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NEWS OF THE LANGUAGE PROBLEM
AND ESPERANTO AS A SOLUTION
March-April 1982
"Mummy,   why  are  all  those  people  climbing
instead of using the road?"
"Oh, they all have their reasons, dear. Some don't
know there is a road; some won't use it because
roads are artificial; and some have plenty of
time."
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AMERICAN GRAFFITI:
If you speak...
• three languages you're trilingual;
• if you speak two you're bilingual;
• if you speak one you're American.
PEARL BAILEY believes that French syntax is
far more perplexing than the mysteries of
religion. The singer explains her change in
courses at Georgetown University by confess-
ing, "I switched from French to Theology
because I discovered God was easier to
understand than French."
CFLTA Newsletter
May 1980
INSIDE:
Investing in ELNA
Youth Notes
Esperanto and Religion
Vacation-Study Opportunities
No, Virginia-
Esperanto and Swahili
Esperanto in Science and Law
Esperanto in Education
Esperanto and Linguistics
INVESTING        IN        THE
ESPERANTO MOVEMENT
John Massey reports several responses to date to
his series of articles on "Investing in the Esperanto
Movement." (See Instalment No. 4 in this issue).
Several members have named ELNA beneficiary of
bank accounts or life insurance. Others have given
cash outright. One member willed his Esperanto
books. Another gifted stock which had appreciated in
value, thus avoiding the capital gains tax while still
getting the deduction for full market value.
There are many ways to give to ELNA. If you wish to
benefit ELNA, call or write for assistance in finding
the method most suitable to your circumstances to:
JOHN MASSEY
1144 Kingsdale Ter.
Columbus OH 43220
(Fourth in a series of articles by John B. Massey)
To date three articles have appeared in the Newsletter ;
the cash method of giving to ELNA in the November-
December 1980 issue; gifting stocks or other securities, in the
January-February 1981 issue; and using life insurance to
benefit ELNA in the May-June 1981 issue. This fourth article
describes gifting via your will.
A will is your written direction for the disposition of all
property after your death. It must be made according to
legal formalities, and unfortunately for most of us must use
legal language. Here are some of the principal terms used.
When you make a will you are its "testator." If you do not
leave a will you are said to die "intestate.' Your will should
designate a trusted and competent person, or a bank, as its
"executor." After your death he will present your will to a
court official for "probate" (the official determination of the
will's validity). Then under court supervision your executor
must assemble the "corpus", i.e. all the assets of your
"estate." From it he must pay all debts and taxes and then
distribute the remainder of your property to the beneficiaries
(both individuals and institutions) named in your will. A "be-
quest" is a gift of "personal property" (e.g. cash, securities,
etc.) made under a will. A "devise" is a gift of "real property"
(e.g. real estate and/or rights pertaining to it) made under a
will. A "codicil" is an addition to a will.
To make a will, you must be of full legal age, of sound
mind, and not subject to improper influence during or im-
mediately prior to making your will. You may make what is
called a "holographic will" which is a homemade version
written in your own handwriting and the probate court might
accept it. But your estate and beneficiaries deserve the pro-
tection of a current, professionally drawn, properly executed
will. Only a reputable attorney can be expected to prepare
your will in such language and form that you may reasonbly
anticipate the accomplishment of your stated wishes.
You may change your will periodically, and as often as
you wish. You may further amend or supplement it by adding
a codicil at any time. If properly drawn or amended, ^your
will is valid until you change or revoke it. But changes will
occur in your personal responsibilities, charitable interests,
and material resources, so careful periodic reviews and revi-
sions are necessary to keep your will up to date.
Having a will does not increase the cost of probate. As a
matter of fact, if the will is properly drawn it may well save
your estate unnecessary administrative costs and avoid
delays in settling your final affairs. You don't have to have a
large estate to justify a will; actually everyone should have a
will regardless of his present or potential estate. You don't
have to know the size of your estate in order to draw a will.
You may simply direct that individuals and other
beneficiaries will receive stated percentages.
If you do not make a will, your state makes one for you.
The state will decide who your heirs will be and what they
will inherit. The state will also decide who will administer
your estate, what his fees will be, and to what extent he must
be bonded. If you are survived by minor children, a guardian
will be appointed by the court. So it should be obvious that
you cannot afford to be without a will. As to what kind of a
will you should have, that is something you must work out
with your own attorney, to be sure that he understands your
wishes and properly reflects them in your will.
By your will, you could benefit ELNA in one or more of
several ways:
1.     You could stipulate that ELNA will receive cash of a
specified amount, or of a specified percentage of your gross
estate or of some combination, as for example "$5,000 but
not more than 5 percent of my gross estate."
2.     You could bequest some or all of your Esperanto books
and materials to ELNA.
3.     You could provide that ELNA receive certain specified
items of personal property, such as office equipment, "objets
d'art", stamp or coin collections, etc.
4.     You could will over to ELNA some or all of your
securities or the proceeds realized by the sale of those
securities.
5.     You could devise to ELNA certain stipulated parcels of
real estate, for example "my residence (summer home, va-
cant lot, farm) located at 000 Main Street, Any Town."
There are obvious advantages to you in contributing to
ELNA via your will. You retain full use and possession of
your property during your lifetime. You may specify items
which are of little interest or use to your survivors (e.g.
books, office equipment). You may change your mind, and
your will, at any time. While there are no current income tax
advantages to a testamentary bequest, the taxes to your
estate and to your survivors will be reduced because your
bequest to ELNA will be deductible from your gross estate
prior to the computation of these taxes. There are disadvan-
tages to contributing to ELNA via your will, but the disadvan-
tages are entirely ELNA's, not yours. ELNA will get nothing
until you die. ELNA will get nothing if you change your mind.
Last, ELNA will have to wait until your estate is settled,
which may be many months. Nevertheless, ELNA realizes
that of the various ways of giving, giving by will may be the
most suitable and convenient for you. So if you wish to pro-
ceed with making a gift to ELNA via your will, first consult
your own attorney. Show him this article, ask him for his
comments and advice. Then ask him to draw you a new will.
Other methods of giving to ELNA will be treated in subse-
quent articles, particularly by means of ELNA's new "Pooled
Income Fund" set up especially for ELNA with the Bank of
America as Trustee. Please remember that these articles are
intended for your general information and guidance only.
Neither ELNA nor I are offering legal or tax advice, for which
you should rely on your attorney or tax advisor. If you have
any general questions, call meat my office, (614) 451 -9750 or
my home (614) 451-4969, or write me at 1144 Kingsdale Ter-
race, Columbus, Ohio 43220.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
ELNA has become, over the past decade or so, a strong,
well-established, and smoothly functioning organization,
which serves the Esperanto community well. From this solid
base, we can develop a growing movement in this country. I
have taken as my personal slogan: "Esperanto is going
places," which I hope many of you will take as yours. The
proposals recently approved by the Executive Committee
are a starting point.
First of all, a membership drive has been authorized. The
growth of our membership in recent years has not truly
reflected the spread of Esperanto in this country. There are
hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people in the United States
who have studied Esperanto at some time, and should be
invited to ELNA membership. More important, there is a
larger number who support the idea of an international
language, but have not yet learned Esperanto. These are
potential members.
To encourage everyone to participate in the membership
drive, a prize is offered in the form of a free one-year
membership for every two new members recruited. (A new
member is someone who has not previously been a member.)
The free membership may be donated to someone else, so
there is no reason to stop with just the first two new
members recruited!
