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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.

Baby was Born in the Country - Tuesday, June 18, 1963

After horseback riding and swimming, I'm sore in the seat. Phyllis, Betty and I went in to Bob Day's tonight for a YW Whizzers wiener roast. It was a lot of fun. Several of the kids I've seen around the stores were there, about 20 altogether. Betty and I took advantage of their pool. Mrs. Day had invited me yesterday when she brought the announcement to the Journal. Dennis Day was at the Journal office this morning watching us work. I had an interesting "assignment" but couldn't find the person necessary to carry it through, so Charles got it - a baby born out in the country.

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