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Bimonthly organ of the-Esperanto-League for North America, inc., Box 1129, El Cerrito, CA 94530, U.S.A.
Telephone: [415] 653-0998. Editor: Harold R. Dreyer. Includes promotional section in English and
informational section in Esperanto for ELNA members. ISSN «130-5065. Vol. 13, No. 3. May-June 1977.
ELNA's Conwention this
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PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION ON NATIONAL
FOREIGN LANGUAGE WEEK, 1977
THE WHITE HOUSE
National Foreign Language Week gives all of us the
opportunity to  examine  the  importance  of foreign
language study and to reassess the position of language
instruction in our educational system.
When I was Governor of Georgia, 1 was pleased to
invite all foreign language teachers to Atlanta in 1972 to
attend a national convention on the teaching of foreign
languages. My awareness of the importance of
linguistic skills has been sharpened by my travels in
Latin America. I learned the enormous value of being
able to communicate freely and directly on a
person-to-person basis.
As President I have come to believe even more strongly
in the benefits of mastering a foreign language. As time
allows, 1 work to improve my own fluency in Spanish,
and members of my family are actively studying this
language.
I appreciate the good work of our nation's foreign
language teachers in constantly upgrading their
professional standards, and 1 share their concern about
declining enrollments in this area during recent years.
I think this observance provides a positive step in the
direction of encouraging useful and rewarding lan-
guage study at all levels of education and on through
adult life.
Friendly and peaceful relations among nations depend
greatly on improved communication between their
individual citizens. Becoming fluent in another lan-
guage is one of the finest ways of achieving such
improved communication and promoting better inter-
national understanding and goodwill. In the spirit of
this Week, I commend all those who are currently
teaching or studying a foreign language, and I
encourage other fellow citizens to do so.
Jimmy Carter
The above proclamation of President Carter has been
translated by Dr. Tonkin into Esperanto and sent to Esperanto
journals of large world-wide circulation. According to Dr. Tonkin,
who is president of the world-wide Esperanto association
Universala Esperanto-Asocio, "...it represents an expression of
feelings uncommonly favorable to multilingualism, and possibly
signals the beginning of a change in language policy in the
United States." Certainly the sentiment expressed by our
President as to the dependence of friendly and peaceful relations
among nations upon improved communication between their
individual citizens falls squarely in line with the basic purpose of
the International Language.
NEW SUPPLEMENT TO BOOK CATALOG AVAILABLE
The silver-covered large-format ELNA Book Service catalog
familiar to most members of ELNA was printed several years ago
in large quantity, and changes, additions and deletions have been'
announced through numbered supplements published as part of
past issues of the ELNA Newsletter. As of J une, 1977 twelve such
supplements had been issued, and it was recognized that trying
to locate a.particular book or record was becoming so complicated
as to frustrate the most assiduous book-lover.
So as not to have to jettison a large number of remaining
catalogs (produced at considerable expense to your League), it
was decided to incorporate all changes in the basic catalog to date
into a single master Supplement. This has been now completed,
and the new master Supplements are available without charge
from the ELNA Central Office, Box 1129, El Cerrito, CA 94530.
Those wishing a complete copy of the basic catalog with a new
master Supplement may purchase it for $1.00 (plus tax of 7 cents
for California residents) with no handling or shipping charge.
Simply write to the ELNA CO requesting the "Catalog" and
enclosing payment.
Many new books, tapes, records and other material in and
aboyt Esperanto have been stocked by your Book Service since
the last sypplement appeared. Write for your master
Supplement now!
TONKIN SPEAKS TO SEMINAR EAST ON ESPERANTO
At the Seminar East of the Association of Departments of
Foreign Languages held this June, Dr. Humphrey Tonkin,
president of the Universal Esperanto Association, spoke on the
subject "Language and the International Context." The
association is an affiliate of the Modern Languages Association,
and the main point of contact for the several fields of foreign
language teaching in colleges and universities in the United
States. About 30 heads of foreign language departments
attended the seminar, in which Dr. Tonkin spoke to the crisis in
foreign-language instruction in the U.S. today and suggested that
a combination of Esperanto and foreign language teaching
presents the best bulwark against American "monoglotism."
Dr. Tonkin stated that Esperantists and teachers of foreign
languages are in that sense fighting on the same side.
Participants in the seminar were given a copy of Dr. Tonkin's
essay "Introduction to Esperanto Studies" {Esperanto Document
6) and answered a number of questions from the participants.
