The Inquirer — 1954 to 1958
"An inquiring approach to social problems"| Below
are tables of contents of all 50 issues of the Doukhobor Inquirer,
later shortened
to The Inquirer,
published 50
years ago by the UYD in Saskatoon — 1140
items. Short-lived
mainly due to funding and the editor leaving, the
monthly
Inquirer "shook
the Doukhobor community in North America". The Inquirer was the first Douhobor periodical entirely in English and, though organized mainly by Independant Doukhobor youth, gained support among Community Doukhobors. Subscriptions were $3 per year. Circulation peaked at about 1000 per month and paid circulation about 450. You can search this index for last names or other words by using your Find function, type [Ctrl]-F. This index is also available as an Excel spreadsheet, with keywords added to help the researcher. Covers are photo-enhanced here for clarity. Click on images to see enlargements. Read more about the history of The Inquirer, where to find copies, who contributed, and looking back 50 years. |
 The Doukhobor Inquirer evolved through four formats — mimeographed, covers starting on the 6th issue, magazine folded, and typeset and professionally printed starting June 1956. |
Vol. 1, no. 1 — February 1954
| Freedom
of Thought |
1 |
|
Editorial by Koozma
J. Tarasoff — Freedom of thought is
essential to growth and
development
|
|
| From
the Editors |
1 |
|
Editorial by Koozma
J. Tarasoff and Nick W.
Sherstobitoff — It is our hope that
this
periodical will give group expression to
Doukhobor young people, act as a clearing house
for exchange of ideas,
and be a bond of unity among its readers.
|
|
| From
Our Secretary |
2 |
|
Information
by Frances
Horkoff
— Foresees the seeds of peace being nurtured
and
transplanted from continent to continent.
|
|
| Russian
Correspondence Courses |
2 |
|
Information
— Correspondence
course in Russian promoted at U of Sask.
|
|
| The
Doukhobors of
British Columbia: Report
of the Doukhobor Research Committee, 1952 |
3 |
|
Report by Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Part one of 1952 report deals
with contemporary
situation.
|
|
| Highlights
of the
Convention of the Union
of Young Doukhobors, Canora, Dec. 28, 29 |
5 |
|
Proceedings
— A
brief resume of the meeting plus resolutions.
|
|
| The
Saskatoon Group |
5 |
|
Report by Peggy
Perverzeff — Report of the Saskatoon
Group of Doukhobor
students and
others on their program of better understanding
themselves so as
promote a deeper feeling of brotherhood and human
kindness.
|
Vol. 1, no. 2 — March 1954
| Straight
and
Crooked Thinking |
1 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff
— Beware of
our emotions when we disagree with those people
who disagree with us.
|
|
| Religion
and Education |
1 |
|
Opinion by Steve S. Faminow
— While making fantastic scientific advances,
humanity has sunk to a
new low in spiritual understanding and attainment
of the brotherhood of
man. There exists a spiritual chaos.
|
|
| From an
M.D. |
2 |
|
Opinion by J. I.
Pereverseff — I am glad to welcome the
appearance of the
Doukhobor
Inquirer. It is long overdue. There has been a
crying need for such a
medium among our young people for a long, long
time…
|
|
| Crime
Conditions in Doukhobor Communities |
3 |
|
Information by
Report by
RCMP April 30, 1953 — The twelve months
just concluded have been
a
period of continued uneasiness in our relations
with the Sons of
Freedom … heightened during the past four months
by an increasing
number of acts of incendiarism and blasting.
|
|
| The
Doukhobors of British Columbia: Report of the
Doukhobor Research
Committee |
3 |
|
Report by H. B. Hawthorn,
editor — Summary of second part by Koozma
J. Tarasoff on:
Backgrounds
of the problems and recommendations and the
economic history of the
Doukhobors.
|
|
| Time’s
Buggle Calls … |
5 |
|
Opinion by Eli A. Popoff
—
These quotations
from English poets are not exactly applicable to
us as Pacifists, but
it is the material that we mostly have at hand,
and what we are
familiar with. It was written in its time to
inspire a people who were
lagging or deteriorating, to resurrect and carry
on a started cause…
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|
| A Rebuke |
7 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by William
A. Soukoreff
— I am proud that the youth of Saskatchewan
Doukhobors have decided to
publish a newspaper as it is not only timely, but
long overdue…
|
|
| It
Seems to Me |
8 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Peter
S. Faminow — There is a Spanish proverb:
Truth marries nobody.
Only once in a while do we catch a trace of her
delicate perfume, and
long to know where she lives
|
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| A
Suggested Constitution |
9 |
|
Information —
An idea for
the 1954 convention of the Union of Young
Doukhobors of Canada
|
|
| Questions
Asked Conscientious Objectors |
10 |
|
Information
by CCCO —
Prepared by the Central Committee for COs of
Philadelphia
|
Vol. 1, no. 3 — April 1954
| Let Us
Sweep Away the Foggy Mist |
1 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Become educated so as not to
become prey to
exploitation.
|
|
| DI An
Open Forum |
1 |
|
Information by
Nick N. Kalmakoff
—
The response of The Inquirer 'is encouraging
beyond our expectations'.
|
|
| Radical
or Ultra-Conservative? |
1 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Peter N.
Malov — The news of publishing a new
Doukhobor Journal was
highly
disturbing and exciting to my intellect….Will it
live up to the basic
demand of truth, or will it succumb to the
reactionary bliss, as
previous heralders have ended?'
|
|
| Peace —
The Cherished Hope |
3 |
|
Letters by V. V. Athalye
— We as
pacifists are to shoulder new and newer
responsibilities….We do not
desire to side politically either (with) the
Russian group of nations
or the American one. We have been supporting and
helping every move for
world peace….What will your friends do to dissuade
Canada form
providing instruments of death to warring
countries?'
|
|
| Conscientious
Objectors |
3 |
|
Information by
Social Science
Encyclopedia — The conscientious objector
has always stood as a
most
difficult challenger of ...
|
|
| Religious
Questions Asked "Conchies |
4 |
|
Information by
CCCO —
Classic
questions asked to conscientious objectors to war.
|
|
| DI's Monograph for April | 5 |
|
Information
by John A.
Symonds —
Fixed ideas of the ascetic medieval church
restricted human development.
|
|
| Voice
of the Kootenay |
5 |
|
News From BC
by Michael M.
Tomilin
— Report on the choir and language program in the
Kootenays.
|
|
| Dirt of
Confusion |
6 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Pete
C. Maloff — And now, my friends, you The
Union of Young
Doukhobors of
Saskatoon district. It seems to me that none of
you know what Doukhobor
means. How could you all even discuss such things
as smoking, drinking,
hunting, eating meat, etc.'
|
|
| Why
Debate? |
6 |
|
Information
by CCCO —
Prepared by the Central Committee for COs of
Philadelphia
|
|
| Soil Cultivation and Seed | 7 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Walter J. Lebedeff
— A publication from the Doukhobor
"intelligentsia"
of the prairies has been expected, because you
have the mental and
educational capabilities to carry on the work
commenced. I share your
vision that education can do a lot to implement
…Doukhoborism … .'
|
|
| The
Doukhobors of British Columbia: Report of the
Doukhobor Research
Committee, 1952, no. 3 |
7 |
|
Report by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— This
summary reviews the economic situation amongst the
Doukhobors in BC,
exemption from military service, work in the
Kootenays, and the problem
of distribution and ownership of land.
|
|
| Res
Ipsa Loquitur |
9 |
|
Column by Peter S. Faminow
— The
author, a Vancouver lawyer, plays word games about
'the thing speaks
for itself'.
|
|
| A Draft Constitution UYD — 2 | 10 |
|
Information
by Peter S.
Faminow
— Continued from the last issue, the article deals
with dues,
government, meetings, quorum, and elections.
|
Vol. 1, no. 4 — May 1954
| Common
Sense and
Science |
1 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Confidence in
science is due to its rigor in searching for
evidence that is accurate,
universal and repeatable.
|
|
| Nechevo |
1 |
|
Opinion by Alec Postnikoff —
As Doukhobors we
have failed to preserve the legacy of our
ancestors.
|
|
| A
Draft Constitution
UYD — 3 |
2 |
|
Information by
Peter S. Faminow
— Continued from
last issue, it deals with elections, fiscal year,
committees and
groups, banking and signing officers, order of
business, amendments.
|
|
| Doukhobors
at War by
Zubek & Solberg |
4 |
|
Book Review
by Peter S.
Bludoff — The reviewer
criticizes the authors for simplistic cure-all in
focusing on the
zealots at the expense of the Doukhobors. Accuracy
of data questioned.
|
|
| Conference of
the Royal Commission and
Delegates re Dukhobor Affairs held at the
University of British
Columbia, August 30, 1950 |
4 |
|
Minutes —
These unofficial
Minutes, part one, include comments by Mr.
McKenzie, Gordon Wismer,
Harry B. Hawthorn, Colonel Mead, Emmett Gulley,
Mr. Shirras, Dr.
Wright, Mr. Thaine, and Mr. Stevens. Col. Mead of
the RCMP said that
actions against the zealots and Doukhobors is
deeper than a police
problem. It was a spiritual problem. This is a job
for 'mental
scientists'.
|
|
| Wake
Up Humanity |
6 |
|
Opinion by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— If man, the
most destructive creature on earth, is to survive,
he must wake up and
seek a peaceful solution or else be doomed.
|
|
| Where
Are We? |
7 |
|
Opinion by Joe N. Fofanoff
— The author, a
Saskatchewan educator, raises the question of what
constitutes being a
Doukhobor. What is our attitude to government and
education, as well as
to pacifism and militarism? In facing the threat
to our civilization by
the dreaded atomic bomb and other weapons of mass
destruction, do we
wake, or do we sleep?
|
|
| Youth
Festival |
9 |
|
Opinion by Nick W. Sherstobitoff
— The author,
coeditor, salutes the sponsors and all
participants of the annual Youth
Festival in BC, 'a milestone on the road to
progress'.
|
Vol. 1, no. 5 — June 1954
| The Coming of a Convention | 1 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — An invitation
to attend the combined conventions of the Union of
Doukhobors of Canada
and the Union of Young Doukhobors to be held in
Lundbreck, Alberta July
4-5.
|
|
| Annual
Youth
Festival in BC |
1 |
|
News From BC
by Michael M.
Tomilin — Report on the
7th annual Youth Festival of the USCC held in
Grand Forks and
Castlegar, BC in May. Youth groups from 24
different communities
gathering with song and speeches, many with full
colourful costumes. No
adjudicators and no competition, but cultural
preservation was the
goal.
|
|
| Goodwill
Tour by
Soviet Concert Artists |
2 |
|
Information by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Report on a
short tour by Soviet performing artists across
Canada. Purpose of
cultural exchanges: to develop understanding
across boundaries.
|
|
| Progressive
Education
for Doukhobors |
3 |
|
Opinion by Nick Verigin —
This Alberta
Doukhobor teacher agrees with modern education,
but condemns taking
zealot children from their parents and forcing
them to receive formal
education in the New Denver institution.
|
|
| Convention
Food For Thought |
3 |
|
Opinion by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— The coeditor
highlights the importance of this convention with
possible resolutions
on: constitution, cultural and educational
programs, scholarships as
incentives, Man and Woman of the Year, Seniors
Homes, Doukhobor
Institute, youth movement, UN, problems in BC, and
The Inquirer.
|
|
| A
Draft Constitution
UYD — 4 |
4 |
|
Humour by
Peter S. Faminow
— Proposed name:
The Union of Young Doukhobors of Canada.
|
|
| Dasha |
4 |
|
Opinion by Peter S. Faminow
— Oracle of the
Kootenays says: 'There are more fools in Canadian
Universities than in
any other schools.'
|
|
| Conference
of the
Royal Commission and Delegates re Dukhobor Affairs
held at the
University of British Columbia, August 30, 1950 —
2 |
5 |
|
Minutes —
This is lengthy treatise
with speeches by John J. Verigin, Mr. Abrosimoff
and Stefan Sorokin
with special focus on the zealot
|
|
| The
Doukhobors of
British Columbia: Report of the Doukhobor Research
Committee, 1952, no.
4 |
8 |
|
Report by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— This summary
deals with the findings of Claudia Lewis on early
childhood training
and its effect on personality characteristics and
psychological
problems.
|
Vol. 1, no. 6 — July 1954
The Inquiring Youth.
By Frances Faminow,
Vancouver, BC
| Convention
at
Lundbreck |
1 |
|
Editorial by
Nick W.
Sherstobitoff — Coeditor
explains the purpose of organizations coming
together for the pursuit
of common interests.
|
|
| Function
of the
Doukhobor Inquirer |
2 |
|
Opinion by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— The coeditor
stresses that the search for truth is important no
matter what the
risk. The journal could promote cultural,
educational and religious
activities so as to encourage a balance of body,
mind and spirit.
Freedom of expression should encourage a world
view thought.
|
|
| Call
to Convention |
2 |
|
Opinion by Frances Horkoff —
A report of the
youth meeting held May 30, 1954, the Executive
presents a Preamble of
the Constitution of the Union of Young Doukhobors
to be brought forward
at the Convention of the Union of Doukhobors of
Canada July 4-5, The
Preamble emphasizes that pacifism and nonviolent
conflict resolution
remain central to the aims of youth.
|
|
| From
the President |
3 |
|
Opinion by Andrew P. Gleboff
— The President of
the Union of Youth Doukhobors sends a message of
goodwill to the
delegates. States that the Spirit of God is
present in the soul of man
and directs him from within. We must uphold the
legacy of our
ancestors.
|
|
| Res
Ipsa Loquitur |
3 |
|
Column by Peter S. Faminow —
The author
speaks about Lundbreck, Alberta, the site of the
Doukhobor convention,
and the place where he was born. The locals reveal
an example of
cooperative living.
|
|
| From the Secretary |
4 |
|
Opinion by Frances Horkoff
— As secretary of
the Union of Young Doukhobors, the author seeks to
stir up interest and
awaken the possibilities of our young people.
|
|
| Proposed
Agenda for
Convention of Youth |
5 |
|
Information by
Andrew P. Gleboff
— Proposed agenda
of the Doukhobor youth convention July 4-5, 1954
in Lundbreck, Alberta.
|
|
| Trip
to the Soviet
Union (An Interview with W. A. Soukoreff) |
5 |
|
Interview by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff —
Nine Doukhobor delegates visited Russia at the
invitation of the Slavic
Committee (USSR) and the cultural organization of
the 300 year union of
Russia with Ukraine. Met Russian Doukhobor student
William M. Chutskov
as well as Vladimir V. Chertkov whose father
helped Doukhobors migrate
to Canada in 1899. Sees value of cultural
exchanges as a way to build
bridges of understanding and peace.
|
|
| The
Doukhobors of
British Columbia: Report of the Doukhobor Research
Committee, 1952, no.
5 |
6 |
|
Report by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— Alfred Shulman,
psychiatrist, sees passivity as a problem.
Presents nine
recommendations. Recommends a middle path.
|
|
| Day
of Peter and Paul |
8 |
|
Opinion by Koozma J. Tarasoff —
The
traditional peace holiday of June 29th marks the
day that Russian
Doukhobors burnt their firearms in 1895. This
event is a reminder that
violence to our fellow beings is no solution for
universal friendship
and happiness.
|
|
| Conference
of the
Royal Commission and Delegates re Doukhobor
Affairs held at the
University of British Columbia, Aug. 30-31, 1950 —
3 |
8 |
|
Minutes — In
this report, speakers
include Anton Kalesnikoff, Stefan Sorokin, Col.
Mead, Mr. Mackenzie,
Bill Markin, Joe Podovinikoff, Mr. Stevens, John
J. Verigin, Mr.
Wright, Mr. Thaine, and Mr. Kolodinin. The focus
is on curtailing
burnings and bombings in the Kootenays. One of the
solutions discussed
was relocation of zealots. The political state's
claim to absolute
authority over its citizens. Conscientious
objection is itself simply a
special case under nonconformity, and heresy is
another aspect of the
same thing.
|
|
| Excerpts
of the
Constitution of the Union of Young Doukhobors |
11 |
|
Information —
The excerpt comes
from a Constitution of Union of Young Doukhobors
as introduced at a
convention in Blaine Lake, Sask. June 28-29, 1952.
|
|
| Dasha |
11 |
|
Humour by Peter S. Faminow
— A spoof on the
zealot leader S. S. Sorokin.
|
|
| Blindness
Sonnet |
11 |
|
Poetry Corner
by Alec
Postnikoff — Poor grey eyes.
|
Vol. 1, no. 7 — August 1954
The Canadian Scene.
By an office worker.
Saskatchewan with its grain farming, Alberta with its oil industry, and British Columbia with its fruit growing, are typically illustrated by this artist.
| Convention
Beefs and
Bouquets |
1 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — An evaluation
and critique of the convention proceedings of the
Union of Doukhobors
of Canada in Lundbreck, Alberta
|
|
| Greetings
to the
Convention |
2 |
|
Greetings by
Various delegates
— Goodwill wishes
to the success of the 6th convention of the UDC.
|
|
| Union
of Doukhobors
of Canada Hold Convention |
4 |
|
News From Alberta by Koozma J. Tarasoff — One of the
actions decided upon
was to select the most important sections of the
Doukhobor Book of Life
and translate them into the English language. A
radio program was also
considered to dispel some of the misconceptions of
the Doukhobors in
the wider world.
|
|
| Dasha |
5 |
|
Humour by Peter S. Faminow
— Dasha has crashed
the Doukhobor barrier.
|
|
| An
interview with
Paul M. Chernoff |
6 |
|
Interview by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Performing in
both Russian and English languages, Paul has
appeared on radio,
concerts, festival, banquets, and in churches.
Suggests Canada-wide
choir tours to revive the Doukhobor movement.
|
|
| Freethought |
6 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Simeon F. Reibin — The former
private secretary of Peter V. Verigin condemns the
practice of
worshipping leaders as if they were bestowed the
status of Saints and
Semi-Gods. Urges The Inquirer
to disseminate truth and not bow to sectarian
ignorance. Sees
Doukhobors as vanguards to Pacifists and
Iconoclasts.
|
|
| My
Hamlet |
8 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Peter S. Faminow
— The hamlet is
always a place of drab distaste and boredom, yet
it is most rich, most
beautiful, and most welcome.
|
|
| Random
Thoughts on
Peter's Day |
10 |
|
Opinion by Peter S. Bludoff
— The clash of the
Old Guard with the new highlights the strain of
creeping disintegration
and nonconformist inquiry.
|
|
| Conference
of the
Royal Commission and Delegates re Doukhobor
Affairs held at the
University of British Columbia, Aug. 30-31, 1950 —
4 |
11 |
|
Minutes — Speakers
include Stefan S.
Sorokin, Miss Leigh, Stuart Jamieson, Hugh
Herbison, Mr Gower, John J.
Verigin and Joe Podovinikoff. The group is dealing
with continuing
violence in the Kootenays of British Columbia.
Zealot motives and
behaviour are discussed.
|
|
| Clarification
of
Editorship |
14 |
|
Information
by Nick
W. Sherstobitoff — Due to pressure of
studies at University of
Saskatchewan, Nick W. Sherstobitoff steps down as
co-editor, leaving
his colleague Koozma as editor.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Pamphlet |
15 |
|
Information —
The proposed pamphlet would help dispel
misconceptions between
Doukhobors and fanatics.
|
|
| The
Doukhobors of
British Columbia: Report of the Doukhobor Research
Committee, 1952, no.
6 |
15 |
|
Report by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— William G.
Dixon, Professor of Social Work, analyzes the
relationship between
government and the Doukhobors of BC. Cites the
arguments against the
extension of the franchise to the Doukhobors.
|
Vol. 1, no. 8 — September 1954
Bread for the Hungry Millions.
By Joe W. Popoff,
Langham, Sask.
| Brotherhood
Starts
on Individual Level |
1 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — There is no
such thing as a perfect or master race.
|
|
| Canadian
Leadership
Conference for Young Adults |
2 |
|
Report by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— At this first
Leadership Conference for young adults in
inter-group relations, held
in Banff, Alberta, August 22-28, one of the main
resource persons was
Dr. Harry B. Hawthorn of UBC. Delegates of various
racial, religious,
cultural and other groups from the three western
provinces discussed
such questions as the right to language, group
culture and group
prejudices. Hawthorn: Compromise is an honourable
word in Canada, and
describes the honest effort to satisfy conflicting
claims.
|
|
| Records
Available Now |
4 |
|
Advertisement — The USCC
Youth Choir of Grand
Forks, BC visited the prairie provinces in 1951
and has recorded a
vinyl record of hymns and songs in the Russian
language.
|
|
| What
Our Readers Say
About Doukhobor Culture |
6 |
|
Questionnaire
response by Steve S. Faminow — An Alberta
educator says that the acceptance of education
implies the acceptance
of both continuity and change..
|
|
| What
Our Readers Say
About Doukhobor Culture |
6 |
|
Questionnaire
response
by Nick
Laktin, L. S. Kalmakoff — Let
other people use music, but Doukhobors should not
include it with
theirs.
|
|
| What
Our Readers Say
About Doukhobor Culture |
6 |
|
Questionnaire
response
by Joe N.
Fofanoff — A Saskatchewan
teacher contends that a culture has a background
of tradition, not
something dreamed up overnight.
|
|
| What
Our Readers Say
About Doukhobor Culture |
7 |
|
Questionnaire
response
by Peter
S. Bludoff — This Blaine Lake
(Sask.) thinker says that Doukhobor culture is
elusive and intangible
and this has allowed them to survive the attacks
of temporal and church
authorities. However, anything that contributes to
a greater expression
and appreciation of our being is acceptable.
|
|
| What
Our Readers Say
About Doukhobor Culture |
7 |
|
Questionnaire
response
by Walter
P. Strukoff — Modernization
of our culture is good, but only if it is
appropriate. But dancing it
out, says this Executive member of the UDC.
|
|
| What Our Readers Say About Doukhobor Culture | 7 |
|
Questionnaire
response
by Nellie
Fomenoff — This Union of
Youth member of the USCC agrees with adding music
to our songs.
|
|
| What Our Readers Say About Doukhobor Culture | 8 |
|
Questionnaire
response
by Frances
Horkoff — Our culture needs
to be modernized if we want our young people to
stay with it.
|
|
| What Our Readers Say About Doukhobor Culture | 8 |
|
Questionnaire
response
by Paul
Koftinoff — Doukhobors would
not be Doukhobors if they had musical
accompaniment with their singing,
just as Doukhobors would not be Doukhobors if they
had guns.
|
|
| What Our Readers Say About Doukhobor Culture | 9 |
|
Questionnaire
response
by Nick
A. Popoff — I think that we
should not modernize our culture. Doukhobors have
to be different —
that is why he is called a Doukhobor. We are
modern a present. All we
need is to culture it more. We are leaders, not
followers.
|
|
| What Our Readers Say About Doukhobor Culture | 9 |
|
Questionnaire
response
by Michael
M. Tomilin — Doukhobor
culture is very similar to others, yet it is
different, and not a toy
to play with. Disagrees with having singing
accompanied with music in
this rare culture.
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| What Our Readers Say About Doukhobor Culture | 10 |
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Questionnaire
response by Paul Dergousoff — Let us not try
to
modernize our culture, but preserve our old
principles and ideals for
which our forefathers suffered some three hundred
years back.
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| United
Nations
letter and reply |
10 |
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Letters by Nick N. Kalmakoff,
Stanley J. Petroff —
The UDC executive supports the petition to
prohibit the production and
testing of atomic and hydrogen weapons.
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| Conference
of the
Royal Commission and Delegates re Doukhobor
Affairs held at the
University of British Columbia, Aug. 30-31, 1950 —
no. 4 |
11 |
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Minutes — Three
resolutions: reduce nudity
infraction to six months; rescind arson crimes
where feasible; set up
process of rehabilitation. Former Member of
Parliament Mr. Stevens
adopts the first, but not the other two.
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| Tovarishi
Talented
Singers |
13 |
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Letters to the
Editor by Deanna Boulanoff — Impressed by
the
trio William Salin, Fred Zibin and Frank Konkin.
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| Need
Good Publicity
for Peace |
13 |
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Letters to the
Editor by W. J. Cazakoff — I greet The
Doukhobor Inquirer and hope and trust that it will
illuminate
humanitarian ideals and uphold the truth in the
world. Translated from
Russian.
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| Simeon
F. Reibin
Criticized |
13 |
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Letters to the
Editor by William F. Chutskoff — The
author,
resident of Grand Forks, BC, criticizes the
journal for publishing S.F.
Reibin's critique of Doukhobor leaders. You will
not receive moral and
financial support if you continue to publish such
blasphemous materials.
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| Analyzing
Doukhoborism |
15 |
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Letters by Koozma J. Tarasoff —
Leaders
without support of the people would amount to
nothing. Prophesy is a
figment of ones imagination. Ritual is not
important, but behaviour is.
Truth is relative and depends on the point of
view.
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| The
Doukhobors of
British Columbia: Report of the Doukhobor Research
Committee, 1952, no.
7 |
16 |
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Report by Koozma J. Tarasoff —
William G.
Dixon, Professor of Social Work, analyzes public
administration and the
Doukhobor community, while Charles A. Rowles,
Associate Professor of
Soils, UBC, looks on soil, agriculture and
rehabilitation. Any person
who commits violence loses his conscientious
objectors status.
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| We
Cannot Rest |
18 |
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Poetry Corner
by Edna Laxer —
Stop war and you stop
the horror of killing children (obviously an
reference to the slaughter
in Vietnam).
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| The
Four Freedoms |
18 |
|
Poetry Corner
by Frances
Horkoff — A plea to keep
this country free from discrimination, fear and
need.
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| Dasha |
19 |
|
Humour by Peter S. Faminow —
A spoof on name
changes of the zealots.
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|
Vol. 1, no. 9 — October 1954
The Inquiring Witch.
By Jeanette L. Lukenoff, Saskatoon, Sask..
| More
Understanding
Needed in World |
1 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Many wars and
disputes in the world have been fought because men
failed to understand
one another. More knowledge is needed to widen
one's outlook along with
a spirit of working together.
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| President
of UYD
Moves to Alberta |
2 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Andrew P. Gleboff — Author resigns
as president of the Union of Young Doukhobors
because he is moving to
work in northern Alberta. He says: It is
interesting how much an
audience can be attracted by a few courageous
souls who have the
fortitude to start something different.
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| Additional
Music Not
Needed |
2 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by John N. Wasilenkoff — Music just
would not go with our singing.
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| Musical
Accompaniment
Questioned |
2 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Sam J. Samaroden — Music should
not
accompany Doukhobor singing..
|
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| I
Cannot be Silent |
3 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by George Popoff — This Vancouver
Doukhobor disputes the notion that Canadian
Doukhobors had they been in
the USSR during World War II would have taken up
arms. Response: This
statement I believe to be false. Doukhobors are
realists and believe
that Love and Truth will eventually triumph over
evil. Furthermore:
Doukhobors are recognized by their deeds, not by
their birth.
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| Supports
Notion of
Returning to Native Land |
3 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by John W. Cazakoff — This interior
BC
Doukhobor argues that migration to Russia is a
valid option.
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| Need
Stories for
Children |
4 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Mrs. R. Kinakin — This
Saskatchewan
native suggests The Inquirer publish a series of
stories for ages 12 to
17 for the purpose of enticing their interest.
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| Comment
on Editor's
Note |
4 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by William F. Chutskoff — I do not
agree with the editor that Doukhoborism is
universal and has no
language barriers. Christianity and pacifism, yes.
But Doukhoborism
belongs solely to the Doukhobors, and if the
Russian language is lost,
Doukhoborism will dissolve and disintegrate with
it.
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| Supports
Spiritual
Leaders |
5 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Anton Kalesnikoff— Contends
Spiritual Leaders revived and uplifted their
followers. Claims Stefan
S. Sorokin was a born leader, not an imposter.
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| Reply
to Anton
Kalesnikoff |
6 |
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Editor's Note by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Commenting on
Anton Kalesnikoff's letter, we are not trying to
disillusion him. Our
opinion is that Sorokin did not come but was sent.
Our study reveals
that their leader Sorokin is just a synthetic
product from the
sociological laboratories designed to change the
culture matrix of
their primitive society. Doukhobors do not believe
in sorcery or
sorcerers.
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| Try
Again |
7 |
|
Poetry Corner
byKoozma J.
Tarasoff — The stimulus
of the heart and the mind are important
ingredients for success.
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| Gentleman
Player
Award to Youth |
8 |
|
Information —
A tribute to young
Johnnie Sirota a farmer in Asquith, Sask., in
being awarded the most
gentlemanly player in the Saskatoon and District
Junior Baseball League.
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| Inquiring
Youth
Speaks: Just a Vision |
8 |
|
Opinion by Florence S. Faminow
— Let our
visions for the future be clear and progressive.
We are not attempting
to change that which is good. We are striving to
develop an open mind,
broaden our knowledge, not in quantity but in
quality and practice what
we preach. It even takes education to do this.
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| Conference
on the
Royal Commission and Delegates re Doukhobor
Affairs held at the
University of British Columbia, Aug. 30-31, 1950 —
no. 5 |
9 |
|
Minutes —
Participants in this
secret discussion include: Harry B. Hawthorn
(assistant chairman), John
J. Verigin, Stefan S. Sorokin, Emmett Gulley, Mr
Stevens, Mr Wright,
Anton Kalesnikoff, Bill Markin, Dr N.A.M.
MacKenzie, and Mr Melrose.
This is a verbatim transcript of the Minutes as
they appeared in our
copy. No attempt was made by the editor to make
corrections. They do
not seem to be official. The Minutes should be
studied as a background
to the report of the Doukhobor Research Committee.
In this last of a
series, the focus was on relocation of the Sons of
Freedom as a
solution to Kootenay problems.
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| Morals
and Ethics:
Evolution of Morality and Ethics |
12 |
|
Feature by Koozma J. Tarasoff —
This feature
is a summary of a lecture given by Dr Robert Paton
(Associate Professor
of Philosophy, University of Sask.). Transition
from custom to law
takes place when larger groups conform to the
custom and write it in a
book or a manuscript.
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| As
a Doukhobor Sees
It! |
14 |
|
Feature by Peter S. Faminow —
Originally
printed in 'The Challenge', Vancouver, BC. Lawyer
Faminow feature
focuses on: the battle of the Kootenays, God
dwells in man, Why
Doukhobortsi came to Canada, basic differences in
background, vast
majority attend school, the paradox, in the press,
and possible
solutions.
|
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| Spirit
Wrestlers Who
are they? The Truth about the Doukhobors by John
Philip Stoochnoff |
16 |
|
Book Reviews
by Peter S.
Bludoff — The reviewer
criticizes the author for creating more confusion
about Doukhobor
origins and leadership esp. that of whitewashing
the gross
transgressions of Peter V. Verigin.
|
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| Comment
on An Open
Letter — Appeal to the Society of Friends
(Quakers) by the Christian
Community and Brotherhood of Reformed Doukhobors
(Sons of Freedom) in
British Columbia |
18 |
|
Comment by Editor— The
issue: Quaker Emmett
Gulley was accused of using zealot John Lededoff
as an assistant in
creating dissention in the group and impeding the
movement of S. S.
Sorokin to Uruguay. Zealots asked the Quakers to
recall Gulley because
of his involvement in supporting the separation of
children from their
parents in the New Denver institution.
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| Dasha |
19 |
|
Humour by Peter S. Faminow —
Spoof of
Sorokin: the sorcerer of Motevideo and the Pied
Piper for the Kootenays
whose magic flute failed.
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|
Vol. 1, no. 10 — November 1954
Falconide – the bird of prey.
By Joe W. Popoff,
Langham, Sask.
| All
Cultures are
Important to Total Society |
1 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The cumulative
resources of the past and the present are vital
for the development of
ones culture. Each culture has something valuable
to transmit and
exchange to the total world society.
|
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| About
the Agenda of
USCC |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The agenda
seeks clarification not only of the organizational
structure of the
Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ, but also
a clear look at the
basis of ones membership.
|
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| Message
from the
Women's' International League for Peace and
Freedom |
3 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Muriel Pandia — Complements The
Inquirer for serving a great need.
|
|
| About
Culture |
3 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Andrew P. Gleboff — We are already
modernized. We have changed our culture. And every
day we are changing
more and more. To do otherwise is stagnation and
doom..
|
|
| Would
Distortion
Bring Accord? |
4 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by William A. Soukoreff — As author,
Soukoreff describes his 3-week trip to Russia as
guest of the Slavonic
Committee where he met Tolstoyans, Bonch-Bruevich,
Chertkov, and some
Russian Doukhobors. Responds to distortions in a
letter to editor by
George Popoff.
|
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| Members
Must Take
Initiative |
6 |
|
Letters by Nick N. Kalmakoff
— The Secretary of
the Union of Doukhobors of Canada suggests four
areas of activity:
Russian language schools, youth choirs, Sunday
schools, and discussion
and debating groups.
|
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| Executive
of Union
of Doukhobors of Canada |
6 |
|
Information —
Brief report on the
first meeting of the 1954-55 term of UDC was held
in Canora, Sask. on
Nov. 7, 1954. Overspending by The
Inquirer was questioned. Cooperation with
Ivan Sysoev on hymn
book.
|
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| Off
the press: The
Book of Life of the Doukhobors |
7 |
|
Advertisement — This
Bonch-Bruevich anthology on
the Doukhobors, originally published in Russia in
the early part of the
century, was reprinted by the UDC in Winnipeg.
|
|
| Discussion
Group
Guide. Part 1 of 2 |
8 |
|
Information —
Discussion Guide was
prepared for the 1954 Young Leaders Conference in
Banff, Alberta.
|
|
| Education |
9 |
|
Letter to the Editor
by A. L.
