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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, P.O. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76501 VOLUME 66, NUMBER 14 APRIL 5, 1978
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK There are rawly things that come into our lives as we travel life's pathway from the date of our birth until the day we say farewell forever to this mortal world of ours. Some of the occasions are truly pleasant and prove to be something we would like to, and we try, to always remember while some are so unnecessary and trivial that we find a great relief in being above their level and try to forget them as soon as they have happened, especially if they reflect the poor, rather low-intellectual habit of injecting personal feelings above the value of something that is being tried or done for the good of all concerned and the betterment of any desired effort. All in all, life is a result of what we try to make it and depends, in a large part, on the amount of effort we put into it, however, of course, we have to be able to see the brighter side and make all efforts to ignore the darker aspects no matter from which source they may be coming. One such pleasant occasion happened in early December, 1977. Our office had been contacted by the Bilingual and Multicultural Education Department of Baylor University, Waco, asking us to assist them in a presentation of Czech culture, especially the Beseda dance which some of the Doctors and Professors had seen performed at West-Pest on Labor Day week-
Its You! You say the world is gloomy, The skies are grim and gray? The night has lost its quiet, You fear the coming day? The world is what you make it, The sky is gray or blue, Just as your soul may paint it, It isn't the world, it's you! Clear up the clouded vision, Clean out the foggy mind. The clouds are always passing, And each is silver lined. The world is what you make it, Then make it bright and true, And when you say it's gloomy, It isn't the world, it's you! end. Mrs. "Maggie" Ormela, of the West group was contacted and they performed at Baylor in early December. Following is a letter we received dated Dec. 12th, 1977, and we print it mainly because of our desire to let our readers and the dancers know how they were appreciated. The desire to print it sooner was suppressed by the knowledge that a more opportune time would arrive and it has, with the conference of Czech teachers, professors and students being held Saturday, April 8th, at Moravia. Here is the letter: Dear Mr. Sefeik: Last Wednesday evening we had the very great pleasure of enjoying a group of dancers from West,
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eluding your handsome son, Terry, who performed Czech dances for a Multicultural Education class which I instruct. On behalf of all the class members, we want to tell you how much we enjoyed their performance. We also were very pleased to have copies of your paper, the Vestnik, which contained some interesting information on the origin of the Beseda. I have been told that you are an expert on Czech culture and history and we would be so honored to have you speak to our class some night next semester. Our class meets on Wednesday evenings and we try to have outside resource people speak to our students, when possible, as it is always more interesting to learn about a certain culture from some one who is of that culture. I will contact you sometime in January regarding a date that might be convenient for you and we do hope we will have the pleasure of meeting you personally as you have been well recommended as someone who can talk about the Czech culture. In the meantime, again let us reiterate our many thanks to the group of Czech dancers who shared their talents with our class. —Dolores Coke r, Ed.D. We immediately answered that yours truly was no "expert" however, we would be glad to work out a suitable time. In early February, 1978, we received a letter request-