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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.

Nickel's Dog, Dammit, Died Yesterday Evening - Friday, March 13, 1964

It's raining a nice, peaceful rain. It was so warm and still walking back from the health center tonight. It would have been nice to go for a walk with Fred. However, he didn't suggest it so we just sat in the lounge as usual. Maybe I should have been bold and suggested it. He does love to be contrary. Evelyn went up to see the doctor tonight and we had eight others. Kathy Webb has the mumps. Nickel's beloved dog, Dammit, died yesterday evening. They think he may have been poisoned. I tried running off copies of my platform this afternoon but couldn't get the duplicator to work so only did a few.

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