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Ex-Pavia Student Describes Italv Editor’ll Note: Ron Terpenlng, n former Emerald staff writer, studied at Pavla, Italy, last year. Here Terpenlng relates some of his Impressions of the country. By RON TERPENING Kin<-ri>l<1 Contributor In Pavia, the first month is usually associated with confusion and readjustment. This stage is characterized by a wild-eyed student vainly search ing an already demented mind for liie right conversion table. Tlie most common problem in volves computing dollars to lire. Then there are elusive figures for changing gallons to liters, miles to kilometers, and pounds to kilos or ettos. Freeways Exciting Perhaps one of the first things learned in Italy is the impor tance of taking the right kind of train, almost all of which sur prisingly run with electric power. Tho difference between a "di rcttissiino” and an "accelerato,” for example, is drastic. Dismayed students find that acceleratos are SU Art Gallery Features Prints An exhibit of the work of Rob ert Browning Reed is continuing through November 21 in the Stu dent Union Art Gallery, second floor SU. I’rints of 30 woodcuts, etchings, and lithographs arc included. Reed's prints reveal a concern for the condition of man. Some arc a subtle commentary on the self-imposed situations that plague mankind. Others are a sensitive probing of the make up of individual members of the human race Reed’s technique is disciplined and never allowed to overpower the idea he means to communicate. Reed is an Indiana native and is now teaching printmaking at j Purdue University. This exhibit is on national tour from Old Bergen Art Guild of i Bayonne, New Jersey. Blood Bank The Lane Memorial Blood Bank needs the following types of blood for its special account which serves the fac ulty, students, and staff of the Univer sity. Donor hours are 1:30 to 4 p.m. Mon day, Tuesday and Thursday, and by appointment from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday. The Blood Bank is located at 790 E. 11th Ave., next to the Muyflower Theatre. Phone 343-0336 for further information. Units Needed Type 7 A Positive 0 A Negative 3 O Positive 1 O Negative 2 B Positive 0 AB Positive I the slowest trains, stopping at I nearly everybody’s back yard, A | dircttlssimo, however, will take the student directly from Pavia to Milan. For the excitement-loving stu dent, autostradas (freeways) are a constant pleasure. Unlimited speed and 'the Italian drivers can provide an excellent work out for one’s adrenalin. The stu dent becomes accustomed to find ing Fiats in the right lane and Alfa Komcos and Ferraris in the left, often Hashing by at speeds over 100 mph. Occasion ally one hears and, if he’s quick, maybe even glimpses the tail lights of a fast-moving test car. Knotria, which means land of wines, was Italy’s most ancient name. The whole world knows what a source of inspiration and imagination the Italian wines have always been, from the grapes that ripen on the sides of volcanies, along the warm seacoast, and on the slopes of the picturesque hills. This abundant surce of stimu lation is fortunately available to all. Students under 21 in Pavia no longer have to struggle for inspiration! From the Barbcra of Piedmonte and the Chianti of Tos cana to the l.ambrusco Amabile of Bologna and the Frascati of Lazio (Rome), aspiring students can seek relaxation at the weekly “fpste ” Local Cuisine One of the many pleasures of studying in Pavia is found in the local cuisine. While each area has its own specialties, the stu dent always has a wide variety of food to choose from. Within a week a student may savor such delights as tagiialelli (noodles made with egg), ravioli, pasta al forno (layers of cheese, tomatoes and pasta), risotto (rice), gnocchi (pasta made with potatoes), spa ghetti and, of course, pizza. Italy is, above all, the classic land. The most ancient archaeolo gical finds of Etruscan civiliza tion date back to the 9th cen tury B.C. Excellent specimens of Greek art and the magnificent ruins of their colonies can be ad mired in Sicily, Naples, l’aestum and in many museums throughout Italy, especially Rome. Everywhere one turns the im print of the Homan Empire lies on the land—in the roads, bridges, aqueducts, triumphal arches and theaters. And, from Early Chris tian art and Byzantine works to art of the Gothic period and the Middle Ages, the student Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon Dally Emerald Is pub lished five times in September and five days a week during the academic year, except during examination periods, by the Student Publications Board of the University of Oregon. Second-class postage paid at Eugene. Oregon 97403. Subscription rates 95 per vear, 92 per term. iff she doesn’t give it to you... —get it yourself! JADE EA5t: v i I ! 