas the social factor, the desireto meet others of one's kind, thatwas i*snonsible for the foundingof the club rather than some highaltruistic aims. But that is tobe expected among youth. Furthermore, ; via- are witnessing thearioai vpf , city youth, councils invtiriouj cities, striving to bringabouto-more jjarmonious relationsamonjt. thel uth clubs In theirlocality. And- finally, w e have alsoseen thejkrfsal of such organizations as the -partisan Ukrainian Youth's. League. ot . -NorthAmerica, which really Is more ofa movement that an organization' the strict sense of the word.

and which seeks to bring togetherall these youth clubs into at leastsome semblance,of unity, to givethem a better understanding ofthe ideals, problems, and aspirations of the Ukrainian race, andto help them realize their inherentfuture possibilities. It was uponsuch ideals that the League wasfounded at the First UkrainianYouth's ' Congress of /A mer icaheld in Chicago, in 1933, and theseideals have been the basis of theLeague's two subsequent congresses, held in 1934 and 1935; inNew york City and Detroit, respectively. How much this typical nation-wide youth organization has accomplished thus far and how m uchit will accomplish -in the future, onlytime will tell, for its "movement?rather than "organization" character makes it imp ossible .for i tsinfluence upon our youth'a development to be open and apparent It is this latter fa ct thatperhaps causes some . people" toregard it as somewhat inert in-its life and activities. And yet,it can truthfully De said that theLeague through its standing, theprinciples it advoc ates, and throug hthe medium of the individuals.connected with -it , has - exerted'some very beneficial effects uponthe American - Ukrainian - youth'movement, both nationally and.locally. . And numerous examplescan be cited In proof - of thisf a c t . . .

Youth Congresses . >The three congresses held] nn-'der the auspices of the Leagueare tr uly m ilestones, in the American-Ukrainian youth movement;as anyone who has the -youth's:interest at heart must admit.' JaWspired and conducted solely : bythe youth, attended by youth frontall parts of the country at their''-own cost, these congresses taflyrare. a credit to our Ameriqan-,^.Ukrainian youth. They navestrengthened the bonds of mutual*'interests among our young peo-;.pie scattered throughout thecountry and they nave also hap-.ed to focus their attention upon:the many problems besetting their..,development.Of course, it must be admittedthat despite these beneficial influences which the-UYL-N A hasexerted upon our youth, it has.not. by far, fully

these perils of the big dty are)very real to our youth which livesin them. They are real ia f4$a&'~youth not in the physical sense,but rather in th e sense that the) .,b ig ct ty by i t s very nature , ^??'^myriads of distractions and coJttr'rV"plexities, its hurrying thron gs o f -'" 'panting, .humanity^ .it s jan gle , c l a t t e r and roar of th e - .chine , ' i t s squalor of the tene^- ments and the hot-house atmosphere -' of palatial apartmeht%yr^often benum bs and para lyzes onr> *f ac ul ti es o f p er ce pt io n a nd ^ preciation of the deeper and finer'.'v alu es i n .- -For^ QU#J American-Ukrainianyou th.- dwelling in I the cities, the "perils" oT the big . dty"- in- thissense -are even "more dangerousthan perhaps : in-the case of theyouth of other nationalities. Forvery few of ua. ere d ty dwellers,by n ature. ' Mrat of^ ?ere"*fcttfcij.one; generation removed frora- J ^ ^ to j r ie s -o l d ri in e ^ ^ e a s a h f i r y t ; 'And therefore, being strangers tothe! d t y v .* e are all the morePoverwhelmed and confused by it,even to =epite\M v hitman adaptability "tb"?its env iron me nt As alconsequence, we -try to take life faxa mlghtjrifirantic leap, or v d e e w o -take] the other extreme and me re-ly foil alongside' the t-road andlazily watch the world gO\by. Per-1haps, this is one' of th e m ainreasone why our dty American-Ukrainian youth d oes' not m anifest anywhere near the activeinterest-In American-Ukrainiaulife that It should '

latent possibilities. And y e t this-is nothing strange when we realizethat the League is young andthat it is venturing upon hitherto"uncharted t erritory , tha t it. relies.'entirely' upon ' its own' strength,and powers and is not subsidizedby any older organization, political or otherwise, that it hascertain structural defects thatneed remedying, and finally, thatit has no treasury worthy of thename. Give it time and opportunity. Give it a fair chance anddon't throw hindrances in its way,and eventually it will develop itsInherent powers and capabilitiesto their -fullest ext en t

