Fraternity-Testvériség, 1959 (37. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1959-06-01 / 6. szám
8 FRATERNITY while science has been able to make an easier world, it cannot by itself make a happier world.” — And in thinking about the future of our own children and sometimes insisting on them becoming something to conform with our own thinking, it would be well to heed the words of Bruce Barton: “It’s time we abolished the silly tradition that some kinds of work are a ‘gentleman’s job’ and others are not. Many a boy who wants to be an aviation mechanic, a chiropodist, or a saxophone player is sacrificed on the altar of his parent’s pride. They try to force him into a traditionally higher task; and he becomes a second-rate executive out of a job. There is a shortage of skilled labor, yet how many parents are courageous enough to guide a boy toward the bench instead of a desk?” ■— And, in conclusion, permit me to add the light, yet talented, touch of Mark Twain: “We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it — and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on the hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again — and that is well! But also she will not sit down on a cold one either!” BETHLEN HOME. If you haven’t had a chance to become acquainted with the expansion program of the Bethlen Home at Ligonier, Penna., you should do so at once by contacting your pastor or writing to the Rev. Alexander Daroczy, Ligonier, Penna. The care of the aged and orphaned demands and deserves our attention. Without effort much could be written about the marvels accomplished by our Bethlen Home and many arguments, Biblical or otherwise, could be cited for its progressive continuance and development. Let me, however, at this time, merely quote G. K. Chesterton: “One sun is splendid; six suns would be only vulgar. One Tower of Giotto is sublime; a row of Towers of Giotto would be only like a row of white posts. The poetry of arts is in beholding a single tower; the poetry of nature, in seeing a single tree; the poetry of love, in following the single woman; the poetry of religion, in worshipping the single star.” — The poetry of our Hungarian-American helping-hand and Christian mercy is to be found in whole-heartedly supporting our one and only BETHLEN HOME! Joseph Reményi, late Professor of Comparative Literature at Northwestern University in Cleveland, stated in his essay, “Dezső Szabó, Hungarian Novelist and Pamphleteer”, that “Dezső Szabó wielded an immense influence upon the Hungarian public. His status as an artistically relevant major writer is as yet uncertain. As a writer he wanted to be Hungary’s legislator, a directive force in the performance of the cardinal functions of the national ideals. With growing influence of the Nazis in Hungary, he took a positive stand against them. In his brave solitariness he remained true to himself with regard to his deep interest in the fate of the Hungarian common people.” (The essay may be read in "The Slavonic and East European Review", January 1946, pp. 105-109.)
