NEWSLETTER
News of the Language Problem and Esperanto as a Solution
Jul-Aug 1987
Making   News
This Summer
The World Press & Esperanto
Esperanto has been receiving a great
deal of attention this year from various
media around the world. This special
expanded edition of NewsBriefs shows
the International Language popping up in
all sorts of unexpected places, from PBS
stations to computer magazines—even
on the pages of Time! See page 2.
Education & Esperanto
Bruce Arne Sherwood takes a look at
Esperanto and education from an Ameri-
can point of view in this exciting addition
to UEA's Esperanto Documents series.
Fascinating reading for educators and
students alike. See page 5.
Hot off the Presses!
Three new books by some of the greatest
talents in the Esperanto world—
Kalocsay, Auld, and Boulton— have just
made their way onto the BookService's
shelves. You might find one of them to
your taste. Check the reviews on page 10.
In This Issue
Regional Reports
Harmon Poland Speech
Photos from SFSU
6-7
And Much, Much More to
Delight and  Inform You!
Esperanto Heats Up in the U.S.
Ah, the Summertime!
Members of the 1987 Esperanto Classes at San Francisco State University
Participants 1987 ELNA Convention, Georgetown University, Wash., D.C.
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in  the Media
Frequent Flyer, May, published an ex-
cellent 4-5 page article about Esperanto.
To order a copy, write: Frequent Flyer,
Official Airline Guides, 888 Seventh
Avenue, New York, NY, 10106.
LOT Kaleidoscope (Polish Airlines
magazine), 1/87, published a fine article
looking toward the Centennial obser-
vances in Warsaw.
Time Magazine, 8/3/87, "The Hope of
Esperanto: La Espero de Esperanto," in
parallel columns by J.D. Reed discussed
the Centennial—reported by Edward M.
Gomez (New York) and Paul Hofheinz
(London). (Time Letters Column 8/24
gave readers' response.)
Washington Post, 8/3/87, "Esperantists
Mark Anniversary of the Language
Without a Country" was the title of a
piece by Gary Lee of the WP Foreign
Service.
Christian Science Monitor, 7/17/87. A
lengthy article by Cynthia M. Wenz pro-
vides a good overview of the current
status of Esperanto throughout the world.
Punch, 4/1/87, got into the act with a
cartoon of a timid tourist warding off
potential muggers with "I must warn
you—I do Esperanto!"
International Herald Tribune, 6/25/
87, "Ĉu Vi Povas Legi Ĉi Tion?" was the
heading of an informed article by Barry
James in which he quotes such leading
Esperantist personalities as William
Auld of Scotland, Humphrey Tonkin,
president of New York State University
at Potsdam, Prof. Gaston Waringhien,
Paris, Andre Albault, Toulouse, presi-
dent of the Academy of Esperanto, histo-
rian Ulrich Lins, (Lins of Cologne, au-
thor of 'The Dangerous Language,"
courted his Japanese wife in Esperanto),
and Simo Milojevic, director of the Uni-
versal Esperanto Association in Rotter-
dam.
Virginia Country (Summer 1987), "Es-
peranto at 100—Peaceniks, Brain Teas-
ers, Hero Sandwiches?—A Language for
a Friendly World," one of the most inter-
esting articles this year. Back in 1968,
William F. Ryan, the author, was a teach-
ing assistant under Prof. Humphrey
Tonkin at University of Pennsylvania.
Ryan's interest in Esperanto dates back
to 1960 when at age 14 he corresponded
with Forrest J. Ackerman, "for decades
the undisputed doge of science fiction
fandom." Ackerman's stationary listed
as one of his accomplishments "Esperan-
tist."
He notes that Daniel O. S. Lowell,
headmaster of Roxbury Latin School,
Boston, from 1909-1921, produced a
pamphlet, Esperanto for Beginners for E.
Haldeman-Julius' Little Blue Books se-
ries. Five years later, Haldeman-Julius—
not an Esperanto enthusiast—wrote that
Lowell's booklet was selling 17,000
copies annually. He was puzzled by the
enduring interest, thinking World War I
had obliterated the movement. In Wash-
ington, D.C., Thomas Goldman, an
economist, has been a member of the
local Esperanto club since 1958.
Quoting Humphrey Tonkin, in answer
to the question "Is there an Esperanto
culture?:" "...there's no doubt that the
Esperanto movement constitutes a
speech community, as a linguist would
use that term. That's to say, it's agroup of
individuals with a set of ideas.... The
language itself is expressive of that sense
of community.. .there are cultural tradi-
tions and literary traditions in Espe-
ranto.... People get attracted to it because
there's a certain flexibility to the Espe-
ranto language quite different from their
own. And there's greater stylistic free-
dom in Esperanto than in anybody's eth-
nic language."
The Economist, May 23,1987 (p.47),
"Can High-Tech Save Esperanto?"
"Might Esperanto have some useful role
in Brussels, where fortunes spent on
translation pose a growing problem for
the EEC? Its Europarliamentary pressure
group thinks it should. It costs $ 15 a word
to translate proceedings in Brussels into
nine languages, about a third of the Euro-
pean Commission's total administrative
budget.
"The Dutch computer company BSO,
with a $55-million subsidy from the
Dutch government, is working on a proj-
ect called Distributed Language Transla-
tion. Using Esperanto as a bridge, a
computer translates texts from one lan-
guage into another at high speed. This,
say the artificial language's fans, can be
done because Esperanto cuts out confu-
sion between meaning and implication.
The official launch of DLT is set for
1989. Esperantists see a new dawn."
Guinness Book of World  Records
(1980 edition)—Most and Least Irregu-
lar Verbs. Esperanto was first published
by Dr. Ludwig Zamenhof (1859-1917),
of Warsaw in 1887 without irregular
verbs. It is now estimated from textbook
sales to have a million speakers. Swahili
has a strict 6-class pattern of verbs and no
verbs which are irregular to this pattern.
According to more daunting grammars
published in West Germany, English has
at least 194 irregular verbs.
