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THE BATTALION ^hursday, April 7, 1960 College Station, Texas Page 3 X-Ray Classification Am Professor Playing Big Role In Soil Research An A&M teacher-researcher is playing a major role in a national project which could add another dimension to the science of soil classification. He is Dr. George K. Kunze, pro fessor in the Department of Agron omy, whose special field of teach ing and research is soil mineralogy and soil chemistry. The scientist is working to char acterize mineralogically, chemically and physically the soils of major agronomic importance. These soils are collected and studied from all land resource areas in the state. What Makes Soils Tick In other words, he is trying to learn what makes soils tick. Why are the blacklands black? Why do apparently similar soils react dif- Relay Engineer Conference Opens April 11 in MSC The 13th annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers, will be held at A&M, April 11-13. L. M. Haupt, professor in the Depart ment of Electrical Engineering, is chairman of the Program Planning- Committee. “The purpose of this Conference for Protective Relay Engineers,” Chairman Haupt says, “is to pro vide an opportunity for the dis cussion of joint operation of pro tective relay equipment as applied to electrical transmission lines and ilectrical machinery.” Dr. J. B. Page, dean of the Col lege, will give the welcome ad dress Monday, April 11 at 1:30 p.m., in the Memorial Student Cen ter. Luis R. A. Capurro, captain in the Argentine Navy, will speak on “Antarctica Is Being Conquered,” at the banquet sessions at 7 p.m., April 12. Harley C. Dillingham of the College’s EE Dept., will chair the dinner. The Singing Ca dets, under the direction of Dr. Bill Turner, will furnish the mu sic. The planning committee with Haupt as chairman includes J. P. Barron, Dallas Power and Light Co.; J. R. Dickey, Central Power and Light Co., Corpus Christi; D. J. Hubert, General Electric Co., W. C. Woods, Westinghouse Elec tric Corp., Houston; R. R. Krez- dorn, University of Texas; R. A. Larner, Texas Electric Service Co., Ft. Worth; H. J. Sutton, Gulf States Utilities, Beaumont and J. S. Denison, A. and M. College. PALACE Bra*. 2**7? NOW SHOWING METR0-G0L0WYN-MAYER presents 1 I a NEW Tarzan! Tarzan. IS THE APE MAN / r starring / DENNY MILLER as tarzan y CESH DMA • MA BARNES J Rlffil DOUGLAS QUEEN NOW SHOWING Special Student Price 60c YUL Brynner „ Gina LOLLOBRIGIM Only ones In v 300Q >0$ years... ' anything like ferently under the same conditions and treatment? Heretofore, soil surveyors have based thier finds mainly on sight, feel an dsmell. It is a system that has helped agronomists understand much of the nature of soils but it also involves personal opinion, re sulting in lack of really precise classification. “You may see a soil sample one Way, but I may look at it another way,” Kunze says. “It’s something like judging cattle. No two judges will find the same good and bad points in an animal.” He said that if the study of the mineralogieal, chemical, physical and biological characteristics can tie soil description down to a con cise classification system, most of the personal bias and opinion will be eliminated. Studies Useful Kunze believes the fundamental characterization studies can be useful in many ways to farmers and will offer another valuable sendee to the people of Texas. “If a doctor knows what he is treating, he is in a better position to cure the trouble. It’s about the same with soil. When we know the make-up of a soil, we can better tell the farmer how to go about setting things fight again—if any thing can be done at all,” he said. More accurate recommendations will be possible for fertilization and irrigation operations, the scientist said. Some soils just don’t take to irrigation and if a farmer is informed of this beforehand, he can save a lot of money. Results Turned Up Useful results have already been turned up in the project. The fol lowing are two examples: There are Willacy fine sandy loa msoils in the Rio Grande Valley, which in some locations will drain well, while drainage is poor in other areas. This condi tion can be attributed to a layer of impervious clay which is absent in other Willacy fine sandy loam soils. Secondly, there are soils, which because of a peculiar mineral com position, can be only temporarily boosted by improvement practices, after which they quickly revert to their poor state. Another problem which such knowledge might possibly answer is the puzzle of what happens when crops utilize only a small part of the applied fertilizer. Where does the rest of it go? Gulf Coast farmers get only about 10 to 15 per cent utilization of phosphate fertilizer when ap plied to their lands. Kunze said when the cause of this poor plant efficiency is found, perhaps the situation will be reversed and a mere 10 to 15 per cent of the fertilizer is lost. Much Research Needed He said that although the over all study is one of national pro portions, there is still much re search to be done. However, prac tical applications are being made every day. Selection of soil samples is being done with the assistance of the Soil Conservation Service. Samples are not merely scraped off