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P R E S E R V IN G OUR H E R IT A G E Headquarters News (C o n tin u ed fro m page 27) hav e fo u n d th e ir w ay to th is side o f th e Iro n C u rtain . A ll n a tio n a l itie s p re se rv e th e ir c u ltu ra l ach iev em en ts, ta k e p rid e in th e m , an d u tilize th e m in th e u p bringing- of th e ir ch ild ren . T he M o th erlan d is th e p rim a c y donor of c u ltu ra l tre a s u re s b u t th e U k ra in ia n im m ig ra n t h a s th e o b lig a tio n to add to th e tre a s u re an d especially to collect an d p re serv e th o se tre a s u re s w h ich th e enem y seeks to o b lite ra te in th e hom eland. T he U k ra in ia n P re s s h a s p u b lish ed m a n y a rtic le s callin g fo r th e e sta b lish m e n t of arch iv e s, m u seu m s an d lib ra rie s fo r th e collection and p re se rv a tio n of d o cum ents, w ritin g s, r a r e books, etc., in o rd er t h a t th e s e th in g s m ay be av ailab le to ed u cato rs, s tu d e n ts an d o th e r in te re s te d people. T h e ab sen ce of u n d e r sta n d in g of th e im m en se im p o r ta n c e of th is m a tte r is p lain ly ev id en t. A lth o u g h w e h a v e v a ri ous c o o rd in a tin g c e n te rs fo r cul tu ra l m a tte rs , th in g s a re a t a sta n d still w hile v alu ab le m a te ria ls a re b ein g lo st fo re v e r. Som e le tte rs , w ritin g s, etc., of p a s t a u th o rs, a r tis ts o r o u t sta n d in g fig u re s can be fo u n d in a few in te lle c tu a l S ocieties. T he collections t h a t e x ist a re n o t p ro cessed an d a re d e te rio ra tin g th ro u g h lack of co n se rv a tism . T he few d ed icated people w ho lab o r a t th e ta s k o f p re se rv in g th e c u ltu ra l h e rita g e do n o t h av e th e su p p o rt o f th e g e n e ra l p u b lic. T he m a jo r m u seu m s o f A m erica, especially in N ew Y ork, h av e exam ples o f th e c u l tu re s of th e w hole w orld, w ith th e ex cep tio n o f U k ra in e . T h is fa c t alone should stim u la te w ith in u s th e d esire to show th e w orld o u r c u ltu ra l h e rita g e in all its asp ects. T h e U k ra in ia n N a tio n a l W om en ’s L eag u e o f A m e ric a h a s fo r m a n y y e a rs been p re se rv in g an d ad d in g to a collection o f n a tio n al fo lk a rts . T h ro u g h th e su p p o rt of its ow n m e m b e rs an d s ta te com m issions, a p ro fe ssio n al p erso n is now p ro c e ssin g th e M rs. O k san a H rabow ych, a p ro fessio n al e th n o g ra p h , w ork ed in th e U N W L A F o lk A r t M u seum d u rin g th e m o n th s of Ju n e th ro u g h S ep tem b er. M rs. H ra b o w ych, w ho is a special s tu d e n t in F o lk lo re an d A n th ro p o lo g y a t H a rv a rd U n iv e rsity , h a s a p u b licatio n ab o u t w edding ritu a ls in th e L em ko reg io n , to h e r c red it. H e r w ork a t th e M useum co n siste d of stu d y in g an d cata lo g in g th e M u seu m ’s collection. S lava Gerulak, A r t C h a irm a n In p re p a ra tio n fo r o rg an iz in g D ay C are C en ters fo r p re-sch o o l e rs an im p o rta n t ste p is a census of all ch ild ren of pre-school age in a g iven com m unit. In fo rm a tio n fo r su ch a census m ay be o b tain ed fro m local p a ris h re g is te rs . T he n e x t ste p is th e in itia tio n of a cam p aig n am