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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
BY oRIN D. PARKER
In Viewpoints"
Published by American Friends Of the

AAAAeeAN A@o7st AAASs
For centuries men believed the
postulate, "In q right triangle, the
square Of the hypotenuse equals
the sum of the squares Of the
other Sides" to be the original
concept of the 5th century B. c..
Greek Philosopher Pythagoras,
and, In fact, 1t has come to be
known as the Pythagorean The
orem.
Iraqi psychologists, however, In
recent excavations within the city
limits Of Baghdad, have uncovered
a clay tablet containing a dia-
gram and mathematical text DEM
onstrating a striking theoretical
application Of the Pythagorean
I Theorem in the early Babylonian
kingdom Of Eshnunna, 1850 years
: before Pythagorasl
The tablet is made Of baked
clay, which served for centuries as
paper for the writings Of the an
clients Of Iraq. It measures APP
proximately 41ax2AxlA inches.
Part Of a remarkable collection OF
some five hundred clay tablets
containing texts of letters, bust
ness and economic transactions
and agreements, and administra-
tive records, the mathematical
tablet was uncovered during the
1862 excavations of Tell Dhiba's,
an archaeological site within one
+ OF Baghdad's new housing
, projects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
PORTRAIT OF SENATOR DRKsEN w ssseeE T44s
Drama Serves His Political Purposes
BY NEIL GILBRIDE
Associated Press Staff Writer

II wish my great fellow pro-
tagonist WE'LL" the Senator sadly
intones, tossing his name of gray
hair and waving his arms grandi-
osely.
II shall pray for him, knowing
that like the martyrs in the
Coliseum, he will be able to say:
Murituri, murituros salutantp"
1--WE who are about to die salute
you.)
Latin scholars may find fault
with the grammar, but are
charmed by its enunciator-
Everett M. Dirksen, Republican
Senator from Illinois, and Minority
Leader of the Senate.
Once a would-be actor and au-
thor, Senator Dirksen is probably
the only man in Washington who
could unselfconsciously wear a
toga while debating the issues OF
the atomic age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02

Of Republican and Democratic
viewpoints in Congress.
But that's not to say he
doesn't feel free to lambaste
Democratic proposals he thinks
are wrong.
Where another man might say
II will oppose them until the day
1 die" it comes out in Dirksenese:
Il will oppose them until that
day when / utter my last feeble
words on this, Gods footstooll"
But, since the Senator is con-
WINGED that 1.-The spoken word is
still the greatest weapon. the
greatest force in the world" it
is virtually certain that no word
he ever utters will be feeble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
He Blasted Gov. Dewey

Pleading for the seating of a
Georgia delegation favorable to
Senator Taft, the IlinoiSan de-
parted abruptly from the accept
ed pattern of convention speak
ers and bitterly attacked Cover
nor Thomas E. Dewey of New
York, who had been the party
nominee in 1914 and 1948. Mr..
Dewey was backing Gen. Dwight
d. Eisenhower.
Senator Dirksen shook
threatening finger at him and
shouted:
I'VE followed you before, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
The Oldest Science

Mathematics is termed the old
est science. The American mathe-
matician, Benjamin Pierce, has de-
fined it as the science which draws
necessary conclusions. If the Py-
thagorean Theorem has now been
found to be in fact the Baby
lonian Theorem," 1t follows that
those ancient Iraqis of 1000 years
ago had developed a civilization
which needed this theorem for
progress in the land of the two
rivers-a progress which continues
to astound those who sift the long,
used Mesopotamian earth for evil
dences of mans earliest recorded
history.
The following is a free trans
lation of the inscription upon the
tablet as it was found. Note that
the figures are based on the sex
agesimal system de-, so is the
base instead of 100 as in the
decimal SYSTEM. At least one
scholar, writing in the journal
Sumer, pointed out a mathemati-
cal typo" in the tablet, but it
has been corrected here.
"If they ask you about a rec
tangle in which lis Zone and a
fourth is the diagonal (hypo-
tenuse) and AS Cor three
fourths) is the area, how much
are the length and the width?
I'm your procedure you multiply
the diagonal by itself Square IT'D
and 1:33;45 will come out which
you retain in your hand. You
multiply the area by two and you
will have 1870. You subtract this
1880 from the square of the dag
onal (hypotenuse) and :3;45 is
the remainder. Find the square
root of :3;45 which is Us. Take
its half which is ;7,30. Find the
square of ;7,30 which is ;56,15.
Add to this the area which is
AS and you have :45;56,15. Find
the square root of 45,56.15 which
is 1890. Add to this ;;7,30
(Which you squared above) and
the result If 1000 which is the
length. Subtract the same ;7,30
from 1890 to find the width,
which is :45;00."
The commentary continues with
the procedure for verifying the
answer by utilizing the (Pythago-
rean) Theorem: the sum of the
square of the two sides equals the
sum of the square Of the hypote-
muse or diagonal"
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He ExpIoins His Progmotism

