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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, P.O. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76501 VOLUME 63, NUMBER 4 JANUARY 22, 1975
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK In our Feature section we have a picture of Brothers Hubenak and Uher with Mr. Bill Clayton, sent in by Brother Chuck Schwartzkopf PIO of Wharton County Junior College, who wrote the following: "Nineteen registered for the Tuesday and Thursday 10:20 to 12:35 p.m. daytime college credit course starting January 14th, and thirteen for the Monday and Wednesday 7 to 9:40 night class. That is great and thanks very much. We did not "twist arms" to get these enrollees, just publicized it — mostly with your help. That way, we got genuinely interested students. We wanted quality students rather than quantity, and a good teacherstudent ratio." This makes a total of 32 students and we wish them good luck. We appreciated hearing from Brother Schwartzkopf and thank him for his efforts to propagate the Czech language. In sharp contrast, a party who is very interested and concerned with the Czech courses at the University of Houston, informed me that the enthusiasm and interest in the course has abated and lessened to quite an extent. This is disturbing, because Houston and surrounding area can boast of approximately 250,000 citizens of
FRATERNALISM .. . The things we do for others with never a thought of anything in return. Practice fraternalism for the next twelve months and you will enjoy a bright and happier 1975. If we help someone less fortunate than ourselves our lives will not have been lived in vain. Remember, the good we send into the lives of others will return tenfold into our own. Czech descent. It would be a shame to see these courses fail due to lack of interest. Our SPJST Society and other Czech organizations including SPJST Lodge Pokrok Houston No. 88, and individuals contributed financially to these courses. Brother Jan Karas saw the possibility of reviving those courses and was joined by our now deceased Brother Emil Horelica and others and it would be a great loss to let them dwindle away. It is up to the parents and relatives of our Czech descented students to spur them on to grasp the opportunity NOW and not tomorrow! Tomorrow may be too late!! Our Czech organizations will not continually supply financial support when there is not enough interest manifest among our students to prove worthwhile. Our State of Texas and the Texas Education Agency are extending the Czech
language an encouraging hand, are we going to do our share or, are we, as the saying goes: "Let John do it"? Let us show that we ARE interested in preservation of our Czech language and culture! * When the last issue of the Vestnik was printed (the January 15th issue) we noticed that on page 20, in the 'Praha' article (the three short columns at the bottom of the page) columns 2 and 3 had been transposed accidently while putting the paper together. Brother Morris also called our attention to it. We regret this and hope it did not cause too much confusion. You, of course, must read column one, three, and two in that order to have continuity. We feel sure, however, that everyone figured that out for themselves. * We congratulate all seven of our Society's seven districts and all our sales representatives for reaching and exceeding their quotas for 1974! Keep up the good work! Again this week, yours truly will limit his comments — this editorial work is like the weather -- you can't outguess it! One week not enough mail and, next week, — lack of space! We may have to hold up some reports until next week; we trust our members and readers will understand.