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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.

Hearing Dr. Patton Talk in the Lounge - Wednesday, November 7, 1962

I just finished my outline. Now the problem is to get my religion paper to Dr. Johnson by 7:00 in the morning. I'll have to write home in the morning. This afternoon I proofread. There was a lot of news this week. Dr. Hampl has received the news of my religion grade - I hope they didn't send the grade slips home - I heard they weren't this year. I wrapped up the red half slip and sent it to Mom for her birthday. I listened to Dr. Patton for a while in the lounge tonight. Wish I could have stayed longer. You always feel so good after listening to him talk.

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