NEW SLeTTeK
News of the Language Problem and Esperanto as a Solution
Nov-Dec 1988

Making News
This Issue
Latest Decisions from the Estraro
WeU-informed members are the best
members in any organization. Do your
duty and take a look at the recent deci-
sions of ELNA's Board of Directors. If
you want to know where to go for the next
ELNA Convention or why ELNA
doesn't accept credit cards any longer,
you'll need to read these notices.
See Page 4
The SFSU Story
Cathy Schulze has been a driving force
behind the SFSU summer Esperanto
Courses since their beginning 19 years
ago. Read her account of the foundling of
the program, its evolution since 1970,
and the prospects for its future.
See Page 8
Recenze
Ulrich Lins' La danĝera lingvo: Studo
pri la persekutoj kontraŭ Esperanto is a
classic treatise published over 15 years
ago. A new edition, fully revised and
expanded, has now appeared. Don Har-
low takes a look at this exciting contribu-
tion to the historical study of Esperanto.
See Page 13
In This Issue
New Books from the CO.          5
English in the Business World   7
Letters & More Letters!      10-11
And Much, Much More to
Delight and Inform You!
ELNA CONFERENCE 1989
A proposal to hold the 1989 ELNA Conference in Chicago, IL, has been accepted by the
Estraro. According to preliminary information, the Conference will be held July 22 through
July 27,1989, at De Paul University. We will be publishing more information about the
Conference in forthcoming issues of the Newsletter. For further details, contact the Central
Office of ELNA.
Using & Supporting Esperanto
International Society
of Friendship and Good Will
By Dr. Stanley J. Drake, President, ISFGW
The International Society of Friend-
ship and Good Will, which was founded
in 1978 and has members in 114 coun-
tries, is not an Esperanto association per
se; that is, a knowledge of Esperanto is
not a requirement of membership. But the
Society uses and supports Esperanto, and
many of its members throughout the
world are Esperantists. Most of the
members of the Society's 80-nation
International Advisory Board are Esper-
antists.
The Society uses only two languages in
communicating with its members: Eng-
Continued on page 6
THE MEMBERSHIP
THERMOMETER 1989
The stippled area shows to-
tal 1989 paid ELNA member-
ship at the end of December,
1988; this is compared with
four milestones/targets: to-
tal paid membership for
1987, total paid member-
ship for 1988, the "magic
number" 1000, and the
number needed to add a
second person representing
ELNA to the UEA Committee.
Let's bust the thermometer
in 1989!
2nd UEA
committee-person
Our goal for 1989
ELNA membership
1988
ELNA membership
1987
1100
1000
778
572
/-\
- 1000
f
— 500
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The ELNA Newsletter 1
EDITORIAL
In this, the last issue of the Newsletter
for 1988, it might be worth seeing what
the omens have been for the future devel-
opment of Esperanto. Here's a quick
overview of a few of them.
1) The World Esperanto Congress in
Rotterdam attracted 2321 participants.
This makes it the fourth largest UK held
in Western Europe sincetheendof World
War II. It was also the fourth Congress in
a row to attract more than two thousand
participants. This sets a new record of
sorts: never before in the history of Espe-
ranto have more than two UKs in a row
attracted more than two thousand people.
(Incidentally, perhaps it is time to lay
to rest the myth that the Esperanto move-
mentin the 1920's was somehow signifi-
cantly larger than it is today. The record
of the UKs belies this. Of 18 interbellum
UKs, eight—almost half!—were at-
tended by fewer than one thousand par-
ticipants. Of 42 postwar UKs, exactly
two—both held in North America—at-
tracted fewer than one thousand. In the
last six years, only one UK—that in
Vancouver—has numbered fewer than
two thousand participants, and two of
them have been 4000+ congresses.)
2) The second International Academic
Conference on Science and Technology
in Esperanto (IAKSTE) in Beijing num-
bered 1400 participants. This compares
with 300+ in 1986. For those who are
making their plans for 1990 now, a third
IAKSTE is planned for Beijing in the
spring of that year.
3) ELNA membership numbers, after
stagnating for many years, rose between
30 and 40 percent in 1988.
4) Glasnost is letting Soviet Esperan-
tists at last raise their voices internation-
ally. The magazines are full of would-be
correspondents from the USSR, many of
them advertising as groups rather than as
individuals. The December issue of El
Popola ĉinio gives over half its corre-
spondence column to requests from the
single city of Krasnoyarsk in Siberia.
5)  Movies in Esperanto? Why not?
You can now get tapes of two feature-
length Hungarian films, dubbed in Espe-
ranto: the classic Somewhere In Europe
and the Oscar-winning Mephisto. I don't
yet know whether these are available
only in PAL format, or in a US-compat-
ible NTSC format. Hungarian producer
Istvan Vajda, who is not an Esperantist,
has plans to crack the Esperanto market
with a series of Esperanto-dubbed films
(he has mentioned Disney's Snow White
as one possibility ...).
6) Speaking of Hungary ... for those
who insist that Esperanto is not suitable
for the production of literature, please
note that the Hungarian Esperanto Asso-
ciation is now financing much of its ac-
tivity by publishing Hungarian transla-
tions of works originally written in Espe-
ranto for the general in-country market.
A Hungarian translation of Corrado
Tavanti's Varmas en Romo recently had
100,000 copies distributed—the equiva-
lent, in a country the size of Hungary, of
about 2,000,000 in the United States.
I want to talk a bit about the Newslet-
ter, too. I don't think that this Newsletter
is going to attract many new members to
ELNA—after all, what non-member
really gets to see it?—but I like to hope it
will help retain those who have joined as
a personal experiment. Let's see what
we' ve attained in the pas t year, and where
we have yet to go, as measured by the
plans outlined in my annual report. (To
follow this, you should get out your copy
oftheELNA'88Reports, which wentout
with the July-August Newsletter.)
1) Of the fivecolumns mentioned, four
are solidly ensconced in the Newsletter;
one ("News from Abroad") has fallen by
the wayside, but will certainly be resur-
rected starting with the January-February
1989 issue.
2)  All three columns mentioned are
doing well.
3) We have had a book review column
in every issue of 1988.1 hope to increase
the number of pages of book review to
two in all 16-page issues in future.
4)  The "Letters" column has been
launched and, I think, is doing well.
5) The editorial column is doing well.
I consider the right to shoot off my mouth
for one page every issue as fair compen-
sation for the time and effort this News-
letter demands. I do wish, however, that
more of you would comment on what I
have to say ...
6)  This has not gone at all well. Per-
haps in 1989?
7)  I commissioned Cathy Schulze to
acquire for me five articles about the
Summer Courses. At the time of this writ-
ing, four of those have arrived, one has
been published, and one is in press.
8) I am still working on this one.
9) Don't any of you have literary am-
bitions???
10) I intend to increase the number of
photos again—slightly. I'm still a big fan
of the written word.
11) This seems to be working out very
satisfactorily.
On size and frequency of the Newslet-
ter: while the Estraro hasn't yet said
"yes," they also haven't said "no," and so
I'm going ahead with my plans. You will
have noticed that both this issue and the
last one were 16 pages long. I intend to
make these last two issues of the year 16
pages as long as I am editor, unless I get
direct orders to the contrary. For 1989,1
also plan to add an extra 12-page issue,
probably in March; and in 1990,1 want to
turn one of the 12-page issues into a 16-
page one. That will take us up to 96 pages
per year. Some years down the road, I see
an 8-issue-per-year, 16-page Newsletter.
One issue remains to be resolved: lan-
guage balance in the Newsletter. How
much Esperanto should we have, and
how much English? Some newsletters,
e.g. La Revuo Orienta in Japan and La
Mondo in China, are almost completely
in the local language; others, for example
Budapeŝta Informilo in Hungary, are
completely in Esperanto.
My original plan was to have a balance
between English and Esperanto. This is
still my intention; but so far the ratio of
English to Esperanto has been rather
higher than any of us might wish. My
own part in improving the ratio will be
this: in 1989 at least three (but no more
than four) of my editorials will be in
Esperanto rather than English.
In closing this commentary, let me
hope that you, like Esperanto, had a good
year; and that both you and Esperanto are
going to have an even better one in 1989.
2 The ELNA Newsletter
^Esperanto in the Media
An article "Danĝera lingvo" (title in
Esperanto) about Esperanto appeared in
the New York, NY, Russian-language
newspaper Novoje russkoje slovo (April
4,1987). (from N. M. Tullero)
An article "Esperanto's hundredth an-
niversary" appeared in the Jersey City,
NJ, Ukrainian-language newspaper
Svoboda (July 15, 1987). (from N. M.
Tullero)
An article "One language for all na-
tions and men" appeared in the New
York, NY, Yiddish-language newspaper
Vorwerts (August 14, 1987). (from N.
M. Tullero)
An article "A hundred years since Dr.
Zamenhof created the language Espe-
ranto" appeared in the New York, NY,
Yiddish-language newspaper Alge-
meiner journal (September 11, 1987).
(from N. M. Tullero)
An article "Esperanto's Hundred-year
Jubilee" appeared in the New York, NY,
Byelorussian newspaper Bielar us (Janu-
ary, 1988). (from N. M. Tullero)
An article "One hundred years of Es-
peranto" appeared in the New York, NY,
Yiddish-language newspaper Alge-
meiner journal (June 17, 1988). (from
N. M. Tullero)
Digital Review, the independent
newspaper of DEC computing (June 20,
1988), in an article on software licenses,
states: "If an availability license for an
Esperanto compiler has enough units,
then all machines [in a VAXcluster] can
run the software, (from Verda Lumo, the
bulletin of the Esperanto Society of New
England, November)
Esperantist Hy Meltz has an article
"Dr. L.L. Zamenhof—-The Creator of Es-
peranto" in Judaica Philatelic Journal
(Summer, 1988). The article describes
the life of Zamenhof and his creation of
Esperanto. Mr. Meltz includes a check-
list of postage stamps commemorating
Zamenhof and Esperanto, (sent by Hy
Meltz)
Richard A. Shaffer, in "The Business
Of Unix," an article in Personal Com-
puting (July, 1988), starts by quoting
Steve Jobs' old metaphor: "Everyone is
talking again about Unix, die Esperanto
of operating systems." He goes on to
compare MS-DOS with English—per-
haps an appropriate pair of metaphors,
since Unix appears to have more long-
run universal appeal, while MS-DOS is
tied in with one particular, though admit-
tedly widespread, generation of ma-
chines, (from VerdaLumo, the bulletin of
the Esperanto Society of New England,
November)
Julian C. Jenson, in "What Is Espe-
ranto?" in the Wilber, NE, Republican
(September 21,1988), describes in some
detail the history and current status of
Esperanto, as part of a description of an
interview with Nebraska Esperantist and
ELNA member June Fritz, (sent by June
Fritz)
"There are a few thousand librarians
forced to work with [Boolean logic] and
it's as if they were speaking Esperanto,"
says an article on "The Connection
Machine" in MacWEEK (September
27,1988). (from VerdaLumo, the bulle-
tin of the Esperanto Society of New
England, November)
The magazine Perspectives (October,
1988) carried an article "Seeds of Peace:
Children, Our Future, and Los Angeles
County Schools" by Kelly W. Carle,
Carole Raylin, Binjo Garrett and Max
Brande of Intertalk. The article explains
why Esperanto is a good solution to the
problem of communication for our chil-
dren, and describes a pilot teaching pro-
gram called "World Friends Through
Esperanto." (sent by Binjo Garrett)
Online Today (October, 1988), the
membership magazine for the Compu-
Serve information service, carries an ar-
ticle about Esperanto and Esperantist Jim
Deer, who is in charge of the Esperanto
section of the Foreign Language Forum
on CompuServe. The article, "Lan-
guages Unite" by Terri Stone, describes
the structure of Esperanto and tells how
to access the CompuServe Esperanto
section, (sent by Cathy Schulze)
A lengthy article in the Muskegon, MI,
Sunday Chronicle (October 9, 1988)
recounted the efforts of Webb Scri vnor to
establish an Esperanto club in western
Michigan. The article also mentioned
Susan Baar who began learning the lan-
guage in June through the free correspon-
dence course. Ms. Baar teaches gifted
fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students and
plans to introduce the language to them,
calling Esperanto "a great vocabulary
builder." (from La Semanto, bimonthly
bulletin of the Esperanto Society of
Michigan)
On its puzzle page, in the column
"Horse Sense," the San Francisco, CA,
Chronicle (October 30, 1988) asks:
"During his 13-year reign, England's
very first King George never bothered to
speak anything except his native
FRENCH, GERMAN, DUTCH, RUS-
SIAN, ITALIAN, ESPERANTO." Can
you guess the obviously wrong answer?
