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.
In Love With Things in General and Happy to Be Working - Wednesday, February 28, 1962
I have my French done and letters written to the folks and Grandma and Grandpa. Now to study my anatomy bone parts and read more of The Inferno - no, it's kind of late for that if I intend to get up for breakfast. I'm really in love with things in general. I've never been so happy at college as I have since I began working. I handed in my first work sheet. I should be getting about $39.00 in a few days. Gee! I'm glad I earn my pay. Some of the workers I don't think do. "T'were it Leap Year I'd make the big leap."!!
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2 comments:
Ah sweet, a paycheck.
Yes, it was nice to be paid for something that I enjoyed doing.
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