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OUR LIFE MONTHLY, 'published by Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Vol. XXVIII. OCTOBER, 1971 No. 8 A Word from the Vice President D ear Soyuzanky: I hope y o u ’v e all had p leasan t su m m ers and are read y to fa c e au tu m n and w in ter w ith renew ed vim and vigor. Y our d eleg a te s h a v e o f course reported on th e U N W L A con ven tion , b ut I would like to un derline a fe w item s. F ir st, th e proposed re -o rg a n ized co n stitu tio n w as n ot voted upon so th e origin al co n stitu tio n is still binding. Second, m em bers w ere rem ind ed th a t su b scrip tion to OUR L IF E is supposed to be m an d a tory. T he lack o f E n g lish m a ter ial in th e p a st h a s been resp on sib le fo r th e v er y sm all num ber o f A m erican su b scrib ers. H o w ever th e E n g lish m aterial h as been in creased and th e jou rn al w ill be im proved as to co n ten t and tim e o f pub lication . T h e r e fore, each E n g lish sp eak in g ch ap ter should en cou rage its m em b ers to su bscribe — e sp e cia lly th o se w ho read and under stan d U k rain ian . P erh ap s tw o or th re e m em b ers can sh a re a su b scrip tion . T h ir d ; several d eleg a te s e x p ressed th e opinion th a t th e U N W L A should o ffic ia lly be a b ilin gu al organ ization . H ow ever, no sp ecific or con crete purpose would be served b y su ch an o f fic ia l stan d . T he organ ization is to all purposes b ilin gu al th ro u g h its a ffilia tio n s w ith A m erican and w orld w om en ’s groups, and th ro u g h its p articip ation a t m an y national, in tern ation al and o th er public re la tio n s fu n ction s. L ack o f k n ow led ge o f th e U k rain ian la n g u a g e does n ot e x clude a p ro sp ectiv e m em ber. A n in te r e st in U k rain e and h er h e r ita g e , an u n d erstan d in g o f th e aim s and purposes o f th e U N W L A and a d esire to p a r tic i p a te in th eir a tta in m e n t, is th e prim e p rereq u isite fo r m em b er ship. A s th e la n g u a g e is an in te g r a l p art o f th e h e r ita g e , its p reserv a tio n is o f p aram ou n t im portance. T he con tin ued a r r e sts o f U k rain ian in tellectu a ls and th e d estru ction o f U k rain ian h is to rical tr ea su res in th e U S S R , and th e d iffic u ltie s fa c in g th e U k rain ian ch u rch v is-a -v is th e V atican and th e S o v ie t U nion h ave stim u la ted and increased th e U k rain ian n a tio n a lism in th e h ea rts o f th e m ajor p ortion o f th e U N W L A m em b ersh ip. T his focu sed th e p a st con ven tion on Olena Teliha: th e problem s o f p rese rv in g th e U k rain ian h erita g e , cu ltu re and la n g u a g e w ith g re a ter in te n sity . W e A m erican s h ave som e d if fic u lty u n d ersta n d in g th is in te n se fe e lin g o f n ation alism . F or too m an y o f us, U k rain ian h e r it a g e m eans th e pysanka, th e E a ste r b ask et, K h r y sto s V os- кгез, th e em broidered square, th e fo lk so n g s and dances, S hevch en ko and L esy a U k rain k a w ith a fe w ad dition al ite m s d ep en din g on our background. T h ose o f us fo r tu n a te en ou gh to h a v e been ta u g h t to read and w r ite U krainian, m a y h a v e a deeper u n d erstan d in g, b u t fo r Oh y e s. I know , w om en should n ot advance W ith sw ord in hand and lig h tn in g in th e blood, W ith m a rtia l ste p and w ith a h u n tm a n ’s glance W ith reso lu tio n th ro u g h b oth fir e and flood. W h y w e are m a n ’s tru e h aven , calm and b righ t, W h ere lik e a sh a tte r e d sh ip you tu rn to re st. T he V irgin , n o t th e L ion, is our l i g h t ; F or te n d ern ess, n ot w ra th , our n am e is b le st. B u t h ard ly fr o m you r fe e b le hand in s tr e s s Slips down you r w eapon to th e fo e m a n ’s f e e t T hen th e fa m ed raven drain our ten d er n e ss — T h a t dem on o f b a ttle and d efea t. A nd th e n our fin g e r s, lo n g and slender, str iv e To rend con ven tion s like old door-drapes worn, T h a t from your h ands you r w eapon s w e m a y rive And sm ite your en em ies w ith proper scorn. B u t w h en th e sp a rk lin g sw ord a t la s t a ss u a g e s In our d eterm in ed g ra sp th is m an lik e sh are, T im e w ill u n fold to u s it s a n cien t p a g es O f love and p assion , te n d er n e ss and care . . . Translated by C. H. Andruseshen and W atson Kirkconnell НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЖОВТЕНЬ, 1971 25
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