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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.

Fred Forgot His Lifesaving Class - Monday, January 13, 1964

I sure do like my classes again this trimester - too bad I got off to such a poor start last trimester. I wish I had time to stop and "count my blessings." I still can't keep up with time. Poor Fred forgot to go to his lifesaving class tonight at 7:00. He was up here till 7:30. He felt so "stupid" about it when he came back at 9:30 to eat the pizza Evelyn and I fixed. Evelyn ate Jim's share since he was at a firemen's meeting. I'm starting to type up some rules for a Narva cover contest. I've got to see Mrs. Dorsey about how much money to give as a prize - and also find out if she ever turned in a time sheet for me. She misplaced mine last month.

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