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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.

Moved from Hawley to Health Center for Last Night at Park - Friday, July 2, 1965

Funny thing! In all my four years at Park I never spent a night at the health center. That's where they moved the remaining girls on campus when they closed Hawley today, so here I am! Dean Miller wanted me to move all of Sue's things up here since she wasn't going to be back until after Hawley was locked, but she changed her mind. Tex and I went over to Hawley a little while ago to let Sue in. I had my things packed and it was hot, so Tex and I washed my car, walked around and talked. I talked with Dr. Pai about our reading program and returned the books to Chinn School.

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