Official Organ Of The Slavonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas, Founded 1897 HUMANITY
BENEVOLENCE
BROTHERHOOD
Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, P.O. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76501 VOLUME 64, NUMBER 2 JANUARY 14, 1976
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Tuesday, January 6th, your editor attended the afternoon session of the Supreme Lodge meeting. Since my hospital stay had prevented the attending of the October, 1975, meeting we had planned to attend this session two afternoons, Tuesday and Wednesday. However, a large amount of work Wednesday prevented our return that day. Tuesday was enjoyable in that the reports of Vice President Hejny, SFM Silas Smith, and Secretary-Treasurer Mikeska were made and considered by the ofticers and directors. Those reports were concise and to the issues involved. SPM Smith's report brought out one point, supported by VP Hejny, that bears bringing to the attention of our sales representatives and that is the fact that too many of our sales representatives feel that it is a waste, of their time for them to attend the sales seminars held at various times and places throughout the state. It seems that some of the sales representatives feel, "It's the same old thing; why should we attend?; we know what is going to be said." It should be stated and emphasized here, very definitely, that life insurance sales methods and, also laws, are changing continuously and the only way to keep informed is to keep abreast of these
THOUGHTS . . The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. * * When we do not find peace of mind in ourselves it is useless to look for it elsewhere. * * One half the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quick, and not saying no soon enough. • * An old-timer is a person whose annual property tax now' exceeds what he paid for the place in the beginning. advancements and changes by informing oneself, and these seminars are an excellent way to do this. We hope all who read these lines accept them in the fraternal spirit in which they are written: for the betterment of each one and our entire Society. Secretary - Treasurer Mikeska's report was presented in a very business-like manner and the items pertaining to our various types of investments carefully and fraternally evaluated with consideration being given, by all who participated in the discussions, that the interests of both our SPJST and the other parties be treated in sincere, fair and impartial efforts to the benefit of all Sincerely, we regret not being
able to return the next day; perhaps the April meeting will be at a time when we can spend more time being present at the SL deliberations. We hope so. * * In the June 4th, 1975 editorial, front page, second paragraph, we wrote: We • received a letter from Professor Joseph J. Skrivanek, Jr., at Texas ARM University, who was leaving to go to Charles University in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on May 29, and enclosed an article which is in the "Features" section. We were disheartened by the news it brought about the phasing out of the Czech courses at TAMU. His last paragraph states very much truth! We wonder if Texas A&M University may not reconsider. Or, are they going to ignore the fact that Czech is the third most spoken language in Texas and a doorway to the Slavic languages? His last paragraph, page 15 of the same issue, stated: The bitter irony of this situation is that, Texas A&M. University has a very important connection with Czechoslovakia through its summer program, a program subsidized almost entirely by the Czech Ministry of Education. Through this program, future teachers of Czech are prepared for the state and