Supplement -to the SVOB€H>&, Фкййпіяйі Daffy
Published by the Junior Department of the Ukrainian National Association
'"'"'.; fit i" mill Гни" Іііґ'іУ V-i
JERSEY СЯТЇУ N. J. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, І937
"ftEPRE5EHTAT1VF BIO " Ш - Р Ш І Ш " YOUTH TOD/tY
From time to time we hear opinions expressed to
the effect t h a t our Ukrainian-American youth Should ЇОvтщ TRoOtalHs
CHALLENGED
huve Ja truly representative periodical o r newspaper df In Ids anfltial тйрогГ as pres­
iijB own, especially such as would he absolutely '"ndn- ident of tile Carnegie Foundation
partiean," arid belong to no organization, even Stjch йв for the Advancement -df TeacHihg,
the Ukrainian National Associatioh. - to Its toodrd of 'trustees, Mr.
Walter-A. JrHSup issued a warning
"Utopian dreams, indeed. Yet we are prompted to
thilt "ndwer yoiifh тс*йтЙпЧ8Г' ,
eomment upon them by the fact t h a t within recent times are deTUgnied He ''short cuts to
claims have been advanced by several of our youth power or to change;"
groups that they have such a periodical, that it is "In all too many instances/'
truly non-partisan and representative of the Ukrainian- he Baid, "it 'is apparent that fhfese
American young people. . - • newer youth movements are really
organized by adults who denow
First of all, we Wish to emphasize t h a t the appear­ what they want anil to whom
ance of every new Ukrainian-American youth periodical youth is a reservoir of advocates
is a source of considerable satisfaction t o tis, *ог UeSides readily influenced."
betokening t h e steady ^progress of our youth, such H "We "shall do well to remember
new periodical also helps us in reporting it. This is that youth has always been prey
especially true of those periodicals which 'socialize in to organized exploitation."
і 'German's f'hjht agkinst com-
local news. Then, too, competition is the breath 6t life,
and we certainly do welcome, ft. HONEST WORK DISCREDITED?
Several speakers at the con­
A t the same time, however, we look with askance ference of training for citizen­
upon- any such periodical which trumpets loudly t h a t ship conducted the other day at
it'TShU it alone is "non-partisan," and t h a t therefore i t the Hotel Biltmore, ih New York
ів*'їгй1у representative of our youth. For having been City, complained against the
m^TEis game of editing this periodical for «our younger tendency of modern education to
depreciate "good, honest work."
generation for a number of years, we, perhaps more "Four years in college have
tbjaEothers, realize how difficult, how unusually difficult ruined many a good boiler-maker,*'
*Ьі»-*о 'live up to such a claim. said Harold L. DUnn, cprfis area
C ~j£3h tfittr opinion, to be truly representative of our advisor of the CCC. "Вбиегтак-
UJpr^ntah-Am'ericah youth, a .periodical must be in- lng fs a honest profession "and
schools and colleges do hot teach
finitely more than a compilation of localized news items respect for honest work."
concerning some of their more apparent activities.
-^€t must, first of all, speak our youth's mind. And to Vocrh AND WLMS.IN
; do" "this properly, it must have acoess to the thoughts The Schools Motion Iftcture
Committee, a voluntary organ­
and_ opinions of the largest number of our young people ization composed of parents and
possible; not only in its own district but throughout the teachers of pupils in jprivate and
country as well. Furthermore, such access alone is not publish week after week the •names
enough, for such thoughts and Opinions must be care- of New York City, undertook" to
ftiuy. analyzed and sifted, the grain separated from the publish week, after week the names
of the films which the Committee
chaff; which can be best done only by trained minds, endorsee as especially suitable
who. devote themselves exclusively to such a task. Only for young persons.
then can the net conclusions be presented to b u r youth, Of the new films shown tn the
m the best possible form and to the largest number city this week, the Commtttee
endorsed "The Good Earth,"/
of-them.
"Masquerade in Vienna," and
-""But even this is not enough. In order to be ''Rembrandt"
representative of our youth, such a periodical muat
"IDEAL CO-ED"
answer at least some of its^nfesfls. And cTrftf among Miss Dorothy Louise Miller, a
these needs for our youth, tor xfeaSdris. cittfd ih Our 19-year-old student of (Columbia
" previous issues, is that of gaining, a better knowledge University, was selected for the
of their, background and thereby themselves. Utle of "ideal co-eu." ; fehe won
- Z Towards this latter end, well-nigh prodigious labors the title by answering '"correct­
ly" every one df twenty-throe
must be devoted. The h i s t o r y of t h e Ukrainian people questions designed by John Held,
must be presented. Their manners,rmodeSj and customs, Jr., the hrtist, and four Columbia
must also be presented. And to what they have always campus leaders to determine the *
perfect woman student
aspired, too, should toe clearly set forth. Furthermore,
Sample questions submitted to
their cultural heritage and contribution t o world civiliza-
Qie contestants, who took their .
tion must be explained. Stories, novelettes, poetry, and ''examinatioW* with MS8 MlDer
other articles must be translated into Engish, in юЬЗег were:
to make them available to those cannot-read them in Would you • marry for Wve- *4п« Ї
their original; and there are many such. Then too, stead of money?
money? | several articles they wrote for.
лгйаі events in the present-day Ukrainian life, whether Do you favor marriage over a
careerr? J jin which ^Jhey asked for coiitribu-
: 3t.be in its native habitat or here in America, must be Would you take a job td.'ttelp .
clearly reported and interpreted. And all this, mind you,
oanuot be done without years of unceasing study and
your husband if necessary?
