Magyar Egyház, 1975 (54. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1975-01-01 / 1. szám
10 MAGYAR EGYHÁZ gian darkness, can yet say, “I never lose heart.” In a world where many men seemed inspired by evil to their “mad and atrocious actions” this word of Victor Hugo is somewhat of consequence, “In the presence of these climacteric catastrophes which devastate and revivify civilization one hesitates to judge their details. To blame or praise men on account of the results is almost like praising or blaming ciphers on account of the total. That which ought to happen, happens; the blast which ought to blow, blows. But the Eternal Serenity does not suffer from these north winds. Above revolutions Truth and Justice remain, as the starry sky lies above and beyond all tempests.” “An immense height,” says the same author, “appears an exaggeration.” That is true of some texts in the Scriptures. It is true of the text we have chosen. Yet there the towering thing stands, a supreme pronouncement, and back of that pronouncement the supreme Christ into whose hands God hath given “all power both in heaven and in the earth,” “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” That is confidence for the coming days and for all of life. In faith let us exalt Him. In hope let us trust Him. In love let us obey Him. In devotion let us serve Him. THE HUNGARIAN COLLECTION IN THE KENT STATE LIBRARY Countless thousands of books, journals, periodicals, and newspapers printed in Hungarian language are lost to posterity each year because a specific repository is lacking for them. At the present time, material — chiefly books, are concentrated in a very few public libraries, and in almost all of these institutions the collection of Hungarian material is accidental. No conscious effort is extended to collect all the available material. This especially applies to the collection and preservation of newspapers and other periodicals. Complete collections of many of these newspapers and other periodicals do not exist. There is no need to point out the immense value of the material — material whose availability is rapidly diminishing as the generation of older immigrants disappears, as the nationality parish churches in the inner cores of American cities are being closed down, and as old political, fraternal and cultural organizations fade away. Their libraries, archives, records, correspondences — often with important historical personages, are destroyed and material of immense value is lost to posterity. Kent State University, recognizing the value of Hungarian language books, journals, periodicals and newspapers, and the urgency to collect this material has established a special Hungarian Collection within the framework of the Kent State University Library. There is a definite need for this printed material which reflects the culture of Hungarian. A concerted drive is being undertaken to collect, catalogue and preserve Hungarian material. We reject no printed point of view and espouse none. The collected material will be located in the recently constructed 12 story spacious library on the campus of a rapidly expanding state university. By means of the interlibrary loan service, materials in the Hungarian Collection at the Kent State University Library will be accessible to scholars and all interested persons within the United States and Canada. All who would like to donate materials to the Hungarian Collection should send them to the Hungarian Collection, Kent State Library, Kent, Ohio 44242. This material, of course, will complement the newly initiated Hungarian language program. In this program, six courses in Hungarian language are offered at the undergraduate level for a total of 21 quarter hours. Thus, with the resources available at the Library for research and the availability of learning the Hungarian language, the Hungarian can be assured of good research in the future years.
