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 Danforth Award at Class Night - Thursday, May 18, 1961
Tonight was class night. Shirley Bush is valedictorian and Linda Scott salutatorian. Ross Rhodes missed salutatorian by .1 point. Bob Parcell and I got Danforth Awards. We were given copies of the book, I Dare You by William Danforth. I felt honored but Mrs. Fordyce had given me a hint that I was up for an award. I also got an editor pin and a miniature baritone pin for band. This was the last day of school and kind of sad since it was the last of everything. We had fried chicken for dinner.
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What a momentous day!
I am sure you know all this but I was surprised to see the Danforth attended Berea. And of course there is the Danforth Chapel here on campus where Hil and Kev were married.
And so ends what sounded like a very good senior year! Can't wait to read about your life post high school!
Ron, that explains why Berea also has a Danforth Chapel.
Suzanne, thank you. I can't wait to have you read about my life post high school.
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