The Hungarian Student, 1957 (1. évfolyam, 2-8. szám)
1957 / 4. szám
4 The Hungarian Student The Congress Program The Association of Hungarian Students in the United States held its first Congress at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, from June 12 to 15, 1957. Sixty-seven delegates from thirty-seven States attended the Congress. The program was as follows : June 12th Morning 9:00 Assembly in Ida Noyes Hall. 10:00 Opening of the Exhibition. 11:00 Ceremonial Opening Session. Afternoon 3:00 First Session. 1. Procedures and Agenda. 2. Report of Temporary Organizing Committee. 3. Report of UFHS First Congress. 4. Reading of Draft of Constitution, Announcement of Coming Year’s Program. Evening 9:00 Showing of Freedom Fight Films. June 13th Morning 9:00 Second Session. Acceptance of Constitution. Afternoon 2:00 Third Session. Resolutions and Program Drafting. Evening 8:00 Fourth Session. Election of Officers. GONGRA TULA TIONS TO THE CONGRESS from Prominent Organizations: AFL-CIO, American Friends of the Captive Nations, American Hungarian Federation, American Hungarian Publisher, Church World Service, Columbia University, Committee of Hungarian Liberation, Coordinated Hungarian Relief, Coordinating Secretariat of the National Unions of Students (COSEC), Council of the Scout Associations in Exile, Department of State, Ford Foundation, Foundation for the Advancement of Education, Foundation for Youth and Student Affairs, Free Europe Committee, Inc., HIAS Service, Hungarian Boy Scout Association, Hungarian Catholic League, Hungarian Freedom Federation, Hungarian Girl Scout Association, Hungarian Student Service, Inc., Hungarian National Council, Hungarian Reformed Federation of America, Institute of International Education, Institute Lorentz, Institute of World Affairs, Inc., International Rescue Committee, Life Magazine, Lithuanian Student Association in Exile, Lutheran Refugee Service, National Catholic Welfare Conference, National Federation of Catholic College Students, National Representation of Free Hungary, National Social Welfare Assembly, National Union of Czechoslovak Students in Exile, Nemzetőr Magazine, Newman Club Federation, New York Times, Norsk Studentsamband (Union of Norwegian Students), Presbyterian Resettlement Service, Rockefeller Foundation, Sveriges Forenade Studentkarer (Swedish Club of Foreign Students), Tolstoy Foundation, Ukrainian Student Association in Exile, Union of Free Hungarian Students, United States Information Agency, United States National Student Association, World Union of Jewish Students, World University Service, Young Adult Council. Prominent Individuals: June 14th Morning 9:00 Fifth Session. Political Report and Debate. Afternoon 2:00 Closing Session, Addresses. 6:00 Reception Honoring Guests. Evening 9 :00 Closing Entertaining Festivities. Hon. Alvin M. Bentley, M.C. ; Prof. A. A. Berle, Jr.; Dr. Tibor Cholnoky; Richard Daley, Mayor of Chicago; Sen. Everett M. Dirksen; Sen. Paul H. Douglas; Dr. Tibor Eckhardt; Hon. Michael A. Feighan, M.C.; Sen. William Fulbright; Averell Harriman, Governor of New York; Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey; Edna F. Kelly, M.C.; Sen. John F. Kennedy; Hon. Charles J. Kersten; Sen. William F. Knowland; József Kovago, Mayor of Budapest; Henry C. Lodge, US Ambassador to the UN; Sándor Marai, writer; James A. Michener, writer; Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York; William G. Stratton, Governor of Illinois; Aladar Szegedi-Maszak ; Prof. Albert Szentgyorgyi ; Prof. Edward Teller; Hon. Francis E. Walter, M.C.; Sen. Alexander Wiley.