Do you prefer ftmj&dth music
? prosecution appealed. The
.-application. . over Swing music? '
The "dieal" co-ed must answer
I t is tTuly gigantic this task, ffiade dSdbly so by the these questions affirmatively,
lack of even the most ordinary facilities among tis (as according to the four; campus
Anyone who really works in this .field: weli khows), leaders. - —-
j/bt only upon such basis, as but touched upon above,
Vcanj^-a. periodical have any pretensions towards being ideals to work and fight for, -a^td by tibieir very nature
. or|preSentative of our Ukrairrtari-American yoeth. these principles and ideals дге bonnd. to collide vdth She
'•% I \And as for the "non-^ttisa^shirJ''" of sflch a another, «veri with their very 6wri interpretations. To
periodical, well—we are inclined to~think that, in the be absolutely non-partisan |hen, especially in these
absolute sense of the word, there ain't any such animal. turbulent and epoch-making times, is impossible to any
Anyone worth his salt has certain principles and principled man, group', or лг^апіШюп.
' i—rf»
VOL. V
• ;>••••• ' . . і ,i - ГІІГ і -і' " '' ' s
<nEKMENTPRESS COMMENTS ОЯ
UKRAINIAN fSbiit'ENDjENCE
ANNIVERSARY
The recently ijb&ervect . 19th
anniversary of the : Declaration of
Ukrainian Independence and the
•establishment of the Ukrainian
"National Republic (January 22,
ЇЙ8), was commented upon in
the 'German; press, esjxicially
/'Angrtff" and ,the '.'VoelkiBcher
Beoba.chter" of Berlin.
.Both papers contained long
articles In. wHlch it was empbasiz-
~ed'tbat Ukraine Has always waged
a valiant struggle against "Russian
bolshevism, that she -has always
strived -for her independence, and
that she'wasJjound to eventually
win this independence. The
^articles also : asserted £hat "from
the German viewpoint Ukraine can
become a n important factor in
munism.
"РОЬОЇТОАТЮЇ*" RAMPANT E»L.
. (PeLAND v
'Otto D. Telischua, correspondent,
•of The 'New York Tunes, reported
this week from Warsaw that
•Poland is determined to Polonize
all Its national minoritije, which
constitute no less, than 31-percent
of .the ; total • population.
"But whereas .most other:
minorities are rooted to the land",
as peasants," he writes, "for '
•which reason they can be dislodged
only by the -slow process of
colonization,, the Jews are largely
concentrated in urban areas and
in cominerce, imddstry and the
professions." This is the reason,
as he .brings out earlier in his
effipatch. for the present plight
of the Jews in Poland.
"CDYSTKA" fN UKRAINE
The "ohystka" (cleansing, pu-
rifymg) the Soviet GPU is now
conducting within the ranks of
the Otfrrtftnmiet Party itself Sh the
Soviet Union includes Ukraine as
wafi.
'. bi Hiev, I t te reperted,
^proximately 300 регвоаЛ, in-
oluding iseveral women, were
arrested 1n connedtion with
tha recentry uncovered plot to
assassinate Postishev, trigh Com-
ЧйшаМ vofflcial ід Ukraine. . I t is
reported, foo, ±heft Dictator
Stalin is taking an unusual
ttbreSt in <h«Je' arrests:
CORRESPONDENT TO ІТІШАШ-
IAN-AWERiCAN PiiESS SEN­
TENCED BY POLISH (COURT
, Last summer Polish authorities
arrested two, Ukrainian lawyera
from ЙЬахаа|), Dr. Hamalya and
Dr. Kulchitsky, on charges of.
defaming the Pol і in
Ukrainian - American newspapers,
'* і for a Ukraihiah National
і e in Zbarazh.
e lower court freed both.
higher court affirmed the decision
freeing Dr. fiamalya b'iit imposed
a susjx;nded three year jail
sentence upon Dr. K"uichfl31
 UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, ч SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13^1937
IMAN
The Ukrainian Publishing?!ЧГт
^^^Pompnny
Besides the "Literaturno-Nauk6-
vy Vistnyk," about which we
wrote last ~§Йек,' Franko also :
contributed a great deal tit; his
.writings and editorial talent to
the Ukrainian Publishing Compa­
ny, which was formed (1899) in
commemoration of. the 100th an-
. niversary of the appearance of
^Ivan Kotlyarevaky's famed trav­
esty "Aeniad." From this time
on, practically all of Franko's
works appeared either in the
"Literaturno-Naukovy Vistnyk" or
t-*m ^ е publications of the Ukrain­
ian Publishing Company..
Franko Gradually Retires From ""spiritual leader" of the Ukrain­
Politics
At abodesthis ^ time (1808) and differences.
Franko began to gradually retire
from active participation in the Quarter-Century Jubilee of His
Ukrainian political life and devote
. Jrtflfflelf more and more to purely
literary and other cultural activi­ this time obtained over the Ukrain­
ties. i^J&igSfc?*-** -'
Tke Ukrainian National Republic
(1) By S. 8.
(Within the last few weeks
an editorial and a resume of
American press comment appeared
on these page concerning the break-J
ing out of the Russian Revolution
twenty yean ago and the sub­
sequent arisar-of the Ukrainian
National Republic. This .week we
shall endeavor to present to our
readers a" more detailed picture-
of that significant and .turbulent
period in Ukrainian history, in
order that they may thereby gain
a clearer conception of it.)
The Outbreak of the Russian
Revolution
The Russian Revolution may be
said' to nave begun around
February 23, 1917, when riots
which at, first glance seemed to
be of a spontaneous origin broke
out in Petrograd. From this
seemingly localized center the
Revolution grew and spread like
a wildfire, being characterized by
strikes, paralyzation of industry
and transportation, mutiny among
the troops, the setting up of the
Russian Provisional Government,
the abdication and subsequent
murder of the ruling house of
Romanovs, and, finally, the
gradual absorption of power by
the Bolshevik!
The Ukrainian Central Bade
The spirit of revolution
also spread throughout enslaved
Ukraine The Ukrainian people
realized that the time was ripe
to strike for their liberties.