(sent by Cathy Schulze)
In the section "DTP Tips" of MacUser
(November, 1988), a formatting proce-
dure for the typesetting language TeX is
illustrated with what appears to be part of
the first chapter from an Esperanto novel,
(from Verda Lumo, the bulletin of die
Esperanto Society of New England,
November)
In the Christian Science Monitor
(November 1,1988) Guernsey Le Pelley
makes very light of Esperanto in a
pseudo-humorous article "No speka da
English." (with thanks to Elaine Rankin)
Esperanto is mentioned by Cathy
Schulze in a note in the Peace Wave
News (November 15) from Japan, (pro-
vided by Cathy Schulze)
Sara S u Jones, a second-year student at
the Phillips Academy in Andover, MA,
describes "A Language For All
Tongues" in the Academy's newspaper
The Phillipian. The topic is, of course,
Esperanto, and particularly a description
of this year's TEJO Congress in Zagreb,
Yugoslavia, (from Saluton, the bulletin
of the Esperanto-Societo de Cikago)
While this doesn'trelate directly to Es-
peranto ... the cover of a recent Barnes &
Noble catalog shows a small, scaly, web-
footed creature sitting amidst a collection
of antiques and reading a Volapuk Bible.
Since as far as I know the Bible was never
translated into Volapuk, this work must
indeed be a rarity! (from Jack Lesh)
The ELNA Newsletter 3

Esperanto Actiyittfin the United States

V)
CALIFORNIA
'Tis the season to exhibit! On October
29, Steve Church of the Sacramento
Esperanto Society and Don Harlow of the
Berkeley Esperanto League manned an
exhibit booth during the one-day semian-
nual conference of the Foreign Language
Association of Northern California at
Stanford University. In a sense, this was
in preparation for a two-day exhibit on
November 18-19 at the annual confer-
ence of the American Council of Teach-
ers of Foreign Languages at the Confer-
ence Center in Monterey. The latter ex-
hibit was arranged and set up by Minerva
and John Massen on the recommendation
of Dr. Humphrey Tonkin, and was
manned by Dorothy Holland-Kaupp of
the American Association of Teachers of
Esperanto and Don Harlow of the
Berkeley Esperanto League, with help
from Angela Harlow of the Berkeley
Esperanto League and Mark Ono of the
Monterey Institute for International
Studies. It was very successful; the ex-
hibitors spoke to several hundred partici-
pants in the conference, and collected
names of fifty interested language teach-
ers for follow-up. (reported by Don Har-
low)
IDAHO
Esperanto has been introduced at
Boise State University as a fully accred-
ited course during the fall, 1988, semes-
ter. The instructor is David Barron, who
expects the course to continue in future
semesters. The class is offered through
the university's Continuing Education
department, (reported by David Barron
in the newsletter of the Intermountain
Esperanto Group)
MASSACHUSETTS
Recent activities by Richard
Guillemette of the Esperanto Society of
New England include teaching a non-
credit Esperanto course at Bristol Com-
munity College; being interviewed about
the language on WALE and WSAR in
Fall River and WPEP in Taunton; arrang-
ing displays and information booths in
Fall River and at Bridgewater State Col-
lege, (reported by Richard H.
Guillemette)
MICHIGAN
Another new local club has been
formed in the state of Michigan! This one
is in the city of Battle Creek and it is
called the Cereal City Esperanto Friends
(Cerealurbaj Esperantaj Amikoj). Its
current members are Chris Dodson, Bill
LeFils, and Johano Bassett. They meet
once a week to have informal study ses-
sions, (reported by Johano E. Bassett)
Florinda Rosen of Davisburg recently
gave a talk about Esperanto to the Tri-
County Foreign Language Association at
Mott Community College in Flint. About
thirty-five people attended the talk, and
most were very interested in knowing
more about Esperanto. The chairman of
the association, Prof. Frank Friedman, is
looking into the possibility of offering an
Esperanto course at Mott Community
College. Incidentally, Ms. Rosen is a
"native" speaker of Esperanto. Her par-
ents were Esperanto pen-pals who did not
know each other's native language. They
eventually married, and the children
spoke Esperanto around the house as a
family language, (from La Semanto,
bimonthly bulletin of the Michigan Espe-
ranto Society)
At the 1988 banquet of the Kalamazoo
Radio Amateurs Club, John Starling
gave a talk about Esperanto and dis-
played and sold books, magazines, bro-
chures, etc. He set up a similar display for
the "Ham-fest" (a radio amateur swap
meet) a week later, (from La Semanto,
bimonthly bulletin of the Michigan Espe-
ranto Society)
The ELNA CO. recently received a
copy of an excellent one-hour television
show, filmed on July 28 by John Starling
and Sherry Wells, for Portage Cable
Access, in which these two members of
the Esperanto Society of Michigan dis-
cuss Esperanto and its uses vigorously
and at length, (tape borrowed from CO by
the editor)
OHIO
A display booth at the 1988 Columbus
International Festival, on November 12-
13, m anned by members of the Esperanto
Association of Central Ohio, was quite
successful. Besides a number of people
interested in the possibility of an Espe-
ranto class beginning in January, contact
was made with two service organizations
wanting information or a speaker on
Esperanto, (from La Ligileto, newsletter
of the Esperanto Association of Central
Ohio)
LASTATEIVIPAJ ESTRARAJ OECIOOJ
38/7: Ĉikago estis unuanime aprobita
kiel nia kongresurbo por 1989. Pluaj
detaloj sekvos,
38/8: La kontrakto rilate la uzadon de
kreditkartoj por pagoj al la Centra
Oficejo estos nuligita je la 3 la de de-
cembro, 1988. (Red. nolo: temaspri
la fakto, ke la uzado de kreditkartoj
kostas al ELNA kelkcent dolarojn
en ĉiu jaro. Oni decidis okaze de la
1988-a kongreso ĉesi akcepti
kreditkartajn pagojn, sed oni
prokrastis efektivigon, kaj re-
voĉdonis—samrezulte—pro la
reklamo, kiu tuj poste aperis en la
nova libro Esperanto: Learning
and Using the International Lan-
guage.)
4 The ELNA Newsletter
WE/A /AKTW/AL
EMINENTAJ PERSONOJ
REKOMENDAS ESPERANTON
Eminentaj personoj el ĉiuj vivosferoj
lastatempe rekomendis al siaj kolegoj, ke
ili lernu la Internacian Lingvon Espe-
ranto kaj apogu ĝian enkondukon en
lernejojn tra la tuta mondo. En deklaracio
publikigita en Roterdamo en Julio, la
Honora Patrona Komitato de UEA aludis
al la propra sperto pri utiligo de Espe-
ranto kiel rimedo de internacia komu-
nikado. "Lerninte Esperanto kaj provinte
ĝiajn kapablojn dum mullaj jaroj", anoj
de la Komitato rimarkigas, ke Esperanto
estas samtempe facile lernebla kaj plene
esprimkapabla.
La prezidanto de la Honora Patrona
Komitato estas Ralph L. Harry, iama am-
basadoro de Aŭstralio ĉe Unuiĝintaj
Nacioj. Inter la membroj de la Komitato
estas la ĉina verkisto Bakin, prezidanto
de la Sveda Parlamento Ingemund
Bengtsson, sciencifkcia verkisto Harry
Harrison, kaj la direktoro de la Japana
Nacia Etnografia Muzeo Tadao Umesao.
Post aprobo de sia Deklaracio en sep-
tembro 1987, la Komitato malfermis ĝin
por subskribo al aliaj bone konataj paro-
lantoj de Esperanto, pliparte el universi-
tataj medioj. Inter aliaj subskribintoj
troviĝas la nomoj de konataj usonaj
esperantistoj kaj ELNA-anoj kiel Prof.
Ronald J. Glossop, profesoro pri
filozofiaj studoj, Universitato de Suda
Ilinojso; Prof. David K. Jordan, pro-
fesoro pri antropologio, Universitato de
Kalifornio (SD); Prof. Ralph A. Lewin,
profesoroprimarabiologio.Universitato
de Kalifornio (SD); Prof. Bruce Ame
Sherwood, profesoro pri fiziko kaj vicdi-
rektoro de la Centro pri Desegno de
Eduka Komputado, Universitato Carne-
gie Mellon; kaj Prof. Humphrey Tonkin,
prezidanto, Kolegio Potsdam de la Stata
Universitato de Novjorko.
(El Novjorka Novaĵletero—Julio 1988)
INTERVENOJ DE UEA
ANTAŬ UNUIĜINTAJ NACIOJ
Dum la Tria Speciala Sesio de la Gen-
erala Asembleo pri Malarmado ĉe UNO
(31a de majo—-25a de junio 1988) UEA
sukcesis enprotokoligi skriban inter-
venon, kiu enhavis interalie la rezolucion
pri Esperanto de la Generala Konferenco
deUNESKOenl985.
Tiajn formalajn intervenojn en la deba-
lojn oni devas zorge antaŭprepari, car la
protokolo de UNO estas tre strikta. La
tekstoj de la intervene) estas distribuataj
tra oficialaj kanaloj al ĉiuj misioj de la
Statoj-Membroj kaj al observantoj de
neregistaraj organizajoj.
(Laŭ informo sendita de UEA-
Novjorko)
UK RESOLUTION
SENT TO UN AMBASSADORS
On August 10, Dr. Humphrey Tonkin,
President of the S tate University College,
Potsdam, NY, and President of the World
Esperanto Association forwarded to all
national Ambassadors to the United Na-
tions an English translation of the text of
the Resolution on Science and Technol-
ogy approved by the 73rd World Con-
gress of Esperanto in Rotterdam, The
Netherlands, this summer.
