^Sŝr^ŜP INFORMATION CENTER ESPERANTO LEAGUE for NORTH AMERICA _ _ JSP Vol. Ill No. 2 NEWSLETTER April,, 1967 E L N A CONGRES S I N S T. LOUIS JULY 6-9 With St. Louis as the host city for the 1967 Congress of the Esperanto League for North America, everybody gets an even break. People from the East and West Coasts can meet half way and Midlanders can easily reach St. Louis. George Falgier is chairman of the Local Congress Committee. The Congress will open on the evening of Thursday, July 6 with a get- together at the Gateway Hotel, headquarters for the Congress. On Friday there will be registration, business sessions and officers' reports, with an evening meeting at the Municipal Library to which the public is invited. The library will also have an exhibit of Esperanto books and documents. There will be section meetings for teachers, youth and other groups on Saturday morning. The official photograph will be taken at midday and a sight- seeing tour has been arranged for the afternoon. At the banquet in the eve- ning one of the speakers will be Yukiko Isobe of Japan. On the 9th, Sunday, the committee plans appropriate services and an inspirational talk in Esper- anto by an outstanding linguist. The convention will end at noon. The Gateway Hotel is air conditioned and its rates are reasonable. (See registration blank on Page 7 for room rates and Congress fee.) The latter covers the banquet, excursion and copy of the official photograph. If you expect to attend the Congress, fill out the Registration Blank on Page 7 even if your plans are not fully worked out so that the Local Congress Committee can make its own plans. -o- U.E.A. CONGRESS AT TEL AVIV AUGUST j6 - 9 ATTRACTS MANY ESPERAMTISTS TO ISRAEL The 52nd Congress of the Universal Esperanto Association (U.E.A.) will be held this year at Tel* Aviv, Israel. The opportunity to see at first hand this ancient country and new nation will attract many Esperantists. The President of Israel, Zalman Shazar, will be chief patron. There will be a reception and reunion on the evening of August 2. The official opening and the Congress banquet and ball will take place on the 3rd. has taken action on the following matters: Publications: Decided that the Esperanto Information Center (EIC) should issue a monthly newsljetter and that the Review should be suspended until an editor and production staff could be assured, at which time the question of publishing the Review will again be considered. Later it was voted to purchase copies of the JEN News Digest (800 copies of up to six issues at $125 per issue); the News Digest and Newsletter to be sent to the membership in alternate months. 1967 Congress: jTo be held in St. Louis, Mo., July 6 to 9 with George Falgier as Local Congress Chairman. Detailed plans for the Congress were ap- proved and Congress fjees were set. Any funds remaining after all expenses are paid will go into the' ELNA general fund. Program arrangements are to be cleared with President Helmuth, and ample time allowed for ELNA business meet- ings and committees. -o- NOMINATIONS MADE FOR FOUR OFFICES The ELNA Nominating Committee proposes the following candidates to fill the offices of three directors and treasurer which fall vacant this years Directors: Willxam Glenny - active in the San Gabriel Valley (Calif.) societies, on ELNA board 1961-64; William H. Schultze - Esperanto Center for Northern California; William P. Simpson - UEA delegate, long-time organizer and teacher, Harrisburg, Pa. Treasurer: Mrs. Peggy Linker - president, Walla Walla, Wash., Society. Members of the Nominating Committee were Roy Holland (chairman), Roland Barta, Lacy Harmon, James Lieberman, John Lewine. -o- Did you receive the JEN News Digest for March? If not, it's a sign that ELNA does not haye your correct address and zip code. Third class mail is not forwarded. (This Newsletter is coming first class because it contains the election ballot and Congress registration form.) To insure receipt of mail, send your correct address and your former address to Conrad Fisher, ELNA Secretary, Rt. 1, Meadville, Pa., 16335. -3- NL 4/67 LANGUAGE JOURNAL ADDS ESPERANTO TO PARALLEL TRANSLATIONS Quinto Lingo in its April issue has added Esperanto to the five "tongues (French, English, Spanish, Italian and German) in which articles appear in parallel columns. An article on Esperanto appeared in the January issue of this language journal. It was written (in English) by Prof. Rodney Ring of Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa., who also did the Esperanto version of art- icles for the April issue. "If the response is good, they may make Esperanto a permanent addition to their magazine," Dr. Ring says. How about writing a commendatory letter with an order for the April issue? Single copies are 50 cents. The regular price of a 12-month subscription is $5, but an introductory offer at $3.75 is now in force. Orders should be sent to Quinto Lingo's business office at 4 W. 16th St., New York, N.Y. 10011. -o- » "Our group would like to say grace at meals in Esperanto. Can you trans- late this grace for us?" The request to the EIC office came from the Experi- ment in International Living, a New England group which holds summer sessions at various eastern campuses; last summer at Putney, Vt. where Reuben Feldman sang the praises of Esperanto. -o- Interested in tape recordings in Esperanto? H. K. Ver Ploeg of Spokane has a list of more than a hundred available tapes on many subjects for learn- ing purposes and programs. Write to him at ELNA AUdio-Visual Section, 320 E. 19th Ave., Spokane, Wash., 99203. -o- READ, a junior high school magazine with national circulation, car- ried in its March 15 issue an interview with Joe Lanzone of San Carlos, Cal., describing