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O U R L I F E MONTHLY, published by Ukrainian National Womens League of America V ol. X X X . S E P T E M B E R , 1973 N o. 8 $3,000 Donated to the UNWLA Brazilian Scholarship Fund On June 9, 1973, Dr. V olod y- m y r Galan, P re sid en t o f th e U n ited U k rain ian A m erican R e lie f C om m ittee, in form ed Dr. T h eod osia Saw yck a, W elfa re Chairm an o f th e U N W L A , th a t th e U U A R C w a s d o n a tin g $3000 to t h e U N W L A B razilian S ch ol arsh ip Fund. In m a k in g th e annou n cem en t Dr. G alan cited th e trem en d ou s w o rth o f th e U N W L A B razilian A ctio n w h ich en ab les th e ch il dren o f im p overish ed U k rain ian fa m ilie s in B razil t o ob tain an ed u cation and tr a in in g fo r p ro fe ssio n a l and sem i-p r o fessio n a l work. T h e B razilian S ch olarsh ip ac tio n w a s sta r te d in 1969 and to d a te th e U N W L A B ran ch es a s s is t 12 g ir ls. T h is y e a r i t w as decided th a t th e U N W L A had ex ten d ed it s e lf con sid erab ly in th is cam paign and th a t in stea d o f co n tin u in g w ith ind ividu al U N W L A B ran ch sp on sorsh ip o f B razilian sch olarsh ip s, th e w id er U k rain ian C om m unity would be g iv e n an o p p ortu n ity t o p a r tic i p ate. S o fa r , 14 stu d en ts are r e c e iv in g sch olarsh ip fu n d s from U k rain ian sp on sors o u tsid e o f th e U N W L A B ran ch es. In ad d i tio n to th e 26 stu d en ts w h o are b ein g aided fo r th e d uration o f th e ir stu d ie s, o th e r s h a v e been g iv e n lum p su m g ra n ts. T w e n ty -six is a v e r y sm all num ber con sid erin g th e size o f th e U k rain ian popu lation in B r a zil. U N W L A B ran ch es should see k ou t sp on sors fr o m am on g th e ir fr ie n d s and acq u ain tan ces fo r th e s e stu d en ts w h o w ill o th e r w ise be forced to seek m enial work. D r. T h eod osia S a w y ck a can be con tacted fo r fu r th e r in fo rm a tio n . Natalia Polonska-Vasylenko N a ta lia P olon sk a-V asilen k o, a g r e a t h istorian , w a s born in K harkiw in 1884, received h er tr a in in g a t t h e U n iv e r s ity o f S t. V olod ym yr in K iev and in 1916 w a s th e f ir s t w om an to b ecom e a p ro fe sso r a t th e U n i v e r s it y o f K iev. I. F ran k o O E A R T H ! O E a rth , a ll-fe r tile m oth er o f all m ig h t, G rant m e t h e fo r c e th a t in t h y d ep th s m u st live, Only a drop t o str e n g th e n m e t o f ig h t — T h a t fa v o r g iv e ! G rant m e th e w a r m th th a t s e t s th e b r e a st ex ten d in g , M akes p ure t h e fe e lin g s and ren ew s t h e blood, A n d w ak en s fo r m an k in d a lo v e u n en d in g In b ou n d less flood ! G rant m e a th u n d erou s p ow er t o sh a k e m e n ’s sou ls A nd f ill m y u tte ra n ce in a f ie r y fa sh io n , T o burn in ju s tic e w ith t h e tr u t h ’s w h ite coals — G ran t m e t h a t p a ssio n - G ran t m y h an d s s tr e n g th to b reak t h e ch a in s o f m en; M ake m y th o u g h t s k een to sm ite w ith j u s tic e ’ sa b re; L e t m e k eep en d le s sly a t w ork, and th e n D ie a t m y labor! T he sp ecial in te r e s t o f h er e n t ir e p ro fe ssio n a l lif e w a s U k ra in e o f th e P rin ce ly E ra and th e r e -se ttle m e n t, g r o w th and p o litic a l d evelop m en t o f S o u th ern U k ra in e w h ich had b een plundered in th e tim e o f R us- U k rain a. H er in te r e st in K ie v an R us b egan early in h er life. H er f ir s t p ro fe ssio n a l papers w ere w r itte n on th is to p ic in 1910. B efo r e th e F ir s t W orld W ar sh e took p a rt in an archeo lo g ica l d ig led b y V. K hvojko, and com piled a m on u m en tal a t las o f th e a n cien t cu ltu ral r e lics o f R u s U k rain a. In h er r e sea rc h e s and w r itin g s sh e so u g h t to su pp ort th e con cep ts o f U k rain ian h isto r y b ro u g h t fo r th b y A n to n o v y ch and H r u sh e v sk y to co n tra d ict R u ssia n h isto r ia n s w h o con sider and t r e a t K ievan R u s a s th e p r e cu rsor to M u scovian R u ssia . H er resea rc h e s cu lm in ated in a tw o volu m e h isto r y o f U k rain e e m p h a siz in g t h e s e con cep ts (A n to n ovych and H r u s h e v s k y ). A p ro lific w riter, a b ib liograp h y o f h er w ork s covers 12 p rinted p ages. In ad dition to h er p o sitio n as p ro fe sso r o f h isto r y a t th e U n i- НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ВЕРЕСЕНЬ, 1973 25
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