Thanks, Hilly -- a much needed laugh and groans!

I was an aspirant from August 1975 until January 1976.  During that time, the big thing to be explaining away and softening aspirants up about was the Holy Family Split.  I remember that now quite clearly.  WWA was a thing of the past by the time I got K.

But, I can see why I was never shown this.  Highlights: 

Providing massage to prisoners (who as Alan says, live in 13th Century prisons!) so they become "good individuals,";  becoming experts in drug rehab; teaching social services workers how to be humble (because they are too patroninzing and paternalistic -- that's a good one coming from someone who worships a man in a very sexist organization!!);  healing emotional and psychological damage to Vietnam vets; addressing the problems faced by the bored premie housewives and Moms (yup, Alan had a bead on that one! lol); and...drum roll:  Special Projects!

The Hartford premies were probably still rolling in the aisles over this one by the time I showed up.  My god!  Was this distributed throughout the U.S? 

The premie housewife part is unbelievable!  One thing about that cult:  the men were always in charge, often very sexist (oh yeah, it's all coming back to me now - yuck), and they always seemed to think they knew what was best for everybody, especially the wimin' folk. 

And on top of that, he couldn't write a complete sentence to save his life.  What a self-righteous something.