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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.

A Visit to the Campus Infirmary - Friday, September 29, 1961

This morning I walked up to the infirmary to inquire about the hemorrhoid I've had the last few days. I was going to go at 11:00 but biology lab got out out early so I went at 9:30 when the doctor was there. He said it was a slight one and they gave me some medicine for diarrhea. I had to take some up there and had to find some soda crackers in a cupboard to take it with. I'm glad no one was in the dining room to see my gagging and eyes watering. Vivien thought a nap would be best for me this afternoon so I took one. Now I've got to start reading my art. I wrote to Phyllis to have her send me the timeline from Kiplinger Magazine  to use for speech.

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