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.
Listening to Election Returns - Tuesday, November 6, 1962
We are listening to the election returns. It doesn't seem like we're halfway between two presidential election years. Gee, I'll be 21 on Election Day! I worked most of my spare moments on Stylus news. Mom got my proofs back today (a miracle come true) so I was able to turn them in today when the people were here. It was hard making up my mind, but I finally agreed on the smiling side view. I've been workig on my outline of Mark, but since he gives us an extra night on papers without penalty, I think I'll take him up on it. Gee, the work ahead of me - and there're only about 45 days till we go home for Christmas.
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