SummaryBearing all this In mind: (1)our youth's realization of its twofold mission, L e., building ofAmerica and helping . Ukrainegain its freedomthat double-edged sword that our youth canwield in the cause of finer andmore equitable human life uponthis earth; and (2 ) the. meansthe youth is taking to fulfill.thismission, i. e., getting a betterknowledge of its Ukrainian background and by promoting organized life amongst itselfsummingall this upwe can see that ourAmerican-Ukrainian youth is definitely on the move forwardatleast the vanguard of itThere are, however, many distracting factors that greatly interfere with our youth's developme nt And not the least of themis dty life."Perils of the Big Cltf"

Very often we remark facetiously of the "perils of the big dty."Yet how little do we realize that

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Beligious totoleranee.;.^^a -Religious intolerance is another/and even, more dangerous facto rthat threatens the foundations ofouiC;youthV present and fujntfcjfjjdevelopment 3 t is . no t jofffTbeft Jye.uU's'Jnjandiwork, h ?i|im^.flg"fip^thtr older gen eration. HaVi$|g.aonf *^ ,gfh&t-damage to the older *kenera-3jj;.Son!*- development, this' religions .intolerance "now, threatens some of*om*-yottth"'tDO)' end hera l*:g,/of-tthe older - gene ration,^ which! v,*seeks to foist this cankerous evil*. ?upon the unwilling shoulders 'of..1/. youth:' I t to ray f irm belief.based upon' dose observation.Vwtfjbjjamong our youth a person's" IJSTV'ligious bdlef is hte or her own"private affair and no bar torealized *ita J ' Mendly contact and cooperation.It is therefore meet regrettablef that the qlder generation isolates)-our youth into religious groups.The evil results of this artificial.

-isolation, are too apparent to bearrepetition here. It is really U s eless to call upon the older generation to m end .Its w ay in

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The Ukrainian Cultura l Ceuter ,a d i v i s i o n o f t he U kr a i n i a n Y o ut h ' s^League o f North America , hast a k e n upo n it s e l f t o a nsw e rq u e s ti o n s a b o u t U k r ai n e. a r eso me que s t i o ns se n t i n by Wa l l a c eSo l a r z , ma na g e r o f t he G l a s t o nbury . Uk ra in ian A. C. in Conne c t i c u t :Q a e e t i c a : W h a t to t h e t r e e U -kram ian emblem, the Hon or t jhe. tr ident? Wh ere did they . 'or ig in-A t e? W h at i s t he ir ?W h i o h e m b le m d o t h e u k i p e o p l e a s a w h o l e r e a p e dr e c o g n i z e ?4 A n s w e r : B o t h t h e l i on a n d t he t r i de nt a r e t r ue U kr a i n i a ne mbl e m s . The H o n i s u sua l l y a s s o c i a t e d w i t h W e s t e r n U k r a i n eor Gal ic ia and dates back to the 1 3 t h c e n t u r y , t h e t r id e n t w a suse d o n c o i ns by V o l o d i mi r t heG r ea t dur i ng h i s - v e ig sT 9 ? -101 5) as his official coat-of-arm s-. a n d t he r e f o r e w a s a l so t he e m b l e m o f t he ma t e d U kr a i n i a n

s t a t e i n t he 1 0 t h a nd l l t b c e n t ur i e s .In January 1918 , when the U-kra inian Nat iona l Republ ic dec lared i t s independence , i t s governin g body a t that t ime, theU kr a i n i a n C e nt r a l R a da , a do pt e dthe tr ident as the o f f ic ia l symbolof Ukra ine , as i t was the connect i ng l i nk be t w e e n U kr a i ne ' s a nc i e n t

a nd pr e se n t g l o r y . The t r i de nt i sno w r e c o g n i z e d a s t he U kr a i n i a np 4 w h ) p m 1

Q u e s t i o n : W h a t e m b l e m w o u l dit be more proper for Ukra iniana t h l e t e s t o w e a r a n t he i r spo r tj a c k e t s ? .A nsw e r : The t r i de nt .

