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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.

Went with Gattons to a Weston Apple Orchard - Saturday, October 17, 1964

I think I've broken all-time records. I've written a paper today that isn't due till next Friday. But since I'm not completely satisfied with it, maybe I can revise it some. It's for philosophy, about liberal arts education at Park College. Late this afternoon I went with Gattons to an apple orchard near Weston to get some apples. We also went into the town, a historical old riverport, so they could get Ellen something for her birthday. I got the colored pictures back that I began taking last spring. I took some more today, but the leaves seem to be dying fast now.

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