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^UKRAINE AND RUSSIA' PROPAGANDA WITH PICTURES UYL-NA CONGRESS We have strong doubts whether any country can PROGRAM pi The relations between Russia and hold a candle to the Soviet Union in the matter of pro- The program of the Eighth An- Ukraine since 1917, particularly paganda, excepting, perhaps, Nazi Germany. There, ; nual Congress of the Ukrainian the former's misrule of the latter among the Soviets, propaganda has become an art, with Youth's League of North America during that period, are ably out- to be held 'this weekend in Hotel lined in Mikola Sciborsky's book the former ponderous utterances from Marx and Lenin PennsylvaidapNew York Cm^will "Ukraine and Russia" published giving way to stream-lined and far more clever methods, this month by the Organization For include the following events: The Rebirth of Ukraine. Contain- of which the use of pictures is in the forefront. Ukrainian Folk AflK Exhibit, ing about 100 pages and well il- Thus we muse, as we gaze upon one of the products under the direction ^Mildred Mi- lustrated with scenes of the Uk- lanowicz, to be presented August rainian struggle for national in- of such-Soviet propaganda, a large-sized magazine of 31, September 1st axAi 2nd, in dependehce, this book is a welcome excellent photographs entitled /'USSR In Construction," Parlor I and n adjoining the Grand addition to the much too small li- and "Dedicated to the Collective Farms of the Kiev Dis- Ballroom of the Pennsylvania Hotel, brary of works dealing with Uk- New York City, jj l raine in English. trict of tl^Ukrainian^SSR." Saturday, August 81, beginning Artistic pictures of tall wheat stalks swaying in the 8:45 A.M. registration of delegates In the words of its preface, "this and guests will take place in the book should serve to lend weight breeze,-bountiful crops, tractors and other farm machinery ; ijlpnquet Room Foyer of the hotel to Ukraine's claim to freedom by in motion, men and women dancing in the fields to the 10:30 A.M. Formal opening of showing that its struggle is in music of accordians and stringed instruments, vigorous congress in the Banquet Room with' keeping with the highest demo- greetings from John Kosbin, chair- cratic principles of every free na- youth marching through the country roads, smile-wreath- man of the congress committee and tion, ed children going to school—all this leaves upon us one an address of welcome' by Michael' "It also proves that the Ukrain- dominant impression: Ukraine under the Soviets is indeed Piznak, president of the league. ian liberation struggle is based on . This will be followed by election no foreign influences but upon the a paradise. v of, congress chairman, and election desires of the people themselves, What if several million Ukrainians died of starvation or designation of congress sec- that it grew out of their long not so many years ago as a result of the Soviet-fostered re t a ries and committees. servitude under dictatorship and Addresses on Ukrainian-Ameri-1 that it is stronger today than famine there? What if people are reported to be under- can problems will then ensue. Mary ever. nourished and starving in some sections there even to- Ann Herman will speak on "Club' "Finally it traces step by step day? And what if many of them—including those of Programs"; Stephen Shumeyko— - the "deceit, the terror and the de- "Assimilation of Ukrainian-Ameri- nationalization practiced by the Western Ukraine which has been recently occupied by the can Youth"; John Romanition — Soviet regime upon the Ukrainian Reds—are being shot for trying to assert their elementary I "Trend and League Publications"; - people, not to make a "more per- economic, social, and national rights. Roman Lapica — "Distribution of fect union" of men, but to solidify Ukrainian Movement" f Pearl Zore- its imperialistic domination of the After all, pictures don't lie. na—"Leadership and Our Youth"; richest territory in Europe." Not much! Ill Lt. David Chmelyk—"Careers for Mykola Sciborsky, the preface Youth in U.S. Military Service."; states, is a journalist who served Dimitri Horbaychuk—"Youth Par- ticipation in Ukrainian National^ as captain in the Russian Cavalry HOW TO BECOME A GREAT WRITER r during the first part of the World Moveme^l890-1940^ These ad- War. Later he joined the Ukrain- Recently an ambitious acquaintance of ours asked us dresses will be followed by a gen-. ian Army of Otaman Simon Pet- whether we could give him some good advice on how to eral discussion om them. lura to fight'under the flag of the ' become a great writer. mh The time between 1:30 and 2:30 Ukrainian National Republic. Fol- P.M. Saturday has been set aalAlfJli lowing the defeat of the Ukrainian For a moment we were stumped. Then, Happily, we for lunch. The afternoon session forces after three years of struggle recalled what Sinclair Lewis had once replied to a similar will resume where the moaning one (1017-192$i;!:ihe went into exile and , question. Said he: left off, and will include reports of has lived abroad, in Poland, Cze- all league officers anpV heads of Jdef - choslovakia and France, ever since. "And as for the recipe for writing, all writing, I partments with discussion and ques? He is the author of the "Agrarian remember no high-flown counsel, but always and only " tions thereon. At, .6 o'cjoc'k the Problem," dealing with Ukrain- Mary Heaton Vorse's gibe, delivered "to a bunch of young the sossioh will be brought to ian agriculture, and other works. close.' and mostly incompetent hopefuls back in 1911. 