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Capt. Donald ROderick o.
born. jr., USN, retired, and
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Christianity
And Politics
A CHRISTIAN IN POLITICS.
BY Robert Esbjornson.
s. Denison e. Co.: S3,50)

BY Robert Esbjornson. IT.
s. Denison 81 Co.: $500
Can a man be a Christian in
politics? Is it possible to run
for and hold Office and still
follow the teachings of Christ?
The answer in this absorb
ing book about Judge Luther
w. Youngdahl Of the U. s,
District Court for the District
Of Columbia is an emphatic
yes. The popular three time
governor shows how the two
things can be fused. His ac-
lions and philosophy also re-
veals that a deep spiritual
bringing-up adds strength to
an office-holder facing many
dilemmas.
Mr.. Esbjornson, assistant
professor at Gustavus Adolf
phuS College, has done a good
job on two counts. He has
studied Judge Youngdahl as a
human being, and has made
him an interesting person. He
has also analysed the numer-
GUS issues the former governor
faced as Minnesota's chief ex-
ecutive and as a federal judge,
and has shown how his spirit
ual background enabled him
to meet those issues courage
ously. The result is an inter-
esting and informative book.
--CASPAR NAMES.
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Arts Club Show

The winter juried show Of
current work by artist mem
beers Of the Arts Club opened
there last Sunday, to remain
through January 20. Forty oil
paintings and watercoIors and
one or two works in sculpture
and graphic arts represent
about half as many artists,
some Of whom have two or
three items on view. The show
is about nine-tenths tradition
al. with many technically we'll
done paintings. Mimi Dubois
Bolton, Carl Nyquist and Omar
Darlington were the jurors.
Lobster Platter" by Jean
Miller received first award in
oil. It is o small unpretentious
painting with a long oval COM
position; perhaps its vaguely
modern character, uncommon
at the Arts Club. fetched the
award. Honorable mention in
oil went to Martha Bache's
large street scene Spring
Again." q detailed capture Of
the corner of Goth and r
streets, with the flower sellers
and their offerings making a
splash Of bright color across
the canvas.
In the watercolor class, first
award was bestowed on Peter
Kerr's green and gold land
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us. who had been educated in
Rome. He was plotting with
the tribes to lead the legions
into country Of swamps. hills
and woods, where their fine
training and splendid equip
ment would be useless and
they could be broken up and
destroyed. He presumed on
Vsrus' stupidity, and 1t was
fully equal to the Germans
plans.
The destruction Of these
legions, though. was more than
an isolated event. It was a
sign that after 700 years fate
was beginning to turn on the
Roman Empire. Although the
final fall of Rome still was
centuries away, incompetence
and corruption already were
beginning to gnaw at her vitals.
The focus Of the narrative
moves from one to another of
the chief characters. There is
a youth, q recruit; there is the
tribune. CHINA, the best fighter
in the army. removed from his
command after a row with
Varus; there are others. some
brave, some craven. as in all
armies. There is a love in
terest in a girl from the tribes.
She wants to cast her lot with
Rome and is befriended by
CHINA, who falls in love with
her, and she Is worshipped
from afar by the young recruit.
Not . Pleasant Story
The discipline Il harsh. the
fighting brutal. But when did
wars fail to bring both? Often
there was no quarter asked or
given. At least the Romans
and their enemies did not
bomb cities and kill women
and children. Perhaps because
they didn't have the means.
I do not say this is o pleas
ant story. But 1t has a quiet.
cumulative power that builds
to q terrifying climax. I ven
ture to say it's q story you
won't easily forget.
Gregory Solorf is 80. was
born near San Francisco. and
served in the war as a combat
cameraman and q tail gunner
on bombers. He Is a writer
who combines unusual gifts.
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EARLY AUTOiST
THROWS GEARS
INTO REVERSE
AUTOBIOGRAPHY,

AUTOBIOGRAPHY, by
Harold B. Chase pageant
Press; $685. Is "the recol-
lections Of q pioneer motor
list: 18e6-1911."
The author was z years
old when, at an Ohio amuse-
ment park, in 1895, he drove
the first horseiess carriage
which the people Of that re-
gion had ever seen. He
slipped into the car while the
demonstration was away for a
few minutes and did exactly
what he'd seen that wonder
worker do, and the thing &C
tually moved down the road
at 4 miles an hour.
It's an interesting story
Mr.. Chase has to tell.
His father, who owned the
amusement park at Mount
Vernon, Ohio, at the time,
later ran Chase's Theater
in Washington, well known
to old timers of the District
The author Of this book, now
retired. has been q lawyer, a
manufacturing executive, a
stock breeder and an auto
mobile distributor.
&C. B. ].
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Novel Shows What Makes
Boys and Girls Go Bod
CHILDREN OF THE DARK.