Santa Barbara News Press, 5/18/87,
Multicultural Fair attracted people to the
Esperanto booth where Dorothy Hol-
land-Knaupp was interviewed by re-
porter Heron Marquez Estrada.
Chicago Sun Times, 3/31/87, "Feliĉan
Jubileon, Esperanto!" was the title of an
interview with R. Kent Jones by Andrew
Herrmann.
Continued on page 8
2 The ELNA Newsletter
the United States
CALIFORNIA
Berkeley
La 8a Senkrokodiliga Semajnfino,
Headlands Institute, Marin County, 23-
25 May. One group hiked on Saturday to
a nearby sanctuary for marine animals
where wounded seals were being treated.
Another group hiked to the lighthouse at
Point Bonita. Using only Esperanto, both
groups added new Esperanto words to
their vocabulary.
Napa
Saturday, September 26 there will be
a second presentation about Esperanto at
Napa Valley College. The presentation
will introduce a weekly course to be
taught by Angela Harlow starting Octo-
ber 6.
San Diego
San Diego club has distributed 5,000
bookmarks to libraries and bookstores
and are on the second printing.
The club made $219 on its June garage
sale toward cost of underwriting the
bookmarks.
A beginners class is planned for Sep-
tember 14 at University Town Center.
Library Exhibits were set up at Penasqui-
tos and Hilltop libraries.
COLORADO
Pueblo
Fritz Schoener arranged an Esperanto
exhibit at the Main Library during July
drawing attention to the Esperanto Cen-
tennial.
CONNECTICUT
Heritage Cable showed the Steve
Allen Esperanto film in July according to
a report by Gil Wilder.
IDAHO
Eagle
Esperanto of Idaho is ELNA' s newest
club. David Barron reports that Mayor
Cecil D. Andrus, on behalf of the City
Council has proclaimed International
Friendship Week in honor of the Espe-
ranto Centenary.
MICHIGAN
Detroit
Esperanto Society of Michigan is
making great plans for its 100th anniver-
sary party and open house, October 13,
7:30, Southfield Civic Center. For more
information, contact Les Share, (313)
646-2965.
The Michigan Esperanto Society held
its picnic in July with members of the
Central Ohio Esperanto group.
Pam Frucci and George Field pro-
vided a demonstration lesson at Allen
Park School. Also helping were Les
Share and Phil Driscoll.
OREGON
Portland
Dr. Amri Wandel, an astronomer at
the Center for Astrophysics, Stanford
University, was the guest of honor at a
pot-luck supper given by the Esperanto
Society of Portland, June 7.
RHODE ISLAND
Dimension Cable is airing the Steve
Allen Esperanto film in August. (Re-
ported by Gil Wilder.)
WASHINGTON
Seattle
Ruth Culbert was again a winner in
this year'sUEA literary contest. Her play
Cio estas en Viaj Manojreceived Second
Prize during the 72nd World Esperanto
Convention in Warsaw.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Esperantic Studies Foundation
Eugene H. Thompson, Jr., sending a
$100 contribution to ESF wrote to presi-
dent E. J. Lieberman, M.D.: "You might
want to add to your sources of informa-
tion about Esperanto, Chapter No. 15 on
'Language' in Anthropology: Perspec-
tive on Humanity by Marc J. Swartz and
David K. Jordan." Dr. Lieberman con-
tributed $500 to ESF in July.
Note: ESF was established in 1968 to
support interdisciplinary research on
language planning for international
communication. ESF takes no position
on a particular international language,
except to encourage and support respon-
sible empirical scholarship with which
the issue can be more intelligently faced.
WISCONSIN
Madison
E. J. Lieberman, M.D., was inter-
viewed August 10 on WPBS, AM and
FM, heard all over the state—many good
calls on a 40-minute call-in program.
Milwaukee
Dr. E. J. Lieberman was interviewed
August 16 on the Public Affairs Program
by Rabbi Barry Silberg.
Dr. Pierre Ullman arranged for Dr.
Lieberman to be on WUWM, the univer-
sity PBS station, ina 15-minute interview
about Esperanto.
MARIANA ISLANDS
Mariana College, Saipan, Mariana
Islands, U.S.T.T.
Bruno DallaPozza is teaching an offi-
cial, 2-credit beginners' course (starting
August 31). Ten students are enrolled.
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P-P-P-P-Pollando!
Parolado de William R. Harmon,
UEA Cefdelegito en Usono, al
bankedo de Usona ekskurso-
grupo kaj Polaj gesamideanoj ĉe
Pod Bazantami, Krakow, je 8a
aŭgusto, 1987.
Karaj gesamideanoj:
Kiam oni petis min raporti £e ĉi tiu
bankedo niajn impresojn de Pollando,
...venis en la menson subite kvar aliaj
vortoj, komencantaj...per "po:" Parkoj,
porkoj, prokrastoj, kaj preĝejoj. Parkoj,
pro la ĉiea beleco de la pola pejzaĝo pro
floroj, arbaroj, parkoj; porkoj, pro la
neevitebla porkaĵo sur la plado trifoje
tage; prokrastoj, pro la kutimaj vicoj kaj
iuj konstateblaj mankoj en la pola ekon-
omio hodiaŭaj; kaj preĝejoj, kiuj vere
superabundas en ĉi tiu videble katolika
lando.
Sed post pli profunda pensado, mi
decidis, ke unua elpensaĵo estis vere nur
surfaca kaj ne tute inda resumo. Venis
tiam al mi kvar aliaj vortoj, komencantaj
per la litero "po."
Unue, Patriotismo: Car estas tre ev-
idente, ke la Poloj forte retenadas sian
identecon kiel Poloj, spite al disiĝoj kaj
okupadoj tra la jarcentoj. Eventualeĉiam
Pollando restarigas sin kaj la popolo
neniam perdis sian fieron esti Poloj.
