Alum finds some
answers in Orient
By MARTHA BLISS
Of the Emerald
Where to now? — a common,
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sometimes depressing question
often hovering over the heads of
graduating seniors.
in answering this perplexing
question, 1973 University
graduate David Anderson decided
to head west to the Far East.
Since graduation, Anderson has
spent two years in the Orient,
exploring foreign lifestyles and
concluding that America doesn't
have all the answers. He is par
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ticularly interested in Japan and
Korea.
Anderson's interest in the Orient
sprouted the way most wild ideas
do — it just popped into his head
one day while he was strolling
through campus wondering what
now?" He was majoring in
computer science at the time but
wasn't too happy with the field.
"I went to school during the
Vietnam war," Anderson ex
plained, "and I sadly learned that
most of the big computer
companies were strong sup
porters of the war. That sort of
turned me off to computer
science.”
Coupled with his discontent with
computer science was a growing
interest in the world beyond his
horizons. Anderson wanted to
study a non-American culture, so
he chose Japanese as a minor to
complement his nearly completed
computer science major.
At the same time he became
interested in Japanese, Anderson
adopted the Quaker religion.
Although raised in the
Presbyterian faith, he found
Quakerism to be such a "great
celebration to life" that he soon
became an ardent follower.
By graduation time, the stage
was set for Anderson. Within a
few months he was on his way to
Hiroshima as a Quaker
missionary.
"I wasn't a real missionary,
though," said Anderson. "True,
my visa labeled me as a Quaker
missionary, but I was really a
missionary in reverse. In other
words. I went to Japan, studied
Japanese culture and philosophy
and then returned to the states to
tell fellow Quakers what I had
learned."
Anderson has also made to trips
to Korea, where he found what he
calls "one of the most beautiful
cultures in the world."
"There is something about the
Korean culture that is so unique,
so precious," he said. "The
people are so simple, yet so
dynamic —so tender, yet so
determined. They are as innocent
as children but also as mature as
all other adults I've ever met."
The most beautiful part of the
Korean culture, according to
Anderson, is its basic foundation
on harmony. He explains that
every greeting and every farewell
includes a blessing of inward and
outward harmony.
While visiting Eugene last week,
Anderson gave two presentations
on Korea's current political
situation. Despite his deep
concern for Korea's shaky
government, his primary interest
in the country is philanthropic.
"Very simply," he explained.
"I'm concerned anout the human
life and the idea of righteous
living. It's a universal concern not
just a Korean concern."
After returning to the United
States last spring, Anderson
worked in San Francisco on a
Korean newsletter, the Korea
Link. He is now moving to Por
tland, where he hopes to work in
some Japanese-oriented field.
: Market features dishes, irons, chairs;
billed as area's biggest garage sale
If the beads and belts at the
Saturday Market are beginning to
bore you, check out the PicadBly
Flea Market, the blue collar
worker's answer to the current
surge in counter-culture mer
cantilism.
Begun five years ago, Picadilly
has grown until it now resembles
a San Simeon Garage Sale,
sprawling through three wings of
the Lane County Fairgrounds
Exhibition Hall. The market is
billed as the largest of its kind in
the Northwest.
"We just checked around at all
the other flea markets in the
Northwest and ours was the
biggest," said Rosemary Major,
who operates the market along
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In spite of its size, the market
lacks regularity. "There's really no
rhyme or reason to when we can
hold the market,"said Major. It
depends on when the county tells
us we can use the building."
Majors said the average has
been twice a month, but for the
last two months it has operated
three times a month. Notice is
given in the antiques section of
the Register-Guard classifieds.
While exhibitions like Saturday
Market deal primarily in
aesthetics, the main focus of
Picadilly is on functional items.
The place is a treasure-trove for
the basic dish-hungry, chairless, I
need-an-iron student. Prices are
often inflated because of the
seller's estimation of his wares as
antiques, but careful perusing can
uncover some real buys.
As much as its commercial
aspect, the social life of the
market is a big attraction. "A lot
of our sellers and buyers are
retired people, said Major. "They
like the market because it's a way
for them to get out and meet
people.