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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.

Terry Fixes My Hair and it Gets Comments - Saturday, March 3, 1962

I've just spent a great Saturday at Park College. After the world lit test (on which I think I did okay) I went down to the gift shop and got Virginia a bracelet for her birthday. The lady wrapped it so I mailed it. After dinner Margie and I went down again and I bought a kite and some string. We're going to fly it from Alfalfa Point. Terry fixed my hair and I've had so many comments on it. Tonight Viv and I went to "The Parent Trap" and then I went with Patty Dewing to the basketball game. We won, and George Horneker made a real long shot at the ending buzzer to end Park's 1962 basketball season on a happy note!!

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