About the diary writer
- Barbara McDowell Whitt
- Kansas City, Missouri, Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- ~ 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.
Daddy Will Be School District Secretary - Monday, May 25, 1964
Finally I got around to making some progress with the yearbook. With Phyllis's help I managed to lay out quite a few pages. I guess trying to write copy was what had become unappealing to me. I wish I'd discovered a long time ago how fun this part can actually be. Daddy had applied for the job of secretary of the Mid-Prairie School District (Mrs. Beiendts resigned a while back). Tonight Mr. Clark called to tell him he had gotten the job. It will be full time, with an office at the high school.
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2 comments:
I always thought that was such a prestigious job. It must have been a big deal for your dad.
Ron, I think he enjoyed it as a pleasant change from farming.
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