The Ukrainian Weekly 1973

SVOBODA, THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1»TS.
No. Ut.
Br. TrmhUj Elected President Her. Dr. Lubomyr Huzar
Oi 4 hivaao institute
Joins Studite
CHICAGO, HI. — Dr. Vaeyi
Truchly, a Chicago gynecologist,
was elected the second
president of the young Ukrainian
Institute of Modern Art!
at the annual meeting held
Friday. June 8, 1973, at the
Institute's headquarters, 2247
West Chicago Avenue, here,
Dr. Truchly succeeds his
friend, Dr. Achille Chreptowsky,
one of the founding
fathers of the Institute.
Dr. Truchly was educated
in Czechoslovakia and is presently
practicing medicine in
Chicago's Loop as well as
serving on the staff of Presbyterian
St. Luke's Hospital.
He studied music and medicine
in Bratislava, where he
was offered the first clarinetist
position by the Bratislava
National Opera in his third
year of study, but declined it
in favor of his medical career.
He is active in Ukrainian
affairs, including the Ukrainian
Doctor's Orchestra. He
and his wife, Lidia, reside in
Chicago and are both members
of the UNA.
Dr. Truchly will be assisted
by the following newly elected
executive board: Dr. Achille
Chreptowsky, first vice-president,
Atty. Borys Antonowych,-
second vice-president.
Mrs. Zena Ryctycka, secretary
and administrator, Oleh
Kowerko, treasurer; Prof. Nicholas
Britsky, Prof. Konstantin
Milonadie, Mr. Mychajlo
Urban, members of the
jury and publishing committee.
In the short year of its
existence, the Institute has
conducted an active exhibition
schedule and has acquired
a handsome, new, well-lighted
gallery.
Six exhibitions of painting,
sculpture, photography and
architecture have been held,
as well as a number of recitals
and poetry readings. Some
of the exhibitions have included
illustrated lectures and
demonstrations by the artists.
Handsome catalogues with
numerous illustrations in
Exhibit oi Sophia
by Olga
The art of Sophia Lada
was recently displayed in the
Fine Arts Gallery і located on
the seventh floor of John
Wanamaker's Philadelphia
store. The show, entitled
"Oils. Acrylics and Gouaches
by Sophia Lada," ran from
June 6th through June 30th
and featured her works from
1973 as well as one work from
1968. Also included in this exhibit
were colorful pins painted
by the artist and a small
five-year-
eculputure by her
old son.
Recent Works
Sophia Lada attended th*-
Moore College of Art and the
Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Arts. She also worked
for six years in the galleries
of the Philadelphia Civic Center.
Because of this work, she
was not able at first to channel
all of her energies into
her own creativeness. Recently,
however, she has devoted
herself completely to her art
. and has attracted attention of
Uwrainians and non-Ukrainians
alike. The exhibit at
Wanamaker's portrayed some
of her most recent work.
If one can use the single
1968 canvas "Vital Flame"
as an example of her earlier
work, it becomes evident that
Sophia Lada is in the process
of searching for new ideas for
her art. She appears to be
drawing on many sources for
these ideas though these sources
arc not readily discernible.
The colors in this exhibit
were toned down, predominating
in blues and purples,
although red. yellow and
orange crept into highlight
and accentuate. Lada often
juxtaposed basically contrasting
colora and she did this in
a subtle manner, quite different
from that used in the
1968 canvas.
Shimmering Space
While the 1968 canvas is
characterized by its flatness,
the 1973 paintings reveal an
interest in shimmering space,
of the type explored in cubism
(that is, even though
the surface remains flat,
there are areas that go forward
and back.
Lada's theme for this group
black-and-white and color are
part of each exhibition.
Some of the well known
Ukrainian artists whose
works have been exhibited by
the Institute are: Alexander
Archipenko, Lesia Borniak,
Peter Kolisnyk, Adrianne Lysak,
Arkadia Olenska-Petryshyn,
Irma Osadsa, David Samila,
Jurij Solovij, Mychajb
Urban, Edward Zelenak and
Radoslav Zuk.
Artists whose works will be
exhibited by the Institute in
the near future are: Nicholas
Britsky, Dior Dmytmk, Alexander
Hunenko, Ronald Kostyniuk
and Konstantin Milonadis.
