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ША ШШ жтТТЖ IN FEBRUARY ............. February — a month of cold, snowy storms, as if nature itself fought with w inter to give way to spring, with its warm breezes. Spring is still a way off, but there is a spark of hope, of yearning ...... In February we com m em orate the tragic passing of two great Ukrainian women-heroines, Olha Basarab in 1924 in Lwiw and Olena Teliha in 1942 in Kiev. Both gave their lives in a struggle for the freedom of Ukraine. Honoring their memory, we should also remember all the countless others, who have gone the same path before and since — others like them who sacrificed their lives for the highest ideal. LANGUAGE LEARNING IN CHILDREN. In an article dealing w ith language ability in childhood, Vera Andrushkiw states that youngsters can learn several languages at a time. She bases her state ment on the scientific research of Dr. W ilder Penfield, surgeon, and Dr. Lomar Roberts, neurologist, published in their book "Speech and Brain Mechanism". The doctors claim that from the physiological point, the human brain is most susceptible to retaining different languages in early childhood. At this point of development, according to the researchers, the brain is elastic and its cells can easily retain particular accents and sounds. From the psychological aspect, a child w ill learn quickly, be cause it needs to respond to the en vironm ent and to make its need known. A child w ill im itate its teacher — in most cases its m other — and w ill re spond to the teacher in the language spoken. It remains with the teacher to be loquacious and consistent and the pupil w ill respond adm irably. However, if the teacher, states Ms. Andrushkiw, begins to speak in tw o languages, the child will follow the line of least resistance and will pick up the most popular language (i.e.., the language the child hears most). For us, Ukrainians, Vera Andrushkiw recommends that we teach our children the Ukrainian language first. Let it be come a habit, she says, so that the child becomes accustomed to the fact that this is the language spoken at home. She also advises reading to the child or using recordings to tell stories in the U krain ian language. O ther members of the fam ily — grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins — the church and organizations can all contribute and help the child re tain his native tongue. We, as parents, should strive to enrich the childs perspective with Ukrainian language through discussions of pertinent topics other than the everyday — hand to mouth — necessary expressions. We should remember, states Ms. Andrushkiw, that language is one of the most im portant factors contributing to the cultivation of national identity, and the home is the starting base. OUR COVER O ur cover this month features the sculpture of Mitrala Kardynalowsky, titled "Flam e" The creative process of this work is as follows, according to the artist: the idea is born in the mind and assumes shape on paper first. It is then transferred to wax, the artist m oulding it with fingers, knife or heated implements. The result is a work of art alm ost true to its concieved form. The lost wax process is an old method of making sculptures. A clay model is covered with wax which is molded to the clay features. It in turn is covered again with clay. The wax portion is allowed openings at top and bottom. The model is then placed in the oven where the wax melts and drains, leaving perfectly shaped hard clay form. Melted bronze is then poured into the em pty space, thereby creating a model slightly larger than the original. In th e days o f R e na issan ce, sculptures thus made were surface cleaned o r polished. Today, the surfaces remain intact — rough — showing the touch of the artist. BETWEEN US AND THE TELEPHONE ....... Lubow Kalynowych has found another practice w ithin our circle of morals and mores w hich could stand some open discussion, if not dow nright change. The practice is the presentation of debutantes. In a subtle conversation between young people and their elders, Ms. Kalynowych brings out the fact that even w ith the struggle fo r wom en's lib, young girls are still "presented to society" with the hope of making a "good catch" Why are not young men presented the same way? Another question is — if the criteria for choosing a queen of, say, the press ball, is not physical beauty, but record of com m unity contribution, intellectual ability and talent — why is there never a queen chosen who in unattractive or maimed but extrem ely talented. For that matter, why are not boys chosen kings or princes, of such affairs, if the criteria is not physical beauty. A young man taking part in this con versation answered in such a way that hit the spot immediately, he said that he would never lower him self to take part in such "circus-like cerem onies" nor w ould he burden his wallet with the purchases of special dress for the occasion, How about that!!!! Therefore concludes our wise writer, if we are to ju stly introduce our young people to society, we should do just that — introduce girls and boys and not demean both by using fellows to act as "m annequins" for girls displayed like "d o lls". OUR INTERVIEW OUR LIFE Editor, Ulana Lubovych, held an interview with sculptress and poetess M itrala Kardynalowska. It is un usual fo r an individual to successfully find expression in two artistic forms. M itrala has, and she explains that with her that is the case because not every thing can be expressed in three dim ensions and words are sometimes needed. Sculptures created by M itrala are a small — 15 to 20 inches and extrem ely thought provoking. They are neither real istic nor abstract. M itrala uses the human form sym bolically, w ith ou t definite anotom ical features. In this way she pre sents hum anity in relationship to various questions and situations posed by life. The artist is frequently concerned with tim e as expressed in some of her work (sculpture — The Past is Always Present) and (The Mute Hour). She says that because tim e is part of our existence, it must figure in our real ization of it. Mirtala Kardynalowska is the author of a new lavish book "Thoughts — Forms". Published in 1975, it presents a sculpture on each page and a poem corresponding to it on the opposite page. The theme of the book is — a person space and time. Poems of the artist are closely knit w ith her sculptures. She seeks a higher reality in them. 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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