CHILDREN OF THE DARK,
by Irving Shulman (Holt;; So,
is . new novel about juvenile
crime by the author of that
memorable story of a gang of
boys. ''The Amboy Dukes" and
of its sequels. Cry Tough"
and THE Big Brokers"
This time Mr.. Shulman
writes of older children-high
school boys and girls Of II and
18-not from the slums or
from marginal neighborhoods.
but from well-to-do. highly
respected families. The novel
Is based on q current screen
play which Mr.. Shulman wrote,
Rebel without q Cause"
After writing Q draft Of the
movie. the young author was
so eager to make the material
into q novel that he arranged
with the studio for others to
complete his screen original
and he wrote this book.
Probes the Motives
Children Of the Dark"
probes the minds and motives
Of some young people who get
into trouble-tries to explain
what often seems inexplicable.
why those with every apparent
advantage sometimes choose to
60 wrong. But this is no te-
dious exercise In psychiatry.
Most Of the suggested roots Of
the trouble are merely implied
in the course Of q fast-moving
story that develops into . furi-
Gus climax.
We see these children-so
near adults and yet still NOM
inally under parental and
scholastic control-and we Wis
IL their parents, too. Children
and parents are almost strang-
ers; there Is little point Of
contact between them; they
find each other without SYM
pathy or understanding.
Here we have Steve Stark,
the new boy in high school. q
husky lad with courage and
resourcefulness but driven to
avoid his home by q singularly
self-centered and unperceptive
mother and q dominated
father. Then there is Judy,
the attractive girl who is too
free with her favors, but who,
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AND WRITING
Honoring Writers Here
Is PeriIous Business
By MARY McGRORY

Two writer's. mystery novel;
list Agatha Christie, and men,
oirist Sir Osbert Sitwell. were
on Queen Elizabeth us New
Years honors list. They were
both made companions OF the
British Empire. which has a
nice, companionable SCUM d
to it.
1t serves as q reminder that
we have no such literary fell
lowship here. and we can't help
wondering, In the light Of our
Governments previous skir-
mishes with writer's, just how
they manage such things In
England. We wonder If the
companionship Is extended
only after q security check. or
whether the British deem po-
litical nonconformity as an &C
ceptable thing In authors. like
eccentrlclty.
Basis of Awards
We wonder IL the awards are
based on intrinsic merit deter
mined by bureaucratic critics
of q special board, or whether
they follow popular acclaim,
determined by cold appraisal
OF the best-seller list. II the
latter course prevails. Of course.
Mickey Spillane. who also
writes mysteries. would lead
our list, and some readers
would faint dead away, as they
do at the sight Of his books.
We have no counterpart Of Sir
Osbert Sitwell. either in ele-
CANT "reminiscences Of Edward
ian England or in membership
in q family that also includes
sister Edith and brother Sach-
everell.
We marvel at the ease with
which it seemed to be accom-
plished. Honoring living writ
ers here is a perilous business
as We know from the difiicul-
ties Of filling the poets chair
at the Library Of Congress.
Even honoring q dead writer
is not the easiest thing In the
world, as can be seen from the
snag struck by the Delaware
Port Authority In It's effort TO
name q bridge after Camden's
IN. j. most distinguished po-
etic son, Walt Whitman.
Whitman. in his day. was
something of a security risk.
as q study Of the Government
files will show. But this time
it is his morals and not his
politics that provide the STUN
bling block.
OHlCbat uuhhAAk
It seems that a recent biog-
rapher of Whitman called him
"homoerotic." a word seized
upon by a local religious group
as rendering him ineligible to
have a bridge named after
him. In vain has the biog-
rapher, Gay Wilson Allen. pro-
tested that he only used the
term to indicate Whitman's
affection for man."
II the recently published
Congressional Anthology" Of
fers any indication of official
thinking on literature, it would
seem that no contemporary
poets would be considered for
awards. Only one American,
James Russell Lowell. is among
the top four favorites of po-
etry lovers In the House and
Senate. He Is second on a list
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too. is hopelessly confused and
unable to think anything out.
Some subtle compulsion drives
these children TO escape the
hated routine Of home and
school by seeking violent di-
version. But none Of them
wants to 60 too far. to cause
too much trouble. and they
are as shocked Is their elders
when the one among them
least to be suspected, the most
brilliant boy in school, turns
out to be o psychopathic killer.
A Shock 10 the Reader
Perhaps the transition Of
this youth, from q serious. I'M
derdeveloped boy. who is ridi-
culed because he studies and
reads constantly, into q little
monster Is too much Of a shock
to the reader, too. We are not
prepared for 1t. We can't say,
though, that the events Of this
book are improbable or far
fetched not after reading
yesterdays and last months
newspapers. There is a back
ground, a broken home, in
Plato's case Chats his nick
name, but there is little to
show what Is happening to his
mind until 1t Is split wide
open.
Otherwise the story is plaus-
ible and understanding, its dis
turbing effects built logically.
Mr.. Shulman is a highly skilled
writer and q close observer. He
deserves special credit for re-
cording the talk of youngsters
realistically and depicting some
horTifying incidents without
once resorting to vulgarity Of
phrase or tactless description.
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ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
New Show at Corcoron
Has Sport Fan Appeal

