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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.

Saw "Days of Wine and Roses" - Saturday, January 18, 1964

I'm going to bed early to try to get over my cold. Fred's doing the same. We both were sniffing and blowing our noses after the movie. It was "Days of Wine and Roses." I didn't care for it a whole lot. Fred thought it was depressing. I bought Gilbran's "Spirits Rebellious" and "The Voice of the Master" in paperback before anyone else got them so I'll have them to give to Fred for his birthday February 1. I went down to Parkville this morning and mailed Ann a Park College nightshirt for her birthday. I took out a card at the Platte County Library and got some books for children's lit. I did a little coordinating for the Rose Tea this afternoon, lining up spoons, etc.

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