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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.

Copley Staged Annual 2:00 AM Raid - Sunday, October 21, 1962

Last night Copley staged the traditional Hawley raid - the one that makes you think, "Oh no, another Hell Week!" when you first hear the noise at 2:00 a.m. Bev and I ran down to the lounge by way of the back stairs and were greeted by an emphatic "It's about time!" Then we noticed we were the first ones there, when we thought we were latecomers! We just stood there laughing with the eyes of Copley upon us. I was in my housecoat and still half asleep. I went to church this morning with Bev. This afternoon I added Vivien's religion notes to mine - Dr. Johnson talks so fast it's hard to get all he says. I went to Mrs. Neihart's organ recital.

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