7:30 that evening will mark the IPj'The art of writing is the art of applying the seat beginning of a Banquet and Dance of the pants to the seat of the chair." " in the Grand Ballroom of Hotel- ENLIST NOW Pennsylvania, featuring brief talks To which we say: by guest speakers, entertainment, - "I sche yak till fill and dance music by Johhny King's Army authorities have been de- Orchestra^^ luged recently with inquiries from Sunday, September L beginning young men between the ages of 21 MEN, WOMEN, HAPPINESS at 4 P;M: the American Common^ and 81 years. Most of these young at the New York World^Fair^ral ? j men want to know if it would benefit Man has failed to find 'happiness because he lives by be the scene of a great Ukrainian^ v- j them to enlist now rather than to deeds, but the woman lip found happiness in the dream American' Youth v Day prpgranx, wait for the passage of the Selec- —writes Dr. C. G. Shaw of New York University,Jin, a featuring presentations ^of Ukraine I tive Service Law. This hjghly im- ian songs, folk dances, costumes portant question was answered to- book published several years ago and through which we and handicraft, and concluded by day, affirmatively, by Colonel L. B. skipped a few days ago, entitled "The Road To Happi- community folk dancing on the Magruder, 2nd Corps Area recruit- nesd." 'mm Green of' the American Common. ing officer. Turn to page 2-for the details of Under Selective Service, Colonel It is man, according to Shaw, who dumbly believes this progranv.'ll^) Magruder points out, no one will that happiness is to be found in possessions, in wealth, Monday, September 2 the ebn- 1 - be able to choose bis place hi the so that he may buy 'the horses he cannot ride and the gress trill reopen at 10:30 AM^J country's defense forces. The yachts he cannot sail." and continue'with unfinished busk young men called to the colors ness from Saturday and then go- may be sent Ijo the Army, Navy But a woman, he writes, finds more pleasure-stuff in to election of league nfflcjllt, new or Marine Corps largely as a mat- in her inner soul. business; add resolutions. ter of chance. Enlistment now, on the other hand, permits the young Perhaps that is so, say we. Yet the fact remainsc , - men not only to pick out, say the as we recently discovered, that women 'control 70 zr :joi Army, the Marine Corps, or the America's wealth, that they constitute nearly 4Sr^ of the enlisted strengibvof the Army'ne-w? -j Navy, but also the branch or arm is approximately 275,000 men, atiS^-l of the service he chooses. corporation stockholders, and that today they are bene- about 100.000 short of the 375,000- ficiaries of of the nation's outstanding life insuranceauthorize. d )by Congress in June. 3 For instance, in applying for en- 807c Cfcyiously.in this expansion of the listment with the Army, the young Say, fellows, there must be something In this " 'inner Aimy litseU there will be many man can select duty with the In- soul" stuff! Let's try it. opportunities for promotion to the FNNRRV ITIPLH ARTFLTERV TONLR fVirna noncomissioned grades for even Anitiijr, nr it^ivi Aiuiicjr, j.aun VA,ipa, those now I Air Service, Engineers, Medical or to serve, and if he enlists for a Selective Service bill is enacted, The 2nd Corp-jotaiatfSms Area recruiting^ any other of the branches of the three-year period he may select and 400,000 or 800,000 men are oflicer, wh( wi 1 tex 11 Inipijsli 111 Ih^the ! servupJI service in either Panama, Puerto called into service, it means that states of New Y/ork, Now JersM^J Then further, especially qualified Rico, the Philippines, or the Hawai- the Army will need an additional and Delaware, estimates roughly young men today have the oppor- ian Islands. 100,000 to 200,000 non-coms. The that under Selective Service, the tunity of seeking training as Army "The Army holds out today logical place to look for these' nbn- fflSfc^ of a young man in the age - Flying Cadets and later commis- greater opportunities than ever be- comissioned officers, Colonel Mag- group between 21 and 3^3s l:to j sions as 2nd Lieutenants in the fore,""' Colonel Magmaer emphas- ruder points out out, would be from 5, of being called to the colors. Ha Air Corps Reserve. Incidently, this izes. "Its officer and enlisted per- among tho^ranks of the Regular bases, this approximation on the Army flying training ranks with sonnel must be expanded." Army and the National Guard, as the best in the world. figures now being discussed by In the Army the ration of non- was done in the World War I dur- Congress, a first call of 400.000 The recruit today also may se- ing 1917-1918. men; and another call for 400,000 lect gome particular post or Army commissioned ofllcers-td privates organization with which he desires is about one to four. Thus if the Colonel Magruder adds that the men at the end of six months. ;mM mMM, POLAND AND THE PEACE TREATIESK American-Ukrainian Youth Day Program J (Address delivered by DR. LUKE MYSHUHA at the America-Ukrainian ^^^^-at the ^Amgress at WASHINGTON May 24th, 1940) 'Wffi 01^ AMERICAN COMMON Translated of the mi (Continued) K (6) HI-? ^ NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR -JH Ukrainian Revolutionaries ifl!!! SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1940 jpOLISHjterrorism in Western Ukraine, as manifested by the "pacifica- Commencing 4 P. M. Wmtions," concentration camps, and thousands of such political trials as just described, gradually aroused Ukrainian youth to the point where Under the Auspices of the Wlim they began to retaliate with terrorism.jofz their own. In an attempt . UKRAINIAN YOUTH'S LEAGUE OF NORTH AMERICA