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By Laza Kostic THE OLDEST AND LARGEST SERBIAN НАЈСТАРИЈИ И НАЈВЕЋИ СРПСКИ NEWSPAPER IN AMERICA ЛИСТ У АМЕРИЦИ PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY ИСЛАСИ ДВОНЕДЕЉНО Offcial Organ of ЗВАНИЧНИ ОРГАН SERB NATIONAL FEDERATION СРПСКОГ НАРОДНОГ САВЕЗА VOL., MMVXVI, 16786 www.snfife.org WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2016 AMERICANSRBOBRAN (USPS 023-400) 615 Iron City Drive, Suite 302, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 IT’S NEARLY HERE PITTSBURGH, PA – Final Preparations are Pitt, in room 324. Following, guests are in- military history. underway for Three Day Weekend including vited to tour the historic Nationality Rooms the 100th Serbian Day at Kennywood Park. located on the frst foor of the Cathedral. This is a rare oPPortunity to review the sig- A schedule of events for the weekend includ- nifcance of the Halyard Mission and speak ing Kennywood aPPears on Page 14 of this The Halyard Mission Foundation, a group or- with members of the Foundation. By holding issue. ganized last year to educate and commem- orate this imPortant Piece of American His- this event Friday afternoon, attendees will 3-DAY HALYARD MISSION tory, created the documentary. The movie have Plenty of time to arrive at the boat dock MOVIE SCREENING exPlores the mission from the PersPective of for the 7:00 deParture. In addition to the “regular” activities, the American Serb George Vujnovich, OSS off- 3-Day Committee will host and sPonsor a cer who helPed execute the rescue. IT’S IN THE NUMBERS movie screening of the Halyard Mission to 3 Days. 100th Serbian Day. 7 Folklore kick off the weekend. The documentary re- Lt. Colonel John CaPPello, Daniel Sunter and Ensembles. 9 Bands. 1 Choir and views the mission that rescued 500 Ameri- Bojan Dragicevic from the Foundation will be the Halyard Mission Documentary can Airmen shot down in the former Yugo- Present for a discussion of the documentary. slavia during World War II. CaPPello served as the US Air Force Attache Screening. July 15, 16 and 17 in Pittsburgh. at the US Embassy in Belgrade from 2007- The screening will take Place on Friday July 2010. During this time he visited the famed The Serb National Federation anxiously 15 at 1:30 at the University of Pittsburgh’s airfeld on numerous occasions and realized awaits your arrival for the biggest SNF cele- Cathedral of Learning, the crown jewel of the need to commemorate this Portion of US bration in 15 years. The Basic Principle by Laza Kostic by Milos Rastovic The City Library “Karlo Bjelicki” of Som- bor, Serbia Published a book The Ba- sic Principle (Osnovno nacelo) by Laza Kostic, the most distinguished Serbian Poet, writer, philosoPher, and translator. The English edition of this book was Pub- lished in APril of this year, while the criti- cal edition in the original language (Ser- bian) was published last year, in 2015. Laza Kostic was born in Kovilj, Serbia in 1841. He fnished high school in Novi Sad and Pest (BudaPest), and earned his Ph.D. at the Law School of Pest Uni- versity, Austro-Hungary. He worked as a Professor, journalist, and lawyer, and was later involved in Political life in Ser- Laza Kostic and his love Lenka Dundjerski bia and Austro-Hungary. He was one of the Serbian Reading Room. Dr. Cicovac- are “too serious” i.e., they are so intel- the most educated Serbian writers and lectually engrossed into abstract ideas Polyglots--sPeaking seven languages Laza Kostic, Serbian Poet ki also delivered a lecture “Laza Kostic: and Philosopher (1841 – 1910) Polyglot, CosmoPolitan, PhilosoPher” in and detached from real life, that they (Greek, Latin, English, Russian, Hungar- would not be able to choose between ian, German, and French). According to the Gallery of ContemPorary Arts of the City Museum of Sombor, during the exhi- two equally big piles of hay like Buridan’s many critics, he was the most imPortant This is a fundamental and unique Phi- famous donkey who allegedly starved to fgure in the Serbian romantic poetry. bition dedicated to Laza Kostic “Legacy losophy book in Serbian philosoPhy, and of Laza Kostic Homeland Collection – death1 (12, 14). They are “too serious” be- esthetics. The book was Presented at the cause their thoughts are detached from Dr. Predrag Cicovacki, Professor of Phi- Fine Arts of the City Museum of Sombor.” Serbian Reading Room in Sombor on Oc- their heart. Kostic chooses the heart as losophy at the College of the Holy Cross tober 15, 2015 by Dr. Predrag Cicovacki, the starting point of his philosophy and in Massachusetts, initiated the rePublish- According to Dr. Cicovacki, in the book Dr. Sasa Radojcic, Professor of Philoso- The Basic Principle Kostic is mocking ing of the book The Basic Principle, and phy and Poet, and Vladimir Jerkovic, Di- he translated it into English language. traditional philosoPhers from Ancient rector of the City Library of Sombor and Greece to Kant and Hegel because they continued on page 10 1 “This is the situation of famed Buridan’s Ass, named after philosopher John Buridan (1300-1358): a donkey fnds himself halfway between two equally big and delicious piles of hay. Because he lacks a decisive reason to choose one pile over the other, he cannot decide which one to eat, and eventually starved to death. 