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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.

Typed Philosophy Paper for Tissues - Thursday, November 30, 1961

I have vowed to pass art appreciation if it kills me. I have the two chapters read ahead of time for once, and now I have a week rather than an hour to study it. If only I hadn't flunked that one test. I typed Vivien's philosophy paper for her this afternoon. She offered to buy the next box of tissues (my turn) for doing so. That will be great as I'm skimped (and deserve to be) for cash. I wrote a letter to Esteps. Now to study for the bio test and do something fabulous like come out with a 100. Phyllis sent me some news from home including: Karen Stromley and Duane Goodwin are married, Gerry Augustine and Larry Delong and Carol Laubach and Dave Delong are engaged.

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