THE BATTALION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1981 Page 5 ocal lullabaloo ca-tick ca-tock ives wake-up call to Ags By SANDRA K. GARY Battalion Reporter iVhen most Aggies hear the Iggie War Hymn, they dly stand up and let out a ty “Whoooop!” But when some people hear the “Aggie War Hymn,’ they’re reminded ; man important business meet- j jng or luncheon date. iBThese people are wearing a j Brisl watch developed by the " ''■ffiilon Corp. in Richardson. ,,, ■“The watch plays the ‘Aggie War Hymn from start to finish, to note, ” said Skip Ingram, ""•■epresentative for the corpor- | ific: which developed alarm ™ S! Btchesfor 15 different colleges and universities. ws((jBj-[ e sa j c ] that the song can be ' lave!i by pushing a button any I line the wearer wants to hear it fortl re watch can be set to play as fan [alarm. ■The Athlon Corp. has sold ■lore than 5,000 Aggie watches lince the product first came out in May, Ingram said, f iB'Since May the Aggie unit is j||ut-selling (the University of) ‘•wlpxns (watch) by not quite 2-to- jl.lhe said. “It’s running neck H neck with (the University ofijNebraska, and (the Universi- the ^ a ^ ama ' s a bout 500 units Blind.’’ & C week/ C^nccJi gn tkj ft.ll the watches for the diffe rent universities have the same des ^i, though the school colors H logos are different. “And of e it® con se, the songs are different,” 'ro“Brain said. “■Bdost watches took two ian( l s ‘:i|nths to design and program. ,1 Bwever, Ingram said, “No- tiiddeBl’ s ever eas y when it comes A&M'tolTexas A&M. This Aggie C repBch took nine months to de sign because we wanted to get the song right from note to note,” he said. A special dial had to be de signed for the Aggie watch be cause the mechanism which plays the War Hymn is so com plex. Ingram explained this is why the watch is available only in a men’s design. The stainless steel and gold- plated watches retail for $49.94 and $59.95 respectively. They are available at the MSC book store and through mail order with the Texas Aggie magazine. Major distributors also include J.C. Penney’s, Sakowitz, Nei- man-Marcus and Frost Bros. Because the song and logo are official emblems registered with the University, Texas A&M gets a royalty from the watch sales, which Ingram said have been phenomenal. RHA entertains freshmen By TERRY DURAN Battalion Staff Freshmen, phone calls and fro lics highlighted the Residence Hall Association’s second meeting of the school year Thursday night. Acquainting freshmen with RHA structure and activities was the general order of the evening. Each of five area directors gave a briefing on upcoming activities. Foremost among these was the Almost Anything Goes competi tion to be held at 1:30 Sunday afternoon on Duncan Field. The RHA-sponsored event will pit teams against each other in what RHA programs director Brett Pea body called “condoned craziness.” Peabody said the teams “must have five men and five women, have some kind of yell they can do at each event and be willing to have fun. ” One of the events, involving six oranges and two nylon stockings, was demonstrated by three faculty advisers and RHA president Tim Ryan, to the laughter of those pre sent. Team members must pay $1 per person, with all proceeds going to the United Way organiza tion. Bill Irwin of GTE answered questions about the new tele phone system installed over the summer. He said about 250,000 calls had been processed through the “260 office,” the trunk line center handling calls from dorm students. A large part of this — a “significant difference” from last year, he said — was that students could now get an outside line easier, and were therefore making more calls. Irwin said a one-time $12 charge is required to have long distance service begun, and re minded the audience that such fe atures as call waiting, call forward ing and speed calling were also available. vccj & REGULAR - .