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~ 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.

Still Doing Grandma and Grandpa's Chores - Monday, April 3, 1961

Sheryl decided not to go to the honor society meeting tonight, unless she just used that as an excuse not to have to take me. I didn't know they were going to have it since we're going to the Captain's Table the 21st. Phyllis did eggs all night while I did chores and washed the separator. For once I did some chemistry for homework and I even did a little for my research paper in study hall. We have till the 21st for them. [A student] got kicked out of sociology class, so Mr. Jones and he spent the hour (the period had just begun) in the office.

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