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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.

Book Reviews Impressed Mrs. Gehrenbeck - Monday, April 20, 1964

Now I'm studying for the arithmetic test. I'm getting drowsy though. I didn't do too well on the algebra final, but then I don't think anyone else did either. I only hope I have enough total points for a C for the course. Mr. Carey gave us an A- on our project. Mrs. Steelman, Evelyn and I were the only three left to discuss it for our oral final. I got my book reviews back from Mrs. Gehrenbeck. I guess she was impressed. She also said my oral report was superior and gave me a C+ on my book. This afternoon I arranged to have Nancy's two trunks taken to the Parkville depot and went down to take out insurance on them.

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