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EDITOR, MISS MILDRED MILANOWICZ— 151 Hopkins Avenue Jersey City 6, New Jersey Welcome Pause BeforetbeNextPlunge Vacation days! These are the hilarious or the restful moments when tired minds and bodies seek renewal for the arduous months ahead. 'Vacation, a short pause — for some the first pause in years — to and cIpse, our minds for a tiny space of time, on Q.ur 'ever-present struggle with personal problems, big and small; on aur harrowing awareness pf whole problems, on time clocks and tram schedules, on deadlines ;.and on the cares and concerns of every day life. For a-“tmy space' 6f time one may purchase, in varying measures, an existегьсе where care and concern may not intrude, where peace, fun, frolic and sheer joy in living hold sway. 'New faces, new scenes, new ways of enjoying life — all crammed into a few short days. All acting as balm, to w'ork-weary minds. All serving to rediscover the !iuman being in ;these harried bipeds with-alarm clocks in their heads,, fcitat we have become. Some feel human again and filled with “the milk of human kind ness.after the quiet, thrill of gazing at the; green and blue and silver vas.tne.ss of wooded mountains and lakes. Some think that only the brittle :gli‘tter of a whirl at a “fashionable” mountain 01 * seaside re sort will provide the only effective antidote against the fatigue, of coming-winter activities. Some persons find their “finer basic selves’* a'fter-a stretch of-livingclose to the teeming opulence of our Ameri can ...farms. Some find new peace and inspiration, in visits to shrines of.art and music. Others swear that only a spell of fishing or camp- rng“away from it all” will make them lose their bearishness. It is eerrainjy simple in these United States to find whatever type of quiet beauty or exciting action^hat will act either as panacea to a troubled soиішг-provideiv m^igorating exhilaration to a bored, one. Nfrrt-h, East; South or West, -no matter where you go there will come a*'moment, to the fortunately aware ones, when God seems to smi4er. tapvypti on Ae'slToulder and say “See, isn’t this, a wonderful worM ?t,; ~ und ;youare 'filled'with peace and contentment and re~ riewed couTage and feel you -can- “lick your weight in wild-cats.” The moment may come ar any time — w’hen you are fishing in the icy turbulence of;a. shadow-dappled mountain stream; when you are '.paddling уоцг c*moe down, -the silvery moon’s path on a soft night;. w.hen-.yoursiaud •transfixed: by the riotous changing colors of a sunset-when.you .realize' your humble smallness "before the vast ness. of sky and lashing .sea at .the shore;‘when, a bit of poetic verse strikes'avresporisiv.e chord that invokes a pleased feeling; when you hear birds 4trviUing your attention to the quiet splendor of the rising sun;- when; you watch a tiny^ child discover for himself, the satisfying cool wetness* of; :a count ry stream; when "after traversing miles and miles, of lonely roads you suddenly catch a reassuring glimpse of a jc I lurch .steeple — you never know when the moment will come. But you recognize it when it reveals itself. It is just the moment when one renews his faith in God and fellow man. Then the peace and en joyment of your holiday seems doubled and you wish it need not end. And it need not end, if you-can look forward to our Ukrainian winter activities-, where fun. and frolic and peace and beauty and joy in work are in- the ofling. There are the Youth Rallies, beginning with the one at Hartford, Conn., over Labot Day; there are our choir re hearsals, our festivals and concerts and forums and exhibits. There are the benefit dances and benefit bazaars. The sense of God’s near ness too: is always there — especially when we look ahead to hearing our choirs sing His praises in cfhurch and at concerts. Our next winter's Ukrainian.activities may all.be held on behalf of some serious, worthy and vitally necessary cause, like raising funds for Ukrainian war orphans, building new and much-needed Ukrainian schools or raising funds for scholarships. Nevertheless we participants will always extract a satisfying amount of endless fun and frolic from these affairs -— past performances «attest to that. So in gratitude for our opportunity to practice our kind of liberty, our kind oi happy living — which is the American way — we Ukrain ians pay with a little cooperation and receive in return satisfaction, peace and fun. UNDERGRADUATES SHOULD ORGANIZE By SOPHIE DEMYbCHUK * An address given at the Youth Forum held in conjunction with the Seventh Convention of the “Soyuz Ukrainok” at Philadelphia, Pa., “Truth .is; generally the best tin dicat ion against slander.” Abraham Lincoln* Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never -does. Josh Billings. My subject is one which has -long been a favorite topic for discussion. Let me begin by saying that today education is not the privilege of the few; it is the opportunity of the many. Had it not been for this, there would be no Ukrainian American uni versity youth, as the Ukrainians in America belong to neither to the aris tocracy nor to the wealthy. It was with the practice of democracy that education for the masses began. Students Many in Number Because of this a high ^ pe,rc£tttage of American youth of Ukrainian .de scent helps comprise the student bodies oi American colleges and universities across- the nation. These- students are scattered, few knowing of the exist ence of the others. They may be of all different physical and ^ personality • t>pes; their interests may vary, but they all have one common tie. that binds-them — that is their Ukrainian heritage. Perhaps this is their only bond, but it is a strong one, and one that cannot be broken. Isn't this one bond enough to organize our youth ? I have stated our goal — organiza- ■ tion. First, let us brieffiy define orga nization. “Organization is the form of every human association for the „at tainment of a common purpose/' Or ganization is as old as Іщтап society itself. Primitive men felt both the urge and the necessity, to band togeth er, for besides the social advantages, they knew then, as now, that no-man strives best alone, and that in their battle with life they could not stand alone, Today, there are many more re wards to be reaped from organization. What are these benefits to our qoun- try? What are the rewards to be got ten by the individual meriiber, and by Ukrainian Americans in general? First, let us take the benefits of such an organization to our country. Amer ica has been called a vast “melting pot.” Into it come people of all na tions, with every kind of culture, and speaking many different languages. American culture has elements of Sev eral different cultures, and can be further enriched by passing on to it the finer aspects of Ukrainian culture Today’s youth will shape America's future. The job of steering America through what may be its -most difficult period will be largely in the hands of the young university people. The bur-, den will fall on their shouldrs. This brings us to the question of how or ganization would, help, youth to meet these problems, and how it would equip youth to adjust itself. Drawling Cultural Nourishment From the Past Ther^ is a tendency on the part of the young people to drift away from the language, customs and traditions of their fathers. The young people at tempt to assimilate themselves into the dominant culture, and consider their ancestral heritage' as being either foreign or old-fashioned. They seem to forget that their present culture is based on the knowledge and experi ence handed down to them -by past generations of all countries. Take, for example, a. subject like mathematics, which is both practical and> academic., The fresh substance of mathematics was first sampled by the Egyptians, Phoenicians and the Babylonians. It was later elaborated on by the Greeks and the Hindus, and, in Christian times,- further theories were formuiat- .e& by Copernicus, Tartaglia, Descar tes, Leibnitz and others These names alone give us an insight into how many countries produced these men. And yet the young people call the cul tures of ' their fathers '•foreign,” al though we see that
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