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~ About: A 1961-65 Park College Diary ~ As a high school girl and then a college coed in the first half of the 1960s, I wrote nightly entries on the pages of one-year diaries. In January 2010 I began transcribing the entries into a blog and gave each one a title. I grew up on three farms within 30 miles of Iowa City and the University of Iowa with its Iowa Writers' Workshop. As the oldest of four daughters, in my diaries I sometimes referred to my sisters as "the kids" or "the girls." We helped our parents, but we also had good, wholesome fun - a characteristic I took with me to Park. Park is 300 miles southwest of West Chester, Iowa, in Parkville, Missouri, on the Missouri River 10 miles northwest of Kansas City, Missouri, and across the river from Kansas City, Kansas. In 2000 Park College became Park University. Today Park's flagship campus is in Parkville and there are an additional 41 campus centers across the nation. Park was one of the first educational institutions in the United States to offer online learning. My last post was on May 22, 2018. I may be followed on Twitter @BarbaraMcDWhitt.

Met with Three Men About Small Dorms - Thursday, April 16, 1964

Dave Mogle, the new president of Chestnut, and Lu Bates came up tonight to discuss the problems the small dorms are having. Then Dave and I went down to Nickel, and he, Glenn Petrie and I came up with a neat proposition. However, I think we've already hit a snag in that Chestnut may not be seen as a small dorm. At least it took my mind off the algebra I can't do. I'd like to try to finish my children's book reviews by tomorrow's class time. Nancy and I walked down to the river this afternoon. It's really muddy. I typed the health center reports.

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