About the diary writer
- Barbara McDowell Whitt
- Kansas City, Missouri, Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- ~ 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 Our Time on the Scavenger Hunt - Saturday, January 19, 1963
We had our third floor scavenger hunt and party tonight. John and Phil each won a dollar since our group, which came in last, had the hardest list. We had just taken our time since we figured we had lost anyway and even took time out to watch the last 15 minutes of the basketball game (which we lost to National). Our list was: an empty chicken noodle soup can, bottle of Vicks VapoRub, one One-a-Day brand multiple vitamin, a Tetrex, a thimble full of gasoline, an earring, a flashing red light, a broken guitar string, an ice cube, and a garbage can lid. We had lots of fun. Early this morning from 1:30 to 3:00 we had a surprise student union party in the J.R. Read psych this afternoon.
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