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Coincidentally with the fall from prominance of Quincy's politicians came the departure of its first senior tutor, Paul E. Sigmund, Jr., who left last month to become an Associate Professor of Politics at Princeton. Sigmund's successor, Larry D. Benson, like Master John M. Bullitt '43, is a member of the English department, a fact that may hasten the House's reorientation. Further, there will soon be a heavy turnover among Quincy's large staff of resident tutors which may reduce the present over-representation of the social sciences...
...will respond to all this. But if he takes to it, the Administration will probably step up its efforts to apply the same remedy in other U.S. cities. Failure of the experiment would provide railroads with a justification for cutting commuter service still more. Already Boston & Maine President Daniel Benson has warned that if Boston commuters continue to cling stubbornly to their cars, "the basic needs of financial survival will leave the B. & M. no choice but to divest itself of passenger operations...
...high time we realized the threat of creeping socialism, and its ruthless comrade, atheistic communism," Benson said. "Socialistic communism is essentially a war against God. We are engaged in a struggle aginst the evil, satanical priestcraft of Lucifer...
...Benson called free enterprise, private property and the free market economy "the three pillars of free government." Reminding his listeners of the dangers of big government, he said that three groups encourage more Federal programs: "well-meaning but uninformed people, self-seeking people who see in government spending a way to enrich themselves, and actual subversives who are dedicated to the overthrow of our economic and social system...
Concluding his speech, Benson, his voice choking and tears in his eyes, cried, "With all my heart, I love this great nation...