Music is played music hourly on the bells, including classical, folk, and seasonal songs as well as the SHSU Alma Mater and Bearkat Fight Song. The tower is 65-feet tall; for comparison, the Sam Houston statue along Interstate 45 is 67 feet tall.
The parking lot east of the Administration Building was replaced by a student mall area in the early 1980s.
Twenty years after the above picture the circular planter box was removed to prepare for construction.
The dedication plaque on the eastern side of the tower thanks the Blatchleys for their contributions.
Incidentally, the tower stands near the site of another prominent tower, the university water tower, removed from campus in the 1950s.
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