The Resolution
"...Concludes that the Esperanto-
speaking community should wholeheart-
edly support the further development and
expansion of science and technology
and—along with non-speakers of Espe-
ranto—should take part in discussion and
action at all levels to promote the respon-
sible and purposeful application of its re-
sults, and
"Confirms that the Resolution on the
Practical Application of Esperanto ap-
proved by the World Congress of Espe-
ranto in Beijing in 1986—which particu-
larly emphasized the necessity for the ex-
tensive use of Esperanto in science and
technology and the need for the active co-
operation of the Esperanto movement in
and with the non-Esperantist scientific
community—remains valid and should
be pursued and realized by the Universal
Esperanto Association and its members."
(Information sent by the UEA office in
New York)
IAMA AUSTRALIA AMBASA-
DORO CE UNUIĜINTAJ NACIOJ
PREMIIĜAS
S-ro Ralph L. Harry, iama Konstanta
Reprezentanto de Aŭstralio en
Unuiĝintaj Nacioj, ricevis la Premion
Onisaburo Deguĉi en speciala ceremonio
en Roterdamo en julio, dum la 73-a
Universala Kongreso de Esperanto. La
premio, kiu portas la nomon de la
fondinto de la religia organizaĵo Oomoto,
estas ĉiujara aljuĝata al esperantisto, kiu
plej signife kontribuis al antaŭenigo de
monda paco kaj internacia kompreniĝo
pere de la Internacia Lingvo Esperanto.
Tra longa diplomatia kariero, s-ro Harry
senlace pledis por la uzo de Esperanto
kiel efika kaj neŭtrala rimedo de komu-
nikado en internaciaj organizajoj, kaj li
helpis atentigi mondajn gvidantojn pri
Esperanto. S-ro Harry estis aŭstralia
ambasadoro en Bonn antaŭ ol veni al
Novjorko. Li estas ano de la Ordeno de
Aŭsiralio kaj de la Ordeno de la Brita
Imperio. La Premion Deguĉi financas
Oomoto, kies ĉefsidejo troviĝas en
Kioto, Japanio.
S-ro Harry estas prezidanto de la Hon-
ora Patrona Komitato de UEA kaj konata
figuro en la aŭstralia kaj internacia Espe-
ranto-movadoj.
(el Novjorka Novajletero—aŭgusto,
1988)
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ABZ001.
Janton, Pierre: Esperanto—Lingvo,
literaturo, movado. Rotterdam: UEA,
1988, 119p. Prezo: $10.00. Kodo:
ESP011.
Privat, Edmond: Vivo de Zamenhof.
133p. Prezo: $5.95. Kodo: VIV003.
Zamenhof, L.L.: Fundamento de Espe-
ranto. Marmande: Editions Francaises
d'Esperanto, 353p.. Prezo: $8.35. Kodo:
FUN001.
The ELNA Newsletter 5
FROM THE CENTRAL OFFICE
■   IIVIII     I 1 lira    Vbll I ImJHIHM    ^0u   1   m^0mm
Frustration is an expected emotion
when an idea so worthy and factually
developed as Esperanto is held up by a
public slow to accept what to us is the
obvious response to a major world prob-
lem. The first reaction usually is to point
out what others are doing wrong. How-
ever, a more sound, long term approach
would be to search for ways in which we
can all work together to actualize our goal
of seeing Esperanto as the medium of
international communication.
In some ways this is happening now.
With the reinstitution of the Informpet-
anto Exchange Program (TEP), the Cen-
tral Office keeps in regular contact with
local clubs, informing them of people in
their area who are interested in Esperanto
and keeping the klubestroj aware of
things that affect Esperantists in the
United States.
Another recent improvement in the
line of communication is agreement
reached between the Central Office and
some of the teachers of the Free 10 Les-
son Postal Course. By comparing the
names of individuals who sent their first
lesson to various teachers of this course
with our database of information re-
questors, we found that some 50% were
not in our database. Now these teachers
send us the names of their first lesson
students on a regular basis, allowing
ELNA to add their names to our mailing
list of ELNA UPDATE, which was de-
signed to foster interest in the Esperanto
movement by informing interested par-
ties of Esperanto news from around the
world.
In addition, we send lists of learning
aids to those teachers to make available to
their students. In this way the student has
a range of textbooks, dictionaries and
reading material from which to choose.
By buying their books from ELNA in-
stead of their local booksellers, they
support ELNA activities instead of an
individual bookseller or chain store.
All this is good and fine for clubs and
some members who have the time to
administer the Free Postal Course, but
whatxan individual members do?
Sent along with this edition of the
ELNA Newsletter is the signup form for
the ELNA National Talent Bank. This is
being created to offer ELNA members a
chance to participate on a national level
while staying in their own geographical
location. There is a wealth of talent,
expertise, and dedication that is not
tapped due to the distance that separates
most US Esperantists from the national
headquarters and even from local clubs.
When you fill out and return this form
your answers will be entered into a spe-
cial data base. All responses will be held
confidential and will be available only to
the President and Vice-President of
ELNA, specifically appointed commit-
tee members, and the CO.
As many of you know, the computer at
the Central Office has broken down once
again. During our busiest season we have
been handling all orders, memberships
and subscriptions etc. by hand. The
Board of Directors has voted to purchase
an IBM clone computer and accounting
software that is superior to the previous
equipment and software. We expect that
it will take several months to become
familiar with the new system.
However, this purchase is outside our
budget for the 1988-89 fiscal year. Afund
raiser to replace the money spent on the
system, expected to be around $3,000,
will begin with the next newsletter.
Donations made before that time will be
gratefully accepted.
ELNA will also submit a grant pro-
posal to the Apple corporation. This pro-
posal asks for an Apple Macintosh com-
puter, printer, software and training. We
expect to have word on this grant in
timefor the 1989 ELNA Convention.
ELNA has been accepted as a member
of the "Volunteer Centers of Alameda
County." This organization provides
training in volunteer management and
development, as well as actual volun-
teers. Expected gains are to be in clerical
work, information package assembly,
newsletter prep, and other areas where
Esperanto skill is not necessary. Informa-
tion on how these volunteers are to be
integrated into the daily functioning of
the CO will be forthcoming.
The CO staff wishes to extend their
thanks to all that have offered help and
suggestions during die past year.
—Mark Stephens
Intern. Society from frontpage
lish and Esperanto. It publishes its Bulle-
tins and promotional and educational
meterials in both languages.
Of the Society's 19 Objectives, the
17th Objective reads: "To promote the
teaching and learning of Esperanto ...
and to collaborate with national and
international Esperanto associations to
promote Esperanto as the preferred lan-
guage for all manner of international
communication."
Because the International Society of
Friendship and Good Will is listed in
various publications and directories (The
World Almanac, The Yearbook of
International Organizations, The
Encyclopedia of Associations, Chase's
Annual Events Almanac and Survey,
and others), the Society receives many
inquiries about the Society and about
Esperanto from people who have never
heard of Esperanto or of the Esperanto
association in their country. When send-
ing information, the Society always in-
cludes information about Esperanto and
mentions the FREE Esperanto home
study course. After becoming members
of this Society and learning Esperanto,
most of them, hopefully, will want to
become members of Esperanto associa-
tions.
The International Society of Friend-
ship and Good Will uses both English and
Esperanto to promote the following ob-
servances which it sponsors:
International Friendship Week, the last full
week in February
Universal Women's Week, March 8-14
Universal Children's Week, October 1-7
Peace, Friendship and Good Will Week,
October 25-31
World Communication Week, November
1-7
Universal Human Rights Month, Decem-
ber 1-31
The Society supports Infanoj Ĉirkaŭ
!a Mondo (Children Around the World)
and encourages its members throughout
the world to support that organization in
its important work of introducing many
children in the United States and other
countries to the international language
Esperanto. If the Esperanto movement
hopes to become sponger, it is essential
that children and young people become
interested in and leam Esperanto.
6 The ELNA Newsletter
THE GOLDEN RULE: ENGLISH IS THE
INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE OF BUSINESS IN THE WORLD
"The Golden Rule is ... them as has
the gold makes the rules."
Rep. Clarence Long of Louisiana
Many American employees are learn-
ing Japanese on the reasoning that bilin-
gualism will be a prerequisite for ad-
vancement [in Japanese-owned Ameri-
can businesses]. "We must understand
the Americans' culture, and they must
understand ours," saidToshi Mori, chair-
man of Nikko International.
ScottPardee, a former Federal Reserve
Board official who is vice chairman and
the top U.S. executive at Yamaichi Inter-
national (America), said: "I'm studying
Japanese, as are a number of others here,
because to be a manager here (in the
future) you'll have to know both lan-
guages."
So many of Yamaichi's youngest
American employees have learned the
language that he often finds himself the
only monolingual person in sizable
mixed groups of Japanese and American
employees.
Michael A. Ffiltzik
"Wall Street dealing with culture
shock"
Los Angeles Times
reprinted Oakland Tribune
Aug. 14,1988
Every meeting during [the] marathon
workday [of David M. Proctor in, advi-
sor to the Los Angeles operations section
of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank] is conducted
in Japanese. Proctor understands 20 per-
cent to 30 percent of what goes on—and
is never quite sure how much else he
misses.
Jim Schachter and Nancy Yoshihara
"When two cultures clash"
Los Angeles Times
reprinted Oakland Tribune
Aug. 14,1988
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the calendar is a list of Esperanto-oriented
events,xegional, national and international, that
we think Would be of interest to some or all of
our readers. For your information, we include
the primary language(s) of each event.
19-25 February 1989: International
Friendship Week.
20-27 March 1989: Fifth Springtime
International Week in Ffopsten, West
Germany. Esperanto. For information:
Ft Fischer, Gustav-Adolf-Str. 2a, D-
4418 NORDWALDE, FR Germany.
24-27 March 1989:73rd BritishEspe-
ranto Conference, The City Hall,
Stoke-on-Trent, Great Britain. Espe-
ranto. For information: William H.
Simcock, Clayton House, Butterton,
LEEK;, Staffs, ST13-7SR, Great Brit-
ain, tel. 053 88 240.
24-29March 1989: KER Seminar
"Eufogeneration" in Chateau Gresil-
lon, France. 40 person limit. Espe-
ranto,French. For information: Boulet
Aline, 8 villa Stendhal, 75020PARIS,
France, tel. (1) 43666347.
2?March-5 April 1989: Second Inter-
national Esperantist Youth Campout,
In the tourist center "Youth" at Minsk,
Byelorussia, USSR. Esperanto. Forin-
formation: Asocio de Sovetiaj Esper-
antistoj (Junulara Komisiono), prosp.
Kalinina, 14, SU-103885 MOSCOW,
USSR.
20-30 June 1989: Second Interna- |
tional Musical Seminar, at the Espe-
ranto Training Center in Pisanica,
Bulgaria. Mainly invited are entire
choirs, singers, choir leaders, compos-
ers, and musicians from different
countries.Esperanto. For information:
Internacia Esperanto-Kursejo,
Pozitano 40, BG-1000 SOFIA, Bul-
gario.
23-25 June 1989: MidyearEsperantist
Weekend in the village of Markk-
leeberg on the outskirts of Leipzig,
with Subject: "The Earth Has Bread I
For All." Esperanto. For information:
Kulturbund der DDR, Esperanto-Aso-
cio, Kathe-Kollwitz-Strasse 115,
LEIPZIG DDR-7010, East Germany.
