Bethlen Naptár, 1956 (Ligonier)
Hungarian Students in Elmhurst College
172 BETHLEN NAPTÁR FINANCIAL STATEMENT, 1954 Receipts Donations ................ Tuitions .................... Farm Products .... Almanac .................. ........$ 46,092.26 ........ 24,323.70 ........ 3,532.27 ........ 5,679.86 Endowment .................... 17,832.65 Insurance ........................ 9,555.87 Miscellaneous .................. 905.35 Total ............................ $107,921.96 Disbursements Administration ................$ 32,922.72 Mortgage and isurance .. 21,613.61 Propaganda ...................... 7,125.56 Endowment returned .... 2,911.13 Funeral expenses ............ 2,794.72 General Care .................... 13,513.10 Utilities .............................. 5,967.01 Household and farm ... 7,895.32 Repairs .............................. 5,816.47 Investments ..................... 5,541.57 Miscellaneous .................... 108.13 Total ..............................$106,209.34 Balance brought forward, 1953 ..................................$ 7,095.84 Income, 1954 ................................................................ 107,921.96 Total income, 1954 ........................................................$115,017.80 Disbursements .................................................................. 106,209.34 Balance, Dec. 31, 1954 ................................................$ 8,808.46 With thanks to God and gratitude to all our brethren, let me close my report on the state of the Bethlen Home with these words: For God’s mercy, strength, and help, for all His spiritual and physical blessings, let His be the glory. Our goal and our service in the Reformed Federation and in the Bethlen Home can be none other than to do that which the Master commands: “Bear ye one another’s burdens ... let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.” JOSEPH KECSKEMETHY, Superintendent. Hungarian Students in Elmhurst College OVER 30 STUDY HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE AT ELMHURST COLLEGE IN SUBURBAN CHICAGO. Over 780 students are enrolled at Elmhurst College in suburban Chicago. Elmhurst College observed its 85th year as one of the nation’s top colleges of liberal arts and science. Thirty-two students of Hungarian descent and many others are enrolled for some courses offered by the unique Department of Hungarian studies. Elmhurst holds the unique position of being the only college or university in the United states which maintains a full department of Hungarian studies. It is increasingly more popular for students not of Hungarian descent to meet their foreign language requirements in college by studying Hungarian. As a co-educational college, Elmhurst offers many educational opportunities to its students in the following fields: Economics and Business Administration, Medical Technology, Secretarial, Pre-Chemical, Pre-Dental, Pre- Legal, Pre-Medical, Pre-Nursing, Pre-Theological, Teaching (Elementary and Secondary), Christian Service, Speech Correction and Theatre. The Department of Hungarian Studies is fourteen years old. It maintains one of the outstanding Hungarian library collections in the United States. The following majors are offered at Elmhurst: Biology, Business Admin-
