JUNULARO ESPERANTIS5TA DE NORD-AMERIKO (JEN) 4 Central Street The Organisation of Esperanto-Speaking Young Amerioane News Digest Millers Falls, Massachusetts 01349 No. 16 June, 1969 NEW TRAVEL EXCHANGE PROGRAM ENTERS SECOND YEAR peranto IN-DEPTH VI to lower drastically national understanding ization of Young Es different countries without cost to the sponsoring body, bett Organizo) , seeks to in a short time to in cross-cultural living formation should wri 866 "A", Rosario, learn may write to were gues change Lte Argent any 3ITORS' SERVICE DESCRIBED IN NEW BROCHURE: A pilot project the cost of foreign travel and increase its rewards in inter- has been successfully tested for a year by the World Organ- Speakers. Two families and two individuals from four hosted by a total of 14 households in eight countries sts, during the first year of Programo "Pasporto". The er known as T.E.J.O. (for Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara demonstrate that ordinary people can learn enough Esperanto e superficial foreign tours into meaningful experiences Those with a knowledge of Esperanto who want more in- for the latest brochure to Programo "Pasporto", Br. Orofio ina. Those who do not know Esperanto but would like to of the addresses on p. 4 of this issue. COMING UP TYRESO YOUTH CONGRESS PLANS REVEALED: Final plans have been made for the 25th annual congress of T.E.J.O. in TyresS, Sweden. According to a report in the latest issue of Kpinpinto, published in Sweden, young people from 15 coun- tries have already registered. The meeting will feature lectures and discussions on problems of "Youth and Society". Topics for this year's public speaking con- test include urban traffic problems, the limits of parental authority, "the noble art of collecting things", and others. The early August congress will be pre- ceded by a meeting of Esperanto-speaking students in Graz, Austria. WORKCAMPS ABOUND AGAIN IN '69: Five European workcamps for speakers of Esperanto and two others for those who wish to learn the international language are described in a brochure recently issued by the External Relations Committee of T.E.J.O. The workcamps, which offer an opportunity to spend a productive and educational summer in Europe at almost no cost, will take place in Italy, France (two camps), the Netherlands, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia. Write to JEN for a copy of the brochure. ESPERANTO MOVEMENT IN U.S. TO BE SURVEYED: Researchers in E.L.N.A. and JEN are preparing a questionnaire for all members. They will be asked about their backgrounds and opinions, so that the two Esperanto organizations can know their members better and learn their needs. A similar survey has been carried out by British researchers, and the University of Hull is publishing the findings. Surveys of the general public's opinions on the international language problem and Esperanto have also recently been conducted in Austria and West Germany. T.E.J.O. TO- OFFER 4TH TRAINING SEMINAR: Inspired by the success of its third training seminar, which was attended by leaders of 10 youth organizations, T.E.J.O. has announced another training session along similar lines. Sponsored in part by the Lodewijk de Raet Foundation, the seminar will take place in Bel- gium from August 24 to 30 and will deal with organizational problems. One fea- ture will be the "Decision Game", designed by T.E.J.O.'s Hans Bakker and first used at the seminar last year. The game aroused much interest and was described in November in the journal of the Union of International Associations. Page 2 June, 1969 RECENT EVENTS PENNA. SCHOOL QUADRUPLING ESPERANTO PROGRAM: Valley Forge Military Academy, teaching the international language Esperanto for the first time this year as an introduction to foreign language, has found the subject so successful that it will increase the number of Esperanto classes next year from one to four, according to an article in the May issue of Quinto Lingo. Fourteen slow learners in the 9th grade were chosen for the course in the hope that they could profit from a language that is easier to learn, and "it is clear already", writes in- structor Horace B. Montgomery, Jr., "that the results are going to be more than satisfactory." High morale among the students, who are more fluent than their classmates studying other langua- ges, is cited as one of the benefits of the new subject. SWEDEN, POLAND ARRANGE YOUTH EXCHANGE: The Swe- dish and Polish organizations of young Esperanto speakers have recently reached agreement with Polish authorities for exchange visits of their members. Ten Poles will at- tend the youth Esperanto congress in Sweden this summer, and an