Due, Pasinteco: La sento de historio
estas tre forta en Pollando. Cie oni vidas
konkretajn memoraĵojn, ne nur de iamaj
politikistoj aŭ reĝoj, sed de poetoj,
aŭtoroj, komponistoj, eĉ arkitektoj. La
tre pola eco, ne forgesi siajn heroojn,
es tas laŭdinda kaj imitinda. Per la mem o-
rataj gloroj de la pasinteco la poloj rete-
nas esperon pri estontaj sukcesoj kaj
gloroj.
Trie, Praktika Esperantismo: Kiam ni
staris en Bialystok antaŭ la nova statuo de
la Majstro; kiam ni vizitis en Varsovio la
straton Zamenhof, kaj vidis la ŝildon
indikante la antaŭan loĝejon de Zamen-
hof, kun granda flora stelo apude; kiam
ELNA Convention '87
Let Them Eat Cake!
ELNA's 35th Annual Convention at
Georgetown University, Washington,
D.C., was memorable for a number of
reasons. Among them were important
discussions about future publishing proj-
ects—The Esperanto Book by David
Richardson and Peter Benson's English-
Esperanto dictionary. The banquet was
especially enjoyable due to the lovely
string ensemble in which Dr. James
Lieberman played the cello—and of
course Bill Harmon's auctioneering
contributed to the fun.
en preskaŭ ĉiu urbo kaj urbeto de Pol-
lando ni vidis omaĝojn al la kreinto de
Esperanto; ni spertis la pervadan
praktikon de nia lingvo en ĉi tiu lando.
Cu vi povas kompreni mian senton,
kiam en granda placo en Varsovio venis
al mi homo tute nekonata, kiurimarkinte
la verdan stelon sur mia jako, tuj alparolis
min per flua Esperanto? Vere mi sentis,
ke finfine, post preskaŭ 50 jaroj de esper-
antista vivo, mi estis hejme!...
Kaj laste, sed tre grave, la kvara "po-
vorto:"Pereoj. En nia grupo estas homoj,
kiuj perdis amikojn, amatojn, famili-
anojn en la murdejoj de faŝismo ĉe
There was a heated debate on officiali-
zation of English as well as small group
discussions looking toward Esperanto's
second centennial. For the 35 partici-
pants who went to the World Esperanto
Convention in Warsaw, the beautiful
reception and briefing at the Polish
Embassy was marvelous preparation.
Marion Barry, Jr., Mayor of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, sent greetings to the
Convention and proclaimed July 19th as
Esperanto Day.
Treblinka, Auschwitz, Birkenau. La vi-
zitoj al tiuj lokoj estis vere korŝiraj sper-
toj. Sed la pola nacio perdis preskaŭ tutan
genton el la sino de Pollando....Ciu, kiu
vizitis tiujn lokojn, por ĉiam retenos en la
koro la devizon: "Tio neniam plu okazu."
Do jen la resumo petita. Ni spertis
dum la pasintaj du semajnoj la nekom-
pareblan ĝojon esti en vera Esperantujo,
en la hejmlando de nia kara komuna
lingvo. Ni tre dankas al niaj gastigantoj,
vi, la polaj esperantistoj, kaj ni reiros
hejmen kun belaj memoroj de nia par-
toprenado en la Jubilea Jaro. Dankon.
4 The ELNA Newsletter
The Educational Value of Esperanto:
An American View
By Bruce Arne Sherwood
Linguistic Advantages
Esperanto study provides an ideal
introduction to the study of language.
The benefits of starting with Esperanto
can be seen from a major study of Espe-
ranto teaching in American high schools
and colleges, carried out at Columbia
Teachers College under the direction of
the noted educator and psychologist
Edward Thorndike (Language Learning
1933). This research project concluded
that one year of Esperanto was equivalent
to four years of college French or German
in terms of mastery level....
One might worry that Esperanto study
is "too easy" and therefore not a worthy
subject for bright students. On the con-
trary, learning any language well, even
Esperanto, requires hard work. The dif-
ference rather is in how far one can go for
the same amount of hard work. The clar-
ity with which Esperanto displays the
structure of language may be compared
with the clarity of using Arabic rather
than Roman numbers for studying arith-
metic, or the simplicity and phonetic
associations of the Roman alphabet as
compared with Chinese ideographs in
learning to read. Also, depth of study can
come from early involvement with the
interesting body of Esperanto literature.
The European root-stock provides an
important resource for building vocabu-
lary in English and in other European
languages. German and French teachers
at my daughter's high school remarked
with pleasure on her report cards that she
often recognized and analyzed new
words and structures, thanks to her
knowledge of Esperanto. The non-Euro-
pean aspects of Esperanto, particularly
its word-forming by combining of in vari-
ant roots, might be of assistance in pre-
paring for the study of some non-Euro-
pean languages, although I know of no
research on this point. Statistical meas-
urements based on standard "language
universals" show that in word-formation
Esperanto is most similar to agglutina-
tive languages such as Turkish
(Brozovic, 1976).
Esperanto Culture
Esperanto has a valuable and unusual
literature, both translations from national
languages and original works. The trans-
lated prose and poetry is interesting in
having been in most cases translated by
native speakers of the source material, in
often preserving better the form as well as
the content of the original work, and in
representing much more equitably the
many cultures of the world than is the
case in most national languages. For
excellent discussions of these matters,
see Auld (1982) and Hoeksema (1981).
Global Awareness
An important benefit of Esperanto
study in our schools is the global perspec-
tive that the language and its culture can
give the learner. The ready availability of
books, periodicals, and tapes from all
over the world gives rise to a unique
flavor of internationalism that is hard to
provide in any other way. This breadth is
an important complement to the depth of
study of a single foreign language and
culture such as German or Russian. It
avoids the danger of replacing a monoc-
ultural view merely with a bicultural one,
and it can instead make a major contribu-
tion to helping students perceive the
pluralistic nature of our new world.
