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Учні Малої Академії на пластовому таборі в Онтаріо, Канада. В центрі Оксана Закидальська і Юрій Даревич. Students of the Small Academy at a Plast Camp in Ontario, Canada. In the center Oksana Zakydalsky and Jurij Darevych. The Small Academy has won the approval from the city to open branches in other parts of the Lviv county. Today there are branches in Drohobych, Sambir, Cher- vonohrad (Krystonopil in the old days). Many youngs ters come to us now from all corners of the county. The state of our work is familiar to people across the borders of the republic. They visit us from many cit ies, invite us and our students to their part of the world. As of last year it seems, we have entered the interna tional arena. Our president Ihor Yuchnovsky, while on a research related visit to Canada, established contact with the Ukrainian community and invited students from Ukrainian schools to visit us. The Canadians spent three weeks in Lviv. An inter esting article to that effect was written by Oksana Zaky dalsky in “The Ukrainian Weekly” (Sept. 3, 1989). She headed the delegation with Taras Hula. The magazine “Yunak” also printed an article with many photographs about this, written by the students themselves. It was a pleasure to reaffirm that our guests were happy with the trip and received good impressions of the Small Aca demy. The agenda during their visit was varied and full. They studied, met people, went on trips outside of Lviv and enjoyed the theater and other fun-filled events. The youngsters had the opportunity to feel the pulse of national awakening to political life, they had the chance to take part in discussions with in our, so called, Hayde Park, where for some time now our national flag is fly ing, mounted in the place where the Shevchenko me morial will be erected. The Canadians made friends with out school youngsters and students. The good byes was a moving experience. Our guests left with the fervent wish of returning again many times. They said that only here they felt truly Ukrainian. Our students are invited to Canada for August. They are already making preparations for this meeting, for they really want to be the bearers of our national traditions. Oksana Zakydalsky said that people in Ukraine are united by song, for in song is the soul of our nation. We feel fortunate that at this time of national rebirth, Ukraine reverberated with song and music, and gave birth to new, bright talent. An agreement was reached with the Tsopa Paliiv Ukrainian school in Toronto whose principal is Tania Onyshchuk, for mutual multi-year cooperation. In Octo ber of last year she visited Lviv. We would also be happy to establish contact with American Ukrainians and come to a cooperative agreement with a Ukrainian organiza tion, a school or a community. I belive that such interac tion would be beneficial to our children. Not too long ago, at the initiative of our president who continually fought for permission, Plast was offi cially renewed in Lviv. Yuchnovksy headed the govern ing council, while most members of the group were our students. Today they follow the Plast program, and beginning with the new school year each will have a group of eight to ten students. We know that in diaspora Ukrainians preserved and continued to develop the tra ditions of Ukrainian Plast, for which we are grateful, since it will serve as a guideline for us. The Small Academy serves as a rejuvenating source around which many caring people unite, who in the bureaucratic atmosphere attempted to preserve and ignite the spirit of our youth. The Academy was the forerunner of all our now well know unsanctioned or ganizations, which appeared somewhat later. The stu dents of the Small Academy develop character, inde pendence, single mindedness in terms of goals and care about our fate, our culture, language, ecology... We are proud that our students take an active part in the processes of national rebirth, that they are in tune with the times. Among them are the members of the organization “Memorial”: affiliated with RUKH in Lviv, the Lev society, and other non sanctioned groups. Much has changed for the better, but a lot of work still awaits us. The fact that our youth takes part in the ongoing change, gives us, their elders and impetus and strength to work. (translated from Ukrainian)
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