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^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.
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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
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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.”
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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.
He said the $1,800,000 for the
Sabine-Neches waterway should be
supplemented with additional
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funds. He supported budget rec
ommendations of $100,000 for the
Brazos Island Harbor; $899,000 for
Freeport Harbor; $1,500,000 for
the Port Aransas-Corpus Christi
waterway; $2,700,000 for the Gal
veston Seawall and $512,000 for
the Corpus Christi bridge project.
Another delegation headed by
Harlon Fentress, Waco publisher,
and accompanied by Rep. Bob
Poage (D-Tex.) asked approval of
$10,800,000, the budget figure, for
continued construction of Waco
Dam.
Still another group, accompanied
by Poage and Rep. Omar Burleson
(D-Tex.) proposed that $1,600,000
be provided for construction of
Proctor Reservoir on Leon River.
The group accompanied by Poage
appeals for $500,000 to start con
struction of the Stillhouse Hollow
Dam on the Lampasas River.
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