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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.

Mom's Letter from Home Says They are Selling the Milk Cows - Tuesday, February 13, 1962

Dearing has issued Hawley an invitation to watch Astronaut Glenn go around the world if he goes in the morning. The last I heard it is 50-50 that he is going. It was getting cooler today after our third nice day. I got my letter from home today - a day early. They are selling the milk cows. That is going to seem strange - all those milking chores we've done for years. I only got an 81 on my anatomy term test. I knew I hadn't done very well, but at least I got an A on my French test. I'm doing all right so far in the anatomy lab.

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