TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword 3 Prelude 5 Chapter One: REGENSBURG - THE CITY A Brief History of Regensburg 9 Commerce between Regensburg and Kyiv 10 A Regensburg-Odessa Connection 12 Chapter Two: THE UKRAINIAN GYMNASIUM AND STUDENT LIFE IN REGENSBURG A HISTORY OF THE UKRAINIAN GYIV/TNASIUM FN REGENSBURG The Ukrainian Gymnasium in Regensburg 1945-1949 -Ludmyla Yarko-Pochtar 15 Report on the Academic Year 1946-47 - Mykola Velychko 22 On the First Day of the New Academic Year - Mykola Velychko 25 RECOLLECTIONS OF REGENSBURG LIFE Thoughts from Years Long Gone - Nina Marchenko-Ses 26 Our Regensburg Gymnasium - Oksana Teodorovych 28 Regensburg Memories - Volodymyra Domashevska Bilaniuk 28 About Our Life in the Regensburg Camp - Rev. Volodymyr Borovskyi 30 Reminiscences from the Past- Iryna Rempter-Yarosh 31 STUDENT ACTIVITIES The Ivan Franko Literary Club 32 St. Nicholas in Our Oselia 33 St. Nicholas Among Plast Members 34 PLAST IN REGENSBURG Comparison between Ukrainian and American Scouting 35 A History of Ukrainian Plast in Regensburg - V. Priymak 36 The Founder of Plast in Regensburg - Rev. Bohdan-Mykhailo Hanushevskiy 40 Plast Days in Regensburg- Ludmyla Yarko-Pochtar 41 Plast Life in Regensburg - Julian Gnoj 42 From Regensburg to Paris: The Sixth World Scout Jamboree in 1947 -Bohdan Malaniak 47 The Jubilee Plast Meet in Mittenwald in July 1947 - Luba Karavan Kolomayets 50 A CHRONOLOGY OF THE REGENSBURGIADE - Compiled by Ludmyla Yarko-Pochtar 52 PHOTO REVIEW OF THE PAST 53 Chapter Three: STUDENT AND FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES AND LISTINGS Partial Listing of Students 63 Student Biographies 66 Listing of Faculty 134 Faculty Members 135 Chapter Four: REGENSBURG REUNIONS Regensburg Reunions 1959 through 2006 - Compiled by Ludmyla Yarko-Pochtar 147 REFLECTIONS AND ESSAYS 1959 First Commemorative Reunion - Evhen Malaniuk 155 On the Eve of the Second Reunion, 1977 - Ludmyla Yarko-Pochar 156 The Second Reunion of the Regensburg Reunion - Ludmyla Yarko-Pochtar 158 My First Reunion - Vasyl Luchkiw 161 The Third Reunion of the Regensburg Gymnasium, 1980 -Bohdan Nehaniv 162 Letter from Bohdan Malaniak, 1980 163 Production of the film "Striving for Dignity" - Bohdan Malaniak 165 Reflections on the Eve of the Sixth Reunion in 1987 -Ludmyla Yarko-Pochtar 167 The Regensburg Legacy - Ludmyla Yarko-Pochtar 170 Opening Remarks - Ihor Masnyk 172 Golden Jubilee of the Gymnasium and Oselia Camp in Regensburg - Volodymyr Bodnar 173 Dear Beloved Friends! -Ludmyla Yarko-Pochtar 175 Instead of A Greeting - Mykhailo Boyko 176 My First Reunion with Regensburg Gymnasium Students - Nina Marchenko-Ses 177 "Aby Shche Raz" with All of You - Alexander Rivney 179 Reflections On Our Reunions - Vasyl Luchkiw 180 A Leap Into the Past - Alexander Rivney 181 After the 1999 Regensburg Reunion - Borys Vytiaz 182 On the Occasion of the 2000 Regensburg Reunion -Ludmyla Yarko-Pochtar 184 Greetings for Reunion 2004 -Rev. Emilian Sharanevych 185 The 15th Reunion of the Regensburg Gymnasium, 2004 - Ihor Masnyk 185 Welcome, Dear Friends! -Ludmyla Yarko-Pochtar 187 Chapter Five: NEWSLETTER "IF ONLY ONCE MORE" ("ABY SHCHE RAZ") The Newsletter "If Only Once More" - Lubomyra Karavan Kolomayets 193 Letters to the Newsletter Editor 194 REUNIONS IN PHOTOGRAPHS 197