Accordingly, on March 7, 1917,
the Ukrainian Central Rada, re-
presenting the various parties and
groups within Ukraine, appeared,
under the leadership of Professor
Michael Hrushevsky, and took
upon itself the task of unifying
and strengthening the Ukrainian
aspirations for freedom, and atoo
of representing Ukraine i t the
expected international conferences.
Among its flat acts,, was to
begin negotiations with the Rusr
sian Provisional Government at
Petrograd for the purpose of
securing local autonomy for
Ukraine. ' The Russian reply to
these just d«^»»>Efo was to refer
the question to their Constituent
Assembly (a sort of a Congress),
in which the Ukrainian represen­
tatives were completely out­
numbered. Such dilatory tactics
Лшгл
(S7
^3f
• Among his last important
PoHtfo^ acts was to candidate,
m'7BSSe» "T898, to Parliament.
He lost however, mainly because
e^the Government's strong
opposition towards him- as well
I regarded and loved- he was by his quite critically. He said that felt
as the passivity of the Ukrainian
populists, who- failed to support
him as they should have. As it
was, he lost only by ten votes.
Nevertheless, although he 'soon
quit politics and the Radical
Party to which he. had belonged,
yet his prestige was so great
- of Lysenko, Ludkevich, and and holes in a building/' "As a
among the Ukrainian people that
he soon became what some of his
biographers have called . the
ian people, above all. party lines
, literary-Career
This, hold that Franko had by
ian, people, the high regard and r were emphasized by the-speakers
caused the Ukrainian leaders to
lose patience and, heeding the
wishes of the Ukrainian people,
they undertook to take the issue
into their own hands.
- / First Universale
On June 24th, the Rada issued
its first Universale (proclama­
tion) to the Ukrainian people,
proclaiming, in effect, that since
the Russian Provisional Govern­
ment had. refused to heed their
just demands that therefore
henceforth the Ukrainian people
would alone regulate their national
destiny.
In pursuance of this newly
proclaimed power of self-govern­
ment, the Rada immediately
created an administrative body
і known as the General Secretariat,
endowed with the power to
execute the .various decrees and
laws of the parent body. This
Secretariat was similar to the
President's Cabinet in America,
and was composed of eight
members, headed by Volodimir
Vinnichenko, Secretary of Interior,
і and Semen Petlure, Secretary of
. War. The latter, incidentaly, was
destined to play the leading role
' in the struggle that followed.
Recognition of Rada by Russia' In short—if was a period'-rof ed not to take any immediate
The issuance of the First
Universale together with the
setting up of the General Secre­
tariat, evoked throughout Ukraine
great happiness. On the other, ' far. Complete independence* ^
news of these significant events
evoked in Petrograd far different
feelings, as can well be imagined.
Realizing, however, that to use
force would be folly, the Provi­
sional Government through its
Prime Minister Lvov, Jssued on
June S9r 1917 an appeal to -the
Ukrainian nation not to act too
hastily) hut to wait for the action
ofr their * Constituent Assembly. would involve too many practical determining the future structure
As. this "appeal naturally failed
in its "purpose, Kerensky together
with- two other delegates were
sent to Kiev to reach some sort
of a compromise with the Ukrain­
ians.
The result of these negotiations
was the recognition by Russia of
the Ukrainian Central Rada*" and
of its subsidiary administrative
bodies.
This recognition, however, had
two distinct flaws in it, as sub­
No. 7
at the commemorative exercises,
great Jove they bore hmvSras
clearly shown at the occasion of
the quarter-century Jubilee of his
literary career, in 1898. On
among whom were Professor •
Hrushevsky, 8. Novakivsky, N.
Kobrynska, Harmatiw, and Pavlyk.
October 81st of - that year Ta
program in his honor took place,
arranged, by his many friends
Шв Goal
To all these eulogies and
. and associates. . 1'^- congratulations, Franko replied
This day was one. of the simply but eloquently. And in
happiest of his whole life, for it regards his cited achievements, he
clearly disclosed . how highly spoke very modestly, ' ih fact,
countrymen. Various. congrat­ himself to be "neither any un­
ulatory messages and- gifts usually talented person, nor "a
showered upon him from ail parts hero, nor any exemplary, char- •
of the country, including money acter." He merely-regarded him­
(of whichS a goodly portion he self as that "baker who. bakes
donated in. turn for the publica­ bread for borne use,'!/ or .that
tion of the musical compositions "mason who cements all fissures
Vorobkevich, which were based peasant's son, raised on hard
upon his poems). Another prized peasant's bread," he continued, "I
gift ' was a book prepared by • felt it to be my duty to dedicate
Michael Pavlyk, consisting of 127 the labors of my life in the cause
pages filled with nothing else but these common people And raised
the titles of his numberless liter­ in the hard school of life, I have
ary works for the past twenty long set before myself two goals.
five years. His character1,- pa­ The first is to perform this duty,
triotism, and great services to and the second is labor unceasingly
literature and the Ukrainian nation, in its behalf." - ••
(To be Concluded)
sequent events proved. First, was Rupture Between Ukraine and
the provision calling for the Russian Provisional Government
representation':in the Rada of the It was not long, however, when
minority nationalities and parties these propagators of immediate
in Ukraine, such as. the Jews and Ukrainian independence received
the Bolsheviks. This provision set a far more attentive ear. For
loose against' Ukrainian antonomy it quickly became apparent that
forces which;sought to destroy it. the Russian Provisional Govern­
Secondly, the recognition of the ment had not the slightest inten­
General Secretariat by the Rus­ tion of relinquishing -any of the
sians was not accompanied by' a former tsarist despotic - powers
declaration. of its responsibility over Ukraine This became clear
for its acts to the Rada alone. when in the months 2of August
This second flaw paved the way and September (1918), for example,
to the subsequent usurpation-of its it issued orders, abrogating'^he
power by the Provisional Govern­ powers of the Ukrainian -General
ment. Besses these flaws, the Secretariat to five 'igubernyas"
Ukrainians yielded partly on the (administrative d i s t r i c t s ) of
military side of the controversy, Ukraine, namely, the Kiev,
in regards the creation of an Podolia, Volbynia, Poltava, and
independent Ukrainian army." Chernihiv districts.' The Russians
even reserved for themselves the'
A Period of National Romanticism right to intervene, uj Ukrainian
administration in "cases of neces­
In spite of these deflciences,
sity" in these districts; and,
however, prospects looked very finally, all food, postal, telegraph,
bright for the Ukraniana cause,
and road administration was to.
