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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.

Typing Vivien's Philosophy Paper - Wednesday, November 8, 1961

I wrote a fast letter home and I didn't get it proofread before the mailman came. I sent Mom a birthday card. I would have had more time to write but Vivien wanted me to type her philosophy paper for her. Tonight Bob Smith returned my copy of 1984 that he borrowed from me at open house and he asked me to the Parchie hobo party Saturday night. This afternoon Nancy and I went over to see Margie at the infirmary. She's coming home tomorrow. I went with Janet to see her the last two nights. I've about decided not to go to Varner's house at Thanksgiving after all. Dean White doesn't seem to think it's the world's best idea to miss class.

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