3-21 July 1989:20th Annual Summer
Esperanto Workshop, San Francisco
State University, SAN FRANCISCO.
Esperanto. For information: Mrs.
Catherine Schulze, 410 Darrell Rd.,
Hillsborough, CA 94010, tel. (415)
342-1796.
15-20 July 1989: International Sum-
mer Esperanto University, in the city
of Veliko Tarnovo. Lectures by emi-
nent Bulgarian and foreign scientists.
Esperanto. For information: Espe-
ranto-SocietoLuno,pk. 121.BG-5000
VELIKO TARNOVO, Bulgaria.
16-23 July 1989: 45th International
Youth Congress of TEJO in Kerkrade,
The Netherlands. Theme: "Transpor-
tation." Esperanto. For information:
Sekretario deLKK, Op den Akker 16,
NL-5925 CB VENLO, The Nether-
lands, tel. +31 77 827 697.
22-27 July 1989: Annual Conference
of flic Esperanto League for North
America, De Paul University, CHI-
CAGO. Esperanto. For information:
ELNA, P.O. Box 1129, El Cerrito, C A
94530, tel. (415) 653-0998.
22-29 July 1989: Parisian Mad Week:
the 200th anniversary of the French
Revolution. Esperanto. For informa-
tion: Unuiĝo Franca Por Esperanto
(Turisma Servo), 4 bis, rue de la Ceri-
saie, F-75004 PARIS, France.
29 July-5 August 1989: 74th World
Esperanto Congress, Brighton, Eng-
land. Esperanto. For information con-
tact ELNA or UEA.
5-13 August 1989: Post-Congress ex-
cursion through Great Britain, es-
corted by William Auld. Esperanto.
For information: Esperanto Travel
Service, 578 Grand Avenue, Oakland,
CA 94610, tel. (415) 836-1710
15-27 August 1989: International
Summer Esperanto School, on the
beach at Lake Ohrid in Macedonia.
Esperanto. For information: Judita
Rey, 32 divizije 45, YU-41000 ZA-
GREB, Yugoslavia.
10-30 September 1989: Seminar of
the Oomoto School of Traditional
Japanese Arts in Kameoka, Japan.
Esperanto. Limited to 8 people. Cost
for three weeks is Si400. For informa-
tion: Internacia Fako, Oomoto,
Kameoka-si, KYOTO-hu, Japan 621.
28 July-4 August 1990: 75th World
Esperanto Congress, Havana, Cuba.
Esperanto. For information contact
ELNA or UEA.
The ELNA Newsletter 7
THE SAN FRANCISCO STATE STORY
By Cathy Schulze, Administrative Assistant, Esperanto Courses
I recall the anticipation and excitement
my husband and I felt when we went out
to San Francisco Airport that morning in
summer 1970to meet the greatEsperanto
poet, William Auld—at 2:00 a.m.! His
plane had to circle Kennedy in New
York, then finally land in Philadelphia.
This charismatic Scot was the first Espe-
ranto instructor hired by San Francisco
State University.
As I began to write this "history of the
San Francisco State Esperanto program"
for the ELNA Newsletter, I reflected on
all that has happened there during these
past nineteen years—the pleasure each
summer of welcoming old and new
faces—especially the new ones who ar-
rive with such excitement. Then those
farewell parties after three weeks of liv-
ing together with their instructors, and
serious study, the songfests, the promises
to keep in touch—all ending on a won-
derful high. And next summer there will
be another birthday cake for the 20th
anniversary—we seem to pause to cele-
brate every five years.
Already the Esperanto Centennial
(1887-1987) has come and gone, culmi-
nating in the Jubilee Celebration during
the World Esperanto Convention in Rot-
terdam (1988). Special homage was paid
to L.L. Zamenhof, M.D., who, in the
Warsaw of 1887, made a free gift of his
language to all the world's peoples.
From modest beginnings, Esperanto
has evolved into a healthy young lan-
guage, nurtured by the millions who have
used it down through the years. A thor-
oughly modem lingua franca, it is used
by thousands in international seminars
and conventions of all kinds throughout
the civilized world—most recently at the
fourth quadrennial convention of Pacific
rim Esperantists, September 9-20, in
Brisbane, Australia.
To enable the United States to play a
more active role in the Esperanto move-
ment, in 19691 turned to Minerva Mas-
sen, who was teaching Esperanto to her
fifth-grade class in Millbrae, CA. Mrs.
Massen sought the advice of Congress-
man Tom Lantos, then professor of eco-
nomics at San Francisco State Univer-
sity.
There followed an interview with Dr.
Lloyd O'Connor, Director of Summer
Sessions, andDr. RichardL. Trapp, Dean
of the Classics DepL, at SFSU, with my
husband and me representing ELNA.
The two gentlemen were somewhat ap-
prehensive at the prospects for success of
an Esperanto program, but they agreed to
bring William Auld from Scodand to be
assisted by Duncan Charters. They were
delighted when 52 people registered for
Esperanto I or II.
To meet the growing demand for ex-
pert Esperanto teachers and translators,
the Universal Esperanto Association,
Rotterdam, encourages methods courses.
Each summer now, SFSU offers a course
on Esperanto teaching methods in addi-
tion to courses on four levels.
Significant is that in the first 19 years
of the SFSU program 1054 people have
taken advantage of the opportunity to
study with top instructors. They have
come from all continents: from China
and Japan, from Australia and New Zeal-
and, from Rumania, from Africa
(Cameroon and Senegal), from Argen-
tina and Mexico, from Canada, Bermuda,
and Haiti.
The 1054 include 130+ from 28 coun-
tries who in 1972, following the Univer-
sal Esperanto Convention in Portland,
Oregon, attended a lecture series on U.S.
culture. This was a first for our country—
all lectures were given in Esperanto.
Roan S tone of Gallup, New Mexico, with
government help, arranged for a busload
of Navaho students to bring a program of
Native American dances to enrich her
lecture on Native American peoples.
Mexican-American culture, presented
by resource people from the San Mateo,
CA, School District, included a film with
the lecture given by the late Dr. John
Lewine. Likewise, Black American cul-
ture was presented by San Mateo Human
Relations Dept. blacks. The contribution
of Asian Americans to U.S. culture was
also presented. Dr. John Lewine pro-
vided the Esperanto narration for the
events. Again, the resource people came
from the San Mateo Human Resources
Dept. through the efforts of Doris Vallon-
Wheeler, then a teacher in San Mateo.
In SFSU's excellent McKenna The-
atre, the four cultures were represented in
a colorful program of music and dance.
San Francisco's Chinatown sent their
great dragon, maneuvered by several
young men, to entertain the foreign visi-
tors, who were entranced by the exotic
variety of cultures represented. On Fri-
day evening, the noted American com-
poser Lou Harrison, an Esperantist, pre-
sented a program of his music played on
several large, colorful Indonesian ga-
malans. The Oakland Symphony Youth
Chorus sang the Koro Sutro in Esperanto.
Continued on Page 9
8 The ELNA Newsletter
SFSU from Page 8
All the foreign guests were invited to
homes of local Esperantists. We still
meet some of these people at universal
Esperanto conventions who remember
with pleasure the cordial, eventful visit to
San Francisco.
A great part of the success of the Espe-
ranto courses at SFSU has been due to the
talents of the instructors who have de-
voted long hours of preparation for the
students. Some have returned from time
to time, but instructors and course con-
tent are changed every year so that those
who elect to return year after year are
treated to maximum challenge and ex-
pertise.
The teachers represent a kind of Espe-
ranto Hall of Fame. They include Wil-
liam Auld of Scotland (poet), Duncan
Charters (Principia College), David Jor-
dan (University of California—San Di-
ego), James Cool (Wilmington College),
Grant Goodall (University of Texas—El
Paso), Jonathan Cole (San Diego State),
Tatsuo Hugimoto (Japan), Probal Das
Gupta (Deccan College, Pune, India),
Charles Power (Washington, DC),
Yoshimi Umeda (Tokyo), Nikola Rasic
(Zagreb University), Claude Piron (Uni-
versity of Geneva), Edmund Brent (Uni-
versity of Quebec), Amri Wandel (Stan-
ford University), Vera Payne (Western
Australia University), Fabrizio Pennac-
chietti (Torino University), and John
Wells (London University).
Summer 1989 will see another team of
experts: James Cool, Grant Goodall, and
Audrey Childs-Mee of England making
her first appearance here. And looking to
future years, a number of excellent in-
structors are being considered.
The ELNA SFSU Student Fellowship
Fund has provided stipends for 104 stu-
dents enabling them to pursue advanced
Esperanto studies. The number of con-
tributors to the Fund is incalculable as
funds have come through auctions as
well as direct gifts. Local clubs awarding
stipends are: Portland, Berkeley, San
Francisco, and San Diego, as well as the
American Association of Teachers of
Esperanto.
Much gratitude is due those on the very
capable staff at SFSU who have done
much to smooth operation of the pro-
gram. First, those two courageous pio-
neers, Drs. Richard Trapp and the late Dr.
Lloyd O'Connor. Dr. James Kohn ad-
ministered the course next and helped
greatly to gring Chien Ming-chi from
Shanghai as a visiting scholar from East
China Normal University. Currendy, Jo
Volkert, Director of Extended Educa-
tion, Nancy McDermid, Dean of Hu-
manities, and Grif Richards, Director of
Summer Sessions, are working with us.
A debt is owed also to the directors of the
language and computer labs who make
the Esperanto materials available to our
students.
My own role in the development of
these courses has been a source of joy.
Seeing the level of Esperanto proficiency
in our country rise, meeting so many
enthusiastic students and teachers, not-
ing lasting friendships formed and, above
all, sending back to their homes teachers
and workers for the local clubs. This is
the harvest reaped every summer at San
Francisco State University.
Note: Here is a list of the faculty for the
Esperanto program at San Francisco
State University, summer of 1989:
JAMES COOL, Ph.D., Wilmington
College. Invited back for the 7th summer
to lead the Esperanto instruction at
SFSU.
AUDREY CHILDS-MEE, Interna-
tional Esperanto Institute, The Hague.
We have finally succeeded in finding
three weeks in her schedule to bring her
here. This will be her first North Ameri-
can appearance, though she has previ-
ously taught Esperanto in a number of
different countries around the world.
GRANT GOODALL, Ph.D. Coming
back for his third summer at SFSU, Grant
writes: "It might be worth pointing out
that not only am I an 'alumnus' of the
SFSU courses, but also a recipient of a
scholarship from SFERO and Gigi Hara-
bagiu which paid my tuition. The course
came at a time when I was involved in
many other things, and was rapidly for-
getting my Esperanto. I can honestly say
that without the course I probably would
have remained only nominally tied to the
Esperanto movement and would never
have taken an active role in it, and that
without the scholarship I never would
have attended the course. I'm sure there
are many young people now who are in
the same situation I was in then."
PASOJ
COPE
La 2an de oktobro 20 esperantistoj en
la Berklia regiono kunmanĝis en loka
ĉina restoracio por festi la 9 Ian datre-
venon de longtempa esperantisto kaj
multjara delegito de TJEA Calvin Cope.
William R. Harmon, cefdelegito de
UEA kaj Estrarano de ELNA, paroladis
pri la historio de s-ro Cope kiel delegito,
kaj donacis al li lian unuan delegitkarton
delajaro 1935.
