172 SCIENTIST 



his results and the shy but definite way in which he stated 

 his needs. 



In the end Bill contented himself with a few standard 

 remarks about the importance of making the fullest possible 

 use of expensive equipment and then said, "O.K., you've 

 made a pretty good case. I think I may be able to find one 

 for you somewhere in the department. I'll let you know in 

 a couple of days." 



After Marc had left with a more than usually cheerful 

 smile and a warm "Thanks, chief," Bill picked up the phone 

 and called Assistant Professor Macintosh. "Hello, Mac. 

 Just to save your valuable time, I'll not beat around the 

 bush but come right out and ask if you are going to be 

 using that Perkin Elmer recording I got for you this term? 

 If not, I think I could find a home for it." 



"Gee, chief, I've hardly unpacked the thing and got it 

 working right, and now you want it back. What gives?" 



"Well, just very temporarily, I thought that you must be 

 spending most of your time on your lectures for the two 

 new courses you're giving this term. Incidentally, Mac, 

 you'd be surprised at the number of people who have 

 stopped by to tell me how good those lectures are. The 

 point is there's a very good boy in my group named Hill. 

 Maybe you know him. He's got a very nice story on some 

 plant alkaloids he wants to finish by the end of the year 

 so he can take a job teaching in that new school in Nigeria 

 in the fall. All he needs is about two months solid with 

 a Perkin Elmer between now and Christmas, and he should 

 have it all wrapped up. How about it?" 



"Well, as a matter of fact, you're right about my spend- 

 ing a lot of time on those lectures," Mac rephed, "and the 

 day before yesterday, Jerry King called from Philadelphia 

 to ask if I could write a chapter for him in his advanced 

 textbook. Peter Vincent was going to do it until he accepted 



