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Oregon Daily
Emerald
Monday. October 21. 1985
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 87, Number 31
Demolition awaits the famed Animal House
Of Ihf KmtraJd
John Bullish! might roll over
in his grave if he hoard of the
latest casualty in the West
University land scramble <— the
A.W. Patterson house on tlth
Avenue, more popularly known
as "Animal House."
The house, built in 1910 and
used for the exterior shots in the
film, will be demolished, in
December, says local developer
Ron Braatz.
Braatz, along with furniture
tycoon Harry Rubenstein,
received city approval for the
project Sept. 4 and say they
plan to build a new medical
building that wilt .provide space
for the Women’s and.Children's
Clinic, now located directly
across the street, from the well
known house,
Construction should begin in
January oh the W,820-square
foot, two and one-half story
structure, Braatz says..
The clinic has been given .
word that Sacred Heart General
Hospital has plans for its pre
sent building, says Saudi
Johnson, the clinic's business
manager. The clinic probably
will need to find a new biljiding
when its lease expires next
May. Johnson says.
The present . owner of the
house, Gordon Erickson, says
he has not officially sold the
property yet but plans to once
the developers come forward
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won earnest money.
"I haven't gotten any written
confirmation yet. I'm sitting
here waiting." he says.
The 12 tenants of the
building, a rooming house for
the last several years, expressed
surprise when told of the immi
nent demolition of their home.
Although the house is listed on
the state inventory of historic
buildings, it is not designated
yet as a historic landmark.
"This should be a national
landmark," tenant Rex Thomp
son says, "If people keep on
tearing down old buildings,
there will las no history left;
You'll only be able to see it in
books."
The city, in reviewing
Braatz's application-, in
vestigated, the possibility of
rehabilitating the house but
finally concluded that its poor
upkeep and construction offset
any possible historic merit.'•
In addition to its role in the'
popular • fraternity-house film,'
members of Df. A,W. Patter- •
son's family lived in the house'
until 1956. Patterson, one of
Eugene's, most prominent
pioneers, plotted and surveyed •
the .town in the mid-1800s with
Eugene Skinner. ’ ''
Although the historical merit
of the building is debatable,
comments from residents and
employees in the neighborhood
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• Photo by Ross Martin
The A. W.'Patterson house, which became a popular tourist attraction after the 4he movie Animal •
' - House was released, may be tom down to make room for a new medical building
Confirmed its appeal as a tourist
attraction. • . .. .
. “Tons.of people came in dur
ing the summer and-asked. is ■.
• that the frateriiity.'where Animal'
. House was 'filmed?• " says.
Laura Phillips, a -clerk at' .
Peralandra Book's & Records,'
located ^across the .street from
the house.,
"If the. demolition goes
through as planned, there will
be. one acknowledgement, that
the famous* house once stood
there —.'Braatz-plans to place a
commemorative plaque on • a
bench along the sidewalk with a
brief jifstory-.of-pr: Patterson
and the site.
But.this does not seem to ap
pease Thompson, who says he’s
going'-to start ’a- petition
cantpaign. •• V.
. ‘ ‘If Anim.al House is..
■ destroyed, they’re goin'gto take
. 'part of Eugene with it,” he says.
NCC has rooms to rent
By Julie Freeman
IK I hr KwriM
fust off lllh Avenue then* is
something that many students have
iweti searching for in vain the last few
months rooms for rant.
Northwest Christian College,
located one bl<w:k from campus, has
alajut 35 spaces open in its dormitory
units and is making them available to
University students through its "dor
mitory only” program.
The program was developed more
than 10 years ago and has been
remarkably successful, says David
Wagner, dean of students for the
college.
About 30 students from the Univer
sity currently are living in the NCC
dorms, Including loelle Rankins, a
senior who could not find an apart
ment this fall after plans to live with a
friend fell through at the last minute.
She got on a waiting list for the
University dorms, but ended up at
NCC after she remembered a piece of
literature she had received from the
college about its dormitory program.
