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Show -r 2 j V !'lH:n FTt- i J j V j j f I ? f i v I : i V 7 ... ! ; .;f , 1 t ' -. .' - -I"" ;,' A University maintenance man demonstrates the technlo used in the monthly cleaning given to every interior windo! in the Union. Outside windows are cleaned twice yearly Top to Bottom or Not Window Men Ponda BAD WEATHER is also ate to the washing crew. "This im mer after a hard day's wot' Pitman recalled, "it rained dc-ing dc-ing the night and all the w dows had to be washed again' Inside windows are done! least once a month. During i monthly cleaning, windows k open are washed on both sife Pitman says that sometimes iij a real stretch to reach thewhc':1 surface outside. THE MOST precarious potion po-tion the crew has to get ii: while washing inside windows over the fishpond in the Uii:: foyer. This takes a ladder, i scaffold and a steady balance. So far, nobody has te drowned. By SHERILYN SIERAKOWSKI Chronicle Feature Writer In a scholarly, meditative moment, a person might look up from the back lawn of the Union and start counting windows. Having used the knowledge gained in math 6, he might eventually find that there are 1505 windows in the Union Building. FURTHER reflection might bring to mind the question, how do all those windows ever get washed? Stan Pitman, Union maintenance mainten-ance man, has provided an explanation. ex-planation. "TWICE A year the outside windows are washed," he said. "This summer four men washed each window while standing atop a scaffold. They used a special , solution and a hose-powered hose-powered brush. When they had finished the windows on the north side this summer, they realized that several windows had been missed and had to move the scaffolds into position again." Whether to start at the top or the bottom in a serious problem prob-lem among window washers. If they start at the top, when they get to the bottom they see spots on the higher windows and have to go back up to clean them off. But if they start at the bottom, dirty water drips on the clean windows below. |