R e f e r e n c e : U k r a i n i a n W e e k l y J a nua r y 2 6 , 1 9 3 4 i s sue . A ddr e ss y o u r que s t i o ns t o t h eUkrainian Cultura l Center , MaryA nn Bo dna r , Se c r e t a r y , 3 4 1 E .ITth St . , New York City .

- V 1.: Thanks to the cooperat ion o fy e n r e a de r s , w e pr e se n t be l o w t w o more art ic le s on hobbies . Wo wil l. c o n t i nue t o pub l i sh t he se f ho bb y. art ic le s as- long as you hobb yist scontr ibu te to this co lumn. Th usf a r a r t i c l e s o n phy s i c a l t r a i n i ng ,c o l l e c t i ng a nd t e nn i s ha v e be e n. pub l i she d . . . a nd w e no w pr e se n t. a r t i c l e s , o n c r o c he t i ng a nd me c ha n i c s . W s w o u l d a ppr e c i a t er e c e i v i ng a r t i c l e s o n t h i ng s U -k rain a n , L e . , Ukra inian embro idery , Ukra inian p o -s t a g e e t a mpe , U kr a i n i a n ha nd i c r a f t a nd- s o for th. So If any -of you -haveho bb i e s o n t h i ng s U kr a i n i a n do n ' t

he s i t a t e i n w r i t i ng a bo ut t he m.: . S t r a ng e l y e no ug h no a r t i c l e so n s t a m ps c o l le c t ing : ' ha v e be e n. l Ar dlH jM -oe l u t .,T jrnf>W fo r

Gokitam (3 )

m a n y s t a m p. . t h e U k r a i n i a n We e k l y a nd I c a nno t unde r - s t a n d . w a y s o m e b o d y h a s n ' t w r i t -. t en about th e sub ject lon g bef o r e t h i s . We l l , pe r ha ps t he ne x t- ma i l w i l l br i ng a n a r t i c l e o n s t a mpc o l l e c t i ng . R e me mbe r , ho w e v e r ,. that we a re interested in rec e iv -. ing art ic le s on a l l sorts o f hob-. b i e s , i r r e g a r d l e s s o f w ha t y o ur. hobby- , ma y be , write abou t i ta nd submi t y o ur a r t i c l e t o t h i sc o l umn. Y o ur c o o pe ra t i o n w i l l beg r e a t l y ; a ppr e c i a t e d .And now we' l l get to an art ic lesubmi t t e d by Mi c ha e l Sw a n i o k i o f- 5 2 2 We s t 4 D xf oe d S t r e e t , P h i l a de l - phia . Pa . Mich ael 's contr ibut ion< r e a ds a s f o l l o w s :

M E C H A N I C S .T he f ie ld w h i c h , i s i n t e r e s t i ngt o me a s a ho bby i s me c ha n i c s .F r o m t h i s so ur c e t he r e a r e ma ny- subj e c t s t o p l e a se a ny m a n o rbo y . The r e , f o r i n s t a n c e , c r a f tw o r k; w h i c h i s o ne o f m y l i k i ng s .. The r e a r e m a ny a bo und i ng ' i n -i t e r e s t s he l d unde r t h i s be a d i ng, - w h i c h a r e a p t t o p l e a se t ho se i n - t e r e a t e d i n me c ha n i c s .T h e c r e at i v e p e r io d . i n w h t e ho ne ' s i n t e r e s t s . a nd e ne r g y - i s. - -turned- toward s mak ing thin gs- ". neve r ends becau se o f the sn-4 - j . t e r s s t o n e W in a b so r b f r o m i t