AMBASSADOR HARRY SPEAKS ON ESPERANTO
Australian Ambassador to the UN Ralph Harry was heard
worldwide speaking about Esperanto on April 26. The interview
was broadcast over the American Forces Radio and Television
Service, Washington, DC, and heard over Voice of America
transmitters based in Ohio, North Carolina, California, and the
Philippines. AFRTS is often known as the "Second Voice of
America," and is intended both for direct reception abroad and
for off-the-air relay by local radio stations at U.S. military bases
throughout the world. It is also heard by American short wave
listeners, and Ambassador Harry's talk was noted in magazines
produced by this hobby group.
LOYOLA UNiV. ESPERANTO COURSES CANCELLED
According to information just received from R. Kent Jones,
the Loyola University Esperanto courses scheduled for June did
not materialize due to lack of sufficient enrollment.
WARNING —ENGLISH   MAY   BE   DANGEROUS   TO   YOUR
HEALTH!
The J une, 1977 issue of Scientific American contains a letter to
the editor, which we quote in its entirety for the benefit of those
espousing English as the international language:
"Sirs: In 'The Origin of Atherosclerosis/ by Earl P. Benditt
(Scientific American, February), there was a graph that showed
the death rate from cancer of the colon compared with the death
rate from arteriosclerotic heart disease for various countries.
"The two were correlated, but what I find striking is that all the
countries of the top right-hand side of the graph are
English-speaking whereas none of the countries to the center and
lower left are English-speaking. Although I do not wish to
suggest that speaking English is dangerous to one's health, there
must surely be some factor at work that is not a function of the
degree of development or industrialization of the country.
Perhaps it has to do with food intake, but even that is hard to
believe.
"The division between these two classes of countries seems to
be too striking to be a coincidence. Can anyone suggest what the
cause might be? If not, perhaps people should be warned against
the risks of speaking English!"
ESPERANTO AT LANGUAGE CONFERENCE
ELNA members Tom Goodman and Pat Egan staffed a handsome
display at the Washington, DC Hilton during the convention of
the Northwest Foreign Language Teachers Conference. (Photo by
Sergio Docal)
BELATED THANKS FOR PHOTOS - THANKS, DORiNJO!
ELNA gives belated thanks to Doris Vallon for the photos she
took at the All-California Conference in Asilomar (article in the
March-April Newsletter.)
WORLD CONGRESS OF SOCIOLOGY
The Ninth World Congress of Sociology, August 14-20, 1978 at
Uppsala, Sweden, sponsored by the Research Committee on
Sociolinguistics of the International Sociological Association is
scheduling a section on Language Planning and Socioeconomic
Development chaired by Evelyn P. Stevens and Brian Weinstein.
Persons wishing to contribute to this section by either giving a
paper or organizing an interest group should communicate with
Dr. Jonathan Pool, Dept. of Political Science, S U N Y, Stony
Brook, NY 11794.
(from Language Planning Newsletter May, 1977, East-West
Center, Honolulu)
JAPANESE ESPERANTiST AT ROTARY CONVENTION
Dr. and Mrs. Kozo UEDA of Toyonaka, Japan were
entertained by local esperantists at a Fisherman's Wharf dinner.
During their visit, the group from Toyonaka were entertained by
the Sister City Association of San Mateo and local Rotarians. Dr.
and Mrs. Ueda were in San Francisco to attend the convention of
Rotary International June 5-9.
The sister city of San Mateo, CA, a California Mission Bell
stands outside Toyonaka's City Hall and San Mateo boasts a
beautiful Japanese garden from Toyonaka. Unfortunately,
although .many Rotarians speak Esperanto, the international
conventions struggle along with an archaic system of three
working languages. A report in the San Francisco Chronicle J une
9 quotes a Nigerian delegate: "You Americans have the idea that
Rotary belongs to you. Well, I'll tell you right now—it belongs to
me, too." And, of course, there is the indomitable Texan's
button: "Howdy, Pod'ner—I Speak Texan."
