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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.

Skipped Assembly (Discussion Groups) - Thursday, November 1, 1962

We find ourselves with November upon us once again. I slept till almost 11:00 this morning. I skipped assembly (discussion groups). We didn't have soc class today since Mr. Gibson wasn't here and modern dance class was short since she decided to "chuck" the record we were supposed to present choreographing to today. Thank goodness, since since our group had absolutely nothing ready due to numerous difficulties. I worked for two hours on my religion term paper and got a start on it. We played the PCC girls in speedball. We lost 5-0 but had fewer players than they did. We got our proofs back. It's harder to decide this time than mine usually are since usually I get only one good one in a set.

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