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.
470 Are Here This Fall - Thursday, September 6, 1962
My sociology class and modern dance sound real good. I also had French class today. I was doing French tonight (could surprisingly remember a little bit) when Nancy came in - later Judy, and later Marge, so the rest of the evening centered around a discussion about Park College and "sophomore slump." I'm feeling pretty good but it was interesting to get some gripes off our chests anyway. Nancy was really feeling in the dumps. Sociology is with Mr. Gibson, modern dance with Mrs. Dorsey who has studied it under one of New York's leading teachers. We only have about 470 here this year. Opening convocation was this morning.
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