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half their time in consulting work for which they receive 

 compensation amounting to several times their academic 

 salaries. Obviously such a person is likely to suffer from 

 divided loyalties, and in some cases students and colleagues 

 may legitimately wonder whether he is primarily interested 

 in science at all. The situation is further comphcated by the 

 fact that opportunities for such work are far from evenly 

 divided among the various scientific fields. Much of physics 

 and chemistry has direct application to industry. Certain 

 areas of biology related to the drug industry or to commer- 

 cial agriculture are also lucrative sources of consulting fees. 

 On the other hand, archeology, paleontology, and certain 

 of the most basic areas of the classical fields of science are 

 less financially fertile. Furthermore, most of the important 

 areas in the humanities give little opportunity for financial 

 exploitation. This unevenness of the consulting business 

 tends to set up strains and jealousies within university fac- 

 ulties, and one may well ask why university administrations 

 continue to condone and in some cases even to encourage 

 the practice. The answer lies again in the current shortage 

 of scientists and the difficulty almost all institutions have 

 in recruiting and holding a competent faculty. 



No discussion of fringe benefits would be complete with- 

 out mention of the scientist's numerous opportunities for 

 travel. Odd as it may seem, there is probably no group in 

 the country that is more familiar with the great resort areas 

 of the world. In part, the high mobiUty of the scientist 

 grows out of the consulting function just mentioned. Both 

 government and industry make use of scientists in the con- 

 duct of their own business. Large numbers of scientists go 

 to Washington and to miUtary installations both here and 

 abroad to give their help both in the formulation of overall 

 military pohcy and in the development of particular weap- 

 ons. In addition, equally large numbers meet at regular 



