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No. 8                                                                                                                               January, 1968
30 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH MEETINGS SLATED FOR 1968:  The Travel Service of
TEJO (the world organization of young Esperanto speakers) has issued a list of 30
international youth meetings planned for 1968 in which the international language
will be officially used.  Included are winter sports events (Switzerland, Austria,
Poland), seminars and courses (Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Poland), cultural
festivals (Germany, Hungary, France), special group meetings (France, Bulgaria),
outdoor and camping events (Poland, Hungary, U.S.S.R.), conventions of young Espe-
ranto speakers (Spain, Italy), and workcamps (France, Poland).  These 30 events
in 11 countries represent a significant growth over 1967, when 22 international
youth meetings in 10 countries used Esperanto, according to a year-end report of
the Travel Service.  It is expected that still other events will be announced
during 1968. News  Digest  readers who are interested in any of these meetings may
write to JEN for more information.
DOCUMENTS ON LANGUAGE DISCRIMINATION SOUGHT:  The Center for Research
and Documentation on the World Language Problem, located in London, is seeking
documentary evidence of language discrimination on the national and international
level, for use in studies which the Center-will publish during 1968, the Inter-
national Year of Human Rights.  Among the subjects to be covered are the denial
of linguistic rights, discrimination against particular languages and linguistic
minorities, handicaps caused by official languages of parliaments and interna-
tional organizations, language biases in education, and persecution based on
language.  Readers able to provide information about documentary evidence of such
discrimination against Esperanto or other languages are asked to contact the
Center, at 77, Grasmere Avenue, Wembley, Middlesex, England.
PROGRESS CONTINUES IN U.S. SCHOOLS:  A newly released report listing
the schools, colleges, and universities where Esperanto is taught shows that the
United States has climbed to fifth place in the number of schools where the inter-
national language is a subject of instruction.  Issued by the Center for Research
and Documentation on the World Language Problem, in London, the report is based
on the incomplete returns of a recent survey, according to which Esperanto was
taught to a minimum of 16,300 students in 427 schools of 37 countries during the
1965-66 academic year.  There is also evidence that the upward trend has contin-
ued during the two years since  the period covered by the report.  Esperanto has
made a spectacular advance in adult education in Northern California, for example,
where the number of adult schools offering the international language has jumped
from one to seven in the last two academic years.
TEJO OFFICIAL ISSUES PLEA FOR SUPPORT:  Prize-winning young poet and
translator Wouter Pilger, speaking in his capacity as treasurer of TEJO, has
issued a worldwide call for more individual memberships in TEJO and subscriptions
to its popular magazine, Kontakto.     Every member of a national section (such as
JEN) is automatically an associate member of TEJO.  However, writes Pilger, "of
the approximately 10,000 'members' of TEJO, only about 350 are real members of
the international TEJO as far as the Treasury is concerned.  Those 350 alone make
financially possible the truly far-reaching activity of TEJO."  To help Pilger
overcome what he calls this "impossible situation", News  Digest  readers of all
ages may write to JEN for free information about how to become a member or patron
of TEJO or a subscriber to Kontakto.
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HELP WANTED, MALE OR FEMALE:  A person under 30 years of age is needed
for part-time work as the administrative director of the office of the External
Relations Committee of TEJO in Amsterdam, Netherlands.  Knowledge of Esperanto is
required.  The fascinating work includes travel to international meetings and
participation in the decision-making process in a fast-growing and successful new
operation of the world youth movement for Esperanto.  Benefits include lodging
with a family in Amsterdam.  Interested persons may write (in Esperanto) for full
particulars to: NEJO-Komisiono, Kastelenstraat 231, Amsterdam Z, Netherlands.
COMING UP
ESPERANTO LEAGUE TO MEET IN CALIFORNIA:  The 1968 national convention
of the Esperanto League will take place in Covina, California, near Los Angeles,
July 11-14.  The program will emphasize Esperanto in education and newly devel-
oped methods of teaching the international language, and will be supplemented by
group tours to Disneyland and other sights.  Information for those interested in
attending is available from "Esperanto", Box 4162, Covina, California 91722.
