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LA    ItONATA    BDLTENO    DE    LA    ESPERANTA-ASOCIO    DE    HORDA    AMERDXO
Joseph Leahy,Oenaral Seorotary
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POST 6 MONATOJ OKLAHOMA CITY GASTIGOS LA GBSAMID-
eanojn kiuj venos por partopreni en la 34-a EANA
Kongreso. Nia Kongresurbo de 1941 estas pli prok-
sima al Nov Jorko ol al Los Angeles* Greyhound
autobuso de Nov Jorko al Oklahoma City kaj revoj-
aĝo al Nov Jorko kostas entute nur $36* (46 horoj
sufioas por unu vojo.)Vojaĝo de kaj ree al Los
Angeles kostas $44*—Vojaĝo per SCoaoh Train" kos-
tas nur ZOfo pli; sed oni povas vojaĝi pli malkare
per aliaj autobusoj aO per privataj automobiloj
se kelkaj gesamideanoj vojaĝas kune. Lavojaĝkostoĵ
al Oklahoma City do estas nur $10.-aŭ $20*-pli al-
taj ol estis la vojaĝo al pli orientaj kongres-
urbo j dum la lastaj kelkaj jaroj.
Multaj orientaj membroj de EANA nenlam vidis la
interesajn regionojn okoidente de la Mississippi*
Jen en 1941 ill havas la oportunon vidi tre belajn
partojn de Usono dum vojaĝo al la kongreso.
Se neniu saraideano el via urbo havas la monon neo-
esan, kelkaj lokaj fervoraj gesamideanoj devus kun-•
igi la monon kaj sendi almenau unu delegiton, able A
junan samideanon aŭ samideaninon, kiu neniam vidis *
kongreson. La delegitoj revenus hejraen kun nova en-^.
tuxiasmo kaj nova fervoro, kaj la tuta klubo profi-*v
tea. Mi persone esperas ree vidi en Oklahoma City A
multajn malnovajn geamikojn, kaj renkonti multajn A
novajn gesamideanojn el Siuj partoj de Usono* *
NEPRE VENU MULTNOMBRE. Alportu entuxiasmon kaj vi *.
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ESPERANTO, INSTRUMENT OF MENTAL TRAINING
wi™TToDN°rc. ft*» EDUCATION for Jan^ry, mi]
En la revuo "EDUCATION" de Januaro 1941 mi trovis tre interesan art!
kolon verkitan de s-ro Ernest Dodge, Estro de la Aga Komitato de EANA pri
"Esperanto, Instrument of Mental Training" . Mi tuj petis s-anon Dodge raendi
300-400 "reprints" de tin. tre valora artikolo. Mi ĵus aŭdis ke s-ro Dodge
havas kvanton da "represajoj" por la uzo de la usona samideanaro.
Mi legis jam multain valorajn axtikolojn pri Esperanto en revuoj kaj)
gazetoj de 6 diverslingvaj* landoĵ, sed mi neniam legis artikolon pli kleran
kaj samtempe pli logikan kaj pli interesan. Ciu usona samideano kiu laboras
por nia moyado devas nepre tralegi la artikolon, uzi la enhavon kaj disdoni
la represajojn al neesperantistoj, kaj precipe al tiuj"kleruloj" kiuj ne po-
vas aŭ ne volas kompreni ke la studado de la simpla Esperanto povas tiora
multe helpi en la kompreno de la angla lingvo.
Mi deziras plej forte gratuli s-ron Dodge pro la verkado de tiu arti-
kolo, kaj pro ĝia apero en tiel valora eduka revuo .^
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LA. " VERD-STB1A GBFMTARO ^(VoSoGOj)
Capt. F.A.Post (Little Rook, Ark., Rout© #5, Box 606,)  is Director, by appointment of
EANA, of the movement for fostering friendly acquaintance among Esperantists having in
familiar speech the name "VoSoGo". Members of this Verd-Stela Gefrataro are also to be
members of EANA, finding through VoSoGo one helpful avenue for putting their Esperanto in-
to use. Captain Post has prepared a full set of rules for the detailed working of the
plan, and will gladly give detailed information to any inquirer who does not fully under-
stand the purposes or methods.
