«^r^P INFORMATION CENTER ESPERANTO LEAGUE for NORTH AMERICA '**AClk& NFWSIFTTFR Vol.VIII No. 1 HCnJUIICR February 1972 IN THE YEAR OF THE BOOK, COULD THIS BE THE BOOK OF THE YEAR? "Winnie the Pooh" in Esperanto will be on the market this spring in both hard cover and paperback editions, according to E. P. Dutton & Co., publishers of this 46-year old children's classic. Two of Ernest Shephard's original illustrations have been enlarged and embellished for the book jacket» On the front Pu-Urso wears an Esperanto star on his portly bosom and Porketo (Piglet) holds a small green-starred flag. On the back Pu plants the Esperanto standard at the North Pole ("Pu trovis gin.") while Kanga and Ruo, Kuniklo (Rabbit) and Strigo (Owl) and even Kriatoforo Robin stand by. All this in delectable white-on-greeh and flesh tones The Esperanto translation was done by Dr. Ralph Lewin of the Scripps Insti- tution of Oceanography and Dr. Ivy Kellerman-Reed shortly before the latter's death in 1968. Editor and contributor of an introduction and a glossary is Dr. Humphrey Tonkin of the University of Pennsylvania English faculty. The book will be available at the U.E.A. Congress in Portland, and earlier through the West Coast Esperanto Information Center, 410 Darrell Rd., Hillsborough, CA 94010. -o- flash; note well; stop, look and listen: take heed: warning: The No. 2 Official Congress Bulletin will be sent only to people who have previously registered to attend the Universal Esperanto Association Congress at Portland, Ore., July 29 to August 5„ The Bulletin contains order forms for hotel reservations, excursions, etc. If you have delayed your registra- tion expecting to receive more information or additional invitations, fill out the 'Aligilo" immediately and mail to Box 786, Portland, Ore. 97027. (You re- ceived a copy with the November ELNA-Bulteno. If you mislaid it, there's a form included with this Newsletter for requesting another copy. There is also a form for obtaining copies of the San Francisco Post-Congress program and enrollment blank. Note that these forms go to different addresses.) Register now - SAVE MONEY: Rates will go up by 11% after March 31; after June 20 there's a substantial penalty for late registration. Basic Congress fees are now $22.40 for U.E.A. members who already paid Esp_e£anto_ and "Jar- libro" subscriptions; and $30.80 for non-members of U.E.A. (includes a year's sub. to Esp_eranto) . Consult rate table in the "Aliĝilo" for special rates for family members, students, etc. Many people, even though they do not expect to attend, register for the Congress in order to receive the proceedings and other published material, and to have their names and addresses recorded in the Yearbook. But, if you want your name there, register now - otherwise it may end up in a supplement published after Congress has finished and your foreign friends have gone home. Watch "Take a Giant Step" on NBC-TV channels March 11 July 29 Sat. 30 Sun. 31 Mon. Aug. 1 Tues. 2 Wed. 3 Thur s k Pri. 5 Sat. -2- NLi 2/72 NOTES ON THE WORLD ESPERANTO CONGRESS PORTLAND, ORE., JULY 29 - AUG. 5» 1972 The day-to-day program of the Congress, as now planned, will include these special events in addition to committee and section meetings, etc.: Press conferences; social get-together. Formal opening; buffet; American evening. Summer university; mayor's welcome; int'l evening. Summer university; debate; theater evening. Youth day; theater evening. Excursion day; film evening. Summer university; banquet and grand ball. Closing ceremonies. Preceeding the Congress, Portland University will offer a 3-week program of Esperanto classes at various levels. The December Newsletter contains a detailed description of the courses. For enrollment information send form included with this Newsletter. SIGHT- A choice amontr three day-lonjr excursions is offered for Thursday, the SEEING traditional day-off. (1) A bus trip to Mt. Hood with lunch at Eddy May's in a Hood River hotel; (2) A boat trip on the Columbia River with a box lunch provided; (3) A bus trip along the Oregon seacoast with barbecued salmon at Gerhart Inn. Sightseeing trips in and around Portland are planned for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, TRAVEL & Planning to take your trailer to Portland? There's a trailer park HOUSING south of Portland less than l£ minutes' drive from the Congress. Rates are $k per