The Executive Committee has authorized establishment of
Special Interest Croups. These will be autonomous, within
the ELNA framework, and national in scope. They can serve
to bring together members with similar interests, permitting
newer members to benefit from the knowledge of the more
experienced. Among the groups suggested are: Translation,
Poetry, Science Fiction, and Computers. Anyone with an idea
for any other Special Interest Group should send it to the
Central Office to be announced in the Newsletter. Each
group will choose its Secretary and organize its activities,
periodic bulletins, etc.
One interest which appeals to many of our most active
members is translation. U.S. writers have been under-
represented in Esperanto literature. Therefore, as special
encouragement, the Executive Committee has authorized a
Literary Competition for translations of American literary
works into Esperanto. We are thus following the example of
other countries which have such competitions since UEA's
decision to drop translated works from its Literary
Competition.
Of particular importance, in my opinion, for the Esperanto
movement in this country is the encouragement of travel,
not only by Americans to foreign countries, but by foreign
Esperantists to this country. In this context, I repeat my
personal slogan with a different punctuation: "Esperanto is:
going places." Travel provides practice in speaking the
language internationally (rather than just with other
Americans) and experience in direct personal
communication. I have named Lucy Harmon as head of the
Committee on Tourism and Travel. With the aim of bringing
the advantage of travel with Esperanto to the attention of
our members and of the general public, the Executive
Committee has authorized an Essay Competition in English
on the subject of personal experiences in traveling with
Esperanto. First prize will be a twenty-dollar credit at ELNA's
Book Service, with two second prizes of ten-dollar credits.
Finally, I want you to know that I have appointed Ralph
Murphy head of our Publicity Committee, put our Vice
President, Ellie Stein, in charge of Women's Affairs, and
Professor James Cool in charge of Youth Affairs. Ralph
Murphy has been extremely successful in publicizing
Esperanto in the Boston area, and I am confident he will do
much for our national publicity. Mrs. Stein and Prof. Cool
are interested in working with women and youth
respectively. These are unquestionably areas of great
importance for the future growth of our organization.
All of these initiatives require the active support of the
whole membership if they are to succeed. With that support
the Esperanto movement in this country can really go
places!
Thomas Goldman
ESPERANTO
A Tool for the World's Religions
THE QUEST FOR  COMMON LANGUAGE
In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared
at us. We never did succeed in making those idiots
understand their own language.    —Mark Twain
George K. Beach, Minister, Unitarian Church of Arl-
ington, VA (3 January) delivered a sermon entitled:
"The Quest for a Common Language." In developing
his theme, Mr. Beach said: "...we must cast off the in-
sinuation of cultural superiority, implicit in our
assumption that sooner or later everybody in the
world will want, or need to speak our native tongue,
English. This attitude is itself a block to the goal of in-
ternational understanding.    ...
"A common language is more than a practical tool
to facilitate understanding. It is an expression of the
ancient hope for a universal brother and sisterhood,
the hope for peace among ail peoples, the affirmation
of our common humanity."
Tracing the history of language diversity from the
Biblical story of the Tower of Babel, Beach
continued:"...linguistic diversity is not merely a point
of curiosity. It is a matter with profound, indeed
tragic, religious implications, it is not just a matter of
'little misunderstandings.' ... divergent purposes -
formulated by disparate national groups -
...understanding only 'their own kind.' So their pur-
poses... in the realm of international affairs -
became the story of wars and migrations and col-
onizations and empire-building. The Tower of Babel
story seems aimed at explaining the tragic dimension
of human history: still they are forever at each 'others'
throats. Their wars are fratricidal wars: it is as tragic a
story as that!"
Then on to the history of the international
language, Mr. Beach continues:"...in 1859, Lazar
Ludovik Zamenhof was born in the Polish city of
Bialystok - then as now part of the Russian Empire.
There, Zamenhof Knew Babel at first hand. Here are
his later recollections:
/ was educated to be an idealist. I was taught tht all
men are brothers; and yet on the street and in the
marketplace everything caused me to feel that
'people'did not exist, that there were only Russians,
Poles, Germans, jews, etc.
"And so he came to dream of something better - a
unifying force - perhaps, even, a common language.
/ became convinced by degrees that not everything is
as easy as it seems to a child; one after another I put
aside various Utopias of my boyhood — but the dream
of a single common language for humanity I never
could put aside.
Tracing the arduous steps young Zamenhof took in
creating a new language, he said: "One might think
that, with its linguistic base drawn from the Romance
and Germanic languages, it is too Occidental to be
truly international. However, its greatest acceptance
today may be in China..."
(Continued on page 4)
YOUTH NOTES
Thus countries outside Europe are now developing
active Esperanto programs. Iran, Brazil, and Korea are
coming up fast. "At the IARF Congress in the
Netherlands, last summer, there were some 15
language groups represented. Fortunately for us,
English was the major language used. But this posed
serious difficulties for many others, so that some ses-
sions were laboriousy translated into French and Ger-
man. But for most of the large Japanese delegation,
none of these language were accessible. For them,
simultaneous translation was provided, with special
personnel and equipment. But this too hd its limita-
tions.
"I will never forget the distraught Japanese woman
who, speaking at the microphone in a torrent of
words, just would not be cut off. To me she was in-
comprehensible - except in mood: she was frustrated
and angry! It seems she simply did not understand
that the moderator had asked for a two-minute limit
on speeches and she felt hurt and insulted when they
tried to get her to stop — the more they tried to stop
here, the longer became her diatribe of angry words!
"The result, then, in such an international setting is
less than satisfactory. What is supposed to be a Con-
gress of international liberal religious understanding
turns out, sometimes, despite the prevailing spirit of
good will, to be an experience of mutual isolation. Yet
the idea of a universal language is fully consonant
with — is even an expression of - our 'universalis?
aspirations.
"Surely the day is coming when knowledge of an in-
ternational language... practiced world-wide as a se-
cond language:., will be considered essential for every
educated person. This is an imperative of our age — a
practical step toward international understanding.
The lessons of years past, marred by vain attempts to
gain official recognition by governmental bodies, is
that the quest for a common language will be carried
through only... by individuals joined in voluntary
associations...
"Pentecost was understood as the fulfillment of the
prophesy of Joel, in the Old Testament, of a new age,
an age of the spirit, when all coercive authority would
be finally broken through. The quest for a common
language, a sign of the perennial human hope for a
new beginning, is most appropriate for us to meditate
this first Sunday of the new year 1982. So to all
faithful Esperantists, to all seekers after a common
language, and to all who affirm that spirit which alone
is in itself good - the spirit of good will - I wish you
a happy and prosperous new year."
NOTE: Alfonso Correa of Arlington, VA, writes us tht
some 800 people heard Dr. Beach deliver the above
Sermon on Sunday, January 3, 1982.
Although he expresses it differently, Kevin Laughery,
in a paper: Public Opinion and the International
Language (Roma, Pontificia Universitas Cregoriana,
T43 — Public Opinion in Church and Society, 12
January 1982) writes:
The Esperanto movement is nothing if it is not
apostolic; Esperantists must constantly strive to make
clear to the public that the language is intended for all
people..."
