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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 New Dean of Women, Had a Talk with Liz - Saturday, August 29, 1964

I'm here! As usual, things have been busy since my arrival at 3:00. There was talk that they were thinking of letting Stephens use the White House, but I guess Flo, Bonnie, Judy, Janet and a transfer student will live there and be hostesses for an upper-class or senior lounge. I met Dr. Miller, the new Dean of Women, as she was walking across campus, and liked her immediately. She's very "plain" compared to what I expected. Liz and Nancy are back - I had the best talk I've ever had with Liz. We feel the same with regard to Park College, Stephens and so forth. Mom Hawkins is as nice as ever. I bumped into a lady's tail light in Cameron, Missouri - minor damage - and very minor on my car - only the rim of the right headlight dented some. I called home to say I got here safely and explained my "accident" to Mom. But it makes me disgusted - otherwise, a perfect trip.  

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