day or $26 per week for up to three persons. At the Hilton hotel, headquarters for the U.E.A. Congress, room-with-bath rates range from $17 per day for single occupancy to $10 per person for double occupancy, with extra bed for third occupant, $6. More luxurious quarters are available at $19 single occupancy and $11 each for doubles. Some rooms with bath are available at hotels in the general area at $12 to $9 for single occu- pancy, $7 to $5.50 for double occupancy. Student lodgings in college dormi- tories run $6 to $k {without bath); breakfast $1 extra. But for complete information, rely upon the Official Bulletin No. 2 which is to be mailed to registrants (and only to registrants, remember!) in February. Metnwhile, the Local Congress Committee earnestly requests that you not write individually for information which you will receive in due course. -o- ELNA Business Meetings Business meetings of the Esperanto League for North America (E.L.*;.A.) will take place during the World Congress at Portland July 29 - A.ugust 5» to receive reports, act on resolutions and count ballots in the election of offi- cers and directors. This is in accord with the decision of the 1971 E.L.N.A. Congress at San Antonio to omit the customary annual Congress in order to con- centrate energy and financing on the Universale Esperanto-Asocio meeting. No separate registration fee is required for the E.L.N.A. sessions. Bal- lots will be mailed with the ELNA-Bulteno in May for the election of piesident, vice president, and three directors for 3-y®8*1 terms. -o- At the 1910 World Esperanto Congress in Washington, D. C, Zamenhof himself hailed the U.S.A., and its potentialities for progress in the language. Every Esperantist should feel personally responsible for success at Portland. Hundreds of colleagues from kO countries will visit us for the first time. REGISTER NOWl Save or borrow in readiness for the trip. Renew your expertise for seven days in precious foretaste of the future when language barriers no longer will impede international understanding. NL 2/72 c U. S. Senator John V. Tunney in a letter welcoming the Esperanto Post- . . Congress to San Francisco August 6-13 said in part: . © • o "Your efforts in the area of international understanding by the use of a . common language a» both valuable and commendable. At this time In the . . world's history it ^s necessary that all people find avenues for under- . standing and communication among the peoples of the world." 0 WDULD-3E TEACHERS OFFERED AWARD FOR ESPERANTO PROFICIENCY People preparing to become professional teachers are eligible for a pro- ficiency-in-Esperanto contest. The candidate with top marks in a proficiency examination will receive a $100 prize. The contest Is sponsored Jointly by A.A.T.E. (American Association of Teachers of Esperanto) end E.L.N.A. The aim is to "Encourage future teachers to become acquainted with the international language and to understand its pedagogical -value on various teaching levels." Contestants must pass the official elementary proficiency exam "with distinction." Those currently studying Esperanto must be recommended by their teachers. Self-taught contestants must submit a letter In Esperanto Indicating that they have an acceptable knowledge of the language. Examinations will be administered by Esperanto teachers or properly designated local Esperantists. The contest closes September 1, 1972. For further information write Miss Ida Belle Craig, 5631 Balboa Circle, Sacramento CA 95819. -0- JILL OF ALL TRADES Adding what had been an open porch to the living room and installing a deck and fence for the swimming pool sounds like an ambitious summer program for anyone, but when the carpenter and builder is a woman, she rates a feature story in the local paper. Particularly when the woman, Joyce Schwenke, finds time to teach Esperanto classes, do much of the family sewing, to swim and ski and play the guitar, and to mother four children ranging from U4. to 9 years. The wife of Dr. Ouentin R. Schwenke (they met at Seattle Swedish hospital where he was an interne and she a medical technician), she is a native of Saskatchewan. Despite her prowess as 8 carpenter, Mrs. Schwenke is a great deal easier to look at and listen to than that female bulldinp trades worker on TV whose plumbing skills are apparently confined to removing stains from sinks. -o- MAYOP.S BACK FRIENDSHIP WEEK