ELM NEWSLETTER
NEWS OF THE LANGUAGE PROBLEM
AND ESPERANTO AS A SOLUTION
November-December 1984
Every December, a moving event occurs throughout the world.   Esperanto-speakers
gather to share a cup of coffee, a glass of cider or wine, or a sumptuous banquet.   The
occasion is the birthday of Esperanto's creator, Dr. L. L. Zamenhof, December 15, 1859.
Reading of poetry by and about Dr. Zamenhof adds to the beauty of the occasion.
Poul Thorsen, in his poem "Prologo", wrote:
Hodiau
en moment' solena
en lingvo Zamenhofa, pura, plena,
facile fluas vortoj, varme, verse
karesi noblan nomon kvazau per Alta Kanto
Doktoro Esperanto
Hodiaŭ
ritmo, rimoj kun dolco dance festas
pro verko, kiu mem poemo estas.
"Sur nia malgranda globo, homoj ne plu povas vivi kiel fremduloj...Nia preĝo estas ke homoj ĉie
finline Iernos vivi kiel fratoj en reciproka respekto por siaj diferencoj, por kuraci la vundojn unu
al la alia, por antaŭenigi laprogreson de ĉiuj, kaj ke tiu profitu de la komuna scio!" - Adlai
Stevenson, UNA-USA (translated from English)
INSIDE:   High Hopes              Esperanto in the News              The Language Problem              Language in the News
Gaja Paĝo             J.E.N.             The Dollar Value of English             Welcome to M.I.T.
DECEMBER IS ESPERANTO BOOK MONTH-DECEMBER IS ESPERANTO BOOK MONTH-DECEMBER IS ESPERANTO BOOK MONTH
THE DOLLAR VALUE OF ENGLISH
(The following was written by David Jordan, Ph.D.,
Language and Research Fellow in the Inter-University
Program for Chinese Language Studies in Taipei,
administered by Stanford University.)
"...the disproportionate wealth and trade of the
United States probably plays a larger role in
sustaining English as the unit of international
exchange. An editorial in the Da/7y Malta Chronicle
(Dec. 2, 1930) described English as
...the universal language that will be used
throughout the world... No other European
language can advance any claim to be
universal ...English is more than ever
recognized to be not only Malta's secondary
language, but the universal language of the
coming age.
"That was more than half a century ago, and the age
it foresaw is our own.  But there is something the
matter with the word 'universal' or the word 'language'
or both in there. English is certainly the most useful
language    on    the    planet    today.    But,    having
acknowledged that, it has also to be acknowledged
that   the   competence   of   most   of   its   non-native
speakers is limited to "Hallow! Give me wan dollah!"
"If Esperantists spoke their language competently,
it would still have an edge as a language in which
people could actually converse as opposed to merely
being able to cope somewhow. The distinction is a
significant one and  much underappreciated,  but a
different tirade. For the foreseeable future there is
enough English and enough dollar lust out there for
one to be thankful for having been born in a place
where English and dollars come naturally."
Language in Malaysia
After race riots in 1969, the government of
multicultural Malaysia decided to establish Malay (or
Bahasa Malaysia, as it is called) as the national
language, and to develop it as the sole language of
instruction at all state-supported schools. In 1970 the
government began phasing out English as the medium
of instruction in national schools, and replacing it
with Bahasa Malaysia, so that at the end of 1982 all
students sitting exams for university admission had
had their education in the language, which has
become the object of intensive development.
It is an official language in 4 of the soon-to-be-
expanded ASEAN membership of 6 countries:
Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Brunei. Even in
Thailand and the Philippines sizeable Malay-speaking
minorities force reluctant acknowledgment of the
language's status. The Indonesian variant (Bahasa
Indonesia) results from a political declaration in 1928
when a group of students resolved that Indonesia was
"one people, one language and one homeland", but
there, as a pasar (market) language, it had had the
inestimable value of being a lingua franca in a
multilingual archipelago without being a colonial
tongue. Regarding retention of colonial English as a
second language in Malasia, it is oficially argued that
this is useful only for the upper third of the educated
population." (from Far Eastern Economic Review, Nov,
17, 1983)
INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE PROBLEM
(Reported by Brian Kaneen, Simon Fraser University)
A Global Village View (Intercom 104)
If the world were a global village of 100 people,
only 6 would be North Americans. Eleven of the 100
would speak English; 89 would not. Nineteen of the
100 would be of 'first world' status, depending a great
deal on the 9 'second' and 72 'third' world people for
resources, markets, and labor.
These economic links in the global village
necessitate interaction, and interaction implies
communication. Education for responsible citizenship
in a global age recognizes that the world is indeed a
global village. A global perspective is an awareness of
the interdependency of all people, and sees beyond
national boundaries and language barriers.
It is high time for global issues to emerge as topics
of daily instruction in our schools.
Multilingualism in International Law and Institutions
-Mala Tabory
Tabory writes (from the Preface): "It is hard to
believe in 1979 that only 60 years ago, Lord Balfour
was engaged at Versailles in a bitter struggle with
Clemenceau to secure equality for the English
language, alongside French, as the language of
diplomacy. Today multilingualism is the accepted
order of things...When the UN commenced in
1946...diplomats worked through personal
interpreters...But the UN introduced a new era with
five 'official' languages - Chinese, English, French,
Russian, and Spanish ...(This) brought to the fore a new
generation of diplomats, not notably distinguished by
their mastery of foreign languages
...Multilingualism...started to develop...as the
monoglot was replacing the polyglot as the run-of-the-
mill diplomat. ...The quinquilingualism, to some
extent fictitious, of the early years of the UN rapidly
became sexilingualism in reality, demanding
intellectual, technological and financial efforts
commensurate with it."
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MIA  RAPORTO  PRI   LA  ELNA  KAJ  TUT-PACIFIKA
KONGRESOJ (Konfesoj de Krokodilanto)
- David Trautmann
Mi veturis al Portland per auto, do mi praktikis
Esperanton dum la vojaĝo: "Saluton!" "Mia nomo
estas..." kaj tiel plu. Mi volis esti preta.
Kiam mi alvenis, mi iris al la registrantoj, kaj laŭte
anoncis: "Saluton, miaj karaj gesamideanoj! Mia
nomo estas David Trautmann". (Tio estis mia unua
eraro.) "Bonvenon," diris ili. Mi ne komprenis ion ajn
dum la sekvintaj dek minutoj. La registrantino
daŭrigis per longa, amika parolado, kaj fine faris
demandon. Mi staris muta. Mia buŝo estis malferma,
sed vortoj ne venis el ĝi. "Rapidu", mi pensis, "mia
vortaro!" Sed kiel trovi ĉiun vorton sufiĉe rapide?
Neeble! "Ho", ŝi diris anglalingve, "mi opiniis, ke vi
komprenas Esperanton bone, car via parolo estas
klara kaj rapida". "Ne, mi bedaŭras", mi diris. "Mi
neniam diros 'saluton' denove", mi pensis.
Dum la interkona vespero, D-ro Ralph Harry, kies
jaroj da interkonaj vesperoj diplomataj faris lin
majstro de konversacio, salutis min kaj diris, "Saluton,
sinjoro. Kio estas via nomo?"(Mi trankviliĝis kaj
pensis, "Mi komprenas pli bone". Mia koro saltis pro
ĝojo. "Mia nomo estas David Trautmann, kaj vi?"