The above is excerpted from UEA Espe-
ranto Document 31A The Educational
Value of Esperanto Study: An American
View by Bruce Arne Sherwood. All docu-
ments in the UEA Esperanto Documents
Series carry a serial number keying them
to the relevant section in Esperanto en
Perspekti vo. The EP number of this docu-
ment is 4.1. The Series can be subscribed
to for $17.50 for 10 issues.
Bruce Arne Sherwood was Assistant
Director of the Computer-based Educa-
tion Research Laboratory (PLATO) and
Professor of Physics and Linguistics at
the University of Illinois (Urbana-Cham-
paign). He is now at Carnegie Univer-
sity, Pittsburgh, PA.
Captions for
Pages 6-7
(Captions run from left to right
in rows on each page.)
Page 6:
1.  Members of the Postbasic Course.
2.  Earl & Mary Lou Hultberg, Potsdam, NY,
during excursion to the ELNA Book Service,
3.  Steven Church, Sylvia Bogdan, Myra
Larsen, Sally Lawton bookbuying.
4.  Literature Class.
5. Students present diplomas to the
instructors—Vera Payne for her progress in
transferring from Australian to U.S. English.
6.  Cezar Vega (Mexico) with Dr. Roger Irwin
(Arizona).
7.  Teacher Jordan advises David Marshall
(Illinois) on dictionaries.
8.  Cathy Schulze presents Postal Course
Certificate to Sherry Wells (Michigan).
9. Students make wise selections at the
Book Service.
10.  Selma Pennacchietti (Italy), Lora Ham-
mersmith (Olympia, WA).
11. Youth Power at the Harmon picnic.
12.  In San Francisco EVERYBODY reads
HEROLDO DE ESPERANTO.
13.  (standing) Paul Morgenthall (MA),
Hector & Ruth Palacios (Argentina);
(seated) Steven Church (CA), Karen
Swenson (Chicago), Sally Lawton (MA).
U.Sybil Harlow (CA), Dan Barker (OH),
Lora Hammersmith, Selma Pennacchietti at
the Schulze picnic.
15.  Paul Morgenthall (MA), David Marshall
(IL), Steven Riggin (OH).
16. Stephen Gerrie (San Francisco), Jeremy
Bierbach (Pittsburgh, PA), Anne Whitteker
(Portland, OR) present Stephen's skit at the
picnic.
17.  Kenneth Lee (San Francisco), Andrew
McConnell (Napa, CA), and Lamon
Hamilton (Louisiana).
18.  Prof. Pennacchietti discovers Dori Vallon
Wheeler has an original poem in the
Esperanta Antologio.
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19. The 3 professors talk back.
20.  Alex Vega takes feminine lead in skit by
postbasic students.
21.  Haynes Hendee (CA) and Stevens Nor-
vell, M.D. (Halifax, N.S.).
22.  The 3 instructors: David Jordan, Ph.D.,
UC-San Diego; Vera Payne, M.A., U.
Western Australia; Fabrizio Pennacchietti,
U. Torino.
23.  Members of the Basic Course.
24.  Steve Church and Joel Brozovsky find a
green star in the dining hall at SFSU.
25.  Will White (Lafayette), Joel Brozovsky
(Spokane), Selma Pennacchietti (Italy).
26.  John Starling (Kalamazoo).
27.  Horace Hand (New York).
28. Alejandro & Cesar Vega (Guadalajara,
Mexico).
29.  Masahiro (Marc) Ono (Japan) rehearses
for a skit.
30.  Gil Wilder (MA) and Lusi Harmon at the
Harmon picnic.
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Continued from page 2
Jeune Medicine (Young Medicine),
Haiti, (Spring), "Esperanto et Communi-
cation Internationale," an article in
French, written by Emmanual F.Goutier
who did his advanced Esperanto studies
at San Francisco State University in
summer 1986.
Marin Independent Journal (CA), 6/
28, featured 'travel with Esperanto' ad-
vantages by Janet Bruges, travel agent.
Marin Independent Journal, 7/5/87,
"Esperanto Reborn in Computer Age"—
an article by Virginia Cope of Gannett
News Service in which she interviews
Drs. Humphrey Tonkin and E. J. Lieber-
man (the former, president of U.E. A. and
the latter, ex-president of ELNA).
The Irish Herald, San Francisco, May
1987, announced summer courses at San
Francisco State University and the Cen-
tennial Convention in Warsaw.
The Polish Arts and Culture Founda-
tion Bulletin, July 1987, mentioned a
film about Esperanto's creator "So That
Man May Understand Man" in their Pol-
ish film library. The article quotes John
Wells of University College, London,
and Humphrey Tonkin of New York
State University, Potsdam.
The Tribune, San Diego, 7/9/87, fea-
tured a lengthy interview by Sarah Pattee
with Frank Helmuth who started the San
Diego club 31 years ago, student Jay
Coskey, artist Alberta Casey, as well as
other club members including computer
consultant John Atkinson, technical
writer Bill Schwartz, and Prof. David
Jordan, all three of whom teach Espe-
ranto.
IEEE Transactions on Professional
Communication, June 1987, features an
extensive article by Allan C. Boschen,
engineer, in which he discusses the use of
Esperanto as a bridge language in com-
puter-assisted translation.
Catholic Times, 5/3/87, Staffer Lynda
McWhinnie interviews Father Kevin
Laughery who helped with the Vatican
Esperanto broadcasts while studying in
Rome.
The Florida Catholic, "Esperanto Lan-
guage Transcends Ethnic Groups" by
Greg Erlandson of the National Catholic
News Service interviewed Father Bat-
tista Cadei, who edits a revue for the
Catholic Esperanto Society, and helps
with Vatican Radio Esperanto broad-
casts. He calls Esperanto "a Latin of the
people." The Vatican has approved Espe-
ranto as a liturgical language and an
Esperanto Mass is celebrated Saturday in
the Roman Church of Santa Prassede.
The Morning Union, Springfield, MA,
7/14/87, Jeanne Reid in an article "Pre-
paid Legal Services Proliferating" men-
tions Esperanto as symbolic of a lan-
guage not commonly spoken.
