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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.

Student National Education Association - Friday, January 10, 1964

Classes went well for me today. Last trimester just never was my trimester. I'm not sure I really care for psychology courses as much as I thought I would. I think the individual professors' personalities have a lot to do with it. At any rate, I think I'm going to get more out of studying again. I was elected president of the Student National Education Association at a meeting this afternoon. It shouldn't entail a whole lot of work. I worked tonight so Fred and I decided not to go to the 9:00 movie, although we had thought about it. He colored a picture tonight in the Stephens coloring book. We've displayed some of the girls' pictures on the lounge wall.

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