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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.

Translated a Letter from French to English - Wednesday, January 2, 1963

I really had all day to pack today but I didn't get started till this evening. They went back to school today. I spent my last day of vacation getting dinner for Daddy, reading the mail, and polishing my shoes. I have caught a bad cold. Tonight I translated a letter in French to Mr. Skola that Gene Stromley gave to Phyllis for me to translate. It was kind of fun and I figured out most of it even though I didn't have any French books or my dictionary home. It's time to get to bed - the time to leave for Fairfield and my 3:30 train will come all too soon. It's been a nice vacation.

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