Nany Evans oral history.indd - Washington Secretary of State
Nany Evans oral history.indd - Washington Secretary of State
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<strong>Evans</strong>: Yes.<br />
Hughes: So then I read that you ended up at<br />
Eastern <strong>Washington</strong> College in Cheney doing<br />
graduate work.<br />
<strong>Evans</strong>: No. That’s not accurate. I moved to<br />
Seattle after graduating from Whitman. I<br />
thought it would be fun to live in Seattle. I came<br />
with good recommendations and I received a<br />
number <strong>of</strong> teaching <strong>of</strong>fers. They came to the<br />
campus to interview. That wouldn’t happen<br />
today <strong>of</strong> course. And my one dilemma, as it<br />
turned out, was that I had an <strong>of</strong>fer to be head<br />
<strong>of</strong> the department <strong>of</strong> music education in Camas,<br />
Wash. I also had an <strong>of</strong>fer from the Shoreline<br />
<strong>Evans</strong> family album<br />
School District, north <strong>of</strong> Seattle. However, the Camas job paid probably twice as much<br />
because I would be head <strong>of</strong> the department.<br />
Hughes: How much would that have been?<br />
<strong>Evans</strong>: I don’t know, but I think my first year at Shoreline paid $2,000 a year. Maybe<br />
$2,400.<br />
Hughes: Of course, you could buy a new car for $1,500.<br />
<strong>Evans</strong>: But, believe me, I couldn’t afford to buy a car for several years. So I really thought<br />
about which job to take, and I said to myself, “Well, I really want to go to concerts.” And<br />
at Camas they kept saying, “Well, we’re very near Portland and there’s lots to do in<br />
Portland.” But in the end I came to Seattle. I went to Shoreline. I couldn’t afford to stay<br />
in Seattle by myself, so I would live with different roommates during the school year. Then<br />
in the summer I would go home to Spokane. The first year, a friend from Whitman and<br />
I went to the teachers’ indoctrination and met two other young graduates – they were<br />
from UPS – and we hooked up right away. The four <strong>of</strong> us rented a house in the University<br />
District on the corner <strong>of</strong> 47 th and 17 th . We had a great time because it was four <strong>of</strong> us, just<br />
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