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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.

Helen Hosts a Tea That Five of Us Attend - Friday, December 29, 1961

I went to a tea at Helen Birkey's this afternoon. It was fun hearing the various college tales. Mary Ellen, Karen Plecker, Linda Scott and Judy Johnson were there. I took Karen from Wellman to Helen's. I found out one thing - I'm not going with [the Washington boy] tomorrow night. The girls said they knew him - that was enough. That's what I figured most likely. Phyllis went to the game at Keota tonight. I was going to but decided not to since I saw most of them today. We went out to Grandma's for supper with Varners. I guess several college kids were at the game - as if my presence would have made a difference.

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