San Mateo Times, 7/25/87, featured an
editorial about the Esperanto Centennial
"Esperanto Began Century Ago as 'Uni-
versal Language.'"
San Mateo Times, 8/11/87, heads a let-
ter by William Schulze "Esperanto Af-
fords Range of Expression" in which he
corrects a few inaccuracies in the 7/25
editorial.
Los Angeles Times, 8/3/87, "A Lan-
guage Looking for a U.S. Voice" by staf-
fer Mark A. Stein quotes various promi-
nent Esperantists—among them David
Jordan, anthropology professor at Uni-
versity of California, San Diego: "Num-
bers alone are not an especially accurate
way to gauge the importance of a lan-
guage. For example, Chinese is spoken
by twice as many people around the
world as is English, yet Chinese is not
nearly as valuable in international
speech. Esperanto may rank in numbers
with Icelandic but it is more important
than Chinese—[Esperanto] speakers are
spread in different parts of the world, in
different cultures and in different eco-
nomic strata. It's more universal."
Boise Statesman, 8/8/87, "World's Sec-
ond Language" was the heading given a
letter by David Barron of Eagle ID, in
which he announces the new club Espe-
ranto of Idaho. Mr. Barron wrote: "The
greatest contribution Esperanto has
given cannot be seen—it is hope. The
hope that comes from once overcoming
the language barrier shows humanity, in
all its variety, having more commonali-
ties than differences."
The Fresno Bee, 7/15/87, "Esperanto:
The Universal Language?" was an edito-
rial report written by Susan Waterman.
San Francisco Chronicle, 7/23/87,
"Speaking of Esperanto's 100th" an
Associated Press report and "Esperanto
Language Celebrated in Poland" 7/27
reported on the Centennial Convention.
Punch, 7/15/87, Kenneth Robinson re-
ports on the British Esperanto Centennial
Festival held in London.
The Actuary (Newsletter of the Society
of Actuaries), March 1987, carried a let-
ter by Marc Godin in which he mentions
Esperanto as a language not commonly
understood.
The Stockton Record, 6/19/87, "Espe-
ranto: the bilingual solution?" by Rev.
David T. Stark resulted in a flurry of
requests for the Free Postal Course.
Discovery, June, featured a lengthy ar-
ticle "Feliĉan Jubileon, Esperanto" by
Dr. Arthur A. Delaney of Garden City
(NY) Public Schools.
BELmonda Letero, July-Sept. 1987,
reports in Esperanto about the Baha'i
Esperanto League.
Crete News (NE), 6/3/87, announced
that June Fritz has been appointed editor
of BELmonda Letero, the Baha'i Espe-
ranto League's bulletin.
Gleaner, 1/30/87, carries a letter by Dee
Harris about Esperanto groups in King-
ston, Spanish Town, and Ocho Rios,
Jamaica; 3/5 "Dispelling Misconcep-
tions about Esperanto;" another letter 3/7
by A. Ronai of Kingston takes on Morris
Cargill for his 2/15 article on Esperanto
titled "Sentimental Delusion."
Evanston Review, 5/14/87, "Esperan-
tists Hold Out Hope for World Commu-
8 The ELNA Newsletter
nication" is title of an article by Joseph
Harrington who interviewed Douglas
Swett,Ph.D. Dr. Swettisteachingclasses
at the Baha'i House in Wilmette.
Compute, June 1987, In "A Beginner's
Guide to Programming Languages" Staff
Editor Tom R. Halfhill discusses prob-
lems involved and expresses regret that
"a standard language like Esperanto" is
not widely employed.
MacUser, July 1987, Desktop Publish-
ing Supplement, includes "Typecasting"
by Gregory Wasson, in which the prob-
lems of typesetting an accented language
like Esperanto on a Macintosh computer
are briefly mentioned.
MacUser, October 1987, "Coming of
Age" by Gregory Wasson shows the
manner in which the new ELNA News-
letter logo was created. A few pages of
the forthcoming "Esperanto Book" also
appear on page 164 of the issue.
The Allen Parker (MI), 5/24/87. Writer
Jill Sturdy interviewed Pam Frucci's
French II class at Allen Park High School
on the occasion of an Esperanto demon-
stration by Phil Driscoll. President Les
Share spoke to the students about the
desirability of "an international language
designed to help people around the world
communicate on an equal level."
Stamp Collector, 3/21/87, Robert
DuBois expressed regret on the "short-
sightedness" of the U.S. Stamp Commit-
tee in not issuing a stamp commemorat-
ing the Esperanto Centennial.
Stamp Collector, 4/25/87, carries a 3-
page article on Esperanto and the various
Esperanto commemorative stamps is-
sued during its 100 year history. An ar-
ticle in Stamp Collector by Hy Meltz, of
Ovieda, FL, tells about the International
Language through postage stamps issued
to commemorate various world Espe-
ranto conventions. He mentions a check-
list of Esperanto stamps which appeared
in the July-August 1978 issue of Topical
Time, the organ of the American Topical
Association. There have been many
Esperanto commemoratives issued since
then.
Nekrologe
Sed kiuj do ni estas,
kiam post £io £i
nur onidiroj restos
en mondo jam sen ni?
—el Rcnkontiĝo, Boris Pasternak,
elrusigita de Kris Long
Dr. Kathleen Kogut, New York,
NY, en majo. Pluajn detalojn ni ne
havas de la familio.
Ralph  Murphy,      15a aŭgusto.
Dumviva membro de ELNA kaj
UEA. Sinjoro Murphy dum pluraj
jaroj, redaktis la bultenon de la New
England Esperanto Society kaj in-
struis Esperanton al studentoj ĉe
M.I.T. Post translokiĝo al Port Char-
lotte, FL, li dediĉis sin al kurso kiun li
evoluigis por komputilo. Unu se-
majno post reveno de la Universala
Esperanto-Kongreso en Varsovio,
Ralph mortis pro koratako. Postvivas
lin edzino, Doktorino Maria Murphy
kaj du filoj. La knaboj partoprenis la
infan-kongreseton en Varsovio.
