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.
Decided to Take Social Problems - Friday, September 6, 1963
Maybe things are about to get settled down now. I finally got my skirts onto hangers and into my closet, went to the health center to make final plans for my job with Mrs. Flaherty, decided to take social problems instead of ancient and medieval history of philosophy, and accomplished a few other things needing to be done - no studying yet, though. Mom sent the dress that she finished up for me, and my alarm clock. Also candy corn - I was thinking I'd like some of Margie's as I walked back to the dorm with the package. They put both of my feature articles in Wednesday's Journal. How's that for "coverage?"
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2 comments:
Gosh. LIfe sounds good and off to a good start of the year!
Yes indeed.
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