to minimize its wide-spread character, the Polish authorities began to charge that this terroristic action was being conducted not op the PROGRAM Hi Ukrainian masses but only by a small group, organized into the UWO M Part 1. (Ukrainska Wiyskova Organizataia—Ukrainian Military Organization) e Sad later the OUN (Organizatsia Uk rainskikh Natsionalistiw—Organi- L Welcome Address, Michael Piznak, President of the Ukrainian Youth zation of Ukrainian Nationalists). ^— At the same time the Poles spread League of North America Nfli propaganda to the effect that this Ukrainian action was actually being H. Greetings from the Fair, Commander A. Flannagan, Vice-President Instigated by "foreign agents." of the New York World's Fair Polish efforts to quell the revolutionary movement reached the DX Ukrainian Contributions to American Life, Stephen Shumeyko, Pro- pbiht where the mere,wearing of patriotic Ukrainian badges: or buttons gram Chairman^^ or of the typical Ukrainian hats known as "Mazepinki" which Ukrainian war invalids made to Support themselves, since the Polish government IV. Cossack Chorus of Philadelphia Stephen Sawchuk, Director refused to give them any support,was enough to brand the wearer of 1. Hey Ne Divuytes '^^K' M. Lysenko-A. Koshetz them as a "revolutionary," subject to severe penalties. 2. Huliav Chumak .. v^SS^^SS^S^mW^' M. Lysenko-A. Koshetz It must be admitted, of course, that attempts were made by young 3.,Oy, Vasiliu, Vasilinio .. A. Kbsh^^ Ukrainians upon the life of Polish presidents, such as Pilsudski and Woj- V. Ukrainian Folk Dancers^r^...... Michael Herman, Director ciechowski, and that such attempts did succeed in several cases, espe- 1. Kolomeyka For Two Couples dally in the case of Minister Bronislaw Pieracki, the instigator of the 2. Katherine From Kherson infamous "pacification." The Ukrainian press then was filled day by 3. Zhuravel 111P day with accounts of the numberless trials of young Ukrainians charged 4. Pletinka (Kozachok Solo) with taking part in the Ukrainian revolutionary movement. Although 5. Kolomeyka Siyanka these young defendants, thousands in number, were really political of- 6. Calisthenics j fenders yet they were treated as ordinary criminals. Even such a Pole as the Sieroszewski, a writer by profession, who had once been exiled by VL Mary Polyniak 'Xmffl^''... ^^^^m^^mr :^^oprano the Tsarist government to Siberia because of his political offenses, 1. Rozviytesha z Vitrom . J. Stepovy stubbornly.fought in the Polish Senate to have these young Ukrainian 2. Ah, fors'e lui, from La Traviata jjjm. G. Verdi political offenders branded as "ordinary criminals." The revolutionary VH. Ukrainian Youth Chorus of N. Y. and N. J. and the Ukrainian Youth acts of these young Ukrainians, it should be borne in mind, were Chorus of Philadelphia, combined, Stephen Marusevich, Director prompted only by desperation, when they saw that all lawful remedies to gain their elementary national rights were being denied to them, 1. Oy, Poslalash Dorizhenka . .J$IIP!^; K.' Stetsenko and, moreover, when they found themselves being subjected to violent persecution merely because of their Ukrainian nationality and feelings. 2. Oy, Choho Ti Pc^prnllo^^^^p^H^ f L. Revutsky To better understand the reasons which prompted them to embark upon a revolutionary career in behalf their enslaved motherland, we 3. Ne Zhurimosha .lfPPifi. - wfa?... M. O. Hayvoronsky quote the words of one such young defendant, Osip Maschak, uttered VHL Ukrainian Folk Dancers fan court during his trial in Lviw in 1936: 1. Hrechanyky ^^^S "The chief purpose of my life is to serve Ukraine, For me Ukraine 2. Kozachok Solo Is so great and holy that not only to live but even to die for her is ?MlSchupak mot enough fffpi fiff! pl$ 4. Wide Hopak Volodimir Yaniw, another such young defendant, had this to 5. Kolomeyka Nape red DC Girls' Chorus of the N.Y.-N.J. and Philadelphia groups "My acts.were prompted by a great faith, primarily a faith in the 1. Ne Zhurit Mia Maty ... S. Marusevich 2. Sadok Vyshneviy M. O. Hayvoronsky Ukrainian nation and Jo its right to free and independent life.. i^^v 3. Vidala Mene Moya Mat ink a M. O. Hayvoronsky lllf, While dF^young editor, YarosJaxr Stetsko, charged by the Polish prosecutor with being a bad influence on youth, testified as follows: Part 2. /X. Ukrainian Folk Fashion Show Mary Ann Herman, Director "... in all my work I constantly advanced, the thesis that Ukraine should become" an idealistic, moral and cultural centre of the strivings XL Anne Trocianecky '^^^m^M0-.. Soprano of other enaJStyed nationalities. Ukraine ought to be the ideological and moral leader ,m their struggle for treedora. Considering the role of the 1. Oy, Kozache Miy Wm ... M. O.-Hayydlwn^^l entire Ukrainian people, I stressed the^need for their unity: Ideological, 2. Waltz Song from La' Boheme Puccini. psychollgical and moral, as well as tbe unity of their political strivings. Can this be regarded as poisoning the minds of Ukrainian society and XH. Cossack Chorus of Philadelphia 1. Chervona Kalina^^^p M. O. Hayvoronsky Poland thought that by such trials, imprisonments, and death sen- 2. Oy, Viyikhav Kozak A. Koshetz tences she would be able to quell the spirit of revolutionary Ukrainian youth. Nothing, however, even the crudest persecution and punish- 3. Oy, Lopnuw ObruchS..... tp G. Davidbwsky ment could quell that spirit. When, for example, Stephen Bandera and XDX Ukrainian Folk Dancers Mikola Lebid, heard their sentences of death at the conclusion of the 1. Kozachok of Podolia Warsaw trials of 1936, they both exclaimed: "Long Live Ukraine!" 