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 . ' •
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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. • ‘ ‘ '
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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.