ELNA CONGRESS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Important Announcement to those wishing housing at George-
town University beyond the congress dates of July 24-28 ------you
are urged to arrange the extra nights through the Local Congress
Committee well in advance as only a limited number of
extra-night rooms are available. Contact ELNA CONVENTION,
6451 Barnaby St. NW, Washington DC 20015.
FOREIGN GUESTS AT THE ELNA CONGRESS
Giuseppe and Ursula Grattapaglia, who direct a school at Bona
Espero in Alto Paraiso (Goias), Brazil, may be guests at the
ELNA Congress this J uly. Mr. Grattapaglia writes that he was in
their capitol, Brasilia, to arrange for their U.S. visas; but found
that our Embassy was closed because our No. 2 Citizen, Rosalynn
Carter, was in town.
However, it is still likely that the Grattapaglias, well known to
many Esperanto-speakers all over the world, will be able to
attend the Congress.
REVIEW OF AN IMPORTANT NEW BOOK
ESPERANTO IN THE PRESS
ANTHROPOLOGY - Perspective on Humanity - Marc J. Swartz,
David K. Jordan. 735p. bound, large format; John Wiley & Sons,
$13.95.
This book focuses on the concept "culture." Every chapter is
concerned with how culture works as the basis of human life and
society. The fact that culture is incompletely shared in every
group is explicitly addressed in this book. In organizing the three
sections of the book — Sec. 1, Dimensions of Understanding
Humanity; Sec. 2, Human Evolution and Cultural Development;
Sec. 3, Aspects of Human Culture and Society — the authors
have endeavored to make it "responsible but uncluttered, bold
but not trendy." This boldness is evident in the section on
Language, perhaps of greatest interest to Esperanto-speakers.
Here the book devotes several pages to a translation from the
rare Volume I of Privat's Historio de la Lingvo Esperanto:
Deveno kaj Komenco 1887-1900, including photos of early and
recent Esperanto conventions as well as a charming photo of
young children whose parents raise them bilingually, speaking
their native tongue and Esperanto.
About the authors: Marc J. Swartz is "Professor of
Anthropology at the University of California-San Diego. His
Ph.D. is from Harvard. He has done fieldwork on Truk in
Micronesia and with the Bena in Tanzania, and he is currently
working on a study of nuclear family life in Mombasa, Kenya. He
is editor of Political Anthropology and of Local Level Politics. He
has taught at the University of Massachusetts, the University of
Chicago, Michigan State University, and Cornell.
David K. Jordan is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the
University of California-San Diego. He holds an A.M. degree
from Stanford University and A.B. and Ph.D. from the University
of Chicago. His fieldwork area is Taiwan, where he has done
research relating to traditional Chinese culture and social
structure. Dr. Jordan is author of Cods, Ghosts, and Ancestors:
The Folk Religion of a Taiwanese Village.
ESPERANTO LECTURE IN MISSOURI
ELNA member Roan Orloff Stone spoke to a group of Bahai
young people in High Ridge, near St. Louis, Missouri in June.
The enthusiastic response led to the formation of a class to be
taught by John Sabin of St. Louis.
ESPERANTO COURSE AT UNiV. OF NO. COLORADO
ELNA member Pearl Wegher of Colorado taught an Esperanto
course in the Open University, connected with the University of
Northern Colorado during the school year just past. All students
completed the three quarters. Texts used were A First Course in
Esperanto by Auld and Apractical Course in Esperanto by F.
Szilagyi.
Ms Wegher was interviewed on KUNC radio in connection with
the course.
San Francisco State University for the eighth summer invites a
popular team of instructors for its basic, intermediate, and
advanced Esperanto courses from July 2nd to 22nd: William
Auld, Esperanto poet, editor and educator of Scotland, and
James Cool, Foreign Language Department of Wilmington (Ohio)
College. The prestige of the faculty attracts participants from as
far away as Japan, Africa, Alaska and Canada. Weekend
excursions and parties hosted by local Esperantists add to the
lively international living/study experience.
COMMUNICATION NOTES, newsletter of the Council of
Communication Societies, April, announced the ELNA Conven-
tion set for Washington, DC July 24-28.
PENINSULA BULLETIN, Palo Alto, on June 11 announced the
eighth annual Esperanto courses to be held at San Francisco
State University, July 5 -22, taught by William Auld and James
Cool.
Public Broadcasting TV stations in various cities carried the
two-hour NOVA series "Tongues of Men." TV Guide May 14
stated: "The multiplicity of languages—from Esperanto to
English —is explored. Invented in the late 19th' century,
Esperanto is described as 'a kind of kitchen Latin or a mixture of
French and Italian and Spanish with a pretty strong current of
Anglo-Saxon roots'."
