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.
A SOLUTION
The students’ chance of reaching
the other side of the street could be
further raised by completely elimi
nating traffic on 13th street on the
campus.
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