Niajn kondolencojn al la familio.
Chris Warnken, 5a julio. Post
longa malsano, S-ro Warnken suferis
koratakon. Li estis eksa prezidanto de
la San Francisco-klubo SFERO; ĝis
lia malsano, estrarano de ELNA. Li
havis distingan karieron kiel Grand-
mastro delaRozikrucaOrganizo,San
Jose, CA, kaj tiurilate estis tutmonde
konata. Niajn tutkorajn kondolencojn
iras al la fidela edzino, Sinjorino Jo
Warnken.
Fakaj Grupoj
Radio- Amatoroj
El pli ol 400 mil amatoroj en Norda
Ameriko estas nur cent (konataj al mi)
kun intereso pri Esperanto, kaj malpli ol
dek aktivuloj. Antaŭ malpli ol dek pagan-
taj abonantoj al la ILERA Bulteno. Mi
intencas kontakti la aktivulojn por trovi
agrablajn horojn por pli oftaj kontaktoj.
Eble nia aktiveco elfosos pli multajn
aktivulojn. Mi bonvenigas sugestojn por
pli bonaj kontakt;horoj inter ni kaj kun
eksterlandanoj. Ĉu iu (eble JR1ISG)
havas sugestojn por utiligo de la komu-
nikaj staelitoj por foraj kontaktoj? Nia
malgranda grupo estas nur kerno de
grupo de estontaj entuziasmuloj. Eble ni
estas sur sojlo de pli hela morgaŭo!
Nia Plej Juna Membro
Lastan decembron mi ricevis leteron
de juna radio-amatoro, Jeremy Bierbach,
petanta informon pri kiel aliĝi al ILERA.
Li diris, ke li komencis studi Esperanton
antaŭ du jaroj kaj ke li nun studas por
novica ekzameno. Mi sendis la peiitan
informon kaj post nelonge alvenis lia
aliĝo. Li aldonis la feliĉan noton ke li
sukcesis en la ekzameno antaŭ ha 12a
naskiĝtago kiu estas 21a de januaro....
(Redak. noto: Jeremy estis elstara mem-
bro en la literatura kurso en julio ĉe San
Francisco State University kieli sukcesis
en la Supera AATE ekzameno kun hon-
oro.) Por kontakto: Jeremy Bierbach
KA3QMR, 1424 Mohican Drive, Pitts-
burgh, PA, 15228.
(Raporto de Ed Lindberg W2CIL, re-
daktisto de ILERA Bulteno, organo de la
Internacia Ligo de Esperantistaj Radio-
Amatoroj, aprilo 1987,113 MapleDrive,
Bowmansville, NY, 14026.)
Espermenso
Esperpenso estas eldonafo de Esper-
menso, kiu estas Speciala Interes-Grupo
de American Mensa, Ltd. Espermenso
estas internacia SIG por tiuj kiujn inter-
esas la Internacia Lingvo Esperanto.
Abonkosto: Mensa-anoj $5.00 jare (kvar
numero); ne-Mensa-anoj $6.00 jare.
Voĉo de Handikapuloj
Ci tiu gazeto enhavas artikolojn de
intereso pri tiu fako. Prezidanto de la
Internacia Asocio de Handikapitaj
Esperantistoj estas Ingenier-Profesoro
George G. Robertson, Aŭstralio; Inĝ. R.
Kent Jones, Usono. Abono $6.00 por 5
numeroj jare. Abonu ĉe: Voĉo de Han-
dikapuloj, Skolska ul. 25, YU-56227
Borovo, Yugoslavia.
The ELNA Newsletter 9
Dek Prelegoj. K. Kalocsay, 126 pages,
$10.45.
Ci tiuj dek prelegoj bele markas la
terenojn de Kalocsay. En la plej frua,
1925, li salutas festan kunvenon por la
Floraj Ludoj en Katalunujo kaj pri nia
"lingvo gefrata" deklaras: "Sen
poezio...Esperanto estus muta kaj
morta."Kajen 19731iamplekseretraktas
"pri la vortsistemo de Esperanto" kun
konstatoj certe riĉe utilaj al legantoj de
nia revuo.
Facetojn de la kaloĉaja genio
eksponas "la arto de la verstraduko en
Esperanton," aparte por "konkeri por nia
tradukpoezio tiun riĉegon de la angla
poezio;" modela parolado por Zamen-
hof-vespero; trafa komparo inter reagoj
al Esperanto de lingvistoj kaj poetoj; kaj
prezento de la kontribuoj de hungaroj en
monda kadro. Al "la hungara kultura
revolucio" li donas perspektivon, kaj ni
iom divenas socikulturan medion kiun
Kalocsay ŝajne iasence pioniris per pro-
pra sinturno al la monda literaturo gen-
eracion antaŭ la epoko kiam fondiĝis la
revuo Nagy Vilag (Granda Mondo).
Pri la blinda poeto Eroŝenko li skizas
biografieton simpatie: ĉu neniu
Moskvano povas spuri ties lastan
manuskripton? Sed same malaperis
kelkaj tekstoj de la prelegoj de Kalocsay.
Des pli bone, do, ke ni nun disponu pri
tiuj kiuj postrestis kaj...ne estis presitaj.
Kiam Kalocsay pledis por riĉeco su-
per simpleco, kaj argumentis ke "pli
esenca ol la facileco estas la kultur-val-
oro," lin inspiris tiu alta fido je'ia esper-
antakulturo" kiun li esprimis al la somera
universitato en Oksfordo en 1930. Tio
fruktis en gradiozaj verkoj. Ci tiuj kleri-
gaj prelegoj estas kelkaj regalaj beroj per
kiuj ni volonte ĝuas la daŭran inteligen-
ton de homo kiu iam milde memorigis:
"mi havis ankaŭ alian profesion krom
Esperanto."
—N. T. R. Salvesen, Brita Esperantisto,
Jan-Feb. 1987.