following the promulgation of this remain in their hands. So they
treaty by the Rada in its Second
said. , *\
Universale on July 17th. It was
a period of happiness arising from Naturally enough, .these re-
the realization that after centuries ~servations mado- by Russia
of bondage the Ukrainian people aroused a great -wave of resent­
had once more attained their ment and protest in Ukraine,
freedom. It was а регіоДОспаг- which was further' heightened
acterized by popular mass," meet­ when Petrograd began to ignore
ings and. demonstrations, the ring­ and boycott the Ukrainian Secre­
ing of church bells, and: thb sing­ tariat. Nevertheless, the Rada,
ing of patriotic songs. A patriotic though keenly resenting this
fervor gripped the Ukrainians. usurpation of its power;-'determin­
national romantism of. Ukraine. retaliatory measures, but to wait
a bit until order was established
In general, the nationalistic
aspirations of the Ukrainians at in Ukraine, and then to turn to
that time did not extend very Russia for an accounting.
9
In the meantime, things grew
the Ukrainian nation was not rapidly worse. The Provisional
uppermost in the minds of those Government appointed its own
guiding the Ukrainian people, for administration to govern the
in view of the fact that Ukraine Ukrainian districts, and even
had been under a merciless encouraged them to ignore the
oppression and had been deprived authority of the General..Secre­
of even the most fundamental tariat A move by the Rada to
national rights for several cen­ call for Ukrainian national elec­
turies, it was thought then that tions of representatives rWho were
a sudden complete ' independence to convene for the purpose of
difficulties, and that it would of the autonomous Ukraine, was
be better to reach this ultimate met with a charge of treason
goal step by step—gradually: An from Petrograd, and the Russian
autonomous Ukraine within a Procurator, who was still1 in
f e d e r a l l s t i c Russia, wherein Kiev, was instructed by Petrograd
Ukraine would have fnll op­ to prosecute the members- of the
portunity to develop along nation­ Rada and the Secretariat "• for
al lines-—was considered then by sedition. The situation grew
the Ukrainian leaders as the most worse with the complete collapse
practical step to take. And for of the Russian armies. Croat
this reason, all propagators of the bands of deserters began to drift
immediate complete independence through Ukraine, robbing, pillag­
of Ukraine were -voted down ing, and burning private property.
during those early stages.
(To be Concluded)
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•
 No. 7
SHORTS IN ANCIENT UKRAINE
і Last -Week, aa perhaps our read­
ers recall, we showed how, con­
trary to the notion popular among
us here in America, our Ukrain­
ian ancestors were quite fond of
sports*. 'We also mentioned some
of t l | | outstanding Ukrainian
wrestlers" (or groan-and-grunters
as they should be called today)
and strong men of those times,
including both the - Kingdom of
Kiev and' the Cossack periods of
our Ukrainian historical life.
This week, we shall dwell
upon—- _
Boxing
Thtei'manly art of self-defense,"
—as" we used to call it before it
became the art of extracting
million-dollar gates from rabid
fight-fans for the privilege of вее-
ing a p u r of" big business men
(for that's what they are!) slap
each other around a bit—attained
an appreciable degree of popular­
ity in ancient Ukraine. We have
no records of any regularly staged
fight with gate receipts and all,
but we do know that what today
is known as "barnstorming" was
quite prevalent then. Shevchenko
himself; mentions one such in­
stance Inlhis "Tytarivna," of how
a group of pugilists ("bortsi" or
"perebiytsi" they were called)
would wander from town to town
challenging the local white hopes,
beating them up quite properly
(or getting beat up in turn) 1 and
then proceeding on to the. next
village.*
As could be expected, the boxer
or pugilist then (call him what
you wish) fought with bare fists.
Boxing.. gloves were unknown in
those days, and if any covering
was placed or wrapped over the
hands, it was only to inflict a
more damaging blow. This latter
custom, ;though infrequent in
Ukraine, probably had its origin
among the ancient Roman boxers
who sought to make their blows
as punishing as possible by wear­
ing a ''cestus" of bronze, several
thicknesses of rawhide firmly
fastened together and projecting
beyond'the knuckle, and by bind­
ing the wrist and forearm with
leather 1 thongs.
Today, of* course, our modern
big business men of the ring must
have pillows for gloves, for there
are the movies, and who wants -to
1
have his classic features battered
and scarred when there's a chance
to appear on the screen and thrill
many a fair damsel's heart. Don't
be silly! The prelim boys , can
fight all they want to, but the
big business men must be careful.
Whether our ancient Ukrainian
"bortsi" used science, is very
doubtful. Strength and the
ability to take plenty of punish­
ment were the main requisites of
a fighter 'then. Wrestling holds,
too, were quite the thing then.
If a fighter, for example, saw that
the going was too rough for him,
that his opponent was socking him
twice and' thrice to his one, there
was nothing in the rule book (nor
was '.there any rule book) to
prevent him from executing a
fane;- tackle and bringing him
down. Also, holding with one arm
and punching with the other was
very popular then. Todav, oc
course, no boxer even thinks of
'doing such a thing.—Not much!
An interesting custom .prevalent
among fighters in ancient Ukraine
was 7the manner In which one
challenged the other—so striking­
lyJi deferent from what it Is in
thjjse modern times.