In essence, any Esperantist who wishes to widen or strengthen the cirole of his Esper-
antist friendships is invited to become one ray in a 8telo, or group of five mutually con-
genial gesamideanoj, who will correspond at frequent-intervals, or meet one another per-
sonally where this is convenient. See the article in the September, 1940 number of "Ameri-
ka Esperantisto", which emphasised the value of such utilisation of Esperanto for friendly
purposes. Send your name to Captain Post. And preferably, give him a few facts about your-
self, your employments, hobbies, or special interests. This will aid in teaming you up in
a "Stelo" of those whose interests will make them congenial.
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"H E  SPEAKS  M Y  LAN GUU B"
Maybe all our members read regularly the oolumnTst' artioles of kiss""Dorothy Thompson. We
don't know. But for fear that some may have missed her article of January 11,(which chan-
ces to have dealt with the tendency toward solidarity of the English-speaking world,) we
are going to quote a few sentences.
"I believe that language, not race, is the primary tie between peoples. I believe that
language creates a type of mind, and that the white world, at least, is not importantly
divided into races, but into types and language groups. . .Hitler mixes up race and langu-
age. . . When he speaks of the 'union of all Germans,' he means simply anyone who natively
speaks the German language, except Jews. . . The Baltic Germans and a large part of the
Prussians have a strong Slavic strain, and show it in the physical type. The Czechs and
the Prussians are racially very similar. . .People are the way they think, and exoept for
mathematicians and musicians people think in words. . .As long as a language lasts, a peo-
ple lasts. . . When we wish to indicate that we get on well with anyone, we say,'He speaks
my language*. The emotional content of the mind of a people, as well as the intellectual,
is molded by the words they hear as children."
Dorothy Thompson did not know she was preaching a fine little Esperanto sermon. But she
was. When all the peoples of the world, from early school days up,shall nourish only the-
ir local pride by the local dialeots of their firesides, but also shall drink in a sense
of all-world unity through knowing and using the all-world binding-language and reading
from Its common literature, then the day of peace on earth will be many times nearer than
it seems to be in this day of language barriers and confusion.
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Chairmen of Committees» 1-Dr.Vera Buohheit, Hospitality; 2-Mrs.Alioe Enttminger, Programs» A
3-Mrs.Jewell Bainbridge, Arrangements; 4-Miss Anna Jean Gray, Harding Jr.High Publicity; *
5-Mr.Maok Seism, Central High Publioity» 6-Miss Patricia Doty, Harding Jr.High Membership; *
7-Miss Helen Emerson, Junior Hospitality; 8-Miss Alice Anderson, Junior Publioity; 9-Miss a
Claire Enttaninger, Webster Jr.High Membership; 10-Miss Jane Lee Sweet, Junior Music. A
Front row» 1-Miss Eugenia Sioard, Membership; Miss Bernioe Rayburn, Publicity; 3-Mr. S.H. A
Bunch, General Chairman; 4-Mr.C.H.Hunter, Treasurer; 5-Miss Clara Harrison, Secretary. *
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JUST A GLIMPSE of this 'congress' of Youth, Beauty and Intelligence will start you (if not A
already started)making preparations for Oklahoma City,next July 4-5-6. Having met the est- *
rinoj of the following oonmiittees» Publioity, Membership and Hospitality, and the LKK Ssk»,*
we have no fear of contradiction in making the above assertion.*-And Ray Pease, who in his a
way, started the Oklahomana on their Esperantic way, will baok me up.—Cu ne T Ray. SO ON a
YOUR WAY to OKLA.CITY, and see for yourself the result of the wonders they are working on A
to make LIFE BEAuTIFUL for Kongresanoj. But let them tell us something about its                      *
"We Are Beginning Early. In fact, we have already made the outline of our plan and other *
arrangements for the National Esperanto Kongreso to be held in Oklahoma City on July 4-5-6 a
1941. Our National President, Joseph R.Soherer, Los Angeles, Calif., is definitely plan- A
ning on being with us this year—there might be two or three reasons, one that Oklahoma   *
City is just about half as far as it is to Washington or New York---or it might be the   *
anticipated joy of "showing off"his new wife. Anyway, we are expecting to have him here in*
person. And the delegation from Washington will include our old friends, Messrs. Dodge and a
Leahy. Then there is Mr.R.M.Pease, who started all this Esperanto idea down here in A
"LA KORO DE USONO"—he says he is planning to make us another visit in July . . Yes he has *
even sent his |3. registration fee inUI And Miss Roan U.Orloff has written that she not*
A°nly is going to be here herself, but is expecting to bring along a whole carload of Boston-*
Aians...we hope there's one like her in every state I Of course there will be many others A
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* Texas and other near-by states. The MAYOR of Oklahoma City has already consented to "open" *
* the Kongreso for us, and then turn the key over to the Esperantists. VIVU LA uRBESTRO 1**5 *
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Those who 'misBed the original
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PLAHOJ POR _PLUA KUNLABORjUX) INTERAMERIKA.