J j j - \ Ev e r y : i boy i s susc e pt i b l e t o sng -. gest ion . Th e desire to bui ld and.< - j . c o ns t r uc t - o b j e c t s u sua l l y r e su l t s in one's care er or profession. A\1 modem boy is bound to be m--' t er es te d i n m a n y t h i ng s . . . ho b- bics o f di f ferent kinds, i t ma y be ca l isth enics , st am p co l lect ing) , an- t ique 'co l lect ing and s e for th.G e t t i ng ba c k t o me c ha n i c s ,- ho w e v e r , w e c o me t o a be a d i ng w h i c h i s a ppe a l i ng t o ne a r l y every o ne who ha s ingenu ity to c o ns t r uc t t h i ng s . O ne o f . m y ho b-' bies in the l ine o f mech anics i s mod el ship bui lding . Th is i s cre-7". st i ve work whi ch req uires a g rea tde a l o f pa t i e nc e . Whe n o ne o f .' t he s e mo de l bo a t s i s c o mpl e t e d^ i t ma ke s a n e x c e l l e n t o r n a me nt' f o r a ny ma nt l e p i e c e j . A l t ho ug h. a t t he mo m e nt I a m a , no v i c e a tmodel ship bui lding , I have int e n t i o ns o f do i ng mo r e de t a i l e d

w o r k o n sh i ps o f t he se v e nt e e nt ht o t he t w e nt i e t h c e n t ur y .'Making model a irplanes is another interest ing hobby comini;unde r me c ha n i c s .I have made man y thin gs froiAWood. With a few sim ple sharp too lsone can derive a good amateurwork shop . My a im ia to co l lectman y useful too ls and convert themto a regular w orksh op. 1 am readi n g a ll t h e I c an g e t enme c ha n i c s .If any persons are interestedto any branch o f mechanics as ahobby and are^in need o f he lp, Iwould be more than wi l l ing to beOf serv ice . Thank you.' ; . ' _ -

. We no w h a v e a n a r t i c le f r o mH l a e K a t h ry u g u n o f W a ld oAve . . Greeriva le , N. Y. Kath ryn'sa r t i c l e i s a s f o l l o w s :C R O C H E T I N GMy ho bby i s c r o c he t i ng . Th i sho bby o r pa s t i me o c c up i e s myt ime a f ter schoo l or in the evening . I se lecte d croche t ing fromo t he r ho bb i e s be c a use i t a ppe a l e dt o me mo s t .I crochet such things as pot -ho lders, do i l ies , co l lars , laces andma ny o t he r t h i ng s . I e n j o y c r o c he t i ng . O ne ' s spa r e t ime i sn ' tw a s t e d w he n o ne c r o c he t s .Crochet ing is a prof i table hobby , a l s o . . . t ha t i s t o sa y t ha t Ican crochet many dif ferent thingsto us e as g i f t s or presents . Croc he t i ng i s s i mpl e w he n o ne be comes used to i t .E v e r y I k n o w w h o c r o c h e ts"says that they lik-e it because iti s o f a dv a nt a g e t o t he m. . . a n dthat i s Why I crochet , too .N

A l l c o q t r i but i o ne t o The H o bbyColumn should be addressed toT H E O D O R E X U T W I N J A K . 1 - 8 8 G r a nd S t r e e t ,Jersey City , N. J .

