The Hungarian Student, 1957 (1. évfolyam, 2-8. szám)
1957 / 5-6. szám
10 The Hungarian Student It Is Not So Easy After All... JuNE 13, 1857, Chicago, 111. The new leadership of the Hungarian University Students Association has been elected. Amidst the snapping cameras and the enthusiastic applause, the elected were happy to receive congratulatory handshakes. It is o’clock.” “Please send in your suggestions in writing by tomorrow noon,” (the latter means that we will be working another night); “Tomorrow afternoon there will be a meeting pertaining to a possible scholarship; we will be expecting you;” “The day after tomorrow at 9 o’clock in the morning paper), the American-Hungarian Radio Program in Chicago, the Association of Enslaved Peoples, the Citizenship Committee, and the Overseas Press Club. Our men have paid introductory visits to the above organizations, or they have asked for additional aid for scholarships, university placements, etc. Each one of these organizations has given us the most complete understanding and friendly cooperation. The U.S. Senate also accepted the resolution of the AH SUS. For the time being, our most important activity is the making up of an accurate list of (1) how many students already have some sort of scholarship; (2) who is interested in pursuing what studies; and (3) who speaks English and to what extent. The first visits, we feel, have favorably impressed the leaders of these organizations, and we hope that our introductory meetings will result in some form of support for our organization. Thus, an atmosphere of friendship has already been created. Everywhere the already completed work of the organization has received the highest recognition, and we are confident that it will be honored in the future as well. To this, as our President says in his letter, we must contribute our honest attitude and industrious learning. Our leaders will continue the work with equal diligence, and we are hopeful that in our next issue we will have more results to show. Now let us allow them to take a break for a while, or they will be converted into professional talkers. I did say, didn’t I, that their job is not so easy after all? UNIVERSITY STUDENT PLACEMENT T he EDUCATION of 420 university students had been assured at the time of the Congress. At that time, we only had information on 1400 university students in the United States. The Association worked to remedy this situation by: 1. Finding the addresses of those Hungarian students who failed to register and had no connection with sponsoring associations. 2. Examining the situation of all university students to ensure a fair sharing of the benefits of the scholarship program supported by the WUS and the IIE. 3. Informing those who had not registered to do so and facilitating the matriculation of one thousand university students. We propose to use some of the funds collected by the Association for the tuition fees of those who have been unable to secure scholarships. We have succeeded in locating 126 additional university students within the last two months, so that the names of 1,526 Hungarian students are kept on file in the United States. The number of those whose educational expenses have been covered has bee nincreased by 187. We hope that the total will reach 1.000 by the start of the term. highly complimentary to be chosen; admit it, you may even be somewhat envious of the new leadership. But theirs is a responsible task, and to prove that it is net easy, suppose we take a look at what they do. In fact, let us look at what they did in the week immediately after the Congress. Let us see whether the m;n we elected have begun to work on executing the decisions made during the Congress, such as settlement of seho’arship aifairs, university placements, making and developing contacts with various organizations which may give help and support to the nearly 1,400 Hungarian university students livingin this country. I am in New York, as you, my dear reader, can see in the picture. The good old sun is in a jolly mood and is pouring forth heat in abundance. The temperature is at least 92 degrees. But what difference does this make now? From early in the morning to late in the evening, there is continual traffic in the office of the Hungarian Student Service, where we have been given temporary headquarters. The telephon; rings: “We expect your messe^g rs at 2 a report will be given at the WUS;” “Please submit the list of students waiting for scholarships;” etc., etc. And that is the way it goes every day. Andy Kovats, head ol the Hungarian Student Service, takes care of these conversations with the skid of a professional telephone operator, while his men run from one place to another, taking their two European colleagues along. Actually they have to be sorcerer’s apprentices to be able to appear everywhere on time in spite of the tremendous traffic and the terrific heat. Since 1 am no magician and, perhaps, even a little lazy, I wait until they bring me the results so that I may publish them and thereby inform eve y member of our organization about the work so far completed. Here are the results: Our men have visited and developed contacts with the following organizations: the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Institute of International Education, IRd, WUS, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Congress, the Free Europe Committee, the Hungarian Boy Scout Organization, Pax Romana, Nemzetőr (independent Hungarian news-