Kultu.ro kaj Internacia Lingvo.
Wm. Auld, 120 pages, $10.05.
Dum longa tempo, Wm Auld strebis
por konsciigi Esperantistojn pri la valoro
de klara, bela, neta, kaj generate bonstila
Esperanto. Nun Fonto eldonis serion de
prelegoj kiuj esploris ja gravajn aspek-
tojn de la lingvo.
Tamen, la libro ne estas simple plua
aldono al niaj libroj pri lingvistiko. Gi
havas grandajn implicojn por ĉiu Esper-
antisto propagandanta, kiu interesas sin
pri la historio, la interna ideo, aŭ eĉ la
politiko de la subpremado de individuaj
lingvoj en la hodiaŭa mondo.
Kvar eroj traktas la kulturon, ties
ekziston ĝenerale aŭ atakas, aŭ simple
malkonfesas, tiuj niaj malamikoj, kiuj
insiste misnomas nian lingvon nura
senviva kodo. Kvina ero traktas la rolon
de estetiko en lingvouzo.
Ĉiu propagandanto pri Esperanto
konu la enhavon de tiuj kvin! Anstataŭ
simple aserti, ke Esperanto estas efektiva
kaj proprarajta mondlingvo, Auld donas
faktojn kaj analizojn, kiuj vere heipas sur
tereno, kie tro ofte la "pacaj batalantoj"
ne tre lerte batalas.
La prelego La Miraklo de U.E.A.
donas valoran perspektivon en neta
formo, kaj klarigas, kiel Esperantistoj de
la plej frua tempo idiote bataladis unu
kontrau la alia—valora leciono por la
nuntempo!—kaj kiel UEA vivis kaj
vivadas malgraŭ la subfosantoj.
La Plej Malfacila Arto pravigas la
takson pri la malfacileco traduki, kaj bele
sternas antaŭ leganto plurajn tradukajn
principojn kaj rimedojn.
La stilo estas simpla, klara, kaj ele-
ganta, la prezento trafa, kaj la enhavo
valora. Auld praktikas tion, kion li
rekomendas. Libro por ĉiu esperantistoj,
inkluzive de la flavbekulo.
—Don Lord, Brita Esperantisto, Jan-
Feb. 1987
Ne Nur Leteroj de Plum-Amikoj.
Marjorie Boulton, 63 paĝoj. $10.85.
Ci tiu libro estas paradokso: informilo
por nacilingva leganto aŭ tute nova
esperantisto, verkita en altkvalita Espe-
ranto farkonataesperantistapoetino. Laŭ
la enkonduko, ĝi estas verkita responde
al peto de la Sveda Esperanto-Federacio
por tradukiĝo en la svedan.
La libro estas kvazaŭ katalogo de la
plej gravaj verkoj en Esperanto, sed la
katalogecon tre diluas la interesaj kaj
trafaj—foje tre personaj—komentoj de
Boulton. Bedaŭrinde, mankas citaĵoj el la
koncernaj verkoj; sed tion oni devas at-
endi en verko, kies fina celo estas nacil-
ingva publiko. La divido de la libro
montras iom da atendebla neekvilibro
favore al la literaturaj branĉoj, kiujn plej
ŝatas la verkinto; ekzemple, ŝi dediĉas pli
da paĝoj al la esperanta dramaro ol al la
prozo fikcia, kvamkam tiu lasta ja estas
multe pli ampleksa fako. Du paĝojn (el
55 da teksto) ŝi uzas por priskribi unu
verkon, la ambician kaj rimarkindan
dramon Sonĝe Sub Pomarbo de Julio
Baghy, pri kiu ŝi mem tamen konfesas, ke
"oni povas dubi, ĉu ĝi perfekte sukce-
sas." El la ok libroj, kiujn ŝi rekomendas
al komencantoj en la fina ĉapitro, la plim-
ulto ne estis havebla je la tempo de la
verkado; sed rimarkinde, oni represis tri
el ili intertempe.
Tamen, oni povas diri, ke la libro estus
plene sukcesa—se ĝi povus atingi la le-
gantaron celitan de Boulton. Por tiu so-
cigrupo, |i ja estas multe pli taŭga kaj
trafa priskribo de la esperanta literaturo
ol, ekzemple, la pli ampleksa kaj tial
malpli komprenebla (por la novulo)
Enkonduko en la Originalan Literaturon
de Auld. Certe, la personaj anekdotoj de
Boulton pretermezure kontribuas al la
alloga etoso de la libro.
Rekomendinda—aparte al ambiciaj
tradukemuloj.
—Don Harlow
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lAmikeco  trans  Hmoj
AFRICA
N'Guessan, Y. Camille, s/c Pascaline
Bokoum, P.T.T., Ouagadougou, Burkina
Faso, Africa, deziras korespondantojn
por siaj lernantoj (policano, pastro,
flegisto, mekanisto, kaj lernantoj 14-15J.
BANGLADESH
Muhammad Mahbubul Huq, Baitul
Khanam, 75, Naya Paltan, Chaka 1000,
Bangladesh. Mi deziras trovi korespon-
dantojn usonajn kaj  havi kopion de
Pasporta Servo.
BRAZIL
Larry Macedo, Box 717, Santo Andre,
Sao Paulo, Brazil 09000. Mi estas juna,
nova esperantisto kaj serĉas geamikojn
en Usono kaj Kanado.
Aleksandro Cameiro, Strato Sao
Vicente de Paulo, S/N, Santa Barbara,
Bahia, Brazil 44150. 25j pri turismo bi-
cikle en 1988.
BULGARIA
Krasimir   Ygnatov   Gatev,       kv.
"Zobravec" bl. 29, vh. A et.2, BG-7005,
Ruse, Bulgaria. 33 fraŭlo, pentristo-
restaŭristo, arto, monumentoj, ikonoj,
freskoj, ktp.
