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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.

A Double Date to the Dance - Saturday, October 27, 1962

The float didn't place. At first I was a little ashamed of it compared to the others but then I decided it stood a good chance for third place. The PCCs won with a very good float, "There's No Place Like Nome," OACs second, ACCs third. We also lost the soccer game to Tabor so I guess that means no national soccer tournament. Margie had invited Jay Pooley down from Omaha and he had his friend Dale H. (can never remember the last name - German) drive down in his white 1962 convertible. I went with him to the dance. After we left the dance we were going to go out for pizza with Judy and Wayne and Nancy and Bob but their car got lost, we got tired of following them, got lost ourselves, called Hawley to say we'd be later than our 2:00 hours, found out directions, but then got on the wrong road and were on our way to St. Joe before we finally found our way back at 2:30. About too much!! 

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