The Hungarian Student, 1958 (3. évfolyam, 1-2. szám)
1958-10-01 / 1. szám
nence of the Russian language but at the same time gives place also to Western languages. Magiar Közlöny writes on June 5, 1957: «For a unified guidance of scientific research, for the coordination of scientific research and higher education as well as for the etablishment of closer contact with production, a Council of Sciences and Higher Education must be established, to be directly responsible to the Council of Ministers ... It will deal with matters of the new scientific generation and candidates at the universities; In cooperation with the interested state organs it will further a close relationship between the higher education and pratical problems, particularly in matters of production. The Council’s jurisdiction does not extend to scientific research and does not touch the jurisdiction and responsibilites of state organs in charge of higher education. The Council will have 25-30 members. The Council members as well as its Chairman and Secretary will be appointed by the Council of Ministers.» The purpose behind the creation of this Councils is: 1. Scientific education to be placed under closer control by the Party and government. 2. Closer contact between scientific research and higher education thereby assuring a better training for the new generation. The March 12, 1957 issue of Magyar Közlöny brings the text of the No. 16/1957 decree with the force of law, separating the wartechnological faculty from the Technological University by the end of the 1956/57 school year. It was feared that the particularly revolutionary-minded students of the Technological University would influence the future officers of the army. One of the revolutionary demands was the abolishment of the compulsory Marxist-Leninist courses. Although the regime did not meet the demand, it consented to cutting the number of hours, devoted to the subject and permitted the inclusion of «modern burgeois economic theories» which gives the teachers a chance to present a more objective and more scientific aspect of general economics. On May 10, 1958, Radio Kossuth informed about the doctor degrees awarded to the first group of students of Political Economy at the Karl Marx University of Economy of Budapest. László Háry
