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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.

Hawley's Open House - Sunday, December 1, 1963

Fred took me to Hawley's open house tonight. Their rooms and Christmas decorations were real nice. Evelyn went along. Afterwards a group of us sang Christmas carols around the piano. That was really neat. We sat in Stephens lounge for another 45 minutes and talked. He's such a nice guy. Today was Communion Sunday (beginning of Advent). This year we go up to the altar instead of having it passed. Evelyn and I studied in Mackay his afternoon and the library tonight. Personality test tomorrow - gotta' get up at 6:00.

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