JEN LEADERS TO WED:  Esperanto speaking Annetta Cory will become the
bride of Richard P. Kollin, founding father and first secretary of JEN, on Janu-
ary 20 in New York City.  Kollin, who is now the president of Pandex, a revolu-
tionary new information retrieval company, asks the News   Digest  to relay his new
address (214 E. 85th St., N.Y.C. 10028) to our readers and hopes to see at the
coming World Congress of Esperanto in Madrid some of the friends with whom he has
not had time to correspond.  Kollin is not the only JEN secretary to be soon
married.  Julie Crandall, secretary of JEN in 1966-67 and now a member of the
Executive Board, and Humphrey Tonkin, general secretary of TEJO and until 1967 a
JEN Executive Board member, have recently announced their engagement.  The wed-
ding will take place on March 9.  JEN adds its congratulations and is proud of
such harmony among its leadership.
PHOTO CONTEST ANNOUNCED:  In honor of the International Year of Human
Rights, 1968, a committee in Madrid has announced an international photography
contest with three prizes.  Organized by the committee preparing next August's
World Congress of Esperanto in the Spanish capital, the contest is open to all,
including those who do not attend the congress.  Each entry must be based on a
quotation out of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  For further details,
see the December, 1967, issue of Esperanto  or write to JEN.
RECENT EVENTS
RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY, ESPERANTO DISCUSSED IN GERMAN SEMINAR:  Eighty
young men and women from 15 countries spent a stimulating New Year's week in
Wurzburg, Germany, at the eleventh International Seminar of the organization of
Esperanto-speaking young Germans.  Professors, journalists, clergymen, and stud-
ents gathered to discuss—using the international language—"Religion and Phil-
osophy in the Twentieth Century".  In addition to the eight papers delivered at
the seminar, a panel discussion about Esperanto was organized at the University
of Wurzburg, including professors from the university as well as seminar partici-
pants.  The discussion covered such topics as the characteristics of an ideal
international language, the problem of phonological stability in a world language,
and the quality of language instruction in post-colonial schools.
ONE THOUSAND GEOLOGISTS PETITION FOR ESPERANTO:  More than 1000 geolo-
gists have signed a petition asking that Esperanto be made one of the official
languages of the 23rd International Geological Congress, to take place in Prague,
Czechoslovakia, during August, 1968.  The Geological Congresses currently have
six official languages, and the costs of translation and interpretation exceeded
10 percent of the entire Congress budget at the last meeting.
HUNGARIAN WRITER DIES:  Ferenc Szilagyi, versatile Hungarian author
residing in Swe_den_, died on December 1, at the age of 72.  Szilagyi was associate
editor of Literatura Hondo  from 19 31 until its demise after World War II, and
founder and editor of Norda  Prismo,   a literary review published in Sweden since
1955.  He was also the author of numerous short stories, poems, and textbooks in
the international language.
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SCIENTIST PREDICTS LANGUAGE OBSTACLES: Prof. J. Kistemaker, director
of the Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Amsterdam, has predicted that
the future development of Europe will be significantly hampered by the diversity
of its languages, according to a report in the November 24, 1967, issue of Alge-
meen Dagblad. Europe, he said, "cannot work efficiently, because the many lang-
uages prevent adequate communication and people do not fully accept each other
linguistically."
JAPANESE ESPERANTIST BURNS SELF ALIVE IN PROTEST: Aged Japanese Espe-
ranto speaker and leader Chunoshin Yui committed suicide by pouring gasoline over
himself and igniting it in front of the official residence of Prime Minister Sato
on November 11 in protest over government policies. Among his activities for the
international language, Yui had compiled the brochure, "Japanujo Hierau kaj Hodi-
au" (Japan Yesterday and Today), in 1965, as a guide to foreigners attending the
World Congress of Esperanto in Tokyo in August of that year.
PUBLICATIONS
NEW BOOK COMPANY FOUNDED:  Mrs. Margot Gerson, director of the Infor-
mation Center of the Esperanto League, in New York, has recently taken over direc-
tion of the Esperanto Education Center, and combined the bookselling activities
of the two organizations.  The new book service, established as a separate commer-
cial enterprise, will sell Esperanto books, records, and other materials, primar-
ily in the eastern half of the United States.  Called the Esperanto Book Center,
it is located at 156 5th Avenue (Room 822), New York, New York 10010.
NEW ESPERANTO TEST:  The External Relations Committee of TEJO has
announced the availability of a revised version of its Esperanto proficiency test.
Those teaching Esperanto, as well as leaders of Esperanto societies, are invited
to write for more information to Hans Bakker, NEJO-Komisiono, Kastelenstraat 2 31,
Amsterdam Z, Netherlands.  Please note that this is a different test from the
ones announced in the December issue of the Esperanto League Newsletter.
