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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.

Iowa Tests Results - Monday, January 9, 1961

We started our French test today. It always takes more than one day. We have to "write a letter in French to Mr. Kennedy about Cuba or old men." We got the results of the Iowa Tests of Educational Development back today. My composite was 88, two lower than last year. I wish I could have stayed in the 90s. Several of the Kalona kids got 99, I guess, and I don't know who else might have. We got the book club books back. I'm trying to decide whether to resist temptation and read a chapter. With my declam and tests and babysitting tomorrow night, I know I shouldn't.

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