through next Saturday. This h
the second show the Union has
had on this theme, which II
the sole bond between the ex-
hibits. They range from real
istic TO non-obj ectiye, and the
exhibitors represent areas Of
the United States from New
York to California. -Four Wash.
inston artists are among them.
Ruth Perkins Stafford, Theo-
dora Kane. Jane circuit Blat-
ter and Samuel Herman.
Mrs. Saf1ord's gouache Of the
Pan American Unions Hall Of
Flags" included according to
the catalogue "as q symbol Of
the unity of the Americas" Is
technically the best work in the
exhibition. in my opinion. Mrs.
Kane shows two Venezuelan
village scenes. rapidly and
broadly painted. Samuel Her
man, who has a one-man show
at the D. C. Teachers College
through January ~, shows a
brutal figure painting and q
landscape. the latter much the
better Of his two works at the
Union.
Paintings by several artists
are loans from New York and
Pacific Coast dealers galleries.
BY Willard Sheets. a we'll
known California artist, Is a
far-reaching Mexican land
scape. Two well-done figure
paintings by Cynthia Green
come from New York. Dorothy
Hoods surrealist ink drawings
reveal a fine pen technique.
Frank w. Kent's Market Day
In Toluca" in gold and other
warm colors is the best Of the
works In contemporary idioms.
A few items on view struck
me Is very bad. among them
an appallingly ugly piece Of
sculpture.
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Adventure Bent
GREAT TRUE ADVENTURES

0AsAAAA = ASSH SAD AzAN OANG5s
Selected by Lowell Thomas.
(Hawthorn Books, Inc; So
The spirit Of adventure truly
blazes across the 400 pages of
this book. Largely this is true
because Of Mr.. Thomas obvious
ability to pluck from the
worlds literature - ranging
from the Holy Scriptures to
Annapurna-29 Of the most
high-voltage chapters ever in
cluded In books Of real-life ad-
venture. Here are the map
changers. the history changers.
JOHN M. ROSSON.
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occurred In ITO was noticed
here. And now we have an
other novel equally conscien-
tious In setting down the au-
thor's concept of the way
things probably seemed to
some average people at a GER
tain point in history:
THE THREE LEGIONS, by
Gregory Scion (Random
House: $3.76.
This novel deals with the
experience of three Roman le-
gions that were guarding q
German frontier Of the en-
pire in 9 AID.
1t is Mr.. Solon's first novel,
and it is a narrative astonish-
ingly mature in its charac-
terizations and wise In its
judgments.
The method is strictly real
istic. There are no flaming
romances or far-fetched plots
and intrigues. The author has
tried to put himself in the
place OF a group of legion
naires, some officers, others
privates or noncoms. AS a
result. the adventures Of these
men seem as real, as immedi-
ate, their problems as actual,
as If they were soldiers of our
Civil War or even of World
War II.
A Political General
These legions, only a small
segment Of the worldwide
might Of Rome, numbered,
with their auxiliaries, some 90
600. The Proconsul Varus, In
command. was q political gen.
eral appointed through pull.
utterly incompetent. but tax
ing SNUG refuge In the skill
and valor Of some Of his trib-
unes legion commanders
and In many Of the centuri-
ons. It was during the reign
OF Augustus Caesar, then an
old man. and there was sup
posed to be peace on the
Western frontier of Germany,
though there were discon-
certing raids now and then by
"marauders," who had to be
punished.
Commanding an attached
force OF German tribesmen
supposedly loyal to Rome was
the Germanic prince, Armini-
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Freer Lecture

