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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.

Helped Make LLC Easter Baskets - Friday, April 12, 1963

The Iowa City people didn't leave until this morning. I ate breakfast with them once again. So did Bob Young, since his parents are Park graduates, too, and they know a lot of the same people. They left an Easter lily for the dorm. I frantically typed my elementary physical education 18-week curriculum guide and got it done just in time to give to Dee to take to Coach Nelson for the 12:00 deadline. I should have gotten up earlier or stayed up longer last night to work on it. As it was, Margie and I talked  quite awhile this morning. If she stops being so self-centered, I have to take shorter steps when I walk!?! I helped Flo, Bonnie and George make LLC Easter baskets this afternoon.

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