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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.

Because of Good Friday There Were No Classes Today - Friday, April 20, 1962

This was Good Friday so we didn't have any classes. Becky, Josie and I hiked to Falling Springs this afternoon and came back by way of the highway. We tried flying my kite but the sticks broke so we left it on Alfalfa Point. We forgot about it until we were almost back. Becky may pick up the string if she goes back for some botany specimens. Tonight's entertainment included playing tennis and sitting in the J.R. with Tino and three upperclass kids. Fun - went over with Karen Garner.

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