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.
Senior Pictures for $19.64 - Wednesday, February 1, 1961
I drove over to Wellman tonight and got my senior pictures. I'm pretty well pleased with them. The oil colored is real nice, but the folders are a little low in the frames, I think. They came to $19.64. I was to keep it under $20.00. Neat, huh? I sent one to Park and also asked for a catalog. Imagine applying to a college without seeing the catalog. We had a short newspaper staff meeting today. I must currently be in an anti-school work rut.
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I believe the common term for that anti-work rut is called "senoritas."
And $20 for senior pictures is pretty good!
Are you having a snow day today?
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