CUNNINGHAM
Brandon  Cunningham   is  ELNA's
youngest member, at 2 years and 4
months. Besides being a member of
ELNA, he is also a MA ofUEAforl989.
DONEIS
Armin F. Doneis, kiu jam de multaj
jaroj estas ELNA membro kaj kiu servis
dumkelkajjarojkiel Cefdelegito de UEA
en Usono, nun resaniĝas en la hejmo de
sia filino en San Antonio, post
korfiirurgio rezultanta el infarktoj suferi-
taj en Wisconsin. S-ro Doneis tamen ne
tute ripozas, kion pruvas lia bona letero
en la revuo Fellowship of Reconciliation
(vidu la paĝon de Novaĵoj). Ni deziras al
s-ro Doneis rapidan resaniĝon!
ESTLING
"I am just a postman—I can' t do public
speaking or teach an Esperanto class."
Back in the 60's that was Al Estling's
response to my suggestion that he try to
start a class in Walla Walla. When I wrote
back that I was only a housewife but
found myself giving talks and teaching
classes, he took the challenge.
The next time I heard from AL, it was
on a tape in which I heard his voice for the
first time, saying:
"Well, Cathy, I decided to try. I
put an ad in the local paper, hired a
hall, put together a good exhibit and
waited—no one came. But I haven't
given up—I'll do things differently
next time."
Not long afterward Al wrote that he
had started his first class. This developed
into an active group. Ivo lapenna praised
this club in far off Walla Walla as a
"model club." Esperantists all over the
world wanted to contact Esperantists in
the town that Al said "is loved so much
that it was named twice."
Continued on Page 10
The ELNA Newsletter 9
Pasoj from Page 9
We all mourned with Al a few years
later when his wife died. Then he met
Sara Ann, a young widow in the Portland
club. Bill and I had the honor of being
witnesses at their all-Esperanto wedding.
Rev. Reuben Tanquist of the Portland
club officiated. Their marriage was the
beginning of an important Esperanto
partnership.
Al suffered bravely in his last illness.
Esperanto has lost a faithful worker. We
grieve with Sara Ann and the Estling
Children
Cathy Schulze
RUTLEDGE
Fr. Arthur F. X. Rutledge, S J., mem-
bro de ELNA, Celebris sian oran jubileon
kiel Jezuito ĉe Meso kun siaj iamaj
samklasanoj en la Kapelo de la Sankta
Koro de Universitato Loyola Mary-
mount, sabaton, 23an de oktobro. Fr.
Rutledge dum la jaroj instruis i.a. ĉe
Loyola Marymount, Santa Clara Univer-
sitato, Universitato Sophia en Tokio, kaj
Gonzaga Universitato en Spokane.
Cetere, li deĵoris misiiste en  ĉinio,
Nepalo, Bharato, Japanio kaj Hong-
kongo. Nunempte li estas retretejestro ĉe
Centra Sankta Koro en Los Gatos, Kaii-
fornio.
TAREMI-O'RYAN
La 16an de julio du amantoj de Espe-
ranto testis sian komunan vivon—tute
verde. Angelina Taremi, aktiva esperan-
tistino kaj fondinto de Esperanto-grupo
de Minnesota, edziniĝis kun Wiljam
O'Ryan, dumviva membra de UEA kaj
dumviva membro de ELNA. La ceremo-
nion gvidis esperantista predikanto. La
geedzoj flamigis kandelon sur kiu brilis
verda stelo dum tradiciajn Esperantajn
kantojn kantis gesamideanoj. Ĉeestantoj
estis esperantistoj ĉiuj. Hi ĉiuj kunlaboris
por okazigi tiun solenan geedziĝ-cere-
monion esperante, ke do estos bona
modelo por aliaj gesamideanoj kiuj
geedziĝas. (raportis Angelina Taremi)
TONKFN
La 5an de oktobro la Universitato de
Hartford nomissianovaprezidantod-ron
Humphrey Tonkin, aktualan Prezidanton
de Kolegio Potsdam dela Ŝ lata Universi-
tato de Noyjorko, Prezidanton de la
Universala Esperanto-Asocio, kaj mem-
bron de ELNA. La Umversitata Estraro
unuanime konfirmis la nomigon de
Tonkin ĉe speciala kunsido je la menciita
dato, tiel finante sepmonatan serĉadon,
kiu allogis 167 petojn kaj nomumojn de
la tuta lando. D-ro Tonkin, kiu sekvos
antaŭan Prezidanton Stephen Joel Tra-
chtenberg, transprenos la Prezidantecon
de funkcianta Prezidanto Hartzel Z.
Lebed komence de la jaro 1989. Ni kom-
preneble deziras al d-ro Tonkin ĉian
sukceson en lia nova posteno!
WOLDEN
Lastatempe forpasis longtempa esper-
antisto, multjara membro de ELNA kaj
de  la  Sanfranciska  grupo,  Edward
Wolden de Novato, CA.
[Se vi havas informojn pri gravaj datre-
venoj, ago], sukcesoj, honoroj ktp. de
aktivaj esperantistoj kaj membroj de
ELNA, bonvolu informi nin pri do,]
LETTERS
[An interesting comment on the nature
of Esperanto from Reg Reid, for-
warded by Cathy Schulze.]
One observation of made that seems to
interestpeople is that the language [Espe-
ranto] is not only a practical tool for
communication, but also a work of art (in
my opinion).
As a work of art, it can be appreciated
by studying it. Unlike so many other
works of art, however, which can be
enjoyed by the minute (as a painting) or
by the hour (as a book or symphony),
Zamenhof has given us something that
will delight and continue to surprise the
student even after years of study (speak-
ing for myself, of course, but certainly
true for others as well). In short, I try to
make people understand that Esperanto
can be a lot of fun and give one a lot of
satisfaction over the course of the years.
Reginald Reid
[Reg describes Esperanto as a work of
art. Others, including one ELNA infor-
mational flier, describe it as "a scientifi-
cally constructed language," Which one
of the two viewpoints do you, the reader,
think is right? Or might they both be
correct?]
[Cathy also provides us with this inter-
esting little note by Steve Cravey of
Helena, Georgia, a postal course stu-
dent who finished the course with dis-
tinction in just over three months. He
tells why he bothered to learn Espe-
ranto...]
I traveled around Europe this [1988]
summer and I kept meeting people who
could not speak English but could speak
Esperanto. When someone outside of
Gare du Nord in Paris asked me if I spoke
Esperanto, I said "non".
I said "non" to a Belgian who asked me
the same question in Brussels. He said
"NE".
After being asked this question twice
in Paris and at least five times in Brussels,
and once in Sweden by a Finn, and dis-
covering that Austrian children learn it in
grammar school, I finally decided it must
be worth learning.
Steve Cravey
[Cathy also quotes Mr. Cravey as stating
that learning Esperanto was easier than
he expected. A good thing, too! Other-
wise, it would hardly be worthwhile to go
back to Europe next summer!]]
[Leganto N.M. Tullero de Novjorko
komentas iomete pri la urbo Bjalis-
toko.]
Naskiĝurbo de la kreinto de Espe-
ranto—Bjalistoko estis fondita sub re-
gado de Litovujo; antaŭ la Unua Mond-
milito estis en la limoj de la rusa imperio,
post la Unua Mondmilito en la limoj de
Polujo, dum la Dua Mondmilito estis en
la limoj de Blank-Rutenujo... Tial alve-
nas multaj kaj diversaj malfacilaĵoj por
usonaj esperantistoj, kiuj ofte skribas
erarojn: L.L. Zamenhof estas "ruso, polo,
rusa polo, pola ruso" ktp.
Sed konstrui kaj krei Mondan Espe-
ranto-Centron en naskiĝurbo de L.L.
Continued on Page 11
10 The ELNA Newsletter
Letters from Page 10
Zamenhof estas tre bona piano kaj decido
en Cent-jariĝo de Esperanto. Ni devas
subteni ĝin kun niaj artikoloj en Esperan-
taj revuoj.
N.M. Tullero
[Verŝajne L.L. Zamenhof estis judo,
naskiĝis en la rusa imperio, kaj par oils la
rusan kiel sian unuan kaj ĉefan lingvon;
do eble la esprimo "rusa judo" plejbone
priskribas lian genton. Pri la Monda
Centro en Bjalistoko: Ni duj esperasje
ĝia sukceso.]
[Doug Portmann el Pennsylvania
komentas pri la novajletero kaj la
bezono de nova vortaro.]
Mi estas ELNA-membro depost 1979
kaj al mi tre plaĉas la laslatempa
pliboniĝo de la ELNA-Newsletter. Ĝi
estas pli bona ne nur aspekte, sed ankaŭ
enhave. Ekzemple, aperas nun regule
"Editorial", valora stimulilo. Gratulojn!
Se mi rajtus konsili, mi rekomendus pli
oftan aperadon de la novaĵ-letero (eble po
10 fojojn jare), kun malpli dapaĝoj. Ali-
vorte, dozu la medikamenton pli ofte kaj
pli Ŝpareme! Kaj laŭ la "1988 Raportoj de
Oficistoj...", tio ŝajnas esti via opinio
ankaŭ.
Mi ankaŭ efius la bezonon por regula
"Lingva Angulo" en la novaĵ-letero. Ni
ĉiuj bezonas plibonigi nian konon de
Esperanto.
Mi ankaŭ elius la bezonon por ia nova
ampleksa Angla-Esperanta vortaro
"made in the U.S.A." La ekzistantaj vor-
taroj estas tro malnovaj kaj malhavas
multe da bezonataj terminoj el la mod-
erna usona socio (kiel: hot dog, modem,
slush fund). Kiel vi scias, ekzistas ĝuste
tia vortaro, la "Comprehensive English-
Esperanto Dictionary" (CEED) de P.
Benson, en manuskripto. ELNA devus ja
ĉiel kuraĝigi ties publikigon.
Doug Portmann
[Bedaŭrinde, grandskala plioftigo de la
novajletero neelteneble ŝarĝus la
laboristojn en la CO.; sed mi esperas
dum venontaj jaroj aperigi ĝin ĝis ok
fojojn en la jam. Pri la Benson-vortaro:
vi rimarkos en la "Raportoj", ke kaj la
Estraro kaj la Kongreso entute deddis
fori ion pri ĝi. La lingva angulo atendas
ne nur respondiston sed demandantojn.
Jen unu demando por ĝi: prepozido
akceptas nominativon, sed vi skribis "po
10 fojojn" kaj mi skribis "ĝis ok fojojn";
kiel vi kaj mipovaspravigi lion ? Respon-
doj bonvenas.]
[De s-ino Elaine Rankin en Florido
venas la jena sugesto.]
La "Christian Science Monitor" havas
eseon en ĉina lingvo.
Devas esti kristansciencaj membroj,
kiuj povas skribi en Esperanto.
ĉi tiu eklezio interesiĝas pri lamondo,
la tuta mondo. ĉi tiun jaron ili komen-
cigis mallongondajn radioprogramojn, la
mondan revuon, kaj ĉiutagan televidan
programon de mondaj novaĵoj.
Esperanto estas la sola monda lingvo.
Ni bezonas ilin; ili bezonas nin.