o n g th e p a re n ts to en co u rag e th e m to send th e ir y o u n g ste rs to U k ra in ian n u rs e ry schools w h ere th e y can le a rn th e U k ra in ia n la n g u ag e, U k ra in ia n p ra y e rs an d songs. Olena K ly m y sh y n , E d u c a tio n a l C h airm an T he U N W L A H e a d q u a rte rs h a s s ta rte d its cam p aig n fo r s tu d e n t sc h o la rsh ip s in B razil. Its e n tire collection. W e ex p ect t h a t upon th e com pletion of th e r e d e c o ra tin g o f th e U k ra in ia n In s titu te o f A m erica, th e M useum w ill once a g a in be open to th e public. H ow ever, F o lk A r t should n o t be th e only exam ple of U k ra in ia n c u ltu re on d isp lay in th is city, th e c u ltu ra l c e n te r of th e U n ite d S ta te s. O ur tim e s call fo r th e e s ta b lish m e n t o f a c e n tra l U k ra in ia n m u seu m an d arch iv es. T h is c an n o t b e acco m p lish ed th ro u g h th e e ffo rts o f in d iv id u als o r an y one o rg a n iz a tion. I t is a m a tte r f o r all of th e U k ra in ia n people an d a s su ch should be u n d e rta k e n th ro u g h th e activ e p a rtic ip a tio n o f all w ho hold d e a r th e ir U k ra in ia n c u ltu ra l h e rita g e . I. R. aim із to en co u rag e n o t only U N W L A B ran ch es, b u t in d iv id ual fam ilies as w ell to h elp som e U k ra in ia n B razilian g irls achieve th e ir a m b itio n s o f becom ing school te a c h e rs or d e n tists. H ig h school sc h o larsh ip s a re av ailab le in th e a m o u n t of $150 a n n u a lly p e r stu d e n t, w hile u n iv e rsity sc h o la rsh ip s a re $200.00 each. F o r f u r th e r in fo rm a tio n an d ap licatio n s p lease w rite to U N W L A H om e O ffice. Mrs. T heodosia S avyck a, W elfare C h airm an BOOK R E V IE W O ksana L u k aszew ych Polon: “M aghreb al A k sa, T he F ar S un s e t .” V erses of p o etry , g ra p h ic a lly illu s tra te d by th e a u th o r, fo rm a p erso n al ex p ressio n of com p assio n fo r th e people of M oroc co. “In w a n d e rin g th ro u g h o u t th is leg e n d a ry A ra b c o u n try k now n long ago as th e f a r su n se t, an d in u n co v erin g th e m a n y m y s te rie s of th e p a st, I w as b e tte r able to co m p reh en d th e d e p th of th e h u m a n sp irit, an d p e rh a p s so m e th in g of th e soul of m a n .” P u b lish ed by o ffse t lith o g ra ph y , size: 2 7 2 /2 2 0 m m . P o e try an d illu stra tio n s b y O k san a L u- kaszew ycz Polon. C over d esig n and illu stra tio n , book fo rm a t an d e d itin g by L av ro Polon. P rin te d b y T illm an P re ss, P e n n Y an, N ew Y ork. C o p y rig h t 1971. CORRECTION In th e n o tice a b o u t th e A n n u al B o ard M eetin g of U N W L A in th e S ep tem b er, 1972 issu e of OUR L IF E (p. 28) th e s ta te m e n t of M rs. O sypa H rab o w en - sk a, V ice P re sid e n t, w as u n in te n tio n a lly o m itted . In h e r s ta te m e n t M rs. H ra b o w e n sk a g av e th e c h a re c te ristic s o f o u r fin a n cial policy. W e apologize fo r th e om ission. A leader does n o t s a y “ Get g o in g !” In stead , a lead er s a y s “L e t’s g o ! ” and lead s th e w ay. 28 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЖОВТЕНЬ, 1972 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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