2. Hrechanyky for Eight 3. Kozachok in a square As could be expected, among these young Ukrainian revolutionaries 4. Tchumak of the Steppes there were many who were there because their parents were extremely 5. Honeyfyeeter IPlp land-poor and who therefore found it impossible to eke out even a bare 6. Arkan existence. This was a result of the policy of the Polish government XIV. Ukrainian Youth Chorus of N. Y. and N. J., Stephen Marusevich, which made it well-nigh impossible for them to acquire or hold land. Director This higWy-discriminatory policy against the Ukrainians was no secret 1. Pokayaniya A. L^^edel and it had the open and active support of leading Polish organizations. 2. Yak Ne Zheniysha wt M; Leontovich During the parcelization of large estates in 1937, for instance, the fol- . 3. Chuyesh Brsi^' Miy v. Marusevich lowing Polish organizations urged in a joint declaration "not allow the .'$p.v... ^^^^r' Ukrainians to buy any land: the Lyiw Scientific Society, the Polish XV. Michael Melnyk Dramatic Tenor Historical Society, the Literary-Art Society, the Malopolski Milk Asso- 1. Oy, Hlaniu Ya, Podivliusha '. M. Voloshyn elation, the Archdiocesan Circle of Rev. Prefects, and the CathoUc Women 2. Vesti la Giuba, Aria from Paggliaci Leoncovalo Congregation; it is worth noting here, too, that at the head of tbe Joint Committee For Mutual Understanding, which had as its slogan, XVI. Ukrainian Folk Dancers "Not an Inch of Land for the Ukrainians, was General Tokarzewski, 1. Running Hopak head of the Lviw Army Corps.(i^^ 2. Zaporozhian Sword Dance 3. Hrechanyky with Variations Under such conditions it is no wonder that the revolutionary spirit 4. Hutzulochka I of the Ukrainian people urnier Polish risrule produced such young men 5. Kolomeyka Forward as Vasile Bilas and Evhen Danylishyn, who were hunglnLviw on'the XVBX Ukrainian Youth Chorus of New York and New Jersey and the eve of the Christmas holidays in 1932 (December 23), for having staged Ukrainian Yo"uth Chorus of Philadelphia combined an armed attack on the post office in Horodok, which they did in pur- 1. Shumyt Hudyt Dibrovonka M. O. Hayvoronsky suance of an order they received from their revolutionary organization. 2. Zhala Ulianka .. 1 W. Stupnitsky A vivid account of their, trial and sentence of death appeared in the 3a Shevchenkovi K. Stetsenko New York Times (December 23, 1932): /ftp M Sche Ne Vmerla Ukraina Ukrainian national anthem lgllp The defendants behaved with great dignity and courage to court, "Danylishyn, an intelligent man, kept silent most of the time, STAR SPANGLED BANNER speaking only" a few words to defense of his friend Bilas. Parts. "In his last words Danylishyn said he regretted he would not' be Ifjp^: Community Folk Dancing on the Green of the American Common able to continue Us work for 'mother Ukraine.' Led by Michael Herman. "Bilas called himself a peasant revolutionary who wanted to show that the Ukrainian country folk were more than ready to rise against Piano Accompaniment ... Vera. Stetkewicz Polish oppression. Groups participating to the dance numbers: "The defense counsel was composed of the best Ukrainian lawyers, Dance Ukraine, Walter Rybka, Leader; Ukrainian Dancers Club, Michael who appealed to the court's sense of justice and love of national free- Hyra, Leader; Ukrainian Dancers Club of Elizabeth, N. J., Michael Her- dom of the Poles, who the lawyers said, had always fought I for their man, Director; Ukrainian Dance Club of Jersey City, Ukrainian Folk independence with revolutionary means. The gallows should? not stand Dance Circle of New York,'Nicholas Tomchuk, Leader; Ukrainian Danc- between the Polish and Ukrainian nations!' one lawyer exclaimed..." ^Ifhg Studio of New York City, Henry Stelmachuk, Leader; Ukrainian 11111 Nevertheless, Bilas and Danylishyn. were hung. Dancing Studio of New York and Passaic, Ivan Zablotsky, Director. Dance Music furnished by Jdseph Snihur's Orchestra, jj (To be continued) Iftg UKRAINIAN INFLUENCES UPON ^^ttWUSCOVITE CULTURf^P (From Prof. Ivan Ohienko's "History of"iUkrain- ian Culture," translated by Stepan Davidovich of London) n ' — Igf (i) T^HERE were numerous impediments which. barred cultural development in Muscovy—as Russia was known several centuries ago. There were few schools then and education was viewed suspiciously as the product of the devil. Hen- nady, the Archbishop of Novgorod, complained thus about the illiteracy in Moscow towards the end of the 1.5th century^"They^ring to mpfp^ mouzhik (peasant) to be ordained; I ask him to read one of the epistles but he cannot take a step; I give him the psalter and it is not better. I drive him out and the people corn- plain of me. It is the soil they say—we cannot find people who can make headway with writ- ing... they bow to me and plead, 'Have mercy Gospodin, please teach us.' I ask him to repeat the 'Ektenii' but he cannot repeat a word. You tell him one thing and he tells you another. I ask him to learn the alphabet but he sits for a while and then runs away."' During the 16th century there were many complaints about the low standard of learning in Moscow. Among the resolutions of the Stog- lavovy Sobor of 1551 was one which stressed that those people who are ordained to priest- hood should at least be able to read. Although the Sobor hoped that this might be possible they knew it was not likely. "We learn from our fathers'and sometimes from our masters and we have no other place to study; our fathers and masters teach us only what they know themselves. But the fathers and the masters themselves know very little and they have no school where they might learn." jj This state of affairs lasted for a long time. The Muscovites continued to argue as to whe- ther their singing should be "Gospodi Pomiluy" "Oh Gospodi Pomiluy," whether Allelua should be sung twice or three times, whether the pro- cession around the church should proceed from left to right or from right to left, and whether the name Jesus should be written 'Isus' or Tysus.' Even in the 17th century education was re- garded in Muscovy as a thing "born of the THE SAME PERSON . devil; the eternal enemy of the human race." 30 YEARS LATER Western culture and education were shunned.

