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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.

Cuba Crisis is Still on Our Minds - Tuesday, October 23, 1962

We had an LLC meeting tonight with a good representation of the new members. The float seems well under control. Glenn and Edna presented the plans they have drawn up. We had speedball practice this afternoon from 4:00 to 5:00. We had a lot of fun. I can use what I learned in field hockey. The soc test wasn't too bad. Now I have to accumulate my facts for the psychology test. The Cuba crisis is still all you hear talked about. Everybody keeps saying, "Gee, if we have a war I won't have to take my _____ test" - but it's really not so funny.


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