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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.

We Accommodated the Government - Tuesday, October 16, 1962

Margie, Nancy, Terry and I had a meeting with Mom (Hawkins) tonight. She said we were a special four honor girls - since we're the only non-Penthouse or freshman dorm members or counselors we have no house council representatives. She served us delicious ice cream cups and pretzels and invited us to come down whenever we feel like it for cinnamon toast or something. She wants to go out of her way to help us since we accommodated the government. Last night at 10:45 Kathy and I ran down to Alumni to get two rolls of chicken wire that Margie had seen down there. I guess it was Mr. Campanella's!! Then Miss Fishburn "caught" Margie and me when we were after some in the library attic! I tried! Campy (Mr. Campanella) gave an excellent "visual lecture" in assembly - he painted Teresa and Pam.

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