"ТоЗау, for instance, challenging
a boxer for a joust in the ring
is usually a serious and complex
business. No self-respecting box­
er,' or, • to put i£,jnore correctly,
UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, SATURDAY, РЕВВ|ЙШрІ%%37
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no self-respecting fight manager
would even think of letting his
fighter enter the ring today with-
out at least'(111 making sure that
their end of the gate was worth
their while, (2) engaging a whole
corps of expert and expensive
lawyers to draw up* fool-proof
articles of ag^ement, and ( 3 )
having newsmen preeenjtVat the"
ceremony of aignmg&this agree-
ment in order •ifibtfL they may
photograph and report; ibia notable
occasion, especially the challenger-
and challenged shaking hands and
exchanging perfunctory and mono-
syllabic еотрііттояь while their
managers, backeajt^eponsors, and
all the other flotsam and jetsam
of the "fighting game" put on
their best poses In the rear. So
you see, dear reader, this challeng­
ing a boxer to an encounter (even
a footrace or a waltz, as it some­
times is) in the ring is no matter
to be lightly undertaken today.
But in the ancient times, bow-
ever, In Ukraine, it was quite
different, and infinitely more
simplified and direct. A "borets"
wishing to fight another "borets"
would go out looking for him,
that's all, and having found him
he would goad him and jeer him
and mock' him until' the latter
would have to fight. And that
was all to i t Nothing more.
No managers, no lawyers, no
boxing commissioners, no doctors,
no handlers, and—ПО photograph­
ers nor reporters; just a . couple
of-friends, perhaps, to enter the
fray if the going for their
comrade got too hot.
We have a good picture of this
in the previously mentioned Taras
Shevchenko's '.'Tytarivna," but a
far better one appears in Ivan
Kotlyarevsky's famous travesty
"Aeniad," wherein it is said:—
Еней наш роздоброхотався.
Іґрнща надумав завести,
І 'шпіпй зараз розкричався,
Щоб ' перебійиів прнйсеї и.
» » * have trod,
Аж ось прийшов і персбіець
Убраний так, як компанієць,
І "звався молодець Дарсс; ,
На кулаки став викликати
І персбійня визивати,
Кричав, опарений мов пес:
„Гей. хто зі мною вийде битись
Похоштуватн стусанів?
Мазкою*1) хрче хто умитись?
Кому не жаль своїх зубів?
А нуте, нуте, йдіте швидче.
Сюди на кулаки лиш ближче!
Я бебехів вам насаджу,
На очі вставлю окуляри,
"Сюди, поганці, бакаляри,2) —
Я всякому—Лоб- розміжжуї"
• • • г-
І Ірийшов Ентел перел Дарсса,
Сказав Йому на сміх: „Гай. ГайІ
Ховайсь, проклята неотеса,*)
Зарання відсіль утікай!
Я роздавлю тебе, як жабу.
Зітру, зімну,* мороз як бабу.
Що тут І зуби не Зітнеш.
Тебе діявол не пізнає,
З кістками чорт тебе злигає, —
Уже від мене не влизнеш!"
На землю шапку положивши,
По локоть руки засукав
1. ЦУПКО кулаки стуливши,
Дареса битись визивав,
Із серця4) скреготав зубами,
Об землю тупотав ногами
1 на Дареса налізав...
') кіювю. а ) вчителі, ") неоте­
саний, валило, вайлуватий, 4 ) з пере-
сердя, зі злости-її —
S. S.
FOOD FOB THOUGHT
Bestow thy youth so that thou
mayest have comfort to remember
it when it hath -forsaken thee,
and n°t sigh and grieve at the
account." thereof- While thou art
young thou willi think it will never
have an end; out the longest day
hath its evening, rand thou sbalt
enjoy it hut oflce; it .never turns
again; use it ^therefore as t h ^
spring-time, which soon departeth,
and wherein tnou oughtest to
plant and sow ail provisions for
a long and happy life.—Sir Waiter
Raleigh.
i i i і ' in ti
'. -&Z
Ж RECRUIT'S LEAVETAKING
By VASDJE STEFAN1K
Trans, by Stephen Shumeyko
Over in the .West a red-tinted
cloud hung petrified in the air,
.wreathed in the glow of^ t h e
setting day. It looked, this cloud,
like the bloody head of some holy
man, - And from > beyond this
head burst forth Ithflu slanting
rays of the sunt
;. The courtyard was thronged
.with people. Upon them beat^ij
this light from the west, as if
-from a red rock—so hard and fast.
From Tthe doorway of the house
people w e r e ' still pouring out.
Like from one -dead—so sorrow­
fully they emerged.
Bringing up their rear came a
young man with close-cropped
hair-—the recruit. All eyes were
turned upon him. It seemed to
them thdt this head of his, which
bore itself so easily in the crim­
son light, was bound to fall on
some faraway .warrior's trail. In
foreign lands, high up near the
sun, it would fail to the earth
and soil itself in the dust:
His mother stood on the
threshold. *-Г"
"You are going already, my
eon?" ' ;
"Yes, mother."
"And who is going to take, care
of us now?" ; >f v
The women wailed, his sisters
wrung their hands, and his mother
beat her head against the jamb.
Father drew near.
"Come, get into the wagon, son,
or else we'll miss our train."
"Stay With us this one more
night, my son," mother pleaded.
"I_ raised you softenderly, breathed
upon you like I would upon a
wound .T^" Please .-^. .^•Tomorrows
with the rising of the sun "ПЙіаІІ
let you go, and I won't cry eitherji
Only stay "with us this one morsffc^-., 1 g joUt?J4- -our joy,
night, my. son, stay!"
And she drew him inside the
house.
The crowd moved towards the
gate. In a few moments, mother
reappeared with her son. Her
face was white, like chalk.
"Son;" his father asked, "who
will hoe my oprn now?"
Even the men wept now.