"Harri". "Saluton, Harry!" (Mi ne sciis sufiĉe por diri
"via moŝto".) Ĉi tiu viro estas Komandanto de la
Ordeno de la Imperio Brita! Ho, mia Dio!
Li paroladis dum longa tempo, kaj mi nur kapjesis
aŭ diris "jes" aŭ "mm hmm". Mi komprenis nur unu aŭ
du vortojn. Nun mi scias, kial li estas diplomato!
Poste, li prelegis al la kongresanoj pri la lingvo
internacia. Li diris, ke Esperanto estas por internacia
kompreno, sed mi nenion povis kompreni!
En la vespero de la publika programo mi invitis
mian nevon, juna neesperantisto, kiu loĝas en
Portland. Kiam d-ro Harry vidis min, mi pensis, "Ho!
Venas la Komandanto de la Ordeno de la Imperio
Brita!" Mi rapide prezentis al li mian nevon, kiu
parolas nur la anglan lingvon. Diplomate, s-ro Harry
parolis anglalingve, do mi komprenis lin tre bone!
Post la programo mi komprenis tre bone, kiel
Navaho-indianoj junaj sentas kiam ili estas devigitaj
paroli anglalingve en la lernejo. Mi same sentis.
Mi konatiĝis kun juna japano, kiu volis veturi al la
urbocentro kun sia bela amikino. Ili ne sciis ion ajn pri
la aŭtobusa sistemo, do mi proponis veturigi ilin. Ili
estis tre dankemaj, kaj ni fariĝis geamikoj. Li petis, ke
mi revenu por ili je la kvina horo, sed mi preferis
reveni je la sesa kaj duono. Ni provis akordiĝi. Fine li
diris, "Bone! Vi revenu je la kvina horo". "Li estas tre
obstina", mi pensis. Estis neeble diskuti facile per
Esperanto, do mi konsentis.
En la sekvinta mateno mi salutis mian novan
amikon tre varme: "Ĉu vi fartas, mia amiko?" "Ĉu mi
fartas!" li respondis. "Ĉu vi parolas anglalingve aŭ
Esperante?" (Mi informiĝis poste, ke ĉi tiu japano
parolas la anglan lingvon pli bone ol mi.) "Ne diru 'cu
fartas, sed kiel fartas, mia ridinda amiko", li diris. Mi
tre embarasiĝis. "Pardonu min, pardonu min", mi diris.
En alia tago mi parolis al s-ro Milani de Milwaukee
pri mia aliĝo al BEL (Bahaa Esperanto-Ligo). "La kotizo
estas dek dolaroj", li respondis. Mi havis nur dudek-
dolaran bileton, do mi donis^ĝin al li. "Dankon,
dankon!" li diris kun surprizo. "Ci estas tre malavara
donaco! Dankon!" Mi ne sciis kion diri, do mi nenion
diris. Mi pensas, ke tio tamen estas por bona celo.
Unu tagon, mia nevo demandis al mi, "Kiel oni
blastemas en Esperanto?" (Mia nevo estas
dekkelkjarulo, kompreneble.) Nu, mi ne scias kiel
blasfemi en Esperanto, eble pro tio, ke mi neniam
aŭdis iun blasfemi en Esperanto. "Esperanto estas bela
lingvo. Ĉi estas la lingvo de paco kaj Ia lingvo de
amo". mi respondis.        ,    ,                         ...
Ofte mi vidas, tamen, ke kiam Esperantistoj parolas
angle, la kvalito de la konverscio malbonigas. Mi
parolis kun unu eksterlandanino pri juneco kaj religio.
Ni havis belan kaj amikan konversacion en Esperanto.
Estis malfacile kompreni ŝin, do ŝi sugestis ke ni
parolu anglalingve. Mi bedaŭras ke mi konsentis, car
en angla lingvo oni komprenas unu la alian tro bone!
Estis multaj helpemaj kaj spertaj Esperantistoj ĉe la
Kongreso, precipe Esperantistinoj kiuj ĝuis helpi al mi
Ierni la internacian lingvon. Post la tria tago, mi
kutimiĝis diri, "Tro rapida por mi; mi ne komprenas.
Ripetu, mi petas". En tiu tago mi diris tion centfoje.
Tio estas la kaŭzo de mia krokodilado dum la
Esperanto-Kongreso.
Afiŝo ĉe fenestro de restoracio proksime al la sidejo
de la Unuiĝinta Naciaro en Novjorko:   "Ĉiuj lingvoj
parolataj tie ĉi". Kliento petis al kelnero:   "Kiu tie ĉi
parolas ĉiujn lingvojn?"
Kelnero:  "Niaj klientoj."
Grupo    de    tendumantoj    dungis    gvidanton    por
tutmonata   vojaĝo   tra   sudokcidenta   Usono.   Post
kelkaj tagoj evidentiĝis ke la karavano tute perdiĝis.
Kolera tendumanto plendis al la gvidanto:
~-"Vi diris al ni, ke vi estis la plej bona gvidisto en
Teksaso".
— "Ja vere, sed ni nun estas en Meksikio."
(el Brita Esperantisto, aprilo 1983)
LOCAL NEWS
CALIFORNIA:
Los    Angeles    -     Intertalk,    a    local    Esperanto
promotional group organized by Bernice Garrett, has
set up an Esperanto Toastmaster Club. Toastmaster
and Intertalk share a common interest in effective
communication.
At its annual Zamenhof Day Banquet December 2,
the Los Angeles club invited Billy Wolden to report on
his Fall trip to Europe.
San Diego - Thirty members of the San Diego club
hosted 45 foreign Esperantists who visited the
Southwest on a tour arranged by Esperanto Travel
Service following the World Esperanto Convention in
Vancouver.
Charlotte Kohrs, editor of the club Newsletter,
reports wide distribution of fliers announcing the
December 11th airing of the Steve Allen TV Esperanto
documentary on Channel 15, KPBS.
San Francisco -
INTERMOUNTAIN:
EGI Senkrokodiliga Semajnfino
Rod Stanley (far left) and Joan Anderson (6th from left)
with students from various German cities, spending
two weeks in the San Francisco area with Esperantist
hosts Gregory Wasson, William and Lusi Harmon,
Stella and Calvin Cope, and Hal Archibald. The
students are: Thomas Bormann, Ulf Kemmer, Elke
Brechmann, Claudia Hamelback, Elisabeth Kuhl-
Kruse, Maria_Merla, Karl-Heinz Dietz, Wilfried
Hinrichs, Ulf Schmidt, and Jiirgen Wulff.
ILLINOIS:
Chicago - The Chicago Esperanto Society announces
new officers:   President, Jamie Laux; Vice President,
Tony Grey; Treasurer,  Bern Wheel; Secretary, Tina
Seastrom.
NEW ENGLAND:
Esperanto Society of New England (ESNE) - President
Michael Pogue announces that the local convention
committee is hard at work with plans for the ELNA
Convention at MIT. in July.
An article in the Springfield Union continues to
keep ESNE and the ELNA Central Office busy
answering inquiries; at last count, over 130.
NEW YORK:
Esperanto   Society   of   New   York   announces   new
officersT Honorary President, Mark Starr; President,
Rochelle    Grossman;    Vice    President,    Alexander
Harkovski;    Treasurer,    Margot    Gerson;    Reporter,
Leonard  Dzelzitis;  Corresponding  Secretary,   Isolde
Etzenberger.
