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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.

Commencement Exercises Tonight Were Nice - Thursday, May 28, 1964

The commencement exercises tonight were nice with the exception of several crying babies and a wolf whistle when one of the graduates went on stage - her little brother, I guess. I saw Helen Birkey and met her fiance. I also talked with Gene Stromley, Judy Johnson, Jim Orr, Tom Bauer, Marge and Mary Lou Slemmons (don't know their married names). I was rather upset after I received Nancy's letter that said the Narva was $1,400 in the hole (because not enough ads were sold by those who said they would sell them). Money is coming from the Student Activities Committee fund, thus no summer activities, or as good as "none." She also told me not to worry about Park College or the bedspreads. Then Mom told me not to worry about the Narva - so I worry - yes - huh?

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