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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.

Toured KU Med Center Rehabilitation Unit - Tuesday, February 18, 1964

Evelyn, Carolyn, Sandy, Beth, Sue Birrell, Mrs. Allen, Mr. Carey and I went to the KU Med Center this afternoon to tour the rehabilitation unit. It was a very educational and worthwhile afternoon. I went to the student council meeting tonight but they didn't discuss the ICC's part in Hell Week as Flo said at our 5:00 ICC meeting that they would. I didn't get finished with the algebra test, but lots of other kids didn't either. Fred went to Commons while I was at the ICC meeting and I didn't even see him until after I'd already sat down at another table. And I can no longer use the excuse of poor eyesight!

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