equal number of young Swedes will visit Poland. The agreement represents an important step in the over- coming of currency and immigration restrictions which have made it difficult for young Esperanto speakers in Poland to visit friends and attend meetings in the West. SCHOOL RULING STIRS CONTROVERSY IN BELGIUM: Public and Catholic school authorities in Belgium have decided that as of September children elsewhere than in Brussels may, if there is sufficient demand, study Eng- lish as a second language instead of French or Flemish, Belgium's two official tongues. Opponents believe this will keep the country's Walloons and Flemings from learn- ing each other's language. Esperanto students in Knolls School, San Ma- teo, Calif., with ex- hibit they assembled for world children's exposition in Celje, Yugoslavia. TWO MORE CONGRESSMEN CITE ESPERANTO: Representatives Ed Foreman (N.M.) and Silvio 0. Conte (Mass.) spoke about Esperanto in the House and inserted arti- cles about the language into the Congressional Reoord during April. PUBLICATIONS PUBLIC AFFAIRS PAMPHLET DISCUSSES WORLD LANGUAGE: A new booklet by Mario Pei entitled Wanted: A World Language was published in May by the Public Affairs Committee in New York. The pamphlet includes an extensive section on Esperanto, where Pei writes, "The outstanding advantage of Esperanto among con- structed languages lies in the fact that it has been tested and tried . . . and found to work . . . ; and that it alone boasts of what may be described as a true speaking population . . . ." The pamphlet is available at 25C (discounts on quan- tities) from either Esperanto Information Center (addresses on p. 4). COAST SERVICE FEATURES VARIED NEW RELEASES: The West Coast Esperanto Book Service (address on p. 4) has received a number of new books reviewed enthu- siastically in the Esperanto press. Among them: J.C. Wells's Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary (419 pp., $3.95), William Auld's intermediate reader with exercises, Paŝoj al Plena Posedo (238 pp., $2.50), and Mi Amis Junulinon, the Es- peranto translation of a French love story by W. Trobisch that has appeared in 50 languages (140 pp., $1.50). Also in stock is the second edition of a long out- of-print classic, Parnasa Gvidlibro, a guide to poetic style in the international language (157 pp., $1.75). E.L.N.A. and JEN members should ask about discounts. ESPERANTO BOOK CENTER TO CLOSE FOR SUMMER: The Esperanto Book Center in New York (address on p. 4) has announced that it will suspend normal operation during July and August, although emergency orders may be sent to Mrs. Margot H. Gerson, 29 Windsor Road, Great Neck, N.Y. 11021. Until July readers still have time to order this month's featured work, Hilda Dresen's highly acclaimed new collection of poems, Norda Naturo (144 pp., $1.95). Page 3 June, 1969 LABOR ORGANIZATION RELEASES BROCHURE IN ESPERANTO: The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, with 120 affiliates having a total membership of 63,000,000 in 94 countries, has recently published a basic information pamph- let in the international language Esperanto. The illustrated booklet, entitled I.K.L.S.: Kio Gi Estas, Kiel Ĝi Funkaias, Kion Gi Faras, can be obtained for25C from the Esperanto Information Center, New York (address on p. 4). BIG DICTIONARY TO APPEAR THIS YEAR: According to an announcement in the April 28 issue of Eeroldo de Esperanto, the important new Plena Ilustrita Vortaro will be published before the end of 1969. The 1600-page volume will be the largest Esperanto dictionary ever issued. NEWS FROM JEN JEN MEMBERS TO MEET DURING E.L.N.A. CONGRESS: Young Esperanto speakers will hold a workshop, give reports, and have informal meetings during the annual E.L.N.A. congress in North Adams, Mass., this July. A detailed program has been sent to all members of E.L.N.A. and JEN. CHICAGO CLUB SELLING BUTTONS IN T.E.J.O. BENEFIT: The first in a pro- jected series of "hipingloj", or hippie-style buttons with ironic Esperanto slo- gans, has been placed on the exotica market by the University of Chicago Inter- national Language Society. The buttons sell for 25* each, and all profit goes to the needy treasury of T.E.J.O. To get a hipinglo, send a quarter and a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the West Coast Esperanto Book Service (address on p. 4). If you're without it, you're not with it! TO INFORM YOU . . , —WHERE TO PUT IT? If it has historical value re Esperanto, send it to E.L.N.A. Archives, c/o Dr. B.J. Balcar, 62 Via Castanada, Monterey, Cal. 93940. —CHICAGO CRASH COURSE: 35 students attended an Apr. 28 one-hour course in Espe- ranto presented by Univ. of Chicago