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JER SEY CITY, N .J L SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1936 ,;! VOL. IVY O U T H T O D A Y

O UTS TANDING FACTA survey of youth made bythe research bureau of the Wel-fare Council of New York Cityrevealed that there are Close to390,000 young persons in NewYork City wi lling ' and able towork but unable to find jobs.

A LES S O N FO R TH E YO UNGMr. Frank Reele, a sculptor 49years old , , who ha s displayed hisworks at the Nat ional Academyof Art, th e Montclair M useum;Radio City and the BrooklynMuseum, which recently purchasedtwo of his pieces, turned awayfrom sculpture to bartending.He explained that it takes from-two to three months to turn outone piece of woodwork in the finearts category and that $500 areneeded to pay the price for suchwork. "When people pay you 55and $10 for the same thing," hesighed, : "what can a man do?"You've got to live."

- A BlLfc TO HEL P -YOUTHA permanent national youthprogram is provided in a bill in-troduced simultaneously in the

congress rb y Senator Benson and. Representative^ Amlfe of Wisco n-s i n . Looking to the future, whenthe presShrTIat ibnal Youth Ad-ministraUoh shall have ' expired,the bill _ Would estab lish a per-manent Federal set -up to aid un-employed- youth through workprojects and also give1^a38istanceto high school and college stu-d e n t s . 'T h e : Work projects would belargely. In the na ture of vocationaltraining.'" Pay me nt of th e pre-vailing wage' would be provided,and iri n6 case the wage be lessthan $15 a week plus $3 a week for each dependent. Studen ts re-ceiying aid would get not less :than -$25 weekly: The bill issponsored by the American Youth"Congress'.'

D B E A M S O F Y O UT ff -T h e 1 twelfth quadrennial con--, vent idh 6F the Student VolunteerMovement , which met at Indiana-pol i s , Indiana, devoted A day'ssession to the World StudentChristian Federa tion. Its head,Francis P. Miller, told how a newuniversal church, now being born,would";override all sectarian as,well a s racial arid nationalisticconsiderations. "'If they knew more about thefat e of efforts to establish" simple"religious tolerance withih certainraces or nationalities, they wouldbe more cautious in their dreams.

TH E MARRIAG ES 0 ^ I K K AIN-IAN YO UTH S PUBLICIZEDThe New York Times reportedla t e ly :"George Kojac of this city, in-ternat ional swimming star and1928 Olympic backstroke cham-pion, married Miss Katherine M.Fogsrty of 285 Fort WashingtonAvenue yesterday in the niar-xiage- chapel of the MunicipalBuilding; The ceremony was per-tormfed by Deputy City Clerk.PWliBp ` H in es ." '. .': A-..fe w." day s later the sam en ewsp ap er I reported f(Concluded lust column)

B E G O T T E N O F O P P R E S S I O N . - iIt was with mingled feelings of sorrow at theirfate and pride in their Unflagging courage that Ukrainianpeople the world over met the news of the sentencingat the Warsaw trial of the twelve ; young Ukrainiattstudents, including two girls, for alleged : COmplieity::mthe assassin ation la st year of the Polish Minis ter Pie-racki. Three of them were given death sentences^From the very outset of the % it wa s evident1that the Poles intended to capitalizes it to its fullest -ftft-tent, and by the severity of the sentences^ meted outto str ike terror into the hearts of those Ukrainians whodespairing in legal measures to obtain their -national. rights resort to desperate acts as a weapon! 'This was4'obvious from the very start of the proceedings1 theconduct of the court and by its refusal to gr af ftt hedefendants the right to testify in their defense in theirnative Ukrainian language. . As a result no defense wasintroduced into the record for them; excluding tfie two "confessed." Yet this fact did not deter % Pblisl icourt from imposing the'heaviest possible sentences', ;though it itself admitted that the assassination was of"a-^political nature and that the actual assassin was notin custody. - -

Despite the impo rtance of the trial it W as; n ot 'i tsproceedings th at at tracted worM' attention bu t ' th e ld#ty-courage of the defendants. Polish newspapers' them-seives adm itted this , declaring tha t those onr trial-Wejeidealists, who as Ukrainian nationalists acted accofdmgto 'th e dictate's of the ir conscience and pa trio tism ' in lihe.irefforts to secure freedom fur the ir ehsfeyed'country.' TheNew York Times correspondent at Wars aw affirmed thisfact in-his cable (reprinted in our last we ek's issued when'he revealed the great Bdmirtition even among the Polishpublic "of the defendants' 'courage aTtid; sacrifice -m theirfight for the freedtfm of the ir cou ntry ." American" rad io"'reports stressed upon this" phase too. And i t ahy-wonder? W hat more could be inspiringi-for example,than to read'that tfpon quietly hearing the sentence vfdeath-passed upott them''by the Polish-court,1 bbtff Ban^1'-derai and Lebed'stiouted ill Ukrainian "Long live U-krairia!"Terrorism as a poli tical weapon m a y b e somewhatdiffieiflt-to understand ` ' America. Even thoughthis cOuntry is in the throes' of a social and economiccrisis, yet conditions a re fa r from being such as toprovoke it. But in Western U kraine -under Poland; how-ever, the atmosphere is so surcharged-with oppressionand firjusticeL th at f(iich d es pe rat e' ac ts seem to be tfteO n e " rema ining weapon to fmpetuous "ybutR,Which h a s "found all national and international legal remedies sup-posedly safeguarding Ukrainian liberties nothing but afarce. -In view of these : circumstances, Is it any wonderthat some of our Ukrainian youth in the old country,disillusiotfed ;fcy such a-'parody of justice and made des-perate by th e' unceasing oppression Of them and theirpeople,^finaUy resoft td l act^0f terrbrlBm to bring forciblyto the world's ' at tention the tragic si tuation of 'country? there anything unusual in this? ' Did notand do not the youth of other countries do likewise undersimilar and bette r circumstances? And did not Polishpatr iots do the same' ` former years when ' their countrywas under Russian rule? Did not th e world applaud ;the ir acts ?' And finally, did not the Am erican publicand even the American Government give material aidto them to keep them out of the clutches of the Russianpolice?Most" certainly!

America and others should understand and sym-`pathize with our young revolutionists. America should -go even further and help recall Poland to her sensesand her nrterlbafiohal pledges guaranteeing to the seveh `m ijlio n b a nd ed o v er tb he r by t h e ' Alliefe, ` %including America, th e ir nation al righ ts. For '^desperateyouth knows no bounds.

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This month of January, 1936marks the 20th anniversary of thedeath of Lesh MartbvifeTi, one of -th e m ost W estern U -krainian writers tl ie lat ter part 'of the 19 lh century^ fie died oh'January -11, ' -1916;. ` andfriendless; 4n- a- war-strick en anddese rted' 'Galichfa vBlage7 ' Pohoi-- ''ryfika.