DR.. Oleg Grabar of the Uni
versity of Michigan, who 90.
cupies the only chair in the
field of Islamic art in the
United States. will deliver the
next Illustrated lecture in the
winter series Of the Freer Gall
lery Of Art on Tuesday, Janu-
ary II, at $3.50 pm. His SUBJ
ject will be "Umayyad Art, the
Art Of an Empire" The
Umayyads were the first Mus
linn dynasty, ruling from their
capital, Damascus, from 66l-
$50 AID. Until fairly recently.
knowledge of their art was
limited to a few splendid
mosques and castles. But
archaeological excavations Of
the last few decades have
greatly extended known ex-
amples Of Umayyad art. The
lecture is free to the public.
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Don Quixote

Only i've days remain to see
the admirable exhibition Of ST..
Ricardo Marin's original draw,
ings for the illustrations to the
30Oth anniversary Spanish me-
mortal edition of Don Quixote.
at the Library Of Congress.
This large collection Is installed
In the north and south gall
leries, first door, main building.
Much variety In media and
techniques adds to the interest
Of the show. Fine detailed pen
drawings, broadly handled
wash drawings. beauty and
satire, local color and psyche
logical interpretations Of the
many characters. make the
show a delight for lovers Of art
and literature. and particularly
for devotees of the Knight Of
La Mancha.
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scape 'Momonnoy' in which
different crops provide . varied
pattern. Mans Castle" b.
Eunice Haden was given hon
orahle mention. It y . warm
portrait Of Q house amid trees
and flowers, done on wet paper.
with lines and details put In
with Q crisp dry brush.
Nearby Scenes
washington and places IN
neiehboring States inspired
some engaging landscapes.
among them Marguerite 6ha-
fer's Key Bridge" Taft
Bridge" by William r. Walter,
Margaret HEIRS "Old George
town." Barksdale Rogers
Connecticut Avenue at R."
0arnet Jex's autumnal glimpse
Of Harpers Ferry. and Elean-
ore Van Swearingen's outdoor
scene Spring Comes" Ruth
Osgood's reticent Silver Bay"
and Marie Barnhart's "Octo-
Der Mood. q harbor scene in
warm colors, are equally APP
pealing.
Ruth Perkins Safford's beau
tiful Library" interior Is
unique In its theme class.
Portraits and figures. too. are
few. Gladys Milligan's "Cey-
lon Dancer" looks the part,
and Mrs. Lewis Clephane's re-
served portrait Of her late
husband, an artist member Of
the club is a convincing like
ness, somewhat understated.
Two members offer paint
ings which seemed to me
about the best works I have
seen by them: Bette Hart
nell's Pigeons In Puebla"
and Anne Brolin's decorative
Flowers" with the spaced
arrangement Of q primitive.
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BOOKS IN REVIEW
Is Historical Novel
Setting q New Pace?
By CARTER BROOKE JONES

Is the historical novel emerging again into serious
spectacle literary force? Is 1t shaking on the coating Of
medieval fairy tales the spice Of courts and irresistible
courtesans2 after ALL favorite medium of great
writer's. war and Peace" historical novel Well last
week Kenneth Roberts realistic spwreck
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New Yeur in Books

The new year will bring us
many new titles. but perhaps
none more grandiose than
this: Macarthur: His Rem
devious with History" which
will be a biography of the
great general by his aide.
General Courtney Whitney.
Nineteen f1fty-six will also
see a return to the lists by two
long absent: Namely VIII
liam Saroyan and Kathleen
Winsor. THE Time Of Your
Life" man win be back with
The Bouncing Ball" And
the author OF Forever
Amber" with America, with
Love-"
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Latin America

