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(JT: Jim Tagg, Interviewer)

DC: ÌýYea, yea it was in April in ‘67.Ìý We were stranded here. ÌýI’ve never seen so much snow in my life.Ìý It was five feet of snow within a week or two and they were feeding cattle with helicopters. ÌýAnd in those times, I loved snow then. ÌýAnd we were both keen skiers.Ìý And so while we were stuck in a motel just reading the local paper (delivered by snowmobile), I mean, I’d never heard of Lethbridge. ÌýWe just were, we were going from Yellowstone up to Banff, to ski in Banff.Ìý So we just stuck here in Lethbridge on our way up and it says ‘New Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ Opening!’ in the paper,Ìýin May ...Ìýin June ...ÌýJuly ...Ìýyes,ÌýJuly first. ÌýI was looking at that, we were just stuck in a hotel, you know, nothing to do, it was just snowing, the roads were closed.ÌýÌýIt was on Mayor Magrath Drive this little hotel,Ìýmotel it was.

And anyway, so I remember I walked out to the Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬, it was at the College, and I just thought, 'I’ll just see.Ìýand put in an application.'Ìý I met Laurence Hoye and I said, ‘Well, I wouldn’t mind working for a year or two between, you know, before I did the Ph.D. and get some money.’ ÌýBecause as a student, you were very poor always, you know, didn’t have much money, and I thought it would be nice to work.Ìý And I remember going to see Laurence and my friend saying, you know, ‘What are you gonna ask for for a salary?’ and I remember he said, ‘You should ask for $8000.’ ÌýI thought, 'Ooh a little bit high,'ÌýI thought, you know? ÌýAnd, you know, if he wouldn’t allow us that, I won’t have a chance at getting a job, because I thought I’d like the job, and with a new university and new start, and you know, be a professor all of a sudden.Ìý And, anyway I go for the interview with Laurence and he said, ‘Now what sort of money were you expecting?’ ÌýAnd ...

JT: ÌýOh, he did ask you that.

DC: Ìý...Ìýand I just didn’t have the heart to say $8000.Ìý I said, ‘Oh seven and a half thousand.’ ÌýAnd very kindly Laurence (said), ‘Oh I think we can pay you more than that.Ìý If you get the job we will give you $8000.’ ÌýWell ...

JT: ÌýIn seventh heaven!

DC:Ìý Yea! ÌýAnyway, he didn’t give it to me at the time.Ìý He said, ‘I’ve got some other candidates to interview,’Ìýbut he says, ‘What are you doing now?’ ÌýAnd I said, ‘Well we’re off to Banff to ski and then we’ll be in ...ÌýI’ll be in Vancouver in a month.’Ìý And he said, ‘Well, I’ll let you know whether you’ve got it or not. ÌýYou’ll have a letter in Vancouver, you know, at the General Mail and I’ll tell you then, you know, what’s happened.’