A geography professor at Yale, Stephen B. Jones, spent three long evenings reviewing a manuscript for a New York publishing house. He got a check for $15. The sum, said the publishers, could only suggest their gratitude. "I had given them the best advice and comment I could . . . and for about a dollar and a half an hour," said Professor Jones. "I mailed back the check with a letter saying I. would appreciate one that equaled their gratitude instead of merely suggesting it." (The publishers eventually sent him $25.)
Robert Bierstedt, University of Illinois professor of sociology, was asked...
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