Gordon, What a splendid memory you have! Thank-you for the generosity of sharing the story from that West Side RS-1 and your memories of learning with Slicker and Mathews. Wonder if anyone has a picture of an RS1 on the West Side from those days? Your story with a picture would make the beginning of some terrific story-making in the new 6th Floor Archives. Paul Noah has a fun story about going on a quest to find teh "rock" and a picture of the "Rock" as a backdrop of Joe Crocker giving a talk on the 2nd floor at 4750. He and some other people have been collecting pictures and stories. Hope the Archives Project adds your story too! The Gordon Harper Story: The 1st Time I... "The first time I was assigned to lead the conversation method in a live RS-1. It was with a large group in Room A, West Side, latter 60s, and I'd been given the Freedom Conversation: ("Who'd be willing to take George to the airport?"). Amazingly to me,it wasn't going nearly as well as I recalled it had in my own RS-1. As I was struggling to stay afloat, Slicker edged in to help redirect things so that the group could genuinely wrestle with the issues being raised. I felt like a flaming failure--then came to treasure it as one of my great learning moments. -- Steve PS I note you didn't say what your great learning was...exactly. Must be you're writing in the zen-journey short paragraphs style of Basho. Basho seems to give you the quest and the journey but you get to formulate your own answer. More like this please! See: http://www.dlstewart.com/haibun.htm