10 AMERICAN SRBOBRAN • WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2016 SERBIAN BAR ASSOCIATION GALA PARK RIDGE, IL - On May 7, 2016 The Serbian Bar Association of America had its 24th Scholarship Gala at Park Ridge Country Club in Park Ridge, Illinois. The event included a cocktail hour, silent auction and dinner. The large group of attendees were entertained through- out the evening by Prazna Flasa Orchestra of Milwau- continued from page 1 stead, Kostic wrote a letter to his friend Nikola Tesla, kee. “It was a great evening,” said Ted Potkonjak, mem- Serbian-American scientist and inventor, trying to get ber of the SBAA and SNF Board Member. Poetry, but not mere aPPearances or abstract ideas, him interested in marrying Lenka. Kostic thought that as science and philosophy usually do. Lenka and Tesla would be a good match and that his Sava Vojcanin served as the distinguished Master of strong emotions for Lenka would then go away. How- Ceremonies. The invocation and closing Prayers were Kostic’s book, The Basic Principle, begins with the ever, Tesla was only interested in science and inven- led by V. Rev. Djuro Krosnjar of St. Basil of Ostrog Ser- traditional Philosophical questions: What is the root tions because he dedicated his life to them. On the bian Orthodox Church, Lake Forest, Illinois and V. Rev. of life? Who am I? What am I doing here? How do other hand, Lenka was so in love in Kostic that she Darko SPasojevic of Holy Reserection Serbian Ortho- I stand in this world and how does this world stand wanted to marry him alone. Because Kostic could dox Cathedral, Chicago. to me? Considering such traditional philosoPhical not control his emotions toward Lenka, nor could he questions from Ancient Greek philosoPhy to Kant found any better resolution for their uneasy relation- The Serbian Bar Association has been awarding schol- and Hegel, Kostic found the governing source of the shiP, after four years of struggle he married his for- arshiPs to Serbian-American Law students for almost world and all its things and events in one basic Prin- mer fancé and a woman who waiting for him over a quarter century. In addition to the scholarshiPs be- ciPle – that of “intercrossing.” The inspiration for this two decades, Julija Palanacki. They married in Som- ing awarded, the Association also uses the occa- PrinciPle Kostic found in the Ancient Greek Philoso- bor in 1895, and Sombor became Kostic’s hometown sion to Present honors to two deserving PeoPle each phy, esPecially in Heraclitus. For Heraclitus, the basic for the rest of his life. Two months after his wedding year. The Czar Dusan Award is Presented to an attor- PrinciPle is the unity of oPPosite Powers (day – night, to Julija, Lenka died in Vienna. Although her family ney of Serbian descent honoring him or her for a distin- wet – dry, warm – cold, etc.). In the wake of Hera- guished career in the legal feld. This year’s recipient stated that she died from tyPhus, there were many clitus’ PrinciPle, Kostic determines “intercrossing” as sPeculative stories about it. When Kostic heard about was Hon. Mark Brnovich, the Attorney General of Arizo- the relationship of encountering and resolving the oP- na. The Major Richard L. Felman Award is Presented to Lenka’s death, he was so depressed and struck by Posite Powers. Harmony and symmetry are the two this tragic death that Lenka began to aPPear in his an individual who may or may not be Serbian, one that manifestations of this basic PrinciPle of “intercross- has served and suPPorted the Serbian Community. This dreams. His longing for Lenka resulted in him writing ing.” Kostic says: “Harmony is the synthesis of sym- a Poem dedicated to her. InsPired by beauty of the year’s recipient was Hon. Desko Nikitovic, former Con- metry. Symmetry is the analysis of the harmony” (63). sul General of Serbia in Chicago. church Santa Maria Della Salute in Venice, he wrote Symmetry and harmony are attached to each other, what turned out to become the greatest love Poem in and they control each other. Symmetry is the balance Additionally this year, the immediate Past President the history of Serbian language, “Santa Maria Della of oPPosite Powers. Harmony comPrehends all differ- Stevan Krkljes was also Presented with a Plaque hon- Salute.” He worked on this Poem for the next 14 years oring him for his service to the Association during his ences in the one unique wholeness.
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