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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.

Sent Mrs. Cowan a Present and Letter - Saturday, November 24, 1962

This morning I got Mrs. Cowan's Christmas present ready to mail. We went down to Cuddebacks since Mom wanted to see Marion about Grandma and Grandpa's luggage for Christmas, but they had gone to town. I wrote two long owed letters (rushing Mrs. Cowan's up to mail before the post office closed at 12:00). This afternoon Mom gave me a permanent after Virginia cut my hair. I read some from my French book and got some notes for my psychology paper. I'm doing it on "subconscious thought," I guess. Helen called. She said Mary Ellen wants to have a semi-formal New Year's Eve party.

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