Classes continue at Stuyvesant Adult Education
Center. UEA again invites ESNY to the Zamenhof Day
Reception, Dec  14 at 777 UN Plaza.
Membroj de la Unua EGI Senkrokodiliga Semajnfino:
(l-r) Jim & Roan Stone, Charlene Baker, Paul & Page
Gettman, Derek Roff, Madge Silia, Mary Tucey, David
Keedy, Frederick Schoener. Sidantoj: Chena (hundo),
Alice & Harlan Van Camp, Ann Dickey, Brian
McCullough.
La EGI-Senkrokodiliga Semajnfino okazis en la
Jemez-montoj apud Albuquerque NM 26-28 majo. Laŭ
Derek Roff, gvidanto, ĉiuj feliĉe babilis ekde la
komenco. Por interkonatiĝi, ili ludis Zamenhofseĝon
kajja amuzan "Kino-kanon".
Ĉiu devis prepari mallongan prezentadon - ne
necese originalan - kaj ion por la Limigita Literatura
Konkurso. Inter la diversaj eroj oni miksis ludojn. Roff
limigis la vorto-stokon al la zagreba listo de 500
morfemoj. La programo funkciis por homoj de
malsamaj aĝoj, interesoj, kaj kapabloj.
Entute partoprenis 15 personoj el New Mexico,
Colorado, kaj Texas. Ili kunvenis en luksa kabano
apud rivereto en la Jemez-montaro.
Colorado Springs Esperanto Club meets
Wednesdays for lunch at Bell's Deli. The annual
Zamenhof Dinner will be held in conjunction with
Esperanto-speakers of Pueblo, Colorado.
Intermountain Esperanto Conference, Colorado
Springs CO, Oct. 5-7. A full weekend was planned by
the local committee: Janet Brugos, Nicole Wing and
Brian McCullough with help from members of the
Pueblo Esperanto Club.
On Saturday, the public was invited for a
presentation of the Steve Allen TV program on
Esperanto. John Mathews showed slides of the
international conventions in Portland and Vancouver
BC. Janet Brugos presented a slide travelogue. Brian
McCullough's talk on "The Suitability of Esperanto for
Intercultural Communication" was well received. The
main address by Ralph Dumain of Buffalo NY,
"Perspektivoj por Scienca Komunikado kaj la Rolo de
Esperanto" was well researched. Mr. Dumain provided
the listeners with an excellent, comprehensive
bibliography.
Saturday afternoon was reserved for a trip to the
U.S. Air Force Academy, visits to historical museums
with a briefing on the history of this former mining
town which is fast developing as a "silicon valley/
Formal business meetings were held Sunday morning
after which the group enjoyed a deluxe brunch at the
famous Broadmoor Hotel. The conferees then went
off for a guided tour of the old mining town of Cripple
Creek, where fortunes have been made in gold and
silver mining.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST:
Northwest Regional Esperanto Club (NOREK) met Oct.
19-21 at Fort Worden State Park near Port Townsend
WA. Thirty Esperantists from British Columbia,
Washington, and Oregon participated. Wally du
Temple announced a gift of $200 from the Victoria
Esperanto Club to insure continuity and advertising of
the NOREK conferences.
Singing, dancing, skits, and recitations were the
order of the day. The NOREK conference achieved its
purpose - to cement friendships and pave the way for
future collaboration.
OHIO:
World Esperanto Convention - a First for Bill Kincaid
(reported by Prof. James Cool)
Bill Kincaid, Jr., a student in music and theater at
Wilmington College, is always extremely busy. He has
just planned and directed a very successful
orientation program for all new students. In January
he will move on to Indiana University to further his
studies in piano. Last summer, Kincaid found time to
attend the World Esperanto Convention in
Vancouver. More fun than learning a language,
according to Bill, is speaking it. "Before I didn't speak
fluently. I always had to think about every word.
During the convention, very quickly I began to speak
without translating from English." (from Ligileto)
TENNESSEE:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Student Kent
Huff, with the help of Prof. James Mintz, has again set
up an Esperanto class which includes Patricia
Robledo of Colombia; John W. Craig, U.S.; Mozhgan
Shahidi of Iran; Dana Kress, professor of French. Huff
writes that he is implementing teaching methods he
learned in Prof. Charters' Esperanto Teaching
Methods course at San Francisco State, using direct
method and a little bilingual and grammatical
instruction.
TEXAS:
Dallas:   A    concert   in    Esperanto   starring   Serge
Stodolnik, instrumentalist and Rita Powers, vocalist, is
scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 9th in the Sam Houston C
Room   at  the  Adolphus   Hotel.   Michael  Jones   has
invited the public.
Houston:   Kinkaid   Upper   School   is   offering   an
Esperanto course during the winter term to be taught
by John Victery.
Rio   Grande   Valley:   Prenda   Cook,   a   teacher   of
"survival   Spanish",   has   added    Esperanto   to   her
repertoire.   Mrs.   Cook   studied   Esperanto   teaching
methods with Prof. Duncan Charters at San Francisco
State University last summer and is offering her new
skills to a class at the Harlingen TX Library.
INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE GAINS WORLD'S
ATTENTION. The Valley Morning Star, Texas Rio
Grande Valley newspaper on October 19 featured an
extensive interview by Lynn Rollings with Prenda
Cook. Mrs. Cook studied advanced Esperanto at San
Francisco State University in July and later attended
the international Esperanto conventions in Portland
OR and Vancouver BC.
ESPERANTO IN THE NEWS
ESPERANTO   -   INTERNATIONAL    LANGUAGE   OF
COMPUTER EXPERTS by Robert R. Goard, Ph.D.
(From The Columbus Computer Xchange, 8/84)
In a lengthy article, Dr. Goard makes a good case
for Esperanto. His first paragraph sets the theme
which he develops:
"Could there come a time...when literally a 'world'
of information could appear on your CRT without any
need to translate across national language
boundaries; ...when you could talk to people (or tie
into data banks) in Rio, Rotterdam or Rangoon just as
easily as you now do with people in Rochester?
Technologically, all this is already possible and
becoming increasingly more practical. What we still
need to facilitate and streamline the whole process is
an internally accepted language. The adoption of
ESPERANTO would provide us such an international
interface language, thereby making available to
anyone, anywhere, the great wealth of information
now stored (or being stored) in data banks."
EQUALS - Esperanto unites her to people of all lands is
the heading in The Tribune, August 10, in Greely CO in
which Bruce Robb interviewed Pearl Wegher who had
just returned from the World Esperanto Convention in
Vancouver. Pearl related the fascinating experiences
she has had in the 13 years since her brother turned
the family on to Esperanto at a family reunion.
Pueblo Linguist Sees Esperanto As Verbal Bridge
Between Nations
In the Pueblo CO Chieftain in July staffer Ron
Martinez interviewed Frederick Schoener about the
language problem and' the Esperanto classes he
teaches in Pueblo.
June Knudsen-Fritz Attends Esperanto Congress - The
Crete (NE] News, Aug. 8th carried an extensive
interview with Mrs. Fritz about her participation in the
summer Esperanto conventions, her first.
Esperanto Provides a Way For All To Communicate
-Hayward CA Enterprise - this was the heading given
for a reprint of an article from the Detroit News by
William Dunn.
WEEKEND, a Dallas TX newspaper magazine, on Nov.
