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.
A 21st Birthday Portrait - Tuesday, November 5, 1963
Well, my 21st birthday will be over in five minutes. Pat, Karen, Kelmie and Nancy helped me celebrate after I had come back to the dorm and was met in the lounge with "Happy Birthday!" and then, "you're 21 and you're just standing there?" Well, anyway, it was fun. I spent the morning taking money for Narva pictures. I had a "21st birthday portrait" taken. We had an LLC meeting to plan initiation. Nancy had my name for Stephens birthdays so treated Popsicles after we got back from our little "drive."
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I wish you a belated 21st birthday. What no McKeon's?
Thank you, Clifford. McKeon's? I'm as clueless now as I would have been 50 years ago.
You've inspired me to think of my 16th birthday party. It was a dance and we dressed in semi-formal dresses. We played records on a record player and drank soda and ate chips, dip, and cake. I got a bucket load of gifts
Janine, it is fun to recall birthdays, isn't it?
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