Fraternity-Testvériség, 1987 (65. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
1987-04-01 / 2. szám
FRATERNITY Page 7 OUR HUNGARIAN HERITAGE Kathy Csornán, Beaver Falls, PA, winner of Stephen Mazura Memorial Scholarship of the Hungarian Room Committee, Nationality Rooms Program, University of Pittsburgh. The Nationality Classrooms in the Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, were built by heritage groups in the community that continues to add to the International Dimension of the University by offering scholarships for summer study abroad, which are the result of year-round fund raising. Those scholarships are available to fulltime graduate and undergraduate students of the University of Pittsburgh who have earned 60-90 credits and plan to return to the University of Pittsburgh for two consecutive terms and have also met other certain criteria. This year in 1987, 16 awards were given, and among them was Kathy R. Csornán of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, who was awarded the Stephen Mazura Memorial Scholarship, through the Hungarian Room Committee of the University of Pittsburgh, to study during this summer, Hungarian culture, economic development and social history, at the Janus Pannonius University in Pecs, Hungary, for which she will be able to earn advanced standing credit. She is the daughter of our Director Endre Csornán and his wife Arlene, and is a pre-law student at the University of Pittsburgh and plans to major in International Law. She is a charming, well-poised, intelligent young lady, and we congratulate and wish her the best. Mr. Mazura, in whose memory the scholarship was awarded, had long been an active member of the Hungarian Room Committee, together with his wife, Elizabeth Demes Mazura, for more than 50 years. He also had supported his wife in other University-related intercultural interests and often attended scholarship debriefings and meetings, and activities of the Nationality Rooms Program. Mr. Mazura was also a skilled craftsman and wood carver, and some of his craft is on display at Christmas time in the Hungarian Room. The Hungarian Classroom was completed in 1938 and was one of the first group of classrooms built. It glows with Magyar folk art, and traditional designs appear on paprika red panels and in deeply carved oak. Above the chalkboard is the coat of arms of Hungary’s oldest University, Buda (1388). Stained glass windows commemorate mythological or historic figures and events (designed by Lewis Diera). Dr. Samuel Gomory (now deceased) was the original and long-time Chairman of the Hungarian Room Committee. Current Chairman is Gay B. Banes, Esq., Mrs. Mazura is a ViceChairman, and former Chairman of the Nationality Council. DONATIONS TO STUDENT AID FUND $100.00 Mr. Endre Csornán; Ms. Dawn Priscilla Hunyady; Mrs. Margaret H. Saltzer $75.00 Mr. László Lipoczki $50.00 Br. #302; Rev. Paul Kovács; Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Schirmer; Mr. Edward Szabó; Mr. & Mrs. Zoltán Tompa; Mrs. Yolan Varga $25.00 Rev. Paul Kantor $15.00 Br. #149 $10.00 Vilma Vegvary DIVIDENDS The Board of Directors at their 1987 Spring Meeting reviewed the dividend question again. Several yearly distributions, amounts suggested by our Actuary, were discussed along with two different kind of plans (terminal and semi-terminal dividends). The figures given by the Actuary were closely looked at, and the conclusions were that even with 200 thousand dollars yearly distribution, very little money would go to our individual members, since the majority of our eligible policy holders have small face amount of insurances, and the administration cost of distribution would be unbelievable (45-50,000). Suggestions were made that in lieu of dividend, we should increase our charitable and fraternal contributions, and the district meetings enthusiastically supported this idea. Our financial advisers recommended a postponement again on this question in as much, 1988 will already gives us a better picture as to how our new rates will fare.
