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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.

Stephens May be Getting an Extension Phone - Thursday, September 24, 1964

It looks as if Stephens may finally be getting our own extension phone. And I guess the guys in the cottage have finally decided on a name (Johnson Hall in honor of Dr. Johnson). We had a pop test in art class. Luckily I had read enough of the outside reading to do what I hope is reasonably well. Vigan from Iran drew a back view of me while I was reading philosophy in the library tonight. I used Margie's original game from phys ed in elementary schools at recess today.

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