COLOSSAL JAPANESE BIOGRAPHY OF ZAMENHOF BEING PUBLISHED:  The first
volume of a 2-volume, 1200-page biographical novel about L.L. Zamenhof, creator
of the international language Esperanto, has been published in Japan, and Kanzi
Itoo, the author, has announced completion of the manuscript of Volume 2.  In
addition to its release in bound form by the publishing house Nagasue Shoten, the
novel is also being serialized in the Japanese literary magazine Viking,   and peo-
ple are jokingly asking, "Which will last longer, the novel or the magazine?"
Zamenhof, who was declared one of the "great personalities of mankind" by UNESCO
in 1960, has been the subject of numerous studies, but none as extensive as
Itoo's Japanese-language biography.
FIRST STEREO L.P. IN ESPERANTO SOLD OUT IN MONTHS: Jen  Nia Mondo, the
first stereo LP record ever released in Esperanto, with songs of Pete Seeger and
Bob Dylan sung by the Dutch "Duo Espera", was completely sold out only a few
months after its release last August, according to Iramac, the issuing firm in
the Netherlands.  The hit record, which can be played on monaural equipment as
well as stereo, has been reissued and is again available, at $5.75, from the Esp-
eranto Book Center or the West Coast Esperanto Book Service (addresses on p. 4).
ESPERANTO TRAVEL INFORMATION MULTIPLIES:  Travel literature or railway
timetables in Esperanto have been published or announced in the last few months
in Scotland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria, Norway, and Italy.
One of the most beautiful is a 24-page brochure, in color, picturing Lake Balaton
in Hungary, and available from: Del-balatoni Idegenforgalmi Hivatal, Siĉfok,
Szabadsag ter 6, Hungary.  Various travel folders are also available from Conrad
Fisher, R.F.D. 1, Meadville, Pennsylvania 16335.
PORTLAND, OREGON, GROUP PUBLISHES LIVELY NEWSLETTER: Espilo   is the
name of a news- and idea-filled bulletin issued by ESPO, the Esperanto Society of
Portland, Oregon.  The contents are of more than local interest, and a one-year
subscription (10 issues) is only $1.  Subscriptions can be entered with Mrs.
Dorothy Jones, 1663  S.E. Sherrett Street, Portland, Oregon 97202.
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NEWS FROM JEN
REMINDER TO OUR READERS:  Now is the time to send your dues for 1968 if
you have not yet done so.  Membership, at $2 and $5 per year, is open to those
under 30 years old.  Others are invited to become supporters, at $2, $5, or $10
per year.  Every member or supporter receives the News  Digest  and other occasion-
al publications of JEN.  With your support JEN will help Esperanto maintain its
encouraging growth during the coming year.  Send your check (or write for an
application blank) to JEN, at the address on p. 1 of this News  Digest.
MAGAZINE-A-MONTH STILL OPEN:  JEN's popular Magazine-a-Month plan,
which offers a fresh issue of a different Esperanto magazine 12 times a year,
is still accepting subscriptions for 1968.  The fee of $6 per year (made payable
to JEN) should be sent to the address on p. 1 before February 10, 1968.  Enroll-
ments cannot be accepted after that date.
IMPORTANT ADDRESSES
INFORMATION CENTER, ESPERANTO LEAGUE (E.I.C.)
Room 821, 156 5th Avenue, New York, New York 10010
ESPERANTO INFORMATION CENTER (WEST COAST E.I.C.)
410 Darrell Road, Hillsborough, California 94010
ESPERANTO BOOK CENTER
Room 822, 156 5th Avenue, New York, New York 10010
WEST COAST ESPERANTO BOOK SERVICE
2129 Elizabeth Street, San Carlos, California 94070
HOW TO WRITE TO JEN
Send general inquiries, and correspondence concerning membership, supprotership,
and subscriptions to
JEN, c/o Arthur Morse, Secretary
4 Central Street, Millers Falls, Massachusetts 0134 9
Send orders for the Research Bibliography (25* for JEN members, 50* for others) to
Francis R. Lanzone, Jr., Treasurer of JEN
2129 Elizabeth Street, San Carlos, California 94070
Send inquiries about international correspondence with Esperanto to
Miss Ellen A. Lewis, Director of JEN Correspondence Service
15 Salisbury Road, Brookline, Massachusetts 02146
Send material for the News  Digest  and inquiries about the International Corres-
pondence Course to Jonathan Pool, Editor and Course Director of JEN
377 International House, 1414 East 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
JEN
4 Central Street
Millers Falls, Massachusetts 0134?
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