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.
Hell Week is Over and Frosh Court is a Success - Saturday, September 23, 1961
Hell Week is over. I'm dead tired and I have a terrible cold so I'm going to bed. I guess our frosh skit and the whole talent show at frosh court were real good. Three comments I heard: "terrific," "a terrific freshman class," and " the best frosh talent show in four years." I pantomimed for our skit with Janet, Rand and Joe. By the way, my date for frosh court turned out to be [the head judge]. We were both in the show so I didn't see much of him. He gave me a huge hug in the JR [Jolly Roger - the student union] and kept yelling "Date!" out at me from a distance during the show. We had to do the "button" [a curtsy or bow] in front of Mackay for our capping ceremony, but the beanies aren't here yet.
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I stopped by your blog today.
Ann
Thank you, Ann, for visiting my blog and leaving your comment.
Visitors, in addition to "Cozy in Texas," Ann writes other blogs that promote her philosophy of frugality and showcase her love of quilting. Click on "Cozy in Texas" at the start of Ann's comment above. When her "About Me" page with her photo appears (she, as I do, uses the "Blogger" site as her blogging "platform"), scroll down the page to find her blog titles and click on one to see a blog.
Beanies!!! Wish I could have seen the skits. Sounds like fun.
The beanies were made of felt with six alternating sections in Park's colors - canary and wine (yellow gold and burgundy). As for the skit, I wonder now how we put it together for presentation that quickly.
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