According to the Russian proverb, "those who ,By John have studied Latin have strayed from the path -Nil! Rosolowicz ("Rosol") of righteousness."' REPRINTEDjJFROM U. N. A JUBILEE BOOK An incident which happened in 1660 will givt some indication of the cultural situation in Mos cow.' The Boyar, Ordin-Naschokin, had a son named Voin. He was an intelligent lad and the ploiting their people and there was.no court to was far behind the clergy of Kiev and that in . captive Poles who were his tutors instilled in which the population could appeal.'" Great Russia there was only1 a 'disgusting coarser him-A love for. Western culture. When in 1660 jiflPFor a long time Moscow would not' admit ness, a" most dreadful spectacle.' the Tsar sent young Naschokin into Livonia he her shortcomings in the field of education," "There were no men who could direct the escaped abroad. In those days that was vir- writes Academician A. Piupin." A real school education of the priesthood, organize schools,, ^tually an act of treason. His poor father was was then unknown in Moscow." In 1640 Petro control the work of educational institutions. desperate and awaited a death sentence but Mohyla, the Metropolitan of Kiev, wrote to Tsar That was why, in his effort to raise the cultural Tsar Alexei forgave the father and advised him Mykhailo Fedorovich that it would be advisable level, he was forced to seek the assistance of in a letter: "It has been made known to Us to organize some educational facilities in Mus the scholars of Kiev." 1 , that due to his ignorance your son is now in covy and that if it would please the Tsar he And in the opinion of A. Piupin: "The science Danzig and has caused you, his father, severe would send him some teachers. But the Tsar and literature which had developed in Western paid, which has been inflicted upon you by the paid no attention to this offer." Rus and in Kiev was that element which toward Satan himself who with the aid of all the dark In the year 1645 the Greek Metropolitan the end of the 16th, -and specially during the diabolical forces separated you from your son. Theofan visited Moscow. He advised the "Tsar 17th century, influenced and finally took con- We are not surprised that your son has strayed; to organize a school and to invite a Greek trol of Muscovite education. But, as time went this was due to his light-heartedness. Being a teacher to lecture on philosophy and theology, on contact with the South-West became more young, man' he wants to see the works of God He even sent to Tsar Alexei the Archmandrite indispensable to Moscow; there were not enough on this earth." Alexei issued this order to Nas- Benedict, a very learned man, with whom the scholars at home and Moscow had to call upon chokin: "Your son is to be seized without delay, Metropolitan himself studied for Jar time. He the Kievans to carry on the educational work. . and brought to you for which you will pay five,: wrote to the. Tsar about Benedict and advised Toward the middle of the 17th century they six "^Sr" even ten thousand roubles. If that 'is ' began,to Understand in Moscow that the busi- impossible, he should be done away with there, him to permit the Archmandrite to organize a ness of books requires real scholars: there were providing it is agreeable to Naschokin." I school in Moscow. In his interview in Moscow, Be- none at home so they had to be brought from nedict referred to himself as a teacher and a theo Kiev. In all of Russia there was only one printing logian. This angered the ecclesiastic circles in Mos- house. It was in Moscow, and it published only cow and he received the following reply: "Gifts religious books/ Cultured people found it diffi- are dispensed by God himself and no one has N. Kostomariv, A Social History of R ussia 1888. cult to live in Moscow. The traveller Maxim the right to call himself a teacher andatheologian. 3rd ed. p. 329. Hrek, a man with a good Western education, Such praise can be received only from the lips soon found himself in Moscow jail where he of others. St. Paul' the greatest of all apostles Stoglav, Section 25, remained for twenty years. It is not surprising considered himself the lowest of all and it is P. Morozov, Theofan ProkOpovich, 1880. p. 4.9. that out of the thirty young men whom Boris the height of impertinence for anyone to refer Ibidem p. 34. Goudnov sent abroad to study only one re- to himself as a teacher, and a theologian in the turned.' presence of theV Patriarch.^' Needless to say Si Soloviv, History of Russia 1861. Vol. XL Toward the end of the 17th century (1698) Benedict was not received in Moscow. -Peter I complained to the Patriarch that "Rus- In one manuscript dated 1643, we read the A; Piupin, History of Rusian Literature, 1902. sian priests should be sent to school in Kiev be- following: "And if you are asked do you know 24ad" ed/Vol. III. p.' a$$Jfi318. cause they know very little of reading and philosophy, you should reply: T hSfstnever fol- Ikwaisky, A History of Russia, Moscow 1890. writing.'1 lllfl lowed Hellenic thought, I have not studied rhc- 'Social life in Moscow stiffened numerous re- toric, and I have not been among wise Philo- 8 P. Morozov, opus citatus p. 61. straints. The upper gentry and the courtiers sophers; I only studied the books of'the Divine Law in order to cleanse my soul of sin.'" 9. $ffjpf. S..