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.
Park Days and Nights Are Underway - Sunday, September 10, 1961
We got to Hawley about 9:30 to unload my stuff. We went out for dinner in Kansas City, Kansas after looking over the campus. Viviennne is so nice. She got here about 4:00. We really have a beautiful dorm and room and everyone seems so nice. We had supper with our advisors (Vivienne and I have the same one - Dr. Hampl - French), vespers, introductions to faculty meeting, and a mixer tonight. Viv and I got acquainted with an African boy from Kenya who's a freshman at Park. I've got to get to sleep or I'll never make it through the week.
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Ahhhh, at last. Settled in. Were you there until Christmas vacation?
Yes, Ron, I went home by train for Christmas. Varners invited me to go down to their place by bus for Thanksgiving, but I decided to stay on campus.
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