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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.

Harvest Festival Queen Candidate - Wednesday, October 23, 1963

Today I found out that I am one of the three junior girl candidates for Harvest Festival queen, along with three senior girls! This is unbelievable. I feel it is a tremendous honor, especially as a junior. Selection is based on effective participation in activities and organizations (contribution to Park College), considering quality as well as quantity of leadership. Other junior candidates: Liz Ralston, Kathy Webb, Jim Ader, Frank Henderson, Terry Scullin; seniors: Karen Garner, Carol Patterson, Cheryl Wiley, John Garrett, George Horneker and Lynn Minert. We had a meeting tonight to go over the technicalities of the weekend. The home people went to Ohio over the weekend (including Friday).
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