Osachoff — This College of
Education student at the University of
Saskatchewan claims that lack of
education contributes to loss of group membership.
Knowledge is the
food of the soul.
|
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| International
Gathering
of Rural Youth |
10 |
|
Information by
Youth Friendship
League — A world
youth gathering is planned for Vienna, Austria
from Dec. 8-15, 1954.
Purpose; to pursue common issues for better living
conditions and
working for a peaceful world.
|
|
| Plea
for Peace |
10 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Michael M.
Tomilin — A plea for
world peace and harmony.
|
|
| Love
is the Basis of
World Peace |
11 |
|
Information by
Mildred Fahrni
— Mildred Fahrni,
Western Secretary of the Fellowship of
Reconciliation addressed the
Saskatoon Doukhobor Students' Group in Saskatoon
on the way of life as
the way of love. FOR began in England in 1914 and
was extended to the
USA in 1915.
|
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| Most
Valuable Player
Award |
12 |
|
Information — Andy
Voykin of the Saskatoon
Hilltops Junior Football Club received the most
valuable player in the
Western Canadian Junior Football League
|
|
| Meeting
of the
Consultative Committee on Doukhobors — 1 |
12 |
|
Minutes — The
second meeting of the
Consultative Committee on Doukhobors was held in
Nelson, BC on December
15-16, 1950. A list of the membership is
published. Sub-committees:
Land relocation of Sons of Freedom, land problems
of USCC, social
assistance of Sons of Freedom, and community
relations of USCC.
Function of Consultative Committee: 1. to assist
the Sons of Freedom to
emigrate if they wished and 2. to assist
Doukhobors in living the kind
of life they want to live in Canada. Report on
Penal Matters.
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| The Proposed Agenda of the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ | 16 |
|
Agenda of meeting
by USCC —
The proposed agenda for the
USCC Convention Oct. 30-31, 1954 dealt with money
matters, membership,
leadership, revision of relationship to the
zealots, about the UDC,
English and Russian schools, and election of new
officers.
|
|
| The Doukhobor Dawn | 20 |
|
Information — Report on a
new bi-monthly
publication in Russian called The Doukhobor Dawn,
edited by Peter Malov
of Thrums, BC.
|
|
| Dasha | 20 |
|
Humour by Peter S. Faminow —
The metaphor of
the tuloup (Russian sheepskin coat) is used to
unearth hypocrisy in our
midst.
|
|
Vol. 1, no. 11 — December 1954
The Noble Reindeer –
Animal Fantasy.
By Joe W. Popoff,
Langham, Sask.
| Christmas |
1 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Christmas 1954
finds humanity confronted with the same problems
as the problems of the
time into which Christ was born.
|
|
| Thank
you DI Staff |
3 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Thanks to
volunteers who helped with the publication and
mailing of the journal.
|
|
| Doukhobors
Buy a
Prayer Home |
3 |
|
News From Sask. —
The Kylemore
Doukhobor Religious Society has purchased the
Kylemore South School and
moved it into town for use as Prayer Hall.
|
|
| Russian
School Opens
in Langham |
3 |
|
News From Sask. —
Doukhobors in
the Langham district were given permission by the
local school board to
teach the Russian language in the Langham High
School.
|
|
| Talented
Actress
Auditions for Television |
4 |
|
News From Manitoba — Ann Dahl
of Pine Falls, Manitoba
auditioned for television in the summer of 1954 in
Winnipeg. She
received her first singing and dancing experience
in Saskatoon where
she was born.
|
|
| The
Ultimate Weapon |
4 |
|
Opinion by Peter S. Bludoff
— The ultimate
weapon is Friendship. The rules of the Jungle Law
require replacing.
|
|
| Discussion
Group
Guide. Part 2 of 2 |
6 |
|
Information —
Helpful hints
for effective discussion.
|
|
| Man's
Folly |
8 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Joe Fedosoff
— Man writes his own
parody.
|
|
| Meeting
of the
Consultative Committee on Doukhobors — 2 |
9 |
|
Minutes —
Second meeting
speakers: Emmett Gulley, Anton Kolesnikoff, Harry
B. Hawthorn, Dr
Wright, Mr Afflectk, Mr Shirras, and Dr N. A. M.
MacKenzie (UBC
president).
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| Congratulations |
13 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by John J. Chernenkoff — The author,
an
electrician from Salmo, BC, was born in
Saskatchewan. Suggests we focus
on the future as we work to preserve our culture.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Movie
Needed |
13 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Ann Dahl — This Manitoba resident
describes her nostalgic life of prayer, song, and
beauty in the place
of her birth in Saskatchewan. Suggests a Doukhobor
film is needed to
present this experience to the world.
|
|
| Not
an Accident of
History but a Prophetic Fulfillment |
15 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Paul W. Hadikin — The author
contends that Doukhobors came to Canada because of
the efforts of
spiritual leaders. Condemns S.F. Reibin for
smearing the leaders.
|
Vol. 1, no. 12 — January 1955
Hope.
By Joe W. Popoff,
Langham, Sask.
| New
Year 1955 |
1 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — In celebrating
the new year, the editor hopes that humankind will
shift its emphasis
from violence and wars to a society based on
respect for all peoples.
|
|
| German
Rearmament —
a Step Away From Peace |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The recent move
by Western powers to rearm Germany is a step away
from peace.
|
|
| Shutting
Out 'Sons'
Not Solution to Problem |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The
Editor writes that the USCC Convention resolution
on Dec. 18-19, 1954
to have nothing in common with the Sons of Freedom
may have done an
injustice to themselves, as well as to the Sons.
|
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| An
Appeal |
3 |
|
Information by
Nick N. Kalmakoff
— The Secretary of
the UDC urges the readers to support The Inquirer
on its one year
anniversary.
|
|
| Alec P. Wishlow | 4 |
|
Who's Who by
Alec P. Wishlow —
Executive member
of the Union of Doukhobors of Canada.
|
|
| Steve
S. Faminow |
4 |
|
Who's Who by
Steve S. Faminow
— Executive member
of the Union of Doukhobors of Canada.
|
|
| Pioneers
Should
Participate in Saskatchewan Anniversary |
5 |
|
Feature by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— On the 50th
anniversary of Saskatchewan, the Editor urges its
residents to actively
participate in commemorating its pioneers.
|
|
| Doukhobors
Should
Participate in Jubilee |
6 |
|
Feature by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— On the Jubilee
of Saskatchewan, the Editor urges the Doukhobors
to commemorate its
ancestors who settled on the prairies in 1899.
Write, sing, display,
and celebrate.
|
|
| Important
Factors of
Physical Fitness — Mental Aspect |
7 |
|
Opinion by Lloyd Percival
— Learn to handle
your personal problems without getting overly
upset. Strive for balance
in life.
|
|
| Built
Prayer Home in
Three Days |
7 |
|
News From
Sask. — The Watson Doukhobors built
their
prayer home with volunteer labour in three weeks;
120 Doukhobors reside
in the area.
|
|
| Meeting
of the
Consultative Committee on Doukhobors — 3 |
8 |
|
Minutes —
Relocation Sub-Committee
on Sons instructed reps to examine property. Sons
claim 500 members.
Recognition of births, marriages, and deaths.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
11 |
|
Hodge Podge by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Biographical
notes on Joe Popoff (artist), Florence S. Faminow
(nurse), Nick
Semenoff (artist at CFQC-TV), Senator Horner
(tribute to Doukhobors),
Sam Antifaev (his ice rink in the Henrietta
district), and C. Roy
Brookbank (adult educator).
|
|
| Remember,
No Men Are
Strange |
12 |
|
Poetry Corner
by James Kirkup
— Remember, no men are
strange, no countries are foreign.
|
|
| Our
People |
12 |
|
Poetry Corner
by Alec
Postnikoff — Recalls the
movement of Russian Doukhobors to Canada in 1899.
|
|
| The
Happy Mean |
13 |
|
Poetry Corner
by Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Strive for the
best of the old and the new.
|
|
| New
Westminster
Doukhobors Contribute to DI Fund |
14 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by William Shukin — $16 sent to The Inquirer.
|
|
| Salvation
Army and
Doukhobors |
14 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by George Harelkin — Cadet George
Harelkin theorizes that Doukhobors and the
Salvation Army have common
origins. He is a student studying in Michigan for
a Salvation Army
mission post.
|
|
| Locals
Should Have
Addresses for Exchanges |
15 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Sam Stoochnoff — Musical
accompaniment was not approved by the Calgary
Doukhobors. The Golden
Rule is central. Russian schools will be opened in
all districts where
there are USCC members.
|
|
| Does
Not Like Petty
Quibbling |
16 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Petro Tehanov — Suggests use of
Doukhoboria as an alternative to other labels.
Says that a democratic
leader is essential — one who respects and upholds
the will of the
people, and not a pagan dictator thriving on
superstition.
|
|
| To
Tehanov's letter |
18 |
|
Editor's Note
by Koozma J.
Tarasoff —
Spirit-Wrestler' is ambiguous. 'Douk' is spirit
and 'bor' is pine
trees. Dasha loves Doukhobors, but disturbed by
corruption and
insincere behaviour.
|
|
| To
all Christian
Churches, Religious Organizations, Idealists |
19 |
|
Information
by Mothers of
zealots — A group of 15
zealot women appeal to the world to prevent the
authorities from
forcefully taking away their children because they
are not regularly
attending public schools.
|
|
| Highlights
of USCC
Convention |
21 |
|
News from BC
by William A.
Soukoreff — The USCC
prohibited its members from associating with Sons
of Freedom. Also, the
Convention decided to formally leave affiliation
with the unity aims of
the UDC, but to cooperate with it on common
issues.
|
|
Vol. 2, no. 1 — February 1955
Mother and Child.
A Study in Abstract.
By Bill Perehudoff,
Saskatoon, Sask.
| Brotherhood
and the
World Scene |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — A human chain
reaction takes place when an individual gives off
the spirit of
brotherhood
|
|
| The
DI and its
Implications |
3 |
|
Opinion by Nick W. Sherstobitoff
—
Characteristics: universal, a medium of
re-examination of problems and
values, free and open forum, adventurous, sees new
horizons, and a
method to search for new truths.
|
|
| The
Meaning of
Brotherhood |
4 |
|
Opinion by Roy Brookbank —
There is a destiny
that makes us brothers because we do not live
alone. Everyday provides
opportunities to help others to live rather than
just letting others
live.
|
|
| The
DI in Retrospect |
5 |
|
Opinion by Steve S. Faminow
— The journal
contributes and can continue to contribute much
that is desired by our
scattered Doukhobor community. We need to support
it fully.
|
|
| Union
of Doukhobors
of Canada |
6 |
|
Letter to Parliament
by Stanley
J. Petroff, Nick N. Kalmakoff —
The UDC letter to A. M. Nicholson, Member of
Parliament, asks the
leaders not to rearm Germany, but to consider
nonviolence as the way of
the future.
|
|
| House
of Commons
Canada |
7 |
|
Response to UD by
A. M. Nicholson
— It seems
incredible that nearly 2000 years after the birth
of the Prince of
Peace, so-called Christian countries are acting in
such an un-Christian
manner.
|
|
| Pelly
Doukhobors
Stand Against Remilitarization |
8 |
|
Letters by John Sookavieff, Alex
Kondratoff —
Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent: Past experiences
have proven that
wars brought nothing but grief and destruction to
mankind, and should
therefore be eliminated.
|
|
| Anniversary
Message
From Central Executive UDC |
8 |
|
Opinion by Stanley J. Petroff—
The President of
the Union of Doukhobors of Canada congratulates
The Inquirer on its
first anniversary. It has served as a medium of
exchange of
constructive ideas.
|
|
| Highlights
of Union
of Youth Convention Held in Grand Forks |
9 |
|
News From BC by
Special
Correspondent — A decision
was made to expand the central library and publish
a book of hymns,
songs and psalms.
|
|
| Greetings
to DI |
10 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Walter P. Strukoff — Praises the
Union of Young Doukhobors and The Inquirer. Urges
readers to subscribe.
|
|
| Walter
P. Strukoff |
11 |
|
Who's Who by
Walter P.
Strukoff — As Executive
Member of UDC, Walter Strukoff has had a varied
career as carpenter,
grain buyer, chairman of the Pelly Savings and
Credit Union Credit
Committee, and as activist in the Doukhobor
community.
|
|
| Nick
N. Kalmakoff |
12 |
|
Who's Who by
Nick N. Kalmakoff
— Nick has served
as local secretary of the Independent Doukhobors
for six years and now
is Secretary-Treasurer of the Union of Doukhobors
of Canada.
|
|
| Stanley
J. Petroff |
12 |
|
Who's Who by
Stanley J.
Petroff — As a farmer,
Stanley has been active in the local community in
choir and
organizational work (currently Chairman of UDC).
|
|
| L-O-V-E |
13 |
|
Poetry Corner
by Michael M.
Tomilin — It's love that
binds us all in one.
|
|
| Brotherhood
Week
Officially Founded by CCCJ |
13 |
|
Information — Brotherhood
week was first
celebrated in 1948 by the Canadian Council of
Christians and Jews.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
14 |
|
Hodge Podge
by Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Short news
items: High School in Langham, Sask. has 17
students in Russian
language class; Peter A. Sherstobitoff works as
traffic clerk for
Canadian Pacific Airlines; Elaine Polovnikoff has
performed in a
three-act play.
|
|
| Cultural
Uplift
Urged at School Concert |
15 |
|
News From BC — Teacher in
Brilliant, BC, urges
parents to help their children in youth work and
in education.
|
|
| Choir
Leader Visits
Creston |
15 |
|
News From BC
— Harry W.
Vereschagin was in
Creston to teach singing.
|
|
| Orthodox
Choir to
Tour Coast |
15 |
|
News From BC
— The
30-member Grand Forks Orthodox
Doukhobor Choir will make a two-week tour of
Vancouver Island and the
lower mainland in February. Sponsored by the
Community Programs Branch,
Dept. of Education.
|
|
| Attended
World Peace
Conference |
16 |
|
News From BC
by William A.
Soukoreff — John F.
Stoochnoff attended the World Peace Conference in
Stockholm, Sweden in
November 18-23, 1954. People met to promote
understanding and world
peace.
|
|
| Fund
Raising Venture
for Prayer Home |
17 |
|
News From Alberta
— The
United Doukhobors of Alberta
are sponsoring a raffle in an effort to finance
the construction of
their local community home.
|
|
| Raising
Funds for
Inquirer |
17 |
|
News From Sask.
— Kamsack Branch of
UDC is holding a tea to raise funds for The
Inquirer.
|
|
| Plan
to Participate
in Saskatchewan Jubilee |
17 |
|
News From Sask.
— Kamsack
Doukhobors have asked to participate in the
Jubilee celebrations of the
province.
|
|
| Saskatoon
Doukhobor
Society Gets Charter |
18 |
|
News From Sask.
— The Doukhobor
Society of Saskatoon has received its charter
under the Saskatchewan
Benevolent Societies Act. The first trustees are:
Alvin N. Meakin,
Michael N. Postnikoff, John K. Tarasoff, Alex W.
Vereschagin, and
William P. Sherstobitoff.
|
|
| Artist
Thanks Readers |
19 |
|
Letter to the Editor
by Joe W. Popoff
— A Langham (Sask.)
artist thanks readers for sending him pictures and
ideas of early
Doukhobor life in Canada, which he has used in his
paintings.
|
|
| Active
Ladies Club
in Blaine Lake |
19 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Muriel Zakshewski — The
Blaine Lake Doukhobor Ladies Club, organized in
1947, helps with
charity work
|
|
| Does
Not Like Dasha |
20 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by John G. Bondareff — This
Blaine Lake elder questions the tone of Dasha as
being 'unclean'.
Suggests translation of the Book of Life from
Russian to English.
|
|
| Likes
Humor |
21 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Michael M. Tomilin — The
Crescent Valley, BC resident sees humour as a
medium to show the
presence or absence of truth and prejudice.
|
|
| Disappointed
About
DI Editorial re Sons |
21 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Peter Popoff — Believes
that
USCC members have no alternative but to cease
communication with
zealots who participate in violence.
|
|
| Correction
of
Tehanov's Letter |
23 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Petro Tehanov — The
Vancouver, BC writer prefers the use of term
'Doukhoboria'.
|
|
| To
the Mothers of
the Doukhobor Reformed Group |
24 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by William Peter Deackoff —
This
Detroit, Michigan writer uses Biblical arguments
to persuade the zealot
women to return to the peaceful ways of Jesus.
|
|
| Yorkton's
Great Land
Rush |
26 |
|
News by Clifford Shaw —
Canada's change in
land policy combined with citizenship rules led to
a major land rush in
Saskatchewan in 1907.
|
|
| Peace
on Earth for
Mankind Aim of World Youth Festival |
27 |
|
Information —
An invitation to
participate in the Fifth World Youth Festival of
Youth and Students for
Peace and Friendship to be held in Warsaw, Poland,
July 31 — August 14,
1955.
|
|
| Rare
Slides of
Doukhobor History Shown in Langham |
28 |
|
News From Sask.
by Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Some 231
historical Doukhobor slides were shown to the
public at the Langham
Town Hall Feb. 11, 1955. William M. Chernoff,
Secretary of the Blaine
Lake Society of Doukhobors, described the
screening of the rare images
of pioneer life.
|
|
| Desire
and Interest
Important in Success |
29 |
|
Sports by Lloyd Percival —
If a person has
the interest and desire, there is nearly no limit
to what he or she can
achieve.
|
|
| World
Leaders
Proclaim Peace |
29 |
|
Opinion — Dr. Albert
Schweitzer: Now that we
know what a terrible evil war is, we should
neglect no effort to
prevent it happening again.
|
|
| Ask
the DI |
31 |
|
Information
by Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Differences
between Doukhobors and Christians. Questions the
notion that Queen
Victoria helped 1899 emigration. Meaning of
citizenship.
|
|
| Dasha |
32 |
|
Humour by Peter S. Faminow —
A critique of
pseudo social analysis, Sorokin, and migration.
|
|
| Meeting
of the
Consultative Committee on Doukhobors — 4 |
32 |
|
Minutes —
Unconditional military exemption
discussed. Attendance at public schools. Russian
language teaching,
arts and crafts. Zealots refuse school.
|
|
| Extracts
from the
text of the Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide |
36 |
|
Information
by United
Nations — The United Nations
Convention states that 'genocide, whether
committed in time of peace or
in time of war, is a crime under international law
which they undertake
to prevent and to punish'. Canada is a signatory
to the Convention.
|
|
| Sons
of Freedom
Petitions |
37 |
|
Analysis by Editor —
Critique of zealot
petitions re detention of children in New Denver.
Petitions reveal
clash between Gulley and Sorokin. Petitions
misleading.
|
|
| Christianity
and
Revolution in the Church — 1 |
39 |
|
Feature by Peter Koltsoff —
Translated from
Russian by Peter S. Faminow of a manuscript by
Count Peter Koltsoff who
left Russia via Harbin, China and came to
Vancouver. It explains why
Doukhobors deny organized and orthodox religion.
|
|
Vol. 2, no. 2 — March 1955
The Lion.
By Joe W. Popoff,
Langham, Sask.
| Should
Make Use
of
Organizations |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Talented poet
Ivan Sysoev recently advertised a Doukhobor hymn
book that he plans to
publish when sufficient money is received. Why not
appeal to Doukhobor
organizations to publish this book?
|
|
| A
Need For Good
Education |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The need for
good education is important in our rapidly
changing world.
|
|
| Doukhobors
Should
Contribute to the World Youth Conference |
3 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Let us send our
delegates to hold to the truth and steer towards
the higher and broader
goal of peace and brotherhood of all humankind.
|
|
| Proceeds
of Show to
Inquirer and Iskra |
4 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by George Holoboff, F. W. Osatchoff —
The Doukhobor slide show was held in the Langham
Town Hall, Sask.
|
|
| Song
and Hymn Book |
4 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Ivan Sysoev — Many portraits and
pictures are scattered throughout the book with an
appendix describing
the rise and fall of Doukhobor singing.
|
|
| The
Voice in the
Wilderness |
5 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Anton Kolesnikoff — This is a
critique of The Inquirer's treatment of the zealot
leader Sorokin and
the taking of children away from their parents to
New Denver, BC.
|
|
| RCMP
orderly in Sons
Raid |
7 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by F. J. Mead — Mead of RCMP: Number
of
police in school raid was 60, not 200.
|
|
| The
New Look |
8 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Nick Hrimakin — Author compliments
The Inquirer with its new format.
|
|
| The
DI's Role in
Understanding |
8 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Misha Karnitsky — The journal in
English continues to be of value to the community.
|
|
| Hardy
Pioneers Had
Vision of Everlasting Peace |
9 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by William M. Chernoff — On the 11th
of
February (1955), in the Langham Town Hall, I had
the honor and
privilege of showing picture slides of early
Doukhobor life.' Early
Doukhobors in Canada encountered many hardships.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
10 |
|
Hodge Podge by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Saskatchewan
Arts Board purchases Bill Perehudoff's abstract
painting 'Mother and
Child'.
|
|
| Christianity
and
Revolution in the Church — 2 |
11 |
|
Feature by Peter Koltsoff
— Church fathers in
the 4th century invented mystical history to
support personal power.
Solution: free yourself from the church's
hypnotism and intermediaries,
and direct attention to the inner God.
|
|
| What's
Wrong With
Our World, Sir? |
15 |
|
Poetry Corner
by Joe Fedosoff
— The poem focuses on
the folly of greed.
|
|
| Meeting
of the
Consultative Committee on Doukhobors — 5 |
15 |
|
Minutes —
John J. Verigin asks the
media to distinguish the USCC from other Doukhobor
groups. Also he
raises the issue of communal vs. individual
structures in ones life.
|
|
| What
is Man? |
19 |
|
Feature by Dr. D. R. Cherry, Dr.
H. E. Johns, Dr.
Robert Paton, Rev. Robert Miller — Point
of view on 'What is
Man?' from professors of English, Physics,
Philosophy, and Religion. Dr
Paton: 'To understand man we must take man as he
is in his physical,
mental and organic whole.'
|
|
| Slocan
Power Problem |
24 |
|
Feature by Paul Markoff —
Paul Markoff:
there's prejudice and discrimination against BC
Doukhobors who have no
vote in the Kootenays and who cannot get
electrical power service.
Instead government is considering exporting
electrical power to the USA.
|
|
| Union
of Youth Have
Active Program |
26 |
|
News From BC
by John J.
Chernenkoff — On February
20th, a 30-member Union of Youth Choir visited
Salmo with a program of
singing, recitation, and discussions.
|
|
| $70
Raised in
Donations to DI |
27 |
|
News From Sask.
by Frances
Horkoff, Misha Karnitsky —
Singing and speeches in Kamsack, Saskatchewan
featured the fundraising
event for The Inquirer. A resolution was prepared
opposing the rearming
of Germany; message sent to Parliament.
|
|
| Independent
Doukhobors
Invited to Join the UDC |
28 |
|
News From Sask.
by Misha
Karnitsky — The Kamsack
Branch of the Union of Doukhobors of Canada held a
meeting on the
question of unifying the Saskatchewan Doukhobors.
|
|
| Religious
Organization |
29 |
|
Information
by Nick W.
Sherstobitoff — The origin
of religion can never be known. It is shrouded in
the haziness of the
prehistoric age of man. All religions tend to
develop into
collectives leading to societal unity.
|
|
| The
Teachings
(Doctrine) of the Doukhobors — 1 |
30 |
|
Feature by Pavel Biryukov —
Translated from
Russian and taken from the book entitled
'Doukhobors' by Pavel
Biryukov, a collection of articles , memoirs,
letters and other
documents (1908). Original taken from a memorandum
written in 1805 by
an unknown author.
|
|
| Sports
College says
Stress is Major Cause of Disease |
32 |
|
Sports by Sports College —
Lloyd Percival:
Relaxation takes top priority in controlling any
stress.
|
|
Vol. 2, no. 3 — April 1955
Sowing Seeds on the Prairies.
By Joe W. Popoff,
Langham, Sask.
| Lets
Understand Each
Other Via Universal Language |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — In view of the
present crisis in this atomic age, world nations
should consider a
universal language as a medium of understanding.
Esperanto is such a
choice
|
|
| Easter |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — On Easter day
in 1895 Mathew Lebedev and 10 Doukhobors in the
Caucasus decided not to
serve in the army of the Tsar. They laid down
their arms, were
arrested, and were severely persecuted.
|
|
| Important
Business |
4 |
|
An Appeal by
Nick N. Kalmakoff
— This year marks
the 10th Anniversary of the Union of Doukhobors of
Canada. The Annual
Convention is scheduled for Saskatoon, Sask., July
4th. Why has the
USCC officially pulled out?
|
|
| The
Record Album |
5 |
|
Information by
Peter S. Bludoff
— The Blaine Lake
writer is impressed by three 78-RMP vinyl records
by Doukhobors
performing artists: Paul Chernoff in solo is
accompanied by William
Saliken
|
|
| Doukhobors
Send
Letter to Minister, Protest War |
6 |
|
Letters by George Semenoff —
The Saskatoon
Doukhobors sent a letter of grave concern to
Lester B. Pearson,
External Affairs Minister, Ottawa. They cite the
danger of atomic
weapons of mass destruction. Solution: abolish war
and turn to
nonviolent alternatives.
|
|
| Delegation
Visits
Parliament |
7 |
|
News From Sask. by
Frances Horkoff
— The
Kamsack-Verigin Doukhobors met with Members of the
Legislative Assembly
in Regina on March 11th with an urgent message to
protest all
preparations for war. Peace and brotherhood is our
slogan.
|
|
| Choir
Performs to a
Large Audience |
9 |
|
News From BC — Grand Forks
Choir returned home
from a busy two-week tour of the BC coast. Met
16,000 people. Hosted in
homes. The goodwill tour gave chance to counter
unfavourable press
publicity and slanted writings by some authors and
the so-called Sons
of Freedom.
|
|
| Annual
Youth
Festival To Be Held in Castlegar |
9 |
|
News
From BC
— Notice of
Annual Doukhobor Youth Festival to be held in
Castlegar, BC April
30-May 1, 1955.
|
|
| Instructor
Prepares
Choir For Tour |
9 |
|
News From BC —
Announcement of a proposed choir
tour of western Canada by a group from Brilliant,
BC under the
leadership of Harry W. Vereschagin.
|
|
| Sons
Refuse to Meet
Quakers |
10 |
|
News From BC by Lucy
Nazaroff and others — A group of six Sons
of Freedom women send
a letter to Dorothy Starr, editor of The Canadian
Friend, informing
their opposition to Emmett Gulley and his
supporters.
|
|
| USCC
Choir Heard
Over CBC |
10 |
|
News From BC — The USCC
Choir of Grand Forks, BC
performed to radio audiences for the first time on
a coast-to-coast CBC
broadcast. The performance was recorded in
Vancouver during their
two-week tour of the coast.
|
|
| Slavic
Handicraft
Display |
11 |
|
News From Sask. —
Handicraft
articles donated by the Slavic countries as a
goodwill gesture to
Canadians were displayed at the Ukrainian Labor
Temple in Saskatoon,
Sask. March 17.
|
|
| The
Teachings
(Doctrine) of the Doukhobors — 2 |
11 |
|
Feature by Pavel Biryukov
— The anonymous
article of 1805 contains teachings that were
presented by the
Doukhobors when they were subversive and
functioning as an underground
movement. Hence this interpretation may be
suspect.
|
|
| A
Quiet Spring Day |
14 |
|
Poetry Corner
by Koozma J.
Tarasoff — A quiet spring
day has both symmetry and beauty.
|
|
| Meeting of the Consultative Committee on Doukhobors — 6 | 15 |
|
Minutes — Speakers
included Stuart Jamieson,
John J. Verigin, Mr C. E. Clay, William Dixon,
Harry B. Hawthorn, and
Dr N. A. M. MacKenzie.
|
|
| The
Background of
Doukhobor Origin — 1 |
19 |
|
Feature: Doukhobor
History by William A. Soukoreff — Setting
their religion on Christian and rationalistic
basis, they proclaimed
that the Kingdom of God is within us. They
denounced all outward rites
and dogmas.
|
|
| Writer
Visits
Colonies in South America |
22 |
|
Travel Notes
by George
Okulevich — Author of
Vestnik describes his visit to a Russian colony of
New Israelites in
Uruguay and Argentina. Reveals that S. S. Sorokin
has exploited the
zealots.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
22 |
|
Hodge Podge
by Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Doukhobor
students at U of Sask. in Saskatoon include Sam
Chernoff, Joseph
Fedosoff, Mac Peregoodoff, Elaine M. Polovnikoff,
Annette Strelioff,
Mac Pereverzoff, Alex L. Osatchoff, Doris
Hoodekoff, Pat P. Shukin,
Dona M. Tomilin, and Alexander A. Gorkoff.
|
|
| Truth
Hurts the Eyes |
24 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by George A. Bloodoff —
Congratulates
The Inquirer for revealing new knowledge.
|
|
| Opposes
Education,
Wants Children Returned |
24 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by J. Pozdnikoff — The letter is in
answer to Mr. Deakoff of Michigan. 'Bring our
children back to our
parents.'
|
|
| Claims
Inquirer is
Unscrupulous |
25 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by John J. Perepelkin — The author
complains that The
Inquirer
has not published his article on culture. The
Editor rejected it for
one or more reasons of being irrelevant,
incoherent, libelous,
voluminous and not concise. This is a public
press.
|
|
| Sportsmanship
Should
be Stressed on all Levels |
28 |
|
Sports by Koozma J. Tarasoff —
Players should
control their tempers and strive to be true
athletes.
|
|
| Will
Our Sins Find
Us? |
30 |
|
Opinion by Michael M. Tomilin —
Author
contends that doing bad deeds will ultimately
backfire.
|
|
| Quaker
on Payroll of
BC Government |
32 |
|
Information
by Dorothy S.
Starr — Emmett Gulley
has represented the Quakers for the past three
years, but has been on
the payroll of the BC Government.
|
|
Vol. 2, no. 4 — May 1955
Luba is trying a new recipe – will she pick the right ingredients?
By Frances Faminow,
Vancouver, BC
Back Cover:
| New
Habits Needed to
Solve Conflicts |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Rapid
development of science needs to be tempered with
morality if we are to
survive.
|
|
| A
Tribute to a Great
Scientist and Humanitarian |
3 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — We cannot
simultaneously plan for war and peace.'
|
|
| External
Affairs
Minister Replies to Saskatoon Doukhobors |
4 |
|
Letters by Lester B. Pearson —
I fully
sympathize with and share your grave concern at
the alarming threat of
a nuclear war.'
|
|
| 2000
Maintain
Colorful Doukhobor Traditions at Annual Youth
Festival |
4 |
|
News From BC by
Michael M.
Tomilin — The 8th Annual
Doukhobor Youth Festival brought out record
attendance of 2000 in
Castlegar, BC.
|
|
| Enjoys
Reading
Inquirer — Offers Suggestion |
6 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Pete Troobitscoff — Suggests
symbols for Inquirer: Toil and Peaceful Life. The
Welfare of All the
World is Not Worth the Life of One Child.
|
|
| Grateful
to his
Heritage |
6 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by George Harelkin — Observes that
Doukhobor heritage is closer with God than others.
|
|
| Tells
Sons — Be
Thankful to Tolstoy; Put Faith in God |
7 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by William Peter Deackoff — Gives
tribute to educated Lev N. Tolstoy for saving the
Doukhobors.
|
|
| Whom
Should the
Younger Doukhobor Generation Believe |
8 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Fred J. Fillipoff — Photo in Life
Magazine Sept. 20, 1954 mixes up Elder Nick
Fofonoff for Prince George.
|
|
| Public
Hearing re
Doukhobor Land |
10 |
|
News From BC
—
Commissioner Arthur E. Lord
schedules public meetings for land claims in BC.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
10 |
|
Hodge Podge by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Doukhobor
youth attend 4-H competitions at Univ. of Sask.
