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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.

Worked on Game Called "Venus Shot" - Monday, January 28, 1963

I wrote up my game that I have to present in class tomorrow. Hope it doesn't clear flop. It's called Venus Shot and has astronaut, wind tunnel and guided missile groups in it. I wrote up news for Dr. Hampl and Dr. Hauptmann. I talked to Dr. Hauptmann after IRC (International Relations Council) and Dr.Hampl after class. There are two French plays being presented at KU March 4th that she'd like some kids to go to. Margie has been going with Jim Hurst - she took him away from Nancy Avard (see January 22). Maybe it's my imagination, but I think she emphasizes "Jim" too much whenever she mentions him.

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