Lesh Martovich together withVasile-Stefairik- and Marco- Che-remshsfaina (Ivan- Semaniuk-)- be-loflged - to the so-ca lled ;"newtr io" (the original trio being -iShushkevieh, Vahi levich and Holo- -vats ky) r - for al l three of them -came from the Pokutya 4 district in$ Galiota?,- were abo ut th e sam e a ge,born of peasant parents, c losefriends-, an d -finally;- all wro teabout Ukrainian peasant life.

The earl iest of them -'to sta rt `writing was -Mai'tOTich.'--It is-saidthat whi le st i l l a gymnasiumstudent he wrote "whole moun-taina'Vifr paper ." His real lite rar y.career, however, did not beginunt i l 1889, when he was 19 yearsold (born February 12th, 1871) .H i s ve t t y" f ir s t work was `' ?''-whi cli -"' later"'' Mich ael PavlyRchan^etHto ^echy4tt!nik (a 4 peasairtw h o ` ` ` " -en l igh t en men t ' `" Htf ^ TheirfoHowee ,,ar Whole series1 worfee,'a l l wHtteft In the 9VS o f t h e la st `century, of Which one of" the bestis probably Muzhitska smerts(Tne PeasanV^'tifeattr).His best story, how'ever, isZW tyete'I storty a selyanWii- ' f ir it - `sya flknata (Life : Hlsto?? r of the ' ;Peasant ' Gregory Ban at) . It tin- "rolls 'itself' 1n a-v ery slmpler-b4ftstriking manner, moulding 4n : ou rimaglnatieh 1 a very 'cle ar -picture

of a peasant who consttmtly^faHflin eVerytHing``' a'tttemptsi-wrotieone drlt ic Ye t this st tr y'-B nottypicaf'of Mm, for all Ms worWsare cK araeterizeVi w i t , and mttckery. a l l them'M er-f :tovich ridicule s' all the evil orridicuTfous" fea tur es of pe asa nt UPe,or even that of the inte ge t8 .and nier dle ssiy derides "all thos ew ho $ their pwn- 'free wDl are ;lazy illiterate and etretiites ofprogr ess. -'Most of Martovich'e works revolvearound either the local enlighten-m^nt society or- the "korahma"(saloon) , the two leading and con;flicting influences in the life of the

peas ant dur ing the latte r part of ,the last century. How ably Mar-tovich portray's this Influence, canb e b es t seen read in g MS wof k s:

"James Bogan, 22-yeaMrtd fish-'ing boat eaptauti w h o " ^ rescued"sixty4Sg ht "of the passa ngers oft h e H M a te d C a st le , m ar ri edyesterday Miss Paul ine Mykity-shyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Michael Mikityehyh of JerseyCity. _' The ceremony took placein SS. Pe ter and Paul Ukr ainianCatholic Church in Jersey City."

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UKRAJE}TCAN WEE KLY , S ATU RDA Y, JAN UA RY J2U-1 036 N o ; 4A S H O R T H I S T O R Y O F U K R A I N I A i L I T E R A T U R EBy E B V . . ^ 'fA free 8 . JELX

Khrystya AlchevsksKhrystya Alchevska 1 18 82 ) is es pecia lly ^ ) b arfour volumes of poetry: Tuha zaeonteem (A.longing for the sun),

Vlshneviy tevtt (Cherry Blossom e),: Pisal eertsya proetoriw (Songs of{the Heart and the Open Spaces),jan d Vsta n so ntse ( , S u n) ,besides lesser works. She alsojpejptteid in pedagogical studies.Volodimir Doroehenko

9 Volodim ir "Doroehenko (18 79- )chiefly known as a bibliograferland an active public figure, is also; the librarian of the ShevchenkoScientific Society in Lviw. He be-Prongod to the Ukrainian Revolu-tlonary Party and as a conse--queoce had to emigrate from U-kraine in 1608. ' has bean formany years a correspondent tovarious Ukrainian publications.-Today he is considered as therleading Ukrainian literary criticHe wrote reviews of Yefremov's. History of Ukrainian Literature,articles about Boris HriAchenkoand Vasil Stefanik, bibliographiesof Shevchenko, Eulish, Pranko,Hrushevsky, Olga Kobylianska,and others, a survey of ""ffijmr history-''Ukrainianism in Russia,"I as well as many other works.

DmKro Doroshenko(W )

itro Doroshenko (born 1882),historian and "- bibliografer, is)also the author of many disserta-tions on various historical, cul-tural and scientific subjects. Frombeneath. his pen there appearedarticles about Kulish, Kostomariw,Antonovich, as well as a Direct-ory of Ukrainian Literature in , A Coarse of UkrainianHistory, Survey of Ukrainian His-toriography, and An IllustratedHistory of Ukraine (1917-1928).From April, 1917 to the retreat'of the Russian forces Doroshenkowas the Governor of Galicia andBukovina, During Hetman Sko-ropadsky's regime he was Minis-ter of Foreign Affairs, and daringthe days Of the Ukrainian Direc-tory he was professor of Ukrain-ian history in Kamyanetz Univer-sity. Since 1922 he has beenprofessor of Ukrainian History in-the Ukrainian and Czech Univer-sity in Prague. Among the morepopular of his works are his"Memoirs From the Near Past(1914-1918)," written in Lviw, 923. Their first part deals withthe "Galician Ruin1914-1917,"and Part is "Beginnings of theRebirth of the Ukrainian Nation'Period, of the Central Rada."

- BDkola Fednshka Mikola Fedushka (M. Yevshan1889-1919) a literary critic, pub-lidst, philosopher andtsoldier, isalso known for his;.exemplaryyouth qualities and idealism. Be-fore the war (1909-1914)-;he.re-presented the new trend in U-krainian literary criticism, andwrote articles on Franko, LesyaUkrainka, Olga Kobilianaka, Kot-

siubinsky, as well other works.Besides all the writers mention-ed thus far in the UkrainianWeekly we have also a host ofpoets and writers-; whose shortportrayals and stories of Ukrain-ian life are a valuable additionto Ukrainian literature. 5The practically forgotten field'of historical writing in Ukrainianliterature became greatly revivedby the writings of Andriy Chay-kowsky (1857-1935) VyacheslawBudzinovsky (1868-1935), JulianOpilsky (born 1884)J Osip Naza-ruk (born 1883) and Osip Ma-kovey (1867 -1925). ._In the field of Ukrainian historyof literature the following- out-stand: Omelan Ohonovsky (1833-^9 4 ) , Alexander Barvinsky (1847-c1927), Sergiua Yefremov (born,1878), Bohdan Lepky (born 1872),Michael Voznyak -(born: 1881)Dmitro Doroshenko (born 1882)"and Dr. Volodimir Zalozetsky;(born 18983.