Oaxtepec: El Amerika Vidpunkto
Kiam oni unue anoncis la IJK-on en Oaxtepec, mi
kaj multaj el miaj samregionanoj ege ĝojis. Kial? Ne
estis car ni serĉis okazon por uzi Esperanton; multaj el
ni ĉiutage parolas Esperanto. Ne estis car ni bezonis
internaciajn kontaktojn; tiaj kontaktoj jam abundis
por ni. Ni ekgojis Car ni pensis, ke la IJK ebligos al ni
konatiĝis kaj amikiĝi kun tiuj kiuj konsistigas la ker-
non de TEJO: la eŭropa junularo. Ni opiniis, ke tiel en
spirito de egaleco kaj kunlabpro ni povos plifortigi kaj
unuecigi la junularan movadon.
Mia sperto ĉe Oaxtepec tamen estis iom alia.
Multaj europanoj (feliĉe, ne ĉiuj) montris imponan
mankon de ordinara amikemo. Ŝajnas, ke ili venis al la
kongreso kun la devizo: "Mi volas amuziĝi kun miaj
eŭropaj geamikoj. Bonvole ne salutu min, ne alparolu
min." Ni kiuj ne estas europanoj kaj neniam ĉeestis
iun eŭropan renkontigon sentis, ke ni fariĝis tute
travideblaj kiam ni eniris la kongresejon. lu ajn ero de
■ la kongreso kiu ne plaĉis al la eŭropa ortodoksularo
estis taksita ridinda, netolerebla, kaj "taŭga por tiuj
Safoj." Tia etoso kompreneble ne multe helpis la
pritraktadon de la demando "Ĉu TEJO ekzistas ekster
Eŭropo?" Multaj aŭdacis trakti tiun demandon kvazaŭ
gi estus same kiel io al mi tute alia: "Ĉu Esperanto
ekzistas ekster Europe?" Tiu £i sinteno, ke ekster TEJO
Esperanto ne ekzistas, estis implicita kaj verŝajne
neforigebla en ĉiu diskuto, Anstataŭ dialogo kaj in-
terkomprenigo, estus nur unuflanka prelegado, kaj la
neeŭropanoj restis kiel simplaj observantoj. Ne estas
strange tiel, ke multaj neeŭropanoj (kaj eĉ kelkaj
europanoj!) kolerigis kaj pro tio silentis dum la
diskutado. La oficiala klarigo, ke la ĉeestantaj
neeŭropanoj ne emis partopreni la diskutadon car ili
ne sufiĉe bone regas ia lingvon estis erara kaj insulta.
Tamen mi ne volas paroli tro pesimisme, car ja estis
kelkaj europanoj kies simpatio kaj varma afableco
efikis tute kontraŭe al la snobeco kaj ŝovinismo de la
plimulto. Cetere, la starpunkto de Amri Wandel rilate
la   tutmondigon   de   TEJO   certe   estas   pozitiva,
bonintenca,  kaj  esperiga.  Sed  la estraro de TEJO
devas memori, ke tia tutmondiĝo efektiviĝos nur en
etoso de plena egaleco kaj reciproka respekto. Mi kaj
miaj samregionanoj forte esperas, ke tiu leciono de
Oaxtepec ne estos perdita.
Grant Goodall
.27 McNear Dr.
San Rafael, CA 94901, Usono
NOTE: Editor would like to dedicate a section of the
Newsletter to youth events. Send reports in duplicate
with black and white photos if possible to: Editor,
Cathy Schulze, 410 Darrell Road, Hillsborough, CA
94010.
ESPERANTO IN EDUCATION. The World in the Cur-
riculum: Curricular Strategies for the 21st Century is
the title of a new book on international education by
Humphrey Tonkin and jane Edwards. Written to assist
administrators and faculty members in interna-
tionalizing their curricula and institutions, the volume
gives extensive attention to language learning and
(pp. 116-17) to Esperanto as an introduction to
language study. The authors recommend Esperanto as
a possible subject for the language requirement.
(Change Magazine Press, 271 North Avenue, New
Rochelle, NY 10801, at $6.95.)
THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE ESPERANTO: In-
strument of Unity, Preserver of Ethnicity
(paper on Socio-Ethics prepared by Kevin Laughery at
Cardinal Glennon College, St. Louis, MO, April 1979)
Writing on the language problem which the Roman
Cathoiic Church, like all international
organizations,has, Kevin Laughery delineates the pro-
blem and then goes on to show why Esperanto would
be an ideal solution. He quotes the Esperantist-poet
William Auld, who sees the cultural advantages of
Esperanto in this way:
...by learning Esperanto, a man may have access to at
least two cultures, one national and one universal,
whose roots and bases are to be found within himself...
Citing the "notorious difficulty" which the world's
bishops had with Latin at the Second Vatican Council,
Laughery suggests that "We do indeed have a solution
to the world language problem." He recommends that
the Church should endorse introduction of ,Esperanto
classes into the Catholic school curricula. He con-
cludes:
"Anyone who believes in human dignity: must cer-
tainly see the worth of a language such as Esperanto...
the Esperantists of the world invite you to join in their
hope: that Babel may be no more; that fear and suspi-
cion may cease; that greater understanding and unity
may prevail among the nations."
NOTE: Kevin Laughery is on the staff which produces
the Esperanto broadcasts for Vatican Radio. Among the
religions with international organizations of Esperanto-
speaking members are: Bahais, Buddhists, Roman
Catholics, Protestants, Oomotists, Quakers, and most
recently, Mormons.
NEWS FROM MEMBERS OF ESPERANTO STUDIES
ASSOCIATION
Richard E. Wood has produced a series of reviews and
articles on language planning in countries as diverse
as China, Vietnam, Finland, New Guinea, Scotland,
Surinam, the United States, Canada, and the continent
of Africa. Of special interest are his review essay on
German linguistic nationalism in Canadian Review of
studies in Nationalism, 8 (1981), 55-84; "Language
Maintenance and External Support: The Case of the
French Flemings," Intj.Soc.Lang., 25 (1980), 107-119;
and "Visible Language Policy - Bilingualism and
Multilingualism on Postage Stamps," Visible
Language, 14 (1980), 30-51.
Jonathan Pool presented a paper at the University of
Paderborn in July 1980 entitled "The Economics of Ar-
tificial Languages: An Exploration of Cost Minimiza-
tion." Paderborn also published two other lectures by
Pool as La politika ekonomio de interlingvistiko.
Cornelius McKown (Pennsylvania State University) is
the author of Ses esplorcentroj pri interlingvoj, No.
15E in the series Esperanto-dokumentoi. The 8-page
survey provides basic information on six centers for
Esperanto studies in London, Rotterdam, Vienna, Kor-
trijk (Belgium), Budapest, and Szeged (Hungary).
Ralph A. Lewin and David K. Jordan (U. of California
- San Diego) have collaborated in "The
Predominance of English and the Potential Use of
Esperanto for Abstracts of Scientific Articles," an arti-
cle contributed to Science and Scientists: Essays by
Biochemists, Biologists and Chemists (Tokyo: Japan
Scientific Societies Press; Dordrecht, Boston, London.
D. Reidel Publishing Co.; 1981), pp. 433441.
E. James Lieberman's study "Esperanto and Trans-
National Identity: The Case of Dr. Zamenhof" ap-
peared in the International Journal of the Sociology of
Language, 20 (1979), 89-107.
Humphrey Tonkin (U. of Pennsylvania) lectured on the
language problem and Esperanto on two occasions in
1980 at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris. He is
the author of "Equalizing Language," on Esperanto
and its claims to linguistic equality, in the journal of
Communication, 29 (1979), pp. 124-33. Thomas
Hoeksema's "Esperanto and the Literary Translator:
An Interview with Humphrey Tonkin" recently ap-
peared in Translation Review, No. 7, 1981, pp. 13-21.