2nd carried a report by Michael Jones. A statement by
columnist Joe Briggs about the paucity of break
dancers in Vladivostok prompted Jones to contact the
Esperanto delegate in Vladivostok who responded
that he does not know what break dancers are.
GAMES - The Magazine You Play For The Fun Of It in
September offered as part of a Trivia Contest the
question, "What is the last letter of all plural nouns in
Esperanto?". ELNA received many requests for the
answer.
Join Us, Urges Esperanto Man was the title of an
interview in the Royal Gazette, Bermuda, Sept. 25th
with Gilman Wilder, an officer of the New England
Esperanto Society.
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE: WEAPON FOR PEACE in
the Sunday Republican was the title of an interview by
Phyllis Andreoni with various members of the New
England Esperanto Society. The article featured a
statement by psychologist Richard Sturm: "If it
[Esperanto] could be taught in the elementary grades,
it would give students the concept of language
structure and facilitate foreign language learning."
LANGUAGE IN THE NEWS
CAN U.S. BUSINESS LEARN OTHER TONGUES? -An
article by Earl W. Foell, editor-in-chief of the Christian
Science Monitor, analyzes the role foreign language
deficiency of Americans plays in our increasingly
serious loss of foreign trade. He quotes Glynn Wood,
academic dean at Monterey Institute of International
Studies:
"You can buy very well in English, but you don't sell
so well... You and I can buy all the Toyotas we need
without speaking a word of Japanese. But try selling
Buicks in Sapporo."
KIWANIS MAGAZINE, Oct. 1984. Clark Pyfer, Past
International Trustee of Kiwanis, E. Helena MT, writes
with reference to the problems of bilingualism and
the multiplicity of the world's languages:
"...we who have been involved with the auxiliary,
international language Esperanto believe it to be the
best medium for communication between
'nationalities' and nations. Every country should retain
its native tongue, together with its culture and
identify, but encourage the learning and use of a
second, neutral language...
"Let us not endanger the great 'American Dream' by
surrendering to multi-language arguments. Where do
we stop if we want to be 'fair' to everyone? Why
Spanish and not Creek, or French, or Chinese?"
One Famous Linguist's Opinion:
"The lack of interest in the international language
problem in spite of the manifest need for one is an
excellent example of how little logic or intellectual
necessity has to do with the acquirement of language
habits."                                            - Edward Sapir, Israel
University of London to Introduce Esperanto Course
The Dept. of Phonetics and Linguistics in University
College is introducing a new course, The Structure of
Esperanto, as an optional part of a diploma course in
linguistics. It is being taught by Dr. John C. Wells,
author of Lingvistikaj aspektoj de Esperanto, and who
taught a similar course at San Francisco State
University last July.
(Reported by Brian Kaneed, Canadian Newsletter]
Awakening Interest in Arabic-speaking Countries
Until recently, knowledge of and interest in
Esperanto has been minimal in Arabic-speaking
countries. Recently, a popular women's magazine
Sayidaty, and Ahlan Wasahlan, the deluxe review of
the Saudi Airlines Company, published articles. High-
level contacts have been made in Tunisia, whose
ambassador to UNESCO, Mustapha Masmoudi, was a
member of the MacBride Commission studying
international communication problems for UNESCO.
An Esperanto translation of the Koran and a new
500-page Arabic-Esperanto dictionary have been
published.
(Translated   from   Esperanto,   April   1984,   by   Brian
\y_________^
IXeilieeiiJ
The Montana Esperanto Club is the newest in the
Intermountain Region. Officers are: President, Prof
Nels Nelson, Bozeman; Vice President, Charles Tustin,
Coram; Secretary, Clark Pyfer, E. Helena .
An Esperanto-Swahili dictionary has been published
by UEA. Thirty-four million people in East Africa
speak Swahili, the official language of Tanzania,
Kenya, and Uganda.
European Parliamentarians and Esperanto
Interest appears to be increasing among
parliamentarians in Europe about the possibilities
offered by Esperanto for solving the complicated and
costly language mess in the EEC. The British
Parliament now has about 150 members in its pro-
Esperanto lobby. Various parties are favorable once
they have been adequately informed.
(Brian Kaneen, in Canadian Newsletter Fall 1984J
Esperanto As a Bridge Language Between Minority
Languages
English speakers are largely unaware that language
is a barrier between speakers of minority languages.
For example, for a Finn, Swede, Creek, Japanese, or
Arab to gain access to a literary work written in one of
the languages of Yugoslavia, this work must first be
translated into a major language. Thus, The Faces,
collected novels by Yugoslav Nobel Prize-winning
author Ivo Andriĉ was recently published in
Esperanto, as was an anthology of Macedonian prose
and poetry in the 19th and 20th centuries, comprising
works by Albanian and Turkish authors written in
Macedonian.
(From Jugoslav Life)
New Esperanto Federation in India Receives Swedish
Support
The Esperanto group in Jonkoping, Sweden began
in 1983 the collection of 6,700 Sw.Kr. to help support
the new umbrella organization, Esperanto Federation
of Bharat. A similar support group exists in Japan for
developing Asian countries.
[Esperanto, April 1984)
LINGVA ANGULO
Anglismoj: Prof. Pierre Ullman, Dept. of Spanish and
Portuguese, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
atentigas pri anglismoj kiaj "as a child", "while a
child". Korespondanto skribis al Ullman: "Li iris al
Usono dum infano". NE! Nek "kiel infano". Oni devas
diri:   "dum infaneco" aŭ "kiam li estis infano".
Falsaj   Amikoj:      Virginia   Stewart,   redaktoro   de
KRESKO (organo de Oregonaj   Esperantistoj) en  la
junia numero skribis:    "Konsideru la jenan frazon:
"Eventuale li venos".
Ĉu tio signifas, ke finfine li venos, tamen eble
malfrue? Ne, malgrau tio ke 'eventuale' aspektas
simile al la angla 'eventually', la vera signifo estas, ke
li venos en okazo de bezono. Ekzemple: "Skribu,
eventuale telegrafu" means "Write, or if need be,
telegraph".
En la frazero "la eventuala profito de la afero" ne
temas pri profito kiu finfine venos, sed profito kiu
povas okazi depende je necertaj eventoj aŭ
cirkonstancoj.
La   ekzemploj   montras,   ke   PIV   donas   apartajn
signifojn por "eventuala" kaj "eventuale".
NOTE: "Eventuala" is one of about 100 "false friends"
in a list available from the ELNA Book Service. Four
pages, 15 cents plus mailing.
LEARN-ANOTHER-LANGUAGE    DAY    -    A    Project
Worth Imitating
(Reported by David K. Jordan, Ph.D.)
The Francis Parker School is a small (350 students)
private middle and high school in San Diego. It
features small classes and individualized instruction
and caters especially to gifted children. Mrs. Marlene
Fisher, the chairman of the foreign language
department, had the ingenious idea several years back
of having a yearly "Learn Another Language Day." On
that day, instead of reporting to a geography or
history class, each student attends a one-time
language class of his or her choice. The languages
offered are ones not regularly taught at the school,
and the goal is to introduce students to less usual
foreign languages. Different languages are selected
each year. Student interest appears to be high since
all Parker students study foreign languages (usually
French or Spanish) as part of their regular curriculum.