(To be continued)T T 1U s B e F r a n k

(An open discussion).-v At" the of being accused ofplagiarizing I am neverthelessborrowing the above title froma talk given at last year's ThirdUkraihlan Youth's Congress held.in Detroit because it best lends;` itself to a discussion of the sub-ject matter of this article.

Frankness t o oa ryouth: . frankness w as ever neces-sary for our youth, it is now.This youth is now being facedhy some very vital problems,those arising of the various youthleagues that have sprung up'among us within the past fewyears. If these problems are notsolved satisfactorily, then oaryouth's future prospects are Verygrave indeed. It is therefore ab-eolutely necessary that a frankdiscussion of these-problems andof their various complicatedphas es be had. Diplomatic talkis all well and good, but only inhalls of diplomacy, where itsevery implication and innuendois as clear as a thunderclap, .andnot among growing youth. So itis the purpose of these articles tostart the ball a'rolling and pro-voke other opinions on this soimportant aspect of our present-day American-Ukrainian youth

. : Ukrainian youth leaguesAs the situation stands at pre-'sent, there are three Ukrainianyouth leagues here in America:the Ukrainian Youth's League ofNorth America, the UkrainianCatholic Youth League, and theLeague of Ukrainian Clubs, ex-cluding the other organizing andcentralizing tendencies amongour youth. The first is based onnon-partisan and non-religiouslines. The latter two are of .areligious nature, Catholic andPravoslavny respectively.At first glance the picture thatthese three leagues present quite all rig ht Each leagueseems to have a definitely as-signed field to labor in and there

seems to be no real conflict amongthejmr. And vat the true picture is notall so rosy; for if-we look closerwe find that, of recent times anunhealthy rivalry and. even con-flict has arisen among them,especially among the two largest,the Ukrainian Youth's League ofNorth America and the UkrainianCatholic Youth League.Because of this latter fact andand in order to simplify the issueinvolved I . shall devote my at-tention to these two leagues, andbear in mind the third one,League of Ukrainian Clubs, asfalling within the category of theUCYL.'N o use crying over spilt milk -It will be of little use now tobewail the existence of severaldistinct leagues among our youth,when one strong one based onj non-partisan and non-religiouslines, such as the UYL-NA, isindispensable to our youth at thistime, when our youth is in atransitory stag e' of development!when- all- its strength, talents,abilities should be concentratedand directed as one powerful forcetowards the achievement of ourcommon aunt and ideals. It willbe of little use now to harp 'uponthe harm done to the olderAmerican-Ukrainian generation byits lack of unity, by the factthat where one strong organiza-tion w as - founded others soonarose to compete with it, eventhough there was not the slight-

" est need for them; or the furtherharm caused by the disruptionamong our people along religionslines. Furthermore, it will be oflittle gain at the present timeto dwell upon the fact that theone and same Chicago youth com-mitteethat was formed back in1933 as an outgrowth of' the pre-parations for the coming Ukrain-ian participation in the World'sFairwas responsible through itsdisruption for' 1 formation ofthe two leagues, the UYL-NA endthe UCYL, instead of the cou-

templated one youth league. Norwill it do any good - now tocondemn the shortsightednessof the various Chicago olderand younger generation "lead-e r s " who instead of ; promotingunity among the youth helped tohinder itas was brought out. atthe Third Ukrainian Youth's Con-.gross held in Detroit All.th is isnow of the past " ^ "fait accompli"

Instead of wasting timer on i t-might-have-beens, it will be far"more to our advantage to face 1ourselves with the "fait accompli"that these tw o' distinct youth-.leagues do exist and that thereis nothing better to be done atpresent than to plan out andexecute some sort of harmoni-ous relations between them inplace of the rapidly-growing un-healthy rivalry. For the:.danger:from the latter is beginning togrow acute. It is of secondary"-importance that the leagues maysuffer from it but it is of primeimportance that the whole Ameri-can-Ukrainian youth will sufferfrom it

Unhealthy rivalryWherein lies this unhealthyrivalry . between the two leagues

at the present time?And the answer isin the con-current but conflicting efforts be-ing made by the two leagues toenlist th e membership, "supportand cooperation of the self-sameAmerican-Ukrainian youth clubs,and towards the attainment ofpractically the self-samo goals,asido that of religion.Some examples

Let us take one instance of theabove as an example.In one large Ukrainian com-munity there exists an activeyouth club. Tt is already a mem-ber of the UYL-NA, but since itsmembers are entirely of theCatholic faith strong e^orts arebeiui, made by tne local priestto have this club join the UCYL.

And since his efforts have beenunsuccessful, a somewhat un-friendly spirit has animated hisattitude and that of his support-era in tins respect ' toward theyouth club, despite the fact thatthe club has even made substan-tial contributions towards thechurch, and its members aregood church goers. This un-_friendly attitude manifested' ` ^ -wards the club would in ordinarycases be quite harmful were thedted club less strong or were itnot for the fact that it has strongsupport among the older folksof that Ukrainian parish and en-tire community. .a s well.Or let us take another case. Anew youth club is formed. Basingi t s ' efforts upon' . fact that thisClub is Ukrainian, the UYL-NAseeks to have it ' join its ranks. -The UCYL; - however, basing itsefforts on the fact that this club'smembers are Catholic, also seeks enlist the membership of thisclub. The club is now in a realquandry. For both leagu es offerto it beneficial and approxhnste-ly the 'same membership advent'ages, with the sole exception that-the UCYL stresses the religious.aspect, while the UYL-NA con-centrates its attention uportwhatmight be called Ukrainianism. ' this latter' fact does not a t -all.mean that the UYL-NA slightsthe religious aspe ct for thisr is-far from the truth. Now, the Subhas to make its choice, for itcannot belong to two leagues.And as it so often happens, theI club joins neither league, with' the consequence tha t both leaguessuffer and with them the entireAmerican-Ukrainian youth move-me nt Here, then, we have a.re-

petition of exactly the sametrouble that so greatly bjpderedthe progress of the older genera-tion alon g organization lines. .Or let us take' still another setof circumstances, as an exampleof the confusion arising f theconflict of the two' leaguestheijatter of youth congresses.Youth congresses s

This summer there will be twoAmerican-Ukrainian youth coh-gresses, both in the same city,Philadelphia, and both separatedIrom one another by only a' fewmonths. The first to be held, willbe that of the UCYL, probably inJuly, the third of i ts k ind - Thesecond will be the Fourth Ukrain-ian Youth's Congress to be heldUnder the auspices of the UYL-NA during the Labor Day week-end in conjunction with UkrainianNational Track and Field Cham-pionships, also sponsored by theUYL-NA. At both congesses. nodoubt there will be many of the.same topics discussed. At bothcongresses, no doubt there maybe many of the same faces. Andat both congresses, no doubt,there will be the same spiritof seeking, to solve the manyproblems besetting our youth'sprogressnot the least of whichIn importance is this matter ofthe two main congresses, not tomention the others.'In the eyes of any rational be-ing, is this situation not a triflepeculiar, to say the least?(To be continued)

M Y Y O U T HIt's gone.And only yesterdayI wa3 so glum' man-hood would not come.I used to pray,Impatiently, for years to hastenpast! They did, youth passed; and now

overcome ' -". Because it'r. gone".MYRON, MALANCHUK.