Prof. Tonkin was president, 1980-81, of the Penn-
sylvania Council on International Education.
Carieton W. Carroll (Oregon State University) is spen-
ding his sabbatical year in the New York area. With
William F. Orr he will team-teach an Esperanto course
in the January session at Hofstra University.
Pierre L. Uiiman (U. of Wisconsin - Milwaukee) has
published "Schizoschematic Rhyme in Esperanto" in
Papers on Language and Literature, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Fall
1980), pp. 430-38. It is a study of Johan Valano's
poems.
ESPERANTO STUDIES Bulletin No. 7, Nov. 1981 (ex-
cerpted)
ESPERANTO AND SWAHILI. A publication of the
Universal Esperanto Association and its youth section
TEJO, "In Defence of African Cultures," has sparked
considerable interest in Tanzania. The pamphlet,
which deals with problems of cultural and linguistic
imperalism, has been published in a Swahili edition.
At a seminar sponsored by the Linguistics Department
of the University of Dar Es Salaam two years ago, con-
cerned with the teaching of English as an international
language and Swahili as a continental language,
Esperanto was alluded to on several occasions.
Researchers concerned with the modernization of
Swahili are interested in exploring possible parallels
between the development of Swahili and Esperanto,
to assist them in the creation of new terms in Swahili.
THE FOURTH CONFERENCE ON ESPERANTOLOGY
took place in Brasilia during the 66th World Congress
of Esperanto. In three sessions, on Language, Move-
ment, and Literature, the conference heard and
debated the contents of three panel discussions. (Full
report in Esperanto, Sept. 1981, p. 152
ESPERANTO IN SCIENCE AND LAW. A new
periodical, announced in Esperanto, April 1980, is a
landmark in the cooperation of scientists around the
world in solving the problem of linguistic barriers
through the use of Esperanto. The serial, Entomotax-
onomia, is the work of specialists in insect classifica-
tion from China, Denmark, India, Italy, Japan, and the
United States. Edited by Prof. Chou lo, the serial is
published in the People's Republic of China.
The language barrier in science received attention
in Physics Today, July 1979, in an article by Bruce
Sherwood, "Universal Language Requirement." Sher-
wood is also author of a recent review of Kerstin
Klasson, Developments in the Terminology of Physics
and Technology, in Language and Society (1978).
NO, VIRGINIA, THEY DONT
ALL SPEAK ENGLISH
Hot Tubs, Peacock Feathers, and Now Cultural Shock
in Marin County, California. {Steve Rubinstein, San
Francisco Chronicle, 3 February 1982)
The best minds in Larkspur were still trying yester-
day to figure out how a Taiwanese girls' basketball
team turned into a troupe of folk dancers
"What we've got here is a little cross-cultural pro-
blem," said Jerry Kenney, assistant principal at Red-
wood High School.
Apparently- the Taiwanese government officials
decided the l-Ning High School team was not good
enough to represent Taiwan. They decided to send the
folk-dancers but somehow, in a year's exchange of
some two dozen letters, Principal Kenney was not
prepared for a performance of the Flying Belt Dance.
Mensa Group - Amherst invited David Wolff of the
Boston Esperanto Club to speak on the International
Language, thus setting off a lively discussion on the
value of Esperanto for the modern world. The meeting
led to an excellent article by Sally Harrington in the
Milford (N.H.) Cabinet, 21 January 1982. (reported by
Ralph Murphy)
CATCHING UP WITH - ESPERANTO. UP writer
Chas. J. Hanley, in the Monterey Peninsula Herald {19
July 1981), dealt with the world language problem.
The ten-nation European Common Market, where
seven languages are spoken at a cost of more than $23
million yearly, requires interpreters to perform "such
linguistic acrobatics as translating from Danish into
Greek, sometimes going through two intermediate
languages, shedding meaning along the way."
A great economy could be effected at the UN if
Esperanto were the common instrument for transla-
tion. This would put the Third World languages on the
same footing as the six major languages, thus ending
"language discrimination."
The Transcript, New Rockford, N. Dakota (January 13,
1982) featured an article by Richard Mullins, Ph.D.
Local Esperantists are making the free Esperanto
postal courses available through the Public Library.
SLANG! BANG! China's new book on U.S. slang with
180,000 words may prove more of a stumbling block
than a handle on current slang.
According to an article by Paul Loong in the Idaho
Statesman, Boise, 28 February 1982, many of the ex-
pressions hearken back to the sixties {"They went to an
outdoor rock concert in California on the grass and
danced and got stoned."). A dignified Chinese scholar,
consulting this Handbook of Current Americanisms,
might be led to say he's "drooling to let it all hang out"
("drooling" # "very eager" and "let it all hang out" # "to
show real feelings.").
Pity the Chinese falling victim to this "guide."
(Reported by Leland Ross)
BELGIAN VOTE REFLECTS GROWING TENSIONS. On
November 7, the Dallas Times-Herald stated: "A bitter-
ly divided Belgium goes to the polls Sunday..." On
Nov. 9 the San Francisco Chronicle reported: "The
divisions between French-speaking southern Belgium
and the Flemish-speaking north were emphasized last
night by the results of this country's third general elec-
tion in less than five years...
"The most likely result is another relatively weak
ideologically uneasy government. It will be the
country's 32d since the end of World War If, and if it
fails to find remedies for Belgium's pervasive
economic difficulties, it is likely to preside over a fur-
ther growth in separatism on both sides of the
language barrier."
NOTE: Esperantists attending the Esperanto Conven-
tion in Antwerp [24-31 July) will perhaps hear more
about this and language discrimination in general.
SCRAMBLISH - The International Language. A "flash
toilet" in Pakistan and "steamed muscles" in Nagasaki
are some of the attractions awaiting English-speaking
travelers, according to Christopher Lucas in The
Reader's Digest (Scramblish, in One Easy Lesson, June
1981),
Citing a Leningrad cloakroom sign urging, "Please
hang yourself here," Lucas gives some nigh-
incomprehensible pidgin English - the "poor man's
Esperanto." (reported by John Kowalkowski)
FALLING LOGS HIT SWISS TOURISTS, The Portland
Oregonian (22 July 1981)
Silvia Milnar, 31, and daughter Sandra, 10, from
Rapperswil, Switzerland, narrowly escaped death
when logs fell off a truck and slammed into their
rented car near Sweet Home, Oregon. Speaking only
German, they would not tell paramedics where they
were hurt. It took a German instructor from the Com-
munity College to help.
"When you examine, you like as much information
as possible - where it hurts, what the pain is like,
whether there is numbness or tingling," said
paramedic Joe Megore. (Mrs. Milnar required surgery
for broken bones around the eye and in shoulder and
elbow.)
(Ed. note: A similar situation developed when a sniper
picked off a tourist in busload of German tourists in
Arizona.)
AMUSING TRANSLATIONS CAN RUIN A BUSINESS
DEAL - Sylvia Porter, San Francisco Chronicle (2
September 1981)
"An Italian translation from English of a touch-toe
drill had to be corrected, because it came out 'the
dentist takes off his shoe and sock and presses the
drill with his toe.'
"A small-businessman, who gave an instruction
booklet accompanying a computer destined for Jakar-
ta to an Indonesian exchange student, learned (too
late) that the term 'software' came out as
'underwear'...