Smorgasbord supper has
international flavour.
|
|
| A
Sound Mind in a
Healthy Body Provides Balance in Life |
11 |
|
Sports — We
need to improve our
athletic and fitness standard with exercise,
proper diet, rest, and a
good mental attitude.
|
|
| Leadership
of
Doukhobors |
13 |
|
Feature: Doukhobor
History — 2 by William A. Soukoreff
— The author
describes the role of Sylvan Kalesnikoff, Illarion
Pobirohin, Savely
Kapustin and Lukeria Kalmykova in Doukhobor
history.
|
|
| A
Philosophy of Life |
16 |
|
Feature by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— Start to build
your philosophy by trusting your first-hand
experience. Use your
judgments as a landmark and guide, not as fixed
points.
|
|
| A
Vision |
19 |
|
Poetry Corner
by Koozma J.
Tarasoff — An ode to a
vision of peace, friendship, and a future.
|
|
| Literary
Achievement
by a Young Fairview Girl |
20 |
|
Information — A
13-year-old from a small log
cabin in Alberta won a world award for her poem.
|
|
| Meeting
of the
Consultative Committee on Doukhobors |
21 |
|
Minutes — Resolution:
The media ought to use
care to eliminate the word 'Doukhobor' from their
news releases dealing
with crime. Recognition of marriage in BC and
Sask.
|
|
| Must
Face Facts —
Constructive Attitude Required |
25 |
|
Information — Advice for
7th UDC convention:
Seek truth, balance, and well-organized
resolutions.
|
|
| Suggested
Doukhobor
Discussion Topics for the Convention |
27 |
|
Information — Topics:
well-defined aims and
purpose; active membership; active youth; fees;
The Inquirer.
|
|
| Sons
Send Letter to
Orthodox Doukhobors Warning re Land Question |
29 |
|
Poetry Corner
by John J.
Perepelkin, et al —
Zealots: You have no right to occupy land without
involving all
Doukhobors who were in former CCUB.
|
|
Vol. 2, no. 5 — June 1955
Pioneering in Saskatchewan.
Artist unknown.
| Doukhobor
Land
Question Requires Realistic Approach |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — All groups
ought to cooperate in using the surplus fund for
seniors homes,
libraries, scholarships, seminars, and the
promotion of the arts.
|
|
| Birthday
of a
Province |
3 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Pioneering
qualities to celebrate are friendship,
cooperation, courage,
humbleness, and understanding.
|
|
| Traditional
Doukhobor
Holiday Has Significance |
4 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The spirit of
love, understanding, and the recognition of human
dignity needs to be
applied today.
|
|
| Youth
Urged to
Attend Convention |
4 |
|
Information —
Youth are urged to
attend combined conference of Union of Young
Doukhobors and UDC in
Saskatoon July 3-4.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Convention
Will Deal With Important Issues |
5 |
|
Information by
Nick N. Kalmakoff
— Issues at UDC
conference: lack of interest of youth, inter-group
relations, and our
role in the world.
|
|
| The
Teachings
(Doctrine) of the Doukhobors — 3 |
6 |
|
Feature by Pavel Biryukov
— Items include:
souls, death, theatre, decorations, shaving
beards, smoking, survival,
and language.
|
|
| Questionnaire
Report |
8 |
|
Feature by Nick W. Sherstobitoff
— The Letters
to the Editor, Editorials, and Editorial comments
received the highest
ratings. Local news were approved also. Satire
disapproved.
|
|
| Public
Hearing re
Land Question |
10 |
|
News From BC —
Royal commissioner
Arthur E. Lord holds public hearings on the
Doukhobor Lands Allotment
Inquiry Act re 18,800 acres land in
Kootenay-Boundary area.
|
|
| Sons
Appeal to
United Nations |
11 |
|
Telegram to UN by
William M.
Moojelsky, et al —
Zealots strongly protest the abduction of 74
children to New Denver.
|
|
| United
Nations
Replies |
13 |
|
Letters by Leslie Chen —
An acknowledgement to
parents who sent a telegram to UN protesting
abduction of their
children in BC.
|
|
| Land
Commission
Hearing Re-Opens |
13 |
|
News From BC —
Land commission
re-opens in Grand Forks, BC
|
|
| Improvement
Needed
in Canadian Fitness |
13 |
|
Sports —
Unfitness is a national
disgrace causing absenteeism from work, injuries
and fatigue and
accidents.
|
|
| Pioneer
Experiences |
16 |
|
Feature —
Hardships shared on
settlement, sod construction, working the land,
hitching self to
ploughs, and encounter with wolves.
|
|
| Awaken
Men |
18 |
|
Poetry Corner
by Michael M.
Tomilin — Isn't it time
for us to try for new and better life?
|
|
| Doukhobors
in
Transcaucasia Split Over Recognition of a Leader,
Denouncement of
Militarism |
18 |
|
Feature: Doukhobor
History — 3 by William A. Soukoreff — After the
death of Lukeria Kalmykova in 1886, a major split
occurred. Mathew
Lebedov was arrested for ceasing to be a soldier.
Peter V. Verigin was
exiled.
|
|
| Meeting
of the
Consultative Committee on Doukhobors |
22 |
|
Minutes — Doukhobor
marriage and ceremony
officiated before bread, salt and water. Birth
registration.
|
|
| Social
Workers
Discuss: Developing Human Community |
26 |
|
Report by Koozma J. Tarasoff —
Adult
educators from many groups met to learn the tools
of communications and
development.
|
|
| Desires
Sunday
School Program |
29 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Muriel Zakshewski — Author sees
need for Sunday School program for children as a
way to instill
interest in the future.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
30 |
|
Hodge Podge
by Koozma J.
Tarasoff
— UDC has printed 200 draft mimeo
copies of a book with 340 popular hymns for
examination by delegates.
Joe Popoff, artist, holds display in Saskatoon.
|
|
| Records
— Russian
Folk Songs |
32 |
|
Advertisement
— Russian
folk songs recorded by
Fred Ziben, Frank Konken and Alex Konken.
|
|
Vol. 2, no. 6 — July 1955
Youth.
Artist unknown.
| United
Nations —
Hope for World Peace |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — World leaders
realize that we have to learn to live together or
not live at all.
|
|
| World
Scientists
Renounce War |
3 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Einstein and
eight other scientists signed an appeal to world
leaders for an end to
war lest humankind be destroyed by nuclear
weapons.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Convention
a Success? |
4 |
|
Report — Highlights
of the 7th Convention
of the Union of Doukhobors of Canada in Saskatoon.
15 resolutions
passed: genocide, land, peace, Inquirer, Book of
Life.
|
|
| Res
Ipsa Loquitur |
5 |
|
Column by Peter S. Faminow —
Cites J. S.
Woodsworth as man of conscience in Parliament.
Forefathers were saintly
as well. UN on its 10th anniversary. Stop killing
now.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Principles
Reaffirmed on 60th Anniversary. Telegram Sent to
UN |
6 |
|
News From BC by
Michael P.
Deakoff, Tom E. Dergousoff —
On 60th anniversary of arms burning, Doukhobors
reaffirm their stance
for a non-killing society.
|
|
| St.
Peter's Day
Celebrations at Salmo |
7 |
|
News From BC by
John J.
Chernenkoff — Salmo
Doukhobors observed the 60th anniversary of the
arms burning by their
forefathers in Russia. Harry W. Vereschagin
addressed theme.
|
|
| Sons
Send Open
Letter to Emmett Gulley |
8 |
|
News From BC — An Open
Letter protested the
seizure of zealot children. Signed by seven
mothers.
|
|
| Sons
Send Second
Formal Petition to United Nations |
8 |
|
News From BC — A second
former zealot petition
to the UN begs to hold a Human Rights Commission
session on the plight
of their children in New Denver.
|
|
| Petrov
Day in Canora
Had Wide Representation |
9 |
|
News From Sask. —
2000 people
gathered in the Canora Fair Grounds to commemorate
the 1895 arms
burning in Russia. Singing and costumes added
colour.
|
|
| Rain
Mars
Celebrations |
9 |
|
News From Sask. —
Rain lowered
attendance at annual Doukhobor peace day in Blaine
Lake, Sask.
|
|
| Pioneers
Honored at
Jubilee Program |
9 |
|
News From Sask. —
95-year-old Mr.
Chutskoff was honoured at 60th anniversary of
Doukhobor arms burning in
Russia. Parade recalled the past.
|
|
| Prayer
Home
Officially Opened |
10 |
|
News From Sask. by
Misha Karnitsky
— Kamsack Doukhobors
officially opened a Prayer Home on June 22nd.
Size: 30 by 60 feet.
|
|
| St.
Peter's Day |
10 |
|
News From Sask. by
Mike Postnikoff
— Everyone must
renounce violent ways today if humankind is
survive. Event was held in
Langham at the Epp School grounds.
|
|
| Pelly
Doukhobors
Hold Successful Picnic |
11 |
|
News From Sask. by
Special
Correspondent — Doukhobors
of Pelly, Sask. hosted peace day picnic with
singing, speeches, musical
numbers, and food.
|
|
| Speech
at Jubilee
Celebration by Pete Konkin |
11 |
|
News From Sask.
by Pete Konkin —
Konkin praised Sask.
on its 50th birthday and recognized the Doukhobor
pioneers who burnt
firearms in 1895 and settled in Canada in 1899.
Hardships cited.
|
|
| Plans to Visit Saskatchewan Jubilee Celebrations | 13 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by John J.
Chernenkoff — Salmo BC writer plans to visit Sask.
In August.
|
|
| Strive
for World
Brotherhood |
14 |
|
UDC Convention
by Peter S.
Faminow — Peter and
Frances Faminow of Vancouver sent greetings to
reaffirm the spirit of
world brotherhood.
|
|
| Greetings
Sent From
St. Peter's Day Festival |
14 |
|
UDC Convention
by Tom E.
Dergousoff — Writer affirms
60th anniversary of arms burning in Russia.
|
|
| Sons
Appeal to
Convention re Children |
15 |
|
UDC Convention
by Mable
Barisoff, Nellie Rezansoff —
A Committee of zealot mothers appeal for help to
free their 'kidnapped'
children in New Denver.
|
|
| Slav
Congress Sends
Greetings |
15 |
|
UDC Convention
by John Boychuk,
Mary Vukelich — The
Canadian Slav Congress greets the Convention with
a resolve to continue
the struggle for peace on earth.
|
|
| Greets
Convention
With Three Proposals |
15 |
|
UDC Convention
by John G.
Bondoreff — This Blaine
Lake Sask. elder proposes: seek whereabouts of
Peter P. Verigin in
USSR, do not respect political parties, and build
seniors homes.
|
|
| Iskra
Greets the
Convention |
16 |
|
UDC Convention
by Peter P.
Legebokoff — Editor of
Iskra reaffirms truth, freedom, strength in union
and brotherly love.
|
|
| The
Convention in
Brief |
17 |
|
UDC Convention
— Thirteen
resolutions were passed, six rejected. Membership
dues raised from 50
cents to $1.
|
|
| Convention
Reports |
19 |
|
UDC Convention — Reports on
The Inquirer,
Doukhobor Book of Life printing, and singing tour.
Inquirer budget is
$1960.
|
|
| Resolutions |
23 |
|
UDC Convention
— Resolutions:
publish hymn book; celebrate the Sask. and Alberta
Jubilees; ban the
bomb; promote peace for all; media to use care in
reporting; choir
tour; response to the New Denver issue.
|
|
| Convention
Chatter |
26 |
|
UDC Convention
— Exemption from
military service explained. Zealot concerns
explained by Vladimir
Hanceroff about the forceful taking away of their
children.
|
|
| The
Gentle Breeze |
28 |
|
Poetry Corner
by Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Breeze says:
'Strive for the best throughout the lands.'
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
29 |
|
Hodge Podge
by Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Two outdoor
clay and brick ovens built at the Western
Development Museum in
Saskatoon. Fresh bread a hit. Contributions of
pioneers cited.
|
|
| What
is the RCYO? |
30 |
|
Guest Article
by Stan
Linkovich — The Russian
Canadian Youth Organization has a magazine, choir,
dance group, sports
program, film showings, debates, socials. Support
peace.
|
|
Vol. 2, no. 7 — August 1955
Fruit basket.
Artist unknown.
| What
is Peaceful
Coexistence? |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Coexistence has
taken a new meaning as a result of a world
dominated by the shadow of
nuclear war. We must have trust to survive
together.
|
|
| Let's
Try to Improve
Ourselves |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — To become well
adjusted citizens of the world, we need to work on
improving our full
potential.
|
|
| Maybe |
4 |
|
Feature by Peter S. Bludoff —
Man has a
balancing act to stay alive, overcome hate and
violence, and work
towards a sense of harmony in our Universe.
|
|
| Res
Ipsa Loquitur |
6 |
|
Column by Peter S. Faminow —
Peter tells the
story of how sunflower seeds broke the ice when
sunflower seeds were
passed around to 18 young Soviet athletes.
|
|
| Sudden
Death of
Popular Singer Shocks the Community |
7 |
|
News From BC —
Popular Russian
folk and religious singer Paul Chernoff in Grand
Forks died of a heart
attack at age 33.
|
|
| 1500
Attend 21st
USCC Declaration Day Anniversary |
8 |
|
News From BC
— Close to 1500 people
attended a meeting and picnic in Grand Forks in
celebrating the USCC
Declaration. Molokans, Quakers and others were
visitors.
|
|
| Drowning
and Sawmill
Accidents Claim Two Lives |
9 |
|
News From BC
— 2500 came to pay
tribute to Peter P. Konkin who drowned. Also
hundreds came to the
funeral of Peter Koftinow, a sawmill accident
victim.
|
|
| Soviet
Ambassador
Entertained |
9 |
|
News From Sask.
— Sobranie in
Blaine Lake honoured Dimitri S. Chuvahin, Soviet
Ambassador to Canada.
Choral singing followed. Question: delegation to
Russia, Anna Markova,
Peter P. Verigin.
|
|
| Car
Collision Fatal
to Well Known Doukhobor Elder |
10 |
|
News From Sask.
— Alex Popoff, Sr.
of Blaine Lake (father of Eli A. Popoff of BC)
died in car collision.
Deceased was born in Russia in 1876. Exiled to
Siberia. Came to Canada
in 1905.
|
|
| Doukhobors
Raise
Money for DI by Baking Bread |
10 |
|
News From Sask.
— Money raised from
bread baking venture donated to The Inquirer.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
10 |
|
Hodge Podge by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Fred Ogloff's
first attempt to swim Christina Lake foiled by
strong currents. John
Mahonin built brick oven in Yorkton for use at
Pion-Era.
|
|
| Dedicated
to the
Late Paul M. Chernoff, Grand Forks, BC |
11 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Michael M.
Tomilin — A Dedication to
a popular young singer Paul M. Chernoff.
|
|
| What
is Physical
Education? |
12 |
|
Sports by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— Give me an
athlete with good attitude and character and I'll
make a great athlete
out of him.
|
|
| Clarifies
Misquoted
Statements |
13 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Steve S. Faminow — If
parents
break the law, they (not their children) should be
responsible.
|
|
| Scenes
of the Union
of Doukhobors of Canada 7th Convention |
15 |
|
Photos by Koozma J. Tarasoff —
UDC Executive
at the 7th Convention in Saskatoon. Blaine Lake
Youth Choir.
|
|
| Finds
Convention
Interesting and Educational |
17 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Michael Dergousoff — Participant
at
UDC Conference found it educational and
entertaining.
|
|
| A
Worthy Venture |
18 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Alex W. Vereschagin — A
California
Doukhobor enjoys The Inquirer.
|
|
| An
Act of a Good
Samaritan |
18 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Mable Barisoff, Nellie Rezansoff —
Zealot mothers thank UDC for defending the unjust
actions of the BC
authorities re children in New Denver.
|
|
| Exclusive
and
Unconditional Exemption? |
19 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by William P. Sherstobitoff — An
Order
in Council in 1940 to COs changed wording from
exemption to indefinite
postponement of military service.
|
|
| The
Law as it
Applied to Conscientious Objectors Before the
Doukhobors Came to Canada |
20 |
|
Feature by National War
Regulations —
Sub-Section 3 of Sec. 21 of the Militia Act, Chap.
41 of the Revised
Statutes of Canada.
|
|
| The
Law as it
Applied After the Arrival of the Doukhobors |
21 |
|
Feature by National War
Regulations — The
government gives absolute immunity from Military
Service. Signed Joh G.
McGree, Clerk of Privy Council.
|
|
| The
Order in Council
as it Applies Now 22 |
22 |
|
Feature by National War
Regulations — Privy
Council 7215 provides indefinite postponement of
military training to
applicants. Signed by A. D. P. Heeney, Privy
Council.
|
|
| The
Doukhobors of
British Columbia by Harry B. Hawthorn |
25 |
|
Book Reviews
by Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Book is
largely based on Report of the Doukhobor Research
Committee 1952.
Report dealt primarily with the Krestova-Brilliant
problem, but
non-Doukhobors implicated.
|
|
| Pioneer
Stories of
the Doukhobors on the Prairies —
1 |
27 |
|
Feature by Inquirer —
Whispering prayers,
massaging heads and magic spells were early
healing practices on the
prairies.
|
|
| A
New Definition of
Religion |
28 |
|
Information
by Katherine
McCaughtry — You may
worship the Sun or Jehovah or Christ or Confucius
or Buddha, and not be
religious. One may walk outside the pale of all
creeds and be blind to
all Gods.
|
|
| What
Makes a Good
Meeting |
29 |
|
Information
by National
Council of Social Work —
Ask about weaknesses, strong points, and
improvements when you attend
your next meeting.
|
|
| An
Early Doukhobor
Village |
30 |
|
Feature by H. A. Kennedy —
From Kennedy's Book
of the West, 1925: dwellings with intelligent
design, pleasant folk,
great clay oven, girls singing, pacifist folk. Not
criminal.
|
|
Vol. 2, no. 8 — September 1955
Cattails and Birds.
Artist unknown.
| School
Bells Ring
Again |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — In school the
child develops new horizons, gains new
friendships, socially accepted
mores, and a chance to share in building a better
future.
|
|
| An
Ethically Bad
Principle |
2 |
|
Editorial by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— Judge Arthur E.
Lord of the Commission on Doukhobors recommends
spying, but spying is a
Gestapo method that is not acceptable in a
democratic society.
|
|
| Vegetarianism — A
Moderating Influence |
3 |
|
Editorial by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— The pros and
cons of vegetarianism are examined. Even a
reliance only on fruits and
vegetables for food, one still cannot escape
destroying living cells.
|
|
| Western
Citizenship
Conference |
4 |
|
Feature by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— 2nd Youth
Conference in Banff Sept. 4-5 increased leadership
skills in
inter-group relations. Education, economic
improvement and legislation
useful to overcome prejudice.
|
|
| Christianity
and
Revolution in the Church — 3 |
10 |
|
Feature by Peter Koltsoff —
Author reveals
that the Niacine Council in 325 destroyed several
copies of the Gospel
so as to hide the true nature of Christ.
|
|
| I
Am a Citizen of
the World |
14 |
|
Feature by Peace News —
The differences between
the US Soldier's Code and the World Citizen's
Code.
|
|
| September
Breeze |
16 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Steve S. Faminow
— September breeze,
so fresh and pure is Nature's autumn touch.
|
|
| Claims
Bonner
Bypassed Top Advice of Sons |
16 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— Mennonite
spokesman Abraham Driedger condemned kidnapping of
zealot children to
New Denver. Suggests compensation for loss of
lands in Sask.
|
|
| Goverment
to act on
Recommendations of Judge Lord after Exhaustive
Inquiry |
17 |
|
News From BC —
Judge Lord headed a
lands inquiry in 1953 to find the best method of
returning lands to BC
Doukhobors.
|
|
| Lundbreck
—
Community Activities Reviewed in Annual Report |
19 |
|
News From Alberta by
Steve S. Faminow
— The
Lundbreck-Cowley Doukhobor community held its
annual meeting.
Reaffirmed its support to construct a community
home.
|
|
| Funeral
Held for
Elder. Poem Read |
20 |
|
News From Sask. —
IInstead of
flowers, support for Sunday School class supported
by surviving family.
|
|
| Yorkton:
Doukhobors
Take Part in Pion-Era Festival |
21 |
|
News From Sask. by
George W.
Bloodoff — Men
demonstrated how pioneers sawed lumber. Women
hitched themselves to a
plough.
|
|
| Music
Has a Place in
Our Lives |
22 |
|
Opinion by Frances Horkoff
— I would like to
see music written for all our hymns and songs —
that way they'll live
forever.'
|
|
| Attends
International
Vegetarian Confab |
24 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Olga Biryukov — Olga Biryukov of
Geneva reports on International Congress of
Vegetarianism in Paris.
Recalls her visit to Saskatchewan. She is daughter
of Pavel Biryukov,
Tolstoy's biographer.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
25 |
|
Hodge Podge
by Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Bill
Perehudoff's most recent commission is a mural at
the depot of the
Sask. Transportation Company. Currently he works
for Modern Press in
Saskatoon.
|
|
| Working
With
Volunteers |
28 |
|
Feature by Julia Abrahamson —
With
organization and care, volunteers can provide an
invaluable service to
society. Grow, learn, make decisions, be friendly,
do not take them for
granted.
|
|
| Did
You Know That
Sports Skills Are Not Born |
31 |
|
Sports by Koozma J. Tarasoff —
Once you have
selected the right sport or job, work hard to
attain success.
|
|
| Heat |
31 |
|
Poetry Corner
by P. N.
Tarasoff — The icebergs of
the mind make us cool and free.
|
|
Vol. 2, no. 9 — October 1955
The Don Cossack.
By William Novakshonoff,
Buchanan, Sask.
| In
Search of a
Doukhobor King |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — It is doubtful
that a search for a Doukhobor king (Peter P.
Verigin, III) will bring
peace and happiness to the Doukhobor family.
Equality has challenged
divinity.
|
|
| Is
Censorship
Merited? |
3 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — What is needed
is not more freedom, nor more controls, but a new
public
responsibility. Liberty is useful according to
John Stuart Mills.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
3 |
|
Hodge Podge by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Of 9000
Conscientious Objectors in Canada in 1944, about
2000 were Doukhobors
20%, also Mennonites 63% and others13%.
|
|
| Shameless
Tears |
5 |
|
Feature by Florence S. Faminow —
The writer is
thankful to her parents for sending her to school
and encouraging her
to go on to complete her studies.
|
|
| A
Dream Come True |
6 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by John I. Pereverseff — The surplus
fund from the sale of community land could be used
for seniors homes.
|
|
| Museum
is the Place
for Traditional Clothes |
7 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Ethel Kanigan — The place for our
traditional attire is not in our Community Halls,
but in a museum.
|
|
| A
$142,000 Question |
8 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by William A. Soukoreff — The best
plan
offered is to use the surplus funds from the
$142,111.07 left from CCUB
receivership be used for seniors homes or helping
the needy. Details
presented.
|
|
| Delegation
to USSR
Discussed at Meeting |
10 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Vladimir Hanceroff — The question
of
sending delegates to the Soviet Union is not only
of concern to the
USCC but to all.
|
|
| Courage |
11 |
|
Sports by Wilsey Outlook
— The poem by Wilsey
Outlook personifies a positive attitude of the
athlete and is
recommended for memorizing by the Sports College
Testing Group.
|
|
| Hall
Improvements
Discussed |
13 |
|
News From BC by
John J.
Chernenkoff — A projection
room is proposed for a meeting hall in Salmo.
|
|
| Singing
Recorded as
Guests Entertained |
13 |
|
News From BC —
Molokan hymn sung
at party in Salmo.
|
|
| Burden
on Government
to Unfreeze Land |
13 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— Fear was
expressed at the Lord hearing that if any or all
of the 18,000 acres
was purchased by the Doukhobors, there was no
assurance of stability
from zealot attacks.
|
|
| Interdenominational
Service
Held |
14 |
|
News From Sask. by
Walter P.
Strukoff — Doukhobors were
amongst the first pioneers to settle in the Pelly
district.
Interdenominational service told.
|
|
| It's as Easy to Wipe Out Hunger as it was to make the Hydrogen Bomb | 15 |
|
Feature by Lord Boyd-Orr —
Scientific
knowledge if applied properly could end poverty,
wars, and the dreaded
H-Bombs.
|
|
| What
Do You Think |
19 |
|
Opinion by Mac Pereversoff —
People are giants
in the knowledge of science, but midgets in the
knowledge of
themselves. Is man nasty, brutish, noble or
charitable?
|
|
| Anastasia's
Daughter |
20 |
|
Book Reviews
by Nick W.
Sherstobitoff — The
significance of the book is that the novelist Gaie
Taylor has finally
discovered a rich field of writing. The Doukhobor
society provides an
excellent subject.
|
|
| Christianity
and
Revolution in the Church — 4 |
23 |
|
Feature by Peter Koltsoff —
Secret of Bishop:
We perform a service not to God but to people;
this drama is an event
primarily not for the people but to the vanity of
their princes.
|
|
| They
Came to Learn |
27 |
| Feature by Peter S. Bludoff —
A visit to
Saskatchewan of Russian agro-scientists described.
Lack of interpreters
was a problem in understanding PFRA and farming. |
Vol. 2, no. 10 — November 1955
World Friendship.
By Joe W. Popoff,
Langham, Sask.
| No
Room for Dogmatic
Beliefs |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Whenever we are
about to express a notion as a dogmatic truth, let
us think twice
before we make any snap judgments.
|
|
| Was
Doukhobor
Concept, Through Tolstoy, Borrowed From America? |
3 |
|
Feature by Inquirer —
William Lloyd Garrison's
Declaration of Sentiments was published in Lev
Tolstoy's book, then
adopted by Peter V. Verigin in exile. It was
against all wars and
politics.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Districts
Urged to Take Advantage of Choir Leader |
5 |
|
Information by
Nick N. Kalmakoff
— The UDC
Executive has arranged for Harry W. Vereschagin to
tour western Canada
Doukhobor settlements and hold choral workshops.
|
|
| Letter
Sent to Peace
Congress |
6 |
|
Letter by Stanley J. Petroff,
Nick N. Kalmakoff —
UDC sends greetings to the Forum of the Canadian
Peace Congress in
Toronto in support of disarmament and peace.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Culture |
7 |
|
Opinion by Elaine Polovnikoff —
Student
suggests that national songs, dances, and Russian
language courses be
included in the enrichment and preservation of
Doukhobor culture.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
9 |
|
Hodge Podge by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Nadya Konkin
and George Shukin achieved top scores at the
Kamsack 4-H day.
|
|
| The
Farmer |
12 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Ethel Kanigan
— There is life,
beauty and drama on the farm.
|
|
| The
Second Mile.
Ethics in Engineering |
12 |
|
Feature by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— Reliability,
courtesy, competency, and maturity are standards
to strive for in ones
profession as well as in life.
|
|
| Fifth
World Youth
Festival |
14 |
|
Feature by Natalia Aksaniuk
— A Saskatoon
student attended the 5th World Festival of Youth
and Students in in
Warsaw, Poland and writes of her impressions.
|
|
| Death
of Peter
Verigin Recalled at Service |
16 |
|
News From BC — A memorial
service was held for
Peter V. Verigin who died in October 1924 in a
still-unsolved train
explosion.
|
|
| Sons
of Freedom
Mothers Plead With Premier for Return of Children |
17 |
|
News From BC —
Zealot mothers
plead before Premier Bennett for the return of
their children from New
Denver. So far 40 children have been forcefully
taken.
|
|
| Gulley
Asked to Free
Children |
17 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— A delegation of
zealot women gathered at the home of Quaker Emmett
Gulley pleading for
the release of their children from New Denver.
|
|
| Scholarship
for M.
Chernoff |
18 |
|
News From Sask. by
Kamsack Times
— Michael Chernoff of
Kamsack is one of two Saskatchewan students
awarded a university
scholarship to Queen's University in Kingston. Had
94.8 average for
four years.
|
|
| Society
Holds
Ceremony in Prelude to Building a Home |
18 |
|
News From Sask.
— The Doukhobor
Society of Saskatoon held a prayer ceremony before
building a Community
Home. Koozma Tarasoff, Sr. turned the first sod.
|
|
| Tree
Planting Project |
19 |
|
News From Sask.
by Walter P.
Strukoff — The Pelly
Doukhobor Society planted trees at the Peaceful
Cove Cemetery.
|
|
| Sons
of Freedom and
J. J. Verigin |
19 |
|
Feature by Inquirer —
Letter by zealots to
Judge Arthur E. Lord is reprinted as
'Clarification re J. J. Verigin'.
In hijack manner, zealots claim all Doukhobors are
zealots and
Freedomites are scapegoats for the Verigins. Sees
S. S. Sorokin as
champion.
|
|
| Editorial
Comment on
'Sons' Letter |
23 |
|
Editor's Comment
by Inquirer —
Letter is full of
half-truths and falsehoods, probably composed by
outside agitators.
Suggests Sorokin was brought to Canada in as a
social experiment to
disrupt Doukhobors.
|
|
| Vereschagin
Guest
Speaker at Special Evening Program |
25 |
|
News From Sask.
by Nick N.
Kalmakoff — Elder master
introduces four-part singing in western Canada
tour doing an official
launch in Canora.
|
|
| A
Long Time Ago |
27 |
|
Short Story
by Frances
Horkoff — The story begins
with the opening and closing of a box stove in
winter on an early
Saskatchewan farm. Family members are recalled. A
surprise ending.
|
|
Vol. 2, no. 11 — December 1955
The Welcome Door.
By William Novakshonoff,
Buchanan, Sask.
| The
Real Meaning of
Christmas |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Cooperating to
avert a world catastrophe is the heart of the
matter. Love is central
to understanding, goodwill and reconciliation.
|
|
| Doukhobors
Should
Re-Apply for Release of Children |
2 |
|
Editorial by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— Suggests that
Doukhobors should make a second application to
government to release
zealot children and send them to school.
|
|
| The
Challenge of Mars |
4 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Jessie Wallace
Hughan — We defy
thee, O Mars, to stop the slaughter of humankind.
|
|
| Why
are Doukhobor
Land-Holders Classed as Aliens — Jaycees Question |
5 |
|
News From BC by
Grand Forks
Gazette — Why are
Doukhobor land-holders in Grand Forks classified
as 'aliens' by the
land registry office? Being placed on the Voter's
List requires special
effort.
|
|
| Malloff
Offers as
'Forks Alderman |
5 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— Bill A.
Malloff, a Grand Forks merchant, is the first
candidate of the Russian
speaking group to contest an aldermanic seat in
the civic election.
|
|
| Sculptor's
Work
Praised at Coast |
5 |
|
News From BC by
Dave Rowntree
— A young Castlegar
sculptor is making a name for himself in Vancouver
by exhibiting two
pieces at the Vancouver's annual Fall show.
|
|
| Union
of Youth
(USCC) Hold Organizational Convention |
6 |
|
News From BC by
John J.
Chernenkoff — Union of Youth
Convention held in Brilliant. To increase Iskra
readers, it was decided
to have a young folks page in English. Decision
was influenced by The Inquirer.
|
|
| Inquirer
Greets
Youth Convention |
8 |
|
News From BC by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Hopes that the
spirit of inquiry and friendship will prevail and
the Union of Youth
reorganizes.
|
|
| Sons
of Freedom
Pleads |
8 |
|
News From BC —
Delegation of 23 in
Nelson pleads to Magistrate William Evans to
return their children.
Parents claim dogs were used to intimidate the
children.
|
|
| Amateur
Night a Big
Success |
10 |
|
News From Sask. by
George A.
Bloodoff, W. W. Kabatoff —
The Doukhobor Society of Verigin held a successful
fund-raising amateur
night in November. A variety of talent.
|
|
| Local
Branch of UDC
Holds Meeting |
11 |
|
News From Sask. by
Muriel Zakshewski
— A meeting urged
the Dept. of Education to complete all exams
before the 29th day of
June allowing Doukhobors to celebrate this
historic holiday.
|
|
| Prayer
Home
Described by Resident |
12 |
|
News From Sask. by
Frances Horkoff
— To accommodate
funerals, the Kamsack Doukhobors decided to
construct a Community Home
with modern kitchen facilities to accommodate 100.
|
|
| Pelly
Local Active
in Fund Raising Campaign |
13 |
|
News From Sask. — Despite
cold weather, Pelly
Doukhobors held a fundraising tea.
|
|
| Little
Festival' to
be held During Holidays |
14 |
|
News From Sask. — A 'little
festival' is schedule
for Canora during the Christmas holidays.
|
|
| News
From the Union
of Doukhobors of Canada |
14 |
|
Information
by Nick N.
