The Archduke Joseph, speaking in the Upper House to-day, condemned the numerus clausus at the Hungarian Universities. There is no justification, he said, for trying to prevent anyone obtaining a university education. Besides, the numerus clausus is doing Hungary a great deal of harm abroad and is destroying Hungarian prestige.
Count Klebelsberg, the Minister of Education, replied that he had never approved of a numerus clausus on religious grounds, and that was why he had amended the numerus clausus law by removing the objectionable religious clauses. The universities are to-day open to anyone no matter what his religion, he said, the sole condition being that he must have obtained distinction in matriculation.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