THAT goes back to Aristotle"
the Senator says in defense.
when a proposition has been
beaten out on the anvil Of dis
cussion, you go for what you can
achieve"
One critic observed that Sena-
tor Dirksen, in his congressional
career, changed his mind 81 times
on military affairs, 50 times on
foreign policy and 70 times on
agriculture.
His reply:
Anybody worth his salt in
public service cannot ignore the
fact that you are constantly con-
fronted with change-a changing
world. -.
How silly a man would be If
he doesn't make the differentia-
ton"
Senate Republican leader since
1859. Senator Dirksen proclaimed
when John F. Kennedy won the
White House that mo ill-digested
stuff will be rushed through
Congress"
When his frequent leadership
consultations at the White House
get him into political hot water
with Republicans back home, he
is equal to the occasion, even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02

you took us down the road to
defeat"
Boos mixed with cheers and
gasps at this personal attack.
Gen. Eisenhower, watching the
convention on television, was re-
ported to have shaken his fist
at the screen. Mr.. Dewey ulti-
mately delivered the big New
York bloc to Gen. Eisenhower.
Senator Dirksen and President
Eisenhower later worked COM
fortably together in Washington.
In the Senate these days, Sena-
tor Dirksen gets second billing
behind Democratic Leader Mike
Mansfield of Montana, but he
frequently steals the show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
Dotes in Fig NewtOns?

He once broke up tedious de-
bate on imported dates and sped
the Senate on to more pressing
matters by observing:
unless in his lifetime one has
INDUCED in the delight Of sink
ing q molar into succulent fig
newton he has not come to
grips with life and he has no
place on the new frontier"
I'm the resulting laughter, no
one thought to point out that
fig newtons are not made with
dates.
His sepulchral voice and roll
ing oratory frequently are sub
jected to such unkind cuts as
"oleaginous," homogeneous prose"
and "ooze."
An enthusiastic debater in
high school and college, he took a
tip more than 40 years ago from
the famed golden throated orator,
William Jennings Bryan.
Talk to the rear row and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
Mound Of Hyenos'

Tell Dhiba's is an Arabic name
meaning Mound of the HyenaS."
The city discovered underneath
this tell by Iraqi Psychologists
flourished under the reign Of Ibal-
piel II, King of Eshnunna, and
has thus far been found to in
clude an interesting array Of pri-
vate homes and public buildings,
the most important Of which is
a large Babylonian temple. Ex-
cavation and examination of this
highly important site was begun
In July Of 1862 to be interrupted
in November by the onset Of
Baghdad's mild but sometimes
rainy winter.
This century's psychologists and
mathematicians are discovering
that the fundamental laws of
mathematics were laid down soon
after 1000 B. C. The new find
at Tell Dhiba's proves that the
early Babylonians not only put
to use the principles of arithmetic
but mastered some of the most
basic geometric and algebraic laws
at a remarkable early date.
Mathematical procedures as DEM
onstrated on this ancient clay
artifact- and in another Of the
same era discovered two years ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
'Sotonie Old Saint

BY the visits end. the elderly
gentleman. so frail and mortal
behind his prophets beard, seemed
tired. Slowly and unsteadily,
though erect as an exclamation
point. he preceded us 10 the gate
As he stood there In the road
while we drove off, with the
breeze ballooning his cap. with
the sun hallowing his beard, and
an arm appraised. the sanity old
Satan or. more accurately, the
satanic old saint looked more
alone than any man ! have ever
seen. He was as alone as only
old age and such q mind as his
can make q man.
In the preface 10 Heartbreak
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
He Seeks Hormonizine Role

