The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, August 16, 1962, Image 2

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    THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, August 16, 1962
i.ADET SLOUCH
HU
HOWDY
from
PARIS, FRANCE
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By J. DONALD DELIZ
The other day I was sitting on
the terrace of my favorite Paris
sidewalk cafe with a few French
students from the Sorbonne. We
were commenting about the frilly
feminine passersby who looked
mighty prize winning, when I
felt the ground trembling be
neath us.
For a moment, shades of Judg
ment Day began to cloud my
thoughts, so I asked my friends
if they had felt it too. They
assured me that it was nothing
to worry about for this happened
all the time. Then I felt better
since I knew they had gotten the
same feeling.
They went on to tell me that
the ground under Paris has taken
the appearance of a Swiss cheese
throughout the centuries.
Catacombs Built
The early Christians started
first by building the catacombs
underground in which to bury the
dead and hold secret church
services. A tour through these
with a lighted candle in your
hand will make even the most
beautiful date look like Hallow
een Incorporated, so it’s best not
to take her there.
You only get to see old tombs
and the line keeps moving very
fast through the narrow passage
anyway. Each church in the city
has a huge network of catacombs
under it.
There are also the many tun
nels for the subways called the
Metro and the many underground
stations. When the trains go
through, the ground above vi
brates and the automotive traffic
on the surface answers with its
own peculiar vibration.
Famed Sewers
Then there are the famous
sewers of Paris which are a vast
subsurface labyrinth too. I had
read about these in Les Miser-
ables, by Victor Hugo. In this
book the much wronged hero,
Jean Val Jean, is pursued and
hides out in the sewers. Soon
armies of policemen follow him
there and they have an interest
ing time splashing around until
he gets caught.
I thought that this was only
another ugly invention from the
mind of Mr. Hugo, who also gave
us the charming Hunchback of
Notre Dame, but I was wrong.
I found this out when I took the
very famous trip that is offered
by the Paris Sewer Department
called “A Tour of the Paris
Sewers.”
This excursion is scheduled for
certain days, the first and last
Saturdays and the second and
fourth Thursdays of each month.
You go to the Place de la Con
cord and meet behind the statue
of the City of Lille. It costs 30
centimes (ten cents) for this cul
tural experience.
Dim View
There you enter a narrow
flight of stairs and get into a
large, long boat. You sit on the
seats which line the sides of the
boat. Four men wading in black
hip boots tow the boat, using
four chains attached to the sides,
through a half mile of the sewer.
NOTICE
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By Authorized Dealer
1003 S. College Ave, Bryan, Tex.
TA 2-4143
There is only a half-light which
comes in through the street aper
tures of the sewage system, and
you can dimly distinguish the
signs which mark the various
water pipes on the wall. There
are also street and “arrondiss-
ments” signs. The arrondiss-
ments are the zones of the city.
The water is not filthy because
each city zone has a center which
treats the sewage before it comes
into the system. However, the
smell down there isn’t exactly
treated, and I would liken under
ground Paris more to Roquefort
than to Swiss cheese. But my
curiosity about Jean Val Jean’s
plight was satisfied and Victor
Hugo was exonerated.
When it begins to rain, or if
it’s threatening, the tour is can
celled because the street sewers
lead directly into the tunnels and
they get flooded. I wondered
what would have happened if it
had begun to rain while we were
down there.
I guess I would not have been
able to say “Howdy from Paris,
France” for awhile.
Paris At Night
The gathering that evening
was very illustrious, but more
interesting to me was the view
of Paris at night. The important
public buildings are all illumin
ated. With this artificial device,
one thing stands out more than
anything else. That is that Paris
is a city that is very akin to the
country. The buildings are low
and there are trees jutting out
all over the skyline.
There are many trees and a
great number of parks with trees
and flowers right in the heart
of the city. They say that people
in large concentrated areas miss
the country, but this is not so in
Paris. There are huge chestnut
trees which give off a sweet
musty smell after a rainfall and
at times, it doesn’t seem like a
big capital city at all.
One of the guests at the gath
ering was an architect who con
tended that the immense stones
of the Place de la Concord glor
ified the human beings that
walked there.
