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.
In the J. R. the Timing Was Perfect - Monday, January 14, 1963
Oh boy, what a lucky break! I didn't have my French lesson done, and then Dr. Hampl wasn't there. We'll have to go tomorrow though. Well, I did it! The timing was perfect. During an ad on the Ben Casey show, I sat down beside Jim and asked him if they have a game Saturday night - they do, and a Chestnut stag party the same night. He said, "thank you anyway," - gee, he seemed so easy to talk to. Now I'll have to decide who to ask instead. The girls on this floor are so nice - we've just had another floor meeting about the party. I wrote news tonight. I've got to read ed psych. Gosh, these busy days. I daily grow wiser - even socially!
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