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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.

Hearing the Chimes for the First Time - Wednesday, January 3, 1962

I made good use of the library today. This morning I went over to ask about a job - there aren't any library vacancies at present but I did get a work application blank. Now to decide how many hours I think I can work. We didn't have French class. Dr. Hampl was sick with a virus infection after driving all the way back from South Dakota. It's good to have Merry Lee back again. I can feel work, work, work ahead of me. Gosh, what a left margin! I'm spoiling the looks of Diary '62. I've got to start writing in my "thoughts" book. I sent a post card home. I love the chimes - if every 15 minutes isn't too often.

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