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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.

Received an A- On Geography Paper - Monday, April 13, 1964

It's algebra again. After this morning's class I thought it might be a little easier again. The SNEA members went to the Carey's for a picnic this evening. The Gehrenbecks, Chronisters and Dr. Pai were there. We all had a lot of fun. We gave Mr. Carey and Mrs. Gehrenbeck sets of eight glasses. Evelyn and I went down to Parkville this morning and bought them. The Academy Awards are being presented tonight, but I don't know who's winning what. As far as I can ascertain from the Journal, Virginia still hasn't gone home from the hospital. I got an A- on my geography paper for Mr. Reynolds. I've heard that it's almost impossible to get an A from him on a paper.

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