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 Date for Frosh Court - Sunday, September 17, 1961
I just finished reading the first two books of Ovid's Metamorphoses. If only I hadn't had to read so fast I would have had it down pat. At least I didn't get completely lost. I never saw a faster afternoon. I was just leisurely reading from my speech book and it was gone. I also outlined my biology and got my notebook in order in time for note taking, thank heavens. We didn't have to go to chapel till 11:00, so that meant a little more sleep. This evening several of us hiked to Alfalfa Point. It's a magnificent view. I asked Gordon Edwards, the guy who led the vespers, to be my date for Frosh Court.
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Barb, I feel like I am reading a movie script. I have a fascination with the old movies, tv shows, and radio shows (I listen to on OldTimeRadio.com) that depict those midcentury "happy" times. It just sounds like you really loved being there.
Yes, Ron, I was off to a good start. I think my mother's comment that my college experience would be the best four years of my life helped with that. But then when things got a little overwhelming I began to think I wasn't so sure about her assessment. I know she enjoyed her years at Berea College and that definitely was a factor in my enjoyment of Park.
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