Chicago's mayor, Richard Daley, has proclaimed International Friendship Week (Feb. 21-2K ) in his city "coinciding with a worldwide campaign sponsored by the Universal Esperanto Association whose purpose is to bridpe the gap of communication and understanding among all people." Joseph L. Alioto, mayor of San Francisco and two Florida mayors - Dick Greco of Tampa and Herman Goldner of St. Petersburg - issued similar procla- mations for International Friendship Week. Congressman Roman Puscinski will dedicate a display honoring Dr. L. L. Zamenhof, originator of Esperanto, at Chicago's Polish Museum on Feb. 27 as part of the week's observance. Zamenhof was born in Poland in 1859» Facsimilies of the Chicago proclamation with an Esperanto version on the other side of the sheet are obtainable from Kent Jones, E.L.N.A. membership chairman, who persuaded the mayor to utter the proclamation. Send stamped self-addressed No. 10 envelope to him at - note his new address - 3318 N. Lake Shore Dr. #1*03, Chicago, 111. 60657. -U- NL 2/72 Prerequisite for U.E.A. Diploma Do you hope to take the U.E.A. diplomate examination during the Portland Congress? It is first necessary to have passed the highest Esperanto examina- tion in your own country - In this case, the "mezgrado" (intermediate) profi- ciency test administered by the AATE-ELNA Examination Service (511+° Ssn Lorenzo Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93111.) For Information on the U.E.A. examination,write Dr. J. C. Wells, 17 Ash- bourne Terrace, London, S.W. 19, England. Better use air me.il and enclose an international postal coupon to cover airmail return postage, as notice of intent to take the examination must be filed with Dr. Wells by April 29. -o- LIBROSERVO DE U.E.A., 1971. (50^ from EIC-NY) Compact information on Esperanto books of alT"sorts, periodicals, radio programs, phonograph records, etc. (One to a customer). Actually a reprint as a separate volume of the latter part of U.E.A.'8 1971 Yearbook (pp 130-336), this handbook makes available in lendable, saleable, mailable form, material that otherwise would have to be copied out (or torn out) of the yearbook to answer inquiries. -o- SOLONS ASKED FOR AFFIRMATION 0^ SUPPORT Members of Congress and other Federal officials are being asked to sign an "affirmation of support" for Esperanto in which the concluding paragraph reads: "We now propose that the United Nations solve the language problem both by real and effective aid to the propagation of the neutral International lan- gUf>;-"5, Esperanto, and by recommending Member States to further the teaching of the language and to encourage its use in international relations between the peoples of the world." Senators and Representatives had also received, two weeks earlier, a copy of the pamphlet "The /BC's of Esperanto" from Cbanning Bete, its author and publisher. The campaign to get high-level signatures on such proposals is worldwide. Chairman of the signature committee for E.L.N.A. is Kent Jones. -o- A dozen students in a noon-hour class at Essex County College at Newark, N.J., want Esperanto correspondents, according to their instructor, Dr. Julius Bslbin. Two of the school's faculty members are In the class. A class at Bryant Adult Center in the New York borough of Queens continues for a second semester, taught by M8rk Starr. At Hunter College, Heal Preston had a class during the fall semester. -o- Send names of people who, in your estimation, are rood prospects for mem- bership in E.L.N.A. to Kent Jones,'membership chairman, 3318 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago 60657. They will get up to three mailings of promotional material. -o- The Library Journal for Feb. 1? carried a notice about the new pamphlet "The ABC's of Esperanto" and librarians ere now sending in their two-bits for specimen copies. For your convenience there's an order form with this Newsletter; use it. -o- A 2-day Esperanto Institute involving a Hj-hour crash course in the lan- guage is coming up Feb. 19-20 at the University of South Florida (Tanpa) with Gizella 0-iguere and Rex Bennett as teachers. The institute is sponsored by the Council on World Affairs and the Florida State Esperanto Society. -o- Offered their choice of electives after sales talks by the respective teachers, a ^ozen of the 8th-grade students at Sager school in College Place, Wash., chose Esperanto over