Father leaned his head against
the wagon, shaking like a leaf.
"Come, let's go!" ,
But his mother still wouldn't
let him go.
"Oh, Nicky, please don't go!
By the time you come back the
threshold will warp 'and. - the
corners will rot away. I won't
be here then. Likely, you'll never
come back. Please don't go!"
She seized her son around his
legs. .
"If you're' to die, I'd much
rather lay you out myself!"
He went. All those who. had.
been waiting by the gate, went •
also, to escort him to the station.
' They entered the forest. :Leavea. "**•" ^ " Ч & Е 2 Р * * Good music will ad J
carpeted their road, or benfe то the eveninjflPialrj
themselves into copper-colored
boats that borne on autumn* £Ш&&£
waters floated down the road 4 4" ^aASKETBALL GAME and DANCE.
after him. The forest .swept
up his mother's wail, bore it out
into the fields and laid if""down
on the ridges, so that when
spring came they would., know
why Nicky was not there, to
furrow them. T^ wr*
They emerged front the ^rorest
out into the fields. ' The Tecruit,
paused to bid farewell to" hieJ
native village.
"Goodbye, my dear ones, good­
bye! у If I have done.Лапу of you
any injustice, please forgive.
1 parispftj of Ukr. Field Days from , t w ^
Grant дав; your blessing J o speed
me on Mj^Way."
All .doffed their hats.
"Come back to us, well and
strong, and do not dally too
long."
|Ш
ц і ї гіід ї ' —
,jffk«j
Son and father climbed into 1
the wagon. Mother seized hold
of the wheel.
"^ake jne, take me rwi&ft y o u '
pleamtagjll you don't, I'll run
after you the whole length of
this field! I won't stop until I
catch yotrP-«I5y»
'.'. "Good people, do take this
woman away, or else she'll break
her hands on that wheel."
Forcibly the people pulled her
away. The wagon started off.
"Good luck, Nicky, good luck!"
thev^crowd kept shouting after
ІШ^Ш
That night the old mother sat
outside in the yard, and in a
cracked voice plaintively lament­
ed:
"Oh,. my son, where shall I
look for you, oh where shall I -
search for уош" - ЗДтс
•s While her . daughters, like
cuckoos, tried to cheer her.
. H i g h above them, in the deep
and limitless vault of the autumn
sky, stars twinkled and-glowed.
MEMORIES •
Memories, memories, that once
were so sweet,
Memories that take us back to
' v our little ' retreat,
Lost in pur own little world in
which we use to meet,
Memories, memories, I wish you
ТЩ'І. andibrcould repeat." '
When we were young, you and I,,,
oh, so long ago, ii^JKІжЯ
We Use to ramble, hand in hand,
ffT^over the meadow, &jg
The flowers, the birds, used to
ТЗ* "n" beautiful love, given to a
young girl and boy. &
Hand Sh hand, life's path we now
All of life's bliss we owe to our
belov'd God,
Never one moment's regret'have
we -ever known,
Of all our mistakes in the seeds
we have sown.
Memories, memories, that take us
''aujkiL. back my dear,
Memories that Willi always create
happiness and'cheer,
Memories of things you arid t
shall never forget,
Pleasanjf'memories of our life
that cause no regret .
*sk^rYNE FORDE.
MF NEW YORK О Т У .
*'^tt,vSt'%gbXENTINE'S DANCE spon­
sored by Ukrainian Сіітс Center
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1937 at
the International Inatitule, - J 4 1 East
, t.7th: St. _ Admission 5 о *. . Beginning^]
:?
*"ЗД8М
ELIZABETH, N. 4.
The Y e A e i * ' Fourth Ward Ukrainian
Social Club will play the Ukrainian
Social Club "Fire' of Elisabeth oa
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY I S A at the
UVT«InUn*• National Home,. JSW-21 fc
J&*ltoa St., Elizabeth, N. J. Dancing
ШЇ'efti'the game. Commencement at
.8JOSPV M Admission 25 < Be sure
to.-Jome and witness this sensational
(tame between "two outstanding Ukra­
шinian basketball theainaWy^j^ft . д у Д І
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COMMENTS ON
• ЯІІЕ'.Ф.
The editorial of the Ukrainian
Weekly of J a n u a r y 16th, 1937,
"Youth and the U. N. A.," "de^
serves t h e attention of every
reader. This editorial stresses the
point t h a t t h e .youth should join
the U. N. A. in 'таоге appreciable
numbers."
During the last few years the
youth .succeeded in organizing
several U. N. A. youth branches.
Items concerning these branches
appeared in the Ukrainian Weekly.
Some of these branches have be­
come large enough to send a
delegate to the U. N. A. conven­
tion to be held in Washington,
•D. C. n e x t May. N o one can say
that the youth -hasn't become
interested in t h e U . - N . A., for
t h a t would .not be true. They
are joining t h e U. N. A. . . . not
in large numbers perhaps—yet
no one can deny the fact t h a t
they a r e to favor of t h e U. N . A .
The Ukrainian Weekly states in
the opening paragraph of its
editorial t h a t : "All indications'
point out t h a t the coming conven­
tion of the U. N. A. will have
more delegates drawn from t h e
younger generation of Ukrainian-
Americans than any other previous
convention." Which -proves be­
yond any doubt t h a t the youth
membership df the U. N. A. is of
a large percentage. One' doesn't
have to compile statistics I to
further prove this, for it is self-
evident.
The youth will join the U. rtf A. '
slowly but surely . . . those, t h a t
is, who a r e not yet members. I t
is simply a m a t t e r of time. When
ч giving his Baby Highness his
the U. N. A. was organized forty-
three years ago, the old generation
can't say t h a t they joined in large
numbers. They joined slowly . . .
but continued to join; the U. N. A.
is now the largest Ukrainian
organization in America. Give the
youth time to join. £.
