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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.

Honor Society Alumni Banquet - Friday, May 31, 1963

The Mid-Prairie Honor Society alumni banquet was tonight at the Kolonial Town House in Kalona. It was very nice. Judy, Linda, and the two Shirleys were there from our class. I gave the alumni response. Mr. Vander Voort spoke on "Let There Be No Night." They are leaving the district after this year for Illinois. There was a nice bunch of local news items again today and another possible lead for a feature story. Maybe if I can work this one in next week, I can also talk to Mr. Carris about his old musical instruments some time. Brad Kiesey took the two Lindas, Phyllis and me tonight.

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