Elaine S. Rankin
[Eventuate, iu leganto de CSM povus
proponi al ili ekzemple tradukojn de ar-
tikoloj el Monato por montri la valoron
de Esperant S-ino Rankin ankaŭ kun-
sendis ekzempleron de la menciita ĉin-
lingva artikolo, duonpaĝa.]
[S-ino Doris Vallon-Wheeler,
Iongtempa Esperanto-instruisto, nun-
tempe loĝanta en Vaŝingtono, skribas
jene.]
Mi ĝuis la ELNA NEWSLETTER kiel
ĉiame. Nur unu aldono ... ĉe SFŜU
kelkaj el ni kvarfoje dum la semajnoj
partoprenis Tostmastran Kunvenon—
dum la lunĉhoro—tagmanĝhoro...sub la
gvidhelpo de John karWinona Mathews.
Spertuloj kaj komencantoj sekvis la reg-
ulojn de Internacia Tostmastra
Klubo.. .Tablotemoj kaj ĉefaj Paroladoj.
Lastjare en februaro mi vizitis Tostmas-
tran Klubon en Guadalajara kaj parolis
Esperante, car mia hispana ne sufiĉas.
Kion signifas "la poŝto peras" en la
artikolo de Ionel [en la julia-aŭgusta
numero]?
Doris Vallon-Wheeler
[En pluraj europaj landoj oni rajtas
aboni difinitajn revuojnpere de laposto.
Vidu cetere la suban leteron de Ionel.]
[David Barron of Idaho talks about
International Friendship Week.]
In my ongoing effort to help Esperan-
tists use the media to promote a better
understanding of Esperanto I would like
to recommend promoting the upcoming
International Friendship Week. The
process is as follows:
1) Write a letter to your governor and
mayor expressing the goals and aspira-
tions of the International Friendship
Week and mentioning the efforts of
Esperantists around the world.
2)  Proclamations are often issued by
these officials but they seldom receive
any press. This can be done by sending a
letter to all the radio, TV and print media
about IFW mentioning that your local
Esperanto group is promoting it with the
governors' and mayors' proclamations.
3)  The week prior to and following
IFW write a letter-to-the-editor of your
local paper. Encourage others to partici-
pate in IFW and learn more about Espe-
ranto. Always include your address and/
or phone where you can be contacted.
4) Most importantly, be a product of
the product. You are encourage to make
friends and heal those lost friendships in
your own life. As an Esperantist we all
are obliged to live as "one who hopes."
For more info on IFW contact ISFGW
c/o Dr. Stanley Drake, P.O. Box 2637,
Gastonia, NC 28053-2637.
David Barron
[IFW, started by U.E.A. in 1968, occurs
on the last full week in February.]
[Ionel Onet el Hayward, CA, aldonas
kelkajn notojn al sia raporto pri la
stato de Esperanto en Rumanio (julia-
aŭgusta numero).]
Post la malapero, antaŭ kelkaj jaroj, el
la katalogo pri alilandaj periodaĵoj
aboneblaj en Rumanio pere de larumana
poŝto, ĉi-aŭtune, el la supre menciita
katalogo, malaperis alia ege ŝatata revuo:
EL POPOLA ĈINIO. Sekve de tio, la
rumanaj esperantistoj rajtas oficiale
aboni [nur kvin revuojn, listigitajn en la
originate artikolo.]
Aboni eksterlandajn periodajojn (el
kelkaj socialismaj landoj) eblas en Ru-
manio, sed pri la ricevo de la abonitaj
eldonaĵoj neniu garantias. Tiun ĉi reg-
ulon submetiĝas ankaŭ la E-periodaĵoj.
Sekve de tio, la rumanaj esperantistoj ege
sopiras legi alilandajn E-eldonajojn.
Oficiale, en Rumanio, oni ne disvendas
E-librojn kaj kopii ilin estas treege malfa-
cile (car mankas kopiiloj kaj permesoj).
Ankaii (re)tajpi la materialojn estas tre
malfacile, car la rumanoj rajtas posedi
tajpilon nur post oficiala milica permeso
(ege malfacile akirebla) kaj, cetere, ĉiuj
tajpiloj devas estiregistritaj ĉe la ĉiopova
milico.
Aliflanke, lastatempe pluraj poŝtaĵoj
enhavantaj esperantaĵojn, senditaj al
Rumanio, tute malaperis. Pro tio, mi
konsilas tiujn interesatajn, sendi registri-
tajn poŝtaĵojn al Rumanio (escepte de
kutimaj leteroj).                   Ionel Onet
[Ĉu efektive komento necesas?]
The ELNA Newsletter 11
&m@m©®im®iRiiti
[La rubriko Anoncoj enhavas diversajn reklame-
tojn, pelojn, ktp., kiuj estas diskonigindaj sed ne
povas trovi lokon en alia rubriko. Nek ELNA nek la
redakloro povas promesi aŭ prirespondeci defini-
tivan plenumon de io ajn promesila en anonco.]
Internacia Koresponda Servo helpos
al vi trovi korespondant(in)on,
amik(in)on aŭ partner(in)on. Por pluraj
informoj, sendu unu internacian re-
spondkuponon al: Box 163 Stn. "A",
DOWNSVIEW, Ont. M3M 3A3 Can-
ada.
Peace Wave Action Committee, an
anti-nuclear group operating from Japan,
will provide copies of its "Appeal from
Hiroshima and Nagasaki for a Total Ban
and Destruction of Nuclear Arms" peti-
tion forms in several different languages;
be sure and specify Esperanto. 6-19-23,
Shimbashi, Minato-ku, TOKYO 105,
Japan.
Esperanto-grupo en Venezuelo volas
trovi iun, kiu donacos Esperanto-angla/
angla-Esperantan vortaron al ili. Por
informoj: David G. Valeciilos V., Calle
79 No. 3C-72, MARACAIBO-4002,
Venezuelo.
Nova leteramika korespondservo
lastatempe fondiĝis en Hungario, por
peri la kontaktojn inter hungaraj kaj
eksterlandaj esperantistoj. Se vi volas
trovi leteramikon en tiu lando, bonvolu
kontakti: "Direkta" Internacia Leter-
amika Servo, OZD I, Poŝtkesto 39,
3601 Hungario.
The November-December issue of
TEJO Tutmonde mentions the availabil-
ity of videocasettes in Esperanto. Five
cassettes are listed: Sub la ombro de Hi-
roŝima, 35 min. black-and-white, from
Japan; Lecionoj de historic, 30 min.,
color,fromtheUSSR;Lapo/7o/q/dez2'raĵ
paeon, 30 min., color, from the USSR;
Esperanto, Al min., color, from Poland;
andLa Graveco de laFideliĝo, 2.5 hours,
from Britain. Two Hungarian films, En
Eŭropo Ie and Mefisto, 80 and 140 min-
utes respectively, may also be available
by now. Be sure to check for NTSC
compatibility. Write to: Internacia Es-
peranto- Videoservo, Nacton, Ipswich,
Britio IP10 0JZ, tel. 473-71706.
KOPSO, instrua Esperanto-koopera-
tivo en Sovetunio, kiu nun funkciigas
tutlandan korespondkurson, starigis
INTERSERVOn—datumbazon pri
korespondemuloj. Nun ĝi enhavas 500
adresojn el 10 landoj, kaj atendas multajn
pliajn. Di invitas ĉiujn dezirantojn par-
topreni. Vi povas registri viajn donitajojn
en la datumbazo senpage. Por ricevi in-
formon pri potencialaj korespondantoj,
necesas sendi al la kooperativo du re-
spondkuponojn. Adreso de
INTERSERVO: p/a s-ino Larisa
BIRYUKOVA, Uralskaya ul., 5-160,
SU-107241 MOSKVO, Sovetunio.
Oni aranĝas ekspozicion de fotoj en
Sovetunio pri Esperanto-movado,
pacbatalo, beleco de naturo, ekologio,
politiko, kutimoj de popoloj, turismo,
sporto, ripozo, humoro, ktp. La fotoj
prefere estu en formato 30x40 cm. La
ekspozicio unue aperos en la urbo Dro-
gobiĉ, poste en aliaj urboj de Sovetunio,
eventuale en eksterlando. La ekspozicion
aranĝas Vasil STANOVIĈ, 293720
DROGOBIĈ, Lvov obi. Urkainio,
P.K. 20, Sovetunio.
Another computer bulletin board
with Esperanto lessons is now available
for those with a modem and terminal
software. Acropolis, a BBS targeted
towards gay and bisexual men, can be
reached by dialing (916) 967-5817 (8/N/
1/F). (submitted by lautrec)
Internacia Ligo de Esperantistaj In-
struistoj nun arigas informojn pri in-
struado de Esperanto en lernejoj an-
taŭ la universitata nivelo. Se vi estas
instruisto, aŭ konas instruiston, kaj volas
havi ekzempleron de la enketilo, vi povas
peti don de ilei/juna amiko, p/a Hun-
gara Esperanto-Asocio,pfl93,H-1368
BUDAPEST, Hungario.
Kurso de instru-rajtigo: La dua kurso
en ĉi tiu serio, sub la gvido de Mag. Irena
Szanser, okazos en la Kultura Centra
Esperantista, La Chaux-de-Fonds (Svis-
lando), en julio 1989. Pli da informoj
haveblas de KCE, pf. 771, CH-2301 LA
CHAUX-DE-FONDS, Svislando.
Grupo da iranaj esperantistoj en
Teherano, finance izolitaj de la inter-
nacia movado pro la nuna kaj espereble
provizora ekonomia situacio en Irano,
serĉas ian manieron por havigi al si
eksterlandan valuton, cele al aĉetado de
Esperantaj libroj, membriĝo en inter-
naciaj organizoj, kaj abonado el ekster-
landaj Esperanto-revuoj. Ili povas liveri
poŝtmarkojn, poŝtkartojn, eventuale
aliajn malgTandaĵojn kontraŭ Internaciaj
Respondkuponoj aŭ pagoj rekte en ilian
UEA-konton. Interesitoj bv turni sin al S-
ino Shirin Ahmad-Nia, Kh.Zafar,
Kh.Khojand, K.Dolatshad, K.Iraj 33,
TEHRAN 19-166, Irano, UEA-konto
"shhm-w".
ĉe la balta marbordo oni proponas
senpagan loĝadon dusemajnan por
ebligi grupojn ĝis dekpersonajn ekzerci
la Internacian Lingvon. Informojn oni
povas havi de Kazimerz Osobka, ul.
Willowa 10, PL 76-270 USTKA, Pol-
lando, tel. 145-475.
Nikaragvaj esperantistoj serĉas mon-
helpon por viktimoj de Uragano
Johana, kiu detruis la urbon Bluefields
kaj lasis 200000 homojn senhejmaj. Kiuj
volas kontribui, bonvolu sendi ĉekon en
la nomo de Jose Dolores Gaitan, Kore-
sponda Sekretario, Nikaragya Espe-
ranto-Asocio, Apartado 3912, MAN-
AGUA 5, Nikaragvo.
Kiu volas ricevi ĝisdatan informon
pri la usona nacia ekonomio, tiu devus
pripensi aboni la ĉiumonatan
Esperantlingvan Ekonomia Bulteno pri
Usono. Kosto estas $12 por jaro ($8 en
Norda Ameriko). Adreso: INTER-
FAKTO, P.O. Box 42205, Washing-
ton, DC 20015.
