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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1986)
egon Daily Emerald A historical look at A.W. Patterson House See Page 9 Monday, |anuary 13, 1‘tHti Eugene. Oregon Volume 87, Number 74 ‘Animal House9 leveled to make way for clinic By Julio Freeman *, (H I hr f ninratil A pile of splintered wood is all dial A*' • trained Sunday of the aged. two-story structure known-nationwide as “Animal I Inida* “ • . . . / * ('rushed beer cups and a sign advertis ing a S i sale of bricks from-the house lit- ’. terjhe front yard, .where students .and ■= othfr onlookers gathered’Thursday, to. • watch bfilldozers destroy the turn-df-jthft- .• s> gantury building,0,featured in National ’ lampoon's' 1«77 movie about fraternity „ life. : ^ “for "the ho.use’s sake.-it was .sad toosee . .it go because .that’-s what ftiost-. of. , America saw as the image of.a* frater.ni ty." said'.Ted Smithy president’of. .tin!. Sigma Nu fraternity", locator^ next door to"’ the f&med stmdture. ", • v - News, of ’the planned . destruction became widely knowh’in’Ot lober-w.heno .' Ron Hra.it/.. a local developer.’an'noii.hc- , . . ed plans to build a new mejiu al cfinic on the site... . ■ .V- t \ *. . ’. “ Petitions and requests .for-historical ° '• status . failed* .to save the unofficial • 'University.landmark.' located at'751 K.^ . “ ilth'Ave’ • .* • % ■ ■ . ' ° ' • •A’boarding Houtfe- for-the last several’ " years’ the'building was .once the home-of" A W. Patterson... one,, of .Hugeness' -most prominent-ipi.oneers Patterson pfojted ■ .. aiufsurveyedth.o town in the’.mid-ftftios - • ■* •• ’ • ■ • ■ 8 • . with Eugene-Skinner.' But .to most, the house probably will be remembered Best on film, Said University Archivist Keith Richard • “Since (the .house)- was Ideated off campus- there will .not bo much of a historical record kept injhe University " archives.0'he said , * • Any memorabilia will in* housed in th»; ’ ijme County ' historical museum, • he added . ‘ » • : • ’ . , “Ithink.that the%memory of the house . will.probably fade -now that it’s- gone.” said .Smith.All we*rH ‘going tifbe able to say . now is that tiuj.house-used to -be there.V .*!• •• ^.."tln-sitp. ‘con struct ton of the' new.-. tne<fic^l'c4inlcshouId Ix-gin by the'mid- - . •dli; of l-'etfruajry.'>Brna.tz^said , . ! The.diuildirig will provide space for the- .Women's- and Childrens- cjinic. which'.wijl soon lose the lease'otV its cur-'. ' rent i»u ild fng .."located - across »t he si ri»et° , .from.where the Ro*us?e stilocf.‘ Hraatz and.his partner Harry Rubens- • tein.' a local businessmdn.'received city approval for their development plan in *< . earlyjieptember. 4 • / . - i %‘lnjtiaHy. ItraatV. said hel was'interested in presenting the budding and adapting " it,fpr the clinic - . . f • " 4 ..But *rth«n poor structural condition of the’* house .-* made*, this’ economically unfeasible, he said . ' • ■ „ • ■ . . . • •» : . . . f Pliolo by Karen Stall wood The last recognizable piece of the A:W. Patterson house was reduced trrspUnters . by "Sunday morning. ' \ . * * •. ’ • ° • •/ . * '■' • - However, "plansto spvedne of thelwo o lesser-k now if buildings, which were •behind the main. house,' are still underway.- • . • • . . • •Used as duplexes in recent yeans, the * two buildings are believed Jo.have been built ib .1324 I5J09I Ashcroft,/theUiwner... of-ode building, said sHe-has been told ,'• » t the qiie-niom duplexes, were built for’ graduate ° students by ' the “Pattersori .. family. ■ ■ • • . .. V • . . / .Osheroff is planning to .have jierihome °> « •. '• •moved to a'sec.tion -of land east .of- the"’ ‘ ‘ ' t Heiidrir.ks Hill area sometime this week. • ‘ ‘ ' : • V' ■ ^. ■ »•* ' ;• .' ;* By Kintten Bolin ;*;>*■ OTIh* Kmir»fd V A inerjc.ani■ Vfca*.n, etth'or celebrate .tHeT’ifo dffpjiriet. civil*' rights leader'.