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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.

Skipped Lunch to Participate in Fast for Freedom - Monday, December 14, 1964

Our study break to open our Christmas stockings was a lot of fun. Kathy had my name. My "gadgets" were Mickey Mouse scissors, a toy bank, magnifying glass, compass and squirt gun. We had everyone looking for the key to the bank when I threw it away with the wrapping paper. More fun! We had a half hour student council meeting tonight. There wasn't a quorum so no action could be taken. I read more on motivational theory tonight, but haven't gotten too far studying for the music test. I must get busy. I gave Evelyn a basket filled with nuts and peppermints. I skipped lunch along with others - money saved is for UCCF [United Christian College Fund] Fast for Freedom for southern Negro families.

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