The Esperanto segment, photographed at the London
Esperanto Club, and in the offices and library of the British
Esperanto Association were quite upbeat and evoked positive
response from the public, judging from inquiries coming into the
Esperanto Information Center.
The newspaper HEROLDO (Brussels! May 24 reports that Dr.
John Wells of London University has challenged George Steiner,
the show's narrator, to a TV debate on BBC Television on the
value of the international language Esperanto.
TEACHERS OF GIFTED TO HEAR ABOUT ESPERANTO
The World Conference on Gifted, to be held J uly 27 - August 2,
1977 at the University of San Francisco, will offer in its program a
presentation entitled Rapid Communication Via Esperanto - the
Multicultural International Language by Doris Vallon, teacher at
Abbott Middle School, San Mateo, CA. The invitation to
participate came from Jean Robinson, Carmichael, CA at the
suggestion of Mrs. G. G. Edwards. Mrs. Edwards teaches
Esperanto to several hundred children at the Learning Center for
the Giften under a program pioneered by the University of South
Florida, Tampa.
CHANNING BETE BOOK ON PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE
Channing L. Bete Company of Greenfield, MA, who have
published several important books about Esperanto, have now
published a most useful booklet The A-B-Cs of Parliamentary
Procedure. For those who must chair committees or write
constitutions for local clubs or groups, the booklet will give
invaluable and easily-assimilated assistance. It is available for 75
cents including mailing from Channing L. Bete Co., 45 Federal
St., Greenfield, MA 01301. (In ordering, please mention that you
learned about it from the ELNA Newsletter!)
Ni FUNEBRAS...
ELNA has lost two long-time members:
William Gruneisen, Sacramento, CA, and Richard T. Sandberg,
Minneapolis, MN. Through his sister, Greta Malchow, we learn
that Sandberg studied Esperanto while a freshman at the
University of Washington-Seattle. After serving in Korea he was
active in the Chicago Esperanto Society and for a while edited the
ELNA Newsletter. Sandberg was buried at Fort Snelling National
Cemetery in Minneapolis.
Gruneisen, well-known to Bay Area esperantists, was a past
president of the Sacramento Esperanto Club.
NOMS DE PLUME OF ESPERANTO AUTHORS
By Richard E.Wood
Ail ethnic literatures, created solely or largely by native
speakers of the language in which they are written, are rich in
noms de plume, some of them of great significance. One need
think only of George Sand in French literature, of Novalis, in
German; of Maxim Gorki, "the bitter one," in Russian.
In the closing years of the nineteenth century, but more
particularly the twentieth century, we have seen the emergence
of a typologically different literature in a typologically distinctive
language. This strikingly new, interestingly innovative pheno-
menon is the original literature of the planned interlanguage
Esperanto. The first textbook of Esperanto, the first book on or in
the language, was published in Warsaw in 1887, while the Polish
capital was still part of the Russian Empire. The first works of
literature, translated and original, followed within a few years.
The original literature of Esperanto, preserved especially in
three large libraries in Rotterdam, London and Vienna, is rich in
literary pseudonyms. One noteworthy fact is that the language
itself bears a name which itself is derived from a pen name. It
might be argued that pen names in Esperanto thus have an
importance somewhat greater than in most ethnic or national
literatures, although it cannot be denied'that the majority of
Esperanto poets, dramatists, novelists and short story writers
have indeed published their works under their own names.
Examples are Kalman Kalocsay of Hungary, Baldur Ragnarsson
of Iceland, Marjorie Boulton of England, William Auld of
Scotland, and many more.
The particular interest of Esperanto literary and non-literary
pseudonyms is that Esperanto is spoken, in very large measure,
by those for whom it is a second language, not a native tongue.
They have learned the language after their childhood, most
frequently in their adult years. Although Esperanto is by
definition a neutral language for all, by the consensus of its
speakers not particularly their property but rather a common
language for all, the cultural property of all mankind, its
second-language users come to it from specific ethnic and
first-language backgrounds. It therefore follows, inter alia, that
these speakers of the neutral international tongue bear ethnic
names reflecting the phonology and morphology of specific
languages, and to a great extent also their history, the semantic
content of the names, etc. The paradox is clear. Linguistically and
in various degrees ideologically the writers of Esperanto are
committed to a non-ethnic standard. But they bear names which
are ineluctably ethnic and national.