The Institute is a non-profit
organization supported by
members' dues, contributions
and the commission from sale
of works of art. It is dedicated
to the encouragement of
contemporary art and artists
of Ukrainian extraction, and
to the cause of bringing good
contemporary art to the U-
krainian community in Chicago
and, in the future, through
travelling exhibits and performers,
to other Ukrainian
communities in the United
States and Canada. The exhibits
and exhibitors are selected
by a jury of professional
artists in consultation
with the executive board.
Matla-Cybrixcsky
lada
-\f paintings concerns itself
with the personification of
mature. Her imagee are centered
around spirits, taken
from Ukrainian literature and
folklore, which inhabit or are
prisoners of nature. These
spirits reach out to or peer
through the viewer in a mysterious
— sometimes threatening,
sometimes playful —
manner. In some, there is a
mystical or religious air.
It seem to me that these
spirits may also represent the
artist herself as the struggles
to free her brush from the
constraints of learned forms.
Indeed, there are areas where
she allows this to happen. In
these moments the fairy-tale,
ethnic appeal is replaced by
powerful impressions of a
deeply personal nature that
tend toward the universal.
This development was observed
in such paintings as "Forgotten
Shadows," "Heart of
the Forest" and "The Game."
Highly emotional, .highly
реіьоЬі! and displaying a
inastery of technique, Lada's
show attested to the development
of a very fine artist.
UKRAINIAN ART
ON DISPLAY IN
NEW YORK CTTY
NEW YORK CITY. — A
one man show of paintings by
Taras Shumylowych will be
exhibited here at the Empire
Savings Bank 1250 Broadway
at 32nd Street ,on July 19-27.
Mon. Tuo.. Wed., and Fri 8:30
a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and on
Thurs 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Among the many paintings
on display are: "Sea Shore,"
"Towards Evening," "Winter
Evening." "Cross Road By
The Lake," and "Birches."
Taras Shumylowych was
born in Ukraine to a family
very much devoted to music
and art. He studied art and
architecture in Germany and
America and took part in
many group-shows, where he
was seven times awarded
various prizes. He has also
had eleven one-man shows
and received critiques similar
to the one by R.H. Godfrey,
who wrote:
"Schumylowych's work
has clarity and movement
recognizable the world over,
but is set apart by the measure
of hie own heart,"
ROME, Italy. — The Rev.
Dr. Lubomyr Huzar, one-time
popular pastor at Soyuzivka
and its environs in the Cat-
. skill Mountains, took his mo-
I nastic vows Sunday, June 24,
in colorful ceremonies at Castelgandolfo
here and entered
the Studite Order of monks.
Presiding over the ceres
moniee at the chapel of the
Studite monastery here was
Archbishop-Major Josyf Cardinal
Slipyj, assisted by Msgr.
Dr. Ivan Choma, the Archbishop's
chancellor, Rev. Yuvinaliy
Mokrytaky, and Rev.
Peter Steciuk. According to
Eastern-rite canon, the Archbiahop-Major
is the ranking
Superior of the Studite Order.
Rev. Huzar was led into the
chapel by the Rev. Antin
Ryzhak, Superior of the Studite
Fathers in Castelgandolfo.
The entire ceremony, including
the cropping of the hair
and presentation of monastic
vestments and insignia, as
well as the taking of vows,
administered by the Cardinal,
was followed by a Divine Liturgy
with Rev. Huzar joining
as concelebrant.
An appropriate sermon was
delivered by Cardinal Josyf
who utilized the theme of the
All-Saints Day Gospel to expound
on the dedication and
total involvement in monastic
life.
Rev. Huzar, who spent his
pastoral years in the United
States in the region frequented
by thousands of young people,
endeared himself in the hearts
Order
Rev. Dr. Lubomyr Huzar
of those who came in contact
with him. A pious, humble
man. Rev. Huzar also taught
at St. Basil's Academy in
Stamford, Conn.
Last December, Rev. Huzar
successfully defended his doctoral
dissertation, entitled
"Ecumenical Views and Activity
of Metropolitan Andrew
Sheptytsky," and was awarded
his doctorate in theology
by the Pope Urban University
in Rome. The dissertation,
written in English and running
close to 1.000 pages, is
regarded as a major work on
the late Metropolitan Sheptytsky,
particularly relevant
at a time when efforts for his
beatification are being intensified.
Gets Fellowship At Columbia U.
