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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.

Treats for Evelyn's Birthday - Wednesday, February 26, 1964

Well, I've just finished writing my letter home and making a carbon copy of it for Phyl as part of today's full schedule. I got up at 6:00 and at 6:30 mixed the cake except for the eggs, and Fred brought them at 7:30. I finished it and it baked while we went to breakfast. I didn't have a first hour class, so I frosted it then. Jim and I and Brisches were Evelyn's guests at Gattons for supper. I went with Fred to the Latin American concert. Then we came back up here for cake, pop and ice cream. I fixed sundaes and pop for Evelyn's and Ellen's birthdays during the house meeting. Carol Greene had Ellen's name and due to a mix up I took Evelyn's.

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