. : ^ " . " - i , . ~NBw" CITT

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(Concluded from p . 3)praise and encourage the youth ,a lthoug h, to be truthful , therewas very l i t t le then to growrhapsodical about . But now,when the youth is real ly begin-n in ing to make some progress ,when it has corrected some of i t serrors , when its act iv it ies areproducing some concrete resu lts ,at such a time, instead of help,we And the worst itfrra of crit ic ism and even invect ive beingpoured upon the youth , and bythe se very same people who usu- ,a l ly are the most vociferous inassert ing how much they care forthe youth,. The only;, reaso nable |concl usion, to dr aw from thin isthat t h is forme r inter es t in the Iyouth of these pre*Jent-day criticswas only prompted by the hopethat eve ntually the 'ybuth wouldlend itself to their plans, wouldbec ome willin g and useful tools ;in the furtheiraiioe of. the ir party Ia i m s . But now tha t the youth |has exhib ited clearly i ts deiennination to hew out its life in itsown in imitable w ay, we find th isinteres t of some of the se elde rs a

thing of the past. Ifc has beenreplaced by unwarranted , unjustand baseless crit ic ism, and evencalumny. Tha t is indeed a sham e!Demoralizing Meddling

Pick in g o u t is o la t ed s en t en cesout of the public utterance ofsome representat ive of ' the you nger gener ation -and tjien roun dlyattacking that person for the sent imen ts expresse d in- that onesenten ce is not on ly 'unfair butp rep o s t ero u s a s we lL | : T h e en t i respeech sheuW be reajl, and thenthat one or two sentences wil lhave an ent irely d if ferent meaning attach ed 4o it. PraUng a last-nrroute attack again it the execut ive body of a loading youth'sleague by a well - wn U k r ai n ian newspaper in America ;and distr ibut ing .co pie s o f - i this papera mo ng t he y o ut h g a t he r e d a t t heleague 's congress bv the chiefrepresentat ives o f th^t organ isunw a r r a nt e d a nd de mo r a l i z i ngme ddl i ng w i t h t he y o o t h .M i s g u i d i n g E l e m e n t s A m o n gY o u t hAnd yet , this i s not the onlydanger to our youth! movement .We ha v e a mo ng t he y o ut h i t s e l fcerta in misguided e lements , happi ly in a dist inct minority , whowould fa in wear the , , purple o fl e a de r sh i p a mo ng t l youtfh andye t who by thei r coriduot , the irpubl ic ut terances, and by their

ba se l e s s a t t a c ks upo n c o ns t r uc t i v eyouth act iv i t ies br ing only harmto the youth and shame upon theU kr a i n i a n e a use t he y pr o f e s s t osupport . Beca use o f personal ,pe t t y a mbi t i o ns t he y ha v e t he g a l lto attack and call; "bluffers"those who are neg lect ing theirpersonal wel l be ing (and theirfuture in the cause o f American-U kr a i n i a n e u t b pr o g r e ss . T he ypub l i c l y pr o pa g a t e sue * s t a r t l i ngand demoralizing theo*ne4 as theon e fo llo ws : .'-It is gihe ralr y a- -c e p t e d t ha t # . o ne w i n t s t o dos o m e t h i n g , , . , a n d w i ll jd o l it ,providing fcete-want Is powerfuli -nough. If n e wa nt s to hav e amil l ion doHats he mtjy have i tprov iding ,# tet he earnest ly*- -cere ly w ants It . "With a s inceredesire in obta ining this amount ,hav ing enough inte l lectua l reso ur c e s , t he pe r so n w f l l, w i t h o utt he s l i g h t e s t -o f s l i g h t - do ub t s ,c o nc e i v e o f a me t ho d c &t a ink i gi t - -eve n If . He must?' s+eal ttoemo ney5 " .Wh at m dto ree T o fr ea so ni ng i s t h is ! - t h ewriter o f UJtese nhef an y : conception of t r y rrrepajjabfe ;harmt o ' the youtb " to a l l ;bur peopleAm erican eyes,* to th e' Ukra in iancause , sucht jubl ic prd^agjdt ion o fd i sho ne s t t a t i e s m a y ha v e . 2I h o s e w h o ^ s o b a s e l i j s l y a t t a ckt he A m er ic an - : S ou t hmo v e me nt , 1 w ho pSopa j a t g a e mo -r a nz l ng t e a c h i ng * s f " peo p leare enem ies o f t f e ja ut S move

me nt , w he t he r t he y r e a l i s e :it- orno t . The y ma y be y o ung i n y e a r s ,but certa inly very edd in spir iLThe y must r e a l i z e t ha t so me