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UK RAI NI AN W B B K I i Y , S AT URDAY, J ANUARY 25, 1936R A M B U N 6 S O F A W O R D - H U N T E RO -

IO W T H E UKRAINIAN CALLSTHE BODIES IN THE SKYA very. Interesting field forcomparing the naming methods ofthe English and the Americanswith those of the Ukrainians is` astronomy, 'which is the sciencethat deals with heavenly bodies.

The SunBeginning with the heavenlybody which appears the largestto our eyes, we .find it s name 'i nEnglish to have something in"common with its name in Ukrain-i a n . The w or d w il l s ur elyremind "you . of the English word'SUN, ' a s it would remind you, ifyou know the respective Ian-guages, of the German SONNE,

:,T ^ t i n SOI^ a n d Sanscrit SVAR.I n . various regions j of Ukrainet h e . sun carries various descriptivenicknames or .titles. In some itis spoken as , the "sky'stsar," which is the main luminary:body of th e' earth's horizon; it :is imagined to circle around theearth} round, shining high in thesky during the day, and rushingaround earth during th e night toappear again in the east in the) morning. In other sections of- Ukraine it is inmghynl to be a. woman, in others as a man, witha bright face, the rays of which,illumine the who le' world. Thereare also many ol d folk-tales, prob-ably of Oriental origin, in whichth e sun is described as a super-natural being of human form,which lives where the earth meetsth e sky, which has a mother andsist er and_ selec ts h imself a wifefrom among th e people; when, pre-paring .foiL his daily round on the.- sky, he dresses into a robe that!sends brightness and warmth toall sides. . :

T h e sun is spoken of with loveand respect. Hence his name isoften used in d im in ut iv es : -K O , . In this an d in suchs ay in gs a s : - ! . . . a n d the tabooagainst pointing out the sun withthe finger are the remnants of. those days' when the sun wasrevered as a god,of which deifl-cation we have a remnant in theEnglish language, namely -in' th e name of the weekly holiday, S U N -DAY.

The MoonThe name of the second largestluminary, the moon, also carriesin Ukrainian the name whichwould remind you somewhat ofits English ' : . It,t o o , forms diminutives for poeticexpressions: , , , - .The phases of the moon arecalled in U kr ain ia n - , . Theya r e : new moon' , , , ; the first quarter pa, ;full , - ; the l as t quarter " " , .

StarsThe star is ca lled or . T h ei r d im in ut iv es are: , , ' , - , ' , and others. s m ea ns u su all y a large, orluminous, star. Hence it is usual-ly spoken of as .The moon and these bright starstogether are often spoken of, inthe Ukrainian folklore, as sym-bols of the father of the family,surrounded by his , his

nearer and distant family andservants.

Of a l l : the bright stars theword is most often appliedto Venus; the brilliant planet ofour solar, system , which appearsnear the sun at the sunrise an d atthe sunset. Venus at sunset iscalled . , . , - , .In d i st inction from , br ightstar, a less luminous star may becalled , as in the well-known Ukrainian folk-song aboutthe beginning of the world: '

, , . , .T ha t w or d is interestingfrom the standpoint! of- the hls-tory of }languages. A. Shakhma-tov, the famous Slavic philologist,speake-`' ^^t 4 a ^ ^ a u - a T m p 6 r t a n tdocument in the history^bf Slavicraces and langu ages .v This wordcorresponds to .th#j: Old-Slavicword ^ , to ;ihe Russian " . ( wh ic h is pronounced asa word written in Ukrainian' let-

t er s ) , Serb'Sah ,while 4n Czech it 'is' HVEZDAan d in Polish GWIAZDA.(r Shakh-matov-arrives at tihjd conclusionthat the Western Slavs (Czechs,Slovaks, and - Poles)_ fcroke awayfrom 4)ther Slavic -tribes beforethe latter broke up into Southernand Eastern Slavs.-"?;Hence theWestefp. :Slavs retain in their lan-guages. the combination of-thesound#! k, ,g th) with "w, whilein various Southern and EasternSlavic"^ lan gu age s tirese., s oun dschanged into " s" ' ". ( Vid e:A. Shakhmatovj A Short? Outlineof the History of fhe UkrainianLanguage; in . Wow^fev and Hru-j shevsky: . The Ukrg3$tian people'in their Past and Present.)

: ' ^Groups of w a r s .For-ia group of Stars , the U-krainiah language has'ethe terms: , ', , ' , , or usesthe Latin t erm known "in English: . The most com-mon names1; of- the various con-stellations, fi n Ukrainian, are: , , , - , , , , ' , ; , , `, A s you can see , the names are

taken mostly from agriculture orv illa ge .` In a way, the Ukrain-ian peasant, who is, for the mostpart, the creator of the Ukrain-ian language, sees in the sky hisown life.. IThe MILKY WAY is called . , , '. . God's way. "-;COMET, a word of Greek origin,' " means "braid,"is usedclso in U kr ai nia n: , t ho ug hthere are also original Ukrainianw or ds : and ( denotes BROOM, . a wisp ofstraw stuck on-a stick, and usedas a kind of mark or standard).Interesting DerivativesOf special interest are the de-rivatives of the words mentionedabove. The ability of the Englishto form hew words out of. nounsis well known, but in groupthis renowned freedom seem s crip-pled, if not lost. Compared withi t , the Ukrainian language dis-play s here .much more ability to.form ne w words than the English.

There are first m a nyinteresting adjectives, such as : , , ; , , - ; ,' , - , ; , , , - , ' .

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NOTE: An editorial two weeks agoon "Changing One's Name" provokeda number of replies, some of whichwe print below. What's y ou r opinionin this matter, dear reader^-Editor.

