About the diary writer
- Barbara McDowell Whitt
- Kansas City, Missouri, Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- ~ 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.
Had Contact with Mrs. McDaniel and with Dr. Hamilton - Sunday, March 21, 1965
Dr. Hamilton gave the spaghetti dinner sponsored by Hawley second floor that he bought at the SUDC auction to the student council members and their dates, so Seth and I went to that tonight. He and I shared a table with Dr. Hamilton and had a very nice time. Mrs. Hamilton has the flu so wasn't able to come. This afternoon Nancy took Rosemary and me out to the McDaniels to talk with Mrs. McDaniel about Stephens since she, Mrs. Stewart, and Glenn Petrie's sister have become very interested in helping us out. I called her back this evening to tell her we'd like to have her as our sponsor (to help lessen problems between Stephens and the Dean of Women).
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