INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT ESPERANTO
New Language Now Widely Spread.
Its History and Structure.
Esperanto, the international lan
guage, is now so widely spread and of
so much importance that every well-
informed person, college students in
particular, should be acquainted with
it. The International Encyclopedia
says of it that it is “the most popular
among the proposed auxiliary interna-
tonal language. It has been intro
duced into many schools as a free elec
tive and the Chamber of Commerce in
London has put it on its list of exam
inations for candidates wishing to ap
ply for positions.’ The Encyclopedia
Britannica remarks, “In summing up
the merits and defects of Esperanto
we must begin by admitting that it is
the mos reasonable and practical arti
ficial language that has yet appeared.”
Esperanto was ' originated by Dr.
Ludonic Zamenhof, a Polish physician,
who was born in a village where four
different languages were spoken.
Though taught at home that all .aon
were brethren, Zamenhof found every
where around him outside r,he denial
of this teaching, and even as a child
came to the conclusion that the ra*-os
hated, because they could not under
stand, each other. He, therefore, set
about to construct a neutral language
which all nations could learn without
sacrifice of pride on the part of any.
The finished languauge was given to
the world in 1887 by the publication
of his first book under the title of “An
International Language, by Dr Esper
anto.”
Esperanto is wonderfully simple in
construction and marvelously easy to
learn* as the following principles will
show: Each letter in the alphabet
has only one sound and all words are
pronounced exactly as spelt, every let
ter being sounded. The accent al
ways falls on the next to last syllable.
All nouns end in o, all adjectives end
in a, all adverbs end in e and all plu
rals end in j. Every tense of the verb
is indicated b y a different fixed end
ing. There is only one case ending,
the accusative, which is indicated by
the suffix n. The vocabulary is built
up by adding different prefixes and
suffixes to stem words, of which there
are only something over 2000. These
stem words are, whenever possible, in
ternational words selected after care
ful study from European languages.
The pronunciation is simple There is
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who will study the language seriously
for three months should be able to
speak it with ease at the end of that
time.
The periodicals published whollly or
parly in Esperanto number among the
hundreds and the books among the
thousands. Magazines are published
in the most widespread places, for in
stance, in Peru, Siberia, Persia, Ja
pan, Madagascar, Cuba, China, the
Phillipine Islands, Mexico, Transvaal,
Pinnland and New Zealand, as well as
in nearly all the larger countries.
Students of Esperanto may have the
pleasure of corresponding with per
sons in all these lands.
Mr. D. E. Parrish of Calfornia was
sent out by the Chamber of Commerce
of Los Angeles for the purpose of ad
vertising Southern California as a
mecca for settlers, and he traveled
throughout the continent of Europe
and portions of Africa and Asia,
equipped with steropticon slides and
using no language but Esperanto, and
found audiences everywhere which
could understand. Los Angeles re
ceived thousands of inquiries from
across the water as a rdfeult of his
vist.
Esperanto clubs exist in nearly all
large cities and national and interna
tional congresses are held frequently.
A national congress was held in Chi
cago in July of this year which made
plans for a grand demonstration at
the San Francisco Exposition. Ameri
cans who speak Esperanto may have
the extraordinary privilege of meeting
and conversing with ease with men
from many nations at the exposition.
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
Prof. S. A. McMillan has returned
as associate professor of agronomy
from a year’s work at Cornell,
where he received his Master’s de
gree.
I. E. Cowart, M. H. Young, and A.
Burton, all of the class of ’13, have
taken up teaching work at the Col
lege. Cowart is instructor in horti
culture, Young in farm crops, and
Burton instructor in drawing. R. W.
Cox, of the same class, has charge
of the feeding work for the Animal
Husbandry department.
P. T. McGinnis, T4, was married
two weeks ago.
A number of changes have been
made in the ofifces in the Agricultural
building. The Extension department
has moved to Gathright Hall, the Dai
ry Husbandry department has moved
down stairs in the office formerly
occupied by the Extension depart
ment; Professors Gee, McMillan and
Olsen of the Agronomy department
now occupy the old D. H. office; the
Biology office has been moved to
the Academic building; the Horticul
ture office has been moved to the
Zoology lecture room, and Dean Kyle’s
office has been moved to the old
Horticulture office. The Anim'- 1 hus
bandry office remains unchanged.
Prof. E. J. Ky 1 ^ Dean of the School
of Agriculture, has been made Direc
tor of Farmers’ meetings and will
have charge of all meetings such as
Farmers Congress, Farmers Institute,
etc.
Director B. Youngblood, through
the Texas Experiment Association is
doing much for the farmers of Texas
in the distribution of Sudan grass
seed.
CARD OF THANKS.
The expressions of sympathy from
the members of the Junior Class and
of Company “L” in my recent bereave
ment will ever be remembered by your
friend and classmate. R. J. COLE.
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