The Hungarian Student, 1957 (1. évfolyam, 2-8. szám)
1957 / 3. szám
2 Hungarian Student Newsletter ASSOCIATION NEWS (Continued from page 1) port of these governments and to assure maximum effect for the tour. Our representatives also met with a member of the Executive Committee of the World University Service just before her departure for Europe to study the situation of our fellow students there. We gave her the address list of our sister organizations in Europe to facilitate the very welcome efforts of the World University Service. We have received standard scholarship application forms from the World University Service which will greatly simplify our work, and we shall now be better equipped to serve our fellow students. During the first part of April, important Hungarian-American student data were entered on index cards. Arranging names alphabetically and grouping them according to location, we found that we have registered United States. We estimate the number of Hungarian students at the college or university level in the United States to be around 1,500. We have issued our second circular to the local organizations of the AHSA; this will further coordinate their activities. We included the address list of students living in the respective state so that they may be reached easily. The AHSA membership cards have just arrived from the printer. We are sending them out as the applications for membership come in. We have succeeded in getting an English-Hungarian grammar completely free—with enough copies for all members. We have also distributed 150 copies of the book containing the transcript of the free Hungarian radio programs during the revolution. We have expressed the gratitude of the Hungarian students to Mr. Meany, head of the AFL-CIO, for his great efforts in the interest of the Hungarian cause. We have also established close contact with the local organs of the Canadian Hungarian Student Association, thus bringing into harmony the work of the student organizations in the two countries. LOCAL NEWS California: The organizational meeting of the state-wide student association was held on April 28. Detailed plans have been worked out for the future. Our group in San Francisco has obtained further scholarships and made them available to Hungarian students in the area. Colorado : The Colorado organization has sent us the minutes of their organizational meeting. Florida: A series of lectures and radio interviews has been given in coordination with the successful drive for more scholarships. Indiana: Our Bloomington group is creating a cohesive body of the Hungarian students in this state. Iowa: Elections for the state-wide association are currently in progress. The officers elected will serve as state delegates to our national congress. The students have also held a largescale Hungarian variety show. Massachusetts : Hungarian students from all over the state held their first general meeting on Sunday, April 28, at the International Student Center in Cambridge. The meeting was followed by a cultural program to which the students of twelve surrounding American universities were invited. Local TV stations, LIFE Magazine, and several newspapers sent reporters to the event. Missouri: The organizational meeting of the state-wide association was held on April 24. Prior to this meeting, the students had given a Hungarian concert at the University of Washington; from the proceeds several Hungarian students received scholarships. The local press reported these activities. Montana: Our local group has been successful in making English-language courses available to many of our fellow students. Nebraska: Our colleagues here have visited nearby universities and established personal contacts with the Hungarian student groups of the area. New York: The organizational meeting of the local New York City group will be held on May 3. Delegates of the local group in Geneva have participated in an international student meeting and have spoken publicly in the interest of the Hungarian cause. North Dakota: Our fellow students have been contributing to the overall effort with regular TV programs. Pennsylvania and Michigan: The groups in these states have made contact with one another, and organized activities will soon begin. Tennessee : The local groups have made contact with one another and are now working under the leadership of the King’s College group to create a state-wide association. They have held several lectures in Bristol resulting in a large-scale drive for a Hungarian scholarship fund. The press and radio have been following their activities. Preview of the AHSA National Congress in June The AHSA National Congress will be held at the University of Chicago, June 12-15, 1957. The purposes of the Congress, as discussed in the last issue of the Newsletter, will be to approve a final draft of our constitution and by-laws, to work out the program of our activities for the next year, to select our representatives to the International Student Congress in Paris, to coordinate the Hungarian student associations in North America, and to resolve any related problems. The Congress will consist of the state representatives of the AHSA, elected by the Hungarian students to head the state student associations. Travel and other necessary expenses can be paid by the AHSA with foundation help. Representatives of the Canadian Hungarian Student Association will also be present, as will delegates of the European Hungarian student associations and several American and Hungarian public figures. We shall request the Mayor of Chicago to open the Congress officially. We plan to send the detailed program of the Congress to the delegates ahead of time so that they may prepare themselves for discussion. Our local organization in Chicago is working on the technical preparations for the Congress. We have a hall for an exhibit of printed matter, documents, and photographs concerning the Hungarian revolution. There will be facilities for the presentation of a cultural program and the showing of movies as well.
