The Hungarian Student, 1957 (1. évfolyam, 2-8. szám)
1957 / 4. szám
The Hungarian Student 15 CONSTITUTION of the Association of Hungarian Students in the United States 1. The name and insignia of the Association a. The official name of the Association: ASSOCIATION OF HUNGARIAN STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES AMERIKAI MAGYAR EGYTEMISTÁK SZÖVETSÉGE b. The Association of Hungarian Students in the United States (from hereon referred to as the Association) has as its insignia a globe with black lines on white background encircled on top with red and green and on the bottom with a black ribbon. In the area surrounded by the ribbon the letters “AHSUS” appear in black. This insignia was adapted from the insignia of the world wide Association of Hungarian Students who fled to the West. Each national association uses the appropriate abbreviation respective to the country in which it is domiciled. c. The Association uses the red, white and green flag with the Kossuth shield and two black streamers attached to the flag pole. d. All members of the Association receive a membership card after they have filled out an application for entry and upon admission to membership. The membership card must be signed by the holder. 2. The purpose of the Association and its tasks a. The purpose of the Association is to organize, unify, represent and defend the interests of all young persons Hungarian or of Hungarian descent who are engaged, or intend to engage, in university studies, and who hold a high school degree. (A Hungarian youth who is registered as a student in any institution of higher learning.) The Association was motivated in selecting its purpose by the idea that through fostering the national consciousness and professional calling in Hungarian students in America eventually these students will be able to return to a liberated Hungary as trained and Western educated and oriented specialists. b. The Association is not a political organization but in its activities it bases itself on the idea of Hungarian independence; it guards and fosters the spirit of the national revolution and war of independence of October, 1956; it adheres to the ideological aims of the revolution and struggles to achieve Hungarian neutrality. The Association, an organization composed of the youth of an independent and neutral nation, wishes to establish friendly relations with student organizations of any country in the world which does not engage in any action or propaganda contrary to the principles of the Association as set down in its Constitution. c. The Association considers its objective to be: To assist the members in their education in the interest of the above goals; To seek and to acquire all opportunities for facilitating their education, in as much as acceptance of these do not result in the surrender of the AHSUS’ aims; To take part in the development of its members; To aid them in nurturing Magyar self-assurance and culture; To ease the members’ problems of adjustment to their present circumstances in American life. d. The Association considers as its assignment the representation of the students in all outside interests and organizations. e. The Association recognizes and takes upon itself the mission imposed on it as a result of the problems following the October 23, 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight. In the United States the Association represents the entire Hungarian student body and is the spokesman of those still living in Hungary where they have been stripped of their rights. Its function is conducted in such spirit that it will enable each member to realize this goal: that each Hungarian youth is a representative of his native land in the United States. f. The AHSUS can make its objectives a reality only if the Hungarians living in United States territory will accept the responsibility of participation in the functioning organizations for immigrants—the kind of participation which the Hungarian university youth assumed in history and during the National Revolution and Freedom Fight. Hungarian immigrants living in the United States can aid the work of the Association by striving to fulfill the aims of its bylaws. In so doing they will achieve these ideals, subsequently creating complete Hungarian unity.