"Translations that are not precise in contracts,
divorce agreements, instruction manuals, shipping
rules or even in private letters can - and have - cost
millions of dollars in losses over the years. And a poor
translation can not only harm delicate diplomatic
relations, it can also ruin business deals - as it did for
an American company concerned with heavy-duty
wrapping paper.
"The language 'scholar' hired by the corporation, to
handle the translation from English to Japanese
created a hitherto unknown Japanese character that
meant 'he who envelops himself in ten tons of rice
paper.'...
"Yes, English is accepted as a language of intern-
tional commerce. But while there are 386 million peo-
ple who speak English, remember that there are 305
million who speak Urdo, plus 863 million who speak
Chinese, and 117 million who speak Japanese."
THESE ARE THE JOKES, FOLKS was the title ot a col
umn by Stanton Delaplane (San Francisco Chronicle,
27 December 1981) datelined Dec. 27, Soochow,
China, in which he wrote:
CITS, the Chinese tourist office, runs us around and
are very big on pushing us into stores to buy
something. But nobody sells Kleenex...
If there's a problem, it's not being able to meet any
Chinese because you can't speak it You wind up know-
ing more about the people on your tour than you do
about people of the People's Republic.
Ed. Note: Contrast Delaplane's experience with that
of ELNA members last May making friends in all the
cities visited by the San Francisco journalist. We'll
have the same opportunity next October.
UNESCO statistics have shown that with increased in-
ternational contacts, over four-fifths of all transla-
tions are done in languages other than the primary
five...
Shoestring Press (Library and Information Science)
FRENCH-CANADIANS IN DUTCH (Thousand Oaks
News-Chronicle, Dec. 22, 1981) by Mike Tetreault
"When Westlake Patrol security guard Duane
Brunkhardt heard his dispatcher tell him to check out
two suspicious men behind Thrifty Drug Store...
"He found two bearded men standing by a Demp-
sey dumpster. They had large backpacks and looked
like they had slept in their clothes...
"Brunkhardt asked what they were doing and they
replied - in a foreign language... suddenly one of
them pulled an onion out of the dumpster... 'They
were looking for food,' Brunkhardt reported. 1 asked
for ID's and they gave me all sorts of ID and it was all
from Canada in French.'
"Something about them struck Brunkhardt right.
They were hungry, but they didn't try to steal; they
preferred eating out of a dustbin instead... They were
Jean Richard, 24, and Alcide Theriault, 22, from Mon-
treal... the two men left Montreal, taking a bus to
Calgary and hitchhiking... They ran out of money. The
language barrier proved almost insurmountable.
...almost no one in southern California knows the Aca-
dian French — the French of Paris in the 1600's. Peo-
ple were nice to them and tried to help but nobody
could...
"Looking at what seemed certain starvation they
determined to hitchhike back to Canada but could get
no rides on Interstate 5."
Brunkhardt contacted a local church group which
found a French-Canadian interpreter and set out to
help.
(reported by Scott Smith)
A GIFT OF TONGUES, Time Magazine (Economy and
Business, 14 December 1981)
"Anyone who has ever tried to explain that he wants
a thingamajig that goes on the end of a doohickey
understands the problem of trying to get a what-
chamacallit in a foreign language. So did the mer-
chants of northern Chicago's Lincoln Village Shopping
Center. To fill the needs of customers who speak only
such languages as Japanese, Spanish, Hebrew, French
and Greek, Lincoln Village has opened Language Line,
a linguistic service that can help locate gizmos for
speakers of foreign tongues."
HOW'S THAT AGAIN? Grant Goodall writes from his
studies at MIT: "Newsletter readers may find of in-
terest this excerpt from After the Cataclysm:"
We know of only one Khmer-speaking Westerner who
is an academic specialist on Cambodia and has visited
refugee camps in Thailand without the supervision of
authorities, namely, Michael Vickery, who reports as
follows on his August 1976 visit:
"Since I speak Khmer I was something of a curiosity
for them and it was easy to gather a crowd around and
listen to what they said whether in response to ques-
tions or to unorganized conversation. It was soon
clear that there was much disagreement among the
refugees about conditions in Cambodia. Some pushed
the brutality line, others denied it, or emphasized that
killings were rare and due to the cruelty of a few in-
dividual leaders. Thus many of the refugees admitted
that they had left because they disliked the rigorous
working life under the new regime, not because they
were threatened with death or brutality.
"So much was already apparent from a close
reading of newspaper accounts. What I found more in-
triguing was that once when alone with one of the men
he called attention to the lack of agreement and add-
ed that it was never noticed by outsiders because they
didn't understand Khmer. According to him, camp
authorities had organized French and English speak-
ing refugees as informants to give the official line to
journalists who came to visit."
After the Cataclysm
Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman
South End Press, Boston, 1979
Goodall goes on to say: "This reminds me of a
similar problem I noticed in the reporting of the
Miami refugee crisis in Cuba in 1980. Living in San
Diego at the time I was able to watch the news on TV
from both Mexico and the U.S. What you saw on the
American news was carefully edited excerpts from in-
terviews with English-speaking refugees, usually doc-
tors, engineers, and the like.
"The Mexican newsmen, on the other hand, simply
set up their equipment and let the cameras roll. Thus
one heard not only from the doctors and engineers,
but also from thieves, homosexuals, religious fanatics,
as well as a few ordinary workers.
"The overall impression left by the Mexican pro-
gram was, of course, quite different from that left by
the American one. In this case, it was particularly
clear how the language problem can distort our
perception of world events.
"Actually this type of thing goes on constantly in
the Southwest where illegal aliens from Mexico are a
frequent topic for TV news stories. Only rarely are the
illegal aliens themselves allowed to say anything on
TV; I suppose because most of them didn't have the
decency to learn English.
"Dozens of similar examples come to mind: Poland,
El Salvador, Korea - all areas where Americans
should be as informed as possible."
A COSTLY ERROR. Twelve years too late the Egyptian
Ministry of Finance became aware of a translation er-
ror in commercial contracts with Jugoslavia and In-
dia. The cause was a mistranslation into Arabic of
customs regulations. Because of that, private buyers
paid only half the customary import duty for 7,500
Jugoslavian automobiles, and many refrigerators.
Egypt lost 3,600,000 Egyptian pounds ($4,358,700) in
revenue.
{Heroldo de Esperanto, 14 December 1981)
VACATION-STUDY OPPORTUNITIES

Dr. James Cool, Associate Professor of Languages at
Wilmington (Ohio) College, and Charles Power, recently
Convention Organizer for the Universal Esperanto
Association, Rotterdam, will teach at San Francisco
State University this summer. SFSU is offering three
weeks of intensive Esperanto on three levels (basic, in-
termediate, and advanced), 28 June through 16 July.
Now in its 13th year, the courses provide three full
university credits.
FOR INFORMATION about scholarships, course ap-
plication forms, contact: Cathy Schulze, 410 Darrell
Road, Hillsborough, CA 94010, tel. (415) 342-1796.
RECENZOJ
LA GEKNABOI DE KASTELO CREZIIONO - Audrey Childs-
Mee, 29p, 1981, mimeo, $4.50.
Unfortunately summer vacation at Gresillon is beyond the
reach of most American children. European children, who
vacation there with their parents, enjoy not only the usual
hobbies but also an opportunity to perfect their Esperanto
with vacationers from many lands.
It was for such children that Audrey Childs-Mee wrote La
geknaboj de Kastelo Grezijono, ("The children of Castle
Gressilon"), a reader and textbook for children.