International Language Society. —BRAZIL & GREECE AFFILIATE: T.E.J.O. now has 24 national sections, after recent acceptance of Brazilian & Greek organizations into membership. —SCOUTS ENCOURAGE: World scouting authorities now lauding & aiding Scout Espe- ranto League's recruiting plans & new textbook, lamborea Lingvo. —NEW ZEALAND: Its U.N. Assn. in March annual conference praised results of teaching Esperanto & asked government to extend it in schools. —BAY STATE ARTICLE: "Esperanto: One Answer to the Language Barrier" is title of article by Allan Boschen in Mass. education journal, Trend, winter '69. —SPOKANE TO HOST: Pacific N.W. Esperanto Assn. will meet in Spokane June 20-22 with rich program. Info from H. VerPloeg, 320 E --U.S. PUSHING (CERTAIN) FOREIGN TONGUES: U hotels with employees speaking Spa —POLISH VACATION? Trade unions in Poland are organizing international holiday in mountain resort next Sept., with Esperanto as official tongue --LAPENNA IN CHINESE: Article on cultural g recently reprinted in Chinese in Taiwanese magazine /\ *£ -SFERIDO PUBLISHES: S.F. Bay Area youth newsletter, La Golf eta Esperantisto, now published by SFERIDO. Denis LeCam still edits. --FILM ON OSLO: Oslo, the Viking Capital is a new tourist movie (16 mm., 20 min., color) narrated in Esperanto and borrowable almost free by local groups. Indian National Library has acquired a 500-volume Esperanto collection. New magazine, Turista Hondo, to begin publication in July. Finnair is issuing a brochure on the Sauna in Esperanto. Czech Esperanto Assn. founded March 29-30 in Brno at meeting of & affiliation with U.E.A. awaited. 19 Av., Spokane 99203. .S. Travel Service now publicizing nish, French, & German or Japanese. enocide by U.E.A. Pres. Ivo Lapenna — INDIA — TRAVELING? --HOW TO BATHE: —CZECHS ACTIVE: 4 00 persons. Slovak organization —AFTER HELSINKI, VIENNA: 1970 world Esperanto congress will be in Vienna. Local organizing committee chaired by Austrian President's brother —E3 HITTING GOAL: Only $150 more needed to clinic "L.L. Zamenhof" for Africa -BULGARIA: Over 1000 attended April Esperanto youth festival in Haskovo. -BORDER MEETINGS FLOURISH: ers met in April; 120 Austrian, I S. France - N reach $7500 cost of mobile eye EIC accepting donations. talian & Yugoslavian Esperanto speak- Spain meeting planned for June. Page 4 June, 1969 —ESTONIA: Esperanto Commission recently founded; Esperanto-Estonian dictionary to be published in 1970. —TANZANIA: Radio broadcast 2 interviews on Esperanto in March, got big response. —FREE TRIP: Write to Quinto Lingo, Emmaus, Pa. 1804 9, for info on student essay contest about language learning, with 6-week trip to Europe as prize. —PACIFIC CONFERENCE: 50 from Coast & abroad attended May Esperanto meeting in Fresno, discussed literature & periodicals. Oakland is 1970 site. —EIC ROBBED: Hillsborough office of EIC was robbed of all equipment c. May 4. —COAST INTERVIEW: U. of Calif, at Davis radio KDVS(FM) interviewed JEN's Gary Mickle about Esperanto on April 29. —MONEY FOR METERS: The U.S. Senate has approved a 3-year, $2,500,000 Commerce Dept. study of the metric system. —AFTER PORTLAND: UEA has OK'd a "turisma Postkongreso" in S.F. Aug. 7-12, 1972. —TEXAS: Ken Thomson runs a public Esperanto course, meeting at U. of Houston. —NEW REPRESENTATIVES: The number of UEA delegitoj has risen by 120 in the 1969 Jarlibro, just issued. —JAPAN: Ministry of Education's curriculum commission in March provisional re- port on reforms has proposed abolishing compulsory English in schools. —TEACHERS: 3rd conference of schools in which Esperanto is taught will take place August 3-4 in Helsinki. SUMMER ADDRESSES INFORMATION Esperanto Information Center 156 5th Avenue, Room 821 New York, N.Y. 10010 (Open all summer) Esperanto Information Center 410 Darrell Road Hillsborough, Calif. 94010 (Closed July 7 - August 15) BOOKS Esperanto Book Center 156 5th Avenue, Room 822 New York, N.Y. 10010 (Closed July & August) West Coast Esp. Book Service 2129 Elizabeth Street San Carlos, Calif. 94070 (Open all summer) JEN: GENERAL INFORMATION, MEMBERSHIP, SUBSCRIPTIONS Mrs. Darla Benson 23 Mardrew Road; Baltimore, Md. 21229 CORRESPONDENCE COURSE IN BEGINNING ESPERANTO University of Chicago International Language Society 1212 East 59th Street; Chicago, Illinois 60637 NEWS DIGEST: SEND NEWS TO Jonathan Pool (Editor) 5238 South Kenwood, Apt. 1; Chicago, 111. 60615 PEN PALS Miss Ellen Lewis (Correspondence Service Director) 15 Salisbury Road; Brookline, Massachusetts 02146 JEN 4 Central Street Millers Falls, Mass. 01349 Return Requested Address Correction Requested Non-Profit Organization U. S. 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