"Boston Tea Party"**-!* now get
a chance to help the Indians
"dunk" instead of "dump" their
tea. The Cheyenne, Arapaho.and
other Indians are coming in
from their reservations to en-
tertain us with their tribal
songs and dances. During the
sight-seeing trip,you will see
the "Teepees and Towers" which
make us proud of our new state.
"Oklahoma" means "Home of the
Red Man", and we do still have
a few of them who have helped
us build our wonderful state."
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Just this, kindly fill in the
blank lines below with your
name and address and mail in,
if there is any possibility of
your attending the Congress,so
that we can forward to you any
additional information, and
make plans for you while visi-
ting in Oklahoma City at the
34th Annual Esperanto Congress*
AddresssMrs.Jewell Bainbridge,
Arrangements Committee., Esper-
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Oklahoma-Biltmore Hotel
Oklahoma City,     Oklahoma.
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Ada, Okla,."Evening News"
Sunday, January 12, 1941' *j i
Esperanto Club
Is Organized
First meeting of Ada's class in
"Esperanto," the international
language, will be held Monday-
night at 7:30 in room 56 of the
administration building at East
Central State college.
But recently organized, the
group plans a complete course in
the artificial tongue which was
invented to bring diverse na-
tionalities closer  together.
Miss Lula Johnson, teacher of
foreign languages at Ada high
school, is instructor-of the class.
She says that Esperanto will be
' an easy language to learn, and
that it bears many resemblances
to  Spanish  and  Latin
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NDMERO d© la novmondaj Esperantistaj organoj,(klu servis
kiel la novembra numero, 1940, a© Amerika Esperantisto,)
aranĝoj estas nun perfektigataj por la dua tia numero.
La dato kiam ni povos disdoni gin en Nord-Aroeriko no estas
ĝis nun tute oerta» Estas negranda ebleeo ke |i eble
povos esti nia Aprila numero. Sed pli versajne.ĝi estos
nia Maja. Dume, araikaj interŝanĝoj d© ideoj daŭras, de
tempo al tempo, inter la nord-kaj sudamerikaj samideanoj.
Kiel flanka ekzeraplo, la gazeto "0 Brasll Esperantista"
petis de S-ro E.G.Dodge, estro de nia Aga Komitato.sendl
sian portreton per fotografajo» La nun lasta numero de la
Brazila gazeto do enhavas la portneton de S-ano Dodge,
kune kun mallonga historio de lia vivo kaj laboro.
La oficejo de EANA rioevis de S-ro John Futran, el
Brooklyn, N.Y., longan kaj bele verkitan artokolon en
Esperanto, tre interesa je enhavo, en kiu li emfazigas
:.a dezirindeoon de nova kaj sendependa Esperanto-gazeto
por ciuj Amerikaj landoj, kiun li latus nomi "Tutaraerika
Bulteno Esperantista" Pro la longeoo de la interesa art-
ikolo de S-ano Futran, ni ne povaa presi ĝin en "Amerika-
Esperantisto"» Organo kian li proponas por la Esperant-
isto j de la nova raondo, aperonta almanaS kvaronjare,
estus ja en si mera bona medio por antauenigi nian aferon,
kondioe ke oni subtenu ĝin sufiĉe per abonantoj kaj fin-
anoa subteno. Tamen en la nuna momento, pro diversaj
kauzoj, —i.a., distanoo, malrapida poitservo, problemo
de mona subteno, laboro de eldonado, reklamado, dissend-
ado, ktp, —la estraro de EANA dubas ou la taSga tempo
por tia nova entrepreno jam alvenas. Intertempe, ni havu
la "Tutanerikan Numeron" dufoje en la jaro, kaj Siu Esp-
erantisto laboru por veki oiam pli da intereso je la
afero, kaj por gajni Siara pli da interesatoj, kun celo de
pli grandioaa agado en la gazeta kampo, kiel prakt-
ik® plej frue.