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Lins, Ulrich: La danĝera lingvo: Studo
pri la persekutoj kontraŭ Esperanto.
Gerlingen:   Bleicher  Eldonejo,   1988.
546p.
A hypothetical researcher from Mars,
tracking the spread of Esperanto from
1887 to the present through a device
allowing him to locate all speakers of
Esperanto from space, would very likely
have been confounded by the change in
the distribution of the language from
1933 to 1945. In the former year, he
would have found a large concentration
of Esperanto speakers throughout Cen-
tral Europe and the western Soviet Un-
ion; by the latter year, those areas would
seem to have undergone a major cleans-
ing of this "green blight," though a num-
ber of new pockets would have appeared
throughout Siberia during the interim. It
is largely this phenomenon—the purging
of Esperanto from the areas occupied by
the German Reich and the Soviet Union
before, during, and immediately after
World War II that Lins covers in this
excellent addition to the canon of works
about the history of Esperanto.
The book is a revision and major ex-
pansion of an earlier, almost legendary
volume of the same name, published in
Japan more than fifteen years ago.
Though I haven't read the earlier version,
I would guess that most of the new mate-
rial relates to the Soviet persecution of
Esperanto, since this particular topic
takes up some two thirds of the book. The
situation in the Third Reich gets a mere
66 pages, less than the First section
("S uspicion of a new language," a discus-
sion of difficulties faced by Esperanto in
Tsarist Russia and, because of its rela-
tionship to the workers' movement, in
Central Europe in the twenties) though
almost twice as much as the third section
("Persecution in East Asia," which cov-
ers China, Japan, Taiwan and Korea in
the thirties). The Soviet Union, on the
other hand, gets a total of 337 pages—all
of this devoted to what the Soviet govern-
ment still officially refers to as "a period
of stagnation in the Esperanto move-
ment."
Why so much space to the Soviet Un-
ion and so little to the Third Reich?
Probably for several reasons. For one
thing, the purpose of studying history is
to enable us to foresee future trends. But
the situation of Esperanto under Hitler
was not the result of describable histori-
cal forces; it was a historical aberration,
growing out of the Nazi conviction that
Esperanto, as the invention of a Jewish
ophthalmologist, was part of an interna-
tional Jewish conspiracy to enslave the
Aryan peoples. Hitler warned against
Esperanto as early as 1922, in a speech in
Munich (p. 98), and again in his famous
workMein Kampf (p. 98); and the ideo-
logical opposition of the Nazis to Espe-
ranto was detailed at length by IheReich-
sicherhheitshauplamt in a 1940 internal
report (pp. 124-125).
What we can learn from this period is
just how far we can and dare go in our
attempts to reach accomodation with
governments that deny basic human
rights (pp. 111-120), and how far we
should be prepared to go, in spite of
neutrality, in our opposition to move-
ments that would deny those rights (pp.
145-156).
The Soviet situation was considerably
different from that in the Third Reich.
Here, Esperanto was largely the victim of
blind historical forces against which it
might have been able to defend itself
could its proponents have foreseen the
future. From my reading of Lins, I gather
that Esperanto proved itself "dangerous"
in two ways:
1) The USSR undertook, in the mid-
twenties, a correspondence compaign,
designed to convince Western workers of
the superiority of life in the USSR, and
ditto for Soviet workers. The campaign
only incidentally used Esperanto; but
because of the dearth of foreign language
capability amongRussian workers, in the
end Esperanto apparently became the
major tool of communication in this
campaign. It worked all too well; by 1930
Esperanto had developed into such a
significant means of communication
across theSovietUnion'sborders that the
government actually tried to end the
campaign by channeling it into "collec-
tive" correspondence (letters would be
written and received by—and censored
by—committees). The attempt failed. By
the mid-thirties, when international
communication at the personal level had
become an intolerable crime, the Esper-
antists were the chief culprits.
2) While Lenin encouraged the devel-
opment of local ethnic cultures and lan-
guages—going to the trouble of sending
out linguists to find peoples who did not
yet have a written language, and develop-
ing one for them—Stalin, a Russified
Georgian, took the position that a strong
and industrialized USSR could be devel-
oped only along the Western model of a
nation-state. This meant that the country
must have only one language of common
use. Lenin, and traditional Marxists, as-
sumed that such a language would evolve
organically in a Socialist society (they
did not favor Esperanto, since its inventor
had been infected with too many bour-
geois ideas [pp. 328-341]); Stalin in-
tended the language of common use to be
Russian. But there appears to have devel-
oped a feeling, codified many years later
in a statement by the Estonian linguist
Kammari (p. 508), that Esperanto was at
least a potential competitor to Russian,
not only internationally, but within the
Soviet Union itself. Such competition, of
course, could not be tolerated. Lins
points out that the ups and down of the
Soviet Esperanto movement match re-
markably well with periods of lesser and
greater coercion of national minorities by
the central government.
(Interestingly enough, in this light,
Estonia's declaration of "sovereignty" in
November, 1988, was preceded by the
establishment of an Estonian Esperanto
Association in the autumn of that year,
independent of the all-encompassing
Association of Soviet Esperantists.)
The book also includes a fascinating
description of the situation in Eastern
Europe during the period of the "Great
Silence" (1950-1956).
In conclusion, let me recommend this
work to anyone with an interest in this
very important phenomenon in the his-
tory of Esperanto
—Don Harlow
More of Recenze on Page 14
The ELNA Newsletter 13
Recenze from Page 13
Umeda Yosimi (red.): Socilingvistikaj
aspektoj de la Internacia Lingvo.
Tokio: Japana Esperanto-Instituto,
1987.
La libro raportas la simpozion okazin-
tan en Tokio post la pekina Universala
Esperanto-Kongreso en 1986. Organ-
izintoj estis Japana Esperanto-Instituto
kaj Universala Esperanto-Asocio. La du
lingvoj de la konferenco estis japana kaj
Esperanto kun samtempa interpretado.
La elstara teamo de interpretistoj estis
sinjoroj Adati, Izumi, Kitagawa, Gotoo
kaj s-ino Kikusima.
En la enkonduko s-ro Umeda substre-
kis, ke "la spertaj interpretistoj ebligis al
tiuj homoj, kiuj havas simpation, antipa-
tion, scivolemon, aŭ opinion pri Espe-
ranto laŭ lingvistika vidpunkto, alveni,
enveni, interveni en la medion, en kiu
Esperanto estas analizata je la nivelo de
monda lingvo-problemo."
La prelegantoj kaj temoj jenas:
1) Prof. TANAKA Katuhiko, de Univer-
sitato Hitotubasi, Japanio, prelegis la
temon "ŝtataj lingvoj kaj internacia
lingvo: Memstareco de nefortaj etnaj
lingvoj kaj perspektivo de artefarita in-
ternacia lingvo."
2)     Prof. Humphrey TONKIN,
Prezidanto, Kolegio Potsdam de la Stata
Universitato deNovjorko, Usono. Temo:
"Esperanto kaj la angla lingvo: Du
lingvoj kun diversaj celoj."
D-ro Tonkin substrekis, ke angla
lingvo estas lingvo de elite. Li sugestis,
ke lingvo estas kvazaŭ varo.
Tonkin lerte detalis, kiel unu lingvo
akaparas internaciajn rilatojn, kompar-
ante la malfacilojn konverti, ekzemple,
post instalo de IBM komputilo al Zenith,
ktp. "La principoj malantaŭ Esperanto
estas tute aliaj. Ci estis kreita ĉefe por
ebligi egalecan komunikadon inter
diverslingvanoj. ... ĉiu parolanto kaj
uzanto de Esperanto ĝin uzas sur neŭtrala
grundo."
Prof. Tonkin substrekis, ke la angla kaj
Esperanto lingvoj ne konkurencas. Hi
tutsimple ludas malsamajn rolojn. La
klera pritrakto de la temo far Tonkin
legindigas la libron.
3) Prof. CHEN Yuan, Direktoro de Insti-
tute pri Aplikato Lingvistiko ĉe ĉina
Akademio de Sociaj Sciencoj, Ĉinio.
Temo: "Multlingva socio: Interlingvo aŭ
komunlingvo kaj internacia lingvo—
specife pri ĉina situacio."
Prof. Chen skizis la lingvo-situacion
en ĉinio kaj diris: "Lingva egaleco estas
la nacia egaleco", laŭ konstitucia garan-
tio.
Prof. Chen klare montris kiel la Han-
lingvo unuigas la landon. Sed por mond-
komunikilo "Laprogresemaj intelektuloj
... elektas Esperanto... Kompreneble ill
ne malalte taksas etnajn lingvojn." Por
bona superrigardo de la lingvo-politiko
en ĉinio valoras legi la prelegon de Prof.
Chen.
4)  Paul K. EGUTI, Vicprofesoro pri
etnolingvistiko ĉe la Nacia Muzeo de
Etnologio, Japanio. Temo: "Problemoj
pri internacia lingvo el la vidpunkto de
afrika mondo."
5) Prof. Helmar FRANK, Direktoro de la
Institute pri Kibemetiko ĉe la Universi-
tato de Paderborn, FR Germanio. Temo:
"Utileco de la internacia lingvo kiel
pontlingvo kaj referenclingvo por
edukado kaj komunikado."
En siaprelego, d-ro Frank argumentis,
ke la internacia lingvo povas servi por
konservi la etnajn lingvojn . "Por kon-
servi la etnajn lingvojn ili devas resti
scienco-lingvoj en la lernejo... ankaŭ en
la universitato... Sed laprogresiga inter-
nacia esplorkunlaborado okazu helpe de
la Internacia Lingvo." ... 6i estu "la
komuna scienco-lingvo de la estonteco."
Li rekomendis, ke Esperanto surprenu la
rolon de pontlingvo en nelingvistikaj
fakoj.
6) K ANNO Hiroomi, Profesoro ĉe Tokia
Universitato por Fremdlandaj Studoj,
Japanio. Temo: "Pozicio de la korea
lingvo en la lingva edukado en Azk)—
kunlige al internacia lingvo."
7)   Peter G. FORSTER, Lekciisto,
Universitato de Hull, Anglio, aŭtoro de
The Esperanto Movement. Temo: "ĉu
(artefarita) internacia lingvo estas revo
neatingebla? Sociaj aspektoj de la Espe-
ranto-movado."
D-ro Forster diris, ke "pli dezirinde
estas, ekzemple, ke usonano dum unu
jaro kaj japano dum du jaroj lernu Esper-
anton ol situacio kie japano dum ok jaroj
studas la anglan sed la usonano tute ne
studaslajapanan."
8) Tibor SEKELJ, Prezidanto de Jugo-
slava Asocio de Bibliotekoj. Temo: "ĉu
la socio bezonas la internacian lingvon?"
D-ro Sekelj mallonge parolis sed lerte
skizis la urĝan bezonon por simpla,
neutrala solvo de la monda lingva
problemo.
9)   GOTOO Hitosi, Asistanto de la
lingvistika katedro ĉe la Universitato
Tohoku, Japanio. Temo:  "Interlingv-
istikaj diskutoj en la historio de lingvis-
tiko."