Writers of Esperanto literature seek to reach an international
readership. They also seek to be international in their linguistic
style. Internacia stilo, "an international style," is the yardstick
by which the language of an original Esperanto work of literature
is judged. The essence of the "international style" is that the
author's nationality and native language may not be discerned
from his usage in Esperanto.
Needless to say, if the literary work is "international" in style,
the nationality of the author will not reveal itself. But if an ethnic
name appears on the title page, the internationality will be lost
from the beginning.
The solution, naturally, is the adoption of the nom de plume,
and such is a lively tradition in the ranks of Esperanto writers. It
began in 1887 with the modest Warsaw oculist, Lazarus Ludovic
Zamenhof, who published the first textbook of the language
under the title An International Language, by Dr. Esperanto—
the pseudonym meaning, as is obvious to anyone who has studied
Latin or one of the Romance languages, "hoper, one who
hopes." In this case, the allusion is of course to one who hopes
for the adoption of the language as the solution to the world
language problem. By a natural process, the language, which
originally bore no other name than the general "International
Language," Lingvo Internacia, came to be called "the-language
of Dr. Esperanto," then "the language of Esperanto,"N "the
Esperanto language," and finally simply "Esperanto." Thus a
simple transfer from pseudonym of the author to name of the
work occurred. Even after this change, however, Zamenhof
himself was quite frequently known to the public as "Dr.
Esperanto." The very earliest textbooks by authors other than
Ludovic Zamenhof, e.g., in English, allude to "the language of
Dr. Esperanto."
The example of Zamenhof, as well as the internationalist
ideology which has animated many users of the language and
adherents of the associated movement, including the literary
movement, have led later authors to adopt noms de plume. For
some, these adoptive names have symbolized the abandonment,
partial or total, of their original language and ethnos. The
question of the trappings of ethnicity, such as distinctive names,
in a language which was designed to be neutral and by definition
non-ethnic, has led to lively dispute within the Esperanto
movement and is of great theoretical interest to the linguist,
sociologist, political scientist, etc. Zamenhof himself declared
that the day would come when Esperantists would adopt
Esperanto names. These names would presumably be used
among speakers of the language, while the original ethnic-
language names of the speakers would be used in ethnic society.
The adoptive names of Esperanto authors may be grouped into
three main types. The first, and the least interesting, is the
simple pseudonym to ensure literary anonymity. Such names
include initiaiisms, anagrams, abbreviations and acronyms. They
also include assumed second ethnic-language names in the
language of the bearer or at certain times in a different ethnic
language, as opposed to Esperanto.
These types are of course not unique to Esperanto literature
and have numerous parallels in other languages. An early
example of an initialism is that of the novelist Kazimierz Bein of
Poland who adopted the ethnic-language (Polish, German, etc.,
but not Esperanto) letter name Kabe as his Esperanto literary
name. He is still remembered as Kabe or Dr. Kabe by
present-day Esperantists or- at least by scholars of the
movement's literature and movement history. Perhaps more
interestingly, his name has been turned into a common verb,
kabei in the infinitive, meaning "to be disloyal, to lose faith,
abandon the Esperanto movement," based upon Kabe's later
actions themselves, however, negated by his return to the
movement when in his eighties. It is noteworthy that these are
not the Esperanto names of the letters forming the initial sounds
of his name, since all Esperanto consonants bear names which
terminate, like Esperanto nouns common and proper, in -o. More
specifically Esperanto initiaiisms are also found, an early one
being Uoago, used by the British writer William A. Gething. This
is a true Esperanto name, since it constitutes a regular,
pronounceable substantive in the language. Other examples are
Ada, pseudonym of the Bulgarian Asen D. Atanasov, and many
more of little typological interest or variety.
[To be continued in the next issue]
MANCHETE, the famous Brazilian magazine and TV-CLOBO on
its program "Fantastico, O Show da Vida" which reaches 30.
million spectators every Sunday, interviewed Giuseppe and
Ursula Grattapaglia. This coverage is far-reaching for Esperanto
in Brazil. Those wishing to congratulate the Brazilian media for
this initiative may write to:
Marlene Anna Galeazzi, MANCHETE - SIG/939, BR-70,000
Brasilia, DF Brazil; or to Marilena Chiarelli, TV-CLOBO,
BR-70,000 Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
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BOOK REVIEW
Lingvaj Problernoj kaj la Fina Akto
No. 7 of UEA Esperanto-Dokumentoj.
