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 Total Eclipse of the Moon - Friday, August 25, 1961
We did more hay this afternoon. We certainly had our difficulties. The rope had to be fixed, Daddy cut his finger, and the tractor fan belt was broken and we had to shut off the tractor every time or two we put a load of hay in the barn. Bob Brown has been helping here this week. Tonight there was a total (except for one per cent) eclipse of the moon. It started about 7:30 and should finish in about an hour. We also saw the "added attraction" - Echo - go over. Mom, Virginia and Ann washed in Wellman this afternoon.
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I remember how exciting it was to spot Echo going across a night sky.
And now I don't know anyone who goes out to watch the International Space Station go over.
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