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The date on which your subscription falls due is printed beneath your address on the magazine cover. Kindly send your renewals promptly—this saves us the expense of sending out renewal letters, and leaves a little more for the improvement of the S. L.

1. To acquaint the English speaking world and our own younger generation with the historical, artistic, literary, musical and cultural treasures of the Czechoslovaks.

2. To make Czechoslovak men of note better known.

3. To present the achievements and activities of Czechoslovak students and alumni in America.

4. To kindle a greater interest and desire among Czechoslovaks for higher education.

5. To inform and entertain by means of interesting news items, good short stories and rollicking student humor.

For some time we have been anxious to secure a desing that would represent our life in American, namely our American citizenship, our cultural work and our Slavic origin. We have finally selected the one presented to you on the cover of this issue. The original is a large painting made by the famous Ven. Br. Joseph Pondelicek of St. Procopius Abbey. Our heritage of faith is represented by Sts. Cyrill and Method. Our cultural work, education and religion is represented by the College, Seminary and Abbey of St. Procopius. Our churches, parishes and schools in America are represented by the Blanik Mountain and the Knights of St. Wenceslaus. And our American citizenship is represented by the Statue of Liberty.

In a narrower sense the picture represents St. Procopius College and Seminary, the leading American-Czechoslovak higher institutions of learning in America, whose object is to teach the faith of Sts. Cyrill and Method, and true American ideals as represented by the Statue of Liberty. Every year these institutions send forth students—the Knights of St. Wenceslaus, armed with true faith and love of liberty, who help carry on the work for God, faith and nation.