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Travel Methods On vacations students can see most of Western Europe. Most students travel through France, Spain, Greece, and Italy and a few manage to get to such places as Russia, Turkey, and Africa. Travel methods vary widely. While some prefer to hitch - hike and let fortune have a hand in their affairs, others enjoy the ease of trains or planes. As an example of what is pos sible, I spent the Christmas va cation hitchhiking down the western coast of Italy, through Sicily and back up the middle and Eastern side of the coun try. Italian Trickery The weather was magnificent; trucks rolled through the dark streets of Naples stacked high with oranges, lemons, pineapples, tangerines, and melons. Palms and bright (lowers bloomed along the countryside. Christmas Day in Catania dawned bright and hot and ended in Siracuse, the sun shedding a warm glow over the colorful fishing boats float ing in the harbor. It was in Sicily that I became aware of the fabled Italian trick ery. I Beware of Giovanni Pivelli! — the plot began innocently enough. I had left Taormina in the morning and arrived in Catania | at noon on a warm, pleasant Saturday. 1 was accosted by a weather-beaten man asking in English for the Turkish embassy. He launched into a long expla nation of his problem. Being a Turkish sailor in port for just a j ! few days, he needed money and was selling some cloth for a sick I shipmate. I was not interested, but just as II was preparing to leave the Tur kish gentleman, he noticed an I Italian walking by and request ed me to do a little traaslating for him since he spoke no Ital ian. Help Mankind (?) I gladly accepted. Here was , my chance to help mankind! Sub ! sequently I had to explain the ; whole affair to the Italian. Needless to say, the Italian had an uncle who just happened to be a tailor and therefore he was interested in buying the Turkish man’s cloth. We ducked into the darkened entrance way to an old pension, leaving the door ajar. A thin streak of sunlight gave us enough light to see by yet al lowed us to maintain a little pri vacy. Because of all our precaution ary measures, I had by this time imagined the cloth to be stolen. The Italian, who told me his name was Giovanni Pivelli, very eagerly told me the cloth was worth at least 120,000 lire ($192). Agreed on Price Eventually we agreed on 80,- j 000 lire. Since Giovanni, who was 1 buying the material, had only 40, 000 lire on hand, I offered to pay half. He told me that if I car ried the cloth on down to Sira- j cuse he would pick it up that evening at his shop, paying me back my 40,000 lire plus 10,000 for my help. I tried to split the cloth with Giovanni so he wouldn’t think! 1 would run out on him. “No,” ! he said, “ho fiducia in lei” — | I trust you. 1 couldn’t help the feeling of brotherhood that over came me. When I reached Giovanni’s shop on Via Roma in Siracuse, the sky was dark; a light mist was falling. The shop was closed. At 10, Giovanni still hadn’t shown up but I didn’t mind. I was en joying myself watching the Si cilianos. Fulfilled Obligation Finally I stuck a note in the door telling Giovanni if he want ed his cloth to be at the Central Station at 5 o’clock the next morning. I was happy. I had ful filled my obligation. If Giovanni didn’t show up, I knew I would get all the cloth for 40,000 lire, leaving me a profit of at least $64. In the morning Giovanni didn’t appear. I felt a little guilty be cause of my happiness. Six days later I was in Gala tina, a small village in the very bottom of the heel of Italy. I spent New Year’s Day celebrat ing with the families of two of my Italian friends. When I explained my good luck in relation to the cloth I had gotten for so little, I no ticed my friends eyeing each other. They asked to see the ma terial. Taken In I had, of course, been taken in. The cloth was worth no more than I had paid for it. I contem plated the two extremes for sev eral days—the generosity of my southern Italian friends and the almost humorous adeptness of Giovanni Pivelli. Italy means many different things for each student. For me, t is the land of a thousand images. The impressions are almost innumerable; many are indescrib able. Above all, Italy to me is the land where throughout his tory man’s intellectual and spirit ual life has received its fullest expression. Italy is the immor tal soul of the Western World —a land where the ancient and the modern constantly mingle to produce an ever-varying, eternal freshness. How to make a bold statement. You’re making a statement when you wear this Arrow Decton Perma-lron Cum Laude. With authentic detailing, too. Gently flared button-down collar. Back collar button and box pleat. Shoulder to waist taper. "Sanforized" labeled. Wear it and make a statement: it’s great to be alive. $7.00 long sleeves. $6.00 short sleeves. In plaids and solid colors. -ARROW
