Bethlen Naptár, 1957 (Ligonier)
Elmhurst College
228 BETHLEN NAPTÁR Elmhurst College . . . AMERICAN HUNGARIAN STUDIES FOUNDATION Elmhurst, Illinois FIFTY COLLEGE STUDENTS ENROLL FOR HUNGARIAN STUDIES Fifty American college students are studying Hungarian language and culture at Elmhurst College in beautiful suburban Chicago. The students, who hail from ten different states, are preparing for various professions and vocations. Elmhurst has an enrollment of 800. The Hungarian studies department is the only of its kind in the United States. The courses are a part of the college Division of Modern Languages. Students may select beginning and advanced courses in Hungarian language, Hungarian literature and history. With an outstanding academic reputation and a tradition of 86 years, Elmhurst College offers its students a full program of liberal arts and sciences. In order to further develop and encourage similar programs of Hungarian studies as found at Elmhurst College, the American Hungarian Studies Foundation was organized some years ago. The Foundation has done much to support Hungarian studies. Many scholarships are offered each year to high school students. The Foundation is planning a museum and Hungarian library. The museum will house a “Hall of Fame” honoring the many great Americans of Hungarian ancestry who have contributed so much to our life in the world of the sciences, engineering, the arts and humanities. Hundreds of students have benefited from the Elmhurst Hungarian studies program. They have gained a real appreciation of the valuable Hungarian cultural heritage as they prepare for their various professional careers at a top college in suburban Chicago. Some of the scholarship winners and students of the Hungarian studies department of Elmhurst College appear in the picture: 1. to r, first row: Professor A. J. Molnár, Carol J. Marr, Waukegan, Illinois; Claire Van Reed, Perth Amboy, N. J.; Elizabeth Marton, Youngstown, Ohio; Susanne S. Matesz, Depew, N. Y.; Narcissa Ludanyi, Astoria, N. Y.; Velma Szakacs, Vienna, Ohio; Group of students — studying the Hungarian language in Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, 111.
