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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.

Baccalaureate on the Football Field - Sunday, May 21, 1961

Tonight was baccalaureate. It didn't rain (we had all been holding our breaths and praying) and it was really nice outside on the football field. We had practice this afternoon. The whole affair shaped up real nicely. Mom didn't get any pictures over there tonight, but she took some of me in my cap and gown. I'm glad we were able to bring our honor society pendants home. The blue satin sure looks nice on the white robes. Grandma gave me a necklace that was made in Siam. Mary Ellen gave some of us little folders of stationery. Lorahs had a boy named Paul Robert.

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