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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.

Elected Women's Judicial Council Chairman - Tuesday, March 17, 1964

I was elected Women's Judicial Council chairman in the election today. Kathy Rickard was my opponent. Chuck Girrard got the Men's Judicial Council chairmanship over Hans Van Naerssen. Gary Sorrell got the majority of the votes for student council president over Terry Scullin. There will have to be a run-off between Liz Ralston and Jim Hunter for vice president. Dr. Robert Nunley from KU gave two geography lectures today, and I also went to his folk singing session tonight in the Meetin' House. I spent most of today's spare minutes doing yesterday's algebra assignment. Phyllis sent her firsthand account of Tarkio's fire.

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