(In English or Esperanto)
Individual issues available from ELNA's Book Service for $1.25
(Subscription to entire series of 10 issues available from UEA c/o
Armin Doneis, PO Box 105, Pharr TX 78577 for $9.50)
At its April meeting, the UEA Board approved the text of a
basic document "Fina Akto de la Konferenco pri Sekureco kaj
Kunlaboroen Europe". The document was sent to ambassadors
in the Netherlands of all countries participating and the
Netherlands Foreign Minister. A statement in Document 7 goes:
"Those familiar with international affairs...are inclined to
consider language problems as most people do a rainy day: it
hinders our mobility but we simply set our jaws and open our
umbrellas. The possibility that one can do anything about
language diversity, other than learn as many languages as
possible seems not to enter most people's heads.
"If one considers the extent to which language difficulties
hamper international collaboration, and the degree to which
language is the cause of discrimination, such fatalism amounts to
irresponsible conduct. We are dealing here with no slight
inconvenience but an international problem so generally
pervasive that it obstructs all our efforts to face up to the many
problems with which the world must inevitably struggle."
Document 7 is one of the most important of this series, and
ought to be in the hands of all concerned with effective
communication.
ESPERANTO - THREAT OR ALLY?
Ohio's Modern Language Association's Foreign Language
Newsletter The Cardinal quotes Dr. John Ellis, Supt. of
Columbus Public Schools on America's "language gap":
"Americans are not noted for learning foreign languages. This is
not the fault of the schools necessarily, although schools must
share some of the blame. The Russian schools do a much better
job. If we are to function effectively in the world, I believe large
numbers of Americans must learn to speak foreign languages
fluently. The gain in knowledge will be tremendous, and we will
rid ourselves of a deficiency that forms the basis for ridicule
around the world."
The same newsletter lists the decline in enrollment for 8 ethnic
languages with only Hebrew and Italian showing significant
increases.
Think of the leadership the United States could demonstrate if
it were to introduce Esperanto as a model language at junior high
school level, giving children quick success with their first modern
language, thus turning them on to foreign language study in
higher grades of school.
INTERNATIONAL WORK BRIGADE TO USE ESPERANTO
An International Youth Labor-Brigade is being organized to
work in Sarajevo, Jugoslavia during August on the regulation of
two small rivers. About 1,000 youth are expected to participate
and recreation of various types is being planned for them. Those
interested may write, in Esperanto, before J une 30 to: J ugoslava
Esperantista Junulara Asocio, V. Pelagica 8/I, 71000 Sarajevo,
Jugoslavio.
SOCIAL FACTOR IN THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE
MOVEMENT
In Eco-logos, a quarterly magazine of "one-world environment
concepts", recently appeared an article by Bernard Golden on
"The social factor in the international language movement."
Mr. Golden sets forth a number of arguments proving the
established value of Esperanto, and refers to the "International
Language World Series" analogy put forward earlier by another
writer in the magazine as a "sand-lot game."
Referring to numerous previous attempts at viable internationa
languages, Mr. Golden traces the failure of several and attributes
the demise mainly to their lack of an appropriate social factor.
According to Mr. Golden, "The production of new international
language projects is as inevitable as death and taxes. This
do-it-yourself activity requires only a pen, some paper and access
to dictionaries. It is an inexpensive and innocuous pastime,
provided the addicts don't take their efforts too seriously.
Unfortunately, this is not always true and my desk is constantly
being cluttered up with recently published results of the
lucubrations of interlanguage hobbyists. To mention just a few,
there is Anglo-Lat and Uni (U.S.A.), Frendo (Spain) and Axiom
Variant (U.S.S.R.). I even came across a Black Zamenhof in
Ghana who devised a Pan-African auxiliary language, Afrahili!"
Mr. Golden concludes, "None of these projects will ever get to
first base so it's high time for the minor leaguers to get off the
field and take their split bats, wobbly balls and moth-eaten gloves
with them. Ido, Occidental and Interlingua were pennant
winners, but Esperanto has taken the Series."
(Ecologos: Published quarterly, subscription price $4.00 for four
issues; single copies $1.00 each; available from Eco-logos, PO
Box 393, Denver, CO 80201.)
YOUTH OF WALES' GOOD WILL MESSAGE
The Good Will Message of the Youth of Wales this year was
sent out in 20 languages including Esperanto on May 18, marking
the anniversary of the first Peace Conference which opened at the
Hague, Netherlands in 1899.
