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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.

Medicine For Two Colds - Friday, January 17, 1964

I worked until almost 10:00 tonight - they were pretty busy at the health center. It's going to feel good to get to bed at 10:30. I got some pills for my cold. Fred went down to Parkville this afternoon and got some Contac and gave me one after geography class. I still sat through children's lit with a drippy nose. I forgot that we were supposed to have some algebra problems ready to do orally in class - ugh! I did some telephoning for SNEA this afternoon. I confirmed one speaker but wasn't able to find out all I needed to about possible field trips. Mrs. Dorsey told Barb Page that the LLCs were by far the best club!?!

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