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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.

Mom, Phyllis Saw a House in West Chester - Saturday, August 18, 1962

This afternoon Mom and Phyllis went up to the lumber yard to ask Gerald DeLong about renting their house in West Chester. He said "Sure," and took them over to see it. It's a nice house. He said he's sort of particular about who he rents it to but would be glad for us to. So I guess we'll be leaving this house before too much longer. I won't come home to it. It seems as if a lot of parents move while kids are in college. I sewed most of my jacket and cut out the blouse. Mom's article for Arithmetic Teacher was accepted for publication in the November or December issue. She and Daddy are at the drive-in tonight.

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