NAŠE HLASY INDEPENDENT CZECHOSLOVAK WEEKLY I am proud to be a citizen of Canada, a Land too wide for intolerance or narrow racialism, a land where the prevailing wind is the wind of freedom. And for one like myself, the Commonwealth stands above all tor human brotherhood. We are all citizens of one city - The World. Leonard W. Brockington 1867 1967 CENTENNIAL ISSUE With glowing hearts/we see thee rise/...the true north/ strong and free... Reprinted courtesy of Gordon V. Thompson For all of us and especially our children, Canada has a gift on its birthday. A gift of vision—opportunity. A gift of faith in the future ... in the exciting, barely touched potential of this great northern nation. In return all she asks is strength of faith and belief in ourselves. This is the heritage of a century. It is the heritage of tomorrow. O Canada A tribute to our country from Residential Lighting STUDIO COMPANY LTD./489 DUPONT STREET, TORONTO CONTENTS May 27, 1967 VOL. XIII No. 21-22 (515-516) OUR CENTENNIAL PROJECTS 5 PART I - ENCOUNTERS IN HISTORY 800 YEARS OF ANGLO-CZECHO­ NAŠE HLASY SLOVAK RELATIONS 7 Cardinal Josef Beran (Our Voices) PRINCE RUPERT OF BOHEMIA 7 MORAVIAN BRETHERN 8 INDEPENDENT CZECHOSLOVAK WEEKLY GEORGE HLUBUCEK BENES IN OTTAWA 9 Publishers CZECH HEROINE RETURNS u JOSEPH KURIL Norman Hacking JOSEF CERMÁK Chairman, Editorial Board Directed by Editorial Board PART II - CANADA’S 100 YEARS Published by Printed by US AND CENTENNIAL 13 OUR VOICES PUBLISHING CO. LITERA PRINTING CO. FROM A COLONY TO A GREAT NATION Frank Tresnak ]3 Address: 1255 Queen Street West, Toronto 3, Ont. KANADA, NAS DOMOV 14 AUTHORIZED AS SECOND CLASS MAIL BY THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF CANADIAN OTTAWA, AND FOR PAYMENT OF POSTAGE IN CASH. GROWTH 15 R. V. Frastacky COUNTRY OF THE FUTURE 19 Josef Cermák, J. G. Corn Editorial (Comment CANADA IN SPORTS 21 Chairman, Editorial Board PART III - CONTRIBUTION OF CZECHS AND We came for many reasons: running burden than a joy. For it would be so away from outbursts of brutality in "civ­ much easier for us to abandon the people SLOVAKS TO CANADA ilized” Europe, searching for a quiet With whom we once shared our youthful I. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY landscape of uninvolved peace, seeking visions to the Communist system and to THE WORK AND STRUGGLE freedom or material abundance and enjoy in placid tranquility our homes, our FOR HOME 23 sometimes just adventure. cars and our summer cottages. Too many Anthony Cekota of us, and it is not to our credit, are do­ II. MUSIC AND ARTS 39 We came and in varying degrees ing exactly that. ORGANIZATIONS AND NEWSPAPERS 42 most of us found what we came to seek. True, the reality did not always match We are sometimes criticized and oc­ III. PROFESSIONS 43 our expectations. For, in the heart of casionally ridiculed by the so-called IV. SPORTS 50 post-war Europe, bleeding from too many liberals for our anti-Communist stand. V. PHYSICAL FITNESS-SOKOL 51 wounds inflicted by both friends and Our answer to that is that, having seen Jan Waldauf enemies and perhaps just as many self- Communism cripple the life of a whole VI. OUR YOUNG PEOPLE 59 inflicted, it was easy to dream about vast generation in our native land, having far-away Canada in technicolour and seen some of the best men and women PART IV - GERMANS FROM panavision. jailed, tortured and executed, having our­ CZECHOSLOVAKIA CONTRIBUTE But on the whole we found Canada a selves paid a high price for our convic­ beautiful and blessed land. She accepted tions — self-imposed exile for a man 6i TO CANADA us and offered us a refuge, a hope and from central Europe is a stupendous price Henry Weisbach an opportunity. We are deeply grateful. — we would not like to see a similar PART V - OUR HERITAGE But, being human and being proud, we fate inflicted on Canada. CZECHOSLOVAKIA 63 like to feel that we have given something It is argued that profound changes A STORY OF THIRTEEN CENTURIES in return, that we have not come empty- have taken place in Soviet Russia and her Josef Cermák handed, that we have justified the trust satellites. Changes there have been, but CZECHOSLOVAK HISTORY 65 and proved equal to the opportunity. they have not been made by the Com­ Karel Jerabek This centennial issue is an expression of munist ruling class. They have been forced PHILOSOPHERS, HEROES AND that feeling. It attempts to give our fek on this class by economic stagnation, the MARTYRS 67 low Canadians a few-glimpses of the his­ threat of China, revolts and the dissatis­ ST. WENCESLAUS, JOHN HUS torical contact between the country of faction of the people. The