Bethlen Naptár, 1954 (Ligonier)
Higher Education in Elmhurst College
BETHLEN NAPTÁR 219 Hungarian collections with Elmhurst College. Last year, about 500 books were turned over by individuals in the United States and England. Courses in the Department of Hungarian are open to all Elmhurst College students. Fifteen of them are of Hungarian descent. In the Division of Languages two years of Hungarian is offered as a foreign language; one year of Hungarian literature and one year of Hungarian and East European history is taught also. A significant linguistic project and a social psychological study are in their initial stages. At present, the followng students of Hungarian descent are attending Elmhurst College, from Celeveland, Ohio: Joseph Arnosky, Ronald Kovach, John Molnár; from Detroit, Mich.: Dolores Babjak, Betty Jo Nagy, Margaret Szakacs; from Chicago, 111.: Martha Korpás, Arlene Walther, Edith Zoltani; Fred Nold, Belleville, 111.; George Csalany, Kankakee, 111.; Robert Deak, Duquesne, Pa.; Piroska Ablanczy, Schenectady, N. Y.; Lilia Finkey, Passaic, N. J.; and Berney Veres, Alpha, N. J. For every person of Hungarian descent, it is good news to hear that in 12 years over sixty young men and women (from Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Bridgeport, Perth Amboy, Detroit, Toledo, Elyria, Kalamazoo, Chicago, Columbus, New York, Buffalo and Milwaukee) graduated from Elmhurst with either a B.A. or B.S. degree. The cost of tuition, room and board is surprisingly low. For information about the school, valuable scholarships and courses write the assistant director of admissions and insrtuctor in Hungarian: August J. Molnár, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, 111. National Youth Fellowship Conference of the Magyar Synod, 1953 — Toledo, Ohio.