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT . THE N A I l f ^' I have read the editorial en-titled "Changing One's Name" inyour issue of January 11th, andwish to express my views whichare diametrically opposed, toyours,' A brief history of the signi-ffcance of a name is enlighten-ih g at this time.In the early life of all racessurnames were unknown. At first,many centuries ago, surnamesVerb used some times for aneasy method of identification, andat other times from accident,caprice, taste, and a multitude-ofother, causes. Later, the place ofbirth or residence, the name^-ofan estate, the business pursued,physical characteristics, mental 'ormoral qualities, and the like, wereturned into surnames. The ear-name in its origin was not as. arule inherited from the father,bu t was either adopted b y ..'theso n or bestowed upon him by thepeople of the community, wherehe lived. Later by custom allmales bore the names of theirparents; but no law prohibitsthem, from taking an other nam eif they choose.Rembrandt's father had .^thesurname Gerretz, but the g b r ichanged it to Van Ryn % -count "of its greater d i gni t y^ Apredecessor of Honore"de Balsacw a s , h o a x a Guez. Voltaire, kMo-fUer.7 Dante,.-j-retrafch,4 Richelieu,.Loyola^;. Erasmu s .and Linnaeuswere 5tssumed nam es^ John Row-lands would nev er have 'becomea grea^v explorer unles s he .badfirst changed his name to. HenryM. Sta^ueyr^'This information and I; t h ^ , lan-gUage used was taken from a re-ported case .In the New Yorkcourts. . ^'^``' ^ ' .In modern times, instances ofpersons changing names. are toonumerous to mention, nor arethey limited to any one national-it y nor to any one class.The irresistible conclusion, there-fore, remains that a name in andof itself ordinarily has no realsignificance. In view of this, oneneed no excuse for changing hisname. His mere desire- to do sois a sufficient reason.My opinion, therefore, is thata person w ho feels that by chang-in g his name he can derive somebenefit either artistic or material-istic, or 'that he caniavoid prc-judices, either natural or imagin-ary, is justified in d o i n gs o . Actual experience shows thatthere is no question'1 that - suchprejudices do exist.That some names are unpro-nounceable, are misspelled, and-cause one's tongue to twist" justa trifle, should be conceded evenby those who argue agalnBt thepolicy of changing a name.

Still more interesting are d rr iv at iv e v er bs . i s ^ f f i rr iv ed f ro m and means: .torise (of the morning j star , todawn. From the w or d . " the Ukrainian has formed a pic-turesque verb - $be strewn with stars (of the s k y ) ;And perhaps, of all the mostinteresting derivatives are- thevarious adverbs formed out ofthe names of stars: , co- ; , `; -H O , . They mean: inthe manner of the particular- star,or when the star is visible. Whenth e sky is i l luminated'by t h e star,or stars. ' . er.

Finally since when has the uhi-verse, adopted the standard ofjudging a good Ukrainian by thename he bears? Cannot Mr. Jones,formerly Czyz ski, be just asgood a Ukrainian as one w ho ha snot changed his name? For if itis argued that he cannot, thenit must be a r g u e d t h a t the Ids'tory of the changing of one'sname for many centuries back isincorrect.It would be interesting . t o - readthe views of your other readerson this subject.4^ljK;;rVTLLIAM SELNICK. 1 1 New York Ctty,! $ ; , ' : ' QUITE "BURNED UP" ABOUTTHE MATTER

The following- letter was not meantfor publication. -However, -It deservesit , so ^ here goesiSSpr' -$$$ #So .changing one's name is sucha deplorable practice. That's what

yo u say! You undoubtedly cansee my letterhead . Well, m y friend,X am rather proud of my newname. ..Still I think I'm as mucha Ukrainian as you - are! Sothe excuses that we offer forchanging are name are flimsy!That's what,you think!! . O h ! thespelling and pronunciation of ournames is so simplified ifjtre justfollow your unique solution. Tryit . with " " j as youw e n d ' y o u r way through a recep-tion line, and I hope you won'tbe embarrassed at its mutilation.I could send you fifty envelopeswith - excellent exhibits of howTnjjr.^srn^ ; lj1 l ffl l" jP" should beapellecV You probably didn't ex-perience four years on a smallcollege, campusall other fello ws 3-being called "Mister So and SO,"in class, while "yours truly'' wasjusV''Steve." -pYou probably didn'texperience a year at post-gradu-ate school, being-.called to recitejust three times in all the classes.Was the professor's and my facer e d , at th at Such things kepton repeating so much that I call-ad quits. Why. even at Chicagoat tiie First Congress .of the U. Y.L . of^N. A.the Ukrainian re-gistrar, no less, actually snick-ed atrmy monicker. Not surprisedI hope. - Pecuniary. Value s! Bah! Sincewhen were we a money-grabbingnationalityour characteristics are.,no t in that classwe're too. easy'''going and satisfied with comfort.Or do you suppose that by chang-ing our jiames^wealth will, justroll into yours and my lap? Youmay change your name to Roose-velt, but that doesnlt make youpresidentor F or d. . .After al l you still have to produce foreverything that you get.' As^ for parentssuppose th eparents do n ot objectwhy shouldanybody else. As long as theindividual realizes and appreciates ;his family ties and i s worthy ofhis parents, they, no doubt, willbe proud of him, when he is sin-cere in his work, honest withintnimtar and them. My offsprings,if any, shall not go through whatI've been through.

Is it a liability to try to helponeself. Don't you realize that a"man with a foreign name has tobe almost twice as good as theone with the Americanized name. 4We aren't all geniuses! MaybeI'm only an -average individual!Everything helps when you'retrying to get a start and when .it is every man for himself.An d to detach oneself from f a m -ily ties and national rootsthat'scertainly an argument for the,(Concluded jpags .4)

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(Concluded from p. 3)b o o k s. T h e it se lf m e a n sy o u ' re a g o o d ' ' U k ra i n i an . Th i sa r g u m e n t ( n o t y o u r s , t h o u g h )r e m i n d s m e o f t h a t " k n l e k e r e d "g en t l e m a n f ro m a ce r t a i n o rg a n -iz a t ion who wa s v ery grac ious tom y f r i en d b ecau se of o rg an i za -t i o n a l t i e s , b u t c l a i m ed I w asn ' ta U k ra i n i an b ecau se I d i d n ' t b e -l o n g . I ' v e seen i n s t an ces W h ere t h a to rg an i z a t i o n h as d o n e m o r e h a rmt h an g o o d ! S t i i r h e w as co n s i d e reda g o o d U k e! A f t e r a l l , m y w i se 'e d i t o r , d o e s n ' t ' t h e c h a r a c t e r a n dm a k e - u p ' o f t h e p e r s o n m e a n a n y -t h i n g a t a l l ? I sn ' t ex p re ss i o n of

t o h e r fo lk s . R i ch a rd D i x i s Er - !n es t Br i m m er . N an cy Car ro l l i sN a n c y L a a n d SU e C a r o l i sEv e l y n Led e re r . A n n H ard i n g w asch r i s t en ed D o ro t h y G a t e l y .A n d t h o se fam o u s Sp an i sh ac t -o r s , w h a t a b o u t t h e m ? I m e a nRaq u e l To r re s an d D o n A l v a rad o .W el l , Raq u e l i s Pau l a O s t e rm ant o t h e p o s t m an . A n d D o n i s Jo seP a i g e .On the o ther Band, get a loado f n a m e s w h a t a r e n a m e s . : R e a d -i n g f ro m

