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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.

Horseback Riding on the Bottom Land - Monday, June 17, 1963

Ann, Virginia, Daddy and I went out to Grandma's to ride the horses on the bottom land tonight. Phyllis would have gone, but Linda Timmins was coming in. I guess I have never really gone "riding" like they do. Duke gave me a nice ride. I got the button holes in my dress but then remembered I still have the belt to do. The weddings looked nice - five again, and one for tomorrow - twenty in the last three weeks! I must write some letters again. It's no wonder I don't get many. But I imagine everyone else is as busy as I am.

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