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.
We Listen to a Telephone Interview - Tuesday, November 14, 1961
I have lost three cartridge pens in as many years. I do give up. I wrote a quick letter to Mrs. Cowan thanking her for the scarf and view book. In assembly we listened to a telephone interview with a man from Stephens College. Park plans to have phone conversations with Eisenhower and Stevenson some time! Biology lab was fun today, but I'll never want to see another ear of Indian corn after counting each kernel for genetic characteristics. Honestly, I don't see how people keep up with work, studies and activities. The studies alone get me down. I've got to read the first three books of the Odyssey and some art.
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