Seventeen artists Of the
United States are represented
with rs paintings and other
works inspired by Latin Amer
lea, at the Pan American Union
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08

which is headed by Rudyard
Kipling. and includes st. Fran
els Of Assist and Alfred Lord
Tennyson.
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Graham Greene

Graham Greene
The news today is that
Graham Greene has left OF
being the Boswell Of the
Catholic conscience long
enough to write q non-sec-
tartan thriller called 1.-THE
Quiet American" Somehow
the very title has an ominous
sound. particularly from Mr..
Greene.
It Is . known fact that
Europeans hearing any Amer
lean speak at less than hog
caller volume, Immediately as
sumo that they are English.
you can't possibly be an
American. your voice Is so
low" has been said. 1t may
also be that Mr.. Greene is
writing from insufficient EVIL
dence. as the stringencies OF
the McCarran Walter Act
have deprived him Of the
privilege Of seeing US In our
native habitat. He was twice
turned away at the door.
Anyway. the deed IL done.
The book has already been
published in England, where 1t
was well received, and come
March. the Viking Press will
launch it on the local scene.
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Marine Guilty
.|nCrue|tyCas5e

PARIS ISLAND, S. c., July
a P).-A 24-year-old Marine
drill sergeant, convicted of NAL
treating recruits by kicking anc
striking them, has been SEN
fenced to IL months at hare
labor.
A court martial yesterday
ordered that Sergt. Arthur E
Ashcraft. twice commended fol-
his outstanding work with
trainees, be given a bad con-
duct discharge after he serves
his sentence here. Sergt. Ash
craft also lost his rank along
with forfeiture of SIS a month
pay for the next year.
The court heard II prosecu-
ton witnesses testify. They ac-
cused Sergt. Ashcraft of either
kicking or striking them or other
members of his platoon.
The sergeant, testifying in his
own behalf, denied the charges
He said he had tapped" several
of the trainees in the stomach
but never struck any blows
Everything I did, he testified
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Il did for the good of the pla.
toon."
Sergt. Ashcraft was founc
guilty Of three counts of NAL.
treating recruits, but the court
found him not guilty on 10 sim
liar counts which we're covered
under a separate section of the
code Of military justice.
The case against the Coving-
ton, KY. sergeant now goes tc
the post commanding general
for review, then to the Judge
advocate general of the Navy. II
no error is found. Sergt. Ash
craft can carry his case to the
Military Court of Appeals.
Another drill sergeant, Staff
Sergt. Matthew C. McKeon of
Worcester, Mass, iss awaiting
trial on manslaughter and other
charges growing out of forced
night march into a tidewater
swamp in which six recruits were
drowned in April.
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same rate as total enrollments
Among other reasons, he said
frightened attendance laws Of re.
cent years are keeping high
school age youth in school longer
Those who are staying II
school just because a law com.
pels them to-" he explained, "art
not those who are likely to TAXI
physics or trigonometry."
Mr.. Mayor, University o.
Wisconsin mathematics professor
on leave to the AAAS, sale
American secondary school sci,
ence and mathematics programs
have not kept up to date.
They are still teaching 10th
grade plane geometry based or
the geometry that the ancient
Greek Euclid taught 1000 years
ago." he said.
This is based principally on
engineering needs and pro-
cedures. We still need this, but
some time is going to have to
be given to more modern mathe-
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ment programs. here to speak
at the convention of the Ma
tional Education Association,
said in an interview:
The campaign that We and
other professional organizations
have been carrying on seems to
be gaining results"
AS one indication of this Mr.
Mayor cited a recent report by
the president Of the Albany IN
" State Teachers College that
more than half of the applicants
for entrance next fall indicated
they wish to prepare to teach
science or mathematics.
Although predicting higher
enrolment in numbers in high
school science and mathematics
Mr.. Mayor said the percentage Of
students taking these subjects
probably would not increase
much, in fact might even decline
The reason for this, he said, is
that the proportion of students
capable of handling these SUBJ
jectS is not increasing at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-04
Union Head Reelected

CLEVELAND, July 4 (P). =
Guy L. Brown of Cleveland was
reelected yesterday as grand
chief engineer of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers
at its 18th triennial convention.
He was named to the unions
top office in 1853 after the death
of James P. Schields, and was
elected to the post August of
that year.