Fraternity-Testvériség, 1956 (34. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1956-04-01 / 4-5. szám

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FRATERNITY

EDITORIAL

NEW APPEARANCE

Beginning with this issue our periodical takes on a new appearance. Practicality dictates the adoption of this new format. The spirit of our publication, however, remains as of old, because experience has taught us that the old spirit has been most fruitful in the past and by the same token will continue to be so in the future. We are duly proud that our name needs neither explanation nor justification and thus it is not our intention to alter it. Our FEDERATION was founded by and for Hungarians of Presbyterian-Reformed faith, and we will continue to respect and treasure our heritage. Our spirituality, furthermore, finds expression in the masthead. Thus the character of our medium remains unchanged; only the outward form changes.

Our original format first appeared in January 1932 as the direct result of our 1931 Convention, which voted a house organ to meet the needs of our members. Originally, a weekly medium was promulgated in the hope that our church periodicals would unite with us in a common medium serving a common cause. Several attempts were made along this line during the past quarter century but, unfortunately, without the hoped for results. Parenthetically, we state that we make no recriminations; only the establishment of fact is intended. We now feel that it is needless to keep a format originally intended for a weekly publication when we can better serve our objectives with a more pleasing and functional format.

What are our goals?

First, to provide our members with a true picture of the prevailing status of our FEDERATION. Furthermore, to provide educational and recreational material both in Hungarian and English. We feel that the stark statistics of official reports must be supplemented by such literature as will satisfy the desires of our members and which writings cannot be found elsewhere. And, too, our newly dressed publication readily lends itself to being kept on the bookshelf for ready reference. Inasmuch as our knowing-English-only members are ever on the increase we will, with the passing of time, offer more and more English language articles. We also want the external appearance of our periodical to attract immediate attention, and to this end the cover carries, in color, our Washington,