art, music, shop and sewing. They meet five days a week for six weeks under the tutelape of Sara Ann Estli-.g, a teachers' aide from nearby Walls Walla. One of the 8th-grade teachers is taking the course too. Esperanto was also an elective at the school lest year. i ■*"" ML|] 2/72 If He Ask for a Pish? Reporting on coverage of the Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, the Youngstown. (Ohio) Vindicator plucks this from the airways: As for the lan- guage problem, it appears to have proved most troublesome to NBC Sports' tech- nical personnel. The going has been a bit rough. "One NBC supervisor, unable to sleep, called the hotel desk and requested a soft pillow. After a few minutes of frantically fumbling through his language guide, the appeal was transmitted and a bellhop arrived - with a jar of peanut butter on a tray," -o- Two Ohio radio stations - WCNE at Batavia and WKTL at Struthers - are re- broadcasting an Esperanto course which Mrs. Jane Wills of Worthington pro- duced for the Ohio State University station at Columbus last year. The Oregon University educational station at Cornvallis, Ore., is also using the material. -o- Should librarians who believe that Esperanto can be a vital instrument in updating, locating and classifying the world's literature hold an organizing meeting during the World Esperanto Congress at Portland July 29 - August 5? Write Paul J. Lareau (1032 Orchard St., Toledo, Ohio I4.3609) for lnfcrmatlon. -o- To: Mrs. Hazel Heusser 6644 S.E. 82nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97266. I AM INTERESTED IN STUDYING ESPERANTO IN PORTLAND PRIOR TO THE 1972 UNIVERSAL CONGRESS (Please check): a_j____ for a full three-week period (July 10-28) bj____ for 2 weeks only (July 17-28) c.____ for 1 week only (July 24-28) I AM INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF COURSE: a. Elementary (for beginners - full three-week session only, intensive) b. Secondary (for those of modest background needing speaking practice) c_j____ Intermediate (for those with a good understanding of spoken Esperanto) dj____ Linguistics and Esperanto (for advanced students, in Esperanto) e. Esperanto Culture and Literature (for advanced students, in Esperanto) f. Teachers' Seminar (methods of teaching the language, in Esperanto) Would university credit be an important factor in your decision to come? (Yes/No) MY PARTICIPATION WILL BE: a.____ Definite (as far as I can tell) b.____ Probable c.____ Possible PLEASE SEND REGISTRATION BLANKS AND FULLER DETAILS TO ME. Name and Address ________________________________________________________ Dorothy Jones Box 786 Portland, Ore. 97207 I do intend to register for the U.E.A. Congress July 29 -August 5 but have mislaid the necessary "Aliĝilo" form. I enclose a stamped,self-addressed, size 10 envelope; please send me the necessary form. I expect to bring ____ persons with me. (signed) NAME ADDRESS ____________________________________________________ Zip ' HL 2/72 A Pacific Coast Esperanto Conference is planned for April 7-9 at Berkeley, Cal., at the Claremont hotel. Chief topic: The coming World Esperanto Congress, For details, write Win. Harmon, 5836 Buena Vista Ave., Oakland, CA 9l|bl8. -o- A Belgian Esperantist has received permission to reprint the Public Affairs pamphlet "Wanted: A World LanFuage" by Mario Pel and to incorporate a French translation of portions of it. A gentleman of Verona applied for permission to translate it into Italian. So much for the myth that English is understood everywhere. -o- Watch "Take a Giant Step" on National Broadcasting TV programs on March 11. Teen-agers will talk about Esperanto as an international language. They were briefed and given background material on Feb. 18 by Mark Starr, chairman of the Esperanto Information Center in New York. The program appears at 11 a.m. in that city, 10 a.m. in San Francisco. -o- An hour-long TV appearance in taik^show format brought new students to Bob William's Esperanto class at Delta College at Stockton, Calif., and in- quiries from a wide area to the West Coast Esperanto Information Center at Hillsborough. -o- *57 -a 3 UN I VERSA LA KON*KCaODC ESPERANTO E 29 JULIO - 8*ŬCU«TO. 1B72 O PORTLAND, OUtaON ESPERANTO LEAGUE rot NORTH AMERICA Information Center, Rm. 821 156 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK, N; Y. 10010 NON-PROFIT ORG. U. S. POSTAGE Paid New York, N. Y. Permit No. 657