A candidate for President in
1914, in hopes that he might "fall
into the second spot" he denies
further White House ambitions.
He insists he is interested only
in his Job Of bringing "a constant
harmonizing effort" to the clash
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02


midst of such good, civilized talk
was as lulled as If by an armis-
tice2 What about this war, in
reality so near, and the next one,
God willing. so far away?
IF they are not careful at the
peace conference" the Sage of
Ayot st. Lawrence was saying,
There will be another war in 10
or 20 years. The best guarantee
of future peace is that war is
no longer anything but econom-
ically ruinous. Once upon a time
1t used to pay. This made men
unable to resist 1t.
you would conquer town, and
having conquered 1t, you had it
to take as plumber. A Wallenstein
or a Marlborough would enter
with his army. granting his
soldiers two days leave for rape
and pillage. Even then, when order
was re-established, there was the
town itself as a plum for the
conqueror. But nowadays what
happens2 We conquer not to take
but TO destroy. All this bombing
Of Berlin would justify itself, If
after II we still had q Berlin to
take, as 1t deserves to be taken.
But we don't. Instead we destroy
what we might have used. And
have 10 destroy It In order 10
survive"
But is there no way in the
future. 2"
There would be no wars II
only men read my books. And
took them 10 heart" Then he
smiled again. as gaily as II he
were discussing the possible near
ness OF his own death. That's
silly OF me. really silly. ! ought
10 know better. They wouldn't
understand"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
A Variety Of Subjects

~ N0iShI W SoSISNNS
BY the time we had followed
him back to the house, he had
already lunged into sex, marriage,
primogeniture, cattle, the English
clergy, Norman architecture, and
Victorian bad taste.
sit down, sit down." he ex-
claimed when we had come into
the living room, which was all
windows and sunlight and
shadowless, and highly polished
furniture and books. mo special
chairs here"
Then tea was served to US
delicious tea. beautifully served
while he took a glass Of hot milk.
The talk continued. webbing from
subject TO subject much as he had
swayed In his walking. AS he
talked he pinkened. gathering
strength with his thoughts.
His talk?
1.-THE Nays a strange ife." he
said for no apparent reason. ex-
cept that I was wearing blues.
Men go into the Navy Vat least.
they do in this country = thinking
they will enjoy 1t. They do enjoy
It for year. AT least the stupid
ones do. riding back and forth
quite DULY on ships. The bright
ones learn they don't like II In
a half year. But there's always
the thought of that pension, II
only they stay In. So they do stay
In. They stay in and are pro-
NOTED as a matter OF time, II
not OF course.
Gradually they become crazy.
Crazier and crazier. Only the Navy
has no way Of distinguishing be-
tween the sane and the insane. /
know this because a friend Of
mine once took a ship across the
Bay OF Biscay. Even his crew
knew he was mad when he crossed
and recrossed the Bay five times
without ever putting In. Then they
threw him In the brig. Only about
5 per cent of the men In the
Royal Navy have the sea In their
veins. These are the ones who
become captains. Thereafter they
are segregated on their bridges.
II they are not mad before this,
they go mad then. And the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
Pythagoras' Theory
Was Old Even Then

at nearby Tell Harmal-a are amaz-
ingly similar to those used by
modern mathematicians. Accord
ing to the Iraqi Directorate Gen.
eral of Antiquities, the inscribed
cuneiform text also indicates a
mature knowledge Of some Of the
fundamental laws of numbers
which are skillfully used in the
problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
Back to Methuseah: Wartime Visit to G BS Recalled

House he had written, "Only
those who have lived through q
first-rate war, not in the field,
but at home, and kept their heads
can possibly understand the Bit
terness Of Shakespeare and Swift,
who both went through this ex-
perience."
We left him standing there by
the green hedges Of an England
once again at war. We left him
standing there, once again sur
rounded by a world Of death and
destruction. It was a world which
must have made him feel as II
all these decades during which he
has preached. his millions Of
words have been heard only by
the deaf. It was a world beset
with more ills than any single
mind-even his with its all EN-
bracing inconsistencies - could
hope to suggest remedies for. It
was a tragic world. which tragi-
cally for him and US had passed
beyond him.
Irish Revivolist
In the frightening distance he
looked as II he we're a revivalist
about to address q meeting.
II must preach and preach and
preach" had said the character
In Too True TO Be Good, mo
matter how late the hour and how
short the day. no matter whether
I have nothing TO say"
Although there was only sun
light In the fields, one suspected
that In such a world Mr.. Shaw
must have felt himself enveloped
by a fog. the same kind OF fog
that enveloped the preacher In
Too True 10 Be Good.
There Is left only fog" runs
the stage direction there; Sim
penetrable fog, but the incorrigi-
bic preacher viii not be denied
his peroration. which. could We
only hear II distinctly. would
probably run.
Il must preach and preach and
preach no matter whether / have
nothing 10 say or whether IN some
pentecostal flame OF revelation
the Spirit will descend upon me
and inspire me with q message.
the sound OF which shall 80 out
unto all lands and realize for us
at last the Kingdom and the
Power and the Glory for ever and
ever. Amen"
Like everyone else, we were too
far away. We could not hear him.
copyrrh, 1899, 1884, 1855. 1870. 1884.
1870 inAs.ipbb Inclusive, 1857 lplet
1882 1898 BIZ John Mason Brown An
fiEhta reserved.
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from ear to ear which lifted the
beard-"because I'm being paid
rs pounds for it,"
. He admitted he had Just fin
ished a book on Everybody's Po-
litical What's What, and Il
dreaded to have him say it, was
about to begin a new play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
Where Prince Come From

