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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.

Harvest Festival is Underway - Thursday, October 19, 1961

Vivien is in the infirmary because of her sinuses. I didn't even know she was up there until after dinner. I went up to see her after biology. She thinks she can come home in the morning. It is going to be a picnic sleeping a little later since there are no classes tomorrow. I got some real good colored pictures today if I just didn't move my camera. Tonight the band gave a real good concert along with the king and queen crowning - Paul Thackaberry and Carolyn DeFriend. Jay Pooley's sister is coming to visit him for Harvest Festival. She is going to stay in this room and Vivien will go up to stay with Gloria Brown.

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