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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.

Chose Not to Go to an LLC Meeting Tonight - Thursday, September 17, 1964

The third graders took Iowa Tests of Basic Skills this morning. As I sit and observe these classes, I nearly fall asleep and keep yawning with my mouth shut. Evelyn, Kathy and I get back on Tuesday and Thursday just in time for music class. If we'd been there two minutes sooner today, I would have had to present my song (I had played it on the piano Tuesday). For the first time ever that I can remember, I sat in the dorm and didn't go to an LLC meeting. I just can't become involved in that this year. I may be lucky to remain sane now!

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