10) Prof. Detlev BLANKE, Estro de la
Sekcio Esperanto en la ĉefsekretariejo
de Kulturligo de GDR. Temo: "Socipoli-
tikaj influoj kaj la internacia lingvo—ĉu
socisistemaj kaj politiko-ideologiaj dif-
erencoj reflektiĝas en Esperanto aŭ kreas
lingvo-variantojn?"
11) ZHANG Qicheng, ĉina Ĵurnalisto,
Esperanto pioniro. Temo: "La evoluo de
Esperanto kaj lingva neŭtraleco."
S-ro Zhang tuŝis la aferon de modemaj
esprimoj. Kaj pri neologismoj:
"Kompreneble, la evoluo de Esperanto
certe iagrade ĝin pli komplikigas kaj
malfaciligas, tion ni devas akcepti kiel
aferon naturan kaj neeviteblan. Sed
samtempe ni devas fari ĉiajn eblojn por
kiel eble plej singardeme konservi la
simplecon kaj facilecon de nia lingvo.
Tio ŝajnas esti paradokso. lafi mia opinio,
por solvi tiun paradokson, ni devas havi
jenajn principojn: unue, enkonduki nur
tiajn novajn vortojn kiuj vere perfektigas
nian lingvon aŭ pliriĉigas niajn
esprimnuancojn kaj sekve ili estas nepre
necesaj; due, krei novajn vortojn kiel eble
el la elementoj de Esperanto sed ne ar-
bitre pruntepreni el iu ajn nacia lingvo,
escepte de malmultaj esprimoj kiuj
specife troviĝas en iu nacia lingvo; kaj
trie, ne enkonduki nacilingvajn vortojn
kiuj ne perfektigas nek pliriĉigas nian
lingvon, car tiaj vortoj ne evoluigas Espe-
ranto ... Se mia vidpunkto estus
akceptinda, la neologismoj en PIV estus
grandparte nedezirindaj kaj ŝpareblaj."
S-ro Zhang konsilis prudenton prunton
de novaj vortoj kaj konkludis: "Gardu la
lingvan neŭtralecon de Esperanto."
12) Claude PIRON, Profesoro de Geneva
Universitato, Svisio. Temo: "Naciecokaj
Internacieco de Esperanto."
Por klarigi sian temon, Prof. Piron
analizis diversajn lingvojn. Plejparte li
analizis Esperanto.
Post ĉiuj tri prelegoj, la aiiskultantaro
faris demandojn. Ofte okazis akraj
diskutoj pri diversaj punktoj. Je la fino s-
ro Umeda invitis ĉiun preleganton sin
esprimi pri la simpozio generate. En siaj
konkludaj vortoj Umeda diris interalie
"Mi ĝojas trovi, ke ne nur la ĉeestontoj
sed ankaŭ la prelegantoj feliĉas pro
diversaj eltrovoj okaze de ĉi tiu simpozio
en kiu kolektiĝis tiel multaj kaj kapablaj
fakuloj por epokfara evento.
—Cathy Schuke
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face; family names and city names are CAPITAL-
IZED. Commas are used to show where separation
occurs between lines in an address.
ĈEĤOSLOVAK30
Jirl OPOCENSKY, Horska 439, 54302
VRCHLABI 4. 25-jara studento de
arkitekturo kaj fremdaj lingvoj, interesiĝas
pri vojaĝo, sporto, muziko, modo, aŭto,
fotografio, literaturo.
Milena CERMAKOVA, DOLNI
POUSTEVNA 232,407 82.43-jara virino
volas korespondi kun pli maljunafj)
homo(j), ŝatas ĉion belan, vojaĝon, edukas
10-jaran filon.
ĈBNTO
DAI Zhongli, La Desegna Instituto de SPR,
Jinŝanvejo, SHANGHAI. Pri fabrikado
de artefaritaj ftbroj.
GE Yongliang, La 2a Kemia Fabriko de
SPK, Jinŝanvejo, SHANGHAI. Pri fabri-
kado de artefaritaj fibroj.
GERMANIO (DEMOKRACIA RESPUB-
LIKO)
Andreas SCHUHKNECHT, Pusdekiustr.
6, SCHKEUDTTZ 7144.43-jara kompu-
tilisto, interesiĝas pri komputiloj, sporto,
literaturo kaj Esperanto, loĝas en regiono
de Leipzig.
HUNGARIO
Lajos MAGYAR, SZIGETVAR 7900,
Rakoczi u. 15. 20-jara knabo interesiĝas
pri knabinoj.
TURZO Antal, H-6792 ZSOMBO, Felsza-
badulas u. 70. 20-jara knabo, pri ĉiuj
temoj, kolektas poŝtmarkojn kaj bildkar-
tojn.
J AGER Gyongyi, AJK A, Mora F. u. 4.1/7.,
8400. 23-jara knabino, interesiĝas pri
filmoj, muziko, sporto, amas la naturon,
lernis rusan kaj germanan, volas kore-
spondi kun gejunuloj.
OLAH Erzsebet, BUDAPEST KORVTN
OTTO, u. 31. Fsz. 8. HT Ker. 1036. 24-
jara instruisurio.
Zoltan HEVESI, H-7400 KAPOSVAR,
Voroshadsereg ut 15. 35-jara hungaro,
okupiĝas pri turismo, komputiloj, fotado,
volas korespondi kun amatoroj pri as-
tronomio.
ALDOTT    Istvan,    H-800    SZEK-
ESFEHERVAR, Batky Zs. IV. 4/13.
IRANO
Hassan   SHAFIZ,   Ketab   Ferushiye
Mlrzakhani, Kh. Motaheiri, Ht-56311-
BENAB. 22-jara studento, interesiĝas pro
sporto kaj estas naĝisto, kolektas pm, pk.
TiEDERLANDO
ANTON BLICKMAN, Palamedesstraat
17, 2026 W HAARLEM. 68-jara, vol.
kor. kun homo bone instruita pri papilioj
kaj naturaj orkideoj, folkloro kaj historio
pri abeloj, tridimensia fotografado.
POLLANDO
Leszek SOBKOWIAK, ul. Boczna 7/25,
67-400 WSCHO WA, woj. Leszczynskie.
16-jara knabo, interesiĝas pri komputeroj,
kemio, tekniko kaj libroj, kolektas
poŝtmarkojn, poŝtkartojn, glumarkojn.
Darlusz                               ZMUDZKI,
GDANSK-SUCHANINO, ul. Cyganska
Goro 3/6, kod 80-160. 19-jara viro,
interesiĝas pri vojaĝoj, diversaj landoj,
volas korespondi kun usonan(in)o ĉiuaĝa,
ankafl volas lerni la anglan.
Barbara KRUSZE WSKA, O WP 6/63, PL-
61-634 POZNAN. 21-jara virino,
interesiĝas pro vojaĝo, turismo, muziko,
iomete trikas, tre volas amikiĝi kun
usonanoj.
Beata TRACZYK, ul. 06r. Westerplatte 3/
9,80-317 GDANSK. 22-jara studentino de
pola filologio, interesiĝas pri turismo, lit-
eraturo, filmo, muziko, vojaĝoj, volas ko-
respondi kun junaj homoj.
Bozena TRACZYK, ul. Korczaka 3/13,82-
590 SUSZ. 22-jara studentino de pola
filologio, interesiĝas pri turismo, litera-
turo, filmo, muziko, vojaĝoj, volas kore-
spondi kun junaj homoj.
Malgorzeta (Margareta) ARASZE WSK A,
Szkola Podstawowa, PL-21-014 NAD-
RYBIE, woj: Lubelskie. 23-jara in-
struistino, fraŭhrio, interesiĝas pri turismo
kaj folkloro, dancas en popola grupo,
kolektas pm, bk, pupojn en popolaj kostu-
moj, ŝatas sporton.
Magdalena KARCH, ul. Hibnera 34 DS 2
UG, 80-227 GDANSK-WRZESZCZ.
25-jara tekrukistino, interesiĝas pri pen-
troarto, literaturo kaj filmo, volas kore-
spondi kun junaj homoj.
Iza GASS, ul. Mlckiewlcza 66 u. 36,01-650
WARSZAWA. 27-jara bibliotekistino,
interesiĝas pri literaturo kaj geografio,
kolektas bildkartojn kaj poŝtmarkojn.
Edmund GKEBOCKI, ul. XXX-lecia 2/50,
12-100 SZCZYTNO. 40-jara teknikisto,
interesiĝas pri pm, bk, turismo, libroj.
Tadeusz PANCERZ, ul. T. Kosciuszkl 3 m.
5, 57-200 ZABKOWICE SL. Instruisto
pri fiziko kaj tekniko, edzigita. Volas kore-
spondi kun usonanoj.
Teresa OWCZARCZYK, 78-100
KOLOBRZEG, ul. Chopina 8/5. In-
struistino pri historio, interesiĝas pri teatro,
muziko, literaturo, turismo, folkloro,
kolektas bk, turismajn prospektojn.
SOVETUNIO
Vasil STANOVIĈ, SU-293720 DRO-
GOBIĈ, Lvov obi, P.K. 20.
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TRAVEL    '8 9
COME WITH US TO BRITAIN
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TRAVEL WITH BILL AULD THRU
BRITAIN AND HIS CHERISHED
SCOTLAND!
julio 27-28a—Laneo en Londono
julio 29a-aiigusto 5a—U.K. en Brajtono
aŭgusto 5-13a—Post-U.K. Ekskurso al
Skotlando
Come with us to London and Brighton,
England, to take part in the 74th Universala
Kongreso de Esperanto! In London, we may
be able to take part in a very special inaugural
of the UK in the historical Guild Hall where
Zamenhof spoke in 1907. Diplomats repre-
senting countries from around the world and a
limited number of Esperantists (the hall only
holds 850 people—we've come a long way
since 1907!) will participate in honoring
Esperanto. We will be able to sightsee in this
cosmopolitan city for two days before going
on to Brighton for another tourist "must"—
Brighton by the sea
Brighton is the perfect city for a Universala
Kongreso (except for the prices). It is large
enough to have the conveniences of a city, but
is still able to maintain the agreeable atmos-
phere of ahistorical village—withmany great
tourist attractions near by!
After the UK, we have a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to travel through the "Best of
Britain andBillAuld'sScotland/'Thoseof us
who know the poet laureate of Esperanto love
him; those who don't know him yet have a
treat in store! He has promised to serve as our
translator (from English to Esperanto and
from the Scottish culture to the Esperanto).
He is a marvelous teacher, a world-renowned
translator and author, and a great entertainer
and host. We will have a special appreciation
of Shakespeare after hearing his works in
Esperanto in Stratford-on-Avon! And even
more will we be able to appreciate Robbie
Burns after hearing anecdotes and examples
of his poems from Bill Auld in his homeland!
We will end our excursion in Edinburgh, a
prince of cities, and have tickets to participate
in the unforgettable pageantry of the Military
Tatoo, where the skirl of bagpipes traces the
history of Scotland.
This is not the superficial, hurried trip for
the ordinary tourist. It promises something
completely beyond that—with international
Esperantists, using our beloved international
language, enjoying the special atmosphere
available only when we travel "Esperante."
AND BEFORE THE UK, THERE'S THE
ELNA CONVENTION IN CHICAGO!
JULY 22-27
PRECEDED BY THE BEST ESPERANTO
CLASSES IN THE WORLD AT
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JULY 3-21
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Cseh method of teaching Esperanto.
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