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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 Surprise Party for Vivien's Birthday - Saturday, October 7, 1961

Janet, Margie, Nancy and I threw a surprise party for Vivien for her birthday tonight. I bought an angel food cake mix and frosting in Parkville. Margie and I baked it this afternoon. Nancy got some orange crepe paper and we made "Happy Birthday" streamers for the room. Vivien thought she was going to be put in a shower when Margie announced "We're kidnapping you!" to bring her up from the lounge. We got her a Park charm. This was a pretty fall day. Some of the kids went to Tabor College in Kansas for a soccer game. Park lost 1-0. Some of the kids got all dressed up for the American Royal ball tonight.

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