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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.

Made LLC Favors For Rush Week - Friday, August 30, 1963

This morning I went over to Herr House and greeted Flo by waking her up. She and I then went to the J.R. for her breakfast. J.R. food is nearly all vending machines this year. We then got to talking about our LLC rush party with George Bruner. The three of us checked out the river, had Cokes at the drug store in Parkville, and then checked out Deer Park. We plan to have our party there. Karen and I had a yearbook meeting and we accomplished some things. I rearranged our room and unpacked the suitcase I brought along this afternoon. Tonight Flo, George, Rog, Becky and I made LLC favors. Becky's transferring to LLCs from ACCs. There are quite a few upperclass kids here.

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