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g o o d fa i t h ' -an y t H i n g ? W ri t e t h e , ^ ^ l l k e fjM r f a nU . S . Im m i g ra t i o n Bu r eau i nW as h i n g t o n , D . C . an d a sk t h emh o w m a n y U k r a i n i a n s t h e r e w e r ei n U . 6 . a t t h e l a s t - C e n s u s ;Th ey ' l l p i ck o u t t h e n am es an dtel l you about 67 ,000 the wholeA m e r i c a . T h e c e n s u s t a k e r s m u s tb e m i s t a k e n w h y t h e r e ' s a t l e a s t35 ,000 in De tro i t a lone. Mister^y o u r n am e d o esn ' t m ean so m u ch . I t ' s - y o u r ac t u a l ack n o w i ed g e -m en t t h a t y o u a re o f U k ra i n i and e sc e nt : i sn ' t rm mt-il -! a n o n e f e e ls U k r a i n i a n 1 ' T h ep ro b l em i s t o g e t t h e m a j o r i t y o fU k ra i n i an y o u t h t o g e t t h a t , fee l,w h y b o t h e r w i t h u s sm a l l m i n o r -i t y .Tho se -go ver nm ent officia ls ,t h o se - d o u g h b o y s f i g h t in g fo rA m er i ca"g e t o u t t h e l i fe an dd ru m s b o y s an d p l ay u s a p i ece" it sou nd so flourishingso big.- W r i t e t h e W a r 4 D e p a r t m e n t a n dask t h en r ab o u t o u r A m er i canU k r a i n i a n ' W o r l d W a r V e t e r a n s .'W e h av en ' t an y , t h o u g h I k n o wa co u p l e ev en h e re , an d t h ey -h av eU k ra i n i an n am es . ' Th en t ak eyo ur foreign nam ed offic ials ' and ; 'g e t t h e p e r c e n t a g e s . M y a r i t h - ;mat ic i s not so good.I 'm q u i t e b u rn ed u p an d t h i n ks o m e o f y o u r a r g u m e n t s a n dpoints are superfic ia l . Look on theother- s ide" of the fence:

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. " D O N T G I V E i f O U B RIG H T `N A A l E " " 'One -of the secr ets of radiosu ccess i s- t o ch an g e y o u r n am e :S o , a t an y ra t e , i t s eem sfo rt h e re ' s h a rd l y a p e r fo rm er o n t h eai r who is known to one by thename on h is b i rth cert i f icate .The best recipe for success i ss imple and qui te effect ive as theev i d en ce g a t h e r ed w il l p ro v e . I ti s ju st th is : Don ' t g ive you r r ightn am esW h a t - fo rm u l a d o o u r rad i o ,s t ag e an d sc reen s t a r s ch o o se fo rco n v e r t i n g t h e i r m o n i ck e rs (n am es ,to yo u) ? Do they go in for num-erology, crysta l gazing, or l i f t ings l i p s o u t of a h a t ? W h a t ' s in an am e an y h o w , t h e o n e y o u ' re

Alg er Hero ,- wa s know n in M in-n eap o l t o a s R i ch a rd V an Mat t i -m o r e . !Y e s , t h e m o v i e s g av e o u r rad i ostars a good (or bad i f you 'dra t h e r ) ex am p l e w h en th ey s t a r t sed t u rn i n g Pe t e rs i n t o Lo m b ardan d O s t e rm an i n t o To r re s .A n d w h y ? ' W e l l ' I ' m t o l d t h a t

i t i s because of the sound of thenam e. A ma n l ikes or d is l ikesa name-. So doee a wom an. Ac-cordi rig lyV a harsh sounding onei s b an i sh ed fo r o n e t h a t t r i p st h ro u g h -a l o u d sp eak e r l i k e W ay n eK i n g' s^ o r G u y L o m b a rd o ' s m u s i c .Tak e t h i s l i n e : "Y o u 'v e b eenl i s t en i n g t o t h e o l d m aes t ro , Ben -j am i n A n ce l , l ad i e s an d g en t l e -men. Benjam in Ahcel , lad ies andg en t l em en ; w h o i s sp eak i n g fo rh i s a l m a m a l t a , l ad i e s an d g en t l e -m en . Y o w sa . - - . . " Ca t ch o n ? Th eg u y ' s ` i s B e n B e r ni e . I t ' s alo t easier to say and hear, i sn ' ti t . - ' A n d A r t h u r T r a c y , t h e S t r e e tSingeV- ' K you know him wel len o u g h . ' ^y o u can ca l l h i m A r t h u rPraza w i t sk y . J D av i d Ro ss w h oread p o em s an d an n o u n ces , w i t hone of; th e bes t voices on th ea i r , w as , D av e Ro sen t h a i sev e ra l a go .1 A l Jo l so n , t h e m am m ysinger, i s Asa Yoelson.V au g h n D e Lea t h m ad e a cu r i -.oU s sw i t ch . H er fam i l y n am e w asV o n d e r Lea t h : G e t i t ?W i l l O sb o rn e , t h e o rch es t raleader, was bapt ized Wil l iamO l o p h an t .V i rg i n i a Rea , t h e so n g s t re s s , i sdown in her tiaby book as Vir-g i n i a Mu rp h y .Mildred Bai ley i s just a s ing-i n g n am e fo r Mi l d red R i n k e r .Fred Al len s igns I .O.U. ' s asFred e r i ck Su l l i v an .L i t t l e Jack L i t t l e , t h e b a t o nwielder, s tar ted ' l i fe as Joh n Leo -n a r d .A b e Ly m an , i n h i s fo rg e t fu lm o m en t s , an sw ers ' t o A b e S i m o n .Fred d i e Be r ren s , co n d u c t o r o fa h a l f -d o zen o rch es t ra s , w as asch o o l b o y n am ed Fr i t z Be rn s t e i n .Jaq u es Ren a rd , t o h i s b es t p a l s ,Is s t i l l Jacob Stavinski .Pau l D o u g l a s ' , an n o u n ce r ex t ra -o rd i n a ry , i s ac t u a l l y Pau l F l e i sh e r .Ru ss Co l u m b o w as d o w n i n h i sborn wi th or the k ind of nameyou choose when you ' re c l imbing j 1 B l b l e ^ Ru g g e r i o Ru d u l -t h e l ad d e r o f fam e? Th e re m u s t J? h o Co l u m b o .b e s om e t hi n g, f or m a n y p e o p l e ! A n d t h e r e a r e - J u s t a s m a 1 1a re d o i n g i t ., Ed d i e Can t o r ; fo r i n s tan ce . H i sh o m e fo l k s k n o w h i m as Ed w ardIskow itz: And Ed 4Vynn. His

