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FACTS ABOUT OLGA SHUSTER At the June meeting of Chapter 37 (Detroit, Michigan) our expresident, Olga Shuster, handed over her gavel to the new president, Sophie Anderson, since she was leaving for a missionary teaching assignment in Lima, Peru. Olga Shuster, daughterof one of the founders of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, retired from the Detroit Public School System in June, 1978, after 30 years of teaching. During her first year of re tirement, Olga taught English part time at the Detroit Bible College and did substitute teaching as a remedial reading specialist in the Detroit Public Schools. Her past experience also included teaching in the Phillipines as well as in Germany (American Gl children) in 1951 for3 years. While teaching at the Detroit Bible College, Olga became interested in being a teaching missionary. On August 1, 1979, she flew to Lima, Peru to fill the post of principal at the Penzotti Mission School (elementary) for The Evangelical Alliance Mission of Wheaton, Illinois for a 2-year assignment. Needless to say, our members are very proud of her “We all come to realize one day that a person has to make it on the contents of her own head. You can’t always be running round looking for the definitive book on a subject written by the latest-best-known-soon-to- be-forgotten expert in the field.” A nd who are you, I shot back silently, if n o t the soo n-to-b e-forg otte n-b y-m e ex pe rt in the fie ld o f telephone review ing? “You are, understandably, easily impressed by knowledge and truth as currently manufactured by the opinion factories. When I was young like you, I con formed to the wisdom of my age. Mostly, I did so from conviction. And yet, truth to tell, I did it because I was green and a little afraid to disagree. All those experts arrayed against me — a kid still wet behind her ears — their pens raised, their mouths at the ready, poised to attack me if ever I challenged their hegemony. Being a bright young thing, I learned to quote this expert and that, believing all the while that I was demonstrating the wide-ranging scope of my own knowledge. Moreover, not having lived very long, I could not be sure my opinions would withstand the test of time.” W ell she sho uld w o rry a b o u t being fickle! H a dn’t h e r o p in io n o f m y w riting cha n g e d soon enough? “I must confess that, over the years, only about half of my opinions have remained the same. I lived to see the day that I was wrong. Nevertheless, the important point is that I’im still alive and kicking. I survived. Mean while, a lot of experts have hit the dust.” Here, I co u ld n o t help b u t th in k tha t there was som e truth in the no tion that the g o o d die young. “Expressing my opinion, as a result, is no problem for me. Furthermore, I’ve been around long enough to distinguish the difference between discovery and in achievements and dedicated service and to have had her as president our Chapter 37. By: Sophie Anderson President of Chapter 37 UNWLA vention. I’ve experienced many things that, for you young people, are the future. I have a lot to say on this and many other subjects. But I lack a proper forum and the necessary vocabulary, English being for me a language to be read, not written.” “In summary,” she summarized, “you need what I have and have what I need. So, you see don’t you, that we two could be of assistance to each other. It’s a thought worth entertaining. We could engage each other in a kind of dialogue across the generations.” As I recalled the conversation, the only entertaining part had occurred at the very start and had lasted only the briefest of seconds. As for engaging in a dialogue across the generations, I had not been equal to sustaining a monologue over the telephone wires. My reservations remained unvoiced, for my critic beat me to the draw again. “You’ll have to think this over, I know. We can talk about it later. So glad you agree. Call you again soon.” She rang off. I had been attacked, I decided, without cause or warning. Yet, gradually, as the shock began to wear off, her modest proposal grew more appealing. She had hit some raw nerves, jangled a few live wires. Maybe I did need a challenge such as hers to get me going. And as author of these pieces, I would, after all, have the last word, would I not? So, now, you’ve been introduced to the critic much as she introduced herself to me. My next problem is to find a new title for the column. How would “Views and Views” strike you? Or try this on for size: “Your View or Mine?” Then there is always the option of using "Views from the Generation Gap.”
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