 He runs the school archeology club, and spends much of his time pondering apses, plinths, and cromlechs.Hardworking Paradene built up a considerable fortune with his Paradene Pulp and Paper Company, and happily spent much of it building up his impressive collection of rare books, a hobby he shares with his good friend Sinclair Hammond.He was for a time generous to the gaggle of spongers making up his family, the only one of whom he ever had any affection for being Bill West.