l i s t of famous people who ' becam esu ccessfu l d u e t o a c h a n g e , o ft h e i r n am es . So I w o u l d ad v i sea l l U k r a i n i a n " b o y s ' a n d g i r l s ,rea l n am e iB Ed w i n Leo p o l d an d ! w h o se ca ree rs m ean an y t h i n g t oh e g e t s t h e Ed W y n h t a g b y - t h e m ' t 0 ch an g e t h e i r n am es , i f -d iv id ing h is f i rs t nam e. Hav e you . t h e l r ow n d o esn ' t p l ea se t h e p u b -kver h ea rd A n n Le f t k o w i t z p l ay l , l i c - R e m e m b e r : ' D o n ' t ^ g iv e y o u rt h e o r g a n . . . b e g p a r d o n , I m e a nA n n Leaf. O r t h e ce l eb ra t edco m ed y t eam o f N a t B i rn b au ma n d A l l e n . . . N a t B i r n b a u m , be -l ieve i t or not , being the genialG eo rg e Bu rn s w h o i s G rad e A l -l en ' s h u sb an d .Maybe these radio people got i tfrom the movies. Hol lywoodch an g es a n am e w i t h o u t ev en b a t -t i n g an ey e l ash . I ' ll b e t d i d n' tk n o w t h a t t h e g l am o ro u s Ca ro lLo m b ard i s j m r t p l a i n Jan e Pe t e r s

r i g h t n am e . I t d o esn ' t s eem t op ay .By a U k ra i n i an w h o c h an g edh i s n am e t o ,B U D D Y H A R M O N .NEW YORk CITY.FIRST' ANNUAL DANCE sponsored"by Ukrainian Uriivrrsily Soci.-ty SAT.URDAY, JANUARY 35 , 1938 a t the

J nt r rnn t ienn l Ins t i tu te , 341 East 17thHi Commencement at 8:00 p. tA .Featuring John Miidry and his UdoClub Orche stra. ' 8,14,20

It i s a fashion among some ofour people of mi l i tant tendenciesto point down wi th scorn upont h e v a r i o u s U k ra i n i an y o u t h so -c i a l c l u b s t h a t h av e sp ru n g u pl i k e m u s h ro o m s a f t e r ra i n . Su chc l u b s a re reg a rd ed b y t h em asfrivolous, shal low, of l i t t le use toan y o n e , p a r t i cu l a r l y t o t h e U -k ra i n i an p eo p l e .P e r h a p s t h e c h a r g e s a r e t r u ein some cases, yet i t i s a factthat even th is primi t ive type ofo rg an i za t i o n i s i n d i sp en sab l e t oA m e r i c a n - U k r a i n i a n l if e t h el a t t e r is t o b e p e rp e t u a t e d fo rany considerable length of t ime.Th e v e ry fac t t h a t o u r y o u n gpeople meet social ly should be ap-p l au d ed , fo r b e t t e r so c i a l l y t h anno contact a t a l l .And yet , i t i s a fact that thereare social c lubs that though de-vot ing considerable t ime to socialev en t s n ev e r t h e l e s s a re ab l e t ob o as t o f acco m p l i sh m en t s t h a teven the finest youth organizat ionwould be proud of.A good example of th is i s theU k ra i n i an So c i al C lu b of N ew ark .In t h e y ea r a rt d a ha l f o f ' i t sexistence th is c lub has cut qui tea wide sw ath in Ukrain ia n l i fe inN ew ark . N o t on l y h as i t b an d edtog eth er - a gro up (fi f ty) . ofse l ec t ed an d U k ra i n i an -co n sc i o u sy o u n g p eo p l e (m an y o f w h q n ib e l o n g t o n o o t h e r U k ra i n i an o r -ganizat iort as yet ) , not only Hasit become a definitely positivefactor in local l i fe , but i t l iasalso he lped to prod uce a . sn j^Hh o s t of y o u n g p eo p le w h o j p yt h e i r i n i t i a t i v e an d co u rag e h ^v edefin i te ly shown that they banbe depended upon to ca rry on { tl iew o rk s an d t a sk s o f t h e i r p a ren t sw h en t h e p ro p e r t i m e co m es . G Jn - 's ider, for the moment , a fewj ;ofthe c l i lb ' s accompl ishments ' : -D u r i n g t h e y ea r an d a hal{lof'i t s ex i s t en ce i t h a s m an ag ed { ' t om a i n t a i n a cl u b p ro g r am i n t e re s t -1i n g en o u g h t o ^h av ea j n a j o r it j f jo fi t s m em b ers m ee t p rac t i ca l l y ev e ryMo nda y evening. I t has ; spbnBbr-ed l ec t u re s o n U k ra i n i a t r " t o p i c s ,g iven by i t s advisor, StephenShum eyko . ' I t has sen t i t s de)le-.gates to the 2rid arid 3rd Ukrain--ian youth congresses held urjdert h e au sp i ces o f ( t h e U Y L - N A . , ; I thas contributed over $15(400for the benefi t of various Ukrt^ri - 'i an i n s t i t u t i o n s , b o t h l o ca l ' j i i dothe rw ise. And finally (ajidjiin-`t h i s re sp ec t , i t p ro b ab l y h a i l u n i q u e reco rd ) i t h a s p re sen t ed 'en t i re l y o n i t s i n i t i a t i v e , w i t h - i t sown ta lent , and under i t s owncoaching and d i rect ion , two pVo-g ram s w o r t h y o f m en t i o n , -The fi rs t of these two programsw as t h e o b se rv an ce d f t h e N o v em -ber Fi rs t Hol iday, g iven in Novem-ber , 1934;, an a cco unt of w hichap p ea red t h en i n t h e U k ra i n i anW eek l y .Th e seco n d w as t h e recen t l yheld (Ja n . 12 , 1936) "U krain iariY o u t h Ev en i n g ," a p ro g ram co m -posed of songs, music , reci ta t ions,ta lks , a comedy ski t , g iven j en-t i re l y b y c l u b t a l en t , t o g e t h e r # i t ha set of Ukrain ian fo lk dancesgiven by the invi ted group fromthe local Si tch Dancers Club, p lusthe main . ta lk of fHe eveningg i v en b y Mr . D m y t ro H a l y ch y n ,t h e Su p rem e Reco rd i n g Sec re t a ryo f t h e U k ra i n i an - N a t i o n a l A s-sociat ion . Th e ent i r e proceeds- ofth is affa i r (not yet fu l ly obm-puted proba bly c lose to $30.00after payment of c6sts for hal l ,ad v e r t i s i n g an d h i r i n g o f a p i an o )have been assigned for thef u n d t o p u r c h a s e U k r a i n i a nbooks as a g i ft to the l ibraryof Columbia Universi ty in NewY o rk C i ty . Th e p ro g ra m l a s t edab o u t t w o h o u rs , an d w as u n -usual ly wel l performed, wi th sev-e ra l o u t s t an d i n g h i t s . A l l t h e a r -ran g em en t s o f t h e so n g s su n g ,exc ept in g the fi rs t and th e last ofcourse , were orig inal in the senset h a t t h ey w ere n o t , i n t h e m e-m o ry o f t h e y o u t h , su n g b e fo rei n N ew ark b y an y o t h e r s i n g i n gg ro u p o r ch o ru s .