Although mimeographed, this modest book is rich in lively
pictures, simple conversations and songs, used in the basic
course written by Childs-Mee using the Cseh ("direct")
Method . Charming illustrations underscore all of the objects
and actions used in the booklet
The seven songs are bright and gay, for games, birthdays,
etc. After the conversation studies, 50 pictures without cap-
tions are useful for testing word knowledge. A useful book
for teachers of children.
(reviewed by Cathy Schulze)
LA ROBAIOJ DE OMAR KA/AM I The Rubuiy&t of Omar
Khayysm, by Edward Fitzgerald, translated from the English
by William Auld, Glasgow: Eldonejo Kardo, 1980.
William Auld's translation of the Rubiiyst presents a
paradox; he has carefully reproduced in Esperanto, almost
word for word, one of the freest translations in literary
history. Khayyam's Rubiiyst ("Quatrains") were a collection
of epigrams in a traditional Persian form, unified by common
themes. Fitzgerald reworked this material into a single vivid-
ly romantic poem. In the West, at least, Fitzgerald's version
has been far more popular than any more exact translation
of the original.
Fitzgerald's "translation" stands alone, then, as a poem in
its own right and has been translated into a number of
languages.   Auld's   Esperanto   version   follows   Fitzgerald
faithfully,   reproducing   the   verse   form   with   the   usual
Esperanto "kromsilabo" at the end of each line. The lines are
often as close to word for word translations as the rhyme
scheme will allow, and the quatrains always correspond ex-
actly. Technically, the translation is excellent. But the com-
pactness of English verse works against Auld. It is nearly im-
possible to squeeze into four lines of Esperanto pentameter
all that can be said in an English quatrain of the same meter.
Auld is skilled at compression, yet at times something is lost:
And David's Lips are lock't; but in divine
High piping Pehlevi, with "Wine! Wine! Wine!
Red Wine!" —the Nightingale cries to the Rose
That yellow Cheek of hers to incarnadine.
David silentas; sed per sankt-esprimo
De I'pelevia "Vino! Vino! Vino!
J a vino ruĝa!" najtingalo pepe
ruĝigas flavan vangon de I'rozino.
And somehow the most famous quatrain of all just isn't
the same:
Dum sub ĉi arbo sidas mi, kun pano,
Vino kaj versoj pretaj al la mano-
Kaj apud mi vi kantas en dezerto-
Tiu dezerto estas jam nirvano,
Nirvano? Nirvana is hardly the same thing as Paradise, and
is an odd word to put in the mouth ot a Muslim.
Much is lost in any translation, of course, though I think
that very little need be lost in translations into Esperanto.
Auld's translation has much to recommend it. It is interesting
to compare it with the facing English text, and study how
Auld attacked various problems of translation. On the other
hand, the constant presence of the English original makes it
harder to appreciate the Esperanto version for its own
qualities as a poem.
I don't think anyone who loves the Rubsiyat should pass
up this excellent translation; it is a pleasure to see an old
friend in a new form. Still, this doesn't seem to be the
definitive Esperanto version of the Rubsiyat. Any volunteers?
Recenzis Daniel Treesong Burke
ESPERANTO IN LITERATURE AND LINGUISTICS.
BABEL, the international journal on translation, has
introduced a regular section on "Esperanto News." In
a recent issue (3/79), there appeared an article by
Vilmos Benczik on the role of Esperanto as a linguistic
bridge to Asiatic literature. In this same connection
we note the recent publication of a Japanese transla-
tion of Sur Insulo Malproksima, the novel by jo van
Hemert-Remmers originally written in Esperanto and
first published in 1957.
METROPOLITENO, the well-known Esperanto
novel by the early Soviet writer Varankin, has ap-
peared in an English translation by the American Mar-
ta Evans (published in Antwerp by TK).
LOCAL CLUBS
CALIFORNIA
Northridge    -   California    State    University's
Experimental College is offering a basic Esperanto
course   in   the   spring   semester.  The   instructor   is
Thomas J. Curtis, Jr., MA (Linguistics).
Los Angeles - The Esperanto-Asocio de Los Angeles
(EALA) will celebrate the club's 55th anniversary at a
dinner June 6, 1982.  (Can another club top this?)
Sacramento   -   John   Mathews   reports   that   Tony
McEwing  of  Channel   10  TV   attended   their  club
meeting. They appeared on the 5:30 and 10:00 PM
newscasts. The Sacramento Club also hosted Miss
Setsuko Umeda of Tokyo.
San Francisco - Dr. E. J. Lieberman (Washington DC),
past president of ELNA, lectured at the San Francisco
Club   in   February   on   "Modernaj   Perspektivoj   Pri
Freud".   An   article   by   Dr.   Lieberman,   "Lingvaj
Problemoj en la Scienco" appeared in the January 20
issue of Heroldo de Esperanto.
FLORIDA
Islamorada Public Library offered a talk on Esperanto
by Dr. Maria Murphy of the Boston Esperanto Club,
who is wintering in Florida.
St. Petersburg Times (Jan. 20) featured an interview by
Tim Johnson with Dr. Douglas Swett, President of the
Florida Esperanto Society and member of the ELNA
Board.   Dr.   Swett   teaches   a   lively   class   at   St.
Petersburg Jr. College.
MASSACHUSETTS
Dorchester - Esperanto is one of 100 electives for
Dorchester High School students. Ralph Murphy is
teaching a 10-Iesson minicourse March-May.
NEW YORK
New York City - Dr. Humphrey Tonkin, Representative
for the Universal Esperanto Association at the UN,
announces that Prof. Leonard Dzelzitis is now Acting
Director of the UEA office at 777 U N Plaza, NY
10017. Mrs. Neelu Dhar is the principal liaison with
the UN secretariat and the missions. Tibor Sekelj of
Yugoslavia was on hand for a Zamenhof-Day
reception which brought together people from the
secretariat and NGOs. Among the participants was
the deputy ambassador from the People's Republic of
China.
Betty Manson reports that 21 students registered for
Esperanto classes at Stuyvesant adult school and that
the Esperanto translation of A//ce in Wonderland
appeared in a Carroll Exhibit at the Morgan Library.
OHIO
Ashtabula - Scott Campbell at Oberlin College
received permission to study Esperanto
independently during winter quarters. John Ricker
helps with questions.
TEXAS
Tandy Komputsloj reklamas per Esperanto-teksto
tradukita de Michael Jones, 3712-A Tulsa Way, Ft.
Worth TX 76107.
UTAH
Provo Esperanto-Rondo has just elected Dr.
Konstantin Behnert of West Germany president. He
plans a recruitment campaign for PER. Eighty
students studied Esperanto in the fall semester at
Brigham Young University, and about the same
number is in the spring class.
ANONCOJ
National Exams (AATE) will be administered by
Dorothy Holland during the Esperanto courses at San
Francisco State University June 28-July 16. State
whether you want BASIC, INTERMEDIATE, or
ADVANCED exam by writing in advance to Cathy
Schulze or Dorothy Holland.
Radio-Amatoroj: La Bulteno de Internacia Ligo de
Eŝperantistaj Radio-Amatoroj estas abonebla de
Edward Lindberg, W2CIL, 113 Maple ' Dr.,
Bowmansville NY 14026.