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|                  Aprobita de la estraro de EANA donas  la ebleoon
lal Siu usona" samicteano konoentrite.....labori kaj propagandi
dum unu semajno per vortoj, kantoj kaj agoj. Aliaj organ-
izoj tre sukcese verbis por siaj ideoj per "semajno",kaj
do kial ne ankaQ ni Esperantistoj ?! Kompreneble Siu
^fervora samideano varbas dum la tuta jaro, sed almenaŭ
■dum unu semajno Siu-jare ni faru konoentritajn klopodojn
Mi rekomendas la novan varb-ideon al oiuj membroj
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here  by  members  of the Esper-
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ton, at the home of Mr.4 Mrs.Thomas Goldman, was enjoyed
by a happy crowd. Refreshments, Talk by Mr.E.G.Dodge,
Recitation by Mrs.J.C.McDowell, and a short, wellaoted
sketoh was participated in by the following members of
Esperanto Club of Central High Schools Misses Marita and
Vera Pevsner, Irene Polizos, Gloria Singer, Claire Michel-
son, and Jack Freeman.
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Mr. * Mrs. Hugh E.Rouse of Philadelphia, and Miss Isabel
iLynn of New York, were visitors at a recent meeting of the
jEsperanto Club of Washington—Gome again folks.
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,ynow announces new rules for those positions of honor and of servioe known as "Patrono de      A
•EANA" and "Subtenanto de SANA." For the coming NATIONAL ESPERANTO WEEK, April 20 to t&r      *
Awith its public meetings, its talks before clubs or church societies, its newspaper arti-      *
£cles, its radio publicity, its private personal contacts — or whatever you best can do in    *
*the conditions of your own community — is not visualised as just one week of effort be-      £
A team months of inertia and inaction, but only as a high spot in a course of effort that          J
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A Our organization, the Esperanto Association of North America, is able to continue in its     A
^present course of modest yet effective service not simply through the #2.00 "kotizoj" of        *
*its present membership, beoause the membership is insufficient. Therefore it has to de-      *
Apend in part on the added support of those members whose zeal prompts them to do more than    a
* merely to keep their own membership intact. In the past the Patrono has been one who pays    A
A from his own pocket $10 in a given year for the support of EANA} and a Subtenanto, $5.00.       A
£ Patronojand Subtenanto/of this olass are still desired and honored, beoause their help      *
+is still needed. But now it has been decided to award the same recognition to all members    £
A who shall by their work build up the organization through winning a significant number of      x
ANEW MEMBERS for the organization. (Naturally, this will not apply to those working in the    a
A Central Office, nor members of the Membership Committee.) A NEW MEMBER will be recognized      A
£as one entirely new, or As a former member who has let his membership lapse for three or      A
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J.The names of PATRONOJ and SUBTENANTOJ will be published, with grateful recognition,in A
^."Amerika Esperantisto". And the specific facts about new members brought in by such, or new A
A clubs organized, will be published as the best of news. The completion of the work required J
A to fulfill any of these conditions may be attained at any time, be it summer or winter» We *
A wish the list of such actively working Patronoj and Subtenantoj to be large. It will be, if A
£each one who ought to work for new members, goes out and works for them. This means YOU— A
A and not "the other fellow". The Esperanto movement is OUR AFFAIR. Our Movement will be only *
A what We Esperantists MAKE it. The NEED IS VITAL. So, START NOW.                                                        *
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A thought 1 Indeed we know of several shining examples, refuting such an aspersion.—And here ,,
A is the latest we've heard of» Miss Ruth E.Newton, Maiden, Mass., and Mr.Palmer DeWolfe, 4
A Boston, became acquainted when they joined an Esperanto class.They quickly became very much A
* interested in Esperanto—and each other. And now they both assert-eraphatioally-that Esper- A
Aanto is far superior to any other language as an aid to Cupid. Yes INDEEDY—just announoed J
A their engagement. Congratulations. Mr.DeWolfe is V-President of the Esperanto Rondo-Amika,*
A of Boston, and Miss Newton was, until reoently, Secretary of the same organization.      A
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magazine EHJCATION,  in Boston.
