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.
Slide Rules - Wednesday, January 25, 1961
We had a class meeting today. We decided our class colors would be red and white and the flower the red rose. We haven't picked the motto yet. Marilyn sent me one of her senior pictures. It's real nice. I sure wish we wouldn't have to use the slide rule on our chemistry tests. I fear the consequences! The school paper is coming fine for as little time I've spent on it. I had 99% in English on the National Merit Scholarship Test we took last March.
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Impressive National Merit score!
Thank you, Hilary.
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