One Day Classes and a Mason at-sight have been around for as long as the fraternity has, it isn't anything new, the strict memorization methods because a trademark of the fraternity in the last two centuries. I mean Joesph Smith (Founder of the LDS) for instance was made a Mason "at-sight", it's been happening for a long time.
The one day classes also help struggling lodges get new people through the degrees to become active participants. Celebrated Masonic author Chris Hodapp went through the EA in a traditional manner, then his lodge was having difficulty putting together a team for the FC, as time was running short they sent him to a one day class, he is now one of the most sought after speakers and have been on the Discovery channel and History channel discussing the rich history of Freemasonry.
Using the term "McMason" is disrespectful to brothers like Bro Chris, and I respectfully ask that it not be used.
The fraternity grew entirely too large in the 1940s and 1950s the previous generation of Freemasons warn the GI Generation brothers that things are getting too big too fast and that no one was watching the West Gate, the fraternity was never meant to be that large. For the last 30 years Freemasonry has been feeling a sharp decline and it will continue to decline as there is a generational gap between the current young crop of Freemasons and members of the Silent Generation will sometime conflict as the Boomers abandoned anything their father had anything to do with (though some are petitioning Freemasonry now as the approach retirement). This large gap can sometimes make communication difficult and also have a hard time finding similar interests and hobbies (It's not impossible, and I know it happens all the time).
Every organization has it's challenges, and I think most of the men here are very well aware of the challenges facing our fraternity. I don't claim to know what Freemasonry is like in Dallas let alone Pennsylvania, and put faith that those lodges and their Grand Lodge is doing what it can to not only preserve the integrity and the teachings of Freemasonry, but are meeting the needs of it's brothers and candidates.
S&F,
-Bro Vick