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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.

Breakfast at 10:30 This Morning - Tuesday, January 1, 1963

Mary Ellen, Helen and I slept till 9:00 this morning and then got up and fixed a nice breakfast which we ate at 10:30 (after our "supper" at 3:00 this morning!). Then we skipped lunch except for chips and dip which we forgot to eat at the party. It was hard to keep track of time today since we were somewhat off schedule. We listened to records, got caught up on all the news, and this afternoon played Monopoly. Mr. Miller brought Helen and me home this evening. So we had a nice New Year's party and a quiet New Year's Day with Mary Ellen, Helen and me having the house to ourselves for a leisurely day. It seems as if a slumber party leaves me sleepier than college hours! Wisconsin almost beat USC in the Rose Bowl but didn't quite make it.

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