Dodge, chairman of Bxecutive~Committee of"^7 Wlth^nlv Tul?^l8*?™68* °*
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cf this thesis. It is shown that in sctS of thesfwaye, li^^JTSSSi^ ^*
which may   indeed, be derived from the, study of the national toSgueS    out^
a service
The office of EANA has a few hundred copies of this article, in form of a renrint
tlZ Jn%t^Zine* ♦ " ^11 T^** P08tpald« ^on order« to those^hC can use
them in the Esperanto cause, at the following rates.
One copy to any address----------5 cents.
5 copies, all to one address «----20 cents.
10 copies, all to one address - - - 35 cents.
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t MllATPgg WORLD TOUR. The 28 members of Miss Emilino Wodsinski's Esperanto «lueiin Beat- *
J ramok, Mloh.,) are touring the Gastronomic World by visiting-end eating-in leading resta- £
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* January 12—this was also Bnilino's birthday. The event was oelebrated very joyously with *
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BROOKLYN   TEACHER
Published Monthly Except July and August
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BROOKLYN TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Volume 20
January  1941
Number 5
Course No. 59. Practical Esperanto
Course for Teachers. Instructor, Doris
Tappan, A. B., A. M., accredited Cseh-
teacher of the International Cseh-Insti-
tute, The Hague, Netherlands; official
educational delegate to the Berne World
Congress of Esperanto (credentials
Cordell Hull) ; co-direetor of National
Youth Activities in Esperanto. Assist-
ed by George A. Connor of Lew Wal-
lace J. H. S., who is New York repre-
sentative of the world-wide Esperanto
movement. Thirty hours, 15 sessions
of 2 hours each. Tuesdays, beginning
Feb. 18, 4 p. m. Girls Commercial
High School Annex Building, Park
Place and Nostrand Ave. Fee $10. B.
T. A. coupon accepted in part payment.
(Note: First session, Feb. 18, free de-
monstration of method, language, and
practical applications, to which all in-
terested are invited. For further in-
formation write to Doris Tappan, 162
West 13th St., Manhattan.
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A practical course, by the direct method, Tj^OTJTpTJ \ rVTrT",/~V
giving a complete basic mastery of the In- JtL/tJ JT II/JVXJLaW -L vj
ternational Language, and offering practical »
Fraulino
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Anderson
"Macy 's"
lerta Ĉe-
kursanirio
procedures for teachers who may wish to
use it as General Language, in school clubs,
for correspondence and exchanges with
teachers of other lands, in foreign travel,
for Inter-American contacts, or for general
cultural ends.
The Cseh-method for teaching Esperanto
not only provides an enjoyable and effective
method for learning the International
Language, but is applicable to the teaching
of national languages as well. Much good-
humor and carefully graded conversation
sessions make for ease and rapidity in
learning. Practical applications of the lan-
guage will be encouraged and assisted. In-
ter-correspondence with South American
Esperantists will begin during the course.
The "Internacia Pedagogia Revuo" and
similar aids will be introduced. Successful
teachers of Esperanto in the New York
area will present their experiences in using
Esperanto for General Language courses
and in school clubs. Occasional foreign vis-
itors will speak.
Esperanto is presented as an Interlan-
guage for general and extensive world-
wide communication, and as a General Lan-
guage subject in the schools. Esperanto in
no way aims to supplant the teaching or
use of the national tongues for special and
intensive needs. It supplements and fa-
cilitates  further  language  learning.
This course xtnll meet the alertness
requirement of the Board of Education.
