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.
The World Turns - Monday, March 27, 1961
The week has started. The world turns. And I go with it. My essay for English class is going to be on that subject. After school I helped Mrs. Fordyce with the school paper. I went downtown with Helen Birkey for supper, and we had band practice from 5:30 to 7:30. Mrs. Fordyce seems to give Shirley more credit for the school paper. I am getting more tired by the minute.
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Hey, Barbara,
Thanks for letting me know about your blog.
You're so brave to post things you wrote when you were in high school. How fun!
Suzanne, thank you for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. I appreciate it.
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