Beginning in 1922, the broadcast message was^ picked up by
the Director of the Eiffel Tower broadcasting station in Paris.
When BBC broadcast the Message in 1924 two replies were
received —one from the Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden and the
other from the Minister of Education in Poland. Now people in 70
countries respond to the Message. This year's Message says in
part: "We in Wales know what it is to help each other when times
are bad. If we are ever going to see a better tomorrow, we must
all start helping each other on a world-wide basis."
DR. WOOD MOVES TO PUERTO RICO
Dr. Richard E. Wood, the editor of Language Problems and
Language Planning, has accepted an appointment at the
University of Puerto Rico. He will teach in the English
Department and Interdepartmental Program in Linguistics there.
Working with ELNA member and UEA Delegate'for San Juan
Hugo R. Ramirez, he looks forward to participating in the
Esperanto movement on the island, where the traditional Spanish
language now coexists with English introduced through U.S.
influence. Manuscripts for the journal or comments on the first
issue under the new title, which should have appeared by the
time this article is published, should be sent to Dr. Wood c/o
Departamento de Ingles, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio
Piedras, PR 00931.
iE9TP™Hdcg/e°RA„'^nCBoschen LOCAL ESPERANTO SOCIETIES
PittsfieSd MA 01201
Esperanto c/o Gerald Cirrincione
203 Orchard St.
Boston MA 02172
Esperanto c/o Stuart Kittredge
59 Dalewood Road
NewingtonCT 06111
Esperanto Society of New York
c/o Marion Lorie
54 West 94th St. Apt. 2F
New York, NY 10025
Esperanto c/o Karl Neil
38S Dorchester Road
Rochester NY 14610
Esperanto Society of Philadelphia
c/o Joseph Conrey
1844 Arthur Street
Philadelphia PA 19152
Esperanto Society of D.C.
c/o Sergio Docal
2947 Tilden Street N.W.
Washington DC 2«M»
Baltimore Esperanto Club
c/o Tom Goodman
3218 Shelburne Road
Baltimore, MD 21208
Esperanto Society of Florida
c/o Lee Edwards
P.O. Box 16224
Temple Terrace FL 33687
Esperanto Club of Central Ohio
c/o Lewis Cook, jr.
Box 422
Circieviiie OH 43113
Esperanto Society of Indiana
c/o Betty Pheips
18 E. Second Street
Peru IN «970
Eastern Iowa Esperanto Society
c/o Michael W. Ham
P.O. Box 1066
iowa City IA 52240
Esperanto Society of Wisconsin
1958 N. 38th St.
Milwaukee W! 53208
Esperanto Society of Chicago
P.O. Box 11958
Chicago IL 60611
Esperanto Society of Ft. Worth
c/o Michael Kent Jones
P.O. Box 17477
Ft. Worth TX 76102
Von Nimiti Esperanto Club
c/o Louis Tutt
P.O. Box 2266
Universal City TX 7814«
Esperanto Club of Colorado
c/o Linda Wegher
961 Cragmore Street
Denver CO 80221
Esperanto Club of Los Angeles
c/o William W. Gienny
430 S. Peck Drive
Beverly HiilsCA 90212
Esperanto c/o Wm. B. Schwartz
3470 juniper St.
San Diego CA 92104
Esperanto c/o John P. Stitz
329 Sonora Street
Redlands CA 92373
Esperanto-Rondeto de Santa Barbara
Ges-roj Roy Holland
5140 San Lorenzo Drive
Santa Barbara CA 93111
Esperanto c/o D-ro B.J. Balar
62 Via Castanada
Monterey CA 93940
SFERO [San Francisco]