Kalmakoff — Doukhobor elder
spoke in Canora at the beginning of his choir
workshops in
Saskatchewan. I cannot believe I am among
'backward' Doukhobors, he
said.
|
|
| Memoirs
of My Father
and Mother — 1 |
16 |
|
Feature by Olga Biryukov —
Pavel Biryukov,
born in Russia in 1859, did much to promote the
survival and unity of
Russian Doukhobor migrants to Canada. Shocked by
the church and state
in waging wars.
|
|
| A
New Years
Resolution |
19 |
|
Opinion by Florence S. Faminow —
Surgical
nurse Florence S. Faminow writes there is a need
for love and reality
when parents leave their children for operations
such as removing
tonsils.
|
|
| Christian
is Bound
to be a Pacifist |
22 |
|
Feature by Koozma J. Tarasoff —
The new spirit
of understanding or love is the answer to a new
world-order.
|
|
| Says
Doukhobors
Should Appoint Committee to Look into Land
Foreclosure Proceedings |
26 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Nick N. Plotnicove — Vancouver
elder suggests Doukhobors set up a committee to
investigate the
appalling foreclosure results of the CCUB in 1938.
|
|
| DI
— The Seeker of
Truth |
27 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Peter S. Vereschagin — I have
returned from the place where the children of the
Sons of Freedom are
held in captivity. Inquirer should be called 'The
Seeker of Truth'.
|
|
| A
Need for Active
Participation in Struggle for World Peace |
27 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Dorothy Morrison — Doukhobor
people
have much to offer in the struggle for a better
world where peace will
prevail. The Inquirer's role is ensured.
|
|
| Says
Meat Eating is
Undesirable and Unchristian |
28 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Alex P. Relkoff — We must not
have
our hands dripping with the gore and blood of
animals.
|
|
| Do
We Have to Hate
'Em to Win? |
29 |
|
Sports Corner
by Lloyd
Percival — Using hate as an
incentive is primitive in philosophy and
inefficient in effect. It has
no place in sport.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
31 |
|
Hodge Podge
by Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Norman Rebin
won a public speaking contest in Saskatoon.
Mildred Fahrni of
Fellowship of Reconciliation visited the zealots
in Krestova who
responded with warm hospitality.
|
|
Vol. 2, no. 12 — January 1956
Bringing in the New Year.
Artist unknown.
| Isn't
It Strange |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Isn't it
strange that man often chooses the violent path?
|
|
| Don't
Be Afraid to
Admit Your Mistakes |
3 |
|
Editorial by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— Our attitude to
admit mistakes and face reality is an indication
that we are alive.
|
|
| USCC
Senior Choir
Celebrates Tenth Anniversary |
4 |
|
News From BC by
Grand Forks
Gazette — The men's
choir was organized in 1945 by Bill Kootnekoff who
still heads it, but
now it includes women as well.
|
|
| Favourable
Comment
Received by Artist |
5 |
|
News From BC by
Hanna Antifaev —
Francis Faminow
received favourable comment for her eleven scenic
and portrait oil
paintings at the Vancouver Art Centre.
|
|
| Six
More Children to
Denver Home |
5 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— With six more
zealot children apprehended, the total at New
Denver is now 82.
|
|
| The
Doukhobor Story
to be Filmed |
6 |
|
News From Sask. —
Jim F. C. Wright
and friends have teamed up to create a scenario
for a film on
Doukhobors to take place largely in Blaine Lake.
For TV.
|
|
| Little
Festival Big
Success |
7 |
|
News From Sask. by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — A 120 voice
choir, conducted by Harry W. Vereschagin,
highlighted a four-hour
festival of song and speeches in Canora. Editor
spoke about the growth
of a new idea.
|
|
| Choir
Instructor's
Visit Created Great Interest |
10 |
|
News From Sask. by
John Strukoff —
Choir instructor's
visit to the Pelly area has stimulated much local
interest.
|
|
| Vereschagin
to
Instruct in Various Centres |
10 |
|
News From Sask. —
Choir instructor
is scheduled to go to Kylemore, Watson, Saskatoon,
Langham and Blaine
Lake.
|
|
| Mahonin
Starts Fund
for Russian Typewriter |
10 |
|
News From Sask. —
John J. Mahonin
of Verigin, Sask has begun a fund to acquire a
Russian typewriter for The Inquirer.
|
|
| Freedom
of
Conscience in USSR |
11 |
|
Information by Olga
Biryukov — Although there are many COs to
be found in prisons,
the common method is such as to not make a martyr
of them.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Highlights
in 1955 |
12 |
|
Feature by Inquirer —
Highlights for one year:
UDC convention, Union of Youth convention,
pioneers honoured, Peace Day
observed, singing popular, peace is primary,
zealots protest, art is
booming. land issue, Bonch-Bruevich died,
community homes built.
|
|
| Memoirs
of My Father
and Mother — 2 |
20 |
|
Feature by Olga Biryukov
— Pavel Biryukov
renounced his land inheritance and distributed it
amongst the peasants.
He organized the publishing house Posdrednik
(Mediator). Biographer of
Tolstoy.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
25 |
|
Hodge Podge
by Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Plans
proceeding on documentary film on Doukhobors.
|
|
| Pamphlet
Could
Spread Better Understanding |
28 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Alec P. Wishlow — A brief handout
on the Doukhobors is urgently needed.
|
|
| Future
for The
Inquirer is Unlimited |
31 |
|
Letter to the Editor
by Pete C.
Maloff — The future for The Inquirer
is unlimited.
|
|
| Introducing
the
series: Man and His Ideas |
31 |
|
Man and His Ideas —
1 by Inquirer
— Twelve lectures at U of
Sask. by philosopher Dr Robert Paton will explore
the dominant ideas of
the world.
|
|
Vol. 3, no. 1 — February 1956
Worship and Song.
A Study in Abstract.
By Bill Perehudoff,
Saskatoon, Sask.
Back Cover:
| Traditional
Doukhobor
Songs Heard at Rally Attended by 1000 |
1a |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— The Nelson
Ministerial Assoction and USCC sponsored a youth
concert of goodwill in
Nelson. The traveling ambassadors sang hymns and
songs.
|
|
| Doukhobors
Remember
Children in Detention |
1b |
|
News From BC
— Doukhobors of
Vancouver and New Westminster raised monies for
detained children in
New Denver.
|
|
| Amateur
Night at New
Westminster Proceeds in Aid to DI |
1b |
|
News From BC—
An amateur night in
New Westminster raised funds for The
Inquirer.
|
|
| Capacity
Crowd
Thrilled by Choir |
1b |
|
News From BC by
John J.
Chernenkoff — Frank Konken,
MC, introduced his 30-voice choir at concert in
Salmo.
|
|
| Brotherhood
Week in
Canada |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Frazer Earle —
The study of
psychology says that children can learn
brotherhood instead of
hostility and prejudice. Goal: dignity and rights
to all.
|
|
| Curtain
Falls on
'The Doukhobor Story' |
4 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The National
Film Board rejects a documentary film proposal on
Doukhobors. Here is a
missed opportunity to differentiate zealots from
Doukhobors.
|
|
| Must
Protect Human
Rights CCF Leader Tells Commons |
5 |
|
New From Ottawa
— M. J. Caldwell,
leader of the CCF party, spoke in the House of
Commons. He cited
discriminatory legislation in Canada against
Doukhobors, Hutterites,
others.
|
|
| Truth
is One |
7 |
|
Anniversary Articles
by Olga
Biryukov — The Doukhobor demand
for truth, the straight and honest application of
Christianity to life,
no matter what the cost, provides a new era for
humanity.
|
|
| Res
Ipsa Loquitur |
8 |
|
Anniversary Articles
by Peter
S. Faminow — Lawyer Peter
Faminow evaluates The Inquirer on its two year
anniversary. Fair
comment, constructive editorials, good humor,
excellent covers were
cited.
|
|
| A
World to Our
Students |
12 |
|
Anniversary Articles
by Eli A.
Popoff — Author challenges
educated young students to be tactful,
broad-based, and more delicate
in the evaluation of their heritage.
|
|
| The
DI is Becoming
an Institution |
14 |
|
Anniversary Articles
by Steve
S. Faminow — As a unifying
bond among Doukhobors, The Inquirer has shown
courage, commitment, hard
work, clear thinking, and the ability to transcend
boundaries.
|
|
| On
the Anniversary
of The Inquirer |
16 |
|
Anniversary Articles
by William
A. Soukoreff — Praises The
Inquirer for abandoning narrow dogmatism, pursuing
a broader democratic
outlook and working for a warless world.
|
|
| Human
Dignity |
19 |
|
Anniversary Articles
by Peter
S. Bludoff — Through The
Inquirer, a balanced integrated society may evolve
sooner when each of
us has learned to feel the value of human dignity.
|
|
| Need
to Sow Before
we Reap |
22 |
|
Anniversary Articles
by Stanley
J. Petroff — Thanks to Mary
Sherstobitoff, the editor, and volunteers for
stimulating the youth to
express themselves through a monthly journal.
|
|
| National
Film Board
Rejects The Doukhobor Story |
24 |
|
News From Sask. by
Jim F. C. Wright
— Wright replies to
NFB about the rejection of his documentary script
on Doukhobors which
had cooperation of Lawrence Cherry, Peter Bludoff,
and The
Inquirer.
|
|
| Society
Holds Annual
Meeting |
27 |
|
News From Sask. — First
annual meeting of the
registered Doukhobor Society of Saskatoon was held
at their newly built
Doukhobor Home. Peter N. Postnikoff, Chairman.
John F. Papove, sec.
treas.
|
|
| Central
Regional
Festival to be Held |
27 |
|
News From Sask. — Saskatoon
will host a combined
100-voice choir as a culmination of Harry W.
Vereschagin's choir
instruction tour of Sask. MC will be Peter G.
Makaroff.
|
|
| Instructor
Speaks to
Youth on Doukhobor Faith |
27 |
|
News From Sask. by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— Elder choir leader says that Jesus Christ was a
Doukhobor because he
renounced the theory of violence and followed the
path of reason and
love.
|
|
| Memoirs
of My Father
and Mother — 3 |
29 |
|
Feature by Olga Biryukov —
Switzerland was the
main refuge for Russian emigres. Here Pavel
Biryukov established Free
Thought, published news on Doukhobors. Visitors
included
Bonch-Bruevich, Lenin, Peter V. Verigin. Wife was
a talented teacher.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
33 |
|
Hodge Podge by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The Tovarishchi
of Castlegar, BC, have recorded four more Russian
songs.
|
|
| Sports
Section &
The Inquirer |
34 |
|
Sports by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— A balance in
mind and body is needed in life, an ideal long
known by the ancient
Greeks.
|
|
| My
Trip to the
Ecumenical Conference in Ohio, USA |
36 |
|
Feature by Peggy Perverzoff
— Sixteen students
at Ecumenical Conference discussed pacifism, world
affairs,
spirituality, and purposeful living.
|
|
| Doukhobors
and
Education in British Columbia |
38 |
|
Opinion by William W. Soukoreff
— UBC student
discusses some USCC Doukhobors who fear higher
education may be
incompatible with pacifism. Scholarships needed.
|
|
| Inquirer |
42 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Ignat P. Antifeev
— The poem in
Russian is an ode to the high road spirit of The Inquirer.
|
|
| A
Man |
43 |
|
Poetry Corner
by Laura
Bloodoff — A man's no bigger
than the way he treats his fellow-man.
|
|
| Genuine
Peace
Requires Love and Understanding |
44 |
|
Opinion by Frances Horkoff
— Genuine peace
requires raising economics of all people so they
would have the
nutriments for life, prosperity and livelihood.
|
|
| Peace
and Politics |
45 |
|
Opinion by George A. Bloodoff
— Does it mean
that because our forefathers burnt their firearms,
today we should be
complacent about political affairs?
|
|
| Impressed
by
Festival — Urges Further Participation |
47 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by S. A. Androsoff — More festivals
are needed as well as appropriate lectures to
entice young people to
appreciate Doukhoborism.
|
|
| Challenges
Youth to
Hold Arts & Crafts Exhibition |
47 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Frances Horkoff — Urges UDC to
collect fine pieces of craftsmanship in
preparation for an exhibition
of the creative arts. Purpose: to show our worth
as creative citizens.
|
|
| Let's
Profit by Past
Mistakes |
48 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Alex P. Relkoff — War is
profitable
for arms makers. How can we learn from past wars?
|
|
| Enjoys
DI, But
Questions Value of Sports Page |
49 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by A. A. Wishlow — Why sports in The
Inquirer?
|
|
| Whom
to Believe |
50 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by John G. Bondoroff — Author cites
a
conversation with Soviet ambassador Chuvahin who
said there was no
exemption from military service to anyone.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Highlights
Provides Valuable Resume |
52 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Nick N. Plotnicove — Claims that
Queen Victoria promised Doukhobors certain
freedoms. Editor: We cannot
find anywhere in Doukhobor history where Queen
Victoria made any
promises to the Doukhobors.
|
|
| Grateful
For Freedom
of Conscience |
54 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Fred J. Fillipoff — Doukhobors
should be grateful for the freedom of conscience
granted to
conscientious objectors and for the maintenance of
that institution.
|
|
| More
on the Subject
of Meat and Vegetarianism |
54 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by William F. Chutskoff — Discussion
on vegetarianism. Editor: vegetarianism should not
be confused as being
part of religious tenets of the Doukhobors.
|
|
| Vereschagin's
Visit
Attracted Many Youth |
57 |
|
News From Sask.
by M. A. Bayduk
— Harry W.
Vereschagin's choir instruction tour gave us a new
spirit of fellowship
in our lives as well as taught us new singing
skills.
|
|
| The
Grand Festival a
Great Success |
58 |
|
News From Sask.
by Annette
Kalmakoff — The Grand
Festival in Kamsack featured a 180 voice choir
conducted by Harry W.
Vereschagin.
|
|
Vol. 3, no. 2 — March 1956
A Prairie Scene in Spring.
By Joe W. Popoff,
Langham, Sask.
| The
Racial Issue |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Supremacy issue
is outmoded. It is only a question of time before
such practices as
lynching, segregation and color prejudice are
eliminated from human
history.
|
|
| Doukhobors
and the
Federation of Russian-Canadians |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Closer ties
between the Federation of Russian Canadians and
Doukhobors are
encouraged. Plan to send youth to World Youth
Festival in Moscow In
1957.
|
|
| A
Doukhobor 'Synod'
Meets |
3 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Saskatchewan
Doukhobors met in Saskatoon in February and
discussed standardization
of ritual in prayer, wedding ceremonies, funerals,
etc.
|
|
| Let
Us Unite |
5 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The Inquirer
endorses Peter M. Gretchen's plea for unity of
Doukhobor youth with
outreach to Molokans, Quakers, Mennonites, and
others.
|
|
| Iskra
Establishes a
Relief Fund: Olga Birukoff Fund |
6 |
|
Feature by Inquirer — Inquirer has
agreed to work with Iskra in fund raising to support
Olga Biryukov of Switzerland. Her father Pavel and
Lev N. Tolstoy
assisted Russian Doukhobors to Canada.
|
|
| Doukhobors
and
Education |
8 |
|
Feature by Nick W. Sherstobitoff
— When 40
Doukhobors are currently enrolled at University of
Sask., practically
no BC students are in UBC. Discusses the reasons
'why'. Sees higher
education especially valuable.
|
|
| An
Autobiographical
Sketch of Harry Vereschagin |
10 |
|
Feature by Harry W. Vereschagin
— Born in Kars,
Caucasus in 1885. Father was arrested and exiled.
Came to BC in 1911.
Excelled as singer. Went to Russia in 1925 to
invite Peter P. Verigin.
In 1930 denied visa to Russia.
|
|
| Hunting
for Seneca
Root |
12 |
|
Feature by Frances Horkoff
— Reminiscences of
early pioneer women and children hunting for
Seneca roots, then selling
them for medicinal purposes.
|
|
| Friendship
and
Understanding Theme of Visit |
15 |
|
News From BC by
Grand Forks
Gazette — Young
inter-denominational singers performed in Grand
Forks as
bridge-building event.
|
|
| Public
to be Allowed
to See Denver Home |
16 |
|
News From BC by
Inquirer —
With 85 zealot children
in New Denver, efforts are being made to open the
secrecy of this
institution.
|
|
| Dept.
of Education
to Take Over Institution for Sons' Children |
17 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— The New Denver
institution will be transferred to the Provincial
Dept. of Education.
|
|
| Advises Sale of Land to Doukhobors | 17 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— Interim Report
of Justice A. E. Lord requests a survey of
crown-owned Doukhobor lands
in BC.
|
|
| Kidnapping'
of
Freedomite Children, 'Confiscation' of Lands
Called Illegal |
18 |
|
News From BC by
Grand Forks
Gazette — Abraham
Driedger in public meeting suggested hate be
replaced with love in the
kidnapping of zealot children to New Denver.
|
|
| Proceeds
of Banquet
go to Peace Council |
19 |
|
News From BC by
Michael P.
Deakoff — Money was
raised for the BC Peace Council from proceeds of
banquet in New
Westminster.
|
|
| Educating
Sons'
Children Will be 'Long Business' |
19 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— Teacher Connie
White of New Denver says it will take years to
persuade zealots to send
their children to public schools.
|
|
| Children's
Attendance
at School 'Far From Voluntary' |
20 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— Zealot mothers
object to harassment of the RCMP.
|
|
| Choir
Organizer
Creates Interest |
21 |
|
Manitoba News by
Frank K. Popoff —
As a result of
Harry W. Vereschagin's choral workshops, the
Benito Doukhobors will now
have a choir.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Damage $14
Million; Identity of Murderer 'Known' |
21 |
|
News From BC by
Trail Daily Times
— James Johnston
of CPR said that Canadian taxpayers have paid
about $14 million since
1923 for alleged 'Doukhobor depredations'.
Suggests 1924 explosion was
caused by time bomb.
|
|
| Former
Chairman of
UDC Comments on Johnston's Statement |
22 |
|
News From Manitoba by
Inquirer —
William P. Sherstobitoff
calls Johnston's statement on 1924 explosion
'utterly fantastic'. Says
report is unfair to the vast majority of
Doukhobors and is a conspiracy
to designed to 'prime the pump'.
|
|
| First
Saskatoon
Doukhobor Regional Festival Held |
23 |
|
News From Sask. by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Vereschagin's
choir workshops have revived the Doukhobor spirit.
210 voice choir sang
together. Peter G. Makaroff, MC reaffirms belief
in love of God as
exemplified in love of fellow man.
|
|
| Six
Districts to
Participate in Outdoor Festival |
28 |
|
News From Sask. by
Walter P.
Strukoff — Benito,
Kamsack, Verigin, Canora, Kylemore and Pelly are
planning an outdoor
festival in June. Experimenting with 7 different
voice levels.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
28 |
|
Hodge Podge by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The Editor
describes the challenges of publishing The
Inquirer. Cites recent
visitor J. P. Stushnoff. Congratulates Nellie
Swetleshnoff as best
actress at drama night in Canora.
|
|
| Sons
of Freedom.
Gusskin. Sorokin |
30 |
|
Feature by Inquirer —
Zealot pamphlet in
Russian described as insincere, deliberately
falsified, full of name
calling. William M. Moojelsky and John J.
Perepelkin were cosigners of
the pamphlet.
|
|
| What
We Owe to the
Greeks' |
34 |
|
Feature: Man and His
Ideas — 2 by Inquirer — A new approach to
civilization emerged with Athens. By being the
first people to separate
superstition and magic and mythology from their
thinking, they
pioneered democracy.
|
|
| Memoirs
of My Father
and Mother — 4 |
36 |
|
Feature by Olga Biryukov
— Daughter describes
the negative and positive effects of Russian
Revolution, exile, and
migration on her friends and family.
|
|
| Please
Tell Me Dear |
42 |
|
Poetry Corner
by Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The poem seeks
an answer to the stupidity of black and white,
right and wrong.
|
|
| Just
Smile |
43 |
|
Poetry Corner
by Elaine Marie
Ewachiw — A smile is
worth a million dollars, and it doesn't cost a
cent.
|
|
| Open
Sky IBM and
Weather Balloons |
43 |
|
Feature by Peter S. Bludoff —
What chance have
we against our mass media where even the science
of psychology is
exploited to give us a slanted view-point?
|
|
| Society
of Brothers
Seek Love, Peace and Harmony |
46 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Derrick P. Faux — Spokesman of
the
Wheathill Bruderoff in England hears of The
Inquirer and shares the
news of his community based on the way of Christ.
|
|
| Student
Group Looks
Toward an Active Program |
48 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Hanna Antifaev — Co-leader of
Saskatoon students impressed by Vereschagain's
choir workshops and
looks forward to exchange visits with Alberta and
BC youth.
|
|
| Enthusiasm
Created
by Instructor's Visit Praises Work of UDC |
48 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Louis L. Osachoff — Secretary of
the Kylemore Choir Committee praises UDC for
sponsoring Harry W.
Vereschagin as choir teacher in Sask.
|
|
| B.
C. Legislature
Urges World Disarmament |
50 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Ray Gardner — The BC Legislature
urges the Canadian Government to intensify its
efforts to achieve world
disarmament via UN. The ideal is the arms burning
of 1895.
|
|
| Russian
Typewriter
Fund |
50 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by John Mahonin — Elder considers it
an 'absolute necessity' and a great desire of
young people to acquire a
Russian typewriter for publishing reports in our
'native' language.
|
|
| Choir
Organizer
Thanks Saskatchewan and Manitoba Doukhobors |
51 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Harry W. Vereschagin — Elder choir
leader thanks his compatriots at the close of his
Sask. and Manitoba
tour.
|
|
Vol. 3, no. 3 — April 1956
The Searching Light.
By Joe W. Popoff,
Langham, Sask.
| Optimism
— A
Necessity in Life |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — A positive,
optimistic attitude combined with constructive
action is necessary for
a wholesome, useful and happy life.
|
|
| Preparation
Necessary
for Doukhobor Convention |
3 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Issues: youth,
role of Doukhobors in local and world affairs,
unity, and the meaning
of the Doukhobor movement.
|
|
| A
Good Suggestion |
4 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — It is proposed
that an education-recreational camp should be held
in summer for
Doukhobor youth.
|
|
| Ignorance
or
Impudence? |
5 |
|
Opinion by Peter Koltsoff
— The Nicean Council
of 325 AD distorted Christian teaching by forming
a separate caste
distinct from other people and created a priestly
monopoly.
|
|
| Spring
Tea to be Held |
7 |
|
News From Sask. — A
fundraising tea will help the
construction of the Doukhobor Community Home in
Saskatoon.
|
|
| Amateur
Night Show |
7 |
|
News From Sask. by
Saskatoon
Star-Phoenix — An Amateur
Night raised $400 for the Arena rink fund.
|
|
| Melodrama
Best in
Drama Show |
8 |
|
News From Sask. by
Saskatoon
Star-Phoenix — Vernie
Popoff, Kathleen Pereverseff and William
Katelnikoff were among the
best in the high school drama festival held in
Blaine Lake.
|
|
| Skis
Found Useful |
8 |
|
News From Sask. by
Saskatoon
Star-Phoenix — Blaine Lake
residents have been using skis to navigate during
blizzard conditions.
|
|
| Bingo
and Whist
Feature Annual Social |
8 |
|
News From Sask. by
Muriel Zakshewski
— Bingo, whist
and singing were successful activities at the
Blaine Lake Doukhobor
Ladies' Club Annual Social.
|
|
| High
School Girl
Killed in Highway Mishap |
9 |
|
News From Sask. —
Hazel Remizov, a
16-year-old Langham farm girl was killed when the
truck she was riding
turned over.
|
|
| UDC
Circular Letter
re Doukhobor Problems |
9 |
|
News From Sask. by
Nick N. Kalmakoff
— In preparation
for UDC Convention, its Secretary-Treasurer cites
a number of problems
facing Doukhobors: youth, language, membership.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Lands
Sub-Division to Aid Sale — Spring Settlement
Possible |
10 |
|
News From BC
by Grand Forks
Gazette — Land around
Grand Forks seized from the Doukhobors during the
depression, will
shortly be sub-divided by government surveyors, in
preparation for sale.
|
|
| USCC
Choir Heard
Over CBC |
11 |
|
News From BC
— Selections from
junior and senior choirs were heard over the local
CBC radio station in
April in the program Parade of Choirs.
|
|
| John
Markin Gets
Try-out Bid with Dodger Club |
11 |
|
News From BC
by Grand Forks
Gazette — John Markin
of Grand Forks will soon be undergoing spring
training at the Brooklyn
Dodgers baseball farm club in California.
|
|
| Took
Part in Red
Cross Drive |
12 |
|
News From BC —
Grand Forks
Doukhobors participated in the local annual Red
Cross drive. This was
the first year that Doukhobor communities were
canvassed.
|
|
| Many
People Expected
at 9th Annual Festival |
12 |
|
News From BC —
The 9th annual
youth festival will be the culmination of their
season's progress in
the cultural, spiritual and educational
activities.
|
|
| Local
USCC Group
Lays Plans for Cultural Centre |
12 |
|
News From BC —
Community members
of the USCC decided to build a cultural centre for
such uses as prayer
meetings, festivals, drama, general meetings,
lectures, singing,
spiritual instruction, marriage and funeral
services.
|
|
| Local
Students Get
Special Mention |
13 |
|
News From BC —
Jack Polovnicoff,
Lawrence Fofonoff and Peter Konkin received
special mention at the West
Kootenay Drama Festival in March.
|
|
| New
Denver Sons of
Freedom School Cost $74,000 |
13 |
|
News From BC by Grand Forks Gazette —
The cost of
maintaining Doukhobor guards in BC during fiscal
year 1954-55 was $172,
203.
|
|
| New
Denver School
Supervisor Honored |
14 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— Staff and
children at New Denver honored Robert Ross,
supervisor.
|
|
| Sons
Ask Release of
Children |
14 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— Zealot women
renewed their pleas for the release of their
children from New Denver.
|
|
| To
Denver Home |
15 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— Another zealot
child was taken from the home and placed in New
Denver. Total in
detention: 85.
|
|
| More
Discipline,
More Recreation in Store for Freedomite Youths |
15 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— There are 99
zealot children attending school voluntarily in BC
plus 86 in the New
Denver home as wards of the Welfare Dept.
|
|
| Sons
of Freedom
Problems to Cost Taxpayers $245,000 in 1956 |
16 |
|
News From BC by Grand Forks Gazette —
The total
cost for dealing with zealot behavior is more than
the provincial cost
for the treatment of alcoholics and drug addicts.
|
|
| Sons'
Jailed After
Attack on Official |
16 |
|
News From BC by Saskatoon
Star-Phoenix —
Twenty-five zealots were jailed pending charges of
causing a public
disturbance after its members attacked Emmett
Gulley who they claimed
was responsible for taking their children to New
Denver.
|
|
| Sons
Threaten Riot
at Nelson, BC |
17 |
|
News From BC by Saskatoon
Star-Phoenix — Zealot
women tried second time to mob Emmett Gulley in
Nelson Court House.
|
|
| Easter
Observance |
17 |
|
News From BC
by W. J.
Cazakoff — At Easter services,
Peter Abrosimoff urged Doukhobors to take an
active part in community
affairs.
|
|
| Guest
Speaker at
Successful Banquet |
18 |
|
News From BC by Nick N. Plotnicove —
At a banquet
of the BC Peace Council, Mr. Gardner praised the
Doukhobors for their
courage in burning their fire arms in 1895.
|
|
| Candidates
for May
Queen |
18 |
|
News From BC — Arlene
Bloodoff, Janet Bayoff
and Donna Mae Trozzo were chosen candidates for
the May Queen at South
Slocan.
|
|
| Some
Children Are… |
19 |
|
Poetry Corner
by Jo Tenjford —
Children of different
backgrounds have equal rights to dance, play, and
work together.
|
|
| Have
You Tried
Discussion? |
20 |
|
Feature by Ottawa Citizen —
The speaker,
debate, panel, symposium and film are forms that
stimulate discussion.
A Discussion Leader has a special role.
|
|
| Know
Thyself by
Broadening Your Knowledge |
24 |
|
Opinion by Mike Postnikoff —
A basis
comprehension of the meaning of Doukhobors
combined with learning will
help us know thyself.
|
|
| Walking
is an Aid to
Maintaining Fitness All Your Life |
24 |
|
Sports & Health
Corner —
By following a regular walking
program, you are taking an important step towards
maintaining your
fitness and health.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
26 |
|
Hodge Podge
by Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Humour is
healthy and can even help cure East-West world
problems.
|
|
| A
Texas Sheep Herder |
27 |
|
Humour by Free Press Weekly
Prairie Farmer —
Examples of home-grown humour are cited from the
USA. 'We have a ferry
boat in Texas that runs across the river, but it
has to haul water most
of the time to keep afloat.'
|
|
| The
Story of the
Deliverance from Czarist Oppression — 1 |
30 |
|
Feature by Inquirer —
The first of two parts
of Doukhobor history focuses on emigration of 7500
settlers to Canada —
which bears witness to the humanitarian spirit of
love in alleviating
human suffering.
|
|
| The
Mystery Religions |
39 |
|
Man and His Ideas —
2 by Inquirer
— Christianity adopted
much from secret religious groups in the
Mediterranean world.
|
|
| Clarifies
Bondoreff's
Statement re: Migration |
41 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Eli A. Popoff — In discussion
with
the Soviet Ambassador, the writer said there was
only an exploration of
'possible future migration', but no commitment.
|
|
| Offers
Tape
Recordings to Interested People |
42 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Jim J. Chernenkoff — The author
has
a selection of pre-recorded audio tapes of
Doukhobor singing and
speeches, which he offers to share with the
readers.
|
|
| Education,
Politics
and Religion |
43 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Peter M. Bloodoff — Author claims
education is just a tool and not always a virtue.
Quotes from USCC
Declaration which forbids recognizing any
political parties.
|
|
| Education,
Politics
and Religion |
44 |
|
Editor's Note
by Inquirer —
The move to BC in 1908
was largely due to political and economic reasons.
CCUB would flourish
if its members were more mature. Zealots have
allowed religious
racketeers to exploit them. CO status needs to be
worked for.
|
|
| Congratulations |
45 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Nellie Lebedoff — It's a
wonderful
paper and wonderfully done.
|
|
| A
Pessimistic View
of Human Nature |
45 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Alex P. Relkoff — The writer
contends that assimilation to Canadian society
does not guarantee
respect for its forward-looking ideas. 'That dam
Douk' will continue.
|
|
| Union
of Youth Sends
Invitations to Festival |
46 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by eter B. Samoyloff, Jim D. Kolesnikoff —
The BC youth invite Saskatchewan and Alberta youth
to its annual
festival in Grand Forks in May. The event unifies
people through
psalms, hymns and folksongs.
|
|
| Another
'Thank You'
to Vereschagin |
47 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by S. A. Androsoff — A tribute by
Blaine Lake Doukhobors is given to choir
instructor Harry W.
Vereschagin for his five-day tour of the district.
|
|
| Enrolls
UDC Members
in Vancouver |
47 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Nick N. Plotnicove — The
Vancouver
Doukhobor Society invites its members to join the
Union of Doukhobors
of Canada (UDC).
|
|
| Pleased
With
Comments on Religious Meeting |
48 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Alex W. Vereschagin — The
Saskatchewan Religious convention in February was
appreciated by the
writer for its helpful comments on prayer, wedding
ceremonies,
funerals, etc.
|
|
| Vladimir
Hanceroff |
48 |
|
Who's Who in the
Executive of Union of
Doukhobors of Canada by Inquirer
— Born in Saskatchewan in 1909, Hancheroff worked
as a farmer,
labourer, lumber jack and miner.
|
|
| Sam
A. Androsoff |
49 |
|
Who's Who in the
Executive of Union of
Doukhobors of Canada by Inquirer
— Born in the Blaine Lake district of Sask.,
Androsoff served with the
School District, Telephone Board, Wheat Pool
Committee, and Town
Memorial Hall Committee. Enjoys mixed farming.
|
|
| Summer
Camps For
Doukhobor Youth |
50 |
|
Opinion by Walter P. Strukoff —
Summer camps
are fun, educational, and can help youth mature to
respect their
heritage.
|
|
| An
Open Letter From
Switzerland |
51 |
|
Opinion by Olga Biryukov —
The author is
humbled by the support of Canadian Doukhobors in
raising funds for her.
'I have no property and thus do not pay much war
taxes for "defence". I
only pay two dollars per year.'
|
|
Vol. 3, no. 4 — May 1956
The Staff of Life.
