Fraternity-Testvériség, 1954 (32. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1954-07-01 / 7. szám

ELMHURSTI HÍREK PLAN FOR HUNGARIAN LIBRARY ■ MUSEUM BUILDING AND ENDOWMENT AT ELMHURST hhhhHHH From the drawing table preliminary plans for the Hungarian Library-Museum. A magyar könyvtár és muzeum épület első tervrajza. I Bequest, Funds Given | Recently, the Department of Hun­garian Studies received a bequest of $1000 for the Hungarian Institute Foun­dation. Numerous annual gifts of one hundred and two hundred dollars from friends all over the United States make it possible to provide scholarships and grants to students of Hungarian descent. Inorder to firmly establish and endow the Department of Hungarian Studies, at least, 100 gifts of $1000 each are needed. MLA, EISENHOWER URGE LANGUAGE STUDY The Commission on Education Trends of the Modem Language Association in a report encourages the establishment of “centers of instruction for the unusual languages.” President Eisenhower in a message to the MLA convention in December 1953 in Chicago was eager to see the less frequently taught lan­guages be given more emphasis. The task is to train American citizens who will understand the other citizens and peoples of the world, for those people are truly significant. At Elmhurst College, in the Division of Modern Languages a limited center of Hungarian instruction is being main­tained as recommended by the Com­mission on Education Trends. For 13 years the Department of Hungarian Studies has offered Hungarian language courses, which, of course, is not a fre­quently studied language in the world. Top Musician Superb Professor Molnár thanks Frederic Balazs, director of Tuscon Symphony, for a superb concert. Molnár Ágoston és Balázs Frigyes baráti kézfogója a felejthetetlen hegedühangverseny után. Wins Scholarship Among those who received scholar­ships on Honors-Day, May 8th, was Miss Virginia Hornyak of Parma, Ohio. She received a tuition scholarship through the Hungarian Scholarship Fund. Great plans are being made for the erection of a library-museum building to house Hungarian books and museum objects on the Elmhurst College campus. Present quarters have proved small for future growth. Moreover, the establish­ment of an endowment for the Depart­ment of Hungarian Studies is urged. Various architects have offered their services to design the beautiful, modern library-museum building. Life, Time and Newsweek have considered special write-ups on this project when the work is begun and underway. Recently, one large American-Hun- garian body officially voted to support the project with financial aid in order to build the magnificent library-mu­seum. When you, the reader, read this news, remember that you can do a lot in bringing this dream of a library-museum building to be a reality. Others have given money, books and promises. Now your support is important! How have people in the United States and other countries helped the Hun­garian library so far? The library has received private collections as gifts. Last year, a single gift of 400 books was received. Thirty books came from Mexico and other books from England. The unsoliciated gifts for last year total near 600 Hungarian books. It is known that every year hundreds, even thousands of valuable books and treasures are discarded, because their value from the Hungarian point of view is not known. Students and scholars are deprived of these tools. Promises for donating their private Hungarian library collections and mu­seum pieces have come from persons in Chicago. Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Bos­ton and New York. Yet, without ade­quate facilities and a library-museum building the department of Hungarian studies will not be able to handle these gifts. At present, the department of Hun­garian studies is called upon from all over the United States for help in nu­Begin New Dorm for 700 Co-ed Students A new building a year has been the pace set on the Elmhurst College cam­pus. Last October a beautiful apartment building for faculty was completed. The Georgian style building occupied last fall was built at a cost of approximately $157,000. Plans are now under way for the building of a new women’s dormitory. The final decision was made by the college Board of Directors meeting this May. The proposed building will house 100 women in modern, comfortable rooms. Construction will begin in the early fall of this year. High Ranking College In the records of accrediting associa­tions and graduate schools Elmhurst College is among the high ranking col­leges of liberal arts and sciences Well trained alumni have established this excellent reputation. Elmhurst College had its educational beginnings in 1871 and is a fully ac­credited liberal arts college. Located in Elmhurst, Illinois, a beautiful íesidential suburb of Chicago, sixteen miles west of the “Loop” district, students can enjoy the cultural advantages of the great metropolis as well as those of the small college community. merous academic problems. Its library is assisting two candidates for the doc­toral degree in writing their disserta­tions. Hungarian books are loaned to numerous universities. Thus, the Department of Hungarian Studies and its Hungarian library is of tremendous cultural, education and in­formational value for us and for the world. It preserves a valued heritage and a treasure of cultural achievement in the Hungarian language

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