^rJ'movsky, jjjfie Archivesfjof South- were literally the servants of the Tsar. Refu- Western Russia, No. 1. Vol. V. p. 16. Kiev l87jyp gees who escaped from the wrath of an angry Concerning Muscovite life the Academician Tsar into Ukraine told stories of their life and Piupin says that it was saturated witnp'religi- 10. Ibidem p. 17. wondered at the relative freedom of Ukrainian ous fanaticism, hostility, to education, stagna- it. A. Piupin, A History of Russian Literature, Vol. gentry. "It is" no wonder then," says Prof. Ter- tion and a reversion to primitive existences." u 11. p. 260. novsky, "that Southern Orthodox gentry were often leaders of armies advancing against Mus- There is no doubt that in those days and up 12. Ibidem p. 314. covite Tsardom; Prince Ostrozhsky displayed a to the 19th century Ukrainian culture was far 13. Ibidem p, 260. great deal of energy in his fight with Moscow superior to anything in Muscovy. The best schol- 14. Ibidem p/ 261. and he passed his hate for Moscow to his son."! ars who have studied this questibjoghave long ago come to; the same conclusidhr -Among them Ibidem p. 380. Whereas in Ukraine the various districts I can mention the Academician?'Piupin, Prof. n P. Morozov. Theofintprokopovich, 1880^/61. were self-governing, in Muscovy the cities were Arkhangelsky, Prof. Morozov, IthV Academician 16. governed by a Voevoda appointed by the Tsar Perets, and Prof. Petrov. Let me quote jffipiPj H Piuphi^tfstory of Rusiaijlpterature, ind ed. in compensation for services rendered. These dition the opinion of Prof. MorozovM'Peter saw 1902^^^11. pp;:^PI^i4, 298. Voevodas were concerned primarily with ex- that in point.of education the^liluscovite clergy MWJ^^M^0 IS continued.) UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1940 No. 35 ill HAVE INSURANCE... POE AND WOOL A LTHOUGH little realized, there Poe endowed with an anemic, THE 1N. A. SPORTLIGHT are number of qualities which moribund beauty his Lenores, his XJOW familiar to the young U.- Edgar Allan Poe, the famed Ameri- Annabel Lee and Ulalieme, his Lady . N. A. organizer or branch sec- can writer, and Nicholas Gogol, the Madelain, and Berenice, and nearly WILKES-BARRE BEATS OLYPHANT perhaps even more famed Russian TO TAKE PA DISTRICT TITLE retary are the 'words, 'Mreally am all the women that flicker in the S i interested in vour lodge anjjftwhat Writer of Ukrainian descent, had "quagmire phosphorence" of Poe's The Wilkes-Barre Ukrainian National it is doing, but can't I join without in common. These similarities as world. Not in a single instance did Association Baseball Team defeated the taking out the insurance ?" With well as certain differences were the he draw a normal flesh and blood )lyphant team, 15 to 8, on Aug. 25th, only one glimmer hope remain- subject of an article which appeared woman, Professor Koun exclaims. to take the Pennsylvania District ing we answiro^..'"y^e'U:' no.t^M^ severallyears ago in the London- "Less rectilinel is Gogol's treat- Championship, reports John Zwarycz. very well... but; why don't you. published "Slavonic and East Eu- ment of women," Kaun continues. Both teams were tied for 1st place, ropean Review," written by-Prof. ach having 9 wins and 1 loss. The take the cheapest one," and we go "As long as he satirizes them, or deciding game was played at Bogg to great lengths explaining the Alexander A. Kaun of the Univer- good naturally chuckles over their Athletic Park, Plains, Pa. seemingly difficult subject of life sity of California. foibles, he remains the master Wilkes-Barre won the district title insurance with its confusing terms Though ruthless and somewhat portraitist. His shrews and gossips, in 1938, and also took the Eastern of "cash reserve," "extended insur- overdrawn, Prof. Kaun's compar- his rustic wenches and provincial Championship. The team repeated this ance," "paid-up policy" and others. ison between these two great writ- coquettes are as tridimensially alive performance in 1939. "On Sept. 8th, ere is an interesting study, espe- as hut squires and clerks, as his Wilkes-Barre will play Millville, N. .(.. Yet there is nd mystery about cially of their idiosyncracies, which Cossacks and burghers. It is when for the Eastern Championship. If. life insurance. Just as a bank at times bordered on the abnormal he attempts a positive, beautiful Wilkes-Barre Is victorious, it will be charges a certain rate of' interest the 3rd consecutive time that the and the pathological. woman portrait that Gogol invari- team took top honors. Millville, Me- for the use of money which it lends Both Poe and Gogol (Hohol—in ably loses his realistic stroke and to borrowers, the insurance com-' tropolitan Division titleholder, will Ukrainian) were, as he points out, blunders. His single attempt of probably put up stiff resistance, how- pany "charges" a certain rate of born the same year, 1809, and both this sort in "Dead Souls," Ellinke, ever. Although the Millville team was premium for the protection, it af- their parents were similar in the is a lifeless, paper heroine. The organized only this year, it won all fords the insured. Looking at it sense that they themselves possess- robust Cossack tale, "Taras Bul- its games with the veteran New York in this light, the