"I didn't feel like sleeping in my
car the first week of school." Rankins
said.
Increased enrollment at the Univer
sity has caused housing to become a
scarce commodity. Many students
began looking for apartments in |uly.
And by August, University housing
was filled to capacity.
"We still have a few women in tem
porary housing." says Marjory
Ramey, director of the University's
housing department.
Temporary beds are available in
guest apartments located in Bean
Fast, Carson and Walton complex.
Ramey says. But the housing depart
menl is not encouraging the use of
those or the Christian college
facilities.
NIX' offered to house the Univer
sity's overflow, but the housing
department did not choose to transfer
or recommend students to NCC.
Ramey says.
"There is nothing wrong with their
housing.” she says. "I just didn't
think it was appropriate to assign peo
ple there because they have a different
set of rules than the University.”
No smoking or drinking is allowed
on the NCC campus or in the rooms,
and there are strict visitation rules for
the men and women residents, who
live on separate floors. Wagner says.
Three personal references also are
needed before a student can become a
resident.
But other than Ibis, the dormitories
run on the same basic system as those
at the University.
The cost for a one-year, double
occupancy lease that includes room
and board is $2,526. Students also
must pay a $50 deposit and a $30 per
term student fee, which entitles them
to all NCC benefits such as athletic
events and student elections.
For more information, students can
contact Wagner at 687-9456 or pick
up an application packet at 828 E.
11th Ave.
Board UKs land transier
moy urary Jimenez
Of the Kimrild »
. •’ The Riverfront Research Park received,
a push along the road to implementation .
Friday when the State Board of Higher
Education ‘’enthusiastically-approved"
a set of conditions for handing over 71
acres of tJmversiJy property °to the pfo
jectls master.deyeloper'.
The State Board, which approved the
establishment of the- research park’s
Master Development Plan, met for the
first tjme this acadeinic. year at the
University: .
Also approved .at the meeting were
conditions for selecting a.developer and
a plan to create a research advisory board
for the project. A list of" "permitted ac
tivities” and design standards also were
established for the research park.
The meeting was highlighted by the
acclamations of Chancellor William
"Bud" Davis, who lauded the invest
ment of state lottery funds into Oregon’s
eight state colleges and universities.
"Good things are happening in the
State System," he said. Davis went on to
cite the positive uses of lottery monies.
Davis also was elated over the marked
improvement of Oregon high school stu
dent’s Scholastic Aptitude Test scores.
Oregon students improved their verbal
scores by an average of nine points and
math scores by 12 points over the
previous year.
The chancellor attributed the improve
ment to the new high school course re
quirements for entrance into State
System of Higher Education institutions.
.uregon nign scnool students, now must •
take four yearsVf English, three, years of
mathematics and social science, and two
years .of science in order to enroll at a
state university..
Finally, Davis -applauded the State
System's efforts in marketing state.col
leges and universities,- and in retaining
last year's students. Enrollment is up in
the state schools by 2.2 percent and at
the.University'by'3.6 percent.
Ip other act ion, °the State Board ap-.
proved a Peace Studies certification pro
gram at Oregon State University, and a
priorities list for State System building
construction.
Because of the board’s action concern
ing the Oregon State Peace Studies Pro
gram, OSU will become one of 20 col
leges nationwide now offering courses in
Irenology the study of peace and
human rights.
Courses will be taught in such subjects
as the effects of bacterial, chemical and
nuclear warfare. The attitudes of a
diverse group of people toward war, in
cluding Chandi, Christ, Hitler and Pat
ton, also will be examined.
The Peace Studies Program will be of
fered as an emphasis, not as a major. One
of the program’s initiators was Linus
Pauling, a two-time winner of the Nobel
Peace Prize and a former student and
professor at OSU.
A committee report to the board listed
priorities for capital construction by the
State System. High priority items were
instructional and research facilities.
Museums, theaters and arts facilities
were given the lowest priority.