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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 Reception at the White House - Friday, October 13, 1961

Tonight we met the president and the faculty and their wives at the White House [the president's home]. President Morrill said some other McDowells had gone through Park College. The seniors also had a reception and dance for the freshmen in Hawley lounge. I had just come up when I had a call to go back down - John Blair wanted to dance with me but other than that it was sort of a waste of time. I hope I can leave well enough alone with him. I think I missed two on the bio test. I washed this afternoon, did French, and got ready for tonight.

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