 Why doesn't Caswell expect the Watashaw sewing club to grow astronomically?
He bit off each word with great restraint: "Sociology is the study of social institutions, Mr. Halloway." If they got the idea that sociology professors are giving advice and guidance—No, we have to stick to brass tacks and leave Washington out of this. "All through the ages, it has been a matter of wonder and dismay to men that a simple organization—such as a church to worship in, or a delegation of weapons to a warrior class merely for defense against an outside enemy—will either grow insensately and extend its control until it is a tyranny over their whole lives, or, like other organizations set up to serve a vital need, will tend to repeatedly dwindle and vanish, and have to be painfully rebuilt. "By these formulations, it is possible to determine automatically the amount of growth and period of life of any organization. They have to be convinced that by, 'furtherance of research into human ills,' he meant that the money should go to research fellowships for postgraduate biologists at the university, rather than to a medical foundation." One was a concentric spiral going up, like a cross-section of a snowball rolling in snow. "There should be a suitable club—" Picture Professor Caswell, head of the Department of Sociology, and with him the President of the University, leaning across the table toward each other, sipping coffee and talking in conspiratorial tones over something they were writing in a notebook. "They are making a survey of the methods and duties of the clubs of Watashaw." We sat down to another ripple of applause and slightly wider smiles, and then the meeting of the Watashaw Sewing Circle began. I pointed out to Caswell the member I thought would be the natural leader, a tall, well-built woman in a green suit, with conscious gestures and a resonant, penetrating voice, and then went into a half doze while Caswell stayed awake beside me and wrote in his notebook. I nudged Caswell and murmured, "Did you fix it so that a shover has a better chance of getting into office than a non-shover?" "I think there's a way they could find for it," Caswell whispered back, and went to work on his equation again. We left the diagram of organization and our typed copy of the new bylaws with her and went off soberly, as befitted two social science experimenters.
 Caswell has underestimated the ingenuity of the club members.
 Caswell has underestimated the female population of Watashaw.  Caswell has underestimated the popularity of sewing.  Caswell has underestimated the ingenuity of the club members.  Caswell thinks only women enjoy sewing.