By Joe W. Popoff,
Langham, Sask.
| Man Must Learn the Art of Understanding and Making Friends | 2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Efforts in the
art of understanding and making friends is for the
betterment of
humanity.
|
|
| Revolution
in Siciliy |
3 |
|
News From Europe by
Olga Biryukov
—A noted Italian
writer, Danilo Dolchi, has been for sometime
trying to arouse public
opinion to direct attention to unusual poverty and
mental darkness of
Sicily.
|
|
| Panel
Discussion to
be Held on Vital Doukhobor Topics |
4 |
|
News From Sask. — Topics:
What is a Doukhobor? Why
are you a Doukhobor? Do you consider drinking and
smoking a violation
of Doukhobor principles and why?
|
|
| Many
Districts
Expected at Outdoor Festival |
4 |
|
News From Sask. by
Walter P.
Strukoff — At least seven
districts from North-Eastern Sask. and part of
Manitoba will
participate in a Grand Outdoor Festival of
Doukhobor Choral Singing in
Pelly.
|
|
| Successful
Tea and
Sale Held |
4 |
|
News From Sask. — The
Doukhobor Ladies' Society of
Saskatoon held a Spring Tea and Sale of Home
Baking and Sewing at HBC
auditorium.
|
|
| Youth
Predominant at
9th Annual Festival |
5 |
|
News From BC by
William A.
Soukoreff — The ninth
annual USCC Youth Festival in Grand Forks in May
climaxed the year's
cultural-educational activities of 14 U of Y
member districts in BC.
|
|
| My
Life's a Mess, a
Young Lad Who Missed School Tells Scribe |
7 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— I met a young
man today who can speak, read and write the
Russian dialect, but he can
only write his name in English. The young man
reveals his plight.
|
|
| 25
Sons of Freedom
Served 10 Days in Jail for Disturbance |
8 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— For threatening
to run Emmett Gulley out of town for the New
Denver situation,
Magistrate Nelson sentenced 25 women to 10 days in
jail.
|
|
| Sons'
Oppose
Vaccination of Children |
9 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— Zealot children
in New Denver will not receive polio vaccine
because their parents
oppose such actions.
|
|
| Special
CPR Patrols
Ready for Violence |
10 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— CPR investigator
says that the zealots present the chief treat in
Canadian railroad
crime today. The 1953 burnings and track-blastings
were described as
being the worst.
|
|
| He Wanted to Go to School | 10 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— A 12-year-old
zealot boy told a juvenile court judge that he
wanted to go to New
Denver school.
|
|
| Sons' Hurl Accusations But Visit Peaceful | 10 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— Zealot women
hurled accusations at RCMP on Mother's Day during
their visit to see
their children at New Denver.
|
|
| BC Quakers Support Gulley, But Not Unanimous | 11 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— The majority of
BC Quakers still have confidence in Emmett Gulley,
the Russian speaking
worker amongst the zealots in BC.
|
|
| The
Universe We Live
In |
11 |
|
Man and His Ideas —
3 by Inquirer
— Thinkers are beginning
to be more accustomed to looking at the universe
with the insights of
the modern scientist.
|
|
| Education
and
Enlightenment |
14 |
|
Opinion by Peter Koltsoff
— Lev N. Tolstoy
argued that a university diploma and even the
title of professor does
not make a person enlightened.
|
|
| Pioneer
Stories of
the Doukhobors on the Prairies — 2 |
18 |
|
Feature by Inquirer —
Doukhobor women excelled
as pioneers. Quakers assisted with money, food,
clothes, yarn, tea, 300
spinning-wheels, 49 cows, 10 oxen, and set up the
first school. Peter
G. Makaroff was a student.
|
|
| Let's
All Spout Off |
23 |
|
Opinion by Florence S. Faminow —
The writer
explores ideas in The Inquirer related to
Doukhobor youth.
|
|
| Traditional
Clothing
and Modern Style |
25 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Mary Konkin — Youth need not wear
Molokan type shawls or fancy Doukhobor shawls with
modern style of
dress.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Land
Question and Inquirer's Commentary |
26 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Peter M. Bloodoff — The move to
BC
was not through ignorance or lack of education,
but a fear of the Oath
of Allegiance.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Land
Question and Inquirer's Commentary |
27 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Editor — One of the main reasons
for moving to BC was leader Peter V. Verigin's
desire to set up a
self-sustained economy and control. Also isolation
was desired.
|
|
| On
the Doukhobor
Situation |
28 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Harry W. Vereschagin — Solutions
to
common problems are found by people like you and
me. Collectively,
suggestions and ideas can do big things.
|
|
| Controversy
re
Migration Statements |
30 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by John G. Bondoreff — The author
debates with Eli A. Popoff on what was said at a
meeting with Soviet
Ambassador Dimitri Chuvahin in Aug. 1955.
|
|
| More
About Education |
30 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Nick W. Sherstobitoff — Education
is
more than a mere method of learning a trade.
|
|
| A
View From the Fence |
33 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Lawrence Fofonoff
— The virtues of
the farm and the city are an endless debate.Both
parties claim: 'Mine's
the elite'.
|
Vol. 3, no. 5 — June 1956
Traditional Marriage.
By Joe W. Popoff,
Langham, Sask.
| The
'Sacred Cow' of
Society |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — By holding to
the best of the past and by looking to the
possibilities of the future
we can hope to construct a better society for all.
|
|
| Celebration
to
Commemorate Renouncement of Acts of Violence |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — On June 29th
Doukhobors in Canada will meet to commemorate the
arms burning in the
Caucasus of Russia in 1895.
|
|
| Second
Class
Privileges for Inquirer |
3 |
|
Information — With this
issue, Canada Post has
given mailing privileges to The
Inquirer. Also the format has changed
from a mimeograph format
to a commercially printed journal.
|
|
| The
Fundamental
Surplus Formula |
3 |
|
Feature by Inquirer —
Peter S. Faminow suggests
uses for surplus funds from former CCUB lands:
Doukhobor Institute and
Seniors home. Inquirer urges discussion at UDC
conference.
|
|
| Doukhobors
Urged to
Attend UDC Convention |
4 |
|
Information by
Inquirer —
Doukhobors are urged to
attend the 8th annual UDC convention in Calgary,
Alberta in July.
Entertainment in the evening.
|
|
| Creation
by Evolution |
4 |
|
Man and His Ideas —
4 by Inquirer
— All living creatures once
shared in the same common stock of what we call
life. Then each type of
individual became responsible for its own
development as we adapted to
our environment.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Marriage
Rites |
6 |
|
Opinion by Peter S. Bludoff
— Peter Bludoff
describes the Sask. Marriage Act as it relates to
Doukhobors. Then he
presents a new set of standard ceremonies to give
social and legal
status.
|
|
| Faith
and Religion |
7 |
|
Opinion by Peter Koltsoff
— The cult of
priesthood sought special privileges of power
which it fabricated as
coming directly from God. As a result,
enlightenment suffered. Free
thinkers such as Doukhobors deserve respect.
|
|
| The
'Sons of Freedom' |
9 |
|
Feature by William P.
Sherstobitoff, Koozma J. Tarasoff
— This feature on the 'Sons of Freedom' (zealots)
looks at its origin,
its problems, and its relationship to Doukhobors.
Misconceptions are
exposed.
|
|
| Convention
to be
held July 7-9; UDC Urges Unity |
14 |
|
News — UDC
head urged all
Doukhobors to unite and collectively solve their
internal problems.
|
|
| Agenda
for Eighth
Annual Convention of UDC |
14 |
|
Information by
Nick N. Kalmakoff
— Agenda for UDC
convention in Calgary, Alberta: Inquirer,
spiritual literature,
Russian, media, peace activism, membership.
|
|
| Panel
Discussion at
Blaine Lake |
14 |
|
News From Sask. by
Inquirer —
Lively panel discussion
in Blaine Lake: What is a Doukhobor? Whey are you
a Doukhobor? Status
at birth does not guarantee being Doukhobor.
|
|
| Outdoor
Festival
Draws Large Crowd |
16 |
|
News From Sask. by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — More than 2000
people attended 4-hour outdoor festival in Pelly.
Their tradition of
singing goes back to ancient times as an
expression of love.
|
|
| Pioneer
Log and Mud
House for Museum |
17 |
|
News From Sask. —
Doukhobors of Langham and
Saskatoon districts are building a replica of a
mud hut with a sod roof
for the Western Development Museum.
|
|
| Gulley
Resigns
Friends Service Committees, Still Consultant |
17 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— After six years
of service in seeking a solution to the zealot
situation in BC, Emmett
Gulley resigns as an envoy of the Quakers.
|
|
| Fire
Hoses Used to
Disperse 'Sons' Women |
17 |
|
News From BC
— High pressure fire
hoses were used to disperse 30 zealot women who
gathered in the front
yard of Emmett Gulley in Nelson.
|
|
| Sons'
Kiddies Like
Enforced Schooling |
18 |
|
News From BC by
Saskatoon
Star-Phoenix — Within a
year after arriving in New Denver, some of the
children have covered
four grades. Not one of the 85 is below normal in
intelligence and
several have Intelligence Quotients in the genius
category.
|
|
| Graduating
Exercises
at Grand Forks |
18 |
|
News From BC by
Iskra —
The Russian School Day has
become an annual affair of the USCC. Graduation
ceremonies took place
in Grand Forks.
|
|
| Real
or 'Heart'
Religion |
18 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Mary Konkin — In times of
economic
and political stability we often act
hypocritically and tend to lose
all sense of purpose. To be consistent, we need to
promote unity of all
people.
|
|
| Claims
That Gubanoff
Distorted Report |
19 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Harry W. Vereschagin — The report
on
the question of leadership and the proposal to
send a delegation to
Russia was distorted, says choir leader.
|
|
| Praise
and Plaudits |
19 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Reader
— A true leader will work for the benefit of
society regardless of
criticism, while the ordinary leader will
primarily seek
self-glorification.
|
|
| If
You Set Your Mind
To Do It |
20 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — If you persist,
your efforts will bring fruit and therefore make
life worth living.
|
|
| Pora
Obyedinyatsya |
20 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Ignat P. Antifeev
— This poem in
Russian calls for unity of peoples in the struggle
for peace and
universal brotherhood.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
21 |
|
Hodge Podge by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Olga Biryukov
in Switzerland; many university students graduate;
panel on choir
exchanges with USCC; tape recorder purchased in
Pelly; UDC convention
approaching; Book of Life.
|
|
| Tony
— The Master of
Deserts |
23 |
|
Interview by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Tony Suiko's
desserts have been eaten by such movie stars as
Bing Crosby, Marilyn
Monroe and others at Jasper Lodge, Alberta.
|
Vol. 3, no. 6 — July 1956
Vsegda Mi Poiem
(We Always Sing: at play,
at work, and at prayer.)
By Frances Faminow,
Vancouver, BC
.
| Genuine
Interest
Should be Cultivated |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — If we have
confidence in the human personality to settle
disputes peacefully and
effectively, our first duty is to cultivate our
interests. Next we must
apply the fruits of our interest to the problem of
the day.
|
|
| Why
Two Major
Doukhobor Organizations in Canada |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Why two
organizations today? A long term solution to this
duplication of
organizations seems to lie in the realm of
understanding and tolerance.
|
|
| The
UDC Convention |
3 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The 8th annual
Convention of the UDC highlighted the need to
promote more
understanding of the Doukhobor movement: spiritual
literature,
Doukhobor Institute proposal, film idea, zealot
hijacking concerns, and
language.
|
|
| How
Do You Know |
4 |
|
Man and His Ideas —
5 by Inquirer
— Constructive doubt is a
necessary attitude in any discovery. The
rationalist trusts wholly the
power of reason. The empiricist appeals to the
experience of our sense
organs. Both approaches are useful.
|
|
| The
Record Album |
5 |
|
Review by Peter S. Bludoff
— Author reviews 17
audio records from the Ministry of Culture, USSR.
|
|
| Declaration
of the
USCC |
6 |
|
Feature — A critique
by Inquirer
— The Declaration is
dogmatic, nebulous, ambiguous, vague, confused,
escapist, and froth
with mysticism. Tolstoy's influence is noted.
|
|
| Declaration
of the
Denominational Doukhobors of Canada |
9 |
|
Information by
USCC — The
Declaration is translated
from Russian from an official copy dated August 7,
1934.
|
|
| The
Thing We Gain |
10 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Alec Postnikoff
— Curiosity leads to
knowledge. An ongoing process.
|
|
| A
Generous Donation |
11 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by William N. Papove — I am impressed
with the fairness and understanding applied by
yourself, staff and your
various major commentators to controversial
issues.
|
|
| Urges
That
Doukhobors Send Representatives to UN |
12 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by William A. Vereschagin — It seems
to
me that the Doukhobors should have a voice in the
functions of the
Economic and Social Council of UN. Their
philosophy of creating a
nonkilling society is an example for others.
|
|
| The
Eighth Annual
Convention of the Union of Doukhobors of Canada |
13 |
|
Feature by Inquirer —
This is a full report of
a 3-day UDC convention: executive and district
reports, Inquirer
report; resolutions of public concern and internal
affairs; convention
sidelights.
|
|
| Doukhobors
Contribute
to Pion-Era Celebrations |
20 |
|
News From Sask. by
Inquirer —
The Saskatoon Doukhobor
Society built a pioneer log house, baked bread in
brick and clay ovens
and held sheep shearing demonstrations at the
Pion-Era in July. A great
success.
|
|
| Historical
Event
Commemorated at Gathering |
21 |
|
News From Sask. by
Peter S. Bludoff
— The annual
Doukhobor peace day was commemorated on June 29th
in Blaine Lake with
prayer, singing, speeches and food, but a
crusading spirit seemed
lacking.
|
|
| Action
For Peace
Urged by Speaker on Peter's Day |
21 |
|
News From Sask. — At the
annual Doukhobor peace
day in Langham, local speaker urged the audience
to work harder to
further the aims of a nonkilling society.
|
|
| Several
Districts
Take Part in Peter's Day |
21 |
|
News From Sask. — Choirs
from five south-eastern
districts took part in the annual peace day.
|
|
| Boykin
Brothers Work
in Golf's Big Time |
21 |
|
News From Sask. by
Saskatoon
Star-Phoenix — Saskatoon's
Voykin brothers, Peter and Paul, have catapulted
into golf's big time
as groundskeepers in Chicago.
|
|
| Actor
Visits Parents |
22 |
|
News From Sask. by
Saskatoon
Star-Phoenix — Larry
Hoodekoff, who is on contract with a BBC
television series Lucky
Silver, has been visiting his parents in Wadena.
|
|
| Half
Acre Lots for
Doukhobor Lands Suggested |
22 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— Judge Lord
recommended that 310 acres of government-owned
Doukhobor land in the
Raspberry-Brilliant area be subdivided into lots
of one-half acres.
|
|
| St.
Peter's Day
Celebrated |
22 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— Approximately
350 Doukhobors gathered at Taghum to celebrate the
annual peace day
commemorating the arms burning in Russia 61 years
ago.
|
|
| Opposition
to War
Cited by Speaker at Peace Gathering |
22 |
|
News From BC by
William Zubkoe —
William N. Papove
noted that the meaning of this peace gathering has
significance today
in opposing the institution of militarism and war.
|
|
| Folk
Song Book
Compiled |
23 |
|
News From BC — The
Tovarischi, a local singing
group in Grand Forks composed of Frank Konkin,
Alec Konkin and Fred
Zibin, have compiled their first folk song book.
|
|
| Fred
Konkin
Outstanding Salmo Student |
23 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— Salmo High
School grad was winner of the Bradshaw Trophy for
the most outstanding
all-round student of the school.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
23 |
|
Hodge Podge by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — All
constructive action must be individually inspired
before it can be
collectively effective, according to
Jon-Wynne-Tyson of England.
|
Vol. 3, no. 7 — August 1956
What Are We Seeding –
Seeds of Life or Death?
By Joe W. Popoff,
Langham, Sask.
| Cooperation
Needed
in Solving World Food Problem |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Ought a nation
maintain its high standard of living at the
expense of other poor areas
of the world? Distribution of the world's food
resources is at issue.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
2 |
|
Hodge Podge by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — A course in
kinesiology gives one an appreciation of the
marvels of the human body.
Did you know that humans at 40 acquire knowledge
more readily than
school children?
|
|
| Morals
and Ethics |
3 |
|
Man and His Ideas —
6 by Inquirer
— Right and wrong are not
automatic things, but the result of carefully
thought out decisions.
|
|
| Success
and Long Life |
5 |
|
Feature by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— What do we mean
by success? How do we create a happy, useful and
long life? There is no
absolute formula, only guide posts incl.
moderation, sound will power,
open mind, relaxation, and optimism.
|
|
| How
to Have a
Successful Conference |
10 |
|
Information by Clyde K. Miller
— The nuts and bolts
of good conference planning are listed.
|
|
| Young
Adult
Leadership Conference Opens at Banff School |
10 |
|
News From Alberta —
Several
Doukhobor youth will attend the third annual
Western Citizenship
Conference for young leaders at the Banff School
of Fine Arts.
|
|
| Successful
Festival
Held |
10 |
|
News From Sask. by
Pat Shukin
— Over 800 people
attended a festival of singing in Verigin August
12. George Bloodoff,
MC, spoke of the struggle for truth, for
brotherhood, and for a
nonkilling society.
|
|
| Beautification
Contest
Winner |
11 |
|
News From Sask. —
Nick A. Reilkoff
won а contest for the best home grounds.
|
|
| Scholarship
Awarded
for Proficiency |
11 |
|
News From Sask. —
David Ronald
Popoff of Blaine Lake was awarded a university
entrance scholarship for
his proficiency in high school.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Theme
Brings Fiction Award |
11 |
|
News From BC by Canadian Press
— Vancouver writer
John Cornish won a Maclean's Magazine fiction
award for his humourous
novel Olga about a young Doukhobor girl and her
love.
|
|
| Youth
Given Leading
Role |
11 |
|
News From BC —
Cecil Plotnikoff of
Grand Forks had a lead role in one of the major
productions at UBC.
|
|
| Red
Cross Swimming
Certificate to Local Boy |
11 |
|
News From BC —
Fred Ogloff
received his Red Cross swimming and water safety
certificate.
|
|
| Fence
Erected;
'Sons' Boycott Scheme |
11 |
|
News From BC —
A high wire fence
has been erected around the New Denver school
dormitory were 93 zealot
children are now being kept. Parents protest this
as provocation.
|
|
| Stewardess
on
Overseas Flights |
11 |
|
News From BC
by Grand Forks
Gazette — Helen
Chernoff now works as airline stewardess for the
Canadian Pacific
Airlines to the Pacific.
|
|
| 2,500
Doukhobors
Mark Declaration Day in Brilliant |
12 |
|
News From BC —
About 2500 USCC
members gathered in Brilliant in August in a
program of prayers,
singing and speeches to commemorate the
Declaration of 1934. Toil and
Peace Life was their slogan.
|
|
| Slocan
Wins it Long
Fight for Electricity |
12 |
|
News From BC —
The West Kootenay
Power and Light Company will soon start building a
transmission line
from South Slocan to Slocan City. The area is
largely populated by
Doukhobors.
|
|
| BC
Doukhobors
Receive Vote |
12 |
|
News From BC —
For the first time
since the disqualification in 1933 of BC
Doukhobors voting, all
Doukhobors who are Canadian citizens or British
subjects and resident
in the province for six months, are now eligible
to vote.
|
|
| An
Enduring Plan |
12 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Love and
friendship are taken as the one and only enduring
plan of humanity.
|
|
| PhD
Claims That
Migration is the 'One and Only Solution' |
13 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Walter Siegmeister — The Florida
author claims to have met Peter P. Verigin in 1934
and presented him
with a plan for migration. Says history shows that
outsiders have
caused trouble.
|
|
| Letter
Which Dr.
Siegmeister Attacked |
14 |
|
Letter, Reply by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Migration is a
non-issue among Doukhobors.
|
|
| Editor's
Comment on
Dr. Siegmeister's Letter |
14 |
|
Editor's Comment by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The Editor
takes issue on matters of Stefan S. Sorokin,
migration, and the origin
of the Doukhobor movement.
|
|
| Windows
for the
Crown Prince by Elizabeth Gray Vining |
15 |
|
Book Reviews by
Edith Reeves
Solenberger — The
Quaker author spent 1946-1950 as a tutor in
English for the Japanese
Crown Prince. Later Japanese students visited the
author in
Philadelphia.
|
Vol. 3, no. 8 — September 1956
Banff School of Fine Arts.
By Emma Sawula,
Saskatoon, Sask.
| Snooper
Scooper
'Uncensored' |
0 |
|
Opinion by Florence S. Faminow
— Reflections of
a young adult while on trip home from a Youth
Conference in Banff. Mike
was the main character in this story.
|
|
| Jews
and the UN |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The Editor
comments on a recent circular that he received
criticizing the Jews and
demanding that the UN be abolished to protect
American sovereignty.
|
|
| A
Perversion of
Journalistic Ethics |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The perverted
use of sensationalistic journalism can do little
more than stifle
freedom of expression and lead to prejudice and
discrimination.
|
|
| Our
Knowledge About
God |
4 |
|
Man and His Ideas —
7 by Inquirer
— Cites the theological
'proofs' of the existence of God: ontological,
cosmological,
teleological, and moral.
|
|
| Pa-Ulitsum |
6 |
|
Column by Peter S. Faminow
— The Vancouver
author, a lawyer, strolled down town to Victory
Square and encountered
some zealots. A conversation on politics ensued
with Stepan and Alesha.
'No politics, No Premier, No Messiah.'
|
|
| Pacifism
and Civil
Defence |
7 |
|
Feature by Inquirer —
What we need today is to
concentrate on how to prevent war and how to
improve human relations
instead of preparing to pick up the shattered
pieces afterwards.
|
|
| Hodge
Podge |
11 |
|
Hodge Podge by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Differences are
not bad. For example, the black and white keys on
the piano give better
quality and harmony when used together.
|
|
| Religion
and the
Church |
12 |
|
Opinion by Olga Biryukov
— It is not possible
for Russian people to deviate from the path of
knowledge, back to the
superstition of the church, for they are truly
religious — and value
unfalsified truth and reason which unites all.
|
|
| Let's
Promote
Discussion |
13 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Alec Postnikoff — This student
suggests the holding of panel discussions is a way
to solve our human
problems.
|
|
| Popular
Style Should
be Simple |
14 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Alex P. Relkoff — The author
reaffirms the qualities of good writing:
simplicity, clarity, accuracy,
attractiveness and good grammar.
|
|
| Success
Story of an
Artist |
15 |
|
News From Sask. by
Saskatoon
Star-Phoenix — The work of
Nick Semenoff, a 28-year-old Saskatoon artist, was
recently featured in
a two-man show. The artist is art director of
CFQC-TV.
|
|
| Civil
Defence and
Pacifism Discussed by Panel Members |
15 |
|
News From Sask. by Inquirer —
Should Pacifists
Participate in Civil Defence?' was discussed by
seven panelists: Mary
Konkin, Nick W. Sherstobitoff, Norman Rebin, Nick
A. Popoff, Peter
Bludoff, Alec Postnikoff, & William P.
Sherstobitoff (chairman).
|
|
| Attends
Course |
16 |
|
News From Sask. — Winnifred
Horkoff was one of 55
students who attended the Junior Red Cross high
school leadership study
in Fort Qu'Appelle in August.
|
|
| Bennett
Warned Not
to Campaign in Kootenays |
17 |
|
News From BC
by Canadian
Press — BC Premier
Bennett was warned by police not to campaign in
the Kootenays of BC
because of possible zealot disturbances in the
area.
|
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| Award
Made to
Outstanding Student |
17 |
|
News From BC —
Peter Tamilin,
outstanding grade 12 student in Creston, was
awarded the second annual
bursary.
|
|
| Seven
Children
Return to Parents |
17 |
|
News From BC —
Seven zealot
children from the New Denver dormitory were
released by order of
Magistrate William Evans of Nelson.
|
|
| Young
Adults Meet at
Conference |
18 |
|
News From Alberta by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Six Doukhobor
youth attended the Banff Conference in September:
Bill Verigin, Mike
Varobioff, Florence Faminow, Hanna Antifaev, Susan
Kolesnikoff and
Koozma J. Tarasoff.
|
|
| Speak
Truth to Power
by AFSC |
22 |
|
Book Reviews by
Edith Reeves
Solenberger — Quakers
respond to world critics: Reinhold Niebuhr, George
Kennan, and Norman
Thomas. 'We know we are a small minority in
proposing giving up
militarism, but a minority can be right and can be
effective.'
|
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| Atmosphere |
26 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The author
reminiscences about attending a conference,
meeting people and creating
bridges of understanding that transcend
boundaries.
|
Vol. 3, no. 9 — October 1956
The Inquiring Mind.
By Emma Sawula,
Saskatoon, Sask.
| This
Thing Called
'Color' |
0 |
|
|
Poetry Corner by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Whether it's
colour, race, creed or class, Liberty is something
for the whole human
mass.
|
||
| Humor
Reduces Tension |
2 |
|
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Humor is one of
those important mechanisms which removes the
tension that might
otherwise lead to physical violence.
|
||
| Let's
Watch Our
Values |
2 |
|
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Do we encourage
our children to ask questions? A free interplay of
ideas stimulates an
informed and balanced view of the world.
|
||
| A
Wrong Philosophy
in the Health Field? |
2 |
|
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The public good
wins when we place more emphasis on prevention
than on the treatment of
the disease.
|
||
| The
Inquirer Needs
Your Support |
3 |
|
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — If you value
this publication, then support it. Current budget
is $5,000.
|
||
| Appeal
to 'Sons of
Freedom' |
3 |
|
|
News From BC by
Canadian Press
— A CPR train was
delayed five hours because of dynamiting of the
tracks allegedly by
zealots.
|
||
| Psychoanalysis
— An
Introduction |
4 |
|
|
Man and His Society
— 8 by Inquirer
— Sigmund Freud discovered
that hysterical symptoms of dreams arose from past
events, and these
can be recalled by hypnotism.
|
||
| Tribute
to a Great
Dramatist |
5 |
|
|
Opinion —
Although George Bernard
Shaw died in 1950, his influence as a renowned
dramatist lives on. His
fearless announcement of truth as he saw it made
him a beacon in a time
of intellectual darkness.
|
||
| The
Fellowship of
Reconciliation |
6 |
|
|
Organizations and
People Working for a
Warless World — 1 by Mildred
Fahrni — FOR supports the Doukhobor
pacifist witness, CO status,
and opposes conscription. Peter G. Makaroff and
Dr. Carlyle King
started a branch in Saskatoon, Sask.
|
||
| On
Buddhism |
7 |
|
|
Information by
Lev N. Tolstoy
— Buddhist's five
commandments deal with killing, property, sexual
addiction, lying, and
addiction to liquor and smoking.
|
||
| Who's
Who |
7 | |
|
Who's Who in the UDC
by Inquirer
— Planidin was born in
Sheho, Sask. in 1912. Postnikoff was born in the
village of Simeonovka,
Sask. In 1912; moved to BC in 1932 and became
active in community
affairs.
|
||
| Life
in the Tropics |
8 |
|
|
An Expose by
Dan Evanoff
— Dan Evanoff visited
the vegetarian farm in the Panama area and
discovered splits in the
community, sickness due to virus carrying insects,
and a prophet hoping
to attract Doukhobor migrants to this area.
|
||
| Pa-Ulitsum |
11 |
|
|
Column by Peter S. Faminow
— On the streets of
Vancouver, Peter talks to Alesha and Stepan about
war, violence,
government, the Commandment of Jesus, and voting.
|
||
| The
Sixth World
Youth Festival |
12 |
|
|
Information
by Stan
Linkovich — Preparations are
underway for students around the world to attend
the World Youth
Festival in Moscow in 1957. Total return faire
from Montreal: $315.
|
|
|
| Sons
of Furty' —
History or Fiction? |
14 |
|
|
Feature by William P.
Sherstobitoff — David
Kahma's history of Doukhobors is evaluated.
Reveals false propaganda,
disguised in the form of history, aimed at
creating fear and hate of
Eastern Europe. Its timing comes when zealots
appeal to court to regain
custody of their children.
|
||
| P.
V. Verigin — A
Character Sketch |
16 |
|
|
Feature by Inquirer —
Born to a wealthy family,
Verigin in exile suggested a back to Nature
movement which influenced
zealots in Canada. Did not support formal
education. He was a man of
courage and conviction as well as contradictions.
|
||
| Accident
Takes Life
of Thrums Boy |
18 |
|
|
News From BC —
George John Zmaeff,
14, of Thrums, was killed when struck by a
delivery truck.
|
||
| It
Doesn't Make
Sense' |
19 |
|
|
News From USA —
Mildred Fahrni of
FOR spoke of her trip to Montgomery area of USA.
Reports that Coloured
peoples are using nonviolence to achieve their
ends. Send moral support
to Martin Luther King, Jr.
|
||
| Choir
Instructor
Will Visit the Prairies Again |
20 |
|
|
News From Sask. —
Choir instructor
Harry W. Vereschagin will again visit the prairies
improving the
quality of singing and creating unity. UDC
support.
|
||
| Youth
Killed by Gun
Blast |
20 |
|
|
News From Sask. —
A hunting
accident was fatal to 16-year-old Lawrence Shukin
of Kuroki.
|
||
| Fall
Tea and Sale of
Home Baking, Sewing and Handicrafts |
20 |
|
|
News From Sask. —
The Saskatoon
Doukhobor Ladies' Society held a Fall Tea and Sale
of Home Baking,
Sewing and Handicrafts, at the HBC
|
||
| Judgment
in Sons'
Children Case Reserved |
21 |
|
|
News From BC by
Canadian Press
— Justice Harold
McInnes reserved judgment in Vancouver for two
zealot children now held
at the New Denver Welfare Home.
|
||
| Freedomite
Sues RCMP
Corporal |
21 | |
|
News From BC by
Canadian Press
— Lawyer John T.
Steeves entered a claim in court on behalf of John
Savinkoff and his
7-year-old son Peter, who are suing Cpl. Borodula
of the RCMP for
trespass and assault.
|
||
| Eleven
Sons'
Children to New Denver |
21 | |
|
News From BC —
Eleven zealot
children were placed in the Dormitory School for
children at New Denver
in care of the Superintendent of Child Welfare.
|
||
| Vereschagin
Holds a
Series of Meetings |
21 | |
|
News From BC by
William Zubkoe —
Singer and choir
instructor Harry W. Vereschagin has held a series
of meetings in New
Westminster on education and the Doukhobor
movement.
|
||
| Meeting
the Russians
by AFSC |
22 | |
|
Book Reviews by
Edith Reeves
Solenberger — Reviewer
urges readers to travel to USSR with frankness in
criticism where it is
deserved, but with well-balanced understanding as
well as friendship
and goodwill. Knowledge or Russian language is an
asset.
|
||
| Youth
Says Banff
Leadership Conference Was an Enriching Experience |
25 | |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Bill Verigin — This youth enjoyed
attending the Banff Leadership Conference because
it was an enriching
experience in human understanding.
|
||
| Believes
That P. V.
Verigin Was Misunderstood |
25 | |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Marfa Anthony Konkin — The writer
regrets that many of Verigin's ideas are not
followed today.
|
||
| Student
Enjoys Paper |
25 | |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Peter W. Tamilin — The student
applauds The Inquirer for an interesting read by
students at UBC.
|
Vol. 3, no. 10 — November 1956
Still Life.
By Bill Perehudoff,
Saskatoon, Sask.
| The
Best Thing About
Christmas |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The best thing
about Christmas is not the giving of gifts but the
expression of
friendship and fellowship.
|
|
| The
Spirit of the
Olympics |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The real spirit
of the Olympics is that competition between
nations need not be violent
nor destructive.
|
|
| Some
Mistaken Views
About The Inquirer |
3 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — A special
correspondent in the Kootenays of BC did a survey
of opinion on The
Inquirer. The results are published.
|
|
| Democracy
and
Violence |
3 |
|
Information by
Mohandas K.
Gandhi — Democracy and
violence can ill go together.
|
|
| Building
a Personal
Philosophy of Life |
4 |
|
Man and His Ideas -
9
by Dr.