aims of Com­ COMENIUS our origin and the country of our adop­ munism have not changed. The policy of Helen Notzl tion, a sketchy survey of the contribution the Soviets, as Mr. Peter Worthington, of THOMAS GARRIQUE MASARYK 71 made to Canada by Canadians of Czech the Toronto Telegram, found after two S. Harrison Thomson and Slovak origin and a brief outline of years’ stay in Moscow, still is to bury the MILADA HORÁKOVÁ 75 our political and cultural heritage. West. Their means have changed. They CARDINAL JOSEF BERAN 75 We came from a people with an old are more subtle and because of this Josef Cermák culture and we are proud of their con­ might prove even more deadly than open CZECHOSLOVAK MUSIC 77 tribution to the common heritage of man­ terror and violence. Helen Notzl kind. That contribution is, in the end, the CZECH LITERATURE AT THE We would not wish to see Canada true measure of any nation. We still CROSSROADS OF EUROPE 81 become another Communist republic, have deep love for our native land, deep­ René Wellek whether of the Stalinist or the "liberal­ ened. perhaps, by the red shadow which SLOVAK LITERATURE 87 ized” variety. We want her, perhaps still lies heavy over her people. But that Helen Notzl naively, to become the promised land of CZECHOSLOVAK FILM 89 love does not diminish our love for Can­ this and the next century. We want her Helen Notzl ada or our loyalty to her. It's more a to come as close to the dreams of her SOKOL 91 poets as any reality can match the stuff Jan Waldauf Josef (J.R.C.) Cermák is a Toronto of dreams. And we want to help to make A LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHERS 98 lawyer those dreams come true. 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publishing an ethnic newspaper is a labour of love and a costly labour of love. It is labour at times so frustrating that it tests the endurance of the publish­ OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT er and editors beyond endurance. The publishers of this paper, Mr. George UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO TORONTO 5. ONTARIO Hlubucek and Mr. Josef Kuril have met this test nobly. Having been associated with them from the first issue of Nase Hlasy some 13 years ago, I know how March 21, 196?. much this paper has cost them in money, and still more, in time. I would like to Mr. J. R. C. Cermák, pay a sincere tribute to their selfless dedi­ Masaryk Memorial Institute Inc., cation. c/o Wahn, Mayer, Smith, Creber, Lyons, Torrance and Stevenson, Producing this Centennial issue was a Bank of Nova Scotia Building, comedy of so many errors and of such 44 King Street West, Toronto 1, Ontario. confusion that this product, with all its manifest imperfections, ranks as one of Dear Mr. Cermák: the minor miracles of this decade. Let The Board of Governors accepts with great pleasure your offer me give you one example. Some time last of the sum of to be paid over a three-year period, towards fall the publishers received a letter from the salary of a professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures who will be responsible for teaching a course or courses John Fisher, Centennial Commissioner, in Czech and Slovak Literature. It is understood that the selection offering encouragement and more parti­ of this professor, and his rank (within the three professorial ranks) will be at the discretion of the University. cularly, significant advertising. I wrote to Mr. Fisher outlining our plans and ac­ The University agrees to continue the course in Czech and cepting his offer. No reply came. I wrote Slovak Literature for a minimum of three years after 1970. After 1973 it is the intention of the University that the course be con­ again. Again, no reply. I have conclud­ tinued indefinitely unless lack of students or simi 1 ar unpredictable ed that Mr. Fisher, realizing the cost of reasons make it impossible to do so. millions of dollars in Centennial projects I am anxious to arrange proper publicity of this generous award, to the Canadian taxpayers, decided to and would be very pleased if the official announcement of it conid be save a few dollars on our Centennial made jointly by the University and the Institute. I will ask the Uni­ versity Information Officer, Mr. Edey, to get in touch with you within Issue. Since, however, we are good guys, the next few days. we are sending him a copy of this issue I would like to say how delighted I am personally at this very with our compliments anyway. splendid benefaction. It is gifts such as this that enable the Univer­ I would also like to thank the many sity to make distinctive contributions to scholarship.