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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.

As Long As Mom is Happy - Wednesday, March 16, 1960

There was no school today because of the snow. I sure hope we still get to go to Des Moines after being elected. I should have spent way more time than I did studying for a history test - my only homework. (Last week I was swamped.) Today I got too riled up over my formal (one I liked in Alden's catalog Mom thought I didn't like - Daddy said not to order one - might go to town tomorrow after school, etc.). I'm indifferent just so long as Mom's happy. I hate to cause her trouble about this dress.
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