About the diary writer
- Barbara McDowell Whitt
- Kansas City, Missouri, Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- ~ 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.
Went With Ruth Ann to Root Beer Stand - Tuesday, June 25, 1963
Tonight Betty, Mary, Virginia, Phyllis and I took Washington up on one of their newer entertainment features - miniature golfing. We meant to go all last summer but never got there. I won't mention my score, but it was lots of fun. I finally got a letter written to Margie. I went with Ruth Ann Wulf, who's working at the Extension Office this week while the secretary has the week off, to the root beer stand for lunch. Iris is also gone - to a home economics convention in Kansas City.
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2 comments:
I had forgotten how wonderful Washington was for me when I was a kid.
Yes, it had a lot to offer then and still does.
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