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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1949)
Two U.O. Students Spend Summer On Economical Bike Tour of Europe THEY TOUREU EUROPE on bicycles, and had a lot of fun. Gerry Patterson (left) and Joan Hodeckcr are back on campus this term after a 1700-mile jaunt through nine European countries last summer. There's a Story Behind Names of U.O. Buildings By Eleanor Johnson Stories behind names of Univer sity buildings could provide an ac curate if somewhat sketchy history of the school. Most were named for people whose interest and financial aid have helped to build the Uni versity. U.O. Graduates Training at NYU Five University graduates start ed training at the New York Uni versity School of Retailing, Oct. 17, according to Charles M. Edwards, dean of the school. A three-month period of full tiVne employment at five of New York City’s largest department stores is included in the training program. Robert J. Wilhemi, Cherryville, Oregon; Melvin K. Sherrieb, Hood River; William T. Green, Ashland; Fritar V. Sander, Canon City, Colo rado; and Ella Mae Kelly, Poca tello, Idaho, all of the class of '49 except Sander who graduated in ’43, are working under the store service plan. With a group of 54 men and 13 women they are working under a revised work-study program which enables them to combine classroom training with practical on-the-job experience. By January, the graduate stu dents will have selling, non-selling and supervisory experience, after which they will return to the Uni versity for classes in the practices and techniques of retail manage ment. The students are paid standard rates of pay while working in the stores, Which enables them to be partly self-supporting while at school. The new Erb Memorial Union, now nearing completion, is named in honor of Donald M. Erb, presi dent of the University from 1938 to 1943. Deady Hall, built in 1876, was the original University building. It was named in honor of Judge Mathew Deady, president of the board of regents at the time. VILLARD HAUL Several years later, railroad magnate Henry Villard’s contribu tion of $50,000 saved the school in a debt crisis, and the University named Villard Hall in his honor. Villard also founded the University library. Friendly Hall, originally a men’s dormitory, was named for Samuel H. Friendly, dean of men in the early 1900’s. Fenton Hall was named for W. D. Fenton, Portland lawyer and defender of the school in many of its controversies. NEW CAMPUS BUILT These buildings, along with sev eral others, comprise what is known as the old campus. Eventually, the school expanded and buildings were erected across 13th street on the south campus. McClure received its name from Edgar McClure, member of a prom inent Eugene family and later a faculty member. Johnson and Chap man Halls were named in honor of the first two presidents of the Uni versity. Gerlinger was named for Mrs. George Gerlinger of Portland, whose influence aided the Univer sity many times. Dormitories as well as class and office buildings are named for people who played a prominent part in school history. DORM NAMES John Straub was named for an early dean of men, and Carson Hall, the new women’s dormitory, was named for Luella Clay Carson, a By Mary Ann Delsman Like to go to Europe ? If anyone really wants to go and is willing to get by without a lot of souvenirs and luxuries, he can do it economically, said Joan Hodecker and Gerry Patterson in ah interview this week. These two students bicycled through Europe last summer for about $900 each. “Most of this was spent for transportation," they pointed out. “We stayed in Youth Hos tels where it costs only 25 cents a night.” Asked if they had any language difficulties, Gerry said, “Well, we ate an awful lot of bread and cheese when we first got there because we couldn’t remember any other words for food.” KNEW LANGUAGES Joan, or Jo as she prefers, knew jnough German to get by, and Gerry had two years of French and two years of German a few years ago. He is a graduate student in psy chology from Ely, Minn., and' Jo’s a junior in liberal arts from Red mond. French is the most practical language to learn if you are plan ning a trip to Europe, they said, be cause it is understood in almost all of the European countries. They visited Switzerland, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, England and Scot land on their bike tour. Both car ried 40 pounds of baggage, includ ing food and other essentials. LIKED LUXEMBOURG The best country for cycling is Luxembourg, they agreed. Jo de scribed the landscape as hilly and “like a fairyland.” They purchased light, French made bicycles when they started. The bikes were nearly worn out after the trip, but Gerry managed to ‘‘smuggle” them back to Amer ica on the boat. “Most of the people in Eui’ope are friendly and hospitable,” Jo and Gerry said, “but they get the wrong impression of America and the American people because they sel dom see any but the more wealthy tourists. “They laugh about the way Americans come to Europe in herds, referring to the organized tours. TRAVEL ADVICE “We think the best way to travel in a foreign country is on your own. That way you get to know what the people are really like. When you go to the more expensive restaurants and hotels you don’t see the people as they really are because they put on a front for the benefit of the tourists. “It's more interesting and a lot less expensive to stay at the Youth Hostels. There you meet young people of other nationalities and can discuss their ideas and aspira tions with them.” EUROPEAN CRITICISM The Europeans criticize us most ly for our racial discrimination and our treatment of the Communists. They call it “undemocratic.” This last is true particularly in Holland, Jo and Gerry explained, where the Communists have candi dates up for election just as any former dean of women. Mrs. Carson later left Oregon and became presi dent of Mills College in California. Susan Campbell, formerly a wo men's dormitory and now convert ed to an apartment building for married veterans and their fami lies, bears the name of the wife of one of the University presidents. The official name for the “vets dorms” is the Veterans Memorial Dormitories, named in honor of ten former students and graduates who were killed in World War II. other political party. The Dutch seem to feel that Communists don’t have a chance anyway. 1700-MILE TRIP Jo and Jerry travelled 1700 miles on their bicycles, in keeping' with the hosteling regulations which say you must travel under your own power. Walking, bicycling, and hitchhiking are the accepted means of travel. The Youth Hostels in which they stayed had been castles, air raid shelters, mansions donated by rich persons, old' schoolhouses and farm houses. Each of these places has a “father” and “mother” to manage them. Their overseas transportation, by plane going over and on water com ing back, was arranged through Youth Argosy, a non-profit organi zation which provides low-cost transportation to Europe. The same facilities are used which bring dis placed persons to Canada and the United States. Jim Aiken's Car Stolen Everything happens at once. If it’s not heart-breaking losses on the football field, something else hap pens to complicate the life of Ore gon’s grid coach. Coach Jim Aiken reported to po lice Wednesday the theft of his car, taken sometime Tuesday night. The 1949 Ford sedan was taken sometime after 11 p.m. from its parking place by Aiken’s house. So far, police have no leads on the ve hicle’s whereabouts. Survival Chances Low as Students Cross 13 th Ave. By Bill Stanfield Closing 13th Ave. E. between University and Kincaid streets dur ing the 10-minute rush period be tween classes has undoubtedly saved many students from serious injury. No students have Ijeen injured in that block since 1946, when tem porary stop signs were placed at the intersections of University and Kincaid with 13th, according to fig ures released by the Oregon State Highway Department. Three stu dents, however, have been injured at the intersections. BUSY STREET A survey of the busy campus street estimated that 1500 students cross 13th avenue each time classes change. With the detour signs in use, approximately 20 cars enter the area during the rush period or are waiting at the intersection for the stop light to go off. Assuming that many more than 20 cars would use 13th if the detour signs weren’t there, the chances of a student being injured or even killed mount rapidly. HIGHER MATH If 50 cars, a low figure, traveled over the street and each car had 1500 chances of hitting a student, there would be 75.000 possibilities that a student would be injured in each 10 minute period. With each injured student, of course, the chances of another student being struck down would be reduced. From the students’ angle, each would have 50 chances of being hit before he reached the other side of the street. 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