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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.

Saw TV Show About Vinton School For the Blind - Sunday, May 17, 1964

Phyllis, Ann and I went out to the backyard in bathing suits this afternoon to suntan. I got some on my back. I worked a little on the yearbook, getting all set "to go." I hope Karen sends me what I need soon. I watched a TV show from 5:30 to 6:00, "Challenge of the Shadows," about the Vinton School for the Blind. I had done an article about the program for the Journal. I went bike riding on the back road out to the highway and back, and then Virginia and I went. I played basketball with Virginia and Ann. I almost feel as if I have to keep "busy" to keep from "daydreaming" which isn't too good.

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