Ondrej Bartko was elected to the Slovak Student Council from 1935-1937, and also elected and became Chair of the Hurban Club at the Faculty of Theology and Chair of Dr. Michal Lucansky's National Lutheran Youth Organization.
During his studies at the Faculty of Lutheran Theology, he was elected to the Slovak Student Council (19331937, G. Husak, J. Pull, M. Lokvencova, V. Bezak, Kirschbaum, Nukovic et al.). 
