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ON THE COVER An illu stra tio n of Olga M aryschuk's draw ing “ Yaroslavna's Lam ent” appears on this m o n th ’s cover along w ith an excerpt of Taras Shevchenko’s poem of the same title. Olga M aryschuk was born in the United States. She g ra du ated from the C ooper Union School o f A rt and A rch ite ctu re in 1962. In 1971, having received a stipend, she studied fo r over a year at the Kiev State A rt Institute. W hile in Ukraine she also w orked in the studio of Vasil Kassian, a w e ll-kn o w n Ukrainian printm aker. C u rre n tly she w orks fo r the a rch itectura l firm I.M. Pei & Partners. Her own prints have been exhibited in various art shows, in clu d in g one sponsored by the Ukrainian A rtists A ssociation in the USA. Her illustratio ns have appeared in such pu blicatio ns as the USIA magazine America, The Wilson Library Bulletin, and the UNICEF Calendar. She has often illustrated the “ For O ur L ittle O nes” articles in Our Life Magazine. The U krainian A rtists A ssociation is planning an e xh ib it of m onotypes by Olga M aryschuk and photog rap hs by Joseph Boresthyn-Tkacz. The e xh ib it w ill open on Sunday, May 13th at the UAA gallery, located on the 4th flo o r at 136 Second Ave nue in M anhattan. IN PRAISE OF SINGLE OLDER WOMEN In the ’50’s, when we were first becoming acquain ted with the U.S., we used to be struck by the sight of numerous women of indeterminate elderly age, with identical bluish-gray hair and flower-trimmed hats. They were everywhere — alone in the streets and department stores, in large groups attending luncheons in restaurants, at theater matinees or movies. Some times, in addition to the artificial flowers in their hats they would also wear corsages on their lapels. All this evoked a certain amount of surprise and even laughter from those newly arrived in this country. Today, in the ’70’s, you won’t see ladies like this, except perhaps in the small towns of middle America. Is it possible there are no longer any single older women? Of course they’re still around! But now they look totally different: a casual suit, slacks, simple dark hairdo, com plexions bronzed by sun and sports. They still fill the theatre matiness, museums and shops — but also women’s organizations, meetings and equal rights demonstrations. Only now they don’t seem so funny to us anymore. Just the reverse — they evoke a complete under standing. It’s a well-known fact that in the U.S., the aver age life expectancy of women is considerably higher than for men, as a result of which there are thousands of single older women in every town. And of course they try to fill their time in some positive way — by widening their horizons, helping others, political activism. In our community, the proportion of single elderly women is just about as high as the rest of the society, but in many cases their fate and life experiences have been more difficult, often tragic. However, how happy they are that the days have passed when elderly or unmarried aunts had to spend their lives as servant seamstresses with relatives or when grandmothers had to fill their days with embroidering and cooking! This stereotype of the unhappy, bitter, cranky, old single woman has passed forever from our social life. Today, our older women do not lag behind other women in the U.S. They attend all our cultural events, are attentive audiences at lectures, exhibits and courses They are eager to learn, hear something new. They care fully read newspapers and borrow books from libra ries. And they probably maintain the closest ties with loved ones in Ukraine, always ready to help. We see them occupying various positions in our organizations — from “varenyky" ladies to executives in women’s organizations. Perhaps these observations present too rosy a view. One could probably find among one’s acquaintances cases where circumstances are different. But I still can’t erase from my mind the sight of so many familiar smiling, interested women’s faces — women whom I continually meet in every niche of our community life. These are the singles who don’t give into the burden of sadness, self-pity, dangers of city life, physical weakness, but try to lead constructive lives and give something of themselves to others. We salute them all! More power to them! O-KA trans. by A.H.S. “HO W TO W ORK W ITH THE PRESS PR O PERLY" w ill be con tinu ed in the ne xt issue BETW EEN US A N D TELEPHONE BY L. K ALYN O W YC H COLLEGE FOR THE CHILDREN — FINANCIAL CRISIS FOR THE FAMILY The astronomical cost of a college education today and its strain on the family finances are the topic of the conversation this month. Even when the father in the family works, and the mother works part-time, it is bare ly enough to make ends meet — considering the high cost of college and related school expenses. What about scholarships? Apparently, they are not as generous as they were years ago. Today, if a scholar ship amounts to one or 11/2 thousand dollars per year, this is still only one-third of the $6000 per year cost of college. Full scholarships are hard to come by, parti cularly when parents are professionals earning around $33,000 — the median income for a professional family. Usually, a student must be from a lower-income family ($20,000) in order to qualify. Thus, professional families with college-age children are particularly hard hit. Living expenses are higher for professionals. Usually, they are not very handy around the house and must spend a great deal more money then the average on services. Also, they attend a large number of cultural events, subscribe to journals, belong to professional and other organizations, are expected to contribute gene rously to charities. According to 1978 statistics, college students today are most often children of entrepeneurs of various pro fessions, largely the middle class. Some students try to support themselves through school, but many do not do so, thereby causing a great strain on the finances of the family unit. Cont. on p. 32 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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