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.
An Old Gang Gab Fest - Friday, September 1, 1961
The party tonight at Helen's house was a real good old gang gab fest. Those present were Helen, Mary Ellen, Linda Scott, Linda Severt, Judy Johnson, Shirley Bush, Ronna, Billie, Elizabeth, Phyllis and I. We invited Lee in for a few minutes when he came for Judy. He said, "This isn't the kind of party boys have. We don't sit around in circles." I finished my skirt but it could stand some rejuvenating. Well, I've got the hem to do yet. A sonic boom and a huge crash of thunder were enough noises for one day.
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