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.
World Lit Professor Leads a Folk Sing - Wednesday, October 11, 1961
I have been talking too long when I should have been doing some reading. I guess if I wait till 11:00 to go to bed it will be okay. I'm afraid I will really be swamped in a few weeks. Really I don't see how kids can work through college like so many here do and Mom and Dad did. I guess I worked through high school [helping with chores], so maybe it's fair that I have a break this year in college. I didn't do so well on my world lit test. We had a folk sing in the lounge tonight. Dr. Hilty [my world lit professor] led it. I had my picture taken in Mackay lounge for the yearbook. The photographer really got me into some strange poses.
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I did work-study, but always felt badly for those who had to work tons during college. I was so busy studying and going to class, washing clothes and trying to keep myself fed, that I can't imagine having sneaked in a full-time job too (as some do). I love that you are reviving your diaries from this time! What a great idea.
Roxane, I did end up taking a job as an assistant in the library the second semester of my freshman year.
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