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.
Another Snow Day - Wednesday, March 8, 1961
It was bound to happen and I was even hoping it would, so I could work on the plays. We got a snow and didn't have school, although a lot of us went, only to turn right around and go home. As it was I only got one more play done. Maybe she'll extend the deadline for the benefit of the slower (and me ?!?). I gave Virginia a paint set for her 14th birthday. Ann spent the day with Darlene and will stay all night. This was the only morning all year, I think, that I got up at 6:00--my luck.
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homework divine intervention, no doubt
I have really enjoyed seeing how similar this winter (in Omaha at least) was to the winter of 1961. I don't think we will get a snow day tomorrow but we have seen some snow today!
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