prospective in- ed certain peculiar traits of char- ba," is marred by the conventional and Philadelphia teams, which indi- su ranee buyer finds himself in the acter" and nature which distinctly love episode, in. which Andrij is cates that the forthcoming contest on position of comparing the cost of Sept. 8th, Wilkes-Barre at Millville, affected their respective sons. struck by a beauty such as he had will be a battle all the way. one type of policy with that of an- never beheld in all his life, black- other, and eventually the cost of Both Poe and Gogol, further- The Wilkes-Barre-Olyphant contest more, were thwarted in their origin- eyed and with skin as white as turned out to be a slugfest, the wln- one company's insurance policies snow' illumined by the dawning ners getting 15 runs on 13 hits and with those of another. It is the al ambitions, for Poe, born of strug- gling actors, wanted'to be a Vir- flush of the sun.' Black eyes and the losers 8 runs on 10 hits. Oly- purpose of this article to discuss white skin recur in his Ukrainian phant had a 6—2 advantage over the former position as regards our ginia gentleman, while Gogol, born of better-off parents, wanted to be tales, along with similar basical at- Wilkes-Barre after scoring 3 times in own Ukrainian National Associa- tributes of feminine pulchritude. the 3ril. Lucas, 'of Wilkes-Barre was tion, that is, comparisons will be a statesman, with the result that sent to the mound to relieve Sluzar, made between the various types of they both sought escape in writing, Of special interest to Ukrainians starting pitcher, in the 3rd. The 5th certificates offered. whichfjlroved to be their real call- in Kaun's article is the section canto saw Wilkes-Barre stage a 10-run ing. pertaining to Gogol as a historian. uprising during which every man An insurance buyer, whether he "Self-centered and solitary, both Gogol had several times expressed scored. Terry, relieving Czelusniak, be a prospective member of a U. N. of them start out as weavers of hi3 intention of writing a history of Olyphant's starting twirler. couldn't A. branch or a future policyholder their inner dreams... From drab Ukraine, and he is supposed to stem the onslaught. Wilkes-Barre scor- in a large commercial insurance ed twice more in the 6th and once and harsh reality they escape into have accumulated quite a bit of in the 7th, while Olyphant pushed company, must select the proper the fantastic. Yet neither of them material for the writing of it. policy to fit his needs. fi^the case 2 ' runs across in the 8th. Wilkes- remains consistently romantic. On this point, Professor. Kaun Barre's big 5th inning, however, was of the prospect who asked if he Poe's fantasy is tempered with an enough to decide the game. could join the U.N A. lodge with- not only differs but expresses the unceasing power of rationcination, opinion that Gogol was not a his Kuzemka got '4 hits out of 5 trips out taking insurance, the minimum which he uses to make the most torian in the least. In his letters to the plate for Wilkes-Barre. white requirement would be the whole impossible incidents probable. Go- to Pushkin and others, Professor Proch came through with 3 out of 5, life certificate for $500 which would gol's imaginative flights are bridled, Kaun says, Gogol spoke of his plans Including 2 2-baggers, and Hrenenko cost him at age 18 only 71 cents on the one hand, by a sense of "to write a history of the Ukraine hit twice out of 4 tries. Swokia, Ka- per month, or less than 18 cents humor (practically absent lit'Foe), and South Russia, also a universal tulka, and Falkowsky played a good- per week. Obviously, this certificate which rouses in the reader the history, of which unfortunately no defensive game. For Olyphant, Terry,' also fits the needs of those indi- Yankow. P. Mahoncho, and Kllllany comforting suspicion that even in proper specimen exists, not only in each garnered 2 hits, and M. Ma- I viduals who want the maximum the most lugubrious and horrend- Russian but even in Western Eu honcho connected for a double. protection for the smallest outlay. ous scene the author has his tongue rope." Lucas, the winning pitcher, struck Other features which add to its in his cheek. Online other hand.. Somewhat later Gogol wrote, " out 8 batters. desirability are the options of cash Gogol's romantic tendency is even- am composing a history of Little The score by innings: surrender, extended and paid-up in- tually overridden' by his robust Russia, from the beginning to this R H E surance. The certificate holder realism, his sensitive portrayal of day." It will corpprise six small or W.-Barre: 110 0102 100—15 13^ if would also be entitled to dividends contemporary life and society (a four large volumes." Still later he Olyphant: 213 ooo 020— 8 10" 2 at the end bf two years, which, in SOFTBALL IN DETROIT 1 trait'iitterly foreign to Poe)." informed a correspondent fp'I am effect, reduces' further the cost of writing a history of-ijiie Middle membership. If, after listening to An interesting, and introductory The standing of the U.N.A. teams section, of this comparison is de- Ages, which will consist of eight in the Detroit District is as follows: all of^hese points about the whole- voted to showing the unreality:;.