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.
Visited Teachers and Classes at MPHS Today - Thursday, April 5, 1962
I visited school today and had a very profitable time. I went to Spanish class with Phyllis, then to Mrs. Kephart's journalism class and had a nice visit with her, stayed for junior English class, and then pleased Mrs. Whitten and Curt by working on a yearbook page. I also got in on two of Mrs, Fordyce's classes. It was good seeing everyone again. I talked to Mrs. Leary a little at noon. The "Roaring 20's Revue" tonight was real good.
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I remember you connecting with Mrs.Kephart recently, right? This entry shows why; she seemed special then. Did you know Mrs. Fordyce just passed away a few weeks ago? On her son Kent's Facebook page there were many fond memories of his mom.
Ron, some of the West Chester graduates got together with Mrs. Kephart for lunch the day after our MPHS 50th year reunion in August. We had a wonderful time sharing memories and she also wanted to know what each of us had done after we left WCHS. Thank you for letting me know about Mrs. Fordyce.
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