“It makes them look impor
tant,” he said. “It is not like this
modern stuff that is so func
tional that it belittles man.”
This concept sounded a little
farfetched to me, but I did try
to see his point. The next day
I tried to concentrate on this
theory. I saw some people cross
ing one of the streets, their out
line against the big stone statues
which represent the important
port cities of France, and I began
to get a glimmer of what he
meant.
However, it will take a lot of
practice. Every time I return
there, I see more grandeur in the
people who look very important
among those gigantic stone stat
ues. I guess one can try for the
same feeling in front of the Aca
demic Building. But this is
Paris.
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Wives’ Clubs
To Combine
The number of wives’ clubs on
the campus will be decreased this
fall as arrangements for combin
ing the Wildlife Management and
the Range and Forestry Wives’
Clubs were made this week.
Wildlife and range and forestry
are closely related fields, and the
consolidation of these two wives’
clubs will add varied interests,
make a larger membership, and
enable the group to plan a more
active program of work.
Shirley Sullivan, president elect
of the Range and Forestry Wives
Club, and Sharon Henson, presi
dent elect of the Wildlife Man
agement W T ives Club, will be co
presidents of the newly organized
group.
Other officers include Merilyn
Schwille, vice president; Beverly
B r u m m e 1, secretary-treasurer;
and Alice Wilson, Aggie Wives
Council representative.
Mrs. W. B. Davis and Mrs. R.
J. Baldauf are sponsors of the
club. One other sponsor is to be
elected.
A get-acquainted tea is planned
for early fall to introduce the
members of the two clubs, fac
ulty wives, and wives of students
majoring in wildlife or range and
forestry who are not yet members
of the new organization.
ROBBIE D. GODWIN .EDITOR
T. S. Harrover Managing Editor
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed proposals addressed
able Mayor and City Council
lay<
Station, Texas, will be
of Ran Boswell, Cit:
to the
:il of
Honor-
College
un
received at the of;
an JLJosweU, Uity Manager, until S
, August 24, 1962, for furnishing all
necessary materials, machinery, equipm
superintendence, and labor for constr
ing a certain sanitary sewer line for
City of College Station, Te:
imate quantities are as fo
equipment,
uct-
the
xas. The approx-
quantities are as follows:
150.0 L. F.—10" Vitrified Clay sewer pipe
532.0 L. F.—12" Vitrified Clay sewer pipe
in place
4.458.0 L. F.—15" Vitrified Clay sewer pipe
in place
1.122.0 L. F.—16" Cast Iron sewer pipe in
place
11 Bach—Standard 4' Diam. Manholes
10 L. F—Extra depth Standard Man-
L. F.—-Exti
ep'
hole Wall
tra
Wall
I'all
d
epth 12" Manhole
82.5 C. Y.—Concrete in piers
16.8 C. Y-—Concrete for pipe embedment
1 Each—Boring under State Highway
30
1 Each—16" x 16" Cast iron pipe tee
and plug
Proposals shall be accompanied by a
Cashier's or Certified Check upon a Na
tional or State Bank in an amount not
less than five (5%) percent of the total
maximum bid price, payable without re-
to the City of College Station, Tex-
urse
Ov
ity of College station,
a bid bond in the
er, ■■
amount from a reliable Surety Company
i n
a guarantee that the Bidder will enter
into a contract and execute performance
bond within ten (10) days after notice of
award of contract to him.
The successful Bidder must furnish per
formance bond upon the form provided in
the amount of one hundred (100%) percent
of the contract price from an approved
Surety Company holding a permit from
the State of Texas, to act as Surety, or
other Surety or Sureties acceptable to the
Owner.
The right is reserved as the interest of
the Owner may require, to reject any and
all bids, and to waive any informality in
bids received.
Plans, Specifications, and Bidding Docu
ments may be secured from the office of
the City Manager, City Hall, College Sta
tion, Texas, on deposit of twenty ($20.00)
rding
Documents are complied with.
Signed: City of College Station. Texas
By: S/Ernest Langford
Mayor
Attest:
S/K. A. Manning
City Secretary
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