^ or nine volumes." Won Lost Pet. life certificate the prospect is still both Poe's and Gogol's women as Yet, Professor Kaun asserts, ac- Mazeppa 2 1 .667 hesitant, the organiser'has the al- conceived in their works. cording to Vale'ry BrusoVjjl'Not a Hamtramck 2 1 .667 ternative df making a final pa- Ukadets 0 3 .000 "The death of a beautiful woman LLFFLLE of these 'works' was found triotic appeal, or else looking else-- among Gogol's papers." On Aug. 4th. Hamtramck defeated where, for some one who really is unquestionalby the most poetic the Detroit Ukadets, 9—2, at Detroit. wants ito take advantage of the topic in the world." This dictum of Gogol died in 1852, three years The winners got 14 hits from oppos- Poe the critic, says Professor Kaun, later than PoewBoth, according to Ing pitcher P. Michalok, A. Kulczycky worthwhile opportunities offered by was consistently practiced by Poe Professor Kaun, died "because they getting 4 for 4 and H. Bendena get- the composer of poems and tales. had lost the will to live." ting 3 for 3. A. Goy. the winning There are three other "types of hurier, allowed 7 hits, including a U.N. A. certificates besides the homer by E." Kizel. B. Terleky and i whore'ufe, we tell the sincerely in- E. Kizel, Ukadets, got 2 for 3. terested listener. There is the the end of the 20 year period the BOTTOMS IT! The score by innings: member, if he wishes to continue R H E "whole life with prennums ceasing The horse and mule live 30 years at age 10 (Class 0)" which costs his protection, must pass a new Hamtramck: ill 030 3—9 14 J only' a few cents more per month medical examination, if he can, and And know nothing' of wines and Ukadets: 000 on 0—2 7 1 than, the first-motioned class, but pay the much higher rate for new . beerppl On Aug. ltth, Hamtramck beat the The goat and sheep at 20 dte'J^p Mazeppa team of Detroit, 8—2. Gay, wittfthe difference that the mem-' insurance at Ins then attained age. the winning twirler, allowed 4 hits. And never taste of Scotch and rye. met'stopsfjfiaying prenminis when' Hamtramck got 8 hits, B. Sharon, he is least able to pay, and con- The wiser course for the young The cow drinks water by the ton who scored twice, getting 2 for 2. tinues to receive protection. If the prospective member who looks at And by 20 is mostly done, The score by innings: protection is not desired, then the insurance only as a savings fund, The dog at 15 cashes in R H member "can withdraw the cash would be to take the Class P.fjprl Without the aid of rum or gin. Mazeppa: 001 000 1—2 4 value which, of course, is slightly even the Gass^W. whole life) HamtramcktM. 131 300 x—8 8 place the difference between the cost The cat in milk and water soaks (more than in whole'life. All other And then in 12 short years it croaks, THE OHIO DISTRICT ^privileges are the same in both. of the two in a savings account. In the event of his death, the family The modest, sober, bone-dry hen In a revised report, Nicholas Bo- A third class of insurance offer- would r^^vi^jp^Mli^^fH^ffi^ Lays eggs for noggs and dies at ten, becako summarizes Ohio District soft- All animals are strictly dry! ball activity as follows: ed, and one which has been found $1000 insurance, the amount saved Cleveland: defeated Akron 18—3 They sinless, live, and then quickly within recent years to be the most in the bank. gpP and 18—4; defeated Rossford 6—2; popular form among U.N.A. mem- Knowing, then, all the facts die; lost to Rossford 2—5; lost to Lorain bers, is the 20 Payment Life, or necessary to the proper selection But sinful, gintul, rum-soaked men 1—2; defeated Lorain on forfeit. Class P. The younger members, of the insurance desired, a pros- Survive for three score years and Rossford: defeated Lorain 11—8; defeated Akron 11—2 and 5—3; lost especially, seem to prefer its raod- pec tive U. N. A. member "should ten.' JIISFEII erate cost as compared with the never find himself in a position to Lorain on forfeit; lost to Cleveland more expensive 20 Year Ehdow- where he realizes he chose the 2-—6; defeated Cleveland 5—2. ment, or Class E certificate. Its wrong class of certificate. Much Lorain: defeated. Akron 13—1 and 17—4; defeatedfCleveland 2—1; lost "paid-up" feature is also attractive. dissatisfaction entailing the chang- REGISTRATION for beginners for to Cleveland on forfeit; lost to Ross- After paying premiums for 20 ing of certificates and even of drop- new classes in Ukrainian Folk Dances ford 8—ll; defeated Rossford on for- years, which generally are almost ping membership could be avoided taught by Michael Herman, will take felt. one-half less than those for the in later years if the organizer or place at the International Institute, Akron: lost to Cleveland 3—18 endowment certificate, the mem- branch secretary made simple in- 341 E. 17th St., New York City, on and 4—18; lost to Rossford 2—it be r ceases further payments, but su ranee facts clear at the begin- WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1940, iuujl;3—5; lost to Lorain 1^13 and remains insured for the rest of ning. This is true not only as re- at 8 P. M. 4—17. his life for the' face amount of the gards our own fraternal organ iza- certificate, retaining, of course, his tion, but of commercial insurance jwiwiRttiiniiaiiHflimKSSMK^ privileges of borrowing against it, companies as well. Those so-call- at the rate of 4 9k interest, or sur- ed "insurance analysis" services of 1 Wltf DOES UKRAINE NGRST^K — READ THR^SWErt IN 1 rendering it for cash. which we hear so much nowadays collect nice fees straightening out I „R E SU R 6 E NT UK HI HE" 1 The 20 Year Endowment certi- problems which' could have been By Dr. GEORGRlsHsCHUR 1 ift flcate, on the Other hand, besides THE TRIDENT, P. O. Bon 13, Ste. MNEW YORK CITY avoided at the signing of the appli- lSe — $1.50 subscription . M being more costly, lacks other ad- cation. coot. vantages had in class'P. It provides only temporary protection, as at STEPHEN KURLAK