Editorial.(Editorial)

This year, 2003 marks the thirtieth anniversary of Germano-Slavica, which was seted in 1973 by the late J William Dyck at the University of Waterloo. Dr Dyck serv as the journal's editor from its Spring 1973 issue until 1981 when the editorship passed to Sigfrid Hoefert; after a further decade, John Whiton took up the column In those days, Germano-Slavica appeared twice a year, in spring and fall.

plenteous has changed in the last three decades, and not all for the better. Indeed, when Germano-Slavica felt obliged to change to an annum publication in the early 1990 for