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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.

Spent Five Hours Removing Varnish and Painting - Saturday, September 19, 1964

I spent five hours today in the education department library removing varnish and painting. We're getting the tables and book rack fixed up. Evelyn, Bonnie, Diane and Dr. Pai also helped part of the time. At 1:00 I took Evelyn, Mary Sue, Sheri, and Diane down to Jack's to talk about flowers for Harvest Festival. Then Evelyn went with me to North Kansas City. I got my glasses tightened and bought a large brown and black purse to have for student teaching. Liz just heard on the radio that Park beat Tabor 3-0!

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