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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.

Phyllis's Commencement Speaker was Also Ours - Thursday, June 6, 1963

Commencement tonight was very nice. They had the same speaker as we had for ours, Dale Welch of the First of Iowa Corporation. This time he spoke on the theme, "have fun while you're getting there." Today was Ridiculous Day in Washington. What a madhouse! I was out for the same length of time I usually take for news gathering, but I didn't even attempt that today! Phyllis and Linda Timmins were in town and I went with them for Cokes. I watched the parade with Judy Roland. She leaves tomorrow for Mississippi. Too bad the Journal hasn't gotten the article in yet.

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