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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.

Basketball at University of Kansas City - Saturday, February 16, 1963

Some of us went with the basketball team to the University of Kansas City tonight. We lost by about 20 points. Cheryl Wiley and I went with Hal Henderson, Jim Peeke and Will Stewart. Another time that one element probably would have put me on Cloud 9, but not tonight for some reason. I don't think it's just because I may finally have other interests, but I think I may have outlived my crush on Jim Peeke. Jim Trett came down to the gym this morning to watch me play Leslie in badminton (I lost). He and I and Margie and John Olson played for an hour after lunch. I typed elementary games this afternoon.

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