HE
Komensky Club, named in honor of the great
Czechoslovak scholar and educational reformer, John
Amos Comenius (1592-1670) was organized at the
University of Nebraska in 1901 by eleven Czech
students then in school. This chapter became the
charter organization of the Federation of Komensky
Clubs of America. The Federation numbered thirty
chapters with a membership of twelve hundred before
the war, comprising for the most part Czechoslovak
students in the prominent colleges and universities in
which the clubs were located.
The purpose of the
Komensky Club is to bring to the Czechoslovak student
a more intelligent understanding of the contribution
of the Slav to the arts and sciences, to bring him
better comprehension of his duties as an American
citizen, and to prepare him for cultural leadership
among his own people in the commonwealth.
The organization at
Nebraska numbers between fifty and a hundred and is
composed of most of the Czech students in the
University. Meetings are held fortnightly at which
time the members can get together at a banquet or
party. Other social functions are held for the purpose
of knitting the students in a closer union.
Prominent men and
women of Czechoslovak extraction are also secured to
talk to the club and to meet its members at different
times in the school year, which further aids the
promotion of friendship and common bonds in the Czech
students at Nebraska.
All Czechoslovakia
students are welcome in the organization and are urged
to join while they are in school.
OFFICERS
President
|
HELENE
NOVAK
|
Secretary
|
AGNES
POSPISIL
|