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THE EVENING STANDARD Written Word Brought To Peru By ROBERT (JOCHNAR Newspaper Enterprise YARWACOCHA, (NEA) And, suddenly, in the heart, of the sticky Peruvian rim forests, you stumble upon suburbia, U. S. A. The rambling, screened In ranchers, the swimming hole, the id-plane airport, the laundry, the "only automated telephone system in Peru," the dozens of towheaded children gamboling in the meadow, remind the visitor of a perennially green Shaker Heights or Grosse Pointe. Only Ihe 250 residents of this planned community are not garden-variety suburbanites.

The suburban trappings are there true, but (he lifetime work of these Americans is a bit unusual. Since 1946, they have been analyzing and pulling on paper some 30 Indian longues which for centuries have been unwriU ten. The place is called the Summer Institute of Linguistics at Yarinacocha. dedicaled men and women who live there are missionaries of Ihe written word. Although, as missionary Bill Nyman savs, Ihe "Linguistas'" major goal is to spread the message of the Bible to the millions of primitive Indians throughout Peru, Ihe side benefits may be of even greater imporlance.

The Indian, as they receive the Bible, also receive a written language and an intensive, if rudimentary, education. The project, which is expected to lasl at least another genera- lion, has Ihe warm endorsement of the Peruvian government. When Ihe Institute celebrates its 20th year in Ihe.jungle in June, President Fernando Belaunde Terry will be on hand to praise. The Institute is one of about 17 similar missions around the world sponsored by Ihe Wycliffe Bible Translators, headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif. N'yman says about 1,400 translators and back-up staffs are at work.

The spacious Peruvian base on Ihe banks of Lake Yarina- cocha. a cutoff bend of the Ucayali Hiver some 300 air miles northeast of Lima, is the jumping-off point for missionary operations in Ihis country. As Nyman explains, "Translators are permanent residents of the base but are airlifted by our own airline deep into the bush where they work in primitive Indian villages for as long as six months al a stretch. "The full cycle of work is to send linguists to the tribes to the language, create a written alphabet, then help establish schools lo teach the Indians to read and write their own language, using primers and lexlhooks prinled by Ihe slilule at the base. "The most promising pupils are sen! to Yarinacocha to learn Spanish and become government-accredited Icachers and then return to their tribes to begin new schools.

"The tribes are thus given a link with the rest of Peru. Without this breakthrough they would not be able lo cope wilh encroaching civilization, would become demoralized, delribaliz- ed, and be forced to retreat from civilization into ultimate degeneration." That's what the linguists say, anyway. Bui some observers of their work do not exactly agree. A Peruvian physician from Lima maintains thai while the translalors are "certainly noble and sincere in their efforts, they may be doing more harm than good." What Peru needs now, he points out, is unity. Nearly half of its people do not speak Spanish, (he slate language.

Instead of bringing the Indians together by giving Ihem a common tongue, the linguists are, in effect, splintering them even more by offering them a grammar in their own.language. Though the missionaries claim to be non-seclarian, another critic points out, they are, in fact, fundamentalist "who feel Ihe Bible alone can help these poor Indian's who are without decent food, healUi, housing, education and just about everything else." What particularly rankles the A COMPLETE PRINTING Planned, Printed Jusl for All out of fresh, bright ideas for your brochures, displays, moiling pieces? Put our creative staff to work for you, fast! Free estimates on planning, printing ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN STANDARD PRINTING CO. LETTERPRESS AND OFFSET a Connly's MoU VcriiUlt Printers Herald-SUndiTit 2nd Floor E. Cliurch SU Unlontown, Pa. And Snowdoo BtownivUlt TELEPHONE UnJoatoWB 43S-25M Brownsvlllf TJS4M2 ConntllsvlUe Kt-fHt Linguistas' neighbors is the rel- alive luxury In which the trans- lalors live.

"Can you imagine the negative effect their estate has on the Indians and Meslizos who live In wretched poverty on ils fringes?" a competing missionary asked. Such comments do not boiher the Linguislas. They are dedicated, single-minded people who apparently believe in what they are 1 doing. "Eventually," Bill Nyman says, "we will evangelize the world." The 50lh anniversary of Ihe National Park Service is this year. Hospital Mr.

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