ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-06-03
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Meaning Of The Scholarship Foundati

Croatan Fraternal Union of America
depends greatly upon the lodge leadership. The lodge
board and the lodge secretary in particular, bear the
greatest responsibility and will certainly receive earned
thanks for any success, but will likewise bear the
SpOnsibilty for any failure of this appeal upon the
membership of every lodge.
We know that our lodge secretaries will not be able
to ask every member personally in June to heed ap
peal any member contacted June may be reminded
of appeal in July later at the time of paying
entering dividend credit in the members dues book
Our American lodges may send the contributions
received to the Supreme Office by separate check to-
gether with the assessment, but Canadian lodges
requested not to send the contributions to Cana
dian Agent at Toronto, but to send the contributions
direct to the Supreme Office.
The fact that only the month of June mentioned
in the proclamation does not that the solicitation of
donations for the Scholarship Fund must stop the end
of June The campaign will continue and weekly writeups
will appear in the Zajednicar.
Distribution Of Dividends Not Mandatory
The lodge officers should explain to members,
which have emphasized many times in the past that
the Fraenal Union obligated to pay regular
dividends to it's membership.
We could, is done by many fraterna organizations
both larger and smaller than ours put the sum which we
pay out dividends reserve and the Societys sovency
would be much greater than presently is and in favor
able comparison with other organizations of Croaan or
other Slavic nationality background.
For instance, if had given assessment
waivers in the senior and junior order, and if had
paid annual dividends in cash, the Croatian Fra
ternal Unions solvency would presently be in of
1900
However, former boards of the Croatian Fraternal
Union of the opinion and the present Supreme Board
also believes that any surplus the requirements OF
aw belongs to the Unions membership, which brought
about the surplus at the end of the year.
In other organizations, such surplus placed in
The members who died left the ranks of the
zations for any reason derived benefits from the
fits of the years business In the time the Croatan Fraer-
nal Union has been paying dividends either by assessment
waivers in cash. the statistics show that had over
10000 deaths All of these deceased members received
share of the organizations annual profits while they were
living.
repeat, this is the most equitable of doing
business for faterna organization but at the same
time also repeat that not compelled to do SO
neither by state laws, bylaws. The Su-
preme Board does this at its responsible
ity and upon it's initiative, for which reason we
feel that justified in requesting members to
donate portion of that gift which they receive from
the Society for most worthy namely the assis
ance of younger members which will certainly be
to their credit.
In it's proclamation the Executive Board emphasized
that every donation the smallest for this worthy
cause is the safest in better and happier fu
the Croatian Fratea Union We would be happy
if all parents able to educate their children but
know that in many many that is not possible.
Many Financially Unable To Enter College
We very frequently of highly
g1ted young Boys ana girls VINO were uape 10 commune
their education for financial We also
young and who in the past received assistance
from the Society from other which enabled them
to acquire higher learning only every one of
ber could look into the face of such young member he
would with what gratitude and high regard they speak
Of the help which they given at a time when they
needed that help almost than anything else
education today higher than before
The scholastic requirements Of the various universities and
colleges likewise very strict for institutions of
higher learning overpopulated Today only the best
students selected for college entry when
that of them is the daughter Of poor
members then becomes holy duty help that young
man
We in the Societys administration believe in the fra
ternal conscientousness of good members and
believe in the of this noble undertaking of the
Croatian Fraternal Union.
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