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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.

A Ride to Iowa - Wednesday, December 12, 1962

I thought I'd be writing home tonight to say they could meet my train next Thursday morning. Mom sent Edna's letter saying they could stop for me next Friday but they both thought I'd still be taking finals Friday. I meanwhile thought I'd be done Wednesday so thought I'd go ahead by train. Then I went to French class and Dr. Hampl provided a nice happy medium: a standardized French test on Thursday. So I guess I'll wait till Friday and have Esteps pick me up. I'll be one of the last kids left on campus, but this way I can rest up Thursday night and not get in at that inconvenient hour. I must work on my psych paper.

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