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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.

Boys on First Floor of Herr House - Monday, August 26, 1963

We girls went to Iowa City to shop today. I got a pair of brown loafers, three pairs of hose and two of socks, two bras, soft blue pullover sweater, and gold beads and earrings to go with my Pendleton. Vivien has consented to our making my bridesmaid's dress, so it looks like I will be in her wedding in Oklahoma on December 28. I also got a letter from Evelyn. She and Jim have been going together most of the summer. Herr House is going to have boys on the first floor. Boy-girl ratio will be 3:1.

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