the ease with which he made friends at the Tokyo Esperanto Con- gress in 1965. There's a charming picture of young Joe with Japanese ac- quaintances, and EIC had over 200 inquiries within two weeks as a result of the article. -o- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ORGANIZES SERVICES The Esperanto Institute of Southern California, established in January, A grant of $1500; by Mack Trucks Worldwide, Ltd., to Muhlenberg College at Allentown will enable Prof. Rodney Ring and a student to attend the World Esperanto Congress at) Tel Aviv in August. . . . Mayor Ralph Archer of Pleas- antville had a full c|olumn letter on Esperanto in the Franklin News Herald. .... Donald Munro, secretary of the Lehigh Valley Club, has introduced the international language to several organizations, including the Lions, Kiwanis, Sutoma, Mora, the Beta Sigma Phi fraternity, the Exchange Club and the Unitarian Church. He has a weekly class at Bethlehem. . . . Harris- burg has three Esperanto exhibits at the state and public libraries and a store window, arranged by W. P. Simpson who also has a spring class (12 weeks) for beginners at the ipublic library. OREGON The Portland Society gave half the proceeds of its Christmas card pro- fits to EIC. . . . Carroll Day introduced the Business and Professional Women to Esperanto at a dinner meeting. John Dahrke showed color elides of Turkey with Esperanto comments at the February club meeting. In March the group held a team spelling contest and heard Esperantized (?) samples of American humor from Dorothy Jones. . . . High school art students and seniors study- ing the history of English literature were told about an international lan- guage with less past sand more future by Annette Greenland. WASHINGTON The Walla Walla group is busy preparing for the Pacific Northwest Con- ference June 16/18, at which Yukiko Isobe of Tokyo will be one of the speak- ers. The Oomoto Festival film will also be shown. ... At Richlands Don- ald Shanks is teaching a class by audio-visual methods which are also used in a new class at Walla Walla. . . . At the Spokane Valley Methodist Church Edgar Mason has a class. CALIFORNIA At a Foreign Languages in Elementary Schools conference, Doris Vallon showed slides on a small box screen of the work of her Esperanto classes and there was a large display of Esperanto materials. Esperanto will also be on the job at the meeting of the Foreign Language Association of Northern Calif- ornia this month. ... A film on Tel Aviv, UEA Congress city this year, was shown at the San Francisco Regional Esperanto meeting. -5- NL 4/67 The San Diego Esperanto Association saw a color film of Austria with narration by Mr. and Mrs. H. Bauer of Eisenstadt and heard Conn and Mary Mur- ray tell of their world trip with Esperanto. . . . Covina teacher Leslie Green has 51 students registered for courses carrying high school credit. The Murrays, who visited his classes, report that he is one teacher who fin- ishes the term with more students than he started. ... A weekly group practises Esperanto in games like "20 Questions" and "What's My Line." *************************************** * * * EVERYBODY SPEAKS ENGLISH * * * * But here are thirteen reasons that some people find it difficult: * * Bough, cough, dough, enough, hiccough, lough, plough, rough, slough, * * tough, though, through, trough. * * * * See if you can get all three pronunciations of "slough" right * * first time: "The man was in the Slough of Despond, fearing he might * * slough his overshoes in the slough." * *************************************** College Credit Courses in Esperanto An intensive week-end course in Esperanto which will net students a quarter-unit of college credit for 10 hours of classwork is being offered at the University of California's Berkeley campus on May 27-28. A 3-unit credit course in the teaching of Esperanto in elementary schools is now available at San Mateo from the University's extension division. A similar course is under consideration for the summer school cur- riculum at the North Adams (Mass.) State Teachers College, reports Allan Boschen. His Berkshire Esperanto Society is also pressing for the inclusion of the language in the Pittsfield public school curriculum. -o- Unitarian-Universalist congregations voting on resolutions to be con- sidered at the church's Annual Assembly at Denver in May found one enti- tled "A Common Language for the Whole World." It was backed by churches in Honolulu, Louisville, Ky., Pittsfield and North Adams, Mass., Storrs and Meriden. Conn.. Fresno. Calif., and Albanv. N.Y. included, mist be sent to Bonnie Helmuth, 801 La Jjolla Ranoho Road, La Jolla, Calif.,SJ0O37, on or be- fore June 1, 1967.J ouoi cu^iiuiii^ ^a.i i/l'iuge , THIRD PRIZE: Elgin 10-transistor AM portable radio, cowhide carrying case, earphone and batteries. Winners will be announced at the ELNA Congress in St. Louis in July, 1967. Only one entry per person is allowed. The decisions of the judg- es will be final. CLIP THE COUPON Did you forget to send in your annual membership dues with the form pro- vided in the last Newsletter? Here's another chance to support the educa- tional work of your national organization, keep the Newsletter and the JEN News Digest coming, and be eligible to vote at the St. Louis Congress. (Contributions are tax deductible.) Conrad Fisher, Secretary Esperanto League for North America R.F.D. 1 Meadville, Pa. 16335 I enclose payment for 1967 dues in the category checked below: Regular membership ----- $ 8.00 Husband and wife-------- 12.00 Student (under 21) ----- 4.00 Sustaining membership — $15.00 Patron membership ---------- 25.00 Additional contribution- Name and Address ZIP CODE New membership Renewal