This year, "Learn Another Language Day" offered
American Sign Language, German, Classical Creek,
Japanese, and Esperanto. Esperanto was offered at
the suggestion of Beatrice Acers, a member of the San
Diego Esperanto Club and grandmother of one of the
students. The school distributed advance sign-up
forms with descriptions of the languages and the
instructors, and about 75 chose to learn about
Esperanto. Beatrice Acers, just back from China, was
ill on the big day, but ECSD members Mary Cates,
Charlotte Kohrs, and David Jordan team-taught
Esperanto to five classes of students from seventh to
twelfth grades.
After an introduction to the history, goals, and
achievements of Esperanto, students learned to
manipulate a small vocabulary and make sentences in
three tenses, using both nominative and accusative
cases. Interestingly, these students seemed to have no
trouble with the accusative. Most of them even rolled
their R's pretty well, too. At the end of the class, each
student was provided with the first lesson of the
Postal Esperanto Course (from which the class
vocabulary had been selected) so that those
interested could follow up easily.
In addition, each student was given a reprint of the
recent article and follow-up letters in the Los Angeles
Times dealing with Esperanto in China, a general
pamphlet about Esperanto, an announcement of
ECSD's upcoming courses, and a copy of Jordan's
little tract "Motivating the Gifted High School
Language Student." This last item was really intended
for teachers and parents, to allay any doubts they
might have about the value of Esperanto for gifted
high school students. A different teacher sat in on
each class, participating and getting the handouts just
as the students did.
All of the students seemed enthusiastic, but we
were particularly impressed with the receptivity of the
older students, who started the class with more
skepticism and seemed to end it with more realistic
interest in actually learning Esperanto.
Even if no students actually follow up and learn
Esperanto, we have a feeling that we have made
friends for our language, both among the students and
among the many cordial faculty members we met at
the school. And even if Esperanto were not included,
we feel that "Learn Another Language Day" is a terrific
idea for increasing language awareness among bright
High School students. This is an experiment well
worth imitating at other schools.
HIGH HOPES
"I want to thank all who wrote me, and BBC about
my play High Hopes which appeared in the series
"Sharing Time" (time sharing by people buying into a
vacation apartment) May, 17, 1984 on BBC 2 TV."
So writes Jill Hyem, scriptwriter for BBC. She
continues: "I have been asked to write about
production of the play. Three entirely separate
occurrences prompted me to write it. At the time they
seemed quite unrelated. (1) Seeing me pick up an
informational flier of the [British] Esperanto
Association, a friend spoke disparagingly about
Esperanto. I knew little about the subject but found
myself warmly defending the Esperanto objective. I
convinced myself-if not him- and began an
introductory course. Later I joined the Association,
went to the club and to the Esperanto bookstore
where I bought some books and the cassette 'Pirates
of Penzance', which later appeared in my play.
"(2) I was one of the co-writers of Tenko, the TV
series about women prisoners under the J apanese. The
amusing and talented actor, Eiji Kusuhara, played in
the series as the sadistic guard, Sato. I was fully aware
that he, and the other Japanese actors had not been
born at the time of World War II and, of course, were
not responsible for the cruelties which they portrayed.
I decided that sometime I would write a play in which
Eiji could play a sympathetic role.
"(3) A year after I finished the Esperanto course,
Evgeny Gridneff (a BBC producer) asked me if I had
any ideas for a comedy with a time-sharing holiday
apartment as background. Suddenly all the pieces fit
together.
"I must confess that the producers had some doubts
about a play which would be half in Esperanto.
Happily for me, I had a production chief who was
ready to accept the risk. And it was a risk. There were
so many ways in which it could prove a fiasco. Or it
could become a largely propaganda piece. Or, on the
contrary, it could become an atrocious farce, held
together by the usual jokes about foreign languages.
"I wanted the play to be firmly rooted in reality and,
while amusing, it should have a serious premise
related to communication. I tore up several rough
drafts before I was satisfied. The director, Mike Vardy,
was enthusiastic about the play from the moment he
saw the text, choosing it from among several others.
He was as painstaking as I that everything should be
authentic.
"His first step was to contact the Esperanto
Association to arrange that someone be present at
rehearsal to instruct and advise the actors. I had
already asked my teacher to correct the Esperanto
dialogue.
"It was essential that the two Esperantists in the
play speak the language fluently. Virginia McKenna
and Eiji Kusuhara proved to be fast and enthusiastic
learners. Indeed, Eiji had more trouble with the little
English he needed. They, along with the other three
actors, brought to their roles great sincerity, at the
same time losing none of the humor. This added
precisely that extra dimension which I had hoped to
attain.
"It was fascinating to see the interest which the
Esperanto theme aroused among all those concerned
with the production. I am happy to say that the
reaction of the press, of the Esperantists, and of the
general public seemed to reflect the same positive
attitude." - translated from Heroldo by Cathy Schulze
J.E.N. - VENU AL GERMANIO!
Cijare jam por la dua fojo grupo de Cermana
Esperanto-Junularo (GEJ) vizitis la esperantistojn en la
regiono de San Francisco, spertante multajn
interesajn aventurojn kaj ĝuante la gastamecon de la
tieaj esperantistoj.
Fakto, kio nepre devas esti vaste diskonigata inter
la junaj esperantistoj en Usono, estas la jena: La
junuloj el Cermanio venis surbaze de uson-germana
interŝanĝprogramo forte subvenciita de ŝtataj
instancoj. Ĉar temas pri interŝanĝo, ankaŭ en Usono
ekzistas fondusoj por subvencii vojaĝon de grupoj da
junaj usonanoj al Cermanio. ELNA jam havigis al si
kelkajn informojn pri tio. Sed kompreneble estus pli
utile, se JEN, la Junularo Esperantista de
Nordameriko, okupiĝus pri tiu junulara interŝanĝo.
La bone organizitaj Esperanto-junuloj en Federacia
Respubliko Cermanio jam povas oferti al la junaj
usonanoj belan programon por la venonta somero: Vi
estos en Cermanio proksimume dum 1 monato. Vi
partoprenos en la 41-a Internacia Junulara Kongreso
(22-29 julio) kun 350 aliaj viglaj junaj esperantistoj el
30 landoj. Poste vi povos partopreni en bicikla
karavano tra belaj kaj famaj urbetoj de Germanio kiel
ekzemple la mirinda Rothenburg, kiu ankoraŭ hodiaŭ
aspektas kiel urbo el la 15a jarcento. La 6-taga
biciklado gvidos vin al la 70-a Universala Kongreso de
Esperanto en Augsburg, Bavario, la suda parto de
Germanio.
Cetere, la bicikolojn vi ricevos de germanaj
esperantistoj, do vi ne devas kunporti la vian. Kaj se vi
ne ŝatas bicikli, partoprenu en renkontiĝo de loka
grupo de CEJ. Post la internaciaj kongresoj ankoraŭ
restadu iom da tempo ĉe germanaj Esperanto-grupoj.
Kaj nun venos la plej nekredebla fakto: Por la tuta
monato en Germanio vi devos pagi nur ĉirkaŭ $100!!!
Tio inkluzivas ĉiujn manĝ- kaj restadkostojn kaj la
kotizon por ambaŭ kongresoj.
Nun vi en Usono klopodu akiri ĉe viaj registaraj
instancoj subvencion por la flugo. Tiam la vojaĝo al
meza Eŭropo en somero 1985 povos kosti malpli ol se
vi restus hejme!
