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.
The Kingston Trio Was at the Music Hall - Saturday, November 10, 1962
I have just seen The Kingston Trio in person! Some of the LLCs and other kids went in to the music hall tonight to hear them and another woman singer who was first on the program. The Trio was great: "The Man Who Never Returned," "Go Tell it on the Mountain," "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," "Oh When the Saints" and others. We played the OACs in speedball. This was one of our "off" days and we lost 13-0. But the new rules allow two points for each score. The game was late starting so that took care of the afternoon. After French class Dr. Hampl gave me some information for the Stylus. She said if she decided I should go to France with her next year she'd let me know!?!
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