the ground surface but are taken to depths of 6 to 12 feet. Dr. George W. Kunze ... X-Ray researcher ELECTIONS SolomoNjm Sheba TODAY THRU SATURDAY ‘ ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS” Rock Hudson Jane Wyman Also JACK WEBB as SGT. JOE FRIDAY in the first feature-length production of mem WARNRRCOLORW ™J E L Hoiem (Continued from Page 1) vice president of the Class of ’G2 as Charlie Moore took the secre tary-treasurer position; Cecil Bail ey capturedidthd' social secretary slot; and Thomas Ralph and Jim Davis annexed the yell leader places. Class of ’63 Posts In the Class of ’63, Dan Brown received the vice president nod, while John Burton was elected sec retary-treasurer; James Sartain secured the social secretary posi tion; and Butch Cockrell annexed the MSC Council slot. Ogg defeated Guy Keeling for vice president, 205-147; Reid top ped Nevel Ehrhardt, 187-161, for secretary-treasurer; Bush over came Monty Montgomery for so cial secretary, 183-157; Burnside rushed by Giles Dodson for his torian, 232-214; Laird slipped past Ronny Hampton for the MSC Council representative, 167-166: and Todd and Stubbs totaled 263 and 210 for yell leaders, respect ively, to defeat Ken Moore who garnered 167. Moore was a yell leader this past year. Rodriquez defeated Johnny Mar tinez for vice president, 206-180: Moore topped Zay Gilbreath for secretary-treasurer, 232-161; Bail ey overcame Gary Lively for social secretary, 215-167; and Ralph and Davis received the yell leader positions with 246 and 270 votes, respectively, to defeat Dave Halm. Most Contested Brown took the vice president post of the Class of ’63 with 229 votes to 225 votes amassed by Don Brister in the most contested race of the runoffs with the exception Disaster Survival Course Opens at 7 Glasses in a new 12-hour disas ter survival course will begin to night at 7 at A&M Consolidated under the supervision of Jack Cha ney, school coordinator. The course will cover basic, com mon-sense measures to be taken for natural and man-made calami ties. It has been described as a course for “people who want to live to a ripe old age regardless of what happens,” said Chaney. The classes, which are free, are set up to teach the public per sonal and family prepardness for survival during and after emer gencies. “Experienced disaster workers contend,” said Chaney, “that in times of stress, often as many as half the casualties are needless. They are caused by people who do foolish, illogical things or don’t know what to do.” I-whim-thi-mst-pktvru-hjwI THURSDAY & FRIDAY “THAT KIND OF WOMAN’ With Sophia Loren and Tab Hunter Plus “THE PERFECT FURLOUGH” With Tony Curtis SMHMETBl 1 -JACK WEBB WARNER’BROS BeJEGEND -Tom DOouy Show Opens At 6 p. m. of the MSC Council race in the Class of ’61 between Laird and Hampton. Burton defeated Shel by Traylor for secretary-ti*easurer, 234-208; Sartain topped Earl Hen derson Tor social secretary, 241- 203; and Cockrell defeated James Bryant for MSC Council repre sentative, 234-213. The runoffs were concluded yes terday from ' 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the MSC. Only two candidates were elected to class offices out right at the initial election March 31. Ronnie Frabier was elected the Class of ’61 Student Enter tainment Manager and Pat Crouch was elected representative of the MSC Council for the Class of ’62. Light Vote A sparse turnout of pollsters cast votes in the runoffs with but 1,243 votes being submitted, falling below the 1,391 cast in the initial election las week. The Class of ’61 received 363 votes, the Class of ’62 had 412 votes and the Class of ’63 totaled 468 votes. Jockey Eddie Arcaro scored his first $100,000 victory of 1959 when he rode Greentree Stable’s Wea- therwise to victory in the Futurity at Aqueduct. Texans Ask Project Funds .WASHINGTON <&> — Several Texas groups today appealed to Congress for funds to construct or plan numerous water projects in their state. One delegation of 44 persons, most from Dallas and Fort Worth, came here by special plane to tes tify before a House Appropriations subcommittee in support of funds for Trinity River projects. The delegation asked that funds for continuation of a comprehen sive survey of the Trinity Basin be increased from the budget- rec ommended $250,000 to $350,000. The money would be for use in the year beginning July 1. Also sought was an increase of $1,225,000 in the $3,100,000 rec ommended for continued construc tion of the Navarro Mills Reser voir and $75,000 in planning funds for the recently authorized Bard- well Reservoir near Corsicana. No funds were included in the budget for this item. The delegation also urged that $75,000 in planning money be pro vided for use should Congress this session authorize construction of the Wallisville Reservoir at thee mouth of the Trinity. Dale Miller, executive vice pres ident of the Intra-Coastal Canal Assn, of Louisiana and Texas said $956,000 proposed in the budget for the Colorado River channel to Bay City should complete the pro ject. He added that $1,400,000 recommended for the Guadalupe Channel to Victoria and $1,600,000 for the channel to Port Mansfield would advance construction of those projects. 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