Cornelius J. McKown, 460 Orlando Ave., State College
PA 16801 dez. kor. sonbende kun Usonanoj,
Kanadanoj, kaj Meksikanoj pri ĉ. temoj. Bv skribi
antaŭ ol sendi sonbendon.
Vladivostok-Esperanto-Klubo, heredinto de Esperanto-
movado kiu ekstaris en jaro 1891, deziras kontakton
kun tutmondaj samideanoj. Eble ni vidos
Vladivostokanojn ĉe la Tutpacifika Konferenco en
Portlando en 1984. Sendu invitojn al: Vladivostoka
Esperanto-Klubo, regiona domo de junularo, av. 100
let Vladivostoku 103, SU-690039, Vladivostok USSR.
(Canada Esperanto-Asocio eldonis specialan Vintran
numeron de ĝia revuo LUMO. Wayne Mies (BYU,
Provo UT) verkis artikolon pri la juna Kanada atleto,
Terry Fox, kiu perdis kruron pro kancero. Por helpi la
Kanad-an Kanceran Societon, Fox kuris Maratonon de
Espero trans Kanadon en 1980. La multaj fotoj kun la
rakonto belege ilustras la karieron de la kuraĝa Terry
Fox. KEA vendas la 32-paĝan revuon por $3 por prof iti
la Kanadan Kanceran Societon. Mendu de KEA, PK
2159, Sidney BC Canada V8L 3S3.
Mind Control Newsletter, beginning with its January
issue, is offering its subscribers a series of ten
Esperanto lessons plus Silva Mind Control tips for
learning. ELNA will be interested in having reports
from those using the Silva techniques in learning or
teaching Esperanto.
(reported by John Mathews and Frank Heimuth)
MENSA - ESPERMENSA now administers a rapid
Correspondence Course, geared to the brightest
minds. It is available to speakers of English, French,
Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Swedish. MENSA
bulletins in the U.S. may want to make known to their
members that they may obtain details by sending two
international reply coupons (available at the
postoffice) to: Audrey C.E. Childs-Mee, Postbus 25041,
3001 HA Rotterdam, Holland.
List of Official Esperanto Courses -1982
Oficiala Situacio de la Esperanto-lnstruado en la
Mondo is an up-to-date list showing a healthy growth
in the number of. universities offering Esperanto
courses with names of the instructors. The brochure
gives information on the laws governing Esperanto
instruction in various countries. A foreword by
Professor Michel Due Goninaz of the University of
Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France, describes the
importance of this brochure, compiled by Germain
Pirlot, Kemmelbergstraat 5/b. 3, B-8400, Oostende,
Belgium.
NOTE: University instructors of Esperanto are
requested to provide up-to-date information to Mr,
Pirlot.
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Boston club members host reception for ELNA
President Dr. Thomas Goldman (standing at left) at the
home of Dr. Maria and Ralph Murphy.
(Photo: Al Unterberg)
Germaine Chomette
Memorial Student Scholarship Funds Growing
In memory of Germaine Chomette who died
January 22 (see January-February NL) an education
fund has been established by the Esperanto Associa-
tion of Los Angeles. This will honor not only Mrs.
Chomette but other EALA members who have passed
away in recent months: Sigurd Glassen, Hyman Le-
deeh, and John Stitz. Contributions have been receiv-
ed from William Worrell, Pauline Ledeen, Helen
Scherer, Irwin Schor, and William Glenny. Donations
to the ELNA Esperanto Scholarship Fund for Advanc-
ed Studies at San Francisco State University have
been made by Cecelia Peterson and William Schulze.
ELLEN ANN LEWIS ESPERANTO SCHOLARSHIP
FUND, set up by the Boston Esperanto Club, is grow-
ing according to Ellen's mother, Mrs. Frances Lewis.
Eleven Contributions bring it to $573.
NEKROLOGE
Ruth Hullen, vidvino de Esperantisto Jacob Hullen,
mortis en Napa, CA, la 7an de marto. La Napa
Esperanto-Klubo kontribuas al la Studenta Fonduso
por Esperanto-studoj ĉe San Francisco State Universi-
ty memore al s-ino Hullen.  (raportis Rose Norlund)
VOLAS KORESPONDI
Bulgaria:
S-ino Canka Boteva, okr. Targoviŝte, S. Makario-polsko
7750, Bulgaria
Evgeni Georgiev, Str.  Bzco/Kiro 35 II   BG-1202 SOFIA,
Bulgaria - 27j. pĉt
China:
ZHANG He-ming, Foreign Language Dept., Shanghai, In-
stitute of Maritime Transport, Shanghai, China; ?6j, organizis
studgrupon 60-membran, kolektas malgrandajn naciajn
flagojn; sciencajn tekstojn en Esperanto.
CAI  Jian-yi,  Redakcio de  la  Revuo "Ying Ju  Yi  Shu",
Demokratia St., NANNING, Aŭtonoma Regiono GUANG-XI,
P. R. China.
Czechoslovakia:
Stanislav Kares, Tylova 1262, 508 01 Norice, okres Jicin,
Czechoslovakia.37j; agronomo; sekr. de loka Esperanto-
klubo.
D-ro Blahova L., 14100 Posta Praha 41, postk. 13,
Czechoslovakia. 60j kuracistino deziras korespondi kun
liberaj samideanoj por estonta reciproka vizito. Frantisek
Nikodem, Partizanska 3, CS-052 01 Spisska Nova Ves,
Czechoslovakia. 47j konstru-teknikisto.
Jitka Dajĉarova, Louĉna 68, 78811 Czechoslovakia, v.k.
kun 14j knabino. Foje vizitis San Francisco-regionon.
Josef Ulrich, U studentky 1318, 509 01 Nova Paka,
Czechoslovakia - 23j, muziko, religio.
Miloslav   Vanek,   3.   kvetna   779,   509   01    Nov   Paka,
Czechoslovakia - 23j, muziko, religio.
Germany:
Giinter Rudolph, Grosse Gasse 64, Gierstadt 5101, East
Germany; 27j studento.
Hungary:
Vincze Miklos, Szekesfehervar, Berkes Ferenc Lsp. 11,
8000, Hungary; 48j, 2 gefiloj; literaturo, muziko, arto, naturo.
Erika   Varkoly,    H-3900   Szerencz,    Szechenyi    ut   43,
Hungary; 26j instruistino.
Iran:
Hossein Mohammadi, Hakimnezami High School, Ghom,
Iran; 18j studento.
Italy:
Scuola Elementare Statale 'CEP', Settore Esperanto, via
Flavio Cioia, 09100 Cagliari, Italy
Norway:
S-ino May Helen Findahl, Jutulvn. 90, N-2074 Eidsvoll
Verk., Norway; 37j.
Poland:
Maria Krol, 02118 Warszawa, Pruszkowska 4 B/17, Poland;
27j; laboras en libro-eldonejo; muziko, literaturo, filmarto,
turismo.
Ryszard Winski, 65-058 Zielona Cora, ul. Swierczewskiego
35/4, Poland; 23j, juristo; sporto, politiko; membro de nova
pola junulara org.
Milosz WROBLEWSKI, ul. Malczewskiego 35 m 35, 93-154
LODZ, Poland; 21 j studento de agrikulturo; literatura
historio, filmo, muziko, bk.
Janusz J. Olbrzymek, Skrytka Pocztowa 54, 30-964
Krakow 42, Poland; 27j fraŭlo - filmoj, geografio, libroj,
Historio.
Stanislawa Towsciuk, ul. Wolnosci 1, 86-050 Solec Ku-
jawski, Poland; 36j instruistino kun edzo-mekanisto, filo12j.