CIRCULATION 12.500
Revival of interest in the in-
ternational language, Esperanto,
to further cement inter-Ameri-
can nnity is preaagM in the
Personal Shopper Service tour
of R. H. Macy's done in the in-
ternational language this week,
tour conducted by Miss Eleanor
Anderson after enly 20 hours ino
struction in the. easily learned
tongue .'/i/.yj>n.:'r*i""s  ///>•/<"
DOBIS E.  TAEPAE
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THE ESPERANTO CLASS IN ACTION
Principal Dormont points out a difficult word
KHABOJ Icaj KNABIHOJ
LERBAS ESPERAMTOH
That's 'Children
Study Esperanto'
By GUS LOCKWOOD
Fifteen students at Public
School 136, St. Albans, today
are proudly wearing a five-
pointed star, green in color
and bearing a large "E" in
gold.
This pin is presented only
to those students who prove
that they have the ability to
converse,. in Esperanto—an
artificial language which was
established in an effort to
form an international lan-
guage.
Although there are Esper-
anto clubs and societies in
several high schools, the St.
Albans elementary school stu-
dents are the only Long Island
pupils who regularly attend
Esperanto classes.
The director of the Esperan-
to class at P. S. 136 is Louis
Dormont, principal of the
school and president of the
Esperanto Society of New
York.
The class—which carries no
school credit and is conducted
entirely as an extracurricular
project;—has been established
at the school for five years.
Interested in Esperanto and
firm in  the belief that the
study of the language is "of ines-
timable value as a preparation for
the study of any foreign language,"
Dormont decided to initiate what he
Uondlv calls his "experiment."
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"When I first decided to start this
special class, I outlined the idea only
to the brightest students in the
school," he says. "Realizing that
the Esperanto class must be entire-
ly separated from the school pro-
gram, I picked the bright students
because this class would be less
likely to interfere with their work
in other classes."
Esperanto Helps
Stamp Collectors
Speaking to this class of better
than average students, the principal
opened his campaign by asking:
"How many of you students col-
lect stamps?"
"There was quite a response," he
smiles. "I then told them that the
study of Esperanto would help them
In their stamp collecting because
they would learn to identify more
readily the stamps of each country.
And I also explained that when they
became reasonably proficient in Es-
peranto, they could correspond with
other children abroad."
The principal then gave an intro-
ductory lesson in Esperanto and
called for volunteers.
"Our first class was restricted to
six students," he recalls. "The
present class—which has been study-
ing Esperanto with me for almost
two years—Is composed of 34 stu-
dents. There are more girls than
boys, but in any elementary school
you will always find that the class
of bright students has more girls
than boys."
Interest In the new course was
smmŬMmtsm and so enthusiastic
that the principal had difficulty In
restricting the calss to "bright" stu-
dents.
"But the class is still restricted to
the outstanding scholars," he says.
"After the first few lessons given to
that first class five years ago, I
heard Esperanto phrases echoing
throughout the school. The students
were enjoying themselves and they
were learning something useful at
the same time."
When a student has a good schol-
astic record and applies for admis-
sion in the Esperanto class, the
principal requires permission from
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the child's parent before that stu-
dent is allowed to enroll in the
class.
"Not onee In five years hat a
parent refuted to permit his child
to study Esperanto," he says smil-
ingly.
When the students have pro-
gressed so that, they are. able to read
and write Esperanto, then they are
ready for the phase Of Instruction
which has proved most popular with
them.
Children Write
To Other Lands
'Through the International Es-
peranto Society I receive the names
of children in foreign countries who
are also studying the language,"
Dormont explains. "The children
here are encouraged to write to the
youngsters abroad trading informa-
tion about their country, and ex-
plaining their dally routine.
"This feature of the Esperanto
class has proved to be valuable to
the student In his other courses.
History and geography become more
interesting to a youngster when he
is corresponding-with a youngster
abroad. This exchange of letters
makes school work mean something
to the children."
With this. background of corre-
spondence and daily lessons in Es-
peranto, the students gradually ac-
quire the ability to converse in the
language. It is at this point that
they become eligible to receive the
pin which means that they can eon-
verse In Esperanto,
"The present class began, the
study of Esperanto when they en-
tered their seventh-grade," Dormont
says. "Fifteen of them have been
awarded the Esperanto pin and aH
of them have found that Esperanto
helps them in their other subjects.
