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The scaffolding and tarps on
Deady Hall are part of a preser
vation protect aimed at saving
the east tower, which has been
threatened by chronic leaks.
Preservation project saving Deady Hall
By Eron Witzel
The autograph near the win
dowsill in the e.ist tower of
Deads li.ill is etched in ghostly
gnu pencil and dated IHH0
1 he tower, now covered with
si a (folding and tnrps was
threatened by ( hronit leaks and
deterioration, but a preservation
projot t is saving it
"I feel pretty attached to it."
said project manager James
Wentworth, who began prelimi
nary work on the building in
1<K)2
Work on the east tower, which
began in |uly, could lie done
within a month and students
will help restore the west tower
as part of a class offered spring
term When that is completed,
work on the rtwif will begin.
The project is moving slowly
because of budget constraints
and Wentworth was unable to
predict when it would be fin
ished
Deadv Hall was listed is a
national historn landmark in
to" and the State Historic
Preservation Office granted
$20,000 toward the $100,000
restoration project
Wentworth said public atti
Hide during the 1950s and 1'MiOs
damaged some historical budd
ings
"They didn't care how accu
rate or historical it was," he said
of repair work done in that peri
od “There was a different pub
lic sentiment then Now we real
ize historical value "
William Piper, one of the first
professional architects in Ore
gon. designed Heady Hall It was
completed in 187f> He claimed
the building would last 1.000
years Piper eventually commit
UkI Mill lilt'
l or 10 years, I lead v Hall ysas
the University and housed all
departments For many years,
heating t ame from wood stoves
in eat It room and students were
required to bring a piece of
wood to t lass each morning.
The building was named after
Matthew Death pis! days fol
lowing his dw#th in lHut Death
played a vital role in the history
of Oregon anti the University
He wrote tfie first volume of
laws published in the Oregon
Territory, was president of the
Hoard of Regents for more than
20 years and penned the Univer
sity's t barter
Heady was horn in Maryland
in 1H24 He worked as a him k
smith for four years in Ohio and
taught st hool there for a salary
of S2 J. a month He trekked to
Oregon in 1H4‘) where he soon
tiegan work .i1- .1 legislator
In an early legislative Mission,
Deeds opposed <1 bill to eslab
lish a state university saying
sut b an institution would bo of
bttlo utility " IVads like many
at that tmio. favored church
iidmmlstered si bools and
thought general taxpayers
should not finani e higher edu
cation.
Deads i hanged his mind and
the i barter he w rote for the Uni
versity spot iftt ally forbids dis
crimination on the basis of sex
or religion
Doadv became a judge and
though he kept wealthy compa
ny. Death yyas never affluent
himself
lie yvas always in debt
bet nose he lived beyond his
means," said Keith Kit hard,
University archivist
POLICE BEAT
The following incidents were reported
to the University Office of Public Safety
and the Eugene polit e department )nn 5
12.
• A chair and coffee table were report
ed stolen from the Hamilton Complex
[an. 5 The property amounted to $190
• A $263 vacuum cleaner was reported
stolen from the Hamilton Complex Jan .’>
• A 20-year-old male student was cited
for reckless driving on Oak Street and
12th Avenue Jan. 6 According to police
reports, an officer observed the student
on a bicycle not stopping at a stop sign.
The officer then chased after lum when
the student did not show signs of slowing
down. The student led the officer through
alleys and parking lots, but the chase
came to an end on Willamette Street,
where the student explained he did not
have money to pay the $40 fine for vio
lating the stop sign The bail issued for
the reckless driving was $3,500.
• A $4 50 hu vole was reported stolen
on the 1600 block of East 15th Avenue
Jan 6
• A 27-year-old male was arrested for
theft and second-degree criminal mis
chief Oil the 1400 block of Columbia
Street Jan 7. According to police reports,
the suspect was charged for stealing bicy
cle parts on campus in December
• An 18-year-old male was arrested for
selling drugs on 13th Avenue and Kin
caid Street Jan 7.
• A $400 bike was reported stolen on
the 1000 block of Patterson Street Jan 7
• A student from the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity reported a television
and video stolen Jan 7. According to
police reports, the property was worth
$650.
• Another student from the SAE frater
nity reported an $800 bit vcle. a $1,000
stereo system and more than 100 compact
discs stolen Jan 7 Act ording to polit e
reports, the property was stolen sometime
during the winter vacation.
• Three male transients were < ited for
possession of less than an ounce of mari
juana and drinking in public in West Uni
versity Park Jan 7.
• first degree arson was reported at the
Dean Complex Jan 7 According to police
reports, sheets of paper were burnt off of
the walls, i ausing $100 worth of damage
• A $ I'M) small sofa was reported
stolen from University Housing Jun. 7
• Two male students were cited for dis
orderly conduct on the HOD block of
Alder Street (an 8 According to police
reports, the two suspects started a physi
cal dispute outside the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity, where several people
had gathered The police stopped the
fight and both suspects were fined
in bail,
• A 28-year-old male was arrested for
trespassing outside Fenton Mull Jan. H
• A 10-year old male student reported
$8,400 worth of property stolen from his
i ar on the 1100 him k of Kincaid Street
|an 8 A< cording to police reports, the
vit tint was about to move into the Kappa
Sigma fraternity and had his computer,
software, compact (lists, clothes and
compact (list player in the car
• Two male transients were i ited lor
unlawful possession of < ontrolled sub
stance on the too block of Fast l tth
Avenue fan 0.
• The pole e stopped ,i four-wav party
at the Phi Delta I'hota fraternity Ian M
According to pole e reports, the polii e
got u t all from a woman who was i on
i erned about the amount of ah ohol that
was offered to minors at fruterniH parties.
including tlii' Dim Inking plat.«• at I hi
Delta Theta When the police arrived,
more than 400 [Hiopic were attending the
party Outside the main door, a group of
minors told the officers that they hud
Im'I'ii drinking lieer inside The party was
between two fraternities and sororities.
• First degree arson was reported at the
Asian/i’ai ifii Ameru an Student Union
|an ll According to police reports, some
body lit a bulletin hoard on fire and
scratched a swastika on the burned por
tion.
• Sts ond degree burglary was reported
at The Taste of Germany |nn 10. Accord
ing to polo e reports, somebody entered
through an unknown entrant e and con
smned .1 substantial amount of alcohol.
Two kegs of Henry Wtunhard's lleerh.nl
been emptied and new kegs had been
attm bed from the inventory Numerous
Marlboro t ignreltes were Iv mg in ashtray s
on several tables A I oflee clip filled with
what appeared to he urine was on the top
ot the bar About .S74r> worth of damage
was estimated, including property that
the suspects bad taken w ith them, a bar
sign pu lure, bottles of German wine and
4(1 ount es ol lieer
OREGON HOOPS
The Emerald sports staff previews
and forecasts the 1994 Pac-1 0
Men's Basketball season
Coming Friday in the Emerald
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