•'Martin T.utKer King, Jr. pa»j»ivo(y. *by simply o remembering his triumphs asa 0 positive part his'tojry. <°)r they., cah celebrate 'it actively-; 0by3' utilising his jdea I s "today and expanding upon0th'ein ,ip order to overcome current nwralpm-. blems. said, Vincent Harding;,' former directorv,df the; Martin I.uther King. )r..’ Memorial' Center. “ _;<»•.’•_•• '■ -' Harding spoke.to more than 150 people Sunday :evening at the MartinbutherKing jr.hirth day celebration.held In Cerl inger liounge. * The speechr sponsored by the Black Student Union, was titled "Still Striving to' Keep the Dream Alive,’’.-It marked the first national holiday of King’s birthday. The official govern ment holiday is January 20. "King opened up to all of us the possibility that we would stop being schizophrenic and hypocritical about racism in America." Harding said. "He made it so parents no longer have to explain to their children why they can’t get a sandwich where everyone else does." Harding, a history professor at Swarthmore in Pennsylvania, worked full-time in the Southern-based black freedom movement in the early 1960s and was coordinator of the na tionally televised CBS "Black Heritage" series. Despite a strong place in .. history .18 gears’after his'death;' friany • Americans;only know or. remomberICiiig f6r His party and-. ‘ Jaip.c6r)trpven»ia1a ciVil rights „ " aotj,vi.Ues.'Ilardingjsaid.'i ‘ ° Events lugH as fh'e-. King-led ^liiixhnn Washington im 1963 \ynre° accepted inure generally by American^ than many'-df his later acjiqns, he. sajd. Because, of hi#. opart bppos(tiop-tQ the Vietnam War,” King was” cori shiered V A nierica-■■ s Irriqst -■dangerous liegro':' by the FBI in .the' Mate' i-96ps.: King' wis‘ assassinated in Memphis. Ten nessee in t^8.* ' •*' • ,vo *’ King*spontr.ibutions to, American society transcended. „ ^divisions pf race-andothe work !he- accomplished ‘ made him. .’perhaps* the tppst. Jnfluent ia 1 Hi - . * dividual ip'., this country’s history; Marding.said. . . ° “King tried.To brealc through frpm within the *black..(;om muiyiy.To others’’in America.’^ ' he- said “He pawned.up a wav *•’ • for "us to decide if we’.re going to* goon?" . . •• • Harming emphasized sthe .relative youth of the civil rights . movement and sjngled o\jt hir .ing practices* at : American educational", institutions as , an example of progress made'sirice* ’■ *. activities began .in. the late . " 1950s. ; •. / • °“Only . 32 years-ago, there were fewer than 10 black pro *Only 32 years ago, there were fewer than 10 black professors at America's great Universities in the North... King and his movement opened up a space. ’ A • v ° . — Vincent Harding fSsi Photo by DerrvI Hewitt Vincent Harding spoke in rememberance of Martin Luther King Jr's birthday Sunday night. The birthday celebration was sponsored by the Black Student Union. lessors at America s great .Universities in the North,’.' he Said*- “King and his movement •, opened up a space.” ‘ Harding jater opened the, ’ floor to questions and gave peo- - pie his opinion about how King would respond to a variety : of current problems, including the issue of apartheid in South Africa. . ' : "He would be very, very humble, very slow to speak and absolutely unable to pass judg ment on the oppressed,” Har ding said. "He would try to engage in a profound dialogue." This year's Martin Luther King Jr. birthday commemora tion is the sixth such event sponsored at the University by the BSU, said co-director Melissa Dahl. But this year is special because of the national recognition the holiday will receive, Dahl said. "This year is special because it is the first day there has been a national holiday to honor him,” she said.