NEW YORK, N.Y. —
George Myron Petryczka was
appointed a Fellow of the Faculty
in the Department of
Physics at Columbia University
for the academic year
1973-74.
George, 20, is a graduate of
City College of New York in
nuclear physics and has accepted
this offer of Columbia.
The award will pay tuition,
medical and insurance fees
for George, in addition to giving
him a stipend of $300 per
month for the nine-month
academic year.
In his younger days, George
spent summers at the Soyuzivka
children's camp and, later,
attending the UNA Cultural
Courses there. Subsequently,
he was an employee UNA Branch 361.
George M. Petryczka
at the UNA estate.
George, a resident of Broo
klyn, N.Y., is a member of
Memorial Fond Established
To Honor Composer
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
(AY). — This July Fourth
marks the 25th Anniversary
when Paul Ouglitzky, foremost
Ukrainian composer of
this century, passed away. He
was buried however inconspicuously
in a remote and
uncared-for cemetery in New
Jersey which is unbefitting of
a remarkable yet not too
well-known Ukrainian musical
genius who lived quietly in
New York in poverty and
illness.
Thanks to the initiative of
former Ukrainian Ballet Master
and first producer of
Ukrainian Operas in America,
Dmitro Chutro, who resides in
Miami, and former close
friend of Ouglitzky, an "Ouglitzky
Memorial Fund" committee
has been formed to
arrange for the transfer of
the Ouglitzky grave to the
beautiful and more befitting
St. Andrew's Cemetery in
South Bound Brook, N.J.
Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan
Mstyslav has consented
and assigned an appropriate
plot for the composer's remains,
The reburial is planned
in November.
Maestro Chutro, who collaborated
with the late Ouglitzky
in creating a multitude
of musical compositions to
enrich Ukrainian culture and
theatrical performance, spoke
these words about the importance
of the committee's undertaking:
"Paul Ouglitzky has writ
ten Ukrainian operas, symphonic
music, choral music,
numerous compositions for
piano and orchestra, ballet
scores, including three masses
of Ukrainian church music
Ouglitzky left us a great
musical literature and heritage.
That is why the present
grave and site is unworthy of
this great man and his body
should lie among other remarkable
Ukrainians in a nice
cemetery, with an appropriate
monument so that he
will hot be forgotten. It is my
wish and a responsibility of
considerate Ukrainians to
help attain the committee's
goal of providing a decent
burial place."
Serving on the committee,
along with chairman Chutro,
are Dr. Stefan Rosocha of
Toronto, as secretary, Alexander
Yaremko of Philadelphia
as treasurer, and
members Myron Surmach of
New York, Mr. Julian
Revay, Professor Vitaly
Wouk, Feodor Broznyk, Mir
chael Elko and the Kobryna
Donations are to be sent to
the treasurer at 1035 — 66th
Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa,,
Oleksyn, UWA presidents
"Ouglitzky Memorial Fund.
.' .'• .. i-
DOUBLES TOURNEY
SET FOR SOYUZIVKA
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Th*
third in a series of five planned
tournaments this year at
Soyuzivka, the doubles competition,
is scheduled for Sa»
turday and Sunday, August
11-12, announced Jaroslaw
Rubel, officer of the Carpathian
Ski Club(KLK) which
is organizing the torney at
the UNA estate.
Pairs in men's mixed and
junior divisions are expected
to enter the field of compel
tition which is scheduled to
get underway Saturday morning.
Mr. Rubel is accepting advance
registration at 211-05
29th Ave., Bayside, N.Y.,
11360. Tel.: (212) BA4-21701
Individual pairs may also register
until 9:00 a.m. Saturday
morning before the
matches,
UNA Scholarship Winners
Graduate With Honors
Zorianna Hrycenko
WINNIPEG. Man. — Two
former $1,000 UNA scholarship
winners, Zorianna Hrycenko
and Orest Martynowych,
have both . graduated
with First Class Honors from
the University of Manitoba
this past June.
Zorianna, who studied U-
krainian literature at the university,
was born in Sudbury,
Ont„ in 1948. She was a member
of UNYF in Winnipeg, the
"Dnipro" Choir, the Koshetz
Memorial Choir, Plast, and
UNYF dance group. At the
university, she was elected
president of the Ukrainian
Student Literary Circle.
Zorianna plans to teach U-
krainian literature and language
in Winnipeg's secondary
schools.
