THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1981
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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.’’
&
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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.
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