Új Magyar Út, 1955 (6. évfolyam, 1-10. szám)
1955-04-01 / 4-5. szám
SUMMARY land, O.) of Western Reserve University, pays tribute to the American! Hungarian poet, Árpád Tarnócy. Tarnocy's poetry is full of lyric romanticism and it shows the influence of Hungarian life in America. Many of his poems sound like folksongs and his clear rhymes and alliterations indicate his excellent poetic ability. * * * PROF. MIHÁLY FERDINANDY’s “The Hungarian Observer” is being continued in this issue. It is an autobiography and an interesting experiment in a new method of history writing. * * * THE IRON CURTAIN (by Árpád Fehérváry, Munich, Germany) reports on the Hungarian youth living behind the Iron Curtain. The author describes the communist efforts to indoctrinate the young generation, to instill into them a new code of ethics and behavior, and thus render them a tool of the regime. But there is still a continuous complaint in the Red regime’s press about the non-conformity and misbehavior of the children. * * * GÁBOR BODNÁR (Garfield, N. J.) is the chief executive of the Hungarian Boy Scout Association. He reports on the ten years of Boy Scout life in exile. Today there are 44 Hungarian Boy Scout troops with some 3,000 young boys and girls on four continents of the free world. The Hungarian Boy Scout movement was started before World War I, but its real development began after the war. At the 1929 Jamboree in England already 500 boys were representing the Hungarian youth. And in 1933 Hungary had the honor to be host to the World Jamboree. DR. BÉLA BÖTYKÖS (Detroit, Mich.) has been active for a long time in the education of American- Hungarian youth. Insisting that the Hungarian language must be taught and that books must be available, otherwise the effort will be selfdefeating, he proposes that the American Hungarian Federation be used as the only vehicle capable of performing such a task on a nationwide basis. The success of such a venture, of course, depends upon all of us. * * * AUGUST J. MOLNÁR (Elmhurst, 111.), chairman of the Department of Hungarian Studies at Elmhurst College and president of the Hungarian Study Fund, acquaints the reader with the activities and curriculum of the Hungarian Department. This Department is unique in the United States and serves as one of the best means to spread the rich and valuable possession of the Hungarian culture. * * * TIBOR CSEH (Sao Paulo, Brazil) writes about the Hungarian youth in Brazil. He shows an extremely good understanding of the problems that befell the emigrant youth, and grasps the essential factor which forms and directs the mind of the young generation. The Hungarian youth in Brazil shows a constructive purpose through its organizations, especially the Boy Scout movement, and there is hope that in its ability to combine the present with the past it will remain faithful to its Hungarian ancestry. * * * THE WORLD FORUM (by András Marton, Washington, D. C.) reviews the latest developments of the cold war, with particular attention to West Germany's admission to the — 209 —