Orest, studied Eastern European
history, and plans to
continue his studies at the u-
Orest Martynowych
niversity and eventually do
research.
He was born in Winnipeg in
1951. While atending junior
and senior high school, Orest
received awards for his high
standings in Ukrainian language
from the "Proavita".
Society and the Ukrainian
Professional and Buianessmen's
Club.
For the highest standing in
the first two years of arts and
sciences at the University,
Orest was awarded the Governor-General's
Gold Medal
in 1971.
In his spare time, Orest is
an active member of Plast,
SUSK, "Moloda Proavita,"
and the Ukrainian Canadian
Communitee.
Both students are members
Of UNA Branch 445 here.
Paula Dobriansky Honored
At Graduation in Alexandria
WASHINGTON, D.C. —
Paula Dobriansky, • daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. Lev E.
Dobriansky, graduated ealutatorian
last June from Thomas
Jefferson High School in
Alexandria, Va. She received
the National Honor Society
Academic Scholarship, waa
the recipient of the DAR
Good Citizenship Award and
the Soroptomist Valuable Student
Award in Northern Virginia
District; was second
place winner in the Elks
Youth Leadership Contest,
and was presented a trophy
by the principal of Thomas
Jefferson High for winning
the outstanding student-citizenship
award. Paula ів also
the recipient of a four-year
Federal Junior Fellowship.
Recognition
Honors and awards are not
new to Paula. Even as a student
in Junior High she was
receiving recognition for
scholarship, sports and service.
In the seventh grade
she was voted by the faculty
the most outstanding student
out.of a class of over 600. In
the eight grade she received
the outstanding English
award and also a pin for her
services in the student council
and school newspaper.
For four years in high
school, Paula was class treasurer,
cheerleader, and a
hiember of the National
Honor Society, French Honor
Society, Quill and Scroll-Honor
Society, and the Keyettes.
She won second place in the
state public speaking forensic
contest and was one of the
editors of the school newspaper,
"Town Crier." It was
an honor for Paula to have
been chosen by the faculty to
Girl's State in Roanoke, Va.,
where top students from all
over Virginia were present.
She was one of twelve to receive
the coveted outstanding
citizenship medal.
Paula was
UCCA Chapter
' TROY, N.Y. — The Upstate
New York District of the U-
krainian Congress Committee
ef
Albany,
America,
established
with its
a
seat
permanent
scholarship for candida­
in
tes wishing to enroll in the
Ukrainian summer program
at Harvard University.
The first scholarship, in the
amount of $600, was awarded
to Martha Kuchar of Cohoes,
N.Y., a graduate of the State
University of New York in
Albany. Half of the scholarship
was donated by the Very
Rev. Dr. B. Voloshyn, pastor
of the Ukrainian Catholic
Church in Watervliet, N.Y.
The Albany District of the
UCCA will award similar
scholarships each year to able
and active Ukrainian students
from the area,
Paula Dobriansky
girl's tennis team and went
on to participate in the regional
and district championships
in Virginia and the
finals in the state.
Chosen "Miss"
Miss Dobriansky was voted
by her classmates to be Miss
Jefferson, homecoming princess,
homecoming maid-of-honor
and to reign as Christmas
Queen. Her fellow students
recognized her accomplishments
by voting her "Best
All-Around" student in the
class of 1973.
As a member of the Sears
Teen Advisory Board, Paula
did informal and formal modeling
as well as contribute
to community affairs. She
still continues to model, something
which she has been
doing since she was 12. In the
recent Junior Miss Pegeant in
Northern Virginia Paula was
third runner-up and the winner
of the "Miss Personality"
award.
She is a member of the U-
krainian National Association
and was a camp counselor at
Soyuzivka. Her sister, also a
member of the UNA, graduated
cum laude from
active on the Georgetown University.
Sends
Youth to
Harvard
The Albany District of the
UCCA is headed by J. Baylak
and includes Amsterdam,
Cohoes,, Troy, Watervliet
"We hope that other branches
of the UCCA, as well as
other organizations, will follow
the example of our district
chapter and establish
similar scholarships for Ukrainian
youths at Harvard and
other universities offering U-
krainian courses," said a spokesman
for the Albany chapter.
Earlier in the year, the New
Brunswick, N.J., branch of
the Organization for the Defense
of Four Freedoms of
Ukraine, sent an area youth
to Harvard on a scholarship
for the summer program of
studies there.
