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THE BATTALION MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1977 Page 3 m hssical music played Roundtop’s festival draws young and old and Gov. )1 finance rity issue w in the 'ds made scoe said ds of the nU idents in down on 3-Dallas, it should agencies udents.” ians who rotest of By GLENNA WHITLEY Battalion Staff If 'outdoor concert” conjures pic- res of Willie Nelson’s Fourth of |ly debacles in your mind, con- der Round Top’s refreshing ap- oach to entertainment among the ees. Every week end through July I classical music played by talented j|tists will delight people who er at Festival Hill in Round fop, Texas, a rural atmosphere that t hances the beauty of the music, e seventh season of the Interna- nal Festival-Institute at Round jop opened last weekend with a tano recital by James Dick, foun- r and artist-director Friday, and |he Austin All-City Orchestra purday. Many people brought lawn airs, blankets and buckets of fried licken to picnic on the festival ounds or at the park in the town juare. One couple made their pic- a formal affair, eating grapes and lipping imported champagne from crystal goblets. Round Top, population 94, is the smallest incorporated town in Texas. Its quaintness is encouraged by the natives. Some picturesque “old” buildings and cabins bear dates as recent as 1971, but the town’s historic air is authentic. Antique stores and an old- fashioned general store ring the town square. The general store’s proprietor urged customers to buy locally made quilts “to put between you and the redbugs up on Festival Hill.” He then hastily denied that redbugs exist in Round Top. Gathering for the Saturday night concert, the music fans didn’t seem worried about redbugs or anything else. Old, young, country and met ropolitan. They milled about the gently sloping hill, chatting and get ting comfortable for the two-and-a- half hour concert. As the sun sets, the sounds of Chopin, Copland, Britten and other Vivaldi swelled from the strings and horns of the Austin All-city Orchestra, The effect was totally relaxing. Beautiful music blended with the Texas night air. The orchestra consisted of Austin high school students recommended for the group by their instructors. The Festival-Institute is an educa tional center for outstanding young musicians. It has expanded from solo instruments to orchestral and chamber music studies. Lectures and seminars are scheduled throughout the summer season. Next Friday, Sylvia Rabinof and James Dick will perform a Duo- Piano Concert featuring works by Bach, Brahms and Corigliano. Saturday at 8:15 p.m. guest artists will be Young-uck Kim, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; and Dick, piano. This concert will feature works by Mozart, Bach and Beethoven. Admission for all concerts is $3.50 for adults and $2 for children. Round Top is located between La Grange and Brenham. For furthur information and schedules write P.O. Box 89, Round Top, Tex. 78954. usinesses to be helped robots and computers irthritis. ■el plans Springs OPEN MON.-FRI. 9:30-9:30 SATURDAY 9:00-9:30 MON.-WED. SALE Good Only June 6-11 FINE POINT BIC Our Reg. 21c EznrnK-'i'u-T] Blue, black. .iTU,] Good Only June 6-11 BALL POINT PENS Our Reg. 78c Good Only June 6-11 NATURE SCENTS SOAP Our Reg. 29c craiii-m-i:i 4% bath size. as forced e. NASA auxiliary ides ipher in v. Jane s which But the re very ‘but on dg ig order ing and such Ims as gamble ontinU' Drove,’ t Stores •y were sking a aphy. i) e the icer. ; was rney and ■bed wed. feno »me be- Texas A&M University engineers, hink they can use computers and phots to get the bugs out of your jusiness. The whole idea is to build man- facturing plants within the “mind” the computer where options can je added and taken away within plit seconds. Everything from the oor plan to all the machinery can le juggled in the manager’s Inagination until he comes up with liis perfect combination of Iconomy, speed and efficiency of Operation. I The idea is impressive enough to let the National Science Founda- lon and the Texas Engineering Ex- leriment Station to put up a luarter-million dollars for its formu- Ition while a consortium of 12 East lexas companies has been formed tp allow the application on their lanufacturing systems in hopes of improving their productivity irough the use of the Texas A&M ackage. It is named GEMS for leneral Manufacturing Simulator. “Increased producivity is the na- iori’s biggest problem,” explained f T)r. Don Phillips, one of the project Jeads. “And, to do this we need ew techniques. There is a mulititude of small to aedium-sized companies that deal rith non-standard maufacturing ac tivities. They are the sub- ontractors to the industrial giants othey need to know how these dif- erent jobs are related and how do ou get them to fit together for naximum productivity and ninimum costs,” Phillips said. “What is needed is software computer program) that will allow nanagers to study their problems,” Dr. Phillips pointed out. “A way to ake this look is through a digital computer in which we can build a representation of the system as a model. We tell the parameters to the computer and it mimics the ac tivities of a real plant.” The building of the program would consist of making a library of computer programs that will de scribe every possible manufacturing process. With this library plugged into a computer, a representative of an industry could come in and pull out the appropriate parts and build a complete plant on the computer. “Then they can play games with the layout, tne object being to find new arrangements to give greater productivity,” noted Dr. Richard Thomas, associate dean of engineer ing at Texas A&M, who was one of the moving forces behind the incep tion of the project. “The product can be put on any large computer in the nation.” When it is finished we will notify Texas manufacturers that this serv ice is available and they can use Texas A&M’s computer if theirs is insufficient, ” Thomas added. “The really novel part of the pro- EumisliK 1 ® 216, 77S# delusively etches Ctrl- ther JalCoU'!' ^schpeA ■styCa* Whidjj J McCn* „dylW* » Ch T B va Mi# 1 eve Co* etsyK* . Rot'' 1 Dr.ffl rfC**** gram is that it’s designed for use by someone who has no knowledge of computers and computer language. What’s used instead is a picture of the manufacturing system in the form of a network diagram. The pieces can be pulled out, added and moved around with the computer telling the differences in proudetion and costs that result,” he said. The proposed program could be used to address the following prob lems, among others: V Which work centers will be come bottlenecks? V What effects will delay in delivery of raw materials have on product shipping schedules? V What are the most effective inventory levels for smooth assem bly of several interrelated product lines? V What is the estimated cost of material handling? V Can proposed automated equipment (such as robots) achieve desired production output? V What input will new product lines have on factory workloads? V When should protective main tenance be scheduled? “The beauty of the project is that the program can be used by large manufacturing as well as the small. 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