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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.

Making and Taking Phone Calls - Sunday, January 26, 1964

I'm at it again - leaving things to the last minute. I have the following assignments due tomorrow: algebra, government paper, arithmetic assignment, geography map, and six children's book reviews. I have only the government paper completed. Actually, that is an accomplishment since I'm usually so late writing them. I'll probably have to get up at 4:00 in order to get everything done. On top of this I spent a couple hours this afternoon phoning and taking calls after I found out the skating rink wasn't open at 7:30 Sunday nights except to rent for $50, but a group went from 5:30 to 7:30. We had the ICC dinner at noon so I saw Fred only for church and for sack lunches.

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