The Hungarian Student, 1958 (2. évfolyam, 1-7. szám)
1958 / 1. szám
6 the hungarian student Report on Hungarians in Universities M ANY FRIENDS of Hungarian students joined forces, enabling the students to begin their studies this year. Up to October 1, the combined program-committees of the Institute of International Education and the World University Service managed the technical details. At their invitation, they received 1,068 offers from various institutions of tution exemption or scholarships. By November 15, 745 of the above offers had been accepted by 290 institutions. Fiftynine scholarship placements are now being processed. Two hundred and sixty-four offers had to be turned down, however. There were four main reasons why these offers could not be utilized: * they were offered by non-accredited institutions * the institutions withdrew their offer from the IIE-WUS program and filled these places themselves * the offer had expired before it could be used * the scholarship was for a field for which there were not enough applicants, such as liberal arts for women, theology, teaching, etc. Aside from those placed by IIE-WUS, 188 students found places for themselves, or were aided privately. Twenty-one students studied only English at various universities. This means that at the present time, there is a total of 954 Hungarian students studying in the United States. Student placement, however, did not stop after the term had begun. It was taken over by the WUS on October 1, and has since been carried on in co-operation with our Association. It is hoped that 150 more students will be placed by the beginning of the February term. The remainder will be placed before the school year begins in September, 1958. The work at present is twofold: scholarships offered by universities have to be continually utilized, and the support of large business concerns and technical organizations has to be won. The support of business and technical firms is especially important because almost half of the Hungarian students had been taking technical courses in Hungary. Among those already placed, more than 350 are taking engineering courses. The Spring placement campaign was introduced by an appeal from the AHS, directed at its own members. As a result, Hungarian students have aided their fellow students. They have collected, enough money to provide for a full year’s scholarship for two Hungarian students who arrived from a Yugoslav camp. The amount, about $2,000, is perhaps not large, but it demonstrates the co-operation and strength of the Hungarian community of students. The success of Hungarian students at universities was watched with great interest. It is true that about four to five per cent dropped out at the beginning of the school year because of insufficient preparation, language difficulties, or social problems. But the majority of students held their own, keeping up with their American fellow students. An example of this are the results achieved by twentyfive Hungarians at the University of Berkeley in the first three months of the year: Excellent 3 12% Good 12 48% Fair 8 32% Poor 2 8% These figures compare favorably with the figures of American students at Berkeley. Policy Committee of HRSP Revealed T 1 HE JOINT POLICY COMMITTEE for the Hungarian Refugee Student Program included the following members: Dr. George N. Shuster-(Chairman), President, Hunter College Kenneth Holland-President, IIE Albert G. Sims-Operating Vice-President, IIE Richard C. Raymond-(Director of Program), Director of U.S. Dep’t. of IIE Wilmer J. Kitchen-Executive Secretary, WUS Tracy S. Voorhees-Chairman of President’s Committee for Hungarian Refugee Relief John A. Krout-Provost and Vice-President, Columbia University Dr. Buel Gallagher-President, City College of New York Charles Sternberg-International Rescue Committee Father Francis Hurley-National Catholic Welfare Conference John Simons-Foundation for Youth and Student Affairs (Representatives from resettlement committees such as HIAS, and the Lutheran Refugee Service.) SIU D [ N T S MG) SIC Hi) IN T4[ I).$. A.s 1726
