Fraternity-Testvériség, 1968 (46. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1968-02-01 / 2. szám
STATEMENT OF INCOME, DISBURSEMENTS AND ASSETS FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 1967 INCOME U.S.A. Canada Life Insurance Fund ...........$ 165,961.48 $ 3,525.31 Sick Benefit F’und ............... 944.36 17.25 Hospitalization Fund ............ 3,085.04 14.30 Overremittances 366.05 Bethlen Home Dues Col........ 1,925.45 69J0 Investments Repaid............... 57,191.90 361.65 Bonds Matured....................... 1,000.00---.--Rent Income............................ 280.00 Trust Fund of Unpaid Claims ................... 50,500.64 Total .............................. 281,974.92 $ 3,988.21 Balance from Nov., 1967 ... 56,048.50 69,665.48 Total Income Dec. 31, 1967...-$ 338,023.42 $ 73,653.69 DISBURSEMENTS Life Insurance Fund ............$ 217,861.88 Sick Benefit Fund.................. 1,320.71 Hospitalization Fund............ 1,987.00 Shortages _____ 396.66 Bethlen Home Dues Paid .... 11.80 New Investments............... 79,829.71 2,615.13 Real Estate Expenses....... 1,364.37--.--Investment Expenses ....... Trust Fund Paid ............... 1,180.00 1,495.14---•--Total Disbursements December 31, 1967 ....... ...$ 305,447.27 $ 2,615.13 Total Income....................... ...$ 338,023.42 $ 73,653.69 Less Disbursements ........... 305,447.27 2,615.13 Balance for Dec., 1967 .... ...$ 32,576.15 $ 71,038.56 ASSETS On Checking Account .........$ 32,576.15 Bonds ............................. 7,219,101.45 Mortgage Loans .................... 6,270,612.65 Real Estate Owned ............. 682,367.52 Certificate Loans.................... 492,095.32 Petty Cash ...................... 400.00 $ 71,038.56 145,304.56 3oo!oo Total Assets .............._...$14,697,153.09 $216,643.12 PAUL ST. MIKLOSSY Treasurer LÁSZLÓ L. ESZENYI Controller ADOLESCENCE — THE TIME FOR REBELLION The Soldier On A Hill Teen-agers would like to have the best of both worlds—the world of independence in which one makes one’s own plans, no permission is needed or sought, and one behaves as a grown-up; and the world of dependence in which all one’s material and emotional needs are met by solicitous and ever-present parents. The uneasy journey from the child he no longer is, to the adult he is yet to become creates stress for both the adolescent and his parents. Soon I’ll be going across the wave To fight a well known foe, And instead of saying, “Why take me?” My plea was, “Let me go.” For in my mind and heart and soul Was burned an oft’ heard song. It was the verse of a soldier, As he cried the whole night long. The parents are charged with the difficult task of encouraging the young person’s emotional growth and development, being understanding and supportive, and controlling their own feelings of being unappreciated, scorned, and exploited. Negotiating this perilous course is somewhat easier if parents understand some of the strivings and conflicts which assail the typical adolescent. The teen-ager is full of uneasiness as he prepares himself for adulthood. Eager though he is to be on his own, he has many misgivings about the pending separation from his home and family. One way in which he makes this separation more tolerable for himself is to take the attitude that the home he’s leaving is old-fashioned or shabby and that he’s well out of it, and that his parents are “creeps” whose time has passed. Fortified by these convictions—painful though they may be to his parents—he can view independence as true liberation. Teen-agers often have fantastic expectations of life. For them all promises will be fulfilled and everything is possible. The parents who attempt to gratify every aspiration, no matter how extravagant, in the hope of closing the gap between generations, are helping the situation. Eventually, the teenager must come to terms with the difference between fantasy and reality and to learn from his parents that they can’t afford to give him a new car or a summer in Europe. This may be a terrible blowr, but it is a way to grow. Not for lack of rations, Nor from wounds received that day, But rather for a buddy Who the eternal price did pay. He prayed unto his Maker For his buddy’s soul that night, Knowing that he had sinned In killing for what was right. I, too, shall go across to fight In the war that’s not a war, And I’m prepared to give my life For my God, Country, and the Corps. For he didn’t have to fight for me, That soldier on a hill, And break His fifth commandment Which says, “Thou shalt not kill.” But he fought and died with courage And the valor of a man. So I too would die that we may keep Peace in this—our great land. P.F.C. Larry G. Tar 2146612 U.S.M.C. The above poem was written by one of our Hungarian boys fighting with our armed forces in Vietnam. 14
