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.
Supper at the Captain's Table - Friday, April 21, 1961
A wonderful supper at the Captain's Table was a perfect finish to an otherwise starving day, food-wise. In the first place I didn't eat enough breakfast. Nine kids from the Honor Society and Mr. Brown were there. I had fried chicken. New Honor Society members are seniors: Bob Parcell, Judy Johnson, Fred Miller, Shirley Slaubaugh; juniors: Bob Swartzendruber and Connie Brown. We made final plans for the initiation tonight. Well, I got my research paper finished. It is such a relief to have it over. I was ready to drop all day because of tiredness. By the way, I'll get $100.00 per semester aid at Park since Mom's a teacher.
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Gosh Barb, I hope you have a restful summer vacation before going to college! I think you had the added time thing of driving to Wellman for all your activities that I didn't have.
We'll have to wait and see. I don't read ahead in the diary I'm posting from. That way I can look forward to reading what happened on any given day or night just before I type it.
That is a great idea. It is always fresh for you too.
Exactly.
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