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Show DALE H. WEST June 23, 2000 WIN: Well, it was something to do. How did you finance college? Did you have part-time jobs? DAL: I worked every summer for the Pleasant Grove Canning Company. WIN: You did that since you were eight years old? DAL: Well, that was going by truck, but this would be in the plant. I worked in various things, including keeping the vat-that big thing full of water with salt and sugar in it-1 had to keep that up. I weighed about 130 pounds, or a little less than that, and I had to carry sacks on my shoulder up the ladder to put in the vats. I got a little better pay. I got sixty cents an hour fmally. But at BYU, when I worked on buildings and grounds and the NY A, I got twenty-five cents an hour. And then P. A. Christensen, who was head of the English Department-! had a couple or three classes with him-liked me. So he asked if I could come and be his secretary. So I did. I even learned to grade papers through him. When I graduated and went back he was glad to see me. And the NY A paid me thirty-five cents an hour. WIN: Okay. And that was when you were getting you master's degree? DAL: Yes. WIN: Did you complete your master's program at BYU? DAL: I completed my master's at BYU, except for my thesis. I still think I was stupid. P. A. Christensen-and this was after I returned from the service-in fact, I finally was his office mate. I remember he would keep asking me,"Wouldn't you like to teach at theY?" I kept saying, "I'm at the Farrer Junior High, and I'm the head teacher in English, and I like it there, and I won't have to get a doctor's degree if I say in a public school." So, he said, "Wouldn't you like to teach at theY?" I said, ''No, I'm happy where I am." My wife wanted me to teach at theY. But, anyway, one day 7 |