"Since only the bright students
are chosen, they receive Esperanto
instruction during the period that
would otherwise be devoted to
study. One day a week these stu-
dents give up their English class
and study Esperanto. Their Eng-
lish teacher tells me that their work
in English has improved consider-
ably since they have taken up the
study of Esperanto.
"Thedr  vocabulary,   their under-    ^
standing of English grammar and1   x
their  ability  to  handle   their  own
language  has   definitely   improved
during  the  time   they  have  been
studying Esperanto."
Why did the principal establish
the Esperanto class?
"It Is my contention that the
study of Esperanto is an ideal prep-
aration for the study of any foreign
language," he says. 'Through cor-
respondence with young people in
other parts of the world it is also
possible for the young American
student to better understand these
people and their problems,
"Let me give an example of the
progress made by Esperanto stu-
dents in studying a foreign lan-
guage. When one of my Esperanto
classes graduated and entered
Andrew Jackson High School, I
checked their scholarship records
after their first term.
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INABOJ kaj KNABIHOJ-Cont'd
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try when he was little more than a
year old.
"Hungarian was the first language
I learned," he says, "but I can't
understand it now. I know only
one sentence and that is merely the)
statement that I do not know how
to speak Hungarian. But each timet
I say it, Hungarians do not believe)
me because the pronounciation ana
inflection of the sentence is perfect.1* il
His interest in the language date)
back to his senior year at City Col-
lege.    He   heard   a   lecture   by :a
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EKTMETODA IHSTRUADO DE BSPERANTO.
C-rte oni rioevis el Brazi lo tre kur
aĝigan novajon, pri vigla poresporanto
agado en tiu giranda kaj grava sudamer-
ika lando. La fresdata temas pri apar-
at.© por instruado de Esperanto laŭ re-
Icta metodo. La metodo certs ne estas
identa Icon la Cseh-metodo, tamen haras
iom de siraileoo. Estas serio de dukek-
iuna grandaj bildoj por sunnura uzo,
ftiu bildo estas sufiĉe grandakala Ice
Y^Efix^Tsfsz|fii» rraono t rM eran?a klaso po™
damentals of the language.            Jjfaoili  Vidi,JjCaJ   relconi   Siun objskton
i looked it over and mastered jjen la bildo.uiu nontrata objekto havasB
nunveron.   Flanks troviĝas en faoile
school work in order to graduate* legebla formo, vortareto, enharanta la
Esperanten nonton de 8iu numerhava det-
alo. ekzemple, la 19-a bildo rilatas
al la Iloj kaj varoj de metiistoj,
donante la Esperantajn nomojn de 70
objektoj. Kompreneble, post kiom la
lernantoj gajnis eo plej simpIan uzon
de la plej neoesaj verboj, pronomoj,
ktp, la gvidanto povas instrui al. ill
'multa jn aldona jn vortojn per oiu bildo,
"I discovered that the Esperanto
student had averaged 84 per cent in
all his courses while the students
who did not study Esperanto earned
an average of only 54 per cent in
their courses.
"actually, this is not a fair com-
parison because only the brightest
students were permitted to study
Esperanto in this school; However,
I believe that the language may be
taught as successfully to classes that
are not hand picked—and the re-
sults will also prove as satisfactory."
Three students, each of whom has
won an Esperanto star, explained
their interests in the language.
"I decided to study Esperanto be-
cause I thought it would help me
when I get to high school," says
William Godfrey, 13. "I want to
study Latin and French and I
thought that this experience in a
language would help me.
tie's Corresponding
With Butch Girl
"For the last year I've been cor-
responding with a girl in Holland
and I've had such a good time learn-
ing things about her country and
telling her about the United States,
that I'm going to get another cor-
respondent. I'm going to start a
correspondence with a boy in Spain."
"I'm going to study German when
I get to high school," says Alfred
Frost, also 13 years old. "Since I
have been studying Esperanto, I
have been .writing to a fellow in
Holland. I got a letter that he wrote
during the time his country was
being invaded.
"The mail comes through with
censor marks on the envelope, but
nothing is taken out of the letters.
I was also corresponding with a girl
in Greece, but I haven't heard from
her for a long time now."
