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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.

The WJC Had Our First Case Tonight - Monday, March 23, 1964

Algebra again! Of course, if I'd stop extracurricular activities I might be able to get it done sooner. Tonight the WJC acted on the case of four girls who had taken books and periodicals from the library. This was only Karen's third case all year, on her last night in office. The new student council had our picture taken tonight for the Platte County Dispatch. They [Children's Literature class] seemed to like the talk I gave about Laura Ingalls Wilder and Garth Williams. I'm not sure how well I did on the teaching of arithmetic test. The ACCs beat us in volleyball.

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