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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.

Red and White Striped Blouse Causes "Double Takes" - Saturday, April 14, 1962

I don't think I've ever had as many comments on a single new item of clothing as I did on my long red and white striped blouse that I wore over my red Bermudas today. It just covered my shorts (which could be seen at the slits or when I was obliged to show that I did have something underneath!) so it caused quite a few "double takes!" I bought a pair of beautiful blue slacks for $4.50 (originally $12.95) from Donna Marshall. Marge has a vest of the exact same material and it makes a darling outfit. For all we know, they may have belonged together originally in Chicago! Judy, Carolyn and I didn't get to the egg hunt on time after our ride didn't come and we had trouble finding "East 6th Street!"

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