Robert Paton — Knowledge and wisdom are
just as important as
food, clothing and shelter. Learn from the world
around you. Avoid
stereotypes. Have a sense of humour. Know thyself.
|
|
| The
Song of the
Doukhobors |
5 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Joe Fedosoff
— Reflections of a poet
while attending a Doukhobor Festival in Pelly,
Saskatchewan in 1956.
|
|
| The
Society of
Brothers |
6 |
|
Organizations and
People Working for a
Warless World — 2 by Derrick
P. Faux — A Bruderhof community began in
Germany in 1933, then
spread to England in 1942 as well as to South
America and USA. Its
members live together in a life of complete
brotherhood.
|
|
| How
is it Possible
to Save Peace in the World |
8 |
|
Opinion by Olga Biryukov
— Like Danilo Dolchi,
I hope we can consider that it is possible to
arouse the good in others
only by doing good to others.
|
|
| There
are Two Kinds
of People' |
10 |
|
Opinion by Lev N. Tolstoy
— Those with whom it
is worth talking are the freethinkers — those who
are willing to use
their minds without prejudice and without fearing
to understand things
that clash with their own customs, privileges, or
beliefs.
|
|
| Believes
That an
International Police Force Would Solve the Problem
of War |
10 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Peter F. Chernoff — A UN police
force could provide the mechanism for the creation
of a peaceful world
order.
|
|
| Commemoration
of
Lukeria |
11 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Tom E. Dergousoff — Suggests the
commemoration of the 70th year of the death of
Lukeria Vasilevna
Kalmykova, an outstanding leader in Russia 1864 to
1886.
|
|
| Early
Doukhobor
History |
12 |
|
Commentary on 'Sons
of Fury' by William N. Papove — A critique of
D.
Kahma's article shows errors: emigration was not
caused by one person;
burning of arms in 1895 was a sincere resolve; the
nonviolent approach
has survival value.
|
|
| The
Doctrine of Peace |
14 |
|
Opinion by Ralph Waldo Emerson
— If you have a
nation of men who have matured not to declare war
or carry arms, you
have a nation of lovers, of benefactors, of true,
great, and able men.
|
|
| Babel |
14 |
|
Column by David "Shenden"
Popoff — Why is it
that Canadians are politically passive at home,
and yet they always
show great interest in the American Presidential
election?
|
|
| Pa-Ulitsum |
15 |
|
Column by Peter S. Faminow —
Is it the
governed or the governing to blame? Or is it the
ugly greed, rearing
its ugly head? How is it that peoples of all
nationalities can appear
on stage without animosity toward the other?
|
|
| Writer
Sends Gift to
Doukhobors |
16 |
|
News From Europe by
Olga Biryukov
— Olga Biryukov,
writer and special European correspondent, sent a
Swiss wall clock to
the Doukhobors as a gesture of thanks for their
aid to her.
|
|
| UDC
Spokesman
Reports a Desire For One Unified Doukhobor
Organization |
16 |
|
News From Sask. — Nikita
Popoff of New Westminister,
BC said: All Doukhobors have a common tie of
working for a nonkilling
society with love of humanity and respect for all.
These are the basis
for unity.
|
|
| Youth
Discusses
Intermarriage |
17 |
|
News From Sask. by
Alec Postnikoff
— A panel discussion
by the Saskatoon Student Group dealt with the
problems and challenges
of intermarriage. Audience reaction was mixed.
|
|
| We
Are Living in a
World of Great Change' |
17 |
|
News From Sask. by
Scott Nearing —
Author, pacifist,
and former professor, Scott Nearing spoke of
important revolutionary
changes in the world today, including economic
distribution of power
and a change in the social system itself. 'You
can't wipe out war by
war.'
|
|
| District
Confab on
Choir Tour |
18 |
|
News From Sask. by
Nick N. Kalmakoff
— Sask. Doukhobor
reps met in Canora to set out this winter's
Doukhobor choir instruction
tour on the prairies. Hymns and songs considered.
|
|
| Amateur
Night Brings
Out Talent |
19 |
|
News From Sask. by
George A.
Bloodoff — An Amateur
Night in Verigin brought out a variety of singing,
dancing and musical
talent. Two elders introduced: Harry W.
Vereschagin and Nikita Popoff
who performed a duet.
|
|
| Wins
Prizes in
Agricultural Fair |
19 |
|
News From Alberta —
Mrs. Mike
Faminow won several prizes at the Fall Pincher
Creek Fair in the
vegetable competition. Reward: a sack of flour.
|
|
| Union
of Doukhobors
of Canada Express Concern for Youth |
19 |
|
News From BC by
Nick N. Kalmakoff
— Nick Kalmakoff,
secretary-treasurer of UDC expressed concern for
the Doukhobor youth in
his circular letter to member districts in Canada.
|
|
| Ladies
Raise $100
for the Inquirer |
20 |
|
News From Alberta —
An evening
program of singing and speeches in Mossleigh
Community Hall netted $100
in support of The Inquirer. Attended by Anastasia
Golobova.
|
|
| Union
of Youth of
the USCC Hold Annual Confab |
20 |
|
News From BC —
Annual USCC Youth
convention focused on youth issues: a Youth
Section to be added to
Iskra; summer festivals and picnics were useful;
Russian schools headed
by Mr. Petko; history lectures held.
|
|
| Books
by Quakers:
Toward Undiscovered Ends by Anna Brinton |
21 |
|
Book Reviews by
Edith Reeves
Solenberger — Author
Brinton explains why Russia has claimed the
interest of the Society of
Friends for three centuries, from George Fox in
1656 to the seven
English Friends who went to Moscow in 1951.
|
|
| Olga
by John
Cornish. 'The Little Brothers' |
24 |
|
Book Reviews by
Nick W.
Sherstobitoff — Olga is a
story of a Ukrainian girl, Olga Stepanskaya, who
is in love with and
wishes to marry Donald Harbottle.
|
Vol. 3, no. 11 — December 1956
What are you in for?’
‘I killed a man. And you?’
‘I refused to kill a man.’
Reprinted with permission from a leaflet published by The Pacifist Youth Action Group, London, England.
| A
Moral Victory |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — A moral victory
was won when racial segregation ended on city
buses in Montgomery,
Alabama, USA. December 21, 1956.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Psalm and
Hymn Book |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — More
cooperation is suggested between UDC and USCC in
publishing a proposed
psalm and hymn book.
|
|
| More
Mistaken Views
About The Inquirer |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Misconceptions:
title of journal; motives of journal; ownership of
journal; the Red
Bait; why zealots were kicked out of UDC.
|
|
| Socrates |
4 |
|
Feature: Life and
Work of World Thinkers —
1 by Dr.
Robert Paton
— Socrates was a character. He was convinced that
he had a definite
mission in life to help people discover the truth
about the good life.
|
|
| I
Refuse to
Participate in War |
5 |
|
Opinion by J. S. Woodsworth
— J. S.
Woodsworth in a speech in the Canadian House of
Commons, June 1936: I
am a citizen of a country that still relies upon
force, and as public
representative I must vote on alternative military
policies.
|
|
| The
War Resisters'
International |
6 |
|
Organizations and
People Working for a
Warless World — 3 by Arlo
Tatum — WRI includes anarchists,
socialists, capitalists,
Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims,
Communists, agnostics,
atheists and anti-religious.
|
|
| Pacifist
Youth
Action Group's Viewpoint |
7 |
|
Organizations and
People Working for a
Warless World — 4 by Terence
Chives — PYAG set out three goals:
propagation of pacifism;
selling Peace News; assisting Conscientious
Objectors in facing
tribunals or prison sentences for refusing to take
part in militarism.
|
|
| Hodge
Podgy |
8 |
|
Hodge Podge by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Olga Biryukov
says new book containing correspondence of her
father and Lev Tolstoy
will go to press in Paris.
|
|
| Vegetarianism |
9 |
|
Feature by Inquirer — The
pros and cons of
vegetarianism are examined. Is not the practice of
loving your
neighbour, through everyday deeds, a more basic
issue?
|
|
| Truth,
Justice and
Reason |
13 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Lawrence Kotkas — I'm behind your
endeavours 100 percent — seeing you being partisan
for truth, justice
and reason.
|
|
| Pass
the Bottle, Papa |
13 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Alex P. Relkoff — The writer is
appalled at the tragic loss of life caused by
alcoholism.
|
|
| Clarifies
Passage in
Poem |
14 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Joe Fedosoff — Doukhobor prayers
are
voices for peace.
|
|
| World
Council of
Peace Views World Situation |
14 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Dorothy Morrison — Policies of
WCP:
abandonment of political blocs; disarmament; a
halt to the testing and
manufacture of nuclear weapons; prohibition of
nuclear weapons.
|
|
| New
Year |
14 |
|
Poetry Corner
by Michael M.
Tomilin — Let brotherly
love from our heart never part.
|
|
| Sons'
Children in
New Denver School |
15 |
|
News From BC by
Jim J.
Chernenkoff — A first hand
visit to New Denver revealed: gates unlocked, RCMP
present all the
time, superintendent refused to respond.
|
|
| Sons
of Freedom'
Children Sing, Recite in Concert |
16 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— Russian songs
and the traditional Christmas concert resulted in
a delightful program
at New Denver. Zealot children were 'stars'.
|
|
| Youth
Wishes to
Exchange Tapes |
16 |
|
News From BC — Writer
wishes to exchanges audio
tapes of Doukhobor singing with readers.
|
|
| School
Board Hopes
for Change in Law to Allow Doukhobor Trustees |
16 |
|
News From BC by
Grand Forks
Gazette — If the
authorities permit, Doukhobors will be able to
serve on local board as
trustees without swearing an oath of allegiance.
|
|
| Social
Held in Aid
of Inquirer |
17 |
|
News From BC by William Zubkoe —
The Society of
Doukhobors of Westminster held a luncheon and
evening program of
singing with proceeds to The Inquirer.
|
|
| USCC
Hall Arson Try
Foiled |
17 |
|
News From BC by Grand Forks Gazette —
An attempt to
set fire to the USCC Community centre being built
was foiled by the
quick action of a passer-by.
|
|
| Proceeds
of Banquet
to Iskra |
17 |
|
News From BC by Nick N. Plotnicove —
A vegetarian
banquet and evening program brought a donation to
Iskra.
|
|
| Union
of Youth
Collect Money for Psalm and Hymn Book |
18 |
|
News From BC — USCC is
collecting donations for
the proposed Doukhobor psalm and hymn book.
|
|
| We
Regret the Error |
18 |
|
News From Alberta —
Error
corrected re place where Doukhobor sobranie was
held.
|
|
| Senior
Choir
Sponsors Program |
18 |
|
News From Alberta —
Calgary Senior
Choir held a fund-raising program of singing and
speeches.
|
|
| Tape
Recordings of
Pelly Festival Available For Loan |
18 |
|
News From Sask. by
Walter P.
Strukoff — Tape recordings
of the Pelly Festival in June are now available on
loan.
|
|
| Prayer
Home Moved
Into Village in Time for Active Season |
18 |
|
News From Sask. by
Walter P.
Strukoff — Pelly
Doukhobors recently moved an old traditional
Prayer Home into the
village of Pelly. It was moved in time to
accommodate Harry W.
Vereschagin's choir sessions.
|
|
| Proceeds
of Tea and
Concert go to The Inquirer and Mr. Vereschagin |
18 |
|
News From Sask. —
William K.
Chutskoff was MC for a fund-raising evening
program of singing in
Kamsack.
|
|
| Singing
and
Discussion at Gathering |
19 |
|
News From Sask. —
Members of the
Buchanan, Verigin and Canora groups spent an
evening of singing and
discussion in Canora.
|
|
| Kamsack
Branch of
UDC Survey Through Questionnaires |
19 |
|
News From Sask. —
In the summer
UDC held a questionnaire survey of Doukhobor youth
and adults. Results
are reported. Adults lack interest in
organizational matters, while
youth are eager to become active.
|
|
| Vereschagin
Visits
District |
20 |
|
News From Manitoba by
Sam Cheveldayoff
— Choir instructor
Harry W. Vereschagin visited Benito in the fall.
|
|
| Dobrenen
Conviction
Reversed |
20 |
|
News From USA by
CCCO — The
Court of Appeals recently
reversed the conviction of Mitchell Dobrenen of
the Molokan Church on
the grounds that he had not been furnished a copy
of the
recommendations.
|
|
| Nurses
Chosen to
Represent National Convention |
20 |
|
News From USA — Florence S.
Faminow of Portland,
Oregon, was chosen to be one of three delegates to
a Nurses conference
in Los Angeles in February 1957.
|
|
| Union
of Doukhobors
of Canada News |
21 |
|
UDC report by
Nick N. Kalmakoff
— Committee found
that some hymns and psalms in the Book of Life are
contradictory to
Doukhobors. A summary of the findings will be
published in mimeo format.
|
|
| A
Cry For Peace |
21 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Michael M.
Tomilin — This is a plea
to end wars and bring in a new era of caring
humanity.
|
|
| Recipe
For Real
Religion |
21 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Lewis Faucett
— A light hearted look
at different religions.
|
|
| Memoirs
of the Life
and Gospel Labors of the late Daniel Wheeler |
22 |
|
Book Reviews by
Edith Reeves
Solenberger — The
Quaker Daniel Wheeler was invited in 1817 to
undertake agriculture and
drainage work near St. Petersburg, Russia.
Although our languages are
different, the language of the Spirit is the same.
Meets Tsar.
|
|
| Hi,
Sister, Hi
Brother, by Joe Wallace |
25 |
|
Book Reviews by
Nick W.
Sherstobitoff — Reviewer
believes that political ideas and poetry are
almost incompatible.
|
|
| On
Brotherhood and
Christianity |
25 |
|
Editorial by
Grand Forks
Gazette — Shortcomings
and highlights of Christianity are presented in
relation to equality,
economics, and materialism.
|
|
| Survival
Appeal |
26 |
|
Editorial by
Inquirer —
The Inquirer faces
serious financial crisis. Needs support now.
|
Vol. 3, no. 12 — January 1957
Youth and Age.
By Joan Konkin,
Kamsack, Sask.
| Brotherhood
Week —
Aimed at Eradicating Prejudice |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Frazer Earle
— Differences become a
menace only when we allow them to become divisions
which result in the
poison of evil attitudes, mistrust and prejudice.
|
|
| What
Would You Do If? |
3 |
|
Article by Jon Wynne-Tyson
— The English author
considers the nature of a response to evil. e.g.
the Golden Rule.
|
|
| Plato
(427-347 B.C.) |
4 |
|
Life and Times of
World Thinkers — 2 by Dr. Robert Paton
—
After the death of Socrates, his pupil Plato
carried forward the ideas
of his master, fused with his own genius.
|
|
| To
My Child |
6 |
|
Poetry Corner
by Marie
Shlakoff — The poem by this
zealot mother describes the sorrow and agony of
losing her child to New
Denver.
|
|
| Who
Are the
Mennonites? |
7 |
|
Organizations and
People Working for a
Warless World — 5 by J. W.
Fretz — Mennonites as the Anabaptists of
the Reformation
believed in volunteer baptism, love, mutual aid,
and refusal to swear
oaths.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Panorama
in 1956 |
10 |
|
Feature by Inquirer — The
year focused on
unity, youth, propagation of Doukhoborism,
pacifism, singing, an
inquiring attitude to self analysis, and the
impact of The Inquirer on
other media.
|
|
| WRI
Council
Reaffirms its Renunciation of the Methods of War
and Violence |
16 |
|
News From Europe —
The War
Resisters' Council meeting in Germany reaffirmed
its belief in the
principles of nonviolence and peaceful solutions
to all human problems
of violence.
|
|
| Quakers
and Refugees |
17 |
|
News From USA —
A Quaker relief
camp near Vienna, Austria, has been distributing
clothing and
interviewing Hungarian refugees to determine their
needs.
|
|
| Sculptor
From
Brilliant Calm Despite Loss of Year's Work |
17 |
|
News From BC by
Nelson Daily News
— After 13 months
of work in Europe while returning home to
Vancouver, William Koochin
found his art work had been smashed in transit.
|
|
| 50-50
Chance That
Freedomites Are Responsible |
17 |
|
News From BC by
Canadian Press
— For years the Sons
of Freedom (zealots) have been blamed for burning
bridges and homes and
dynamiting railway tracks. Now the source
of criminality is
questioned.
|
|
| In
Practice, Not
Just Words |
17 |
|
News From BC by
Tom E. Dergousoff
— This is the
first time that a Doukhobor group has celebrated
Christmas Eve by the
Od Calendar.
|
|
| Firm,
Fair Policy on
Sons' Schooling May Solve Problems, Claims Gulley |
18 |
|
News From BC by
Canadian Press
— If we can eliminate
the land and the school problems, the zealot
leaders will not have
anything to rally the fanatics to, claims Emmett
Gulley, AFSC rep.
|
|
| Annual
Meeting
Postponed |
18 |
|
News From BC by
Nick N.
Plotnicove — The annual
meeting of the Vancouver local of UDC has been
postponed because of
disorderly conduct of one member from a
non-religious organization.
|
|
| Festival
Concludes
Choir Conductor's Tour in Sask. |
18 |
|
News From Sask. — A Festival
in Saskatoon concluded
a three-month choir instruction tour in
Saskatchewan by Harry W.
Vereschagin. A lively song by the Student Youth
was turned down by some
vocal elders.
|
|
| Choir
Practice Held
Twice Daily |
19 |
|
News From Sask. by
Michael Ozeroff
— Choir practices in
Langham were held in January during the visit of
Harry W. Vereschagin.
|
|
| Internal
Problems
Discussed: Resolved to Seek New Unity Among
Doukhobors |
19 |
|
News From Sask. —
Because many
people do not know precisely what Doukhobor means,
youth are confused.
Cooperative efforts are needed by all groups to
bring enlightenment.
|
|
| Ladies
Hold First
Annual Meeting |
20 |
|
News From Sask. —
The Saskatoon
Ladies' Society held their first annual meeting on
January 25th at the
local Doukhobor Community Home. Have given
assistance to humanitarian
needs.
|
|
| Society
Holds Second
Annual Meeting |
20 |
|
News From Sask. —
Forty-one
members of the Doukhobor Society of Saskatoon
attended the 2nd Annual
Meeting in January 19.The centre has served
educational, cultural and
spiritual needs of young and old.
|
|
| Vegetarianism |
20 |
|
Correction by
Olga Biryukov —
On page 9, column 2
of Inquirer feature, Dec. 1956, line 4 needs
correction: Still later, a
Vegetarian Society was set up in Russia. Lectures,
literature, cookery
demonstrations and restaurants serve as main
propagating devices.
|
|
| Enjoys
Reading. A
Means of Understanding |
21 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Elsie Makortoff — I enjoy
reading,
esp. about our youth and the work they are doing,
whether it's in
Saskatchewan, Alberta, BC or elsewhere.
|
|
| Comment
on Character
Sketch of P. V. Verigin |
21 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by L. W. Verigin — Did Peter V.
Verigin wish the group to migrate to Canada?
|
|
| Children
Need Good
Family Life |
21 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Ruth E. Hoehn — Writer has been a
sympathetic visitor to New Denver and has
witnessed the sorrow and
heartbreak caused by the separation of children
from their parents.
|
|
| The
Search For
Knowledge |
21 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Nick Hrimakin — I hope you will
continue to publish The Inquirer and to appraise
things by their merits
as you see them. We need to enlighten ourselves.
|
|
| Man's
Will and
Destiny |
21 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Pete Stooshnoff — It is time we
stopped the destructive practice of hatred, and
adopted the positive
practice of love. We must begin at home.
|
|
| Excerpts |
22 |
|
Letters to the
Editor
by H.
David Kirk — This Associate
Professor of Social Work at McGill University is
heartened to see a
careful attempt by a minority group to seek a real
place in the larger
society.
|
|
| Excerpts |
22 |
|
Letters to the
Editor
by Fred
J. Fillipoff — Writer hopes
The Inquirer will bring progress among Doukhobor
youth who speak in the
English language.
|
|
| Toward
Undiscovered
Ends by Anna Brinton |
22 |
|
Book Reviews by
Edith Reeves
Solenberger — Stephen
Grellet and William Allen's excursion to the
Caucasus in 1818 took them
to Molokans, Mennonites and Doukhobors.
|
|
| To
Any Child |
26 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Jon Wynne-Tyson —
My child, when in
your room go on your knees and pray that the
soldiers and their mothers
will not tempt you to their play.
|
|
| Pine
Tree |
26 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Michael M.
Tomilin — An ode to a
little pine that reaches out for fresh air and
sunshine and grows
straight and beautiful.
|
Vol. 4, nos. 1 & 2 — February – March 1957
The Modern Pioneer.
By Frances Faminow,
Vancouver, BC
| Extreme
Tolerance
and Universal Thinking |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The experience
of the religious wars and the East-West conflict
demonstrates that
ideological wars are futile and there is a need to
tolerate ideas which
we don't agree with and learn to live together in
peace.
|
|
| False
Statements in
School Textbooks |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Examples are
cited of false statements made about Doukhobors in
the works of Bruce
Hutchison and Robert England. Correcting these
entrenched errors is a
real challenge.
|
|
| This
is the
February-March Issue |
3 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — For the first
time The Inquirer has had to combine its two
issues into one largely
because staff are writing exams at university.
|
|
| Publication
of
Donor's Name |
3 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The Inquirer
does not publish donor's names because it creates
a false philosophy of
giving, it consumes time and space, and it is not
a general
journalistic practice.
|
|
| Dasha
Looks On |
3 |
|
Column by Peter S. Faminow
— The intended
scope of The Inquirer is world-wide. To be disturbed because
we are seekers of truth
is often the first step in beginning to solve
our problems.
|
|
| Reflections
on
Doukhoborism |
4 |
|
Review: W. A.
Soukoreff's articles on
Doukhobors by William P.
Sherstobitoff — Doukhoborism was a
spontaneous secular rise of
the Russian masses against tyranny, exploitation
and oppression. The
split was due to economic control over Sirotskoe.
|
|
| The
Greek Atomists |
5 |
|
Feature: Life and
Work of World Thinkers —
3 by Dr.
Robert Paton
— While the atoms of the Greeks are not the atoms
of today, we are
indebted to them for the first suggestion that
matter is made of these
fine particles. We are indebted to them for the
freedom to speculate.
|
|
| The
Hutterian
Brethren |
7 |
|
Organizations and
Peoples Working for a
Warless World — 6 by V.
Seeberg — In 1536 Jacob Hutter was burnt
at the stake and his
small flock in Tyre was forced to flee from land
to land. They hold all
things in common, except cloth and household
furniture. These are
Hutterites.
|
|
| We
are Proud to
Announce |
8 |
|
Anniversary Issue by
Florence S.
Faminow — Birth is a
wondrous miracle. Growing up implies a much more
complex process than
adding inches to one's stature.
|
|
| A
Challenge to The
Inquirer |
9 |
|
Anniversary Issue by Peter G. Makaroff
— Lawyer Makaroff
says that recent changes in communications, a rise
of Doukhobor
students in universities, the English language,
and the threat of
atomic war, have all made possible for The
Inquirer to survive.
|
|
| Urges
Doukhobors to
Seek a Seat at the UN Non-Government Assembly |
10 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by William A. Vereschagin — This US
Doukhobor suggests that Doukhobors and Molokans
seek a seat in the
United Nations non-government assembly.
|
|
| Pa-Ulitsum
Otkritoi
Misli (Open Mind) |
11 |
|
Column by Peter S. Faminow
— The Inquirer has
stimulated independent thought and has made a
remarkable stride in the
acquisition of knowledge.
|
|
| Indifference
Among
Doukhobors Needs to be Overcome |
12 |
|
Anniversary
Issue by Frances
Horkoff — In this anniversary issue, I
would like to
congratulate those who are promoting an
educational youth program with
good judgment and foresight, with moderation and
adaptive change.
|
|
| The
Inquirer and the
Power of Persuasion |
13 |
|
Anniversary
Issue by Olga Biryukov —
This Swiss writer
says that The Inquirer ought to contribute the
best of the Doukhobor
wisdom to the development of civilization. Let
Peace, Love and Truth
acquire anew their salt and power on earth.
|
|
| The
Inquirer,
Doukhobor Youth and the Future |
15 |
|
Anniversary
Issue by Peter
N. Malov — Malov: At this time we must
find how we can stop
contributing towards militarism. All of us
collectively and
individually must find ways to do something real
and positive to
promote peace.
|
|
| What's
in a Name? |
20 |
|
Anniversary
Issue by Walter
P. Strukoff — The Doukhobor movement
espouses the basic
teachings of such moral leaders as Jesus Christ,
Tolstoy, Gandhi and
others — the teachings of humanitarian love.
|
|
| A
World View is
Necessary |
21 |
|
Anniversary
Issue by William
N. Papove — The Inquirer paid tribute to
our forefathers when
it joined the ranks of other groups in outlawing
war. This world-view
is necessary to overcome the powerful forces of
nationalism and
power-politics.
|
|
| Inquirer's
Policy re
Sons of Freedom |
22 |
|
Feature by Inquirer —
Basically it appears that
the prime object of most zealots is to confuse the
public in such a way
that everyone will believe that the Doukhobors are
the same as the Sons
of Freedom. (i.e. a hijacking act).
|
|
| Government
Attitude
to Doukhobor Efforts Leads to Resignation, Talks |
25 |
|
News From BC — A Grand
Forks Doukhobor, Eli A.
Popoff claims he is prevented from becoming a
school trustee because by
conscience he cannot swear allegiance to the
crown.
|
|
| Tovarischi
Release
Three Records |
25 |
|
News From BC — The
singing group Tovarischi
have released three more records of Russian folk
songs, thus making a
total of 15 records over the past few years.
|
|
| New,
Youthful
Doukhobor Choir Thrills Overflow Crowd |
25 |
|
News From BC by Grand Forks Gazette —
A young Doukhobor choir with colourful Cossack
dress performed to a
full house at a high school auditorium in Grand
Forks. Directed by Fred
Vanjoff and Peter Gritchen. Lilliam Malloff sang
three songs.
|
|
| Sons'
Case Sent Back
to Supreme Court |
26 |
|
News From BC by Canadian
Press — The case of 8-year-old Bill
Perepelkin, committed to New
Denver, has been sent to the Supreme Court for
further consideration.
|
|
| Golden
Anniversary
Festival to be Held in New Community Centre |
26 |
|
News From BC — The 10th
USCC Union of Youth
Festival will be held in the new Community Centre
now being built in
Grand Forks, May 28-20.
|
|
| Festival
Held at Odd
Fellows Hall |
26 |
|
News From Alberta by
J. Planidin —
A festival of singing
was held in Calgary in February. Choir instructor
was Harry W.
Vereschagin.
|
|
| Slanderous
Statements
Used in School Text. Protest Sent. Reply Received |
27 |
|
News From Sask. —
Slanderous
statements in a literature text used in Alberta
Schools resulted in
letter exchange by UDC and Alberta Education Dept.
Bruce Hutchison's
account is biased and uninformed.
|
|
| Community
Home
Damaged by Fire |
27 |
|
News From Sask. —
A flash fire
caused considerable damage in a local Doukhobor
Community Home on Feb.
8th. The pilot light in the gas furnace caused an
explosion and flash
fire.
|
|
| Gift
of Nighties for
Needy Babies |
27 |
|
News From
Sask. by Saskatoon
Star-Phoenix — Doukhobor women of Langham
sent clothing to needy
children by way of the Canadian Unitarian Service
Committee.
|
|
| UDC
Replies to Peace
Conference Invitation |
28 |
|
News From Sask. —
UDC bases its
peace strategy on the teachings of Jesus, refusing
to contribute to the
war effort, and the principles of pacifism
|
|
| Youth
Invites All
Doukhobors to Attend Peace Holiday and Convention |
28 |
|
News From Sask. —
The Blaine Lake
young people invite all localities to the annual
Doukhobor Peter's or
Peace Day on June 29th and 30th
|
|
| Draft
Anthology
Published by UDC |
28 |
|
News From Sask. —
A mimeographed
draft anthology in the Russian language called
'Doukhobors — Their
Faith', was published by UDC. Critical appraisals
are invited before
reprinting it
|
|
| Excerpts
From Letters |
28 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Michael M. Tomilin — I trust that
you will find it possible to continue your
courageous work in these
days of hysteria.
|
|
| Excerpts From Letters | 28 |
|
Letters to the
Editor
by The
High Power Watt of Energy — I
would wish to proudly compare the truth of our
small magazine with any
capitalist periodicals. My hopes are to see The
Inquirer as a Station
of Sincerity.
|
|
| Excerpts
From Letters |
28 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Cecil W. Koochin — I did not get
my
January copy of The Inquirer. I cannot survive
without it. Please send
the above number without fail.
|
|
| Excerpts From Letters | 29 |
|
Letters to the
Editor
by W.
Tereckoff — It is my opinion that
Peter V. Verigin was guided by the divine spirit
during his leadership
among the Doukhobors.
|
|
| White
Corpuscles in
Europe by Allan A. Hunter |
29 |
|
Book Review by
Edith Reeves
Solenberger — The
writer uses a metaphor to fight war: We too may be
'white corpuscles'
moving to heal wounds at home and in other lands.
|
|
| Practical
Cook Book:
Selected Doukhobor and Quakers Recipes by Laura P.
Verigin and Zoe H.
Gulley |
32 |
|
Book Review by
Nick W.
Sherstobitoff — Many good
Doukhobors are not vegetarian and they do not
pretend to be. Yet the
book presents only vegetarian dishes. An
experienced cook likes the
different versions of some of the traditional
dishes.
|
|
| The
Bible and the
Word 'Wine' |
33 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Nick Verigin — The Bible has 637
references to drink and drinking. Christ and his
disciples drank fruit
juices. Hence we are led falsely to believe the
wine used was fermented
in each case. Hence a mockery of the Church.
|
|
| Hand
in Hand |
33 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Joe Fedosoff —
Teach me o Lord to
walk hand in hand with you.
|
|
| The
Piper |
34 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Jon Wynne-Tyson
— While nations arm
for peace and make their youth from Christ immune,
the vicar prays, the
beggar plays, the devil calls the tune.
|
|
| The
Inquiring
Attitude |
34 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Society
benefits with knowledge and truth when its
citizens use an inquiring
attitude in their journey of life.
|
Vol. 4, no. 3 — April 1957
The Observatory of Knowledge.
By Emma Sawula,
Saskatoon, Sask.
| Troubled
Conscience
and H-Bomb Tests |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — A mutual
agreement of disarmament seems to be the only
thing that can halt these
tests and the war motive. So let us speak up and
be counted.
|
|
| Equality
Before the
Law — What is it? |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — One case in the
USA about a Negro fellow and another case in
Canada about parents
keeping their son at home and educating him are
examined in terms of
equal opportunity for a fair trial in court.
|
|
| Totalitarianism
Comes
to BC as Tots Taught Behind Fences |
3 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — There is
nothing in the law in Canada to indicate that
crime against property
can be punished by removing the children of an
entire community and
putting them into a concentration campus.
|
|
| The
'Sons' Negotiate
to Emigrate |
4 |
|
Editorial by
Inquirer —
The recent announcement
that the zealots are negotiating to emigrate to
Russia should not be
taken seriously. It is largely a hijacking effort
to tar all Doukhobors
with the zealot brush.
|
|
| Aristotle
384-322
B.C. |
5 |
|
Life and Work of
World Thinkers — 4 by Dr.
Robert Paton — Aristotle sponsors a
universe filled with design
and purpose, not a world of dead matter. It is a
cosmos, not a chaos.
|
|
| Why
I Became an
Operating Nurse |
6 |
|
Opinion by Florence S. Faminow —
Service to
mankind is the primary function of nurses and the
reason for the
existence of the nursing profession.
|
|
| A
Witness to Peace |
8 |
|
Organizations and
Peoples Working for a
Warless World — 7 by G. F.
Tull — The Evangelical Catholic Communion
in England has during
the last 40 years been actively promoting peace,
often cooperating with
other pacifist groups.
|
|
| The
Student
Christian Movement in Canada |
9 |
|
Organizations and
Peoples Working for a
Warless World — 7 by Vince I.
Goring — The SCM works in universities
and colleges in Canada to
arouse the interests of students for missionary
work of the churches.
|
|
| Tolstoy
Had the
Answer |
11 |
|
Organizations and
Peoples Working for a
Warless World — 7 by Esme Wynne-Tyson — Tolstoy's whole
emphasis was on practicing the law of Love and
compassion rather than
talking about it, or listening to ministers
talking about it in church.
|
|
| Friendship
and
Understanding, Theme of World Youth Festival |
12 |
|
Organizations and
Peoples Working for a
Warless World — 7 by Floyd Williston — The 6th World
Youth Festival will be held in Moscow, USSR in the
summer. Young people
from 120 countries are expected to attend.
