Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-13
'.,,rRaNTo MAY BE aS
Esfh"' TAUGHT IN OREGON

,.,,ors have been adopted by
kesv,u Snse CITY Esperanto club re-
~ s hUs Representative-elect Chas.
e,s,.acnonald TO introduce a meas
hs'h ,n she legislature to have Es-
re ~ taught in the oregon Uni
sTslllo md various high schools,
srl' portland Telegram. The
~ 'nnooroanized 'no for the fall by
,1e rD rev The following officers: DR..
es,s T Howard, president; MISS
,s, es Dniesmond, rvlce-president; c.
Fem so1onald. secretary and Profes-
Y |% ,obu Hughes, treasurer.
FoI 'Ou OtuIcvard will leave for the east
" Iii visit the universities of
lo m and pennsylvania, where, 1t Is
nO.tod nU Esperanto is taught as an
EelvsoI studv. The Iternational
Suoss puUrs Of Esperanto at Dresden
foassosiyed the Importance of the in
'pa,,onal auxiliary language, and
I. United States Government sent
k.,,or B. F. staub as ofiicial repre-
a,O ,,.,,ye The utility of Esperanto
1,,hroughly tested when an audi
=, Consisting of people from 35
n.s .,,.s representing so languages
A,OII s,a,ects attended dramatic
4 |n.,ormance !. in Esperanto.
several hundred people are In
,.,ed in the Esperanto move
,0t among them Rev. James Fl.
,.t su and Professor G. G. Hazel
H. latter intends giving Esperanto
Dl,"s IN the curriculum Of subjects
4 SS taught in the military school
no,oura Beach. In a letter to
4 m Falrchld. who Will organize q
81 IN Corvallis, Professor Halzer.
Lov In Germany wr'te7:
/ t vlsb To cell attention TO the fact
a me rapidly spreading use Of
4 E.nsrsnio IN European cities can be
4 .as NJ immense benefit to tourists.
r'nsranto Is now commonly spoken
| y understood in Paris, where 1t II
S,,snsIsely used in the shops. hotels
I a restaurants. II you were to sal!
4, rurone tomorrow with an Esper-
H. textbook in your suitcase, YOU
[opa acquire enough of the language
rdno the course OF the voyage TO be
|, ,es, use TO you In Paris or Bru7-
&es"
A The following data on Esperanto
Eooears in an article by Jackson X.
E,irhild in the o. A. G. college pa
tG
aFsparanto has now over 40 per-
|oaeals. one published I'm the United
Ra,es and f. being studied by mil
|op, Of people in 80 nations. In the
frned States there are Is organized
kr,nsranto clubs. In states, Illinois
D,sk first. As to cities. Chicago
h. then New York, Boston and San
'frnclsco. The Esperantists Of the
|rhed States are using every effort
Fo bring the fifth International con-
|res 10 this country in 1909, and
Mos IN Seattle are endeavoring TO
|rlng Il there during the Alaska-Pa-
5fe exposition. The most immediate
b. one can nnd 10 repay them for
|rly Is IN correspondence. Within
\ short time the rtudent will be able
Ia write letters and cards to
|nnheanoi' Cfellow thlnkers) all
tw the world and 10 secure a great
~ NJ pleasure and profit from tho
Jurisprudence. This is no idle
|fnm, as the writer has several
|l'is from Europe 10 show for II.
Esperanto Is not artificial " Ia
b asserting. nuttirg I'm order. a har-
|foriation Of Engl!rh. French end
FlaHlsh languages, with n verv little
|Rn"lan, some German, with a Latin
|claia'lou. Wherever 20 sible, words
rtady fam liar 10 the people OF
|Aree or four nations were selected.
|al when no common elements could
p found, the roots were selected,
|ilA a view TO their adaptability, at
= same time dividing the selection
[nong the nations, so as TO make
= language about equally easy for
tc learn"