Th e p ro g ram w as o p en ed W i t h ,the s inging by the ent i re c lub of" L i v e U k r a i n e ! " ( H a y v o r o n s k y ) .Th en Ev e l y n K a l ak u ra , ah ac t i v e

m em b er an d t h e ed i t o r o f t h el o ca l Cen t ra l H i g h Sch o o l s t u d en tpubl icat ion , in c lear and faul t lessU k ra i n i an sp o k e o n t h e i m p o r t -ance of developing Ukrain ian cul -ture in America and of the im-portance of such in terest in i t asm an i fe s t ed a t Co l u m b i a U n i v e rs i t y .Some fine c lub male chorussinging was the next h i t , com-p r i s i n g : "O y u l u zh i ch e rv o n ak a l l n a" (a r r . K o sh e t z ) , "Ch u y i shb r a t e m i y " ( L e p k y - K o s h e t z ) , a n d"Tch o k h , t ch o k h ," (a r r . H ay v o -r o n s k y ) . T h o s e w h o s a n g w e r eA d am Pry ch o d a , Mi ch ae l Sh k i ra ,Michael SUrma, ' Wal ter Magdych,an d S t ep h en , A n t h o n y an d D an i e lS h u m e y k o .Iv an Fran k o ' s fam o u s p o em"K am en i a r i " w as t h en rec i t ed b yPal agia Prych oda . Suffice i t tosay h e re t h an t h o se w h o h av eh ea rd t h i s p o em rec it ed m an y t i m esev e ry w h ere , d ec l a red t h a t Mi ssPrychoda 's del ivery of i t i s thefinest of them all . It is rea lly ap l easu re t o h ea r U k ra i n i an a sspoken by her as wel l as MissK a l a k u r a .A n o t h e r m em b er o f t h e c l u b ,Ph i l i p Ch u y , t h en ap p ea red an dplayed a v io l in so lo Of Ukrain ianso n g s t h a t a ro u sed w an r i ap p l au sefrom the lar ge audience" tha t f il ledt h e h a l l .Th en t h e g u es t p e r fo rm ers o fthe even ing, the previously- me n-t ioned dancing group, in a whirl -wind and ski l l fu l fash ion ca p- -lured the fancy of the audiencew i t h t h e i r p e r fo rm an ce . D u ec re d i t ' m u s t b e g i ven t h em fo rt h e i r p a r t i n t h e p ro g ram .Th e seco n d p a r t o p en ed w i t h 'a h u m o ro u s co m ed y ' sk i t "P e rsh alubow," which evoked gaje? ofl au g h t e r . I t w as w e l l p l ay ed b yD an Sh u m ey k o , A d am Pr y ch o d a , 'T i l li e Pa ra sch u k , an d K a t h e r i n eB a h n e y . H e r e a g a i n o u r U k r a i n - ; ' ,ian lang uag e wa s spoke n very "wel l. . .I t w a s fo ll o w ed b y . t h e "c l u bg i r l s ch o ru s , r which ably #arig" M a y e w a n i c h k a " ( L e p k y - Y a r 6 - " :s l av en k o ) , " "Y ak s t r i l ch i y sh l l z 'U k r a i n i " ( L e p k y - Y a r o s l a v e n k O ) ,a n d " n a h o r i s n ih b il en k y(a r r . H ay v o ro n sk y ) . O n e v e rse o ft h e l a s t so n g w as su n g i n En g -l i sh as wel l .T h e n e x t n u m b e r w a s . : ' a d ra -m a t i c rec i t a t i o n i n En g l i sh b yO l g a N as t i u k Of "A u t u m n Leav esA re Fa l l i n g "a s t o ry o f a U -krain iari r iio ther who se son wast ak en aw ay an d sh o t b y t h e RedCh ek i s t s , w h i ch h a d ap p ea re d `year ago in the Ukrain iari WeeK-ly as a t ransla t ion by S. S. of A.K u r d y d y k ' s s t o r y . M i s s N a s t i u k ' s -rec i t a l w as p a r t i cu l a r l y d ram a t i cand spel l -b inding. Eve n men-,were seen furt ively brushing aside ' -a t ea r .Th en ag a i n t h e m a l e ch o ru s , 'w i t h u n d e rs t a n d i n g - an d v e rv e ,san g : "V i zh e r t v o y u v b o y u ,""Rev e t a s t o h n e" ( a r r . H ay v o r . ) 'an d t h e f i n a l ro u s i n g n u m b er"U r ah , u b i y ! (V a k h n y an i n ) - .Co n c l u d i n g t h e p ro g ram w as apart icularly effect ive ta lk g iven byMr. D m y t ro H a l y ch y n . D raw i n ga paral le l between ' our y oUth 's t r iv-ings Here in America arid the o ldcountry youth sacri f ices in thecause of. freedom, the spe ake rc o m m e n d ed t h e y o u t h m o v e m e n there , as exampl i fied , for example,b y t h e U k ra i n i an Y o u t h ' s Leag U e -of N. A., then dwel t on the ro let h e U k ra i n i an N a t i o n a l A sso c l a^t ion has p layed in our l i fe here ,especial ly , in respect to th e yo uth ,and finally called upon all , oldan d y o u n g , t o co o p e ra t e i n t h ep u rsu i t o f o u r m u t u a l a i m s an d 'i d ea l s . The ta lk made a f ine im-p rese i o n u p o n t h e y o u t h p re sen tas wel l as e lders .Th e en t i re c l u b ag a i n ap p ea redo n t h e s t ag e . Mi ss Pry c h o d as t ep p ed fo rw ard an d p u b l i c l yt h an k ed t h e c l u b ' s ad v i so r fo rhis work in coaching of the c lubp e r fo rm ers , an d a l so t h an k edMary Saw i t zk y -Sh u m ey k o fo r h e rassis tance g iven as wel l as p ianoa c c om p a n im e n t . A m i d t h e `p lause of th e audienc e the . cur?ta in cam e down on .-"another:ch ap t e r i n t h e ac t i v i t i e s b P t h eUkrain ian Sbcial Club of Newdrk:A F R I E N D .

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