Fraternity-Testvériség, 1960 (38. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1960-01-01 / 1. szám
FRATERNITY 5 general, AHSNA does everything possible to help its members become settled, successful and satisfied after the difficult times they have experienced. The Association of Hungarian Students in North America operates from its headquarters in Boston through local campus groups and tries to maintain contact with each inddividual member. AHSNA belongs to the Union of Free Hungarian Students, headquartered in Geneva, which is the international representative of Hungarian students abroad and those remaining in Hungary, who are denied freedom of action or movement. Our students in America and throughout the world are very much concerned about the trials, persecutions and arrests in Hungary, and about the perhaps less dramatic but equally intolerable actions against students in Hungary which have denied them free admission to schools, free access to books, free choice of professors and the right to form free student organizations — all the methods and means of academic freedom. In contrast to this, our students in the United States, Canada and other free countries of the world, from Japan to Norway, have all the rights and opportunities which make it valuable to be a student. This does not mean, however, that the Hungarians abroad have easy sailing. In spite of the acihevements, in spite of the scholarships, free tuitions, free room and board provided to hundreds of us, problems are still with us. There are still boys and girls coming to America from several European countries. Some have just finished high school. Some have not yet had the opportunity to determine whether they are capable of pursuing higher education. And the great number who are students have problems, too. They are well aware of the difficulties of adjustments, finances and work ahead of them. But the Hungarian students never forget the most important thing that their difficulties have taught them — how they fare is up to them alone. Even the less successful ones know that the most significant achievement has been accomplished — the foremost experience of being free. Summing up the situation of Hungarian students in America and in other parts of the free world, it can be said that the most difficult times are over. There is still a long way to go, but we are confident that with the continued assistance of the countries we now live in freely, we shall succeed. HOW MANY WEEKS IN OCTOBER? During the month of October the country “celebrated” no less than twenty promotional weeks including (in addition to Fire Prevention Week): National Macaroni Week, National Apple Week, National Better Living Week, National Letter Writing Week, National Pretzel Week, National Downtown Week, Pass-the-Laugh Week, International Pizza Week, and some others.
