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.
An Easy Day of Classes, a Snake, Tennis, Mackay Steps, and a Pizza - Friday, May 4, 1962
After supper I played tennis with Leila and Bonnie. Then Bonnie and I sat on Mackay steps, then came back and made pizza for ourselves, Judy Jones and Carolyn Frobig. I'm afraid another week has passed. I didn't have a lot in the way of classes today with the anatomy test, Dr.Hampl not there for French (she had done a recording for us), and a short music class. I saw a great big snake beside the Meetin' House steps. Mickey, Ed and Marge were down there waiting for poli sci and came to my "rescue" when I said, "Is this snake real?" It was so still.
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