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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.

Cassius Clay is Boxing Champion - Tuesday, February 25, 1964

Cassius Clay won the world heavyweight boxing championship over Sonny Liston tonight. It makes very little difference to me, but it was the talk of the campus. Fred was among those who favored Clay (odds were 7 to 1 against him). Karen and I had sort of an emergency yearbook session from 7:00 to 9:00 tonight. It seems the Board of Student Publications wants to see some of our work on Friday. I made a trip to Parkville this afternoon. I had to get a cake mix and frosting mix that Jim wants me to fix for Evelyn's birthday. I have some tight scheduling planned for tomorrow but maybe I'll manage.

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