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~ 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.

Set to Depart for Park College - Friday, September 8, 1961

I'm set to depart! We hope we can get all my stuff into the car without having to leave anyone behind! Phyllis, Mom and I went in to do the wash after school. Peters were in there. Grandma came to say goodbye this afternoon. I spent the afternoon packing and I think my trunk and suitcases are shut for the last time. There was a varsity-alumni football game tonight but it's a good thing we didn't try to go since I was still rounding things up. Maybe I haven't left my room in apple pie order for Phyl, but it looks pretty vacated.

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