Fraternity-Testvériség, 1973 (51. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1973-10-01 / 10-12. szám

President’s Report:

WINNERS OF THE “YOUTH STUDY CONTEST” OF OUR FEDERATION

During the year of 1973, as in previous years, our Federation, the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America, again sponsored a Study Contest among our young members who are attending colleges and universities. It has been our policy since the existence of our Federation to help our college students with “student aid.” Three years ago our Board of Directors introduced the “Study Contest” to encourage our students to study and to become acquainted with the precious heritage of the Fathers and contributions which American Hungarians have made to the historical, scientific and cultural development of America. Our last convention established a special Student Loan Fund. We also support the Youth Camps and conferences of the various denominations. Every year we continue to conduct Hungarian Summer School in our Bethlen Home. We support the Hungarian Language Chairs at four universities. We are spending thousands and thousands of dollars to help our students in their higher education, and we intend to continue this program in the future.

The themes of this year’s Study Contest were as follows:

1. The contribution made by American Hungarians in the historical and cultural development of America.

2. The religious, social, fraternal and charitable work of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America.

3. Petofi’s study on the 150th anniversary of his birth.

4. Outstanding individual Hungarian work in science, sociology and art.

There were twelve contestants. Out of these, four outstanding papers were selected as winners and were approved by the Board of Directors at the September meeting and awarded first prize.

The First Prize winners were the following:

1. Margaret Sarah Bertalan

2. Dawn Deborah Oris

3. Elizabeth Ann Szabó

4. Szabolcs Soby Kalman

One of the awards was donated by Mrs. Margaret Beky, wife of our President, from the proceeds of the Hungarian Cook Book.

Margaret Sarah Bertalan

Margaret Sarah Bertalan was born in New Brunswick, N. J. on May 10, 1954. She attended schools in Passaic, N. J. and New Brunswick, N. J. and graduated from New Brunswick High School in 1972. While in High School, she was the art editor of the school’s literary magazine, The Advocate,

and was active in the swim program at the local Y.W.C.A., especially with teaching young children how to swim. She also worked as a counselor at summer camps in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She has been active in the Youth Fellowship of her church, the Magyar Reformed Church, New Brunswick, N. J.

Margaret Sarah Bertalan is at present a sophomore at Hope College, Holland, Michigan and is enrolled in the college’s exchange program with students at Grenoble University, Grenoble, France. Her major is art with a minor in the French, Hungarian and German languages. During the summer of 1973, she attended the Hungarian Language Study at Debrecén University, Debrecen, Hungary.

Miss Bertalan has an endowment policy with the Hungarian Reformed Federation and will be using her matured $1000.00 to assist in paying for the cost of her education.

Dawn Deborah Oris

Dawn Debora Oris, who resides at 65 Bryn Mawr Drive, Paines- ville, Ohio, was born on July 10, 1953. She is a member of Branch 3,- Fairport Harbor, Ohio. Miss Oris is attending Miami University, Oxford, Ohio where she is majoring in Home Economics. She is past treasurer of the Youth

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