Elinor Mutke, also 13, volunteered
to study Esperanto because she also
intends to study languages in high
school.
"I intend to study both Latin and
French," she says." and since Esper.
anto contains words that are com-
mon to many languages, I'm sure
It will help me. I've just started to
exchange letters with a girl in Den.
mark and so far I'm enjoying it."
These three students and two
others, Doris Cook and Ann Davis,
presented an Esperanto play at a
meeting of the Esperanto Society ot
New York:
"It was the first lime a program,
ot th4s type had been presented,"
the principal says. "And the young-
sters performed creditably."
The general scholarship of the Es-
peranto student improves after ha
begins studying the language, ac-
cording to the principal. After stu-
dents are admitted to the special
class, they must maintain a certain
average in the other courses before
the principal will permit them to
continue with the language
He Has Forgotten
Native Tongue
Dormant, the man behind the Es-
peranto project, was born in Hun-
creditably. After graduation I be
came a teacher. - After teaching £t
Manhattan public schools, I went to
a Brooklyn high school as a teacher
of commercial subjects."
He became head of the commer-
cial department at Madison High
School and then was appointed prin-
cipal of P. S. 136 at 201st street and
115th avenue, St. Albans. He has
been principal of the school since j
1928.
sa^.*0"^^^                                   porashari Instruigan konversaoion
learned the language in seven weeks. | kun   la  klaSO ,   pri   temoj   SUgestataj  per
And then i began to think about; la bildo. Pluraj bildoj, sed ne ĉiuj,
teaching Esperanto in my school.      *__-.-_   -_   ,,_„,:,  i».»-i»««. .i     „__  v.,.     *
The class was organized and itsfestas •» diversaj koloroj, per kio eo
progress has encouraged Dormont I la kolornomoj estas leraataj. La plena
I? eT?^iU3Zof™,msPPsara" '■»***« historic» de la metodo estas al
tion of formal Esperanto courses.      i                                  «..*..-»•              —
"i am now giving regular Es- ni nekonata. Sed la traduko en Esper-
peranto classes to teachers," he ex-J anton de la 21 Vortarotoj estas far-
plains. "Here at my school i have ita de s_ro A.couto Fernandas, Prezi-
proved that the children of elemen-F .      .       -  .  «      „        ,-      ,,         -,                . .    ,
tary school age can grasp Esperanto. * danto ae la Braziia Ligo Esperantista.
If the Board of Education at any j La   kolekto  de   21   grandaj  murbildoj
lne%odurieVstPud5r,%herwnin b, ,*<«*« toU»Jn dolarojn. Sed nerranoa
enough teachers to get the project f brosuro, enhavanta la bildo jn en raal-
started."                                      granda formo, kune knn la vortaretoj,
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ESPERANTO SOCIETY                 (oirkaO 15b1 uaonaj,) kaj estas havebla
of PHILADBIPHIA    8e la of ice jo de B L E, Praoa da Repu
iblioa, 64, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Ni gratulas  S-anon Fernandas, kaj
niajn Esperanto-fratojn en Brazilo,
pro versajne tre bona ilo por instru-
ado.
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Eleoted the following
officers for 1941i
Hugh E.Rouse-President.
Marie Rouse-V-President.
Miriam Dubin-Secretary.
Edward W.Pharo Jr-
Treasurer.
John.Laurens-Librarian.
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tion to Esperanto activities. Very-
little in Hitler dominated lands.
Great Britain, much better than ex-
♦    BY CORRESPONDENCE.* peoted~in Bristol, though frequen-
*Beginners and Advanced. * tly bombed, there are several very
active courses. Australia and New
Zealand, thoujgh slowed considerably
are still growing. Tasmania earns
special mention for growth. China
and Japan still telling the world
in Esperanto. Portugal forging a-
head.British soldiers and aviators
in active service are still studying-
Jan-Feb., No. of "British when possible.. IEL continues regard-
Esperantist"oalls atten- less of a European loss of over 8000.
♦Instructor lioensed by *
♦EANA as Teaoher.Address *
♦"ESPERANTO BY MAIL"  *
♦ ST.ALBANS, N.Y.
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NIA MOVADO.
Under this oaption, IEL
Seo'y C.C.Goldsmith, in
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