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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 Soccer Game at Tarkio - Saturday, November 30, 1963

Well, I got to the game at Tarkio, although until 1:30 I didn't know if I was going to. The cheerleaders were still trying to find a ride when I suggested that Mr. Lippincott might take a car, so Janet Bellamy called him and he did. He and his son, the four cheerleaders and I were Park's only spectators. It was nice to see Phyllis again and her friends, her room and the college. It's a 120 mile drive. She let me bring back this year's Mid-Prairie yearbook. It's real good. Today I studied for Monday's personality test. Evelyn and I went to breakfast with Jim and Fred.

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