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Bernard Smith, (left) hosts Astronaut Scott Carpenter at Dahlgren in 

 March 1966. 



courses and sometimes a person is improved. We attribute it to cause and 

 effect, but there may not be any relationship. It's hard to take the risk of not 

 doing it. I don't think it does any harm, and frequently when you give those 

 courses, it isn't the instructor who is really doing much; it's the student mana- 

 gers talking to each other and exchanging ideas that probably has the most 

 value because they wouldn't be doing it in a work situation. So, I think it is a 

 plus, although the benefits are not as great as teachers of management courses 

 might think or the salesmen for management courses might think. 