Sovetunio:
Pogorelaja Svetlana, skola 221, ul. Kudrjasova 12, Kiev-35,
SU-252 035,  Sovetunion.   En 1982  UNESKO  agnoskas  la
1500-jaran datrevenon de Kiev.
Vietnam:
Nguyen-phuoc-Trach, 386/43, strato Ng. v. Troi, Q.3, HO
CHI MINH urbo, Vietnam.
Niaj geklubanoj deziras korespondi kun Esperantistoj tut-
monde pri Ĉ. t. Skribu al: S-ro NGO Chan Ly, 539/TK2/20,
Tran Hung Dao, TP. Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
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653-0998   Monday - Friday 9:30 - 4:30
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES -Basic and Advanced -
Write ELNA Central Office for registration forms.
EXAMINATION SERVICES
Send seif-addressed stamped envelope for syllabus
and application form for the Basic, Intermediate, or
Advanced Examination to:   Usona Ekzamena Servo,
1010 Crestwood PL, Santa Barbara CA 93105.
ELNA TAPE LIBRARY
Send  self-addressed  stamped  envelope  for  list  of
available tapes to:   H. K. VerPloeg, 321 E. 19th Ave.,
Spokane WA 99213
ELNA BOOK SERVICE - Magazine Subscriptions, bulk
informational materials, classroom texts, etc. Order
from ELNA Central Office.
SAN    FRANCISCO    STATE    UNIVERSITY    YOUTH
SCHOLARSHIP Fund for advanced Esperanto study.
Contact    Cathy    Schulze,    410    Darrell    Road,
Hillsborough CA 94010 for information.
VIRINA! AFEROJ: Kontaktu Cathy Schulze aŭ Ellie
Stein.
TRAVEL NOTES
CHINA OPPORTUNITY STILL OPEN...
There are still a few places left for the Second
Esperantist Group Visit to China, if you act quickly. As
announced in previous Newsletters, this group will
visit Beijing, Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Wuxi,
Shanghai, Guilin and Hong Kong, with a Chinese
Esperantist guide and many personal contacts with
Chinese Esperantists. Traveling in China as an
Esperantist is a unique experience - don't miss it!
Your ELNA Travel Committee has prepared detailed
information for you on economical travel ar-
rangements to the ELNA Congress in Florida as well as
the UK in Antwerp. Time is running out - if you intend
to attend either Congress, write to me today.
For a brochure on the China Esperantist Group or
any other travel information, write or call:
Lucille C. Harmon
Esperanto Travel Service
578 Grand Avenue
Oakland CA 94610
[415] 836-1710
OFICISTOJ DE ELNA:
Prezidanto: Thomas A. Goldman
Vicprezidanto: Ellie Stein
Kasisto: William H. Schulze
Sekretario: Benn E. Clouser
Estraranoj: Janet Bruges, James Cool, Thomas Goodman,
Wm.  R.  Harmon, Julius Manson, John Massey, Cornelius
McKown, W. Campbell Nelson, Douglas Swett.
KOMITATANOJ KAJ KOMISIITOJ DE ELNA
nomitaj de Prez-o Thomas Goldman por ia jaro 1981-1982:
KANDIDATIGA KOMITATO:
Janet Bixby
Allan C. Boschen
Conrad Fisher
Roan U. Orloff-Stone
H. K. VerPloeg
KOMITATO PRI UN-AFEROJ:
Julius Manson
Mark Starr
KOMISIITO POR INFORMADO:
Ralph Murphy
KOMISIITO POR CENTRA OFICEJO:
William R. Harmon
KOMISIITO POR VIRINAJ AFEROJ:
Ellie Stein
KOMISIITO POR VOJAĜAFEROJ:
Lucille C. Harmon
KOMISIITO POR JUNULARAj AFEROJ:
Prof-o James Cool
KOMISIITO POR TESTAMENTAJ AFEROJ:
John Massey
KOMISIITO POR OLIMPIAJ LUDOj 1984:
Bernice Garrett.
Redaktoro de ELNA NEWSLETTER:
Catherine L. Schulze
ELNA NEWSLETTER
Volume 18, No. 2
ISSN 0030-5065
Bimonthly organ of the
Esperanto League for North America, Inc.
P. O. Box 1129, El Cerrito CA 94530.
Telephone [415] 653-0998.
Editor: Catherine L. Schulze
Production: Wm. R. Harmon
and Donald Harlow
Back issues available for promotional use.
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Esperanto League for North America, Inc.
P.O. Box 1129
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ESPERANTO CALENDAR 1982
28 Jun -16 July            San Francisco State Univerity Esperanto Sum-
mer Sessions
16-20 July                      ELNA Annual Convention, St. Petersburg FL
17-19 July                      Dua Tutamerika Esperanto Konferenco,
Bogota Colombia
24-31 July                      Universal Congress of Esperanto, Antwerp,
Belgium
1-3 October                   NOREK (Northwest Regional Esperanto Con-
ference), Fort Worden State Park, near Port
Townsend, WA.
9-10 October                 EGI (Intermountain Esperanto Conference),
Phoenix-Sun City, AZ.
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CORRECTION: January-February NEWSLETTER gave
erroneous dates for the Universal Congress, Antwerp,
and San Francisco State University courses (see calen-
dar above for correct dates)
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ELNA DUES FOR 1982
Individual Member                                                  $25.00
Family Membership                                                    37.50
Youth Member (under 18 years)                               12.50
Student Member (under 25 years)                            12.50
Senior member (65 or over)                                       12.50
Supporting member                                                   50.00
Life Membership                                                       500.00
HEROLDO DE ESPERANTO - Independent newspaper
in Esperanto. 17 issues yearly; news, views, reviews,
poetry, humor, calendar of events, science.
1982 Subscription Prices:
SURFACE   MAIL................$16.00
VIA AIRMAIL..................$19.00
1982 TARIFF FOR U.E.A.
BARGAIN YEAR!   U.E.A. DUES REDUCED!
Member-Yearbook (MJ)                                            $12.00
Member-Subscriber (MA)                                           30.00
Societo Zamenhof (additional)                                 60.00
Subscription only to Esperanto                                 18.00
Subscription only to Kontakto                                    9.00
Life Membership in UEA                                          750.00
Send payments for UEA memberships or subscriptions
to UEA , Box 1129, El Cerrito CA 94530. You may in-
clude UEA memberships or subscriptions with ELNA
membership dues or book orders.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Clippings, articles sent for
the NEWSLETTER should include NAME
AND DATE OF PERIODICAL in order that it
can be quoted. Articles and book reviews
should be double-spaced and in duplicate.
PLEASE    IMMEDIATELY    NOTIFY    ELNA    OF   ANY
CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER
ABONU AU REABONU
La Ĉinan Monatan Gazeton en Esperanto
EL POPOLA ĈINIO
Twelve thick issues a year, each with three large color
sections. EPĈ contains material not only on the Peo-
ple's Republic of China and on the national Esperanto
movement, but on the international Esperanto move-
ment as well.
por 1 jaro                                                 $6.00
por 2 jaroj                                                $10.00
por 3 jaroj                                                15.00
El Popola Ĉinio is one of the most outstanding Esperanto
publications in the world. Look it over and you'll agree!
Sendu abonpagojn al la loka peranto:
ELNA CENTRA OFICEJO
BOX 1129
EL CERRITO, CA 94530