- Thomas Bormann, vicprezidanto de GEJ
Science Fiction and Esperanto -
Stainless Steel Rat for President by Harry Harrison is
only the latest science fiction story making use of
Esperanto. Peggy Zarchy, Los Angeles, reports that
Evelyn Waugh's Black Mischief mentions Esperanto,
and the dialogue in Jose Farmer's The Fabulous
Riverboat makes considerable use of Esperanto.
NEW! INTERNACIA KOMPUTADO, a quarterly
published by ISAE (Internacia Scienca Asocio
Esperantista) is available at $10 from ELNA. Making
its debut in 1984 and apparently meeting a real need,
this fledgling review already has subscribers in over 30
countries on all continents.
VOLAS KORESPONDI
Czechoslovakia:
Petr Minar, postovni prohrdaka 41, CS-544 01 Dvur
Kralove, Czechoslovakia; 19j, pri historio, muziko,
teatro, poezio, bk.
Jaroslav Ŝajtar,  Rabasova 1156,  708 00 Ostrava 8,
Czechoslovakia; 52j, bk, urbomapoj, esp. gazetoj
Renata   Hudcova,   Jezkovice  13,  683  04  Drnovice,
Vyskov u. Brna, Czechoslovakia; 22j, bk, pm
France:
Hugues Lavandier, Residence Genovia, Chemin
Bontemps, Bat. B, Appt. 248, F-33400 Talence, France;
12j, talenta, bone regas Esp-on
Hungary:
Szatman, Krisztina, Kecskemet, 6000, Marcius 15. Lit
102, V/43, Hungary; 15j
Iran:
Arya Tavana, 3468 Mitra St., Melli Rah, Ahwaz, Iran
61637
Farshad    Hoseinkhani,    PO    Box   18,    Shahin-shahr,
Isfahan, Iran; 21 j, UEA-ano
Amir   Bakhshi  rash,   Emam   Khomeini  Ave.,   Shahid
Allah verdi Alley, No. 9, Postkod 13478, Tehran, Iran;
20j
Japan:
S-ro Noboru I IDA, Otsuka-machi 1129-31, Tochigi-shi
328-03, Japan; registara laboranto, 36j, edzo, 2 filoj;
kulturo, historio, ĉiutaga vivi
Roumania:
Haraga loan, Micro 3, Bloc A3, Ap. 38, 5100-Buzau,
Roumania; 34j, geografisto
U.S.A.:
Albert Eglash, Ph.D., 1121 Laurel Lane, San Luis
Obispo CA 93401; psikologo, pri komputila scienco,
robotikoj.
MIKSPOTO
Lia Moito, La Reĝo de Hispanujo kaj Roy McCoy
Post sia prelego ĉe Harvard Universitato en junio, la
hispana reĝo ricevis de Roy McCoy la lernolibron
Nueva Metodo de Esperanto verkita de Fernando de
Diego. Roy ricevis dankleteron, nome de la reĝo el la
Palaco en Madrid.
Pli pri Roy McCoy - Esperanto Studies Association
nomis Roy redaktisto de ĝia novaĵletero.
Rimarkinda Familio de Fritz Schoener, Pueblo CO
Pionira membro de la Intermontara Esperanto-
Grupo, EGI, Fritz aranĝis Esperanto-ekspozicion en la
loka biblioteko kie li komencis instrui Esperanton.
Ekde tiam, Cleo Fort en Sun City komencis ricevi
poŝtajn studentojn el la Pueblo-regiono. S-ino Fort
atentigis ilin pri la klasoj de S-ro Schoener, kaj ili
respondis, ke ili bone konis la klasojn car Fritz estas
ilia patro. Alia junuiino inform is Geo, ke si estas ia
nepino de Fritz! El okcidenta Germanujo venis
Leciono Unu de iu S-ino Weber. Fritz estas ŝia onklo!
Unu filino, Mary, kaj nepino, Tracy, akompanis Fritz
al la Universala Esperanto-Kongreso en Vankuvero
pasintan julion. Post tio ili vizitis alian nepinon,
Melora, en Alaska. Nun Cleo ricevas lecionojn el
Alaska! Unu "Granda Rondo Familia" - vere imitinda!
ANONCOJ
ESPERANTO          CENTENNIAL          1887-1987
-Commemorative postal stamps are being planned by
many countries. A petition to the Citizen's Stamp
Advisory Committee, Stamps Division, U.S. Postal
Service, Washington DC for circulation by individuals
is available from Newsletter Editor, Cathy Schulze,
410 Darrell Road, Hillsborough CA 94010.   Act now!
USED COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS - Save holiday
postage stamps for UEA, who realizes several
thousand dollars yearly from used stamps. Send them
directly to UEA: Nieuwe Binnenweg 176, 3015 BJ
Rotterdam, Netherlands, or take them with you to the
UK at Augsburg.
Post-kongreso per aŭtobuso al Kronach, Cermanujo,
11-18 aŭgusto. Semajno de ekskursoj al antikvaj urboj
kaj kasteloj; distraj vesperoj; vizito al Eisenach, urbo
de Martin Luther; akcepto de urbestroj ktp. Por
informoj skribu al: Fremdenverkehrsamt der Stadt
Kronach, D-8640 Kronach, F.R. Germany.
RADIO WARSAW bonvenigas pk-ojn kaj leterojn de
aŭskultantoj de la ĉiutagaj Esperanto-programoj. La
programoj fariĝos ĉiam pli interesaj dum Pollando
preparas por la Centjara Esperanto-Jubileo. Skribu al:
RADIO POLONIA-Esperanto, 00-950 Warsaw, Al.
Niepodlegloŝci 77/85, Poland.
ELNA TAPE SERVICE - Tape Librarian announces the
acquisition of new taped programs, several from the
1984 UK in Vancouver. For a list of taped programs,
send $1.00 to: H.K. Ver Ploeg, 321 E. 19th Ave.,
Spokane WA 99203.
TAPE CORRESPONDENTS - Anyone interested in
being listed in the ELNA Address List as an Esperanto
Tape Correspondent, send details on interests, type of
apparatus (stereo/mono), speeds, reel/cassette, etc.
to: Cornelius J. McKown, 460 Orlando Ave., State
College PA 16803.
NEW! ESPERANTIST LIBRARIANS are forming an
unofficial association. Librarians who have
suggestions for, or contributions to, a proposed
librarians' newsletter are asked to send them to:
Cornelius McKown, 460 Orlando Ave., State College
PA 16803.
INTERNACIA ASOCIO DE HANDIKAPITAJ
ESPERANTISTOJ estas nova organizo de handikapitaj
aktivuloj. Hi intencas plibonigi la vivkondiĉojn de
ĉiaspecaj handikapitoj per interŝanĝo de ideoj, en la
bulteno kaj en privata korespondado. La kotizo estas
$10 jare. Ni ankaŭ bezonos donacojn, car multaj anoj
loĝas en nepagipovaj landoj. Usona peranto: Kent
Jones, 452 Aldine, Apt. 501, Chicago IL 60657.
INTERNACIA ESPERANTO-KLUBO AUTOMOBILISTA
celas aplikadon de Esperanto kiel solvo de la lingvaj
problemoj en la aŭtomobilistaj medioj. Fondita en
1965, la klubo nun havas 1200 membrojn en 35 landoj
kun 29 landaj reprezentantoj kaj 60 SOS-aŭto-
delegitoj pretaj helpi Esperantistajn aŭtistojn.