I hfelleve the Ukrainian Weekly
Bhould devote more space to
U. N. A. news. News, that is,
about the youth branches. A The Assistant Director of the
new branch is organized . . . it
receives mention in the Weekly—
and that's about all we hear about
i t What about its progress.. . .
its activities . . . i t s problems and
many other things?
THEODORE LUTWINIAK,
Member of Branch 240.
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LECTURE IN PHILLY
Dr. Burgess of Temple Univer-
sity will speak on "Trends in the
Soviet Union" at the International
Intitule (645 North 15th St.. Phila-
delphia) oft Sunday, February
14th; starting at 3:30.
AH Ukrainians are Invited to
hear Dr. Burgess tiflk, as he will
also speak on conditions in
Ukraine, where he visited. A Skwfeir, Treasurer.
Valentine P a r t y will follow.
S. Y.
DEMOCRATIC CLUB
ELECTIONS
The Yonftg Ukrainian Demo­
cratic CWb of -New Yotk City
held its annual meeting on
February 3, 1937, at which jthe
following officers were1 elected:
President—Michael J; Metrinko;
Vice President—Charles Gilrhdre;
Treasurer—Helen Korolyk; Secre­
tary—Nadia Myles; Financial
Secretary—Henry Harrison; Vice
Chairlady—Kathryn Smith; Board
of Directors—John Bulyk, Adolph
Wiley, Elisa Kursack, Juel-Kojac.
Chib festivities will be held at
the club rooms a t 59 St. Marks
Place every Wednesday night.
We also wish to announce that
the members are invited to an
Installation P a r t y to be held a t
the club rooms on February 9,
1937.
M J. METRINKO, Pres.
ЧЦКШЬВДШ* 9ЩЯЩЛ, «ЙЯЧЯШАУ, ТШИШШу ЛЗ, 1037
U-- — " - • ,•'["• \ ft • • , ір—і i n
^адгаш ATTENTION BASKETBALL
fc.*.*' s TEAMS
W e * wish the teams, in the
different areas, t o get in touch
with their respective District
Leaders and Directors, which a r e
listed below. Meet of the
Districts have the required num­
ber of -teams, which is four, in
order t o h e eligible for a trophy,
while other Districts are still
lacking one or two teams. Let's
see some of the Ukrainian Spirit
and get in touch with the District
Leaders, the Directors and with
me, so t h a t we may inform you
of t h e teams y o u . a r e to play.
I wish the teams t h a t haven't
entered with the Basketball
Division a s yet and are interested,
to please send me the information
requested in the articles "Atten­
tion Basketball F a n s " and "Atten­
tion Basketball Players" which
appeared in the November 7 and
December 12 issues of the Ukrain­
ian Weekly. ."Send the informa­
tion to the Assistant Directors in
your respective Divisions, except
the pictures, which should be sent
to me as soon as possible. Do
not forget t h a t we are offering
a trophy to each District
Champion, one to the Eastern,
Western, and National Champions.
Some or you may be fortunate
enough to obtain all three.
E n t e r your teams before it is
too late.
The Assistant Director of the
Eastern Division is William
Haschak, 211 Ward Street,
Chester, Pennsylvania. District
Leaders: Area No. 1 (New Eng­
land States) J o e Brochinsky, 83
Broad Street, Ansonia, Connecti­
cut; Area No. 2 (New York City
Metropolis and New Jersey) Mr.
Steve Waznee, 354 Lawrence
Street, Perth Amboy, New Jersey;
Area No. 3 (Western Pennsyl­
vania, Delaware, and Maryland)
Michael Bartish, c/o Ukrainian
Athletic Club, Fourth and Ward
Streets, Chester, Pennsylvania;
Area No. 4 (Eastern half of New
York S t a t e ) , -position still open.
Western Division is John Dyr-
kacz, 1724 Leishman Avenue,
Arnold, Pennsylvania.' District
Leaders: Area No. 5 (Western
Pennsylvania, Buffalo vicinity arid
West Virginia) Russell Pituch,
1603 Leishman Avenue, Arnold,
Pennsylvania; Area No. 6, 7, 8
(State of Ohio, Michigan, Illinois
and Indiana, respectively) Stephen
Madezki, 3465 Stickney Avenue,
Toledo, Ohio.' If any .persons are
interested in filling і the posts of
District Leaders in one of these
Districts, 4, 7, 8, send in your
name and address to me. The
Publicity Man is Theodore Lutwi-
mak, P o s t Office Box 76, Jersey
City, New Jersey.
Let's have some action во that
we can make this a n outstanding
Basketball season .among t h e
Ukrainians.
JOHN 5 . BILLV,
-Basketball Director,
tt. Y~. L . of N. A.
110 W . 7 S t , N. W.
:<• ... . Barberton, Ohio.
P E R T H AMBOY CLUB
ELECTIONS
John Guschick was again un­
animously .elected president of
the Ukrainian Catholic Club of
P e r t h . Amboy, N. J. a t i t s
annual meeting held January
24th a t the Ukrainian National
Home. Other newly-elected of­
ficers a r e : John Fedynyshyn,
Vice President; H a r r y Fedyny­
shyn, Secretary; Walter Lomin-
sky was also unanimously re­
elected treasurer. Publicity man­
ager—John Корі.
The club planned to widen its
scope of activities by - forming
both a glee club and a dranfatic
group.
JOHN ftOPI.
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BED CROSS GIRLS PROGRESS
IN NEW -HAVEN
The Ukrainian Red Cross mem­
bers of New -Haven, Conn, have
taken what proved to be •excellent
advice end became an organized
class of t h e American Red d r o s s ,
under the instruction of Mrs.
Milton Revees, R. N. Sessions are
held bi-weekly a t the American
Red Cross Headquarters from
7:30 to 9:30 P . M. for the dura­
tion of approximately 6 weeks.
