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.
A Senior Class Play - Wednesday, March 15, 1961
The freshmen, sophomores and juniors had preliminary registration this morning. We discussed the senior play and decided to have an all-senior cast with others helping. That was my original suggestion the other day, rather than an all-school play. I watched the Kindergarten kids outside for half an hour this morning. I began (and barely) my research paper. We had choir rehearsal down at Janaceks. The local science fair specifies a maximum side to side width of 48 inches for the exhibits. The bulletin board I'm using happens to be none less than 49!
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