W I N T E R S P O R T S.Now l l ia l summer is e tuht l ai.ilthe t i i ids have a ll w endedTheir way to then winie i ieso r t sThe lads and lassies Will Wool-pad their chassisA nd s t r ug g l e w i t h w i n t e r y spo r t s .Some intrepid lunat ics , with batsin their a t t ics .Will jump off of muunrains onski is .While o ther fanat ics wi l l ca tcht he r he uma t i c sBy hiking through snow to theirk n e e s ;St i l l o ther bo ld creatures helpdoctors and preacherBy skat ing on ice that 's toothin,And some wil l t ry coast ing andg o a r ound bo a s t i ngHow they broke an a im anda shin.In i h i s t o e - fr e e a mg se a so n t he semugs lose their reasonAnd rush through the snowdrif t s in droves,While thus they 're disport ing ,pne umo ni a c o ur t i ng ,I fervenUy g ive thanks fors t o v e s .Now this may be treason butduring this seasonI go big Tor thes e wintere v e n t s : Pino chle and r umm y -and fillingm y t u m m y ,The rest i s a l l ha l low nonsense .MIK E MA L L O N , a g e 1 2 .

minds are born with the crow'sfeet and the wrinkles o f saplessconservat ism chise l led on theirevery move and opinion. Theyare creatures o f ref lex aot ion.The i r ph i l o so phy a nd ma nne r o fl i fe they accept from their e lders( t he i r e l de r s m de a t h ) w i t h t heme e kne ss w i t h w h i c h a do g s l a psfood from one's hand. H o w e v e r , t he A me r i c a n- U kr a inian youth wi l l conquer a l l suchobstacles , natura l and art i f ic ia l ,that are placed in i t s pathwayt o w a r ds t he a t t a i nme nt o f i t sg o a l s . 11 Is blazing its own trail,seeking abundant se l f -rea l iza t ionfor it se l f and freedom af thou ghtand aot ion for It s kinsmen acrossthe sea s in Ukra ine . It i s boundto make miBtakee , for youth isinexperienced, o f ten therefore , thepawn of the wi l ly , the deceit ful .Y o ut h kno w s ne i t he r i t s s t r e ng t hno r w e a kn e sse s . A nd y e t, I c a nof fer to this and a l l our youth,no toetter advice than that as expr e s se d by o ne s t ude nt o f y o ut h ,pa r a phr a se d a s f o l l o w s :A m e r i c a n

jU k r a m i a n y o u t h ! Y o uface new tasks and new responsibi l i t ies . New opportu nit ies andne w t e mpt a t i o ns a r e y o ur s a l so .Uife '8 Highw ay B tretches ou t before you with i t s constant hazardo u s , c ha l l e ng i ng c l i mb . N o w a ndthen you wi l l be tem pted to takesome short cut in this Highway ,only to f ind out that instead o fleading you to a g lor ioue summitv iew, i t leads by dev ious ways Into a bl ind a l ley that ends eventua l ly in a rubbish he ap." If th isshould happen t o you, .- 'as- i t hasto a host of o ther yo i i th, do notbe t o o a sha m e d o r t o o pr o ud boright -about face and come backto the main -Highway. You J ieedhave no reason to be permanettblyashamed of get t ing into a bl inda l le y ; b ut i f y o u . a re t oremain there , you wi l l soon :b eash ame d of youraeH, .an d . yourf r i e nds a sha me d o f y o u , be c a usethat w i l l mean that ybu; enjoy the" r ubhi a h he a ps" Bf e .So w a ke up , A me r i c a n- U kr a i n i a n y o ut h ! The f u tur e be c ko nsto you in form of a^g ler iou s, fa l l -l i f e here in America; as wel l a sfor our -kinsmen in -our -dearnat ive landin a free , and independent Ukra ine . - r( T h e E n d ),1 j j. aj '' g

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