A t the termination of this period,
these pupils, because of their
diligence and aoumulation of
knowledge pertaining to Home
Hygiene and Care of the 33ick,
are duly presented with their
certificates from Washington at
their graduation exercises. At this
time they will 'have a program
df papers and demonstrations on
applying various types of band­
ages on all p a r t s of the body,
making emergency slings for
fractures and sprains, taking
pulse, respiration, and temperature
readings, preparing, dressing, and
attending the bed-patient, care
and knowledge necessary for
prenatal, pregnancy and puerpe-
rium periods, preparation of the
baby's tray and formula,; and—
(this proved to be t h e -most
delightful part of the course!)
the actual bathing, dressing and
attending of t h e infant itself.
Many a happy (but often
embarrassing) hour was spent by
these young ladies, at first
clumsily but later expertly, in
arranging tubs, pitchers, blankets,
cloths, diapers, etc., and proceed­
ing through the ceremony o f
royal bath!
The members of t h e Ukrainian
class for this first term include:
Misses Cedlia Chawluk, Amelia
Holubovlch, Sophie Metznik, Mary
Caikowaka, Mary Burbela, Mary
Nebor, Anna Kootz, Heleh Bry-
zicki, Sophie and Olga Vitenko,
Frances Gina; Mesdames M. Gina,
E. Blahitka, W. Koleshniak, P.
Maruschak, and S. Bryzicki."
FRANCES GINA.
U. N. A. YOUTH BRANCH
ELECTS OFFICERS
The American-Ukrainian Youth
Association of Newark. N. J.,
which is Branch Number 240 of
the Ukrainian National Associa­
tion, ^elected i t s officers, for 1937
during its meeting for the month
of January.
Unanimously e l e c t e d were:
Victor Romanyshyn, President;
Anthony Shumeyko, Financial
Secretary; Theodore Lutwiniak,
Recording Secretary, Michael
js.
Anthony Shumeyko was, also
unanimously elected as a delegate
to the U. N. A. convention to be
held in Washington, D. C. in May.
Victor Romanyshyn was un­
animously elected as alternate.
Branch 240 was organized in
May, 1936, by Mr. J o h n Lysak of
Irvington, N. J. Mr. Lysak is
the secretary of Branch J6 and
is also a member of the.- Board
of Advisors of the U. . , ' N . A.
Almost all of the twenty-six
members of Branch 2Щ- were
organized by him.
-••
During 1937 t h e members of
Branch 240 intend to s t a r t a
campaign for new members.
Dances and other such affairs
will be sponsored. Anyone living
in or near Newark wishing to
join may attend our meetings,
held every third Thursday of the
month at the Ukrainian Catholic
Church Hall on Morton Street.
THEODORE LUTWINIAK.
No. 7
. J
GIRL -OF POLTAVA
•ftS*PEA'R£ ON BROADWAY
"Natalka Poltavka," the first
Ukrainian talking picture pro-
duced by Avramenko Film
Production, Inc., will hold its
American premiere performances
today a n d tomorrow, a t the
Belmont Theatre, West 48th
Street, between Sixth and Seventh
Avenues, in the heart of New
York's Great White Way. There
will be continuous performances
at popular prices commencing
noon.
English titles explain the
story and chain of events for the
benefit of those who do not
understand the Ukrainian lan-
guage. This Innovation will aid
American-Ukrainian youth in
grasping the significance of the
musical comedy, and also afford
them a better opportunity to
induce attendance of their non-
Ukrainian friends.
Many Ukrainians residing in the
larger cities east of the Missis-
sippi already have seen "Natalka
Poltavka" as presented in a series
of festival-performances com-
memorating the ріау'в author,
Ivan Kotlyarevsky. The Belmont
Theatre performances, it is re­
ported, will initiate the regular
run at American theathres.
JERRY PRYGELSKI.:
CHOIR HAS HAPPY PARTY
The members of the choir of
the St. Peter and St. Paul Ukrain­
ian Catholic church dhbir and
friends from Woonsocket, R . l L,
and Stamford, were the guests
Saturday night of Professor
Roman Hwozdewich, director of
the local choir, a t -a banquet a t
Hollywood Inn. Annually, ; in
appreciation of the. seal of the
choir in visiting the' homes of the
various parishioners to sing
hymns and carols at Christmas
time, tbis banquet is tendered by
the genial director and the affair
Saturday night was one of the
merriest and most succesful ever
held by the group.
Paul Dripchak, choir president,
served admirably in "the role of
toastmaster. Rev. A l e x a n d e r
Rdtko, pastor of t h e church,
offered grace as t h e happy
gathering seated themselves about
the festive board to enjoy a full
course turkey dinner.
Among those who spoke were
Professor 4 Hwozdewich, Rev. Rot-
ko, and William Shuron, president
of the Ansonia Board of Health
arid former member of the choir.
The fine dinner was followed
by dancing and it was at a late
hour when the happy gathering
dispersed, lavish in their praise
of the hospitality of Professor
Hwozdewich.
T h e choir, which is one of the
befit trained groups of Ukrainian
church singers in the east, sang
a number of songs durihg the
dinner.
(Excerpt from The Evening
Sentlhel, February 1, 1937.)
COSSACKS WIN FROM
SEMINARISTS
Joe Brochinsky's Ukrainian
Cossacks won 45 to 2& fVom the
Ukrainian Seminary ' team in
Stamford in t h e Lock Cjty, Sun­
day afternoon. The Cossacks were
too potent a team for t h e
Seminartists but the latter put up
a valiant battle.
Bill Horasyko, Johnny Stadnik
and Hawkeye Shingara "were out­
standing for the Brochmskymen
with SEipTca and Toner3 playing- •}
well for the Seminary^ - -
The game was plajed^ a t the \
Seminary Gymnasium- itf -Stanv' v
ford. Humes refereed.
JOSEPH BROCHINSKY,
83 Broad Street,
Ansonia, Connecticut
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