Canadians are invited.
|
|
| Brotherhood
and
Western Civilization |
13 |
|
Organizations and
Peoples Working for a
Warless World — 7 by Karel Hujer — As individuals we
are
not mere helpless bystanders or spectators of
history. We are creative
builders to that new era in which brotherhood will
be more than a word
but a living experience.
|
|
| Tape
Recordings
Appreciated |
16 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by J. A. Verigin — Through The
Inquirer, the Creston Doukhobors received tape
recordings of a Festival
in Saskatchewan.
|
|
| Comment
on Review |
16 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by William A. Soukoreff — The
writer's
intent is to show that Doukhobor problems are not
specific to them
alone, but are universal in other groups.
|
|
| What
Kind of Unity
Do We Seek? |
17 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by William W. Markin — If anyone
wants
to be a true Doukhobor and the other is just
trying to carry that name
for some protection, there is room for all of us
in the world. But what
is a 'true' Doukhobor?
|
|
| Langham
Holds First
Doukhobor Festival |
18 |
|
News From Sask. —
Proceeds from
the first chorale Festival in Langham went to the
building of a
Doukhobor Community Home, the basement of which
has already been
excavated.
|
|
| Live,
Create, Learn
and Teach |
18 |
|
News From Sask. —
Muriel
Zakshewski said that the Saskatoon Doukhobor Home
is strategically
located in the centre of the province and
therefore should be of value
to all. Ritual forms are invented and therefore
can be changed by man.
|
|
| Resolutions
Should
be Sent Early to Executive of UDC |
19 |
|
News From Sask. by Nick N. Kalmakoff —
In preparation
for the Ninth Annual Convention of UDC in Blaine
Lake, Doukhobors are
asked to prepare resolutions and sent them to the
Executive.
|
|
| Local
Active in
Educational Activities |
19 |
|
News From BC —
Since last year the
New Westminster branch of UDC has instituted the
reading of the
Doukhobor Book of life and the Bible; panel
discussions and special
speakers as well as a regular 'Inquirer Days'.
|
|
| Large
Festival and
Prairie Tour Conclude Winter-Spring Activities |
19 |
|
News From BC —
The Tenth Annual
Youth Festival will be held in the new Doukhobor
Community Home in
Grand Forks, May 18-20. A prairie choir tour is
planned.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Guests of
Rotary Club |
20 |
|
News From BC —
The Nelson-Salmo
choir of UDC were guests of the Rotary Club
Convention in Nelson in
April
|
|
| Sons
of Freedom Seek
Emigration to Russia |
20 |
|
News From BC —
For the second time
since 1950, BC's zealots are talking about
relocating to Russia. They
claim they do not have religious freedom promised
them in Canada
|
|
| Freedom
in God:
Guide to the Thought of Nicholas Berdyaev by E. L.
Allen |
20 |
|
Book Reviews by
Edith Reeves
Solenberger — Nicholas
Berdyaev's mystical philosophy focuses on God as a
loving fellow
sufferer.
|
Vol. 4, no. 4 — May 1957
City Beautiful,
Bessborough Hotel,
Saskatoon, Sask.
By Koozma J. Tarasoff
| A
Quaker Book
Reviewed by a Quaker |
0 |
|
Book Reviews by
Edith Reeves
Solenberger — The
author reviews the work of the great Quaker
liberal, Elias Hicks, who
is known for the separation of 1827-1828 which
divided American Friends
into Liberals and Orthodox.
|
|
| Capacity
to Protest
is Necessary |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Adult educators
meet to discuss healthy attitudes for creating a
healthy society.
|
|
| Co-ordinative
Unity
Among Peace Groups-is it Possible? |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The idea of
unity amongst the traditional peace groups is
explored as a useful
exercise.
|
|
| Pythagoras
and the
Pythagoreans |
3 |
|
Life and Times of
World Thinkers — 5 by Dr. Robert Paton —
The Pythagorean ideas of the 3rd century BC is an
important landmark in
the history of modern thought. One of its
proponents suggested that the
sun, not the earth, was the center of things.
|
|
| Disagrees
with
Inquirer re Vegetarianism |
4 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Anonymous — Unknown author argues
for more support towards vegetarianism.
|
|
| Not
accident But
Murder |
4 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Nick Verigin — The debate centers
on
accident or murder.
|
|
| A
Former Editor’s
Point of View |
5 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by M. Roubeshanin — M. Roubeshanin of
San Francisco was a former Russian journalist for
many decades in the
USA
|
|
| The
Christian
Pacifist Society of New Zealand |
5 |
|
Organizations and
Peoples Working for a
Warless World by A. C.
Barrington — The author describes the
history of the Society
which was founded in 1936. Some of its members
have been imprisoned for
opposing all wars.
|
|
| Community
Centre
Opened at Three Day Youth Festival (Grand Forks) |
7 |
|
News From BC
— The 10th annual
youth festival marked the official opening of the
new Doukhobor
Community Centre in Grand Forks, BC. Speakers
included Eli A. Popoff,
Mildred Fahrni, and Cecil R. Evans.
|
|
| 200
People Present
at Easter Service |
7 |
|
News From BC by
William Zubkoe
— Luba Maloff
highlighted the program with her singing.
|
|
| Songs
Composed:
Record Released (Vancouver) |
7 |
|
News From BC —
Songs composed by
Cyril Podmero Plotnicove
|
|
| Pass
Creek Youth
Visits Districts (Calgary) |
7 |
|
News From Alberta —
Concerts in
Erickson, Cowley and Calgary.
|
|
| Resource
Leaders
Secured for Youth Adult Workshop in Inter-group
Relations |
7 |
|
News From Alberta —
Thomas Berth,
sociologist, and William Dixon, community
organization, will head 4th
youth workshop in Banff in Sept.
|
|
| Mennonites
Lay
Groundwork for United Peace Witness (Winnipeg,
Manitoba) |
8 |
|
News by Canadian Mennonite —
A two-day
meeting recommended cooperation in the area of
disaster relief and
civil defence
|
|
| “Friendly
Persuasion”
Judged Best Film (Cannes, France) |
8 |
|
News From Europe by
Reuters —
Friendly Persuasion is a
tale about a gentle Quaker family involved in
violence in the USA.
|
|
| Doukhobors
(and )
Their Faith |
9 |
|
Book Review by
Inquirer —
Psalm and allegorical
selections from Vladimir Bonch-Bruevich's Book of
Life of the
Doukhobors comprises this preliminary report of
the Union of Doukhobors
of Canada.
|
|
| Daily
Good Living |
10 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Val. D. Baima, Lillybelle Baima —
Love is genuine respect for all creatures.
|
|
| A
Soliloquy to a
Sitter |
10 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Stand up and be
counted.
|
Vol. 4, no. 5a — June 1957
Abstract Composition With Cock.
By Bill Perehudoff,
Saskatoon, Sask.
| Inquirer
Faces
Survival Crisis |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The immediate
need is financial.
|
|
| The
Conscience and
the Fanchise |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Can we be
pacifists and still exercise the right to vote?
This is the question
asked by some Doukhobors in BC since 1000 of them
were recently placed
on the federal voters' list.
|
|
| Convention
Faces
Many Problems |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Among the
questions at the 9th UDC conference are: unity,
religious education,
peace, formulating a workable constitution.
|
|
| Stoics
and Epicureans |
3 |
|
Life and Work of
World Thinkers — 6 by Dr. Robert Paton
—
Stoic teachings: We are all citizens of this
divine kingdom, therefore
equal by virtue of our common humanity. We all
possess a spark of
reason which is the divine reason of the universe.
|
|
| The
United Nations |
5 |
|
Organizations and
Peoples Working for a
Warless World — 9 by Inquirer —
Today we
are no longer living alone. We are part of one
international world. If
we strongly desire the end results of peace,
justice, equality and
rights, then the UN will succeed.
|
|
| Three-Day
Doukhobor
Conference |
7 |
|
News From Sask.
— A three-day
Doukhobor Conference is scheduled for Blaine Lake
in July 1-3. A change
in the present name of UDC is proposed.
|
|
| We
Must Make Peace
Now |
7 |
|
News From Sask.
— Cecil R. Evans,
head of Canadian Friends Service Committee in
Toronto, met with
Saskatoon Doukhobors. Called for united action in
promoting the
peaceful way.
|
|
| Several
Doukhobor
Young People to Visit Russia |
7 |
|
News From Sask. by Inquirer —
Some 13 young Doukhobors
from Western Canada plan to visit the USSR during
the World Youth
Festival in Moscow, July 28 - August 11. Nick W.
Shertobitoff and
Koozma J. Tarasoff clarify details of the trip.
|
|
| Inquirer
Editor to
Attend Triennial Pacifist World Conference |
8 |
|
News From Sask.
— The Editor of The
Inquirer will attend the Triennial Conference of
the War Resisters'
International in London, England, July 15-19.
|
|
| Kylemore
Open Air
Festival Held |
8 |
|
News From Sask. by
L. L. Osachoff
— Wet and cold
weather did not prevent some 400 people from
attending a Festival in
Kylemore with choirs from Kamsack, Pelly, Verigin,
Canora, Buchanin,
Watson and Kylemore and guests from Saskatoon and
Langham.
|
|
| Liberation
to Run
Muste's Autobiography |
8 |
|
News From USA
— The magazine
Liberation will publish the autobiography of A. J.
Muste who for 50
years has been in the forefront of labour,
socialist and pacifist
movements in the USA.
|
|
| Insurance
Policies
Cancelled at Koinonia Far |
9 |
|
News From Europe —
The Koinonia
Farm, in Georgia, USA, which has been the victim
of shooting and arson
because it will not operate a colour bar, has had
all its insurance
policies cancelled by Lloyds of London.
|
|
| Likes
Idea of Unity |
9 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Hopeful — This anonymous writer
supports the idea of creating unity among peace
groups.
|
|
| Verigin
District
Urges Doukhobors to Resolve Surplus Money Issue |
9 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by W. W. Kabatoff — The total credit
of the defunct CCUB Trust Fund is $148,528.50. The
Doukhobor Society of
Verigin calls on all Doukhobors to come up with a
solution to dispose
this sum.
|
|
| Language
and
Doukhobor Religion |
9 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Alex P. Relkoff — One can be a
Doukhobor in any language,
|
|
| Relax
My Friend |
10 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — A change in
feeling state can brush aside gloom.
|
|
| Uncommon
Sense by
Ascanio D. Paolo |
10 |
|
Book Reviews by
Nick W.
Sherstobitoff — This book
consists of 'letters to the editor' written to
various newspapers in
the USA from 1935 to the present, and then
commented on by the author.
The author denounces war and praises pacifism.
|
Vol. 4, no. 5b — July 1957
Strengthening the Bonds of Friendship, Union of Youth Choir of USCC.
Photo by Paul Streliaff.
| Youth
Choir Makes
Successful Tour of Western Canada |
0 |
|
Report by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— A USCC Youth
Choir traveled across western Canada in a two-week
goodwill tour. One
of the highlights was a TV appearance in
Saskatoon. The Choir began in
1947 as a men's choir, but women were soon added.
|
|
| Christianity
and its
Background |
2 |
|
Feature by Dr. Robert Paton
— This Sask.
philosophy professor presents a brief history of
Christianity as a
prelude to building ones own philosophy of life.
|
|
| Little
Understood by
One's Contemporaries |
3 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Nick Papove — Writer contends that
the Inquirer helps intelligent discussion.
|
|
| A
Compliment |
3 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Ernest A. Webbe — Praises the
quality and merit of The Inquirer. Suggests that
vegetarianism should
be promoted.
|
|
| Peace
Pilgrim |
4 |
|
Organizations and
Peoples Working for a
Warless World — 10
by Inquirer
— I have vowed to
remain a Peace Pilgrim until mankind has learned
the way of peace,
walking until I am given shelter and fasting until
I am given food.
Walked 20,000 miles to date.
|
|
| Union
of Doukhobors
of Canada — 9th convention |
5 |
|
Report by Inquirer —
Ninth Convention of UDC
held in Blaine Lake, Sask. Elected William N.
Papove as new Chairman
and Peter S. Faminow as Sec-Treas. Our problems
are those of transition
between generations
|
|
| High
School Grad
Gets Top Awards |
8 |
|
News From BC —
Irene Legebokoff of
Grand Forks received top athletic awards.
|
|
| Sons
of Freedom
Girls Punished |
8 |
|
News From BC by
Canadian Press
— Thirty zealot girls
at New Denver were denied visits with their
families because they took
part in an unruly behaviour. John Clarkson is
superintendent of the
school.
|
|
| Celebrations
Not
Enough Says Visitor at Peter's Day |
8 |
|
News From Sask. —
Historical
celebrations are not enough. We need to make
history now by practical
steps in avoiding the fearful threat of an atomic
catastrophe.
|
|
| 3,200
Loaves of
Bread Baked at Pion-Era Celebrations |
8 |
|
News From Sask. —
For the third
consecutive year the Saskatoon Doukhobor Society
contributed to the
local Pion-Era celebration with bread-baking and
demonstrations of
carding and spinning wool.
|
|
| 1,500
Attend Canora
Festival |
8 |
|
News From Sask. —
Over 1,500
people came out to a Doukhobor Festival in Canora
in June. Peter S.
Faminow urged the audience to work for a
nonviolent peaceful world.
|
|
| Community
Home
Expected to be Completed Soon |
9 |
|
News From Sask. by Keith Tarasoff
— A Doukhobor
Community Home is now under construction in
Langham.
|
|
| Peace
Pilgrim Gives
a Challenge to Doukhobors |
9 |
|
News From Sask. —
You have a
special message to this work, specifically in
Russia. Since many of you
speak Russian, why not send a mission of peace to
Russia — this choir,
for example?
|
|
| The
Gift by J. D.
Beresford and Esme Wynne-Tyson |
10 |
|
Book Reviews
by Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Simple,
natural goodness — is such a state of being
possible for us humans? The
Gift is an inspiring story of human hope by a
woman who gives birth to
a son who turns out good, like Jesus.
|
|
Vol. 4, no. 6 — August 1957
Meeting to End War.
Triennial Conference of War Resisters’ International,
Roehampton, London, England.
WRI photo.
| World
Pacifists
Confer. Triennial Conference of WRI |
0 |
|
Special Report by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Declaration of
WRI in England: 'War is a crime against humanity.
We therefore are
determined not to support any kind of war and to
strive for the removal
of all causes of war.'
|
|
| A
Lesson Learned |
1 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — In poetic form,
the Editor pens a poem about his travels to Banff,
Vienna, London,
Moscow and Geneva.
|
|
| Greetings
From the
New Executive UDC |
1 |
|
Information by
William N.
Papove, Peter S. Faminow
— We consider the fundamental beliefs of the
Doukhobor people were
derived from an appreciation of eternal values
transcending the narrow
bounds of sectarian thought. Their highest hopes:
Brotherhood of Man.
|
|
| Impressions
of My
Visit to the Soviet Union |
4 |
|
Feature Report by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Impressions of
Editor's 1957 visit to USSR included the Youth
Festival, pioneer and
komsomol organizations, schools, hospitals, farms,
shops, museums,
Metro, ballet performances, and churches.
|
Vol. 4, no. 7 — September 1957
Young Adult Leadership Conference, Banff, Alberta.
Conferene photo.
| The
Record Album |
0 |
|
Review by Peter S. Bludoff
— Peter' favourite
Russian choirs and composers are highlighted in
his vinyl record
collection. 'Monotonously rings the evening bell'
is one of his
favourites.
|
|
| For
Greater Things |
1 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Mary B. Millar
— The stairs of
opportunity are sometimes hard to climb, but it
can only be achieved
one step at a time.
|
|
| So
What If We Are
Different? |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Let us be more
careful how we react to our fellow beings when
their ideas clash with
ours or when they appear to be somewhat 'odd'. We
all belong to one
human race.
|
|
| Dasha |
2 |
|
Humour by Peter S. Faminow
— Dasha employs the
league teams of Little Rock vs. New Denver as a
way to distinguish some
of their character traits.
|
|
| Banff
Workshop in
Inter-Group Relations — 4th annual |
3 |
|
Feature by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— The Editor
reviews the 4th Annual Youth Workshop for young
adults held in Banff,
Alberta. Resource leader Wiliam G. Dixon calls the
zealots as 'a
test of the Canadian conscience'.
|
|
| Many
Guests at
Annual Peace Day |
6 |
|
News From BC
— The Molokan Society
participated in the annual Doukhobor Peace Day in
New Westminster.
|
|
| Government
Approves Fourth Interim
Report on Allotment of Doukhobor Lands in BC |
6 |
|
News From BC —
The BC Government
will give Doukhobors first chance to buy back
their lost lands at 60
percent of appraised value. One parcel of land to
one person or married
couple.
|
|
| Case
Adjourned for
Supreme Court Decision |
7 |
|
News From BC
— This is about a
Hearing of a family court case concerning custody
of 10-year-old Patsy
Gienger, daughter of the late Mary Gienger, who
committed suicide from
the stress of New Denver.
|
|
| Sons
of Freedom
Plans to Emigrate Termed a Seasonal Affair |
7 |
|
News From BC —
Dean Geoffrey
Andrew of UBC calls the zealot's desire to
emigrate to Russia as 'a
seasonal affair'.
|
|
| Son's
Children
Release Up to Parents — Bennett |
7 |
|
News From BC by
Canadian Press
— Premier Bennett
said that it's up to the parents of the zealot
children detained at New
Denver whether they will be released. Some 89
children are detained.
|
|
| Declaration
Day
Celebrations Held |
7 |
|
News From BC —
A Molokan group
from California participated in the USCC
Declaration Day in Brilliant.
|
|
| Electrical
Service
Comes to Slocan Valley |
7 |
|
News From BC —
After years of
persistent effort to get electricity to the Slocan
Park valley, just a
few miles from major power dams on the Kootenay
River, its residents
now have power. Largely populated by Doukhobors.
|
|
| Three
Months Search
Brings No Trace of Missing Plane |
8 |
|
News From BC —
A plane carrying
Steve Antifaev and John E. Matser disappeared on a
flight from Langley
to Penticton. Not found.
|
|
| USCC
Choir Performs
Before 1,200 Kiwanis |
8 |
|
News From BC —
USCC Choir
performed 10 hymns and folk songs at the 40th
Annual Pacific Northwest
Kiwanis District Convention in Penticton.
|
|
| Atomic
Weather |
8 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Amy Merz —
War is equivalent to the
use of atomic bombs.
|
|
| Scholarship
to
Student |
8 |
|
News From Sask. —
Beatrice
Karaloff received a scholarship in Blaine Lake for
the highest academic
standing in school.
|
|
| Press
Reports
Misrepresent New Denver Visit |
8 |
|
News From Sask. —
Press reports
have misrepresented a recent visit of four people
to New Denver, BC.
John J. Maloff said that while food and shelter
was adequate, forceful
separation was not healthy for the children.
|
|
| Creative
Approach
Needed to British Columbia's Sons of Freedom
Truancy Problem |
9 |
|
News From USA
— Bayard Rustin of
WRL sent a letter of protest to the Canadian
Government concerning the
forceful detention of 89 zealot children in New
Denver, BC.
|
|
| In
the Land of the
Grasshopper Song, by Mary Ellicott Arnold and
Mabel Reed |
10 |
|
Book Reviews by
Edith Reeves
Solenberger — This is
a true story of life and work among Indians in a
wild, remote area of
northern California. As told by the authors who
worked as field matrons
for the US Indian Service in 1908 and 1909.
|
Vol. 4, no. 8 — October 1957
Sputnik.
By Frances Faminow,
Vancouver, BC
| Mirror
For Man; The
Relation of Anthropology to Modern Life, by Clyde
Kluckholn |
0 |
| Book Reviews by
Edith Reeves
Solenberger —
Anthropology holds up a great mirror to man and lets
him look at
himself in his infinite varieties. He minimizes the
importance of
'racial' physical difference and stresses the
importance of changing
nutrition, weather, etc. |
|
| Keep
An Open Mind |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — When you have
seriously studied many sides of a controversy,
then, and only then
should you try to judge.
|
|
| This
and That |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Since God is
love, each of us must do our part in expressing
this love in our daily
lives to our fellow men and women.
|
|
| Dasha |
2 |
|
Humour by Peter S. Faminow
— Once the rockets
are perfected to return to earth, war-mongers can
be sent to the outer
spaces for normal brain washing.
|
|
| Pa-Ulitsum-Un |
3 |
|
Column by Peter S. Faminow
— The United
Nations may be imperfect, but it is the only
international organization
which seeks to solve the problems of nations by
arbitration rather than
by resort to force. Common goal: peace and
prosperity of all.
|
|
| Frustrations
of Youth |
4 |
|
Opinion by Norman Rebin —
The author focuses on
some parents who opposed an invitation to their
children to attend a
joint program of activities with BC Doukhobor
youth in December.
|
|
| Travelogue
— 1. A
Good Samaritan in Vienna |
6 |
|
Travelogue by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The Editor in
Vienna helped a stranger in need and learned about
life in the French
Foreign Legion as well as life on the streets.
|
|
| $100
to The Inquirer |
7 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Nick N. Kalmakoff — Assistance
given
to The Inquirer by Canora, Saskatchewan farmers.
|
|
| Variety
is the Spice
of Life |
7 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Peter F. Chernoff — The writer
enjoyed the wit and humour of the column Dasha.
|
|
| Tenets
of Faith Must
Have Evolved |
7 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by John A. Popoff — Doukhobors could
hardly have originated spontaneously in the
primitive conditions
prevailing in the Russian countryside, without
outside help. The group
evolved from earlier historical inspiration.
|
|
| Tolstoi
Not
Respected by Lenin Says Writer |
7 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Esme Wynne-Tyson — The notion that
Lev N. Tolstoy was respected by Lenin was stated
by a guide at Yasnaya
Polyana in Tula.
|
|
| A
Pacifist Planning
Conference to be Held in December |
8 |
|
News From BC
— A North American
conference on pacifism is planned for 1958.
|
|
| Judgment
Reserved in
Freedomite Appeal |
8 |
|
News From BC —
Five judges of the
BC Court of Appeal reserved judgment in an appeal
by a zealot couple
(Perepelkins) against the committal of their son
to a special school.
|
|
| Two
Sons' Children
Committed to School |
9 |
|
News From BC —
Two zealot children
were committed to the care of the provincial
superintendent of Child
Welfare and will remain in the New Denver
dormitory until they reach
the age of 15.
|
|
| First
Doukhobor
Ceremony in Saskatoon Community Home |
9 |
|
News From Sask. —
The first
Doukhobor marriage ceremony in the Saskatoon
Doukhobor Community Home
was held on October 24th, when Alec Postnikoff and
Marlene Kabatoff
were united in marriage.
|
|
| Saskatchewan
Doukhobor
Youth Prepare Excursion to British Columbia |
9 |
|
News From Sask. —
The Saskatoon
Student Group in cooperation with the youth of
USCC have organized
panel discussions on unity, the future,
impressions of trip to Youth
Festival in Moscow. This will be a first.
|
|
| New
Executive Chosen
for Saskatoon Student Group |
10 |
|
News From Sask. —
Chairman: Norman
Rebin. Vice-chairman: Nick W. Sherstobitoff.
Sec.-Treas.: Susan
Kolesnikoff. Past chairman Koozma J. Tarasoff
chaired the meeting.
Choir directors: Peter Kolesnikoff and Mrs.
Boki.Origin of group in
1924.Revived in 1951.
|
Vol. 4, no. 9 — November 1957
The Power of Cooperation.
Artist unknown.
| Books
for Children
at Christmas or at any Other Time |
0 |
|
Book Reviews by
Edith Reeves
Solenberger — Some 20
good books for children are reviewed by a Quaker
who is a member of a
Committee of Friends and Doukhobors of the AFSC.
|
|
| Creative
Expression
Needed in Our Age |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Ralph Waldo
Emerson: Each age must write its own books. The
books of an older
period will not fit this. Readers are encouraged
to write.
|
|
| Dasha |
2 |
|
Humour by Peter S. Faminow
— Characters:
Dashinka and Rasputnik make a parody of nudity,
sin, witchcraft and
mooniks.
|
|
| Pa-Ulitsum
— Non
Violence |
3 |
|
Column by Peter S. Faminow
— Thousands of
words are expended by the media lauding the merits
of extensive defence
expenditures. The voice against this pace towards
destruction is either
non-existent or too weak to be heard.
|
|
| Travelogue
— 2.
Impressions of the Soviet Union and its People |
4 |
|
Travelogue by Nick W. Sherstobitoff
— Impressions
of Russia: people are very afraid of war; they are
curious about
Westerners; most live in crowded quarters; the
state takes precedence
over individual rights.
|
|
| The'
Christmas Gift |
5 |
|
Information by
Jim Kalmakoff
— If we lose the
meaning of Christmas, then Christmas becomes just
another day.
|
|
| In
Appreciation |
6 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by D. V. Gokhale — In deep
appreciation
to the fine efforts of the UDC Convention in the
cause of global
understanding and peace.
|
|
| Anthropology
Should
be Taught in High Schools |
6 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Dayle Lowry — Advocates the
introduction of anthropology in high schools.
|
|
| Desires
Pen Pals |
6 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by W. Sandig — A German student
wishes
to correspond in German or English.
|
|
| As
Long as it
Discusses Those Burning Issues |
6 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Frances S. Faminow — Vancouver
artist praises The Inquirer for its spirit of
inquiry.
|
|
| What
Are Doukhobors |
6 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by C. Roosenschoon-Mulder — This
Holland reader has never heard of the Doukhobors.
Asks for information.
|
|
| Schedule
Set as
Several Doukhobor Youth Prepare for Excursion to
BC |
6 |
|
News From Sask. —
Seven members of
the Saskatoon Student Group will participate in
panel discussions,
speeches and talent nights with BC youth. Will
bring a drama play.
|
|
| Law
Student Receives
Scholarship |
7 |
|
News From Sask. —
Third year law
student Nick W. Sherstobitoff has again been
awarded a Mackenzie
Scholarship for academic proficiency. He is a
member of The Inquirer.
|
|
| Artist
Contributes
to National Award |
7 |
|
News From Sask. —
Artist Bill
Perehudoff of Modern Press received a national
award for design and
printing of various scenes form social life of
rural Western Canada.
|
|
| First
Tea and Sale
in Community Home Termed 'Very Successful' |
7 |
|
News From Sask. —
The Saskatoon
Doukhobor Ladies' Society held its first tea and
sale in the new
community home.
|
|
| Festivals
and Peace
Day Topic of Regional Meeting |
7 |
|
News From Sask. —
Regional
Doukhobor delegates laid plans for next year's
cultural activities.
|
|
| Speeches
Presented
at Official Opening of Community Home |
8 |
|
News From Sask. —
The 24 by 48
foot wooden structure was completed in the fall.
First speaker at
official opening: William P. Sherstobitoff: Let's
keep the doors open
to all who wish to share in the higher ideals of
man.
|
|
| Proceeds
to The
Inquirer From Evening Programme |
8 |
|
News From Alberta — A fund
raising evening programme
netted The Inquirer $35.
|
|
| Doukhobors
Asked to
Contribute to Centennial Programme |
8 |
|
News From BC— Doukhobors
have been invited to
contribute written material to the 100th
anniversary of British
Columbia in 1958. William N. Papove will chair the
sub-committee.
|
|
| Peter
Verigin III
Death Reported in Russia |
8 |
|
News From BC— The USCC has
been informed by the
Red Cross that Peter P. Verigin III has died in
confinement in Russia.
He was imprisoned in a Russian concentration camp
in the 1930s.
|
|
| Seminar
for Youth
and Schools for Adults Proposed at Union of Youth
Convention |
9 |
|
News From BC— Proposed
resolutions for the
annual youth convention will include Russian
language classes and a
letter to the UN urging world opinion to employ
the spirit of love in
its present crisis.
|
|
| School
Issue May go
to Supreme Court of Canada |
9 |
|
News From BC— Does
compulsory attendance in
public schools infringe on religious freedom? That
is the question that
the Supreme Court of Canada may soon discuss.
|
Vol. 4, no. 10 — December 1957
Man and His Conscience.
By Harold Popoff,
Kamsack, Sask.
| Personality,
by
David C. McClelland |
0 |
|
Book Reviews by
Edith Reeves
Solenberger — This book
is a community enterprise by teachers and students
at Wesleyan and
Harvard Universities on the theoretical aspects of
personality
development beginning with infancy.
|
|
| Dasha |
1 |
|
Humour by Peter S. Faminow
— I am the past,
the present, and the future. I am the beginning
and the end. I think, I
am.
|
|
| P |
2 |
|
From the Editor by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Our challenge
is to bridge understanding between the East and
the West, to create a
world where hunger, pestilence and fear are
reduced to a minimum, and
where respect reigns for all.
|
|
| On
the Year 1958 |
2 |
|
Opinion by Olga Biryukov
— Our discussions and
choices must be guided by our ability to
discriminate between good and
evil. I wish that the inner light within you will
burn brighter and
brighter.
|
|
| Man
and His
Conscience |
3 |
|
Script by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Man and His Conscience' was
originally written for radio, but adapted for a
stage play. Performed
in Western Canada on several occasions. A one man
play.
|
|
| Young
Adult Tour of
Western Canada |
8 |
|
Feature by Inquirer —
This historic youth tour
in December included panel discussions on issues
of the day, slide
shows and talks of trip to Europe, a stage play,
banquets, socials,
tours, visits, and choral performances.
|
|
| Have
You Ever? |
13 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Keep your head
above water and persist to the finish.
|
|
| Inspiration |
13 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — A tribute to
inspiring words.
|
|
| Tolstoi,
The Prophet |
14 |
|
Feature by Esme Wynne-Tyson
— The health of
humanity is being jeopardized by radio-active
fall-out, radiation, and
the blast of the H-bomb itself. To avoid the
return of the stone age,
we must be wise.
|
|
| Non-Violence
Conference |
15 |
|
News From BC by
Peter S. Faminow
— An All Canada
Conference on Non-Violence is scheduled for June
1957.
|
|
| Group
Visits
Krestova as Sons Send Delegates to Russia |
15 |
|
News From Sask. — Four zealot
members were given an
official send-off in Krestova as four Saskatchewan
and Vancouver
visitors were present. Guests: William N. Papove,
Peter S. Faminow,
William P. Sherstobitoff, and Nick W.
Sherstobitoff.
|
|
| Several
Choirs
Participate in Programme |
16 |
|
News From Sask. — Pelly Choir
organized a choral
evening with instrumental numbers and monologues
included.
|
|
| Proceeds
of Tea For
Kitchen Facilities |
16 |
|
News From Sask. by Dianna Shukin
— A tea and
home-baking sale in Langham raised funds for the
purchase of kitchen
facilities for the new Doukhobor Community Home.
|
|
| Third
Annual Meeting
Held |
16 |
|
News From Sask. — Third annual
meeting of the
Doukhobor Society of Saskatoon held January 18.
The society was
officially founded on Jan. 19, 1955.
|
|
| Friends
Send
Resolution to UN Urging Disarmament |
16 |
|
News from USA —
The Quakers called
on all nations to work for renewed disarmament
negotiations.
|
|
| Mithras:
The Fellow
in the Cap |
17 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Esme Wynne-Tyson — The author
announces the publication of his novel on
Christians manufacturing
H-Bombs and waging war.
|
|
| Former
Staff Member
of Free Age Press Writes |
17 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Stanley Carlyle Potter — Potter
is
a former staff member of The Free Age Press,
founded for the
dissemination of Tolstoyan literature, prohibited
by the police
censorship of the Tsar.
|
|
| Peace
Witness Needs
Encouragement |
17 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Carl Erickson — BC Peace Council
Chairman for BC writes: We are working to stop
nuclear arms testing as
a sincere start towards disarmament.
|
|
| No
Freedom of
Religion in Russia Believes Writer |
17 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by Esme Wynne-Tyson — This writer
from
England argues that Westerners can still protest,
without molestation,
while Soviets do not have this advantage.
|
|
| A
Belgium School
Teacher Writes |
18 |
|
Letters to the
Editor by V. Cotton — I should like to get
some information about the Doukhobors.
|
Vol. 4, no. 11 — January 1958
Wrestling With the Spirit.
By Harold Popoff,
Kamsack, Sask.
| She
Never Hurries.
Take a Lesson From the Cat |
0 |
|
Of Human Interest by
Lynn M. Watkins
— We can learn from
the cat to be tranquil, relaxed, and have the
ability to enjoy instant
sleep.
|
|
| Brotherhood
Is More
Than a Reminder |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — We are one
family of man, yet we degrade ourselves when we
forget it.
|
|
| Censorship
Comes to
South Africa |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Peace News, an
international pacifist weekly in England, has been
banned in South
Africa, and other publications are threatened with
the ban imposed by a
Bill on censorship of the Press.
|
|
| Travelogue
— 3.