what dramatics does is to de-
velop a sense of complete poise,"
says the man, who in his youth
gloried In amateur theatricals and
writing novels that never got pub
lished.
Dubbed prince" of a city
pageant in his home town of
Pekin 80 years ago (thus the Ia
bel. Prince of PekinO, the 81
year-old Senator recognizes the
value of a dramatic performance.
He sounds a little like Hamlet
as he describes his role as Minor
ity Leader in a Democratic
trolled Senate:
How to make this show operate
that is the problem"
Nor Is he unmindful Of the
dramatic effect of the nimbus of
gray hair that sprouts from his
head in undisciplined tufts-look-
ing, some say, as If it were combed
with an eggbeater.
IF you have some kind of a
trademark like unruly hair, people
get to recognize you." he says.
He Has Power, Too
But Senator Dirksen is not
merely being dramatic in his
flights of Senate oratory.
He occupies one of the chief
seats of power in the Republican
Party, station one reaches after
demonstrating undeniable political
talent.
The serious Dirksen works with
the theatrical and frequently hui
morous Dirksen to keep him in
the political limelight and pre-
sumably insure continued life to
a 30-year congressional career.
While he is whimsical at times.
INDUCING in sonorous oratory
seemingly for no purpose except
to amuse his colleagues and him
self, he gets right to the point
in deadly serious matters.
The night of July 9. 1852, at
the Republican National Conven-
ton In Chicago, is one that many
remember wildly.
He wanted Senator Robert A.
Taft Of Ohio to win the presi-
Dental nomination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02

people in between will hear you,"
Bryan told him.
Political opponents remain
largely unclaimed by Senator
Dirksen's prose. Responsible for
effecting Republican compromise
with the Democrats In power, he
has been called "a flip-flop art
list" for championing "the art Of
the possible" in politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02
BY JOHN MASON BROWN

Almost before knew 1t. Ayot
st. Lawrence came into sight. The
country whereabouts is lovely and
rolling; great trees and gentle ris-
ings In the fields. 1t could be days
distant from London. suburbia has
somehow by-passed it. A little vii
lage with q charming inn, clean
and, for q wonder, freshly painted.
A Norman church in ruins. Anoth-
er, and later church. Some gates
10 large estates. Roads closely lined
by hedges. Then a sudden turn
ing, and an entrance leading to a
brick house far back from the
road and surrounded by undulant
lawns. A stop because Of the gate
which has to be swung back by
hand as II 1t had been encountered
on a farm in Virginia or Kentucky.
Thereafter the house.
As the three Of us drove up, a
maid could be seen inside, be-
capped and deep in q newspaper.
In q moment she was at the
door, telling us In a whisper that
Mr.. Shaw had not yet finished
his nap.
We were shown into the garden
at the back Of the house where
the Irrepressible Virginian. as an
old friend Of Mr.. Shaw's, pro-
ceeded unlimited TO pick at
random q generous armful Of his
flowers. The gardener, clipping his
way from behind q hedge, sur
veyed the ravaged beds with proper
bourgeois amazement.
Don't worry" drawled the Vir-
gilman, with q gesture toward the
house, hes always writing COM
munistic stuff. It's high time
someone praeticed what he
breaches"
The Gentleman Appears
The words were freshly uttered
when the Elderly Gentleman, who
Is seldom caught mapping. emerged
and started walking toward US
across the lawn. At first glance he
looked as pale as his beard and
leaner than q soda straw. His neck
was a. erect as ever; his back.
TOO. even though he swayed q bit
uncertainty as he approached.
He was wearing gray Knockers.
gray wooden socks ESPECIALLY
woven for the left and right foot.
according 10 the Virginian). q
gray short coat, and q dubious
cap. When near enough for in
Productions. ! could see how much
Evening star., 1963-01-05
Calvary Baptist
Sponsors Lectures

A public service program
aimed at promoting cultural life
In the Metropolitan Area will
open tomorrow at 5 pm. under
sponsorship Of Calvary Baptist
Church, Eighth and H streets
NV.
The three-part program will
begin with Richard l.. Coe,
drama critic Of the Washing
ton Post-Times Herald, speak
ing on The Stage and the
Spirit" The second lecture on
January l3 will be by DR.. Ray
mond S. sites. curator Of art
and education at the National
Gallery OF Art.
The final talk will be pre-
sented on January 20 by the
Rev. Howard Moody, public af-
fairs leader and pastor Of Jud-
son Memorial Church. Green
wich Village, New YORK.
Evening star., 1963-01-05
votions and Carl Hamrick, vice
president, will preside.

