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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.

A Watch is Not Ruined - Tuesday, September 24, 1963

Yesterday's dissertation was apparently unnecessary. My watch started running this morning and has been ever since. Mom sent the shoes I left at home, the Christmas cards I ordered this summer and some sesame chips. I got a letter, too, and my $10.00 allowance. Time sheets are due on the 25th this year, so that should last me till pay day. Nancy and I talked to George Fincke in the J.R. from 9:30 to 11:00. Half of that time he and I were shooting a gum wrapper back and forth. Nancy and I have managed to spend quite a bit of time in the J.R. this year. Dr. Gochman's resignation was two columns in the Des Moines Register (Associated Press).

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