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OUR ENGLISH COLUMN Our Youth and Their Mission Ju st recently, a well-know n U k rainian journalist, H alyna La-sIl chenko, has w ritten for O ur Life a series of articles on U krainian youth in th e free world, their problem s and their mission. A t this point m any of our readers m ay w onder why should so much controversy surround this very question. O ur answ er is sim ple; the role of U krainian youth today constitutes a very im portant, if not the m ost im portant problem on the U krainian forum. L et us then examine the back ground of our young- men and w o men and investigate the source of this perplexing question. A g reater percentage of our youth does not rem em ber their hom e land. H aving 'left U kraine’s- th resh - hold as children of tw o and ’three, they hardly recall its beauty and its unique charm . In a physic al sense, they have few tangible m em ories. T heir childhood was a tiresom e journey full of constant dangers, as their parents and they fled in search of freedom. H aving found shelter in the U nited States, they quickly becam e part of this international “m elting pot”, over cam e language barriers and made friends w ith their A m erican schoolm ates. M any of them en rolled in colleges and universities w here they becam e excellent if not top students. Boys w ent to serve in the arm y alongside other citizens. They m et A m erican-born - children of U krainian descent. T ogether they embibed the cul ture of the New W orld and be cam e its full-fledged citizens. It would seem that the older generation should be justly proud of their young set. They have succeeded in assim ilating into this dem ocratic com m unity, and w hat’s more, they have m anaged in w inning in it a place of distinc tion. Before them lies a secure future offered by the opportuni ties of the free world. All dif ficulties seem to be solved, all fears allayed. W hat then, consti tutes this problem voiced by H a lyna Lashchenko ? The dilemma facing today’s Uk rainian youth is the extent of their duty tow ards their hom e land. Our young men and women are w ell-oriented in U kraine’s struggle for freedom. They were made aw are of her high ideals and the trem endous sacrifices offered upon the altar of her national in dependence. Now, after three centuries of fighting unaided against both im perial Russia and Red M oscow. U kraine has sud denly found strong support. Since W orld W ar II the free world realized that the enslavem ent of the satellite nations and threats of “cold w ar” are anything but peaceful policies on the part of Soviet Russia, and began an ex tensive cam paign of precaution against a common enemy. U krainian youth can play a vital role in this contest betw een Com munism and D em ocracy. For d e spite the fact that they have been adopted by a new hom eland, they are still bound by strong ties to the land of their fathers. They still are able to understand its problem s, feel the tragedy of its long struggle, and desire its free dom and independence. This, therefore, is the mission of our youth. They stand on a delicate balance, on the thresh- liold of two w orlds. T heir m other land has yet to find a solution to her problem ; it is still enslaved. Their adopted country is in need of aid in her search for new means of counterac-ting'the Red peril. The path of duty lies clear for our young men and women. W ith their wide knowledge and ability as children of the tw o w orlds they are to tak e an active p art and serve in this strife betw een the E ast and the W est. H alyna L ash chenko who, we are sure, .is sup ported in her opinion by U krain ians all over the world, has sum m ed up their role in one precise statem ent. She says, “U kraine’s young men and women should be the strongest and the best prepar ed ones am ongst all youths of today’s w orld.” a n e v e n in g w it h THE AUTHORS This O ctober U N W LA ’s 64th Branch in New Y ork held an unusually interesting reception in order to introduce four U krainian women authors to an enthusiastic public. The highly cultured “Get acquainted” program included an excellent lecture on the role of women authors in U krainian liter ature—be a well—known literary critic A lexandra Z h y w o tk o , well- rendered recitations of prose and poetry excerpts, and finally, the actual presentation of D aria Y a ro- sla w sk a , a novelist, and N atalia C holodna, Irena S h u varsk a, and Lesia G hraplyva, poets, to the audience. R efreshm ents and in form al discussion followed the of ficial program . The m eeting has justified its purpose since contact was established betw een th e au thor and the reader. U K R A IN IA N G O L D C R O SS H O L D S C O N F E R E N C E U krainian Gold Cross held its Conference this year during the L abor D ay week-end, A ugust 30 and 31, and Septem ber 1 on the prem ises of th eir sum m er resort at L eh ig h to n . As result the seat of the Board was transferred from New Y ork to D etroit. M rs. M aria K w itkovska of D etroit was elected as the new president of the organization. UKRAINIAN WOMAN
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