Representative Harris, Demo-
crat OF Arkansas, associate
teacher Of the Vaughn Bible
Glass for Men of Calvary Bap-
tist Church, will present the
lesson at 10 am. tomorrow.
Miss Margaret X. Patterson
will speak to the ladies of the
Burial Bible Class at 10 am.
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1963-01-05
Presbyteriuns
Elect Officers

Newly elected officers OF
Trinity Church. Sixteenth and
North Inglewood streets, Ar
lington, will be installed at
services at $50 and 11:00 am.
tomorrow. The Rev. William H.
Foster, jr., will preside.
Ruling elders to be installed
and ordained include: Thomas
E. Bower, Franklin D. Clark,
DR.. Robert E. Graham. jr., and
DR.. Donald A. Williams.
Ruling elders to be installed
are George Junkin, F. Arthur
Lutz, and Mark r. van de Erve.
Deacons TO be ordained and
installed are John M. Blam-
phin, Riley B. Carter, James r.
Lupton. jr., and Col. James B.
Meanor. jr.
Deacons to be installed are
Robert M. Appleman. William
F. Harwell. Albert o. Luther,
and Richard g. Weidner, jr.
Evening star., 1963-01-05
New Lutheran Church
Opens at BurtonsviIIe

Epiphany Lutheran's new
mission church at Burtonsville,
Nd. will hold its first service
tomorrow at IL am, meeting
temporarily in the Fairland
Elementary School, Old Co.
lumbia road and Fairland road,
in Fairland.
The congregation is being
formed by the Rev. Eugene r.
Alexander, a Gettysburg Theo-
logical Seminary graduate and
board missionary Of the Board
OF American Missions Of the
Lutheran Church in America.
DR.. j. Shelton Moose, District
supervisor, will greet the con-
gregation. Miss Lorraine Cor
rell, Hood College, will be
soloist.
Evening star., 1963-01-05

Ross Bupp, class treasurer,
10. 8-4008.
Evening star., 1963-01-05
Two Lecture
Series Slated

Two Washington area
churches will open special lee
ture series tomorrow.
Calvary Baptist Church,
Eighth and H streets NV, will
sponsor three lectures on "Cul-
ture and Regeneration in the
Nations Capital" at 5 pm. to-
morrow, January 13 and 20.
Richard l.. Coe, drama editor
Of the Washington Post, will
speak on Man in the Theatre"
tomorrow.
Succeeding speakers will be
DR.. Raymond s. Sites, curator
of art education, National Gal
lery of Art, and the Rev. How
ard Moody, pastor of Judson
Memorial Church, New York.
walker Chapel Methodist
Church, 4l02 North Glebe road,
Arlington, Va, will begin its
fourth annual Institute on the
Church and World Affairs at
7 pm. tomorrow in the fellow
ship hall. The speaker will be
1t. Col. Bo Hi PAX, Assistant
Military Attache Of the Ko-
rean Embassy. Theme Of the
institute this year will be THE
Rim of East Asia"
Speakers on subsequent Sun
days will be DR.. Gather War
field, executive secretary,
Methodist Committee on Over
seas Relief, 9 and 11:l5 am.
January 13; DR.. Warren s.
Hunsberger, professor at Johns
Hopkins University, 8 pm. jan
uary l3; Frank McVay, grad
uate student, School of Inter-
national Service, American Uni
versity, 7 pan. January 20, and
DR.. Harry G. Balthis, minister
Walker Chapel Church, and
Mrs. Robert M. Stewart, chair
man of the church's Commits
sion on Missions, 6 pm. jan
uary ~.
Evening star., 1963-01-05
Organ Recital
At Cathedral

Donald Ingram, organist Of
st. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Buffalo. N. Y, will give an or
gan recital following the 4 pm.
evensong service in Washington
Cathedral.
Canon Richard P. williams
will preach at this worship.
Canon Charles Martin will
speak at the IL am. holy COM
munion service and Canon Will
liam G. Workman will be the
celebrant.
Holy communion will be
celebrated by Canon Bayard S.
Clark at 7:30 am. in st. Mary's
Chapel and by Canon Frederick
H. Arterton, who will also
preach, at 9 am. in Bethlehem
Chapel.
The Delaware State flag will
be displayed in the Cathedral
throughout the week.