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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.

Took a Train to Parkville, Registered Early - Thursday, January 3, 1963

My train was an hour late leaving Fairfield. I didn't get much sleep. Lots of kids came back on night trains. I was in the restroom when I heard the announcement for a train leaving for Council Bluffs and Omaha , so I hurried ("Information" man said I could buy my ticket on the train) and rode to Parkville for 44 cents. Dr. Hampl called me this morning to come to her office to register ahead of my 2:00 scheduled time. I finally finished after we temporarily settled my library problem of "one book" (had to be taken care of before I could complete registration) although Vivien, who used my card, insists she returned the book. We had a Stylus staff meeting tonight. George Horneker and a freshman boy are the new reporters. I bowled tonight with some of the freshman girls.
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