On Some of the Activities of the Society of St. Cyril and St. Method in Carinthia before the First World War

Abstract

The author discusses in this article the activity of the Slovene educational national-protective organization, called »Družba sv. Cirila in Metoda« (The Socicty of St. Cyril and St. Method), in Koroška (Carinthia). This organization was established in 1885 as a counterpoise to the activity of German, nationalistic organizations on the Slovene territory. In spite of various difficulties, among them the first one was the opposition of Carinthian liberals, the Society succeeded in creating a number of branch offices. Further on, the establishment of two Slovene private schools is specially mentioned: at Št. Rupert near Velikovec (St. Ruprecht b. Volkermarkt) and at Št. Jakob v Rožu (St. Jakob i. R.); the author also mentions the disagreements which arose among the Slovenes when the second mentioned school was being built.