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.
Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Services - Sunday, February 10, 1963
Margie and Bob went to Wichita today to visit his aunt. They aren't back yet. I hope they hurry along. Today some of us in Religion 202 witnessed a Roman Catholic and a Greek Orthodox church service in Kansas City. Several of us had never been to a Catholic service or a Greek service before. Both of the services and the churches were very impressive. The Greek Orthodox had a lot of chants, singing and speaking, in Greek. Altar boys and communion at both. Ritual, incense at the Greek, bell ringing and wine pouring at the Catholic. Margaret and I, Vivien and Charlie went with Rev. Seamans. A cute girl [from South Dakota] has been Jim Peeke's guest this weekend. I guess that's the way the ball bounces.
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