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.
Highest Grade on Driver Training Written Test - Friday, June 23, 1961
Phyllis finished the classroom part of driver training today. She thinks she had the highest grade on the major written test - like I did. Van Winkles were here for a little while this afternoon. Marilyn sure has a tan. It was a good opportunity to get some talking done. I haven't seen her alone for a long time. Phyllis and I spent a long time going through my things and I decided what I'd throw away. Mom said I might as well keep some of the things I might like to keep a while longer in a grocery box. Scott Calvin Parcell is our newest cousin.
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Scott Calvin?
I did read ahead in my diary because the Park Alumni Weekend is coming up. On June 25 I wrote that Peggy and Keith changed their baby's first name from Scott to Shawn before it was recorded.
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