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...trip every evening. But a couple of times each week, an argument in one of the cars provides diversion for those sitting nearby. One of the debaters is a critic of the University, carping about the Corporation's stand on ex-Communists on the faculty. His opponent is William Bentinck-Smith who, in varying capacities, has had ample opportunities to defend Harvard...
...managing editor of the Alumni Bulletin for eight years, Bentinck-Smith had to ward off irate alumni who complained about Harvard's teams, its academic freedom policy, or its inhospitality to old grads. The answers he gives his fellow commuter are paraphrases of the balm he has dispensed through the columns of the Bulletin and to the many visitors to his office. Bentinck-Smith was evidently effective in this missionary work, for in February President Pusey appointed him as Special Assistant to the President...
...this new post, Bentinck-Smith meets not only the world's leading scholars, but its leading screwballs as well. "Strangely enough," an associate on the Bulletin says of him, "dealing with screwballs is the forte of this good, solid, man. He has enough humor to appreciate screwballism." So, the incensed anti-Communist or the Fcencyite to whom the President is always busy, might find himself ushered into Bentinck-Smith's office where he will find a patient listener...
...evolved into final form. "The President is so busy," Bentinck-Smith says, "I just do what I can, or he thinks I can, to try to help him." This means doing research for special reports, answering the less routine of the President's mail, and showing up at receptions when the President can't make...
...somewhat removed from Bentinck-Smith's past experience, but Pusey felt he could use the tact and the interest in Harvard which marked the successful Bulletin years. On his side, Bentinck-Smith accepted the offer for two reasons: "First, it will give me a chance to serve Harvard in a larger field. And then, too, my admiration for Mr. Pusey influenced me to accept his unexpected offer...