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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.

Waiting to Make a Phone Call - Tuesday, January 15, 1963

If the crazy phone would ever get unoccupied, I could call Copley and ask John Sojay to the scavenger hunt. I've had a time deciding who to ask - I've gotten countless suggestions from understanding girlfriends. I spent the evening in the library reading history and "enduring" the competition of a talkative bunch - "I've read three lines since we got here _____" etc. type of goofing off. We had a big time playing three original games in elementary physical education. I took notes on Sidney Lens, the labor leader's lecture this morning. He was pretty interesting. Maybe I saw a little improvement in beginning swimming. I need to hurry and do poli sci. I'll see how John's coming with his.

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