PO Box 1129, El Cerrito, CA 9453©
Berkeley Esperanto Association
c/o George Rodenborn
99 Echo Avenue
Oakland CA 94611
Mil! Valley Esperanto Circle
c/o Jean M.Wood
60 Hillside Avenue
Mill Valley CA 94941
Esperanto Society ©f Sacramento
c/o Wm. H. Gruneisen
1215 Way land Avenue
Sacramento CA 95825
Esperanto Society of Portland
c/o Hazel H. Heusser
6644 S.E. 82nd Avenue
Portland OR 97266
Seattle Esperanto Society
c/o Raul Miranda
5210 Greenwood Ave. N.
Seattle WA 98103
Esperanto c/o Mary Hammersmith
3614 Holiday Drive
Olympia WA 98501
Esperanto c/o Ken Ver Ploeg
321 E. 19th Ave.   '
Spokane WA 99203
Walla Walla Esperanto Society
c/o AS & Sara Ann Estling
1351 Grant Street
Walla Walla WA 99362
Esperanto Society of Alaska
c/o Walter L. Gnagy
P.O. Box 302
Douglas AK 99824
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TRIBUTE TO LOU HARRISON
ELNA member Lou Harrison was one of the subjects of an
article in the San Francisco Chronicle, May 8, 1977, entitled
"Tributes to Distinguished Composers," along with Roger
Sessions. Concerned primarily with Lou's music and his May 14
birthday concert, the article went on to say, "There are other
aspects of his internationalism (he has been much involved with
Esperanto), and dedicated pacifism in which he, a very gentle
person, has asserted his views without compromise."
Large green buttons reading POLYGLOTS HAVE MORE FUN -
$1.00 each from ELNA Book Service, Box 1129, El Cerrito CA
94530.
Bumper Strips,  green   ESPERANTO  THE   INTERNATIONAL
LANGUAGE; also bumper strips, white on blue, reading NO,
VIRGINIA,  THE  REST OF  THE  WORLD  DOESN'T  SPEAK
ENGLISH - 50 cents each, 3 for $1.00.
(Add $1.00 for shipping for orders of the above)
NEW RECORD IN ESPERANTO AVAILABLE
PILiPiNO OR ESPERANTO?
According to the Filipino Reporter of February 24, 1977, the
world-renowned anthropologist Margaret Mead has proposed
Filipino (formerly called Tagalog) as the universal language. In
reply to the question "What should be the features of a
reasonably acceptable universal second language," Dr. Mead
expounded as follows: "It must be, first of all, a language already
in existence—babbled by infants, dreamt in and made love in,
simplified for the use of strangers and regularized for the uses of
the schoolroom." And, "It should be a language disassociated
from political power." And, again, "The world language is one
which should be phonetically simple." And ideally "There
should be many literate speakers scattered over the world who
could become translators, interpreters and teachers very rapidly
once it is chosen. The kind of universal language I am speaking of
would make everyone who learned it an insider in a language
designed to bring all outsiders together."
One wonders whether she was actually speaking about
Filipino, or Esperanto!
ELNA member Alberta Casey of La Jolla, CA, has produced an
excellent new 10" LP record of Esperanto songs. The record,
titled "DE Ml AL VI", contains 17 modern songs sung in the
International Language. Ms Casey, well-known for her sculpture
and painting in Esperanto circles, has produced a very
professional record of highest quality.
The record is available now from the ELNA Book Service, Box
1129, El Cerrito CA 94530, at $5.95 plus tax and shipping. Only a
limited supply is available, hence those wishing to add this
outstanding record to their collection should order without delay.
ELNA BOOK SERVICE GLEEFULLY ANNOUNCES...
...THAT THE Wells Dictionary, long unavailable, is now back in
print and available from ELNA's Central Office at Box 1129, El
Cerrito CA 94530 at $3.95. This paperback edition is excellent for
class use.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!! notify ELNA immediately of any
change of address. It costs your League an average of 50 cents
when the Post Office returns your Newsletter and we have to
send it on to your new address. SPEED UP DELIVERY OF
YOUR COPY OF THE NEWSLETTER. AND SAVE YOUR
LEAGUE If!!! - TELL US WHEN YOU MOVE!
FLEA   MARKET   BARGAINS  AT   CENTRAL  OFFICE   THIS
SUMMER
Especially for those participating in the Auld courses at San
Francisco State University this July, the Central Office and Book
Service of the Esperanto League for North America is arranging
to be open several evenings and/or week-ends to make possible
personal inspection of the large stock of books in and about
Esperanto.
Of special interest will be "Flea Market" bargains on a
number of older volumes, some quite rare, all in only fair-to-good
condition. These are books which were donated to the Central
Office by the estate of Glenn Turner. Special low prices are
offered for these books which, being mostly one-of-a-kind in
nature, cannot be listed in the regular ELNA Book Catalog.
Those attending the Auld courses will be informed as to the
exact times and dates when the CO will be opened. Others not
attending the courses but wishing to participate in inspecting the
Book Service stock may communicate with Mr. Harold R. Dreyer,
Director, ELNA Central Office, Box 1129, El Cerrito CA 94530 for
special arrangements.
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El Cerrito, CA 94530
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