'Windowless' Building Draws
Student Comment, Curiosity
by Eugene Rose
What would you say is the most
mysterious building on the cam
pus?
Undoubtedly to most of us the
answer would be “the building
with no windows.”
i Located near the center of the
(campus between Chapman Hall
and the University Library, “the
i building with no windows,” or the
Museum of Oriental Art, is a mas
sive, box-like brick structure.
It was constructed in 1921 to
house its noted collection, with the
citizens of Oregon financing the
building cost. The collection to be
found within it was the priceless
oriental art collection of Mrs. Ger
trude Bass Warner. It was a gift
,|o Oregon in the memory of Mr.
Murray Warner.
To serve as director of the muse
im, Mrs. Warner was appointed
ir lifetime. Today, she is assisted
|y Mrs. Mabel K. Garner.
The collection includes an im
iressive array of oriental items
from delicate handwork, through
■Kiusual paintings, to massive fur
niture.
fin addition to the collection,
Were are administrative offices,
U library, and a study and refer
ice room on the three floor's of
ie museum.
Another classification it could
fall under is that of being the
least visited building on the cam
pus.
Although students make it a
point to see when visiting parents
arrive, they seldom make more
than one visit to the museum un
less they are in a correlated field
of study.
Special events like Homecoming,
Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day
are usually expected to bring the
visitors to the Museum. Its collec
tion is one of the best of its type
on the coast and yearly attracts
visitors throughout the state.
The prevailing student opinion
about the absence of windows is
that they were omitted to protect
the collection from burglars.
However, explains Mrs. Garner,
this belief is entirely wrong. The
building was constructed as it is
to protect the collection from the
damaging effects of the sun, and
to provide additional space to hang
the far-East art.
But the really strange things
about “the building with no win
dows” is that it has several win
dows. If you’re ambitious enough
to go inside you would see they do
exist. And if that is still too much
effort, you can notice two tinted
windows on the south side of “the
building with no windows.”
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WBC Meeting
Set Jan. 19
Business women from Eugene,
Springfield, Corvallis and Port
land will meet on the campus Jan.
19 for the third annual Women’s
Business Conference.
The conference, sponsored by
Phi Chi Theta, business women’s
honorary, will include discussions
of personnel, accounting, and re
t a i 1 merchandizing as business
fields for women.
Members of the honorary sold
homemade candy to University
students Wednesday to provide
funds for the conference. The sale
continued only half of the day,,
because of excellent response by
the students, wrho consumed the;
supply shortly after noon, Johanne:
Wong, president of the honorary,
explained.
Bergaman Cuts Ties
ROME—(UP)—Ingrid Bergman
will get a swift Mexican divorce so
she can marry Italian Movie Direc
tor Roberto Rossellini as soon as
possible, Rossellini’s attorney said
Thursday.
The director’s lawyer, Gino Sotis,
said the Swedish actress had
agreed to give up custody of her
11-year-old daughter, Pia, to Dr.
Peter Lindstrom, her Hollywood
surgeon husband.
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