CHINA
F-ino Chen Mei-ling, Mai Ji Xiang,
40 Hao Second, Amoy, Fukien, China.
Juna, izolita esperantistino, bone regas la
lingvon, verkas poezion.
Zang Yu-huai, Zhiye Zhongzue, De-
hui, Jilin, China. 35j instruisto de angla
lingvo.
S-ino Luo Xi Lie, Guangxi sheng,
Qin zhou shi, Yanbu jie, 44 hao
Zhongguo, China. Pri ĉiutaga vivo, pm,
angla lingvo.
Lina Yue gang, Ti wei da xianshi, si
chuan, China. Pri ĉtv, pm.
Yang Zhao Yin, 77 Tianxiang Road,
Changzhou Jiangsu, China. Inĝeniero en
plasta industrio. Kol. alilingvajn vor-
tarojn, gazetojn, librojn.
Wang Tian, Chi Kan Tang Chang,
Zang Tiang Guang Dong, China.
Kong Wei Dong, No. 28, Tuan Jie
Xiang, Xi Yue St., BaBu Town, He Xien,
Kuang Xi, China. Pri pm.
COLOMBIA
Guillermo Taborda Restrepo, AA
No. 38-37 de Medegino, Medellin, Co-
lombia. Dez. kor. klubanoj inter kiuj
arkitekto, politikisto, sekretario,
medicina studento, edukistoj, iks-radia
teknikisto, bestkuracisto, La.
CUBA
Orlando Raola G., Longa #220, Apt.
5, e/Pedro Nuevo y Fernando, Mantilla,
Z. P. 9, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba.
Scienco, komputilo, lit., kino, foto, tur-
ismo, movado. Serĉas interpacigon.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
D-ro   Varoslava   Svejkovska,
Lazenska 605,27401 Slany, Czechoslo-
vakia. 28j instruistino en elementa
lernejo. Lit., turismo, fl.
Fridrich Zold, CS-07632 Borsa 368,
Czechoslovakia. Filatelisto.
Petro Amarko, Chrobakova 4, CS-
84102 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Kun
samideanino.
Georgo Lindulka, C. Kopec 21D,
63900 Brno, Czechoslovakia.
Lenka Zindulkova, Okruzni 3561 D,
47127 Straz p.R., Czechoslovakia.
Pavel Machanec, 483 55 Letonice
421D, Czechoslovakia.
Local   Contacts
Arizona: Wm. Shanks, E-o Soc. of
AZ, 1345 W. Escarpa, Mesa, AZ,
85201
Baltimore:   T.   Goodman,   3218
Shelburne Rd., Balto., MD, 21208
Berkeley: Box 324, Berkeley, CA,
94701,(415)222-0187
Boulder:   E-o   Assn.,   4825  W.
Moorhead Cir., Boulder, CO, 80303
Chicago: E-o Society,, Box 64774,
Chicago, IL, 60664-0774
Denver E-o Group: 995 Humbolt
#205, Denver, CO, 80218
Florida E-o Society: 18757 Lake
Worth Blvd., Port Charlotte, FL,
33948, (813) 627-1020
Houston: E-o in Houston, Box 202,
Houston, TX, 77001
Intermountain E-o Group (AZ,
CO, ID, MT, NM, UT, WY): 4825 W.
Moorhead   Circle,   Boulder,   CO,
80303
Los  Angeles:   E-o  Assn.,   3550
Wilshire Blvd., L.A., CA, 90010
Michigan: E-o Soc. of Michigan,
PO Box 3011, Southfield, MI, 48037
Missouri: St. Louis Group, 8894
Berkay Ave., Jennings, MO, 63136
Montana: Montana E-o Soc, 330
Lindley PL, Bozeman, MT, 59715
New England: ESNE, Box 44,
Fayville, MA, 01745
NYC E-o Soc: 80-50 Baxter Ave.
#3D, Elmhurst, NY, 11373
Ohio: E-o Assn., 1144 Kingsdale
Terr., Columbus, OH, 43220
Orange Co., CA: E-o Assn., Box
1538, Garden Grove, CA, 92642
Philadelphia: 33 E. Roumfort Rd.
#A1, Philadelphia, PA, 19119
Portland: E-o Soc, 11905 SW Set-
tler Way, Beaverton, OR, 97005
Riverside,  CA:  Inland  Empire
Esperanto  Group,  3920  Market,
Suite 141, Riverside, CA, 92501,
(714) 689-5576 or (619) 949-1958
Sacramento: 2450 - 28th Ave.,
Sacramento, CA, 95822
San Diego: E-o Club, 3470 Juniper
St., San Diego, CA, 92104, (619)
284-8081
San Francisco: SFERO, 410 Dar-
rell Rd., Hillsborough, CA, 94010,
(415) 342-1796
Seattle: E-o Soc, 6002 NE 61st St.,
Seattle, WA, 98115
UN:  Esperanto,  777 United Na-
tions Plaza, NYC, NY, 10017
Utah: E-o Club, Box 2166, Salt
Lake City, UT, 84110
Wash., D.C.: E-o Soc, 4406 - 35th
St. NW, Wash., D.C., 20008
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Attractive Bookmarks
Informative bookmarks, printed on
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are printed on both sides with informa-
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can be displayed in libraries; and book-
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Confronting War
Confronting War, 2nd ed., 378 pages,
by Ronald J. Glossop, Ph.D., ELNA
member. The book analyzes the mean-
ings of war, peace, and justice and pro-
vides an evaluation of theories about the
causes of war. One section examines the
contemporary ideological, economic,
military, institutional, and legal aspects
of war with a survey of proposals for
solving the problem of war. The book is
free of dogma and nationalist partisan-
ship. It is suitable for high school and
college age readers as well as adults.
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11-13 September EGI (Intermoun-
tain) Conference, Bozeman, MT.
25-27 September NOREK, Camp
Alexander, BC, Canada.
27-30 December MLA Convention,
Moscone Convention Center, San
Francisco.
23-30 July, 1988 73rd World Espe-
ranto Convention, Rotterdam.
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