International Hikers Rally |
4 |
|
Travelogue by
Winnifred Horkoff
— World Youth
Festival participant describes her two-day
international hiking
experience from Chop to Moscow. Friendships made.
|
|
| Everyman's
Path to
Peace |
5 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Winifred G. Toby
— Peace is a
feeling state that resembles God.
|
|
| Doukhobor
Panorama
in 1957 |
6 |
|
Feature by Inquirer —
This a review of the
significant highlights in 1957 in the Doukhobor
'world' of some 20,000
in Canada. Conventions, visits abroad, panel
discussions and festivals
highlight the year.
|
|
| Letter
to Time
Magazine |
11 |
|
Response to Time
Magazine by Koozma J. Tarasoff —
Misconceptions:
Zealots are not the same as Doukhobors. Use of
word 'Doukh' is
derogatory. Innuendo of guilt for burnings is
unjust.
|
|
| If
I But Were |
12 |
|
Poetry Corner by John A. Popoff — Writer uses
the tiny bee as a
metaphor for small and big folks who need not fret
at all.
|
|
| Free
Choice |
12 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Hugh Hardyman
— The young lad can
say NO and refuse to go to war and kill ones
fellow beings.
|
|
| More
on Freedom of
Religion in Russia |
12 |
|
Letter to the Editor
by P. E.
(Anonymous in Alberta) — In
Edmonton, Alberta where I live, a local store
sells liturgical and
Georgian songs. That is not propaganda. A response
to Esme Wynne-Tyson.
|
|
| Author
of Uncommon
Sense Writes |
12 |
|
Letter to the Editor
by Di
Paola — Author congratulates The
Inquirer for not being afraid to advocate pacifism
and to criticize
Christians for going to war. If Christians have to
kill Christians, why
preach Christian love and the brotherhood of man?
|
|
| Language
Difficulties
and the Play |
13 |
|
Letter to the Editor
by Frances
Savinkoff — This Mission
City, BC writer is critical of the youth for
presenting the play 'Man
and His Conscience' in English at a Community
Church in Vancouver.
|
|
| Thou
Shalt Do No
Murder |
13 |
|
Letter to the Editor
by George
G. Hadikin — Modern war
punishes more innocent people than guilty. Writer
criticizes an
evangelical speaker on radio who preaches to
churches and sanctions
killing. The commandment Thou shalt not kill is
clear, but not followed.
|
|
| International
Responsibility
and Our Religious Heritage |
14 |
|
Opinion by Edith Reeves
Solenberger — This
Pennsylvanian Quaker reports on her attendance at
an international
seminar on peace in New York. 'Discussion of
disarmament should have
top priority at the UN.'
|
|
| Choir
Sponsors
Amateur Night |
14 |
|
News From Sask. by
Betsy Popoff
— In January the Junior
Doukhobor Choir of Kamsack sponsored an Amateur
Nigh. Proceeds went to
The Inquirer.
|
|
| Student
Receives
Scholarship For Study in France |
14 |
|
News From Sask.
— Nick W.
Sherstobitoff of Saskatoon has been awarded a
University Service of
Canada exchange scholarship for 1958-1959 for
study in France. He will
study French Civil law, Roman law and
International law at the Sorbonne
in Paris.
|
|
| Captures
Honors in
Oratory Test |
15 |
|
News From Sask.
— Verna Popoff was
the winner of the Bryant oratory contest in Blaine
Lake. Topic: A Look
into the Future.
|
|
| Banff
Workshop in
Inter-Group Relations to be held June 29 — July 5 |
15 |
|
News From Alberta —
The fifth
Workshop in Inter-group Relations for young adults
will be held in
Banff.
|
|
| Verigin
Died in 1942 |
15 |
|
News From BC —
The USCC has
received confirmation that Peter Verigin III died
on August 13, 1942
from pellagra and a weakened condition of his
heart. Mr. Verigin was a
long-sought spiritual leader of the USCC.
|
|
| Eli
Popoff New
School Board Member |
15 |
|
News From BC —
On January 21st,
Eli Popoff became the first BC Doukhobor to become
a trustee of the
School Board of District 12 when he took office at
the inaugural
meeting of 1958. About 50 percent of the local
students in Grand Forks
are of Doukhobor background.
|
|
| Stated
Briefly |
15 |
|
Stated Briefly by
Friends World
Committee — The
Friends World Committee has estimated the total
Quakers for the world
is 192,820 compared to 159,506 in 1935.
|
|
| The
Russians, by
Alex Percow |
16 |
|
Book Reviews by
William P.
Sherstobitoff — Canada
has its Percows in the zealots. They accuse the BC
government of
'concentration camps', 'kidnapping',
'brain-washing'; 'genocide', and
physical and mental torture for the cause of
religious freedom. Both
make powerful 'cold war' propaganda.
|
|
| UDC
Spokesman
Refutes Statements Made in the Vancouver Sun |
17 |
|
News From BC —
Peter S. Faminow
refuted a front page article of Vancouver Sun,
Feb. 20, 1958, 'Siberia
Sanctuary Offered Douks' and 'Reds Offer Douks
Siberia Sanctuary'. Douk
is derogatory and unjust. Remarks to author are
unfair and without
foundation.
|
Vol. 5, nos. 1 & 2 — February-March 1958
Semi-abstraction of
Modern Children.
By Bill Perehudoff,
Saskatoon, Sask.
| Four
Years of
Continuous Publication |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The Editor
reviews the history of The Inquirer since its
first issue in February
1954. Much has changed, but inquiring spirit
continues.
|
|
| Revision
of Our
Parliamentary System Needed? |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The Editor
explores how we can achieve a government of the
people, by the people,
for the people.
|
|
| World
Conference
Against A and H Bombs to be Held in Japan in
August |
3 |
|
Letter to the Editor
by Kaoru
Yasui — The Japan Council
against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs invites
participants to its Fourth
World Conference in August.
|
|
| Excerpts
From Letters |
3 |
|
Letter to the Editor
by Beatrice
Bradley — The Geneva writer
wishes The Inquirer 'all success to your fine
efforts in favour of
world peace and greater human understanding'.
|
|
| Excerpts
From Letters |
3 |
|
Letter to the Editor
by Peter
Harry Nahornoff — An
announcement on the formation of the Svidanya of
Youth Club in the
Greater Vancouver Valley.
|
|
| Excerpts From Letters | 3 |
|
Letter to the Editor
by J.
Passmore Elkinton — This elder
Quaker from Pennsylvania gives thanks to the
dedicated young Doukhobors
with 'such excellent spiritual insights and the
energy of youth'.
|
|
| Excerpts From Letters | 3 |
|
Letter to the Editor
by Peggy
E. Lowell — Response from a
New Zealand reader: My husband and I are
representatives for the Voice
English paper dedicated to the Brotherhood of man
under the Fatherhood
of God.
|
|
| Amish
Problem in the
USA Similar to Sons of Freedom |
3 |
|
Letter to the Editor
by Ernest
A. Webbe — This USA observer
from Ohio contends that Amish and the zealots in
Canada have
similarities. Amish refuse to send children to
school beyond the eight
grade.
|
|
| The
Vision to See
Beyond |
4 |
|
Anniversary
Greetings by William N. Papove — We urgently
need
the vision to see beyond the horizon and the will
to work courageously
and constructively to build a world-mindedness and
a concern for each
other.'
|
|
| Pa-Ulitsum Nadeozhda (on the streets of hope) | 5 |
|
Column by Peter S. Faminow
— This Vancouver
lawyer awaits with hope the acts of goodness and
the voices of kindness
at home and abroad. Any East-West mutual projects
would provide hope
for the future.
|
|
| Nature's
Blessing |
6 |
|
Poetry Corner by
John A. Popoff
— The poet, a former
teacher, thanks nature for our gifts of seeing and
trusts that we in
turn will reciprocate by expressing our love in
words and deeds.
|
|
| These
Words |
6 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — In our road of
life we can learn much when we overcome obstacles
in our path.
|
|
| To
The Inquirer On
Its Fourth Anniversary |
7 |
|
Anniversary
Greetings by Olga Biryukov — The Geneva writer
wishes The Inquirer 'all success to its search for
world peace and
greater human understanding'. She wonders why the
journal also looks at
the preservation of isolationism and separation
from the world.
|
|
| Twenty-Two
Years of
Peace News |
8 |
|
Organizations and
Peoples Working for a
Warless World — 11 by Hugh H.
Brock — In 1936, Peace News was launched
in England as a medium
for the investigation into the problems and
challenges of pacifist
propaganda. It has pioneered in new thinking in
nonviolence and
reconciliation.
|
|
| Pacifism
of
1958.Characteristics and Concerns |
10 |
|
Organizations and
Peoples Working for a
Warless World — 12 by Arlo
Tatum — Should the State have the right
to manufacture weapons
of mass destruction, to conscript its citizens for
war, to impose taxes
for war purposes?
|
|
| An
Old Man Building
a Bridge |
11 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Anonymous
— The virtue of
bridge-building from generation to generation is
highlighted.
|
|
| Keep
Plowing Ahead |
11 |
|
Poetry Corner by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Vision,
courage and determination are needed to ensure a
future.
|
|
| CCCO
Aids United
States Objectors |
12 |
|
Organizations and
Peoples Working for a
Warless World — 12 by Lyle
Tatum — CCCO was organized in the USA in
1948 to assist men
facing prosecution because of refusal on grounds
of conscience to
cooperate with the draft law.
|
|
| The
Lawyer and
Society |
13 |
|
Feature by Nick W. Sherstobitoff
— The
development of international law has led to the
creation of the United
Nations.
|
|
| Reminiscences
of V.
G. Tchertkoff and the Russian Colony Near
Christchurch, England |
14 |
|
Organizations and
Peoples Working for a
Warless World — 13 by Stanley
Carlyle Potter — The author in the
summer of 1903 joined his
friend Vladimir G. Chetkov (Tchertkoff) and his
fellow workers of the
Free Age Press in publishing this pioneering
Tolstoyan journal. Met
Kropotkin, Verigin, Biryukov, Heinemann and
Beinstock.
|
|
| Dasha |
15 |
|
Humour by Peter S. Faminow —
In poetic form,
the author delves into the historical secrets of
the Kootenay-Columbia
area of BC on the steppes of Ooteshenie.
|
|
| Doukhobors
in USSR |
16 |
|
Feature by William Chutskov
— The author, a
mathematician and teacher in Tbilisi, describes
life in the
Bogdanovskoi Raion, Georgia, USSR. 'Religion in
our society is a
personal affair of each citizen. The government
does not interfere in
religious matters'
|
|
| A
View of the Future
by a Student |
19 |
|
Anniversary
Greetings by Norman Rebin — With exuberance,
this
Saskatchewan student recalls with fondness his
visit with Alberta and
BC Doukhobors last December and his glance at the
future where
willingness to listen, discuss and respect ideas
are paramount.
|
|
| The
Challenge to
Better Our Social Order |
20 |
|
Anniversary
Greetings by William A. Soukoreff — It is
commendable that this publication has sought to
transcend the dogmatic
and traditional order of our Society, yet at the
same time has
respected various attitudes of different groups.
Even the "Sons of
Freedom" did not escape their inquiry.'
|
|
| Belief
is Empty
Without Practice |
22 |
|
Information by
Wallace Hancock
— The effectiveness
of belief must show itself in its fruits. There is
room in the
Christian community for members to believe or
disbelieve the
theological doctrines of the Church.
|
|
| Panel
Discussion
Curtailed re: Folk Singing |
23 |
|
News From Sask. by
Inquirer —
Singing of hymns and
psalms have been permitted in Doukhobor Community
Homes, but some
elders are opposed to young people singing songs
in such buildings
which they call 'Prayer Homes'. A questionnaire
was handed out and its
results were published.
|
|
| Historical
Drawings
of Local Artist Displayed at Art Centre |
24 |
|
News From Sask. —
Artist Bill
Perehudoff reveals his skill as a portraitist by
presenting the pride
and character of Metis and Indians.
|
|
| Norm
Rebin Wins
Douglas Trophy |
25 |
|
News From Sask. —
University of
Saskatchewan student Norman Rebin won the Douglas
Cup for public
speaking at the finals in March. Topic: Has the
Intellectual Become the
Forgotten Man?
|
|
| Students
Role in
Doukhobor Movement Traced by Speaker at Annual
Banquet |
25 |
|
News From Sask. —
William P.
Sherstobitoff, a student of Doukhoborism: 'each
individual was equal in
he face of the Supreme Being, and each has the
right and duty to
interpret his religion as he sees fit…motivated by
the principle of
love and brotherhood of all mankind.'
|
|
| Date
Set for
Nation-Wide Nonviolence Conference |
27 |
|
News From BC — Peter
S Faminow is
coordinating a national
nonviolence conference at UBC at the end of June.
Quakers and FOR will
co-host.
|
|
| Youth
Prepares For
Festival in Grand Forks |
27 |
|
News From BC —
The Union of Youth,
USCC, in BC are preparing for their eleventh
annual Festival to be held
at their new Community Centre in Grand Forks, in
April.
|
|
| USCC
Male Choir
Appears on TV |
27 |
|
News From BC —
The USCC male choir
appeared on television for a half hour program on
Channel Four,
Spokane. Soloist Lillian Malloff accompanied the
group.
|
|
| Quarter
Million
Dollars Voted for Doukhobor Affairs |
27 |
|
News From BC —
A total of $245,000
was approved in the BC Legislature to cover
expenses of the Dept. of
Attorney-General, Doukhobor Affairs.
|
|
| Sons
of Freedom
Getting Ready to Migrate to Russia? |
27 |
|
News From BC —
Zealots have made
an informal application to the Soviet government
for land in the Altai
region of SW Siberia. A four-man delegation that
traveled to Russia
included Bill Moojelsky, Joe Podovinikoff, John
Chernoff and Nick
Kanigan.
|
|
| Women
Donate $350 to
Hospital |
28 |
|
News From BC —
An event held in
the Robson Community Hall netted $350 from the
sale of tea, baked goods
and a raffle sponsored by USCC. Proceeds went to
the Hospital.
|
|
| New
Post for Paul
Voykin |
28 |
|
News From Sask. by
Saskatoon
Star-Phoenix — Paul Voykin
of Saskatoon won a job as superintendent of the
Calumet Country Club on
the outskirts of Chicago, USA.
|
Vol. 5, nos. 3 & 4 — April-May 1958
Peace.
By Frances Faminow,
Vancouver, BC
| The Next Issue of the Inquirer? | 2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Respect the
inquiring approach to social problems.
|
|
| An Important Natural Resource — the Mind | 2 |
|
Opinion by Canadian student in
USA — Our minds
need to be awakened and stimulated with truth so
as to ward off false
propaganda.
|
|
| A
Tribute to the
Forthcoming Western Canadian-American Nonviolence
Conference |
2 |
|
Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The first
western Canadian-American conference on
nonviolence is scheduled for
UBC June 27-29. It is designed to draw the world's
attention to the
moral and pragmatic aspects of nuclear war. Love
your enemy.
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| Nuclear
Disarmament
— An Answer to Those Who Oppose it |
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Opinion by Philip Toynbee
— World citizens
ought to renounce the wicket weapons of mass
destruction and to do so
in the full knowledge of the risk that we are
taking.
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| From
the Editor |
3 |
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Notice by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— The Inquirer
will be suspended for the summer because of
financial difficulties. In
the meantime the Editor will go to Vancouver, BC
to write a piece on
the contributions of the Doukhobors to BC during
the province's
Centennial.
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| Conference
on Peace
Through Nonviolence |
4 |
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Feature by Mildred Fahrni
— UDC will team up
with FOR and the Quakers to organize a major
conference on peace
through nonviolence.
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| A
Decision |
5 |
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Poetry Corner by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— Decision-making is a universal human endeavour
that expresses our
living nature.
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| Wonder,
Wonder
Everywhere |
5 |
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Poetry Corner by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— You have got to work hard to see what you see.
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| Higher
Education in
the USSR |
6 |
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Feature by M. Zubko —
This exclusive report
from Moscow focuses on higher education in the
USSR. Topics include:
colleges, higher institutes, correspondence
courses, student
organizations, preparations, textbooks, and
international ties.
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| Distractions |
15 |
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Poetry Corner by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— Perseverance will overcome distractions.
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| Let's
Try a
Different Method |
16 |
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Opinion by Hugh Herbison
— A member of the
Wider Quaker Fellowship deplores the lack of
skills in dealing with
zealotry in BC. Recalls the work of the Research
and Consultative
Committees of 1950-54 and summarizes the simple
and workable solutions.
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| Golden
Rule in
Honolulu |
17 |
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News Here and There
— Golden Rule
and its four member crew were stopped by US
authorities while at sea
near Honolulu, Hawaii. Its members risked their
lives to enter the
Eniwetok H-Bomb testing area in an effort to
prevent US from conducting
these tests.
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| Sons
of Freedom and
Their Proposed Migration to USSR |
18 |
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Feature by Inquirer —
This behind-the-scene
expose looks at the zealot philosophy including
their contradictions
and stabilizing factors, as well as the motives
for the proposed
migration.
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| Tenth
Annual
Convention of UDC Set for July 6 and 7 |
23 |
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News From BC —
The tenth Annual
Convention of UDC is scheduled for Salmo in July.
The group will
initiate plans for the future.
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| Singing,
One-Act
Plays & Speeches Highlight USCC Youth Festival |
23 |
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News From BC —
Singing, a one-act
play and speeches highlighted the 11th annual
Festival of the Union of
Youth in Grand Forks in April when an estimated
audience of 2500 turned
out, incl. 500 youth. John J. Verigin spoke.
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| All
Doukhobor Choir
to Perform at Nonviolence Conference |
23 |
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News From BC —
Choral groups from
BC, Alberta and Sask. will sing at the UBC
Nonviolence Conference June
27. Harry W. Vereschagin will be on hand to
direct. Hymns selected on
away with guns, slaughter and boundaries. We are
all kin.
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| To
Satisfy
Curiosity, George Strukoff Spent Two Years
Building a Telescope |
24 |
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News From BC by
Grand Forks
Gazette — George
Strukoff of Grand Forks spent two years building a
telescope powerful
enough to see Jupiter, its four moons, Saturn,
Mars, and Venus. All
work was done at his home.
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| Sons
of Freedom
Group Still Plans to Emigrate Abroad |
24 |
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News From Sask. —
Spokesmen for
the zealot group in BC still claim their plan to
migrate to Russia will
materialize despite reports to the contrary.
William Moojelsky quoted a
statement from their 52-member Fraternal Council.
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| Sergei
P. Relkoff
New Manager |
25 |
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News From BC —
Sergei P. Relkoff
is the new manager of the Sunshine Valley
Co-operative Society in Grand
Forks. Peter P. Podovinnikoff will become the
assistant manager.
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| More
Awards on
Graduation |
25 |
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News From Sask. —
Upon graduation
in Law, Nick W. Sherstobitoff of Saskatoon has
been awarded more prizes
for proficiency at the University of Saskatchewan.
He will be studying
in France in the Fall.
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| Three
Poems: Hidden
Good — No Good, Too Late, and Who's The Thief |
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Poetry Corner by
Jack Greenhill —
The American poet
deals with life, death, the good and the bad, and
the beautiful.
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| The
Conference on
Nonviolence |
27 |
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Letters to the
Editor by Robert Boyd — Nonviolent truth
force is the alternative to the disaster of atomic
warfare, yet the
great powers continue their frantic trust in
atomic weapons. Urges
attendance at Nonviolence Conference.
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| Bulgarian
Vegetarians
Send Greetings |
27 |
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Letters to the
Editor by Slav Delkinov — A member of the
Vegetarian Cooperative Society in Plovdiv,
Bulgaria asks for more
information on the Doukhobors.
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| Young
People Not
Satisfied to Rest on Laurels of the Past |
27 |
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Letters to the
Editor by Peter R. Samaroden — Young people
of
Saskatchewan are not satisfied to rest on the
laurels of the
forefathers who suffered for their beliefs in
prisons. Suggests
discussion topic on the absence of the Bible at
Doukhobor meetings.
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| Neither
Time Nor
Leisure |
28 |
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Letters to the
Editor by Staff Member— We of The Inquirer
have neither time nor leisure, but a sincere
desire to give voice to
our beliefs in the medium of the press.
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| Professor
Gusev
Writes to Bulgarian Vegetarians |
28 |
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Letters to the
Editor by Dan Evanoff — The letter of March
3, 1958 contains important names of the vegetarian
movement during Lev
Tolstoy's era. It was written by Professor Gusev
of Moscow to a
vegetarian in Bulgaria.
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| Magazine
Simply
Shocking |
28 |
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Letters to the
Editor by Andrew Philipow — Let our
forefathers rest peacefully in their graves.
Sometimes I wonder where
you get such impudence to print such matter. Your
past reader.'
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| Questions
On Religion |
28 |
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Letters to the
Editor by Harold
Popoff — Writer suggests that the quest
of Doukhobors today may
be some sort of marriage of the reluctant partners
of philosophy,
Biblical religion and ethics. 'Which if possible,
would indeed be a
noble achievement.'
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| Commendation,
Not
Condemnation |
29 |
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Letters to the
Editor by
Polly
& Marge — Instead of criticizing the
Saskatchewan students,
they should be given credit for having written
such an interesting play
and presenting it so well during their Christmas
tour of BC.
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| Wonderful
Contribution |
29 |
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Letters to the
Editor by
Hugh
Herbison — Writer: 'You are making a
wonderful contribution by
making both Doukhobors and non-Doukhobors aware of
significant values
in the Doukhobor religion and culture.'
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| Allied
Writers
Invite You |
29 |
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Letters to the
Editor by
Dr.
Belle S. Mooney — The Director of Allied
Writers in Kansas
City, USA acknowledges The Inquirer as an
'excellent little
publication' and invites the editor to come into
its fellowship.
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| Dasha
— a satire by
Dashinsin |
30 |
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Humour by Peter S. Faminow —
The satire
begins with a look at Dr. Chisholm of Victoria,
BC, then goes to the
zealots and their proposed migration scheme,
finally a Children's Peace
Song.
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| Evolution
For
Beginners, by Michael Byrom |
31 |
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Book Reviews by
Nick W.
Sherstobitoff — The book
consists of a series of essays which form an
appeal to the individual
human conscience and attacks ignorance, apathy and
complacency. Calls
for the substitution of love for hate.
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| Love
is Limitless |
31 |
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Opinion by Vinoba Bhave —
Small, parochial, or
national outlook has to be dropped. Instead,
people of the world will
have to re-educate themselves and cultivate broad
sympathies.
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| Record
Review |
32 |
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Record Review by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Two new
records of the USCC male chorus of Grand Forks
were released while on a
recent trip to Spokane, Washington. : Luba
Malloff, as soloist, was
featured in 'The Loving Heart', an old favourite.
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Vol. 5, nos. 5,6,7,8 — June-September 1958
The Road to Peace.
By Frances Faminow,
Vancouver, BC
| The
Inquirer |
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Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — The Inquirer
has been suspended during the summer. Financial
difficulties have
forced the journal to publish a news-sheet in
mimeograph format rather
than commercially printed. Deficit: $3,693.15.
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| The
World |
1 |
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Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Dr. Brock
Chisholm of World Health Organization stated: 'In
this different world,
where no precedents for peace exist, we must
extend our loyalties from
family, clan, racial group — to the world.'
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| Here
and There |
1 |
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Editorial by
Koozma J.
Tarasoff — Since June the
Editor has been in Vancouver working on a BC
Centennial project: 'The
contributions of the Doukhobors to BC and Canada'.
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| Dasha |
1 |
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Humour by Peter S. Faminow
— If the zealots
depart, then the coloured folk from Little Rock
could fill the vacuum.
Comments on UDC report on New Denver.
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| Italian
Professor
Desires Exchange |
2 |
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Letters to the
Editor by Riccardo Selvi — Cites reports in
Italian paper of the noble efforts of the
Doukhobors. Desires to have
an exchange of ideas.
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| Creative
Work Cannot
be Stopped |
2 |
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Letters to the
Editor
by D. N.
Hartman — This Hollywood,
California writer commends The Inquirer for a
wonderful beginning. The
creative forces may be scattered, but they shall
soon find anew another
centre of expression.
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| Union
of South
Africa Awaits Social Worker |
2 |
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Letters to the
Editor
by Charles
Frantz — This US anthologist
has moved to Africa on assignment. He sends his
new address so that he
will not miss any issue of The Inquirer.
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| Comments
on
Anniversary Issue |
2 |
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Letters to the
Editor
by Edward
Bernstein — This history buff
from England is interested in mystical
rationalistic movements,
including the Russian colony at Tucton near
Christchurch.
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| Wrongly
Understood,
Says Writer |
3 |
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Letters to the
Editor
by Olga
Biryukov — I always admired the
freshness, the enthusiasm, your desire, your need
to express yourselves
— the love to write, the gauge of true talent,
true culture.'
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| Acknowledgement
From
Central America |
3 |
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Letters to the
Editor by Ing. Piero Gatty
—
Professor Gatty writes: 'We are glad to have
received your important
publications, the content of which has been,
justly our valued object.'
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| Supports
Pacifist
Stand |
3 |
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Letters to the
Editor
by H. F.
Fox — From Cambridge, England:
'I am in full admiration for the pacifist stand of
the Doukhobors.'
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| Thanks
From a Poet |
3 |
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Letters to the
Editor
by Jack
Greenhill — Thanks for the
fine words you sent me. Such are the best pay a
poet can get or expect.'
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| Vegetarian
Way For
World Peace |
3 |
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Letters to the
Editor
by D. V.
Gokhale — Dr. Gokale,
professor of history, India: 'The vegetarian way
is a human of life and
a key to Nonviolent behaviour.'
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| A
Busy Week of
Leadership Training |
3 |
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Feature by Koozma J. Tarasoff —
The Editor
reports on the Fifth Annual Workshop for Young
Adults held in Banff,
Alberta; 47 youth of different ethnic and
religious origins attended
including Natives, Negroes, Japanese, Doukhobors,
Jews.
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| Conference
on Peace
Through Nonviolence calls for Pacifist Foreign
Policy |
4 |
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News From BC by Inquirer —
Over 200 delegates from
Nonviolence Conference sent a resolution to PM
Diefenbaker, asking for
a Royal Commission on developing a pacifist
Canadian foreign policy.
Reactions by participants recorded.
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
5 |
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News From BC by
J. K. Friesen
— Director of
University Extension: 'Your purpose is a solemn
one, to look at the
ways and means of gaining understanding.'
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
5 |
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News From BC by
Peter S. Faminow
— UDC Chairman: 'I
hope that in the not too distant future, we will
all be members of the
human race.'
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
5 |
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News From BC by
Peter Koopan
— Dr. Koopman, Mercer
Island, Washington: 'As a vegetarian I am opposed
to war. Man is what
he eats. If we all became vegetarians, possibly
there would be no war.
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
5 |
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News From BC by
Peter S. Bludoff
— Sask. resident:
'We are afraid to speak up in the face of
threatening atomic
destruction. Let's face it.'
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
5 |
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News From BC by
Lawrence E.
Osachoff — We have faith
that humanity has a nobler destiny: To reach
eventually that level of
development where each of us is capable of living
with our fellow men.'
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
6 |
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News From BC by
John J. Relkoff
— Chairman of USCC:
There are two paths before us: '(1) destructive
killing or (2) the way
of Christ.'
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
6 |
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News From BC by
Eli A. Popoff
— Writer from Grand
Forks, BC: 'Truth is one — absolute — like that of
Gandhi. Truth is
God.'
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
6 |
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News From BC by
William A.
Soukoreff — Writer from
BC: 'Most of us agree that we shouldn't kill. Live
a good Christian
life, we say, or even let's become vegetarians.
But we have to be
realists.'
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
6 |
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News From BC by
John Stevenson
— Quaker from
Argenta, BC: 'What does nonviolence mean in our
lives? To teach people
to be good citizens is to bring them into our
homes. Concern too is to
provide an atmosphere free from atomic bombs.'
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
6 |
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News From BC by
Helen Stevenson
— Quaker from
Argenta, BC: 'If we live a good life it will grow.
We don't spend
enough time on our inner life
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
6 |
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News From BC by
David Petrovitch
Miloserdoff —
California Molokan: 'Are we going to ask
Eisenhower and Khrushchev to
stop war? They could say: What is your formula for
peace? Can we then
reply by our actions that we are living a
harmonious life?'
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
6 |
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News From BC by
James Bates
— An Edmonton, Alberta
activist described how the joint efforts of the
FOR, Quakers and
Mennonites have helped to initiate a University
Extension night class
on War and Peace.
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
6 |
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News From BC by
Alec Reiben
— Vancouver Doukhobor:
'We cannot point accusing fingers at others until
we fulfill our
obligations at home.'
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
6 |
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News From BC by
E. Potter
— Seattle, Washington man:
'If we limit national sovereignty in the interests
of the whole, then
world government is possible.'
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
6 |
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News From BC by
W. G. Black
— Dr. Black, Citizenship
and Immigration, Vancouver: 'Although I'm not a
pacifist, your
invitation to allow me to speak shows your
broad-mindedness. I agree on
one great truth — forgiveness.'
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
6 |
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News From BC by
Fran Dubois
— From Bellingham,
Washington: 'I refer to you the case of
Montgomery, Alabama where the
Negroes won the right to sit with the whites in
buses. It's the same
method as Gandhi used in India. There is part of
God in every person.'
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
6 |
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News From BC by
T. P. Karpoff
— Rev Karpoff of
Genelle, BC: 'Peace within our midst.'
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
6 |
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News From BC by
Steve S. Faminow
— From Lundbreck,
Alberta: 'First we must be left on earth to
achieve high ideals.
Secondly, we must put pressure on the government
to find another way —
a peaceful way.'
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
6 |
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News From BC by
Ralph Victor
— Dr Victor, Quaker, of
Seattle, Washington, has just returned from an
AFSC assignment in
India. Suggests that we ought to persist in our
goals of reaching a
nonviolent society.
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| Gems
of Thought From
Conference |
7 |
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News From BC by
Stanley T. Shaw —
Chairman of the
NW area Committee of FOR: 'We are daring to hope
that this Conference
may be the pattern of similar ones to come in
succeeding years … in
support of the high purposes we hold in common.'
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| Nonviolence
Conference
Most Difficult Undertaking, Says Spokesman at
Doukhobor
Convention |
7 |
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News From BC by
Inquirer —
Peter S. Faminow, UDC
reported on Nonviolence Conference and on UDC
Convention in Salmo:
suggested a name change form UDC to Doukhobor
Society of Canada; non
action on The
Inquirer; new
executive.
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| Release
Children;
Establish Special School, Says Doukhobor Report on
New Denver |
7 |
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News From BC —
A UDC Committee
proposed that the children be immediately released
from New Denver,
preliminary to the establishment of a special
school for them. Report
by Peter S. Faminow and William N. Papove.
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| Outstanding
Float in
Centennial Parade |
8 |
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News From BC —
USCC entered an
outstanding float at the Centennial Parade in
Grand Forks depicting
women pulling a plough on the prairies.
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| Federal
and
Provincial Governments Agree on Sons of Freedom
Migration Plans |
8 |
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News From BC —
The governments of
BC and Canada have agreed to assist some 2600
zealots in their plans to
migrate to the Soviet Union. The USSR agreed to
accept the applications
of zealots as immigrants into the country. Final
decision is uncertain.
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| Citizens'
Committee
on Doukhobor-Canadian Affairs Formed |
9 |
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News From BC —
The Associated
Boards of Trade and Commerce of SE BC met to study
'the Doukhobor
problem'. As a result, the Kootenay and Boundary
Citizens' Committee on
Doukhobor-Canadian Affairs was formed. Chair: Dr.
C. H. Wright of
Trail, BC
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| USCC
Probe Land and
Leadership Issue |
9 |
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|
News From BC —
USCC has advised
its members that some 19,000 acres of Kootenay
land plus building may
now be purchased either individually or
communally.
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| Committee
Recommends
North American Conference on Peace Through
Nonviolence |
10 |
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News From BC —
A Committee of
Quakers, FOR and Doukhobors recommended that a
North American
Conference of Peace Through Nonviolence be held in
December 1959.
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| 100th
Anniversary of
Birth of P. V. Verigin |
10 |
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|
News From BC —
The 100th
anniversary of the birth of Peter V. Verigin was
commemorated by 3700
USCC members in Brilliant on June 29th. Toil and
Peaceful Life slogan
was carried on a banner from the Verigin tomb to
the Brilliant village.
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| Doukhobors
and Sons
of Freedom Discriminated by Press, Two Month Study
Reveals |
11 |
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Feature by Koozma J. Tarasoff —
Koozma J.
Tarasoff's two-month study of BC newspapers found
wide press
inaccuracy, denial of diverse expression and
discrimination against two
of Canada's minority groups: the Doukhobors and
the Sons of Freedom.
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| Report
of the Press
of British Columbia Regarding Doukhobor and 'Sons
of Freedom' News |
12 |
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Report by Koozma J. Tarasoff
— The report was
a response to a challenge by the Vancouver Sun to
make a balanced
survey of BC editorial and news handling of
Doukhobor stories. 801
separate clippings from daily and weekly
newspapers were studied. Full
report reprinted.
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