Complete Military Course
ROME, N.Y. — Pvt. Bruce
A. Kobito, son of Mr. and Mrs.
CM. Robito, Rome, N.Y., has
completed a military police
course at Fort Gordon, Ga.,
and after leave will be stationed
at Valley Forge General
Hospital in Pennsylvania.
Bruce graduated Massachusetts
Community College
in 1972, where he received
a degree in business
administration majoring in
marketing. Bruce is a member
of UNA Branch 121 of
which his father is secretary.
Pvt. Bruce A. Kobito
Ukrainian Youth Works on
Sen. Seott 9 s Stait
NETHER PROVIDENCE,
Pa. — Leo Uzych is among
eight college students chosen
this summer to work on the
staff of Sen. Hugh Scott, Senate
Minority Leader, according
to the Thursday, June
28th issue of the "Delaware
County (Pa.) Daily Times."
During this job, Leo, 19,
the youngest member of the
staff, .will have a full and
hectic daily schedule. In the
mornings he will attend classes
in comparative political
and economic systems at
Georgetown University. After
a quick lunch, he will race
cross town to the Senator's
office, and work there until
after dinner. This three
month summer job will give
Leo the opportunity to work
in all government offices,
from the mail room to legislative
research.
Commenting on his summer
internship, Leo said, "I felt
this would be a really interesting
experience and I find
it to be very worthwile.'.
The son of Dr. and Mrs.
Gets Degree in English
ROME, N.Y. — Christine'
C Gadz, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Michael N. Gadz, Ver-,
non, N.Y., has graduated j
from the Utica College of J
Syracuse University at Utica,'
N.Y., where she received a
BA. degree in englieh. Christine
is a 1969 graduate of
Westmoreland Central High
School. Her grandfather, Mr.
Alex Gadz, is presently retired
as secretary of UNA
Branch 121 in Rome, N.Y.
Graducrtes SUNY With B.A.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Окаапа
Pawliw, an active Plast youth
and a member of UNA Branch
57 in Cohoes, N.Y., received a
B.A. degree in modern languages
from St. Rose College
in Albany at graduation ceremonies
Saturday, May 26.
Majoring in French and
Spanish, Miss Pawliw also received
an honorary certificate
from the Department of Languages,
and from the Alliance
Francaise where she served as
an officer, as well as a cash
award for accomplishments in
Spanish. .
Miss Pawliw, who was also
enrolled in the Ukrainian language
and literature courses
at SUNY this past spring semester,
plans to continue her
studies there towards a Master's
degree in French. While
an undergraduate, she spent
one year in France studying
at the University of Dijon.
Born in Cohoes, Oksana
graduated from Kiwany Memorial
Academy before enrolling
at St. Rose College.
A participant of many Plast
Leo Uzych..
Walter Uzych of vVJallbgford,
Pa., Leo has completed his
freshmen year at the University
of Pennsylvania». His interest
in politics has led him
to be active in numerous model
United Nations programs.
Leo, his parents,'and two
sisters, Loressa and Irene, are
all life-time members of UNA
Branch 237.
camps. Oksana also, served as
vice-president and secretary
of the Ukrainian Student Hromada
at SUNY in Albany.
She is a member of the student
chorus "Kobsar 1 *, enjoys
music, Ukrainian* folk dancing,
reading, traveling, skiing
and tennis. Her entire- family
also belongs to UNA Branch
57.
New Haven Mayor Signs;
CN Week Proclamation
NEW. HAVEN, Conn. —
Bartholomew F. Guida, mayor
of New Haven signed the
Captive Nations Week proclamation
here on Wednesday,
July 11, designating
July 15 to 21 as Captive
Nations Week, and said, "A
successful Captive Nations
Week would continue to raise
the morale of captive people
and would thus serve the vital
interests of the United States
and the entire world,"
according to the Thursday
July 12, issue of the New
Haven "Register".
Mayor Guida also said that captive."
the Captive Nations week,
"provides an opportunity for
all Americans to show the
freedom-loving peoples of U-
kraine, Albania, Bulgaria,
Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Hungary,
Latvia, Lithuania, Poland
and* Romania that they
above riot been forgotten."
The following dayman editorial
appeared blithe same
newspaper under, the title
"Remembering Captive nations"»,
whore it was, 4 etated
that, "the Soviet leaders still
are a long way from granting
inalienable rights, to the
people of nations" Ч* holds