The Eighth Tribe, 1980 (7. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1980-02-01 / 2. szám
February, 1980 THE EIGHTH TRIBE Page 7 membership, an individual must be of good character, declare interest in and commitment to the accomplishment of Phi Delta Kappa’s goals and objectives, have obtained a baccalaureate degree, and have a superior scholastic record. There are currently approximately 500 chapters throughout the world with approximately only 116,000 members. The fraternity is the result of the 1910 amalgamation of three organizations in 1910, namely, Phi Kappa Mu of Indiana University, Phi Delta Kappa of Columbia University, and Nu Rho Beta of the Unversity of Missouri. The fraternity works in local as well as international levels in promoting research in education. Within this framework, each chapter carries out its own professional programs and projects. At the ntemational level, the fraternity program is carried out through publications, commissions, committees, conferences, institutes, travel seminars, and special projects. Gary is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge W. Bartay of 605 West Mustang St., Caldwell, Texas, and he is employed as a program coordinator for the Industrial Cooperative Training program in the East Central Independent School Dstrict in San Antonio, Texas. He is a member of the San Antonio Hungarian Association. ☆ it HUNGARIAN DANCE PRESENTATION AT THE KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE FESTIVAL When the Karns Cloggers took the stage on April 9, 1979 for the Dogwood Arts Festival program on Market Mall, they had a Hungarian folk dance as part of their routine. It all started when they danced on the Mall during the previous year’s Festival, according to Mrs. Linda Weaver, leader of the group. Stephen Dunch, a New Jersey visitor, saw them dance then. He had just returned from Hungary, and he thought some of the folk dances he’d seen there were similar to those the Karns Cloggers did. He offered to supply music and notes on the Hungarian dances. The cloggers accepted the offer. From the material sent, by Mr. Dunch, the cloggers selected the “Shepherds Dance.” Mr. Dunch provided one more favor. He persuaded a group of women members of the Hungarian Reformed Church of New Brunswick, N.J., to embroider Hungarian aprons for the cloggers to wear when they do the dance. Mrs. Weaver said it is part of Hungarian folk tradition for their dancers to wear the aprons. And she said the women of this church make some of the “most intricate, beautifully embroidered items outside of Hungary.” They are second- and third-generation Americans of Hungarian ancestry. The Dance Group donated $25.00 toward the Eighth Tribe Foundation. It was listed in the January 1980 issue. is is DR. EDWARD TELLER SPEAKS OUT “We now know the real danger of the Russians taking hold of the Mideast oil supply, yet Washington has no contingency plan to cope with this ... “Even Jimmy Carter now knows that the Russians don’t want peace. We need power in the hands of those who do want peace, the free democracies... We must wake up the people.” The sentences, like a solemn verdict pronounced by an angry judge, came out slowly in the deep voice and the Hungarian accent of Dr. Edward Teller. The world-famous nuclear physicist, 72, who is weary of being called “The Father of the H-Bomb,” came to Washington to help unveil an 868-page book hv himself and 31 other authors, “The United States t
