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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.

Was Asked About Being Yearbook Editor - Tuesday, February 19, 1963

Tonight I went to an SNEA panel discussion on "Discipline in the Classroom" and to a basketball game. We won - it's about time - only our third win all season. Today both Mrs. Dorsey (said she'd back me all the way as yearbook sponsor!) and Dean White asked me about my being interested in yearbook editorship. I'd like it better than the Stylus I think, but at any rate it looks like I might be editor of something! I was talking to Dean White about financial aid - doesn't look too hopeful again. She wishes Phyllis would have decided to come to Park rather than Tarkio. A Mrs. Hesselschwerdt of Kalona - who died - graduated from Park. Mom sent the clipping.

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