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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.

Park Beat Calvary Baptist 106-45 - Friday, January 31, 1964

I got off work fairly early so was able to see most of the basketball game with Fred. We beat Calvary Baptist College 106-45. It was exciting to see Park pass the 100 mark in a game. Then we came back to the lounge. Maybe my memory works overtime, but sometimes Fred either doesn't listen to what I say or doesn't always remember. Oh, men! I just finished wrapping his birthday present. I like the tan card with a dog photo and the brown "For Him" paper I found at Jack's. I got a 78 on the algebra test - about average. On our children's lit book reviews I received 24 points, high being 25.

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