Dumviva kotizo nur $4. Por tiu sumo, oni ricevas
glueblan plastan insignon kaj klub-statuton. Usona
peranto: Charles W. Tustin, PO Box 112, Coram MT
69913.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR ON ESPERANTO'S VALUE
FOR TRAVEL (San Francisco Examiner, Nov. 4, 1984)
The experience of a unique group of voyagers, who
began a tour of the Southwest here this month,
suggests opportunities which may appeal to many.
They came from 15 countries —native speakers of
such diverse languages as Finnish, French, Italian,
Hebrew and Japanese. Their tour guides were a
university student from Knoxville and a businessman
from Sacramento. The only language they and their
guides have in common is the international language
Esperanto.
They were housed in hotels but local Esperanto
clubs arranged parties for them in Santa Barbara, Los
Angeles, Oceanside and elsewhere. A friend has sent
me a large clipping from the News-Sun in Sun City,
Arizona where they were interviewed about their
impressions of the posh facilities. There was no doubt
that the affluent community of retirees impressed the,
but one small criticism came from an Italian
Esperantist: "We don't have the space to build special
towns for the elderly; moreover, Italians prefer to live
with people of all ages."
Bay Area Esperantists will be hosting another
caravan this fall-a group of Esperanto-speaking
youth selected from all over Germany who will be
here to help organize a caravan to the 70th Annual
World Esperanto Convention to be held at the
ultramodern convention center in Augsburg next
August. U.S. Esperantists will join a caravan which will
have a pre-tour of East and West Berlin with an
Esperanto-speaking German guide.
Each year the Esperanto Turisma Kalendaro lists
several hundred vacation getaways-everything from
international camping, vacation/study opportunities,
to more pampered luxury tours. One vacation/study
opportunity is offered by San Francisco State
University. This program is in its 16th year of
comprehensive summer Esperanto Workshops to
which they invite teams of prominent Esperanto
instructors. The 84 students enrolled in SFSU
workshops last month came from Australia, Japan,
Canada, New Zealand, Spain, and included eight from
China which has invited the 1986 World Esperanto
Convention to Beijing.
Foreign speakers of the international language are
regularly hosted by SFERO, the San Francisco
Esperantists.
Anyone interested in a free postal course will find
Esperanto listed in the local phone book, or by writing
Esperanto-EX, P.O. Box 1129, El Cerrito CA 94530.
- Cathy Schulze, Hillsborough
KONSULTU LA KONSILANTON estas imitinda
rubriko en la Australian Esperantist. Pensante, ke
ELNA membroj profitus de simila servo, ni proponas
la jenon: Se vi havas problemon pri Esperanto,
Esperanto-aferoj, ktp, skribu al la Konsilanto. Se la
demando entenas ĝeneralan intereson, ĝi kun la
respondo aperos en ELNA Newsletter (sen nomo).
Skribu al: Redakcio, 410 Darrell Road, Hillsborough
CA 94010. La "konsilanto" restos anonima - fakte ne
estos unuopulo, sed lertularo.
If you have renewed your ELNA and/or UEA
memberships for 1985 already, good for you! If not.
please do so right away - the earlier, the better To be
listed in the 1985 Membrolisto, we'll have to have
your renewal by the end of January, 1985.
-       --•5««*is-
Plan    on    attending    the    33rd    ELNA
CONVENTION at M.I.T., 20-25 July, 1985.
Trek back over Freedom Trail to explore two
and a  half centuries of our  nation's  most
important history.
TIPA REAGO Pri la Senpaga Poŝta Kurseto
(Letero de Roberta Stuart Cooper, Springfield MO al
Kursgvidanto, Cathy Schulze)
Kara samideano, mi estas malĝoja, ke la kurso nun
estas finita. Mi tre multe ĝuis la lecionojn; kaj viajn
respondojn al miaj demandoj estis tre helpemaj. Mi
certe deziras, ke estus alia kurso havebla!
Se mi iam povas viziti Kalifornion mi venos al
Esperanto-Kongreso. Mi volus renkonti vin kaj aliajn
Esperantistojn por havi veran okazon paroli ĉi tiun
belan lingvon!
Denove, mi volas diri, ke ĉi tiu 10-leciona kurso de
Esperanto reprezentis mirindan lingvistikan
aventuron, kaj mi esperas, ke mia sperto estos la
komenco de longa, intensa, plezura, kaj profita studo
de la Esperanta lingvo.
ALBERTA CASEY SINGS
If you liked her LP Al Vi de Mi, you will like even more her latest
San Diego VokaS. Alberta has entertained at Esperanto Conventions
in Europe and Japan. This album features "Yesterday" (tr. Jordan);
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" (tr. Auld); Volare (tr. Minnaja);
"I Love Paris" (tr. Docal—Lewin); Send in the Clowns (tr. diversaj);
plus Polish, Spanish, Israeli, Hawaiian, Italian-ten other well-
known songs. SPECIAL OFFER: LP record or cassette $9 from
ELNA BOOK SERVICE.
MALNETO PRETAS
Komence en 1981, teamo gvidata de la Esperanto-
Societo de Ĉikago faris tradukon de kemia lernolibro.
Nun la malneto pretas por kritiko de diversaj
kemiistoj. En la foto, James LAUX de la ESĈ donas la
malneton al Rudiger EICHHOLZ, de la Internacia
Scienca Asocio Esperantista.
REVUO DE REVUOJ
Oomoto Revuo appears biennially, color and
black/white photos, modern format. Annual
subscription through ELNA — $6.00.
Esperanto Promotional Agency (E.P.A.), Oomoto's
international division, has appointed as president
Kiotaro DEGUTI (pron. Deguĉi). Deguti has
distinguished himself through his ecumenical
endeavors which have brought together religious
leaders from most Asian countries and the West. Most
impressive were the beautiful religious services
presented in 1975 at the Cathedral of St. John the
Divine in New York and Grace Cathedral in San
Francisco. Last fall, Rev. James Parks Morton of St.
John helped Kiyoko Deguti unveil a stone monument
at Ayabe, commemorating the beginning of Oomoto
and of St. John the Devine in 1892. The monument
was a gift of the New York church.
Oomoto has quietly and with excellent taste
launched this ecumenical program, not with a view to
evangelizing, but of helping religious groups find
common values to bring them together. They have
used Esperanto for international outreach for about
60 years. Their good works are many and an
inspiration to all.
NOTE: Intensive weekend live-ins are frequent and
popular in Japan with a growing number of people
preparing for participation in the first World
Esperanto Convention in China to be held there in
1986. Yoshimi Umeda, vice president of UEA,
conducts some of the most intensive and serious
middle courses, most recently at the Oomoto Center.
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LOCAL CLUBS EXCHANGING NEWSLETTERS:
CHICAGO: Esperanto Society of Chicago, Pres. Janet Bixby,
P.O. Box 11958, Chicago IL 60611
COLORADO SPRINGS: Colorado Springs Esperanto Club,
Nicole Wing, 1333 La Paloma Way, Colorado Springs CO
80906.
FLORIDA: Esperanto Society of Florida, Pres. Debbie Green,
459 Harbor Dr. N., Indian Rocks Beach FL 33535.
FORT WORTH: Forth Worth Esperanto Group meets second
Sunday each month at home of John & Margaret Humphreys,
7944 Colfax, Fort Worth TX 76134.
INTERMOUNTAIN ESPERANTO GROUP: (AZ, CO, ID, MT,
NM,    UT,    WY):    Pres.    Derek    Roff,    1033    Indiana    SE,
Albuquerque NM 87108.
LOS ANGELES: Esperanto Association of Los Angeles, Pres.
William W. Glenny, 430 Peck Dr., Beverly Hills CA 90212
MICHIGAN: Esperanto Society of Michigan, Sharon Lakosky,
2997 Mohawk Lane, Rochester Ml 48063.
MISSOURI:  Esperanto Society  of St.  Louis,  Prof.  Ronald
Glossup, 8894 Berkay Ave., Jennings MO 63136
MONTANA: Montana Esperanto Society, Charles Tustin, PO
Box 112, Coram MT 59913.
NEW ENGLAND: Esperanto Society of New England, Pres.
Mike Pogue, 1210 Edgell Road, Framingham MA 01701.
OHIO: Esperanto Association of Central Ohio, Pres. John B.
Massey, 1144 Kingsdale Terr., Columbus OH 43220.
PORTLAND: Esperanto Society of Portland (ESPO): Pres. Dr.
John Schilke, 184 Harding Blvd., Oregon City OR 97045.
SACRAMENTO: Julie Dinnel, Editor, Eta Glano, 2450-28th
St., Sacramento CA 95822.
SAN DIEGO: Esperanto Club of San Diego, Pres. Alberta
Casey, PO Box 626, La Jolla CA 92038.
SAN    FRANCISCO:   San   Francisco    Regional    Esperanto
Organization (SFERO), Pres. Barbara Colt, c/o ELNA, Box
1129, El Cerrito CA 94530. Meets 2 PM first Saturday each
month (except July, August) at Main Library, San Francisco.
SEATTLE: Esperanto Society of Seattle, Pres. Wm. K. Bledsoe,
6002 NE 61st St. Seattle WA 98115.
Esperanto Institute, 17226 Palatine N., Seattle WA 98133.
UNITED NATIONS: U.N. Working Group, Betty Manson, 14
Stuyvesant Oval, New York NY 10009.
UTAH: Utah Esperanto-Klubo, c/o Heritage International,
PO Box 2166, Salt Lake City UT 84110.
WASHINGTON   DC: Washington  Esperanto  Society, Joan
Gildemeister, 1614 - 19th St. NW, Washington DC 20009.
NOTE: Information given is the latest received from the
groups shown. All clubs and groups should IMMEDIATELY
inform the Editor of any changes.
ELNA OFFICERS AND COMMISSIONERS
PRESIDENT:                                                Dr. Duncan Charters
VICE PRESIDENT:
SECRETARY:
TREASURER:
Other Board Members:
Ellen Eddy
David Richardson
William H.SchuIze
Charles Power
Virginia Stewart
Chris Warnken
Dr. James Cool
William R. Harmon
David Wolff
Editor, ELNA NEWSLETTER
Commissioner for Central Office
Commissioner for Correspondence Courses
Commissioner for Legislative Affairs
Commissioner for Information
Commissioner for Jubilea Jaro
Commissioner for Science/Tech.
Commissioner for Tape Service
Commissioner for Travel Affairs
(c/o Esperanto Travel Service, 578 Grand Avenue,
Oakland CA 94610 - [415] 836-1710)
Ken Thomson
Donald Harlow
John B. Massey
Term Expires In:
1985
1985
1985
1986
1986
1986
1987
1987
1987
Catherine L. Schulze
Wm. R. Harmon
D. Holland
J. Gildemeister
Ralph Murphy
Conrad Fisher
R. Kent Jones
H. K. VerPloeg
Lucy Harmon
Commissioner for Wills & Gifting
Commissioner for Women's Affairs
Commissioner for Youth Affairs
Co-Chairmen, UN Committee:
ELNA Archivist
John B. Massey
Ellie Stein
Dr. James Cool
Dr. Julius Manson,
Mark Starr
Harold Dreyer
ELNA NEWSLETTER
Volume 20, No. 6
ISSN 0030-5065
Esperanto League for North America, Inc.
P.O. Box 1129, El Cerrito CA 94530
Telephone: [415] 653-0998
Editor: Catherine L. Schulze
Graphics: William R. Harmon
Photos: Doris Vallon-Wheeler
Back issues available for promotional use.
November-December 1984
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Esperanto League for North America, Inc.
P.O. Box 1129
EI Cerrito, CA 94530
Usono/USA
Nonprofit Organization
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Travel Tips for Esperantists from
ESPERANTO TRAVEL SERVICE
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[415] 836-1710
TRAVEL  TO   ESPERANTUJO   IN   BOTH   EAST  AND
WEST GERMANY - Enroute to the UK at Augsburg!
West Germany is easy to visit-so we decided to
add the opportunity to visit fast Germany. There are
many very interesting places there: Berlin, Potsdam,
Wittenberg (Martin Luther's home), Leipzig (famous
for Goethe's Faust), Eisenach (Bach's home), Dresden
(famous for fine porcelain), and the moving anti-Nazi
memorial at Buchenwald - nothing like that exists in
West Germany.
It has been a challenge to arrange travel to both
parts of Germany. One country or the other would
have been much easier, but the political situation
between the two Germanies is still strained. However,
we have permission from the East German
government to admit Elfrieda Kruse (our Frankfurt
friend) as our Esperantist tour guide for the ELNA
caravan. Elfrieda has been working on setting up
meetings with Esperantists in both countries.
Elfrieda was the first Esperantist to greet me on my
first trip to Europe. She did not speak English and I
could not speak German, and I was still a half-baked
Esperantist; but it worked! I hope you will have the
opportunity of traveling with her as I did. We need a
minimum of 15 participants to make this unusual tour
operate. We hope you'll be with us. Don't delay - sign
up now! If you haven't already received the brochure,
write me for one.
- Lusi Harmon - ELNA Komisiito pri Vojaĝaferoj
NEWS FROM THE CENTRAL OFFICE
FlftSsh! -ust before ooinu to orcss with this issue of
ELNA Newsletter, final arrangements were made to
add a new full-time paid staff member to the ELNA
Central Office. Let's welcome Brian McCullough of
Colorado! Our thanks to the other candidates who
applied. Who knows - if the interest in Esperanto
keeps growing, we may wind up needing everyone we
can find!
ELNA DUES FOR 1985
(No increase from 1984!)
Individual Member
Family Membership
Youth Member (under 18 years)
Student Member (under 25 years)
Senior Member (65 or over)
Supporting Member
Life Membership
$25.00
37.50
12.50
12.50
15.00
50.00
500.00
UEA DUES FOR  1985
(No increase from 1984!)
Member-Subscriber (MA)                                                 30.00
Member-Yearbook (MJ)                                                     12.00
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 include UEA
memberships or subscriptions with ELNA membership dues
or book orders.
HEROLDO DE ESPERANTO - Independent newspaper in
Esperanto. 17 issues yearly; news, views, reviews, poetry,
humor, calendar of events, science.
1984 Subscription Prices:
SURFACE MAIL.....................13-00
VIA AIRMAIL   ......................16.00
ESPERANTO CALENDAR 1985
17-23 February International Friendship Week
1-19 July             San Francisco State University
Esperanto Summer Sessions
19-25 July           33rd ELNA Convention, MIT,
Cambridge MA
26 July